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Open Call: POP-UP 2015
The AIA Small Project Practitioners (SPP) invites architects and architecture students to submit design ideas to the 2015 SPP Small Project Design Competition – POP-UP 2015: “A Safe Space.” In this unique design competition, submitters are asked to design a discreet, compact and efficient shelter for the homeless. The fully constructed and completed winning design will be donated to the local non-for-profit partner, The Mad Housers, for use by their clients and program participants. A video about the competition, after the break.
2015 AIA Institute Honor Awards for Regional & Urban Design
Four projects have been selected by the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) for honorably expanding the role of the architect beyond the building and into the realms of urban design, regional and city planning, and community development. These projects will be honored with the AIA’s Institute Honor Awards for Regional and Urban Design at the 2015 National Convention and Design Exposition in Atlanta. See the winners, after the break.
UNASUR Building / Diego Guayasamin
Architects: Diego Guayasamin
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Area: 20000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Sebastián Crespo
Location: Quito, Ecuador
Area: 20000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Sebastián Crespo
Bjarke Ingels’ Advice for the Young: “It’s Important to Care”
The latest in a series of videos from Louisiana Channel sees Danish architect Bjarke Ingels ofBIG dispensing wisdom for a new generation of architects. Speaking with characteristic zeal, Ingels advises young architects “to care, because if you don’t care, it doesn’t matter.” “We’re not here to build for other architects,” Ingels says, describing architecture as “fundamentally the art and science of accommodating life.”
Urging architects to understand the “dreams and desires and priorities” of the people for whom they are designing, Ingels discusses everything from Nietzsche’s hammer to the notion of theanthropocene, citing his time working for Rem Koolhaas and OMA as an “eye-opening” experience leading him to recognize that “architecture [isn't] like an autonomous art form happening just within its own terms, but [is] actually in direct dialogue with things going on in society.” Reflecting a playfulness idiosyncratic to Ingels and the work of BIG, the architect encourages “professional serial monogamy,” recommending that students “fall in love with the work of an architect and dive really deep into that.”
Ask Arup: How to Build on a Site that is “Pretty Much a Pool”
This article originally appeared on Arup Connect as “Ask Arup: Silty Sand Solutions.”
Architect Juan Esteban Correa Elejalde’s client tasked him with designing an off-the-grid getaway for a rural site near Medellín, Colombia. After completing the initial design concept, Correa Elejalde ordered a soil study of the client’s land.
Unfortunately, the results showed the site to be “pretty much a pool,” he said; the high water table and thick layers of loose soil would provide little capacity to support heavy objects above.
After seeing Arup Connect’s call for engineering-related questions on ArchDaily, he reached out to see if we could offer any insight.
New Crematorium in Copparo / Patrimonio Copparo
Architects: Patrimonio Copparo
Location: 44034 Copparo FE, Italy
Architect In Charge: Mauro Crepaldi
Area: 2000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of Patrimonio Copparo
Location: 44034 Copparo FE, Italy
Architect In Charge: Mauro Crepaldi
Area: 2000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of Patrimonio Copparo
Red Square Tolerance Pavilion Competition Winners Unveiled
The results of the Red Square Tolerance Pavilion Competition, hosted by Homemade Dessert (HMMD), have been announced. Placed directly in the center of Moscow‘s Red Square, thecompetition asked designers to advocate the many facets of tolerance (social, religious, and political) by manifesting them in the form of a temporary pavilion. To further enhance these ideas, the pavilion is not only a symbolic space, but an educational one, with lecture halls and exhibition areas as its program, encouraging entrants to promote tolerance in all aspects of their designs.
View the winning designs after the break.
