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Casa Nueva: Working in the Garden / Van Atta Associates

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Landscape Architect: Van Atta Associates, Inc.
Location: County Government Campus, Santa Barbara, , USA
Project Team: Susan Van Atta, FASLA, Principal; Guillermo Gonzalez, Senior Associate; Bethany Clough, Lane Goodkind
Architect: Blackbird Architects, Ken Radtkey, AIA, Principal; Yianni Doulis, Project Architect
Civil Engineer: Flowers & Associates
Contractor: Carrol Construction Co.
Artist/ Sculptor: Michael Singer
Photographs: Bill Dewey, Saxon Holt, Haley Adams, and Jessica Harlin

LegacyER / 5Gstudio

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Architect: 5G Studio Collaborative, llc
Location: 9205 Legacy Drive, Frisco, ,
Project Team: Yen Ong, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP (Principal Architect); Hoang Dang, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP (Design Principal); James Warton, Associate AIA, LEED AP (Project Designer); Alesha Calvert, ASID (Interior Designer); Warren Lieu (Technical Designer)
Structural Consultant: Armstrong-Douglass Partners, LLC
Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing Consultant: Telios, PC
General Contractor: Huffman Builders
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Charles Davis Smith-AIA, Michael Hemme

Front to Back Infill / Colizza Bruni Architecture

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Architect: Colizza Bruni Architecture Inc. / James Colizza & Anthony Bruni
Location: , Ontario, Canada
Project Area: 111 sqm
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Peter Fritz

Urban Lofts / Charis Gkikas & Evaggelia Filtsou

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Architect: Charis Gkikas & Evaggelia Filtsou
Location: , Athens,
Developer: Alpha Land Developers 
Construction: Alpha Land Developers
Project Team: George Stamatakis , Charis Gkikas
Interior Designer: Theano Potamianou-Ravazoula
Project Area: 1.200 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Vangelis Paterakis

Museum Folkwang / David Chipperfield

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Architect: David Chipperfield Architects
Location: , Germany
Photographs: Courtesy of David Chipperfield Architects
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The POD / Hijjas Kasturi Associates Sdn with Studio Nicoletti Associati

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Architect: Hijjas Kasturi Associates Sdn with Studio Nicoletti Associati
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Contractor: Bina Jurati Sdn
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Mr. H Lin Ho Courtesy of PJCC

Farrar Pond Project – FlexFENCE / Mikyoung Kim Design

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Landscape Architect: Mikyoung Kim Design
Project Location: Lincoln, Massachusetts,
Commissioning Entity: R. E. Davoli
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Courtesy of Mikyoung Kim Design

Sacramento International Airport / Corgan Associates with Fentress Architects

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Architects: Corgan Associates with Fentress Architects
Location: , California,
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Jason A. Knowles © Fentress Architects

Restaurant 13 / Johan De Wachter Architects

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Architect: Johan De Wachter Architects
Location: Jinhua City, China
Client: Government of Jindong New District, Jinhua City
Organizer: Ai Weiwei, Herzog&DeMeuron
Principal Designer/s: Johan De Wachter
Design Team: Pei Liu
Collaboration: Fundc, ABT Velp
Site Area: 1500 sqm
Project Area: 600 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Iwan Baan, Philip Fung, Johan De Wachter

Yotsuya Tenera / Key Operation

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Architect: Key Operation Inc. / Architects
Location: , , Japan
Contractor: Fujiki Komuten
Photographs: Toshihiro Sobajima

SUNY Institute of Technology Student Center / QPK Design

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Architect: QPK Design
Location: , New York, USA
Project Team: Nicholas C. Lindabury, R.A., LEED AP, Partner-in-Charge; Paul Vaivoda, R.A, LEED AP BD+C, Project Designer; Matthew Klucznik, LEED AP, Project Manager; Erin Sirianni, NCIDQ, LEED AP, Interior Designer
Collaborators: Argus Engineering, PLLC, Plumb Engineer, P.C., John P. Stopen Engineering Partnership, Roth Consulting Group (Food Service), Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corporation
Project Area: 43,000 sqf
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Dave Revette Photography,  Chris Pitulej

