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The Urbane House / Hiren Patel Architects

© Sebastian Zachariah
Architects: Hiren Patel Architects
Location: , Gujarat, India
Area: 394.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Sebastian Zachariah

Groundlab + WOWHAUS Chosen to Redesign Moscow’s Largest Park

© Groundlab, WOWHAUS and , courtesy of Moscow Culture Department
Groundlab, WOWHAUS and Urbanica have been announced as winners of an international competition to redesign Sokolniki Park, Moscow’s largest park. Over the next 15 years, their 515 hectare masterplan, “Sokolniki. ’s embassy in Moscow,” will focus on preserving the 19th century park’s unique natural landscape as an extension of the Losiny Ostrov nature park by dividing it into three zones: Forest, Forest Park and Regular Park.
Images of the winning design, after the break.

Wood House / Brininstool + Lynch

© Christopher Barrett Photographer
Architects: Brininstool + Lynch
Location: , IL, USA
Area: 734.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Christopher Barrett Photographer

Alvaro Siza Wins Fritz Höger’s Top Honors for Innovative Use of Brick

Winner Grand Prix: / Rudolf Finsterwalder, Stephanskirchen | Siza-Pavillon Insel Hombroich © Tomas Riehle
Alvaro Siza has won top honors in the “2014 Fritz Höger Awards for Excellence in Brick Architecture.” The awards, now in their third edition, highlight projects that harness the creative potential of brick. Projects from New Delhi, and Frankfurt have all been awarded gold and silver prizes.
View all the winners, after the break.

DOMunder / JDdVarchitects

© Oliver Schuh
Architects: JDdVarchitects
Location: Domplein, 3512 Utrecht, The
Year: 2014
Photographs: Oliver Schuh

Snøhetta Unveils Final Design for Calgary’s New Central Library

© MIR and Snøhetta
Following two years of community engagement, Snøhetta and DIALOG have released the final design for their -winning New Central Library in Calgary. Planned for a vibrant intersection between Downtown Calgary and the East Village, the new library aims to fulfill the city’s vision for a “technologically advanced public space for innovation, research and collaboration.”

Marilia Project / SuperLimão Studio

© Maira Acayaba
Architects: SuperLimão Studio
Location: – , Brasil
Architecture: – Lula Gouveia, Thiago Rodrigues, Antonio Carlos Figueira de Mello, Sérgio Cabra
Project Area: 450.0 m2
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Maira Acayaba

August ABI Remains Strong

August 2014. Image Courtesy of CalculatedRiskBlog.com
Demand for design services in the US continue to increase, as momentum from July’s highest recorded strength since 2007 continues. The American Institute of Architects reported the August Architecture Billings Index () at 53.0, down from July’s mark of 55.8, and the new projects inquiry at 62.6.
“One of the key triggers for accelerating growth at architecture firms is that long-stalled construction projects are starting to come back to life in many areas across the country,” said AIA Chief Economist Kermit Baker, Hon. AIA, PhD. “Long awaited access to credit from lending institutions and an increasing comfort level in the overall economy has helped revitalize the commercial real estate sector in recent months. Additionally, though, a crucial component to a broader industry-wide recovery is the emerging demand for new projects such as education facilities, government buildings and, in some cases, hospitals.”
A breakdown of regional highlights, after the break…

Hillside House / Shands Studio

© Paul Dyer Photography
Architects: Shands Studio
Location: , CA, USA
Area: 2450.0 ft2
Year: 2013
Photographs: Paul Dyer Photography

“Shell Lace Structure”: Tonkin Liu’s Nature-Inspired Structural Technique

Courtesy of Tonkin Liu
Continuing recent research trends in the ways can inspire new architectural methods and typologies, London-based architecture practice Tonkin Liu in collaboration with engineers at Arup, have developed a single-surface structural technique called Shell Lace Structure. The innovative technique takes advantage of advanced digital design, engineering analysis, and manufacturing tools. Read on to learn about their upcoming book and exhibition that reveals the process behind this nature-inspired material.

