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Hotel Golden Holiday in Nha Trang / Trinh Viet A Architects
Architects: Trinh Viet A Architects
Location: Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
Architect In Charge: Trinh Viet A, Naoya Sakamaki, Le Hoai Phuong
Area: 2000.0 sqm
Photographs: Hiroyuki Oki
Location: Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa Province, Vietnam
Architect In Charge: Trinh Viet A, Naoya Sakamaki, Le Hoai Phuong
Area: 2000.0 sqm
Photographs: Hiroyuki Oki
House in Atsugi / Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates
Architects: Naoya Kawabe Architect & Associates
Location: Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Area: 110.0 sqm
Year: 2008
Photographs: Takumi Ota
Location: Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Area: 110.0 sqm
Year: 2008
Photographs: Takumi Ota
“Briefly”: a Documentary About Design’s Least Significant Piece of Paper
<a href="http://www.vimeo.com/107567840">http://www.vimeo.com/107567840</a>
When we evaluate the work of architects and other designers, we often
treat it as if the design was created in a vacuum. It’s easy to forget
that the vast majority of designs emerge from a collaboration between
the designer and their client, and when it comes to the design’s success
the input of the client can often be as important as the work of the
designer. This creative relationship can be a difficult one to navigate,
yet it is usually held together by a single document: the brief.
Released today, this half-hour documentary by director Tom Bassett entitled Briefly takes a long hard look at the brief, with architects Frank Gehry and David Rockwell, industrial designer Yves Béhar, illustrator and author Maira Kalman, marketing executive John C Jay and creative executive John Boiler all pitching in their experience with creative briefs, and recounting stories where, for better or for worse, the brief had a major effect on their work.
More on the documentary after the break
Released today, this half-hour documentary by director Tom Bassett entitled Briefly takes a long hard look at the brief, with architects Frank Gehry and David Rockwell, industrial designer Yves Béhar, illustrator and author Maira Kalman, marketing executive John C Jay and creative executive John Boiler all pitching in their experience with creative briefs, and recounting stories where, for better or for worse, the brief had a major effect on their work.
More on the documentary after the break
Bow House / Edwards Moore
Los Angeles Rids Itself of Helipad Requirement, Opens City to “Bolder” Skyline
Helicopter landing pads will no longer be required atop new buildings in Los Angeles, California. The rule’s elimination, which was announced yesterday by the city’s mayor and fire chief, allows architects the freedom to break away from LA’s “boxy” skyline. “I want to see innovative design,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said. “I want to see good design, but we’re going to take the handcuffs off of you when we ask you to do that. I want neighborhoods to look good, and I want our buildings to look iconic.” You can read more about the change, here.Locales Roca / BBC Arquitectos + Sol Loustaunau
Architects: BBC Arquitectos, Sol Loustaunau
Location: Tucumán 668, Cipolletti, Río Negro Province, Argentina
Area: 600.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Manuel Ciarlotti
Location: Tucumán 668, Cipolletti, Río Negro Province, Argentina
Area: 600.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Manuel Ciarlotti
Finalists for 2014 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Announced
Seven humanitarian initiatives have been nominated for “Socially-Responsible Design’s Highest Award,” the 2014 Buckminster Fuller Challenge.
Presented by the Buckminster Fuller Institute, the $100,000 prize is
awarded each year to scientists, students, designers, architects,
activists, entrepreneurs, artists and planners from all over the world
using innovative solutions to solve some of humanity’s most pressing
problems.
Among this year’s finalists are a floating health clinic
in Lake Tanganyika, a comprehensive coastal resiliency plan for the
Northeastern Seaboard, and a waterfront regeneration plan for the
Makoko/Iwaya community.
The 2014 Buckminster Fuller Challenge Finalists are…
New Practices New York: Upcoming Firms in the Big Apple
WHAT: With its fifth biennial competition and exhibition, the AIANY New Practices Committee is proud to recognize six emerging architecture and design firms working in New York City. These firms will be featured in an exhibition opening on October 1 at 6pm at the Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place. This year, the opening of New Practices New York 2014 will also kick off Archtober 2014, Architecture and Design Month.In Progress: Pomona College Studio Art Hall / wHY
Architects: wHY
Location: Claremont, CA, USA
Area: 35000.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Jeremy Bittermann, Benny Chan
Location: Claremont, CA, USA
Area: 35000.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Jeremy Bittermann, Benny Chan
Confirmed: Wilkinson Eyre Designs Large-Scale, Transit-Oriented Development for Toronto
Developer Ivanhoé Cambridge has confirmed plans for a major, multi-phased office and transit development in the heart of Toronto’s financial core, just east of Union Station. Designed by London-based Wilkinson Eyre,
following an international competition, the two-tower development will
rise on both sides of the railway tracks and connect via an elevated
public park. The South tower will include a major new GO Bus Terminal
serving Union Station and will be topped with commercial retail.
