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Private Family Home / LA Hally Architect

© Joel Knight
Architects: LA Hally Architect
Location: Hiltingbury Road, Chandler’s Ford, Eastleigh, Hampshire SO53, UK
Year: 2014
Photographs: Joel Knight
The Barbican in London. Image © Flickr CC User Rene Passet

Brutalism: Back in Vogue?

Are Brutalist buildings, once deemed cruel and ugly, making a comeback? Reyner Banham‘s witty play on the French term for raw concrete, beton brut, was popularized by a movement of hip, young architects counteracting what they perceived as the bourgeois and fanciful Modernism of the 1930s. Though the use of raw concrete in the hands of such artist-architects as Le Corbusier seems beautiful beneath the lush Mediterranean sun, under the overcast skies of northern Europe Brutalist architecture earned a much less flattering reputation. Since the 1990s, young architects, designers, and artists have celebrated formerly denounced buildings, developing a fashionably artistic following around buildings like Erno Goldfinger‘s Trellick Tower, “even if long-term residents held far more ambivalent views of this forceful high-rise housing block.” To learn more about this controversial history and to read Jonathan Glancey‘s speculation for its future, read the full article on BBC, here.
Denver Library, South Elevation, 1994, pencil and colored pencil on yellow tracing paper, 14 x 26 inches. Image Courtesy of Michael Graves & Associates, photo: Ken Ek

Michael Graves 50 Year Retrospective to Open in October

An exhibition celebrating one of North America’s foremost postmodern architects will open this October, marking 50 years of Michael Graves‘ practice. Past as Prologue maps the evolution of Graves’ work in architecture and product design through an array of media including sculpture, painting, furniture, drawings and models. The comprehensive exhibition will begin with Graves’ work from 1964 and conclude with works currently in progress. The exhibition will be hosted by Grounds for Sculpture with a mission to provide insight into the five-decade progression of Graves’ unique design process. More on the exhibition after the break.

Canyons do Lago House / Mutabile Arquitetura

© Carlos Dias
Architects: Mutabile Arquitetura
Location: Capitólio – Minas Gerais, Brazil
Design Team: Gabriel Souza, Isabel Brant, Priscila Musa
Area: 569.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Carlos Dias
Makuhari Messe / Fumihiko Maki

Spotlight: Fumihiko Maki

Fumihiko Maki, the Pritzker Prize laureate and 67th AIA Gold Medalist, turns 86 today. Widely considered to be one of Japan’s most distinguished living architects, Maki practices a unique style of Modernism that reflects his Japanese origin. Toshiko Mori has praised Maki’s ability to create “ineffable atmospheres” using a simple palette of various types of metal, concrete, and glass. His consistent integration and adoption of new methods of construction as part of his design language contribute to his personal quest to create “unforgettable scenes.”

How Will We Design The Offices of the Future?

In keeping with present office trends, the Lumosity in San Francisco prizes lounge-like work environments, both informal and easy to personalize. Image Courtesy of Matthew Millman/Lumosity
For many years, the world of office design remained relatively stagnant, with a light, open plan office floor and a generously-sized cubicle about as much as most employees could hope for. But recently all this has changed: the world of the technophilic, fun loving “Generation Y” has taken over, and with it come offices that mix the best elements of the traditional office with design culled from living rooms, coffee shops and children’s playspaces. This will remain the future of office design for some time – or will it? According to Dr Michael O’Neill, senior research strategist at Haworth, the Gen-Y office’s days are already numbered, as he explains in this article originally published by Metropolis Magazine. Read on after the break to find out why.

Serge Baranx School Refurbishment / Pierre Marsan

© Arthur Pequin
Architects: Pierre Marsan
Location: 40380 Montfort-en-Chalosse,
Year: 2011
Photographs: Arthur Pequin

Are Abandoned Constructions the Ruins of Modernity?

