This Sunday (September 21), the third and final section of the New York
City High Line will open at the Rail Yards. You can expect to see
familiar benches morphed into picnic tables and seesaws amongst a lush,
diverse and seemingly unkept landscape that is reminiscent of the
“forgotten” tracks. As Piet Oudolf- the Dutch garden designer who worked with James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio & Renfro - described, the $75 million northernmost section will be an “introduction to the wild” that responds directly to the public’s desire to “walk on the original tracks.” Stay tuned for more images from the opening.
The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) has appointed Hernan Diaz Alonso as the Los Angeles architecture school’s new Director beginning September 2015. Alonso, principal of Xefirotarch and
educator widely credited for spearheading the transition of SCI-Arc to
digital technologies, will succeed architect Eric Owen Moss who has
served as the school’s director since 2002. Continue after the break to
watch Alonso’s “New Director Presentation” and preview a selection of
his work.
Architects: Risso+Carasatorre+Risso
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Architects In Charge: Luis F. Risso, M. Cristina Carasatorre, Maria Elena Risso
Area: 707.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Florencia Della Vedova
Courtesy of The Architectural ReviewArchDaily is continuing our partnership with The Architectural Review, bringing
you short introductions to the themes of the magazine’s monthly
editions. In this post, we take you back to AR’s July 2014 issue, which
focused on this year’s Venice Biennale. In
her introduction, AR Editor Catherine Slessor argues that while
previous Biennales have been hopelessly out of touch, this year Rem Koolhaas has initiated a critical conversation at a crucial moment in time.
In its giddy, self-referential way, the Venice
Architecture Biennale always seems blissfully detached from the real
world. Set in the preposterous, decaying stage set that is modern Venice,
the press vernissage is a frenzied bacchanal, as the global cognoscenti
descend like locusts on a fragile urban eco-system already bludgeoned
by battalions of tourists and hulking cruise ships.
The Getty Foundation has named the first 10 recipients of its philanthropic “Keeping It Modern”
initiative, which aims to advance the understanding and preservation of
20th-century modern architecture. From Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute to
Le Corbusier’s Parisian apartment, each recipient was chosen for their
architectural significance and potential to advance conservation practices related to modern architecture.
Architects: :mlzd
Location: Gurtenkulm, 3084 Köniz, Switzerland
Design Team: Roman Lehmann, Stefan Leiseifer, Claude Marbach, Pat Tanner, Daniele Di Giacinto, Julia Wurst, Johannes Weisser, Moritz Werner
Area: 760.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Alexander Jaquemet
Enric MirallesScotland have voted against independence.
Arguably there are only two architects in history that have become almost completely synonymous with one particular city – Charles Rennie Mackintosh for Glasgow and Antoní Gaudi for Barcelona. Indeed, a Catalonian architect, Enric Miralles, designed the Scottish Parliament Building in
Holyrood, Edinburgh. The fact that both of these cities are part of
large enclaves who are seeking, or have sought, independence is perhaps
just a coincidence. Architecture, often used as a symbol for the
identity of nationhood, will certainly be part of a wider dialogue about
the Union of the United Kingdom following yesterday’s referendum.
Architects: ARX
Location: Cascais, Portugal
Architect In Charge: Nuno Mateus, José Mateus,Alexandra Margaça
Area: 400.0 sqm
Year: 2006
Photographs: Fernando Guerra – FG+SG
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