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Nanjing Wanjing Garden Chapel / AZL Architects

© Yao Li
Architects: AZL Architects
Location: , Jiangsu, China
Area: 200.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Yao Li

Competition Entry: OYO’s Kortrijk Campus Scheme Awarded Second Prize

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OYO – Open Y Office, together with Arch&Teco, has received second prize among nine participants in an invited competition for a new Howest campus building in .
“We envision this new campus as an interactive field where we catch the classrooms in the middle; conceived as areas of focus. This field contains lecture rooms, informal meeting spaces, restaurant, bar, shop and lounge areas and wraps around the area of focus; connecting the park all the way up to the roof garden where students, teachers, alumni, companies and neighbors are invited to shop and exchange knowledge.”

Video: Raul Pantaleo Discusses the Port Sudan Paediatric Centre

In this video, Raul Pantaleo, co-founder of Italian practice Studio Tamassociati, discusses the award-winning Port Sudan Paediatric Centre, which recently won first prize in the Zumtobel Group Award’s Buildings category. The remote clinic was commissioned by the NGO “Emergency” and is one of the few facilities to provide free care for children in the region.
Petronas Towers . Image Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Spotlight: César Pelli

“[Architecture can be defined as] giving an appropriate response and an adequate artistic interpretation of the problems that are faced in each project.”
Argentine architect César Pelli (born October 12, 1926) is known for designing some of the tallest buildings in the world, including the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the Torre Cristal in Madrid and Costanera Center in Santiago, Chile.

Two Barns House / RS+

© Tomasz Zakrzewski
Architects: RS+
Location: ,
Architects In Charge: Robert Skitek, Szymon Borczyk
Area: 251.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Tomasz Zakrzewski

DEFACED Makes a Stand Against Controversial Demolition of NYC Graffiti Mecca

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Upon the announcement of the imminent demolition of 5 Pointz, the internationally renown mecca in Long Island City, New York, a group of young designers - Arianna Armelli, Ishaan Kumar, David Sepulveda and Wagdy Moussa – joined together to form DEFACED, “a theoretical project designed to ask the question of whether an organization for the preservation of cultural relics of New York and cities around the world can be formed and implemented.” The group focuses on the gentrification of New York City’s cityscape and its accompanying sociopolitical issues, along with the protection of cultural landmarks and districts around the world.

The Latest 99% Invisible: Hundertwasser and His Fight Against the Godless Line

Hot Springs Village, Bad Blumau, Styria, Austria. Image © Flickr CC User Enrico Carcasci
In the latest episode of his 99% Invisible podcast, digs into the work of lesser-known architect Tausendsassa Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser. Often cited for his colorful and curvilinear forms, his name translates to “Multi-Talented Peace-Filled Rainy Day Dark-Colored Hundred Waters.” In everything from his name to his unusual ideas put forth in manifestos, it is immediately evident that Hundertwasser was no ordinary architect. Listen to the podcast and check out some of Hundertwasser’s works after the break.

Covering of the Courtyard Carré des Arts in Mons / AgwA + Ney & Partners

© Marie-Françoise Plissart
Architects: AgwA, Ney & Partners
Location: Rue des Soeurs Noires 4, 7000 ,
Area: 3570.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Marie-Françoise Plissart
The Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana. Image © Scott Frances, Courtesy of Richard Meier & Partners

Spotlight: Richard Meier

Richard Meier, the Pritzker Prize and AIA Gold Medal winning architect, is well known for his abstracted, often white, buildings and unrelenting personal design philosophy. Citing Bernini and Borromini as influences as well as Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn, Meier received his Bachelor in Architecture from Cornell University in 1957 and took jobs with Skidmore Owings and Merrill and Marcel Breuer soon after his graduation. He began his own private practice in New York in 1963 and rocketed to architectural fame in the early 1970s, after being named as one of the “New York Five.”

Women in the Workplace: How Does Architecture Compare?

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How do architects stack up against other professions on male/female ratio? Recent data on workers in the United States reveals some compelling information on where women are working – and where men hold sway. Construction work leans heavily male, while research and analyst work is led by women. Where does architecture fit on the scale? See the full infographic showing the percentage of men versus women in architecture after the break.

Paradox House / Klab Architecture

© Panos Kokkinias
Architects: Klab Architecture
Location: AIT – Athens Information Technology, Peania, Athens 190 02,
Architect In Charge: Konstantinos Labrinopoulos
Design Team: Enrique Ramírez, Veronika Vasileiou, Nikos Venianakis, Mark Chapman, Elena Skorda
Area: 250.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Panos Kokkinias

Extension and Restructuration Of Castries’ Middle School / MDR Architectes

© Mathieu DUCROS
Architects: MDR Architectes
Location: Castries,
Architect In Charge: Sancie MATTE, Frédéric DEVAUX, Arnaud ROUSSEAU, Frédéric GANICHOT assistant
Area: 5285.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Mathieu DUCROS

L_Square House / Wise Architecture

© Noh Kyoung
Architects: Wise Architecture
Location: Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South
Design Team: Sungho Kim, Bokgi Lee
Collaborator: NDL Architects and Planners(Jongbok Kim)
Structural Enginer: Jarchiv
Area: 170.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Noh Kyoung

EDA Breaks Ground on the University of Utah’s Newest Place to “Live, Work, and Create”

Exterior. Image Courtesy of Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute
A collaboration of EDA Architects, Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design, and Arup, the University of Utah’s newest project for the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute – “Lassonde Studios” – has broke ground. Slated as a space to live, work, and create, the building supports the mission to make the Lassonde Institute an international destination for student entrepreneurs, innovators and “makers.” The Studios will open for students in fall of 2016.

Competition Entry: SCStudio Transforms Budapest Park into “Urban Archipelago”

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As part of the Liget Competition, SCStudio has shared their entry for the House of Hungarian Music. A transformation of an existing city park, the project is conceived as a sequence of cultural programs – an “urban archipelago” – connected by a “naturalistic promenade” of pathways and landscape within a preserved forested area.

Heartland Habitat for Humanity / el dorado

© Mike Sinclair
Architects: el dorado
Location: , MO, USA
Architecture Team: Josh Shelton, AIA, principal-in-charge; Steve Salzer, AIA, project manager; Brandon Froelich, project designer
General Contractor: Tom Lally
Area: 2325.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Mike Sinclair

Video: Alejandro Aravena on PRES Constitución and Rebuilding After Disaster

Santiago-based architect Alejandro Aravena of Elemental discusses the sustainable reconstruction of Constitución in following a devastating earthquake in 2010. Given just 100 days to design a resilient masterplan, capable of protecting the city against future natural disasters, Elemental implemented a natural solution: planting a forest that would protect the city from future floods. The design has since receive international recognition, most recently being awarded first prize in the Zumtobel Group Award’s Urban Development & Initiatives category.

Red Architecture Wins Top New Zealand Prize for “Innovative Black Barn”

Modern Barn Form / . Image Courtesy of ADNZ
Red Architecture’s “innovative black barn” has been awarded the ADNZ‘s (Architectural Designers New Zealand) 2014 Supreme National Design Award for its “subtle, economical and clever design.” Located in the beautiful rural landscape of Whatawhata in the Waikato, the project houses a private residence and garage within two “crisp barn-like forms” clad in vertical run steel and recycled bricks taken from the devastation caused by the Christchurch earthquakes.
In addition to the Supreme Award winner, eight designs from across the country were presented Resene Architectural Design Awards at the ceremony. View a glimpse of each awarded project, after the break.
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