© Sam Laughlin
Europe‘s ancient ruins are numerous: Pompeii, the Parthenon, the Colosseum – but what about new ruins? Skeletons of incomplete buildings now litter the skylines of European cities. A form of memento mori, these abandoned constructions prove that no structure is permanent or impervious to the changing desires of a society in flux. English photographer Sam Laughlin documents the creation of these ‘ruins’ in his series Frameworks, a contemporary dissection of the aging built environment.
Enter the abandoned world in Frameworks with more photos and info after the break.
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Courtesy of South of North

“Mouthful of Meetings”: The Collision of North and South at the Venice Biennale

”Mouthful of meetings” is a moderated conversation taking place at the 2014 Venice Biennale with a focus on socioeconomic sustainability and current projects in developing countries around the world. The event is organized by South of North, a collaboration between Nordic architects working in the non-profit sector in developing environments. Contributors will include contemporary Nordic and African practices with an emphasis on recent works of socially committed architecture. Read on after the break for more details of the event.

Maceda Sport Building / ArchiTailors

© CP+EC
Architects: ArchiTailors
Location: Ovar, 3885 , Portugal
Architect In Charge: Eduardo Cruz, Carlos Praça
Year: 2012
Photographs: CP+EC

Casa RG / ES-arch

© Marcello Mariana
Architects: ES-arch
Location: 23024 Madesimo Sondrio, Italy
Architect In Charge: Enrico Scaramellini Architetto
Design Team: Luca Trussoni, Francesco Manzoni
Construction: Giancarlo Rigamonti
Year: 2013
Photographs: Marcello Mariana

ProfMedia Management / UNK project

© Sergey Ananyev
Architects: UNK project
Location: Moscow, Russia
Architect In Charge: Nikolay Milovidov, Anna Dykhanova, Sergey Markin, Tatyana Kulikova
Area: 2270.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Sergey Ananyev

House in Komaba / Soichi Yamasaki

© Shigeo Ogawa
Architects: Soichi Yamasaki
Location: Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo,
Area: 71.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Shigeo Ogawa, Kentaro Nemoto

Cultural Warehouse for the Plínio Marcos School of Art and Culture / André Jost Mafra + Natasha Mendes Gabriel + Thaís Polydoro Ribeiro

© Joana França
Architects: André Jost Mafra, Natasha Mendes Gabriel, Thaís Polydoro Ribeiro
Location: – São Paulo, Brasil
Project Area: 687.63 m2
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: Joana França

Final Design Concepts Unveiled for Arizona’s Mesa City Center

Design by Colwell Shelor + West 8 + Weddle Gilmore. Aerial Context Future Growth. Image Courtesy of West 8
The final design concepts for the redesign of ’s Mesa City Center have been unveiled by the competition’s three finalist design teams: Colwell Shelor + West 8 + Weddle Gilmore; Woods Bagot + Surface Design; and Otak + Mayer Reed.
The Mesa City Center redesign project aims to develop an 18 acre site in the city’s downtown and enhance the urbanization of the area. When complete, the city center will be transformed into a public space with both programmed and passive space that can be used for informal gatherings as well as events. “The signature public space will be a key element in the activation of the downtown core and will be a catalyst for high intensity redevelopment surrounding City Center with a variety of uses that activate the public space,” the competition website states.
Read on after the break for descriptions and images from the architects of their design proposals…

Sebastian Patiño House / Adolfo Mondejar

© Gonzalo Viramonte
Architects: Adolfo Mondejar
Location: Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina, Argentina
Project Area: 165.0 m2
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Gonzalo Viramonte

AIA Rewards 11 Projects with the 2014 Educational Facility Design Excellence Award

Raisbeck Aviation High School / Bassetti Architects. Image © Benjamin Benschneider
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected 11 exemplary educational projects to receive its 2014 Educational Facility Design Excellence Awards. Representing projects from across the United States, the eleven projects also include a variety of types of educational facility, including a child development center, elementary schools, high schools, college and university buildings and a library.
The AIA awards projects which it believes “further the client’s mission, goals and educational program while demonstrating excellence in architectural design. These projects exemplify innovation through the client’s educational goals through responsive and responsible programming, planning and design. Function and surrounding regional and community context are valued as part of the planning and design process as well as sustainability.”
Check out all the winners after the break

GoDaddy Silicon Valley Office / DES Architects + Engineers

© Lawrence Anderson
Architects: DES Architects + Engineers
Location: 1020 Enterprise Way, , CA 94089, USA
Year: 2014
Photographs: Lawrence Anderson
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