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Twin Peaks House / apparat-c
Architects: apparat-c
Location: Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Architect In Charge: Seewoong Lee, Yeonyung Choi, Pedro Ferreira
Area: 177.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Namsun Lee
Location: Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, South Korea
Architect In Charge: Seewoong Lee, Yeonyung Choi, Pedro Ferreira
Area: 177.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Namsun Lee
Vanke Daxing Sales Gallery / Spark Architects
Architects: Spark Architects
Location: Daxing, Beijing, China
Project Director: Jan Felix Clostermann
Project Architect: Christian Taeubert
Team: Hua Ye, Karl Nyqvist, Ben de Lange, Ali Yildrim, Duarte Nuno Silva, Katarzyna Irzyk, Huan Wang, Nuno Cardoso Dias, Elaine Kwong, Bing Han (landscape concept design)
Client: Vanke-Shoukai
Area: 391000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Shu He
Location: Daxing, Beijing, China
Project Director: Jan Felix Clostermann
Project Architect: Christian Taeubert
Team: Hua Ye, Karl Nyqvist, Ben de Lange, Ali Yildrim, Duarte Nuno Silva, Katarzyna Irzyk, Huan Wang, Nuno Cardoso Dias, Elaine Kwong, Bing Han (landscape concept design)
Client: Vanke-Shoukai
Area: 391000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Shu He
The Race to Save Architecture in Myanmar’s Biggest City
Preservationists are in a race to document and preserve some of Yangon’s most admired cultural icons. Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon is experiencing an all to familiar story: rapid development taking precedence over preservation. As the National Geographic reports, “Hulking monoliths of concrete and blue-plated glass are replacing fine old residential and government buildings…Although much has already been lost, many architecturally or esthetically significant structures have hung on. The question now is how long they will last.” Read the complete story, here.High Street / Alta Architecture
Architects: Alta Architecture
Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia
Construction Contractor: R.Z.Owens Constructions
Area: 705.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Our Media Design Studio
Location: Melbourne VIC, Australia
Construction Contractor: R.Z.Owens Constructions
Area: 705.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Our Media Design Studio
BIG Reveals 20-Year Restoration Plan for Washington DC’s Smithsonian Campus
Nearly a year-and-a-half since the announcement of their selection, BIG has unveiled plans for a massive, 20-year-long overhaul for the Smithsonian’s southern campus in the center of Washington
DC. With an overarching goal to unite the site by dissolving the
notable impediments and discontinuous pathways that plague the area, BIG
plans to also expand visitor, education and gallery spaces, while
updating aging and inefficient building systems.
“Where today each museum is almost like a separate entity,
in the future, it’s going to be a much more open, intuitive and
inviting campus to meander around,” Bjarke Ingels explained.
Help Us Honor Rem Koolhaas On His 70th Birthday
Rem Koolhaas, one of today’s most celebrated architects, has lived a significant year. With the closing of his much-talked about Venice Biennale just days away, the Dutchman also turns 70 years old this coming Monday.Koolhaas’ approach to architecture and architectural thinking holds tremendous importance and weight – so much so that Bjarke Ingels, one of his many protegés, has called him “the Le Corbusier of our time.”
In recognition of his contribution to the world of
architecture (and on the occasion of his birthday) we’re asking you, our
readers, to post video and/or visual tributes to Rem to your social
media accounts using the hasthtag #Rem70. Has Koolhaas influenced the
work of your studio or office? Show your support or appreciation in a
short video clip! Would you like to share a portrait or illustration of
Rem or his projects? Do you have an anecdote or story? Be creative!
We’ll be publishing our favorites on his birthday, so start tagging
(#Rem70) and stay tuned.
Städtische Bühnen Theatre Workshops / gmp architekten
Architects: gmp architekten
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Design Team: Volkwin Marg and Hubert Nienhoff with Holger Betz and Kristian Spenker
Area: 13834.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of gmp architekten
Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Design Team: Volkwin Marg and Hubert Nienhoff with Holger Betz and Kristian Spenker
Area: 13834.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of gmp architekten
2015 YAP P.S.1 Shortlist
MoMA P.S.1 has announced five finalists to compete in the 2015 Young Architects Program (YAP).
Now in it’s 16th edition, the competition will challenge a group of
emerging architects to design a temporary installation within the walls
of the P.S.1 courtyard for MoMA’s annual summer “Warm-Up” series.
The 2015 shortlist includes Office for Political Innovation (Andres Jaque; NY), brillhart architecture (Jacob Brillhart; Miami, FL), Erin Besler (LA, CA), The Bittertang Farm (Michael Loverich; NY), Studio Benjamin Dillenburger (Benjamin Dillenburger and Michael Hansmeyer; ONT, Canada). The winners will be announced in early 2015.
Previous winners include The Living (Hy-Fi), CODA (Party Wall), Interboro Partners (Holding Pattern), Work AC (Public Farm 1), MOS (Afterparty) and SO-IL (Pole Dance).Oak Pass Guest / Walker Workshop
Architects: Walker Workshop
Location: Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Area: 2650.0 ft2
Year: 2013
Photographs: Nicholas Alan Cope
Location: Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Area: 2650.0 ft2
Year: 2013
Photographs: Nicholas Alan Cope
Six Teams Studying Uneven Growth to Exhibit Proposals for Expanding Megacities at MoMA
As the culmination of a 14-month initiative to examine new architectural possibilities for rapid growth in six megalopolises – Hong Kong, Istanbul, Lagos, Mumbai, New York, and Rio de Janeiro – the Museum of Modern Art is preparing to open Uneven Growth: Tactical Urbanisms for Expanding Megacities on
November 22. The exhibition will present mappings of emergent modes of
tactical urbanism from around the globe alongside proposals for a
bottom-up approach to urban growth in the highlighted cities by six
interdisciplinary teams made up of local practitioners and international
architecture and urbanism experts.
