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O House / Wangstudio

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Architects: Wangstudio
Location: , Đô Lương, Nghe An, Vietnam
Designer: Le Vu Wang
Area: 200.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Wangstudio

Sandcrawler / Andrew Bromberg of Aedas

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Architects: Andrew Bromberg of Aedas
Location:
Area: 21468.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Aedas, Paul Warchol

House Isogo / Be-Fun Design

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Architects: Be-Fun Design
Location: Isogo, , Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture,
Architect In Charge: Tsuyoshi Shindo
Area: 98.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Hiroyuki Hirai
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Inside “Arctic Adaptations” – Special Mention Winner at the Venice Biennale 2014

<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/102782755">http://www.vimeo.com/102782755</a>
UPDATE: Our interview with is now up!
For this year’s Venice Biennale, the Canadian Pavilion explored the ways modernity was absorbed in the extreme environment of Nunavut, . As Nunavut is the newest, northernmost, and largest territory (with an area of over 2 million square kilometers) in , Lateral Office hoped to shed on light on what Mason White called “modernity at an edge.” Wowing the jury with their research and design, Arctic Adaptaptions: Nunavut at 15 garnered Mason White, Lola Sheppard, Matthew Spremulli, and their team a Special Mention during Saturday’s awards ceremony.
The geographic and cultural “edgeness” of Nunavut is examined over different parts of the exhibition in three mediums: a recent past, a current present and a near future. Matthew Spremulli explained that Arctic Adaptions sought to “look beyond standards” to see how the fundamentals of architecture are impacted in an area like Nunavut. Given the specific and acutely unique challenges to building and designing in an environment that, understandably, resists being colonized by southern models, the curators presented a case for adaptation.

T-House / NOTDS

© Ketsiree Wongwan, Apinine Thassanopas
Architects: NOTDS
Location: Tiwanon 38, Tha Sai, Mueang Nonthaburi District, Nonthaburi 11000, Thailand
Architect In Charge: Ekaphap Duangkaew
Area: 500.0 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Ketsiree Wongwan, Apinine Thassanopas

Landscape Design Unveiled for West Kowloon Cultural District Park

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The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority has recently unveiled the design plans for the West Kowloon Cultural District, a scheme that will activate the waterfront and create a dynamic green space in what will be one of the largest cultural developments in the world. Developed by Dennis Lau & Ng Chun Man Architects & Engineers, with West 8 and ACLA, the concept plan features outdoor areas for exhibitions and performances, recreational lawns, and a waterfront promenade.

Magma Towers / GLR arquitectos

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Architects: GLR arquitectos
Location: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon,
Architect In Charge: Gilberto L. Rodríguez
Area: 38450.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Jorge Taboada
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Two Architecture Firms Represent Chile at Time Space Existence Exhibition

<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/102133040">http://www.vimeo.com/102133040</a> The only Chilean architects selected by Rem Koolhaas to participate in the Collateral Event “Time Space Existence” at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale were Ortuzar & Gebauer and Simonetti & Stewart. The architecture firms teamed up to showcase two singular projects – a hotel on stilts and an open plan office building – that mark the beginning of renewal in different neighborhoods. The exhibition, which runs until 23 November 2014, looks at how architects influence our daily existence through our understanding of time and space. To learn more about the Chilean team’s contribution to the event, keep reading after the break.

Casa Rupanco / duval+vives arquitectos

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Architects: duval+vives arquitectos
Location: Lago Rupanco, Valdivia, Los Ríos Region,
Lead Architects: Antonio Duval, Pablo Vives
Area: 245.0 m2
Year: 2011
Photographs: Cortesia de d+vA | Duval + Vives Arquitectos

AD Classics: Casa “Il Girasole” / Luigi Moretti

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As one architectural scholar described it, Luigi Moretti’s 1950 Casa “Il Girasole” is “a bit of madness on the solidity of Roman walls.” [1] Yet, this clever apartment building in the heart of is far from the work of a madman. Its subtle historical allusions and deliberately ambiguous composition betray the genius of the architect’s creative and analytical mind. Moretti, whose notable commissions include Villa La Saracena (1957), Montreal’s Stock Exchange Tower (1964), and the Watergate Complex (1971), achieves a complexity of form and materiality in “Il Girasole” that distinguishes the project from its mid-century contemporaries and has earned it recognition as one of the earliest forerunners of postmodern design.

