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Zhangjiagang Town River Reconstruction / Botao Landscape
Architects: Botao Landscape
Location: Zhangjiagang City Price Control Bureau, 70 Renmin Middle Road, Zhangjiagang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, 215600
Area: 65000.0 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Botao Landscape
Location: Zhangjiagang City Price Control Bureau, 70 Renmin Middle Road, Zhangjiagang, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, 215600
Area: 65000.0 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Botao Landscape
Audi Centre Singapore / ONG&ONG Pte Ltd
Architects: ONG&ONG Pte Ltd
Location: Singapore
Area: 7642.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Aaron Pocock
Location: Singapore
Area: 7642.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Aaron Pocock
Weiss/Manfredi and Charles Renfro Among Those Honored as National Academy Academician
Each year, a select group of prominent artists and
architects is elected into the National Academy. As a National Academy
Academician, distinguished practitioners are recognized for their
“exceptional creative work and contribution to the arts.” This year’s
inductees include: Ida Applebroog, Peter Bohlin, Jane Dickson, Preston Scott Cohen, Michael Manfredi and Marion Weiss, Eric Owen Moss, Antoine Predock, Martin Puryear, Charles Renfro, Edward Ruscha, and Joan Semmel.
City West Water / Gray Puksand
Architects: Gray Puksand
Location: Footscray VIC, Australia
Area: 6000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Mark Duffus
Location: Footscray VIC, Australia
Area: 6000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Mark Duffus
Video: Bjarke Ingels on the Power of Architecture
This past month at WIRED by Design, Bjarke Ingels gave a rundown of his most ambitious projects, highlighting one underlining theme: BIG’s mission to “create social infrastructure for resilient cities.” From their Manhattan “BIG U” storm proofing plan, recently awarded $400 million in federal funds, to their “ski slope” waste-to-energy plant currently underway in Copenhagen, the Danish practice is undoubtedly fulfilling their mission in a BIG and infectious way.
Watch Ingels’ 20-minute talk above and see just how he hopes to realize the world of our dreams with the power of architecture.
Montessori School Waalsdorp / De Zwarte Hond
Architects: De Zwarte Hond
Location: Utenbroekestraat 6, 2597 PH The Hague, The Netherlands
Developer: Bouwonderneming Stout B.V., Hardinxveld-Giessendam, The Netherlands
Area: 2480.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: ScagliolaBrakkee
Location: Utenbroekestraat 6, 2597 PH The Hague, The Netherlands
Developer: Bouwonderneming Stout B.V., Hardinxveld-Giessendam, The Netherlands
Area: 2480.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: ScagliolaBrakkee
Call for Proposals: Folly 2015
The Architectural League and Socrates Sculpture Park invite emerging architects and designers to submit proposals for Folly, an annual design/build studio program during March and April 2015 leading to a public exhibition at Socrates opening in early May 2015.This program was established in 2011 to explore the intersections and divergences between architecture and sculpture through the framework of an architectural folly. The program includes the design, realization, and exhibition of a public work, including a two-month on-site studio residency. Now in its fourth year, the program seeks to more deeply examine the concept of folly while continuing to challenge architects to create a fully realized public space. More information, after the break.
Limantos Residence / Fernanda Marques Arquitetos Associados
Architects: Fernanda Marques Arquitetos Associados
Location: São Paulo – State of São Paulo, Brazil
Area: 830.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Location: São Paulo – State of São Paulo, Brazil
Area: 830.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Lahdelma & Mahlamäki’s Polish Museum Wins Inaugural Finlandia Prize
A professor of economics, Sixten Korkman has chosen Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects‘ Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw as the winner of the inaugural Finlandia Prize for Architecture.
The unconventional award, whose intent is to “increase public awareness
of high quality Finnish architecture and highlights its benefits for
our well-being,” enlisted a group of renowned architects to shortlist
the finalists before “layman” Korkman selected the winner as an unbiased
representative of the public who valued the building for the way it
made him “feel.”
“The idea behind the prize undoubtedly resonates with me.
In economics one talks about public goods and externalities, and the
built environment is precisely these,” stated Korkman after announcing
his decision.
“Whether the buildings are in private or public ownership
is of no significance. We all see the architecture, experience the
architecture, and architecture affects us all. Architecture undoubtedly
affects our well-being and comfort: our built environment is our
extended living room. In architecture there is also an egalitarian
element. Fortunately the sun still shines for both poor and rich. Our
built environment exists for us all.”
More about the winning building, after the break.