Curator Pedro Gadanho, in collaboration with the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK), states:
“The exhibition features design scenarios for future
developments that simultaneously raise awareness of the prevailing
inequalities in specific urban areas and confront the changing roles of
architects vis-à-vis ever-increasing urbanization. Each team in the
exhibition was asked to consider how emergent forms of tactical urbanism
can respond to alterations in the nature of public space, housing,
mobility, spatial justice, environmental conditions, and other major
issues in near-future urban contexts.”
A synopsis of each team’s work, after the break.
House b2 / Jaime Ortiz de Zevallos
Architects: Jaime Ortiz de Zevallos
Location: Pachacamac District, Peru
Site Area: 7500 sqm
Area: 460.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Juan Solano
Location: Pachacamac District, Peru
Site Area: 7500 sqm
Area: 460.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Juan Solano
Juhani Pallasmaa and Diébédo Francis Kéré Honored in 2014 Schelling Architecture Awards
This year, the Schelling Prize’s “indigenous ingenuity” theme was inspired by the 2012 Theory winner Kenneth Frampton‘s theory of Critical Regionalism, with the prize asking ”how can inventive and directly comprehensible architecture satisfy human needs in an appealing way?”
More on the winners after the break
The World’s 10 Tallest New Buildings of 2015
With the number of officially “tall” buildings — at least 656 feet — doubling over the next ten years, and the number of “megatall” buildings — at least 1,969 feet — expected to jump from two to 10 by 2020, building construction around the world is literally reaching new heights.
Indeed, next year alone 10 new skyscrapers of at least 1,110 feet will be completed. They are 2015′s tallest buildings…
Mini House / Agustina Ruival
Architects: Agustina Ruival
Location: Barrio Mendiolaza Golf, Mendiolaza, Cordoba, Argentina
Project Architects: Agustina Ruival, Lucas Ruival
Project Area: 950.0 m2
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Gonzalo Viramonte
Location: Barrio Mendiolaza Golf, Mendiolaza, Cordoba, Argentina
Project Architects: Agustina Ruival, Lucas Ruival
Project Area: 950.0 m2
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Gonzalo Viramonte
AD Interviews: Mohsen Mostafavi / Harvard GSD
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During his recent trip to Chile, organized by the Harvard David Rockefeller Center For Latin American Studies, we caught up with the Dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), Mohsen Mostafavi,
to see what challenges he thinks are facing the future of architecture
education and to learn more about his work on ecological urbanism.
“[Architecture is] both a singular discipline, but at the same time it needs to be a collaborative discipline. It’s at once focusing on disciplinary knowledge but at the same time trans-disciplinary practicing; therefore it means that architectural education has to find new venues for collaboration,” he said.
“I think the GSD is very well-positioned to address key societal issues today because first, we’re a very multidisciplinary school in the sense that we believe strongly both in the focus of individual disciplines like architecture, but also on the inter-relationship between architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and urban design. ”
Watch the full interview above to see what else Mostafavi had to say about architecture school, the role of architecture in society and ecological urbanism.
“[Architecture is] both a singular discipline, but at the same time it needs to be a collaborative discipline. It’s at once focusing on disciplinary knowledge but at the same time trans-disciplinary practicing; therefore it means that architectural education has to find new venues for collaboration,” he said.
“I think the GSD is very well-positioned to address key societal issues today because first, we’re a very multidisciplinary school in the sense that we believe strongly both in the focus of individual disciplines like architecture, but also on the inter-relationship between architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and urban design. ”
Watch the full interview above to see what else Mostafavi had to say about architecture school, the role of architecture in society and ecological urbanism.
Heatherwick’s Garden Bridge Gains First Planning Approval
Treck-In Hicker’s Cabins / MoodWorks Architecture + Kristel Hermans Architectuur
Architects: MoodWorks Architecture, Kristel Hermans Architectuur
Location: The Netherlands
Prototype Team 2012 Representing The Eindhoven University Of Technology: Tim van der Grinten, Xaviera Burón Klose, Kristel Hermans and Faas Moonen
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of Campsite, Tim van der Grinten
Location: The Netherlands
Prototype Team 2012 Representing The Eindhoven University Of Technology: Tim van der Grinten, Xaviera Burón Klose, Kristel Hermans and Faas Moonen
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of Campsite, Tim van der Grinten
Interviewers Ask: ‘What Is Architecture?’
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What is Architecture? (WIA),
a small collection of interviews with influential architects from
around Europe, seeks to “provide clear and concise information about
architecture”, thereby “forming a panoramic view of today’s
architectural thinking.” Set up by three students of architecture residing in Innsbruck, the WIA team have interviewed the likes of Patrik Schumacher (Zaha Hadid Architects), Sir Peter Cook (CRAB Studio), Jacob and Nathalie van Rijs (MVRDV), and Ben van Berkel (UNStudio). Their collection, though small, is continually expanding.
See a selection of WIA’s interviews after the break (or see the entire collection here).
See a selection of WIA’s interviews after the break (or see the entire collection here).
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