Tiwag Power Station Control Center / Bechter Zaffignani Architekten
Architects: Bechter Zaffignani Architekten
Location: Doktor Meinrad Praxmarer Straße, 6424 Silz, Austria
Architect In Charge: Bechter Zaffignani Architekten, Bregenz
Year: 2014
Photographs: Rasmus Norlander
Location: Doktor Meinrad Praxmarer Straße, 6424 Silz, Austria
Architect In Charge: Bechter Zaffignani Architekten, Bregenz
Year: 2014
Photographs: Rasmus Norlander
The Jetty to the Mont-Saint-Michel / Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Architects: Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
Location: Mont Saint-Michel, 50170 Mont Saint-Michel, France
Engineers: schlaich bergermann und partner
Year: 2014
Photographs: Mathias Neveling, Pavel Rak, David Boureau, Michael Zimmermann
Location: Mont Saint-Michel, 50170 Mont Saint-Michel, France
Engineers: schlaich bergermann und partner
Year: 2014
Photographs: Mathias Neveling, Pavel Rak, David Boureau, Michael Zimmermann
Under Construction: MIS Copacabana / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Location: Avenida Atlântica, Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Marcelo Horn / GOVERJ / Fotos Públicas
Location: Avenida Atlântica, Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Marcelo Horn / GOVERJ / Fotos Públicas
Village Health Works Staff Housing / Louise Braverman
Architects: Louise Braverman
Location: Mugara, Burundi
Architect In Charge: Louise Braverman
Area: 6000.0 ft2
Year: 2013
Photographs: Iwan Baan
Location: Mugara, Burundi
Architect In Charge: Louise Braverman
Area: 6000.0 ft2
Year: 2013
Photographs: Iwan Baan
Taliesin West Reconstructed as Largest Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO® Model
Architectural LEGO® artist Adam Reed Tucker has summoned a team of kids to help him rebuild Taliesin West as the largest Frank Lloyd Wright LEGO® structure in history. Unveiled this past Thursday, the eight by four foot model was comprised of more than 180,000 standard LEGO® parts. Tucker spent 40 hours researching and studying the project, 120 hours designing and 260 hours constructing the final model. Taliesin West, nestled in Scottsdale, Arizona’s Sonoran desert, was the winter home of Wright and is home of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. It remains one of the most visited Wright sites in the world. Read on for more.
Hueso Restaurant / Cadena + Asociados
Architects: Cadena + Asociados
Location: Efraín González Luna, Guadalajara, JAL, Mexico
Project Architect: Ignacio Cadena
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Jaime Navarro
Location: Efraín González Luna, Guadalajara, JAL, Mexico
Project Architect: Ignacio Cadena
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Jaime Navarro
AIA Honors SOM’s Broadgate Exchange House with 25-Year Award
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s Broadgate Exchange House (1990) in London has been announced as the 2015 recipient of the American Institute of Architects’ 25-Year Award. The first UK project to ever win the award, the ten-story Exchange House was commended for “standing the test of time” with its “simple yet ingenious structural system that unifies design and function in the mid-century Modernist tradition.”
Foster + Partners Remain World’s “Most Admired Architect”
A global survey conducted by BD has deemed Foster + Partners to be world’s “most admired architect” for the ninth consecutive year. The London-based practice, led by Norman Foster, is the 16th largest practice in the world. Foster + Partners’ ranking was undeniable, as the survey revealed a significant seven percent lead over runner-up contender, Herzog & de Meuron.
“To be voted most admired practice by our peers is a great honor,” said Norman Foster. “It is a huge tribute to our talented and hard-working teams with their myriad skills and disciplines, both in our many studios around the world and our base in London, all working towards the common goal of bringing innovative design solutions to create a better built environment.”
See who else topped the list as the world’s “most admired,” after the break.
CF House / Christian Calle Figueroa
Architects: Christian Calle Figueroa
Location: Valle de Yunguilla, Cuenca, Ecuador
Project Area: 192.0 m2
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Felipe Cobos Hermida
Location: Valle de Yunguilla, Cuenca, Ecuador
Project Area: 192.0 m2
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Felipe Cobos Hermida
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