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The Bluecoat / Hans van der Heijden Architect

© Stefan Müller
Architects: Hans van der Heijden Architect
Location: School Lane, Liverpool, L31,
Architect In Charge: Hans van der Heijden Architect
Design Team: Theo van de Beek, Marjolein van Eig, Hans van der Heijden, Helen Webster, Rick Wessels
Year: 2008
Photographs: Stefan Müller

Fortune Plaza / P&T Group

Courtesy of P&T Group
Architects: P&T Group
Location: , ,
Associate Architect: CERI Ltd
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of P&T Group

K5-House / Architect Show

© Toshihisa Ishii
Architects: Architect Show
Location: Kurume, Fukuoka Prefecture,
Architect In Charge: Masahiko Sato
Area: 135.0 sqm
Photographs: Toshihisa Ishii

Residential building AATN / tp3 architekten

© Mark Sengstbratl
Architects: tp3 architekten
Location: 4680 ,
Year: 2013
Photographs: Mark Sengstbratl
Courtesy of DBOX Branding & Creative for KPF

KPF’s Lotte World Tower Jeopardized by Mysterious Sinkholes

Construction is well underway for KPF’s Lotte World Tower in Seoul, however the mysterious appearance of sinkholes in the surrounding area - as reported by CNN - has brought on a slew of safety concerns. Authorities have been unable to determine the cause of the sinkholes which have appeared in a number of locations around Seoul’s Songpa District, although they have ruled out sewerage as a possibility. To learn more about the bizarre phenomenon putting the 123-story tower under scrutiny, click here.

LUZ shirokane / Kawabe Naoya Architects Design Office

© Akinobu Kawabe
Architects: Kawabe Naoya Architects Design Office
Location: Shirokane, , Tokyo,
Area: 500.0 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Akinobu Kawabe
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Spotlight: Joshua Prince-Ramus

Today marks the 45th birthday of Joshua Prince-Ramus. Receiving a bachelor of arts in philosophy from Yale, Prince-Ramus graduated from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design in 1996. He was one of the founding principals of OMA’s New York office, eventually buying out Rem Koolhaas’s share of the company in 2006 to form a separate office entirely: REX. Prince-Ramus continues as head of the firm to this day.

Engine Company 16 FireHouse / DLR Group

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Architects: DLR Group
Location: 3901 South Wabash Avenue, , IL 60653, USA
Area: 20000.0 ft2
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of DLR Group

Images Leaked of Major Development at Toronto’s Union Station

Looking Southwest toward the development. Image © for Hines; via UrbanToronto.ca
Details have been leaked of a major new development on the Southern edge of downtown Toronto, just East of Union Station. The scheme, uncovered by UrbanToronto and its inquisitive users, involves the connection of sites on both sides of the railway tracks, and will include three towers and a pedestrian bridge featuring a park and retail space. It is understood that Wilkinson Eyre are the architects, after BD confirmed last week that they have recently won a major competition in .
Read on for more details of the project

The Porter School of Environmental Studies / Geotectura + Chen Architects + Axelrod Grobman Architects

© Shai Epstein
Architects: Geotectura, Chen Architects, Axelrod Grobman Architects
Location: University, , 6997801,
Architect In Charge: Dr. Joseph Cory, Dr. Yasha Grobman, Nir Chen
Area: 3800.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Shai Epstein
Peter Eisenman. Image Courtesy of an-onymous.com

Spotlight: Peter Eisenman

Renowned architect, theorist and educator Peter Eisenman turns 82 today. Eisenman initially rose to fame in the late ‘60s, as part of the New York Five, a group that shared an interest in the purity of architectural form. Eisenman’s work, whether built, written or drawn, is characterized by Deconstructivism, with an interest in signs, symbols and the processes of meaning-making always at the foreground. As such, Eisenman has at times been a controversial figure in the architectural world, professing a disinterest in environmental sustainability.

Rio de Janeiro selected to host UIA 2020 World Congress of Architects

via cntraveller.com
has been selected to host World Congress of Architects 2020, one of the world’s most important architecture forums. The news was announced yesterday by one of the ’s former presidents and current Secretary of the Session, Vassils Sgoutas, during the General Assembly of this year’s congress in Durban, South Africa. Rio’s application was spearheaded by Brazil’s most important architecture institution – Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil (IAB). The South American city beat out two strong candidates: Melbourne and Paris.
After the presentations of the three candidate cities, two rounds of voting began. In the first round Rio got 85 votes, against Melbourne’s 73 votes and Paris’ 44 votes. In the second round Rio beat Melbourne with 107 votes against 95.

2 Hermanos Cabin / WMR Arquitectos

© Sergio Pirrone
Architects: WMR Arquitectos
Location: Matanzas, , Libertador General Bernardo O’Higgins Region,
Area: 50.0 sqm
Photographs: Sergio Pirrone

In Novels, A Character Flaw

Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead
Architects are woefully underrepresented in literature. According to Jay Wickersham, author of this article originally published in , there are very few that accurately portray designers without sensationalizing or glossing over their craft. He does, however, point us towards some exceptions: works of fiction that come close to grasping what the study and practice of architecture is all about. Read the full article, along with these recommendations, after the break.

Jerry House / onion + Arisara Chaktranon & Siriyot Chaiamnuay

© Wison Tungthunya
Architects: Onion
Interior Designers: Arisara Chaktranon & Siriyot Chaiamnuay
Location: The Beach Palace, , District, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Area: 435.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Wison Tungthunya

Make Architects Reveal Big Data Institute for University of Oxford

Northern Aerial View. Image Courtesy of Make Architects
Make Architects have just received planning permission to build a world-class institute devoted to research and processing of health-related data on Oxford University’s Old Road Campus. The Big Data Institute (BDI) will be built adjacent to two other Make-designed buildings: The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology and the NDM Research Building. The BDI will be London-based Make Architects‘ fifth building on ’s Old Road Campus.
Wondering what’s inside? Find out more after the break.

The Berlage Archive: Stefano Boeri (2001)

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ArchDaily has teamed up with the The Berlage to provide exclusive access to their newly digitized archive of lectures. is a postgraduate international institute where some of the world’s most renowned architects, thinkers, designers, photographers and professionals come to share, exchange and critically reflect upon their ideas. Over the last 23 years, has built up an extensive archive of seminal lectures. Thanks to this partnership we can now share them with you. ArchDaily is committed to providing inspiration and knowledge to architects all over the world, so please look forward to monthly publications of these lectures during the coming year.
What is Europe’s new role in a globalized, post-terrorist world? In this lecture from 2001, Italian architect Stefano Boeri meditates on the intersection of socialism, urbanism and globalization in a world still reeling from the attacks on September 11th, which had occurred just months prior. ”Multiplicity,” he explains, is about creating an opportunity to discuss the myriad of components affecting the all-encompassing world of architecture. Boeri paints his ideas in broad strokes, punctuating with specific examples of social uprising as catalysts for movements within architecture.
“Europe cannot be read as geographical or geopolitical environment” says Boeri, “it has a history of mobile borders.” In a world turned upside down by a new culture of terrorism, Boeri delves into the traveling museum exhibition as a worldwide vehicle for research, discussion and progress. Referencing his research on urban planning in “Mutations” with Rem Koolhaas, Boeri places architecture on the leading edge of societal progress, as typified in his later project Bosco Verticale in Milan.
Check out the other lectures in The Berlage Archive series: 

Festival Hall ’Neckarallee’ in Neckartailfingen / Ackermann+Raff

© Thomas Herrmann
Architects: Ackermann+Raff
Location: ,
Area: 1187.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Thomas Herrmann
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