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The Dalmeny / Enter Projects

© Brett Boardman
Architects: Enter Projects
Location: NSW, Australia
Photographs: Brett Boardman

Folklore Meets Design, Architecture and Light Deep in the Canadian Forest

<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/102628123">http://www.vimeo.com/102628123</a> Imagine yourself standing at a glowing threshold between reality and make believe, watching as mythical creatures dash across trees and into other dimensions. Imagine a world where the glimmer of fairies is reflected on a forest floor illuminated by trees of all colours; a world where a sea of stars transforms into an imaginary wolf, standing sentinel over its fairy tale universe. This enchanted world exists, thanks to the creatives at Moment Factory. In their Foresta Lumina video mapping project, they create a narrative installation set in the mysterious backwoods of Quebec, Canada. Find out how they add a little fantasy to ordinary reality after the break.
Generous office windows such as in The Lantern by zigzag architecture might actually help you sleep at night. Image © Julien Lanoo

Could a Window Office Help You Sleep Better?

Having an office with a view may be more than just a symbol of seniority. New findings show that there are public health benefits associated with working by a window, Fast Co Design reports. An interdisciplinary group of architects and medical researchers compared workers exposed to natural light with those who aren’t, and found that window workers sleep, on average, 46 minutes more a night. They also scored better on self-report health and sleep surveys. Learn more about the study in the full article, “Workers in Windowless Offices Lose 46 Minutes of Sleep a Night,” at Fast Co Design and start convincing your boss that it’s time you had a window office!

Metropolitan Institute of Desing / Mauricio González González

© Gabriel González
Architects:
Location: La Vicentina, Quito,
Area: 1150.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Gabriel González

Unified Architectural Theory: Chapter 8

Heydar Aliyev Center / Zaha Hadid Architects. Image © Hélène Binet
We will be publishing ’ book, Unified Architectural Theory, in a series of installments, making it digitally, freely available for students and architects around the world. The following chapter outlines architecture’s connection to biology, and how biology influences our perception of form. If you missed them, make sure to read the previous installments here.
The idea of a biological connection to architecture has been used in turn by traditional architects, modernists, postmodernists, deconstructivists, and naturally, the “organic form” architects. One might say that architecture’s proposed link to biology is used to support any architectural style whatsoever. When it is applied so generally, then the biological connection loses its value, or at least becomes so confused as to be meaningless. Is there a way to clear up the resulting contradiction and confusion?

House in a Wall / Sérgio Koch

© Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
Architects: Sérgio Koch
Location: ,
Site Area: 813 sqm
Area: 510.0 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Fernando Guerra – FG+SG

Video: Re-imagining Paris Through Archi’llusion

<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/100810772">http://www.vimeo.com/100810772</a> Have you ever treated a famous city like your very own sketchbook? Claire and Max of Menilmonde did just that. The duo re-envisioned the buildings and monuments of by capturing the lower stories through video and sketching imaginary additions in a project that viscerally challenges pre-conceived attitudes towards iconic structures. Take a walk through the City of Love and experience it anew as a work of art.

Will Alsop Designs Apartment Tower on Stilts for London’s South Bank

Courtesy of aLL Design
Led by Will Alsop, aLL Design’s funky apartment tower will soon add a whole lot of interest to London’s south bank. The tubular building, which tapers at the bottom and top, will rise above an existing four-storey building on purple stilts and be adorned with corten steel cladding, brightly colored balconies, and irregular rounded windows. Each apartment will include two balconies overlooking the River Thames and the neighboring heliport – bringing about the name “Heliport Heights.” To learn more about the lively design, keep reading after the break.

Student Hall of Residence + Family Homes / Babled Nouvet Reynaud Architectes

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Architects: Babled Nouvet Reynaud Architectes
Location: 387 Rue de Vaugirard, 75015 Paris,
Area: 2910.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Babled Nouvet Reynaud Architectes

South 5053 Apartments / Shatotto

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Architects: Shatotto
Location: ,
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Shatotto

Stacking House / Hsuyuan Kuo Architect & Associates

© Jin-Ming Zheng
Architects: Hsuyuan Kuo Architect & Associates
Location: , Taiwan
Area: 466.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Jin-Ming Zheng

Establishment for Dependent Elderly / PARALLELE

© Laurent Dequick
Architects: PARALLELE
Location: , France
Architects In Charge: Antonio Pedro De Sousa, Pascal Hory, Grégoire Noyer
Area: 7400.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Laurent Dequick

Y7-House / Architect Show

© Toshihisa Ishii
Architects: Architect Show
Location: , Nagasaki Prefecture,
Architect In Charge: Masahiko Sato
Area: 95.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Toshihisa Ishii

VUW Campus Hub / Architectus + Athfield Architects

© Paul McCredie
Architects: Architectus, Athfield Architects
Location: ,
Area: 13000.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Paul McCredie

NAB Docklands / Woods Bagot

© Trevor Mein
Architects: Woods Bagot
Location: 700 Bourke Street, VIC 3008, Australia
Area: 63000.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Trevor Mein, Shannon McGrath

Junya Ishigami to Install “Cloud Arch” in Downtown Sydney

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Set to be installed over a set of light rail tracks, Junya Ishigami’s Cloud Arch will soon be one of the biggest landmarks in downtown Sydney.  Commissioned by Sydney’s public art program, City Art, the arch will symbolize Sydney’s qualities of being “Green, Global, and Connected.” Over 50 meters high, it will change shape as viewer’s walk past it. Cloud Arch will act as both a gateway for the pedestrian George Street, and a defining feature of the city.

GVSU Pew Library / Stantec

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Architects: Stantec
Location: 1 West Campus Drive, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401,
Architect In Charge: Janice Suchan
Project Manager: Jennifer Durham
Principal Designer: Tod R. Stevens
Area: 75150.0 ft2
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Stantec

Fourteen Tower Proposals Unveiled for Controversial Brooklyn Bridge Park Development

New York City have released images of fourteen tower proposals as part of a controversial scheme to bring affordable housing to the 85 acre Brooklyn Bridge Park, originally designed by Michael van Valkenburgh and realised in 2004. The schemes, designed to be located on “two coveted development sites” on Pier 6, have been actively met with strong opposition from local community members. The park and surrounding area has seen a number of interesting recent regeneration proposals, from an 11,000ft² beach beneath the Brooklyn Bridge to a triangular pier proposed by BIG. Read on to see the proposals in detail, including those by Asymptote, Pelli Clarke Pelli, Davis Brody Bond, and Bjarke Ingels Group ().
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