Napa Valley House / Eliot Lee + Eun Lee
Architects: Eliot Lee, Eun Lee
Location: Calistoga, CA 94515, USA
Area: 3500.0 ft2
Year: 2005
Photographs: Courtesy of Eliot Lee + Eun Lee
Location: Calistoga, CA 94515, USA
Area: 3500.0 ft2
Year: 2005
Photographs: Courtesy of Eliot Lee + Eun Lee
“Project Gregory” Hopes to Help Solve the World’s Homelessness Problem with Kickstarter Campaign
The problem of homelessness challenges city governments all over the
world, one which, despite many attempts by governments to curb the
problems that lead to homelessness, does not seem to have a simple
solution. What’s more, with many countries still deep in the global
economic crises, many governments and non-profits struggle to provide an
adequate amount of temporary shelter for the homeless population.
But what if we could make temporary accommodation for the homeless pay for itself? And what if we could provide it by leveraging structures that would be built anyway? This is exactly the approach taken by Michal Polacek, Matej Nedorolik and Martin Lee Keniz of Project Gregory, whose design for small roadside accommodation built into an advertising billboard is currently on Kickstarter.
But what if we could make temporary accommodation for the homeless pay for itself? And what if we could provide it by leveraging structures that would be built anyway? This is exactly the approach taken by Michal Polacek, Matej Nedorolik and Martin Lee Keniz of Project Gregory, whose design for small roadside accommodation built into an advertising billboard is currently on Kickstarter.
Dulwich Residence / NatureHumaine
Architects: NatureHumaine
Location: 371 Avenue Dulwich, Saint-Lambert, QC J4P, Canada
Area: 2845.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Adrien Williams
Location: 371 Avenue Dulwich, Saint-Lambert, QC J4P, Canada
Area: 2845.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Adrien Williams
Shereen Sherzad Wins the 2014 Tamayouz Women in Architecture and Construction Award
Former RIBA president Angela Brady has announced Shereen Sherzad as the recipient of the second annual Tamayouz Women in Architecture and Construction Award, Iraq’s
most prestigious architecture prize for women in architecture. Sherzad,
an architect, academic and planner, taught at the school of Baghdad
School of Architecture and worked as the director of the Higher
Commission for the revitalization of the Erbil Citadel, which was
awarded World Heritage Status. She is also the author of four
architecture textbooks, used as references and teaching materials in Iraq and other Arab schools of Architecture.
The winners of the Young Woman Architect and Special Commemorative Awards, after the break.
From the Ground Up: China and the New Vertical City
By the end of 2015, one in three of the world’s tallest buildings will be in China. With its government planned cities, the Chinese policy often favors high-density development, and some of the most radical and experimental urban design ideas can be applied in China – take for example the recent joint winner of the Shenzhen Bay Super City competition, Cloud Citizen, which takes on a more integrated and interconnected approach to vertical cities. In this article on The Guardian, Nicola Davison investigates how at this critical time in the country’s development, architects and urban planners may choose to move away from previous urban models of isolated skyscrapers, towards a more humane environment that seeks to emulate nature and create diverse public spaces. Read the article in full here.Tomar Hill House / Contaminar Arquitectos
Architects: Contaminar Arquitectos
Location: Tomar, Portugal
Architect In Charge: Joel Esperança, Ruben Vaz
Designer: Romeu Sousa
Collaboration: Frederico Louçano, Margarida Carrilho, Hugo Rainho
Area: 211.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Location: Tomar, Portugal
Architect In Charge: Joel Esperança, Ruben Vaz
Designer: Romeu Sousa
Collaboration: Frederico Louçano, Margarida Carrilho, Hugo Rainho
Area: 211.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
Investigating A Radical Future For Our Urban Waterways
In the third and final installment of their micro documentary series on architecture and water, Ellis Woodman and a team at the Architectural Review (AR) have collaborated with architects, developers, urbanists and thinkers to examine the latent connections between water infrastructure and our built environment. Taking a journey by narrowboat through London,
the film explores the radical ideas which may offer the keys to
unlocking the potential of the urban waterway. Through recreation,
interaction and radical ideas such as floating parks, amphibious houses
and new public wetlands can the river become a living part of the city?
Toni-Areal / EM2N
Architects: EM2N
Location: Industriequartier Hard, Foerrlibuck Street 109, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland
Architects In Charge: Mathias Müller, Daniel Niggli
Area: 125000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Simon Menges, Roger Frei
Location: Industriequartier Hard, Foerrlibuck Street 109, 8005 Zurich, Switzerland
Architects In Charge: Mathias Müller, Daniel Niggli
Area: 125000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Simon Menges, Roger Frei
Villa S / Ian Shaw Architekten BDA RIBA
Architects: Ian Shaw Architekten BDA RIBA
Location: Schriesheim, Germany
Area: 325.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Felix Krumbholz Photography
Location: Schriesheim, Germany
Area: 325.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Felix Krumbholz Photography
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