CincoMdos / JSa

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Architects: JSa
Location: Interior (Av. Rio Mixcoac) 73 Piso 7, Insurgentes Mixcoac, Benito Juarez, 03920 City, Federal District,
Design Team: Javier Sánchez, Juan Ignacio Reyes, Sofía Villarreal, Lucía Villers, Silvia Mejía, Francisco Martinez, Alejandro Elí
Area: 1500.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Jaime Navarro

B-AND-BEE Introduces Honeycomb Campsites for Festivals

© Hannes Geipel
Every year as the weather gets warmer, millions of visitors flock to music festivals around the world. Fans often have to brave the elements and sleep in tents to attend such events, and if hotel rooms are available they are usually in short supply. However, the B-AND-BEE  concept may offer a smart alternative.

AD Interviews: Rahul Mehrotra / RMA Architects

<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/92285744">http://www.vimeo.com/92285744</a> On his recent visit to Santiago, Chile we caught up with Rahul Mehrotra, founder of -based RMA Architects and a professor of Urban Design and Planning at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Mehrotra is known for his advocacy work in Mumbai and has carried out projects on a myriad of scales including interior design, architecture, urban design, conservation and planning. His projects include everything from a house on a tea plantation to a campus for NGO Magic Bus, the KMC Corporate Office in Hyderabad and housing for mahouts and their elephants. Mehrotra has also written and lectured extensively on architecture, conservation and urban planning in Mumbai and India.
“I think that the most important issue facing architects and architecture–generally, around the world–is the question of inequity,” Mehrotra told us. “I think architecture is a deadly instrument in hardening the boundaries between the communities in society. It hardens thresholds very easily; we don’t realize it.” In the full interview, Mehrotra speaks more on inequity, what architecture means to him and how his practice and teaching inform each .

Casa FM / ES.arch + Consalez Rossi Architetti Associati

© Marcello Mariana
Architects: ES.arch, Consalez Rossi Architetti Associati
Location: 23024 Sondrio, Italy
Area: 650.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Marcello Mariana

Shanghai Tower Enters Final Stage of Construction

Climbing skyward, Tower (center) is seen in (July 2014), in the final stage of construction. Situated in ’s fast-growing Pudong District, Tower is located adjacent to the Jin Mao Tower (left) and the World Financial Center (right). Image © Nick Almasy Photography
After nearly eight years of design and construction, what will soon be ’s tallest and the world’s second tallest building has entered into its final phase of construction. Designed by Gensler, the 632-meter (2,073 feet) spiraling Shanghai Tower is now set to be completed in 2015, becoming the centerpiece of the city’s Lujiazui commercial district.
In light of the tower reaching its final phase of construction, Marshall Strabala, the Chief Architect of the building, has unveiled new photos of the construction process. Enjoy these photos as well as a video interview with Strabala on the construction process after the break…

Guangzhou Announces Shortlists for Two Museum Projects

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The Guangzhou Bureau of Science and IT has announced the shortlists for two major projects in Guangzhou. The two museum projects – the Guangzhou Museum and the Guangzhou Science Museum, each worth over $160 million – will be the latest in a host of high profile projects in China‘s third-largest city, a list which includes Zaha Hadid‘s Guangzhou Opera House, the 600m tall Canton Tower, IFC Guangzhou by Wilkinson Eyre Architects and the Guangzhou Circle, among others.
The Guangzhou Museum will be located to the West of Lingnan Square near the Canton Tower, while the Guangzhou Science museum will be located to the East. Practices making the two lists include Bjark Ingels Group, Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, TFP Farrells, MAD Architects and Steven Holl Architects. Read on after the break for the complete shortlists.

OPSO / K-Studio

© Tom Gildon
Architects: K-Studio
Location: 10 Paddington Street, Marylebone, W1U 5QL, UK
Photographs: Tom Gildon

CurrentSet: A Digital Drawing App That Fosters Collaboration

CurrentSet, one of a number of cloud-based digital apps for managing drawings on the go, seeks to foster collaboration among architects, project managers and on-site professionals. Uniquely, the app is offered free of charge before allowing users to add features as and when they require them.
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