More on the development, after the break.
Constellations Bar / H. Miller Bro
MASS Design Group’s Latest Video: Design That Heals
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In their sixth Beyond the Building video, “Design That Heals,” MASS Design Group explores
how architects can improve the lives and health of people everywhere.
The video reveals how the work of MASS operates on various scales from
everything to designing better furniture to influencing national
policies. Their approach to humanitarian architecture begins by
empowering the local community to take ownership of new projects, and in
turn, bring about significant improvements in the quality of life in
places that have previously been overlooked.
For example, talking about MASS Design Group‘s Butaro Hospital, Rwanda‘s Minister for Health Dr. Agnes Binagwaho says: “There’s this idea of equity to put a hospital, state of the art, in the middle of nowhere. It was not nowhere for everybody, because there are 300,000 people living there.” Watch the video above and get involved in the conversation on how architecture can go #beyondthebuilding.
For example, talking about MASS Design Group‘s Butaro Hospital, Rwanda‘s Minister for Health Dr. Agnes Binagwaho says: “There’s this idea of equity to put a hospital, state of the art, in the middle of nowhere. It was not nowhere for everybody, because there are 300,000 people living there.” Watch the video above and get involved in the conversation on how architecture can go #beyondthebuilding.
Vila Taguai / Cristina Xavier Arquitetura
Architects: Cristina Xavier Arquitetura
Location: Carapicuíba – São Paulo, Brazil
Design Team: Henrique Fina, Lucia Hashizume, João Xavier
Area: 1250.0 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Daniel Ducci, Joao Xavier, Courtesy of Cristina Xavier – Photos of work, ITA – Prototype photos
Location: Carapicuíba – São Paulo, Brazil
Design Team: Henrique Fina, Lucia Hashizume, João Xavier
Area: 1250.0 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Daniel Ducci, Joao Xavier, Courtesy of Cristina Xavier – Photos of work, ITA – Prototype photos
Online Master Class: Real Estate in the Corporation – More than just an Expense
Online Master ClassReal Estate in the Corporation – More than just an Expense
Date: Oct 7th 2014 at 18:00 Madrid time.
Speaker: Sharon Liebowitz, VP of Global Real Estate, JPMorgan Chase
Registration: click here to register to the event.
Brought to you by: IE School of Architecture & Design
Real Estate is among the top three expenses for most corporations, and as such, needs to be aggressively managed. But, in addition to managing real estate as an expense item, real estate also needs to be managed as a strategic asset. This can include using the workspace to attract talent, developing a location strategy to situate offices near the best labor pool, or creating an office environment that supports collaboration. Deploying the capabilities of real estate as a strategic asset enables businesses to achieve their priorities.
Interactive Infographic: How Much do Architecture Graduates Earn?
Read on after the break for analysis of what the infographics tell us
RIBA Future Trends Survey Shows Confidence Remains Steady
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)’s Future Trends Survey for August showed that confidence among UK practices has remained stable at “a very positive” balance figure of +28. The positive outlook was shared by the whole country, with every region returning a balance figure of above +20 – a significant improvement for Wales and the West, who last month were at a more reserved +12. “Sentiment about future workload prospects for the architects’ profession has been strong throughout 2013 and 2014, and we are now beginning to see this reflected in increased levels in the aggregate value of work in progress,” said the RIBA, adding that the increasing workload is being “driven primarily by growth in the commercial and private housing sectors.”
Is The Design Museum Dying?
In an article for the Financial Times, Edwin Heathcote asks “what are design museums actually for?” Noting that we are living through a “boom time” for the typology, Heathcote argues that when we are overwhelmed by design in our day to day lives, what will fill these spaces? London’s Victoria & Albert Museum sprouted from the legacy of the 1850 Great Exhibition, where the concept of a design museum originated, as an attempt to “display the fruits of Britain’s industrial revolution.” Ironically in the very same museum in 2013, curator Kieran Long acquired a print of the world’s first 3D printed gun for the permanent collection. Will the ubiquity of ‘design’ soon negate the need for dedicated spaces?Single-family house in Curile / 3biro
Architects: 3biro
Location: 8330 Čurile, Slovenia
Area: 245.0 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Miran Kambič
Location: 8330 Čurile, Slovenia
Area: 245.0 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Miran Kambič
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