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Zhangjiagang Town River Reconstruction / Botao Landscape

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Architects: Botao Landscape
Location: Zhangjiagang City Price Control Bureau, 70 Renmin Middle Road, Zhangjiagang, , Jiangsu, China, 215600
Area: 65000.0 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of Botao Landscape

Audi Centre Singapore / ONG&ONG Pte Ltd

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Architects: ONG&ONG Pte Ltd
Location:
Area: 7642.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Aaron Pocock
Tel Aviv Museum of Art Amir Building / Preston Scott Cohen. Image © Amit Geron

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

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Architects: Gray Puksand
Location: 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: ’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

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Architects: De Zwarte Hond
Location: Utenbroekestraat 6, 2597 PH , The Netherlands
Developer: Bouwonderneming Stout B.V., Hardinxveld-Giessendam, The Netherlands
Area: 2480.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: ScagliolaBrakkee
Courtesy of The Architectural League of New York

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

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Architects: Fernanda Marques Arquitetos Associados
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

Museum Of The History Of Polish Jews / Lahdelma & Mahlamäki + Kuryłowicz & Associates. Image © Pawel Paniczko
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 . 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

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Architects: Eliot Lee, Eun Lee
Location: , 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.

Dulwich Residence / NatureHumaine

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Architects: NatureHumaine
Location: 371 Avenue Dulwich, , QC J4P, Canada
Area: 2845.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Adrien Williams

Shereen Sherzad Wins the 2014 Tamayouz Women in Architecture and Construction Award

Erbil Citadel under reconstruction. Image © David Stanley via Wikipedia
Former RIBA president Angela Brady has announced Shereen Sherzad as the recipient of the second annual , ’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 and other Arab schools of Architecture.
The winners of the Young Woman Architect and Special Commemorative Awards, after the break.
Cloud Citizen. Image Courtesy of Courtesy of Urban Future Organization and CR-Design

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

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Architects: Contaminar Arquitectos
Location: , 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 and our built environment. Taking a journey by narrowboat through , 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

© Simon Menges
Architects: EM2N
Location: Industriequartier Hard, Foerrlibuck Street 109, 8005 Zurich,
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

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Architects: Ian Shaw Architekten BDA RIBA
Location: , Germany
Area: 325.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Felix Krumbholz Photography
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