Sunday, February 1, 2015

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Crossoverzaal / NL Architects

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Architects: NL Architects
Location: Vredenburg, 3511 , Netherlands
Architect In Charge: Pieter Bannenberg, Walter van Dijk, Kamiel Klaasse
Design Team: Sören Grünert, Kirsten Hüsig, Thomas Scherzer, Marc Dahmen, Gerbrand van Oostveen, Michael Schoner, Wim Sjerps, Martijn Stoffels, Michael Schoner, Bobby de Graaf, Stephan Schuelecke, Florent Le Corre, Jung-Hwa Cho, Michael Schoner, Bobby de Graaf, Lorena Valero Miñano, Inés Quinteiro Antolin
Year: 2014
Photographs: Courtesy of NL Architects

Fate of Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center Remains In Question

 by Paul Rudolph. Image ©  Times – Tony Cenicola
The latest in the debate over Paul Rudolph’s controversial Orange County Government Center, Michael Kimmelman of the New York Times stresses the importance of its survival in “A Chance to Salvage a Master’s Creation.” The much debated plan for the now monumental structure would alter much of its existing character, whether by removal or replacement. Kimmelman argues that despite the criticism the Government Center has garnered from some, Orange County should reconsider architect Gene Kaufman’s alternate proposal which would keep the structure intact and would restore it to its former glory.
Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye is one of the most iconic houses of the 20th century. Image © Flavio Bragaia

IconicHouses Website Celebrates the House Museum

IconicHouses.org is a database that aims to connect people with the 20th century’s most architecturally significant houses, specifically those that have been converted into house museums. The organization aims to not only highlight these incredible structures to make the public more aware…

Morris House / Martin Fenlon Architecture

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Architects: Martin Fenlon Architecture
Location: Highland Park, , CA, USA
Area: 2200.0 ft2
Year: 2014
Photographs: Eric Staudenmaier

Competition Entry: Pichler & Traupmann Fuses Two Axis to Envision Vienna High-Rise

Exterior showing the “slit”. Image © Isochrom 
The latest competition entry, “Gate 2 Tower” from Pichler & Traupmann Architekten examines the relationship formed between a high-rise building and its local and global surroundings to create a cohesive design that bridges the problematic gap between these different scales. Employing unconventional methods, Gate 2 Tower features geometries that not only create unique interactions, but also inform each other.

Democratizing Design: Michael Graves’ Legacy On Display in the “Past as Prologue” Exhibition

Often Graves’s tableware takes on the proportions of a building. In turn, buildings are often simplified to the level of tableware. Above: Denver Central Library, South Facade (1993). Image Courtesy of  & Associates
On show until April 5th at the Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey, Michael Graves: Past as Prologue celebrates the fifty-year career of one of the ’ best-known and prolific architects. Graves is known for his unapologetic postmodernism which often divides opinion the profession. However in this review of the exhibition, originally published by Metropolis Magazine as “Shape Shifter,” Samuel Medina finds that while it is easy to criticize in Graves’ design style, it is hard to find fault with the noble intentions underlying his work.
“It’s been fifty years of more is more,” says Karen Nichols, a principal of Michael Graves & Associates, reiterating an aphorism Graves has taken a liking to in recent years. She is standing in front of an exhibition board in the retrospective, Michael Graves: Past as Prologue, which is currently on show at the Grounds for Sculpture in New Jersey. Nichols joined the firm in 1977, precisely the time when her employer made the fateful and rather lucrative pivot towards Postmodernism. The text on the exhibition wall behind her pinpoints The Big Break to the same year, depicting it with two like-minded projects. The first is the built Plocek House (1977), which originated the hide-the-keystone game Graves has been playing ever since. The other, the unrealized scheme for the Fargo-Moorhead Cultural Center Bridge (1977–1978), intended to enlighten the twin midwestern communities with a dose of the Enlightenment architect Claude Nicolas Ledoux’s architecture parlante.
To hear Nichols (and Graves) tell it now, it’s as if Graves were always more Venturian than Venturi, from his earliest neo-Corbusian villas, up through the pedimented temple he built for Disney in 1988. The truth is, Graves—the Cubist, the classicist, and the caricaturist—has always had a hard time saying “No.”