How 3D Printing is Saving a Frank Lloyd Wright Treasure

© Flickr CC User Josh Hallett
Among the vast coverage of 3D printing in the media, the technology is frequently cited as the ‘future’ of production, focusing on its ability to bring new things into existence quickly and cheaply. But does 3D printing have to be all about the future? As this article originally printed by Metropolis Magazine as “3D Printing Saves a Frank Lloyd Wright Treasure“ attests, 3D printing also has something to offer to the past; specifically, to a deteriorating building whose ‘textile block’ was simply too complex to restore through any other modern techniques. Read on after the break to find out how this high-tech rescue mission is being achieved.

House and Loft / Tomás Bettolli

© Gonzalo Viramonte
Architects: Tomás Bettolli
Location: Vélez Sarsfield, Córdoba, ,
Project Area: 441.0 m2
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Gonzalo Viramonte
The Torre David in Caracas, the subject of Urban Think Tank's research for the 2012 Venice Biennale. Image © Iwan Baan

Callous Indifference or Fetishizing Poverty: What Exactly Can Architects Do About Slums?

In an excellent essay for the Architectural Review, Charlotte Skene Catling deftly ties together a number of recent debates in the field of morality in architecture, from the false accusations aimed at Zaha Hadid by critic Martin Fuller to recent debates over whether architects have any responsibility to tackle poverty, an ostensibly political issue. Taking aim at one article in particular - in which Dan Hancox argues that architects such as Urban Think Tank who engage in humanitarian work are often ‘fetishizing poverty’ – Catling dissects the work of many of those in the field to find that they in fact do vital work to connect the top-down and bottom-up approaches that would otherwise never meet in the middle. Or, as Urban Think Tank’s Alfredo Brillembourg says, in opposition to the horizontal city of the 19th century or the vertical city of the 20th, “the 21st century must be for the diagonal city, one that cuts across social divisions.” Click here to read the article in full.

An App That Draws Impressively Accurate Floor Plans In Minutes

Courtesy of Locometric
RoomScan is an app for iOS which draws floor plans in minutes – touching your device to a wall is the only input required. Using the iPhone’s internal sensors, recognises a sequence of flat vertical surfaces, measuring the distance in between and creating impressively accurate plans. When you come to a door, you just tap the phone to the door frame and continue. Claiming that measurements are accurate to the nearest 10cm (or 6 inches), this app – the basic features of which are available for free - is not only great fun to play with, but also considerably useful in every day situations.

Pathé Foundation / Renzo Piano Building Workshop

© Michel Denancé
Architects: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Location: 73 Avenue des Gobelins, 75013 Paris,
Partner And Associate In Charge: B. Plattner and T.Sahlmann
Partner: G.Bianchi
Area: 2200.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Michel Denancé, Paul Raftery

RIBA Awards 2015 Royal Gold Medal to O’Donnell + Tuomey

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has selected Irish architects Sheila O’Donnell and John Tuomey as recipients of the 2015 Royal Gold Medal, one of the world’s most prestigious lifetime achievement awards for architecture. Approved personally by the Queen, the award recognizes those who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of architecture.
The praised the way O’Donnell + Tuomey came together in the early 1990s to combine ”Sheila’s quiet, studied ‘rationalism’ alongside John’s fluent, rhetorical ‘constructivism,’” commenting that “through their buildings, publications, exhibitions and teaching they have forged a confident new identity for Irish architecture.”

Endesa World Fab Condenser / MARGEN-LAB

© Adrià Goula
Architects: MARGEN-LAB
Location: Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes, 08013 , , Spain
Project Architects: Daniel Ibáñez, Rodrigo Rubio
Collaborator: FAB LAB NETWORK
Client: IAAC, ENDESA
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Adrià Goula

M&V Branch Office / Rudolf Müller

© KIVA
Architects: Rudolf Müller
Location: Hněvkovského 603/81, 617 00 -Brno-jih,
Area: 987.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: KIVA
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