Kafe Magasinet / Robach Arkitektur

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Architects: 
Location: Tredje Långgatan 7, 413 03 Göteborg, 
Architect In Charge: Axel Robach
Area: 120.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Henrik Lindén

Arquitectura à Moda do Porto: Episode 1, The Shimmering Lights of Porto

We’ve teamed up with Building Pictures, Filipa Figueira and Tiago Vieira to feature weekly episodes of their video series “Arquitectura à Moda do ,” which highlights Porto’s most significant buildings over the last 20 years.
The series is comprised of 10 episodes, each focusing on a different theme: light, stairs, balconies, nature, textures, doors, windows, skylights, pavements and structures.

WOTHOUSE / NSW AS

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Architects: NSW AS
Location: , Norway
Design Team: Gudmund Stenseth, Tore Schjetlein, Tiffany Otis, Luis Santos
Project Manager: Gudmund Stenseth
Area: 248.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Einar Aslaksen

DTU Skylab / Juul Frost Arkitekter

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Architects: Juul Frost Arkitekter
Location: Technical University of , 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, 
Area: 1600.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Laura Stamer
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Nieuwe Park Rozenburgschool / KCAP Architects&Planners

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Architects: KCAP Architects&Planners
Location: , 
Area: 3200.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Ossip van Duivenbode
Atrium Ground Floor. Image © NLÉ

NLÉ Wins Competition to Design Financial Headquarters in Lagos

International design firm NLÉ has recently shared its competition-winning design for the financial headquarters of the microfinance bank Credit Direct Limited. Located in Lagos, Nigeria, in the Ikeja district, the bank’s design abandons the forbidding presence of most financial institutions for one that is open and welcoming. This decision not only invites clientele inside, but creates opportunities for adaptation to the tropical weather of Lagos. Read on to learn more. 

Group8asia Selected to Realize “Verdant Urban Oasis” in Singapore

Balcony View. Image Courtesy of 
Group8asia has recently taken first place in a competition meant to revive the concept of public housing in Singapore. The Punggol Waterway Terraces, so named for the river on which they’re set, will be a sustainable community that aims to echo the utopic exuberance of ’s first housing developments in the 1970s. Arranged around central courtyards, these high-rise apartments hope to create a sleek, graceful skyline that contrasts with the verdant greenery of their landscape.
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How to Fix America’s Infrastructure Problem

With structurally unsound bridges, unsafe dams, and derelict roads becoming increasingly common problems, infrastructure has been brought to the forefront of many political agendas. However, limited funding in this area brings to mind the question of economics: how will improvements to North America’s major trading channels be made without driving the nation further into debt? This is what Jordan Golson addresses in the article, It’s Time to Fix America’s Infrastructure. Here’s Where to Start. Although not all of these infrastructural problems can be resolved in the foreseeable future, according to Golson, however some smaller improvements in the next few years can be a manageable starting point. Read the full article, here.

300 Ivy Street / David Baker Architects

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Architects: David Baker Architects
Location: 300 Ivy Street, , CA 94102, USA
Year: 2014
Photographs: Bruce Damonte

Video: Tour Through Mons International Congress Xperience with Daniel Libeskind

In light of the recent opening of Mons International Congress Xperience (MICX), Daniel Libeskind hosted a private tour through the conference center, explaining his thinking behind the building’s expressive form. The experience was captured on this short film by Spirit of Space with the intention to open the discussion up to a larger audience.
The building, an important new landmark in the Belgium city of Mons, is described by Libeskind as “an expression of contrasting geometric forms.” Aside form providing function and “lively” spaces for auditoria and conference use, the building aims to be “a hinge between the old city and the new.”

The Architecture of Product Design: Cross-Disciplinary Sketching Tools

Courtesy of Percolate
A version of this article originally appeared on the Percolate Blog.
In spring of 2009, I graduated from architecture school. At the time, the post-recession economy was rough and not much was happening for architects. With an interest in entrepreneurship and , I took a risk and decided to try working at a tech startup. Much to my surprise, I fell in love with the industry and 5 years later, I’m now a Product Designer at Percolate in NYC, a company which produces web and mobile marketing software.
Since my career pivot, I’ve noticed many interesting parallels between architecture and product design. Although the mediums are different, it’s amazing to see how many of the design principles and processes are the same. To some degree, even the tools can be applied to both design industries. In this post, I will discuss hand-, and learn how we apply architecture tools to product design at Percolate.

Amenagement Des Bureaux Ekimetrics / Estelle Vincent Architecture

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Architects: Estelle Vincent Architecture
Location: 136 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 , France
Photographs: Arnaud Schelstraete
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