British Council School in Madrid / Broadway Malyan

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Architect: Broadway Malyan
Location: , Spain
Quantity Surveyor / Project Manager: EC Harris
Structural, Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: Fulcrum / Mott MacDonald
Contractor: Sateco.
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Broadway Malyan

Station BLÜ / Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement

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Architect: Blouin Tardif Architecture-Environnement
Location: , Quebec, Canada
Client name: Station BLÜ
Project Manager: Alexandre Blouin
Project Team: Isabelle Beauchamp, Pascal Mailloux, Sophie Marquet, Guillaume Martel-Trudel, Jonathan Trottier, Alexandre Blouin
Structural/Mech./Elect. Engineer: Genivar
Contractor: Construction Marc Drolet
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Stéphane Groleau

Gate / mihadesign

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Architect: mihadesign
Location: , , Japan
Project Area: Site Area:84.75 sqm, Building Area: 50.66 m2, Floor Area Ratio: 88.39 m2
Structure Engineer: ejiri structure design office
Project Year: 2011
Photographer: Sadao Hotta

Dresden’s Military History Museum / Daniel Libeskind

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Daniel Libeskind’s Military History Museum opens today in Dresden. “I wanted to create a bold interruption, a fundamental dislocation, to penetrate the historic arsenal …” – Daniel Libeskind, 2011

“It was not my intention to preserve the museum’s facade and just add an invisible extension in the back. I wanted to create a bold interruption, a fundamental dislocation, to penetrate the historic arsenal and create a new experience. The architecture will engage the public in the deepest issue of how organized violence and how military history and the fate of the city are intertwined.”—Daniel Libeskind

Architect: Daniel Libeskind
Location: Dresden,
Text: Provided by Studio Daniel Libeskind
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Bitter Bredt, Courtesy of Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Courtesy of Studio Daniel Libeskind

Architecture City Guide: Tel Aviv

This week our is headed to Tel Aviv. Justin Kliger, a local urban planner and designer and friend of ArchDaily, graciously put together the material for this week’s guide. As the founder of Architec.tour.a, an architecture tour company in Tel Aviv , Kliger offered us great insights into the architecture of his city. “Tel Aviv is covered by a UNESCO world heritage listing as the ‘White City’, the single largest collection of International Style buildings in one city.  In addition, there is a vast amount of development and construction going on in Tel Aviv. There are a range of interesting buildings, including many examples of Brutalist buildings, post modernist structures and new cutting edge designs,” says Kliger. The 12 buildings we feature here only scratch the surface of what Tel Aviv has to offer. We will be adding to the list in the near future so leave more suggestions in the comment section below.

To check out other cities visit our world map or our Architecture City Guide page.
The : Tel Aviv  list and corresponding map after the break.

Sunnylands Center and Gardens / The Office of James Burnett , Frederick Fisher + Partners

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An extension of the 200-acre desert retreat of publisher, diplomat and philanthropist Walter Annenberg, the Sunnylands Center and Gardens is an interpretive center that celebrates the architectural and cultural legacy of the historic estate. Inspired by the Annenberg’s extensive collection of impressionist artwork, the landscape architect painted a living landscape that respects the character of the Sonoran Desert and demonstrates a new ecological aesthetic for landscapes in the arid southwest.

Landscape Architect: The Office of James Burnett (OJB)
Project Location: Rancho Mirage, , USA
Architect: Frederick Fisher + Partners
Client: The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands
Photographs: Hester + Hardaway, Dillon Diers/The Office of James Burnett, Kerun Ip, The Office of James Burnett

Stone River / Jon Piasecki

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recently received a 2011 Honor Award from ASLA for his Stone River project. The magic of this project lies in the details. You need to watch the video (after the break) to appreciate the painstaking effort and attention to detail that went into this project.

Video, project description, and more photographs after the break.

Landscape Artist: Jon Piasecki
Location:
Collaborators: Rob Davis
Text: Jon Piasecki
Photographs: Jon Piasecki, John Dolan, David Borden

AL’s House / Gonzalo Mardones Viviani

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Architect: Gonzalo Mardones Viviani
Location: Comuna de Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile
Constructor: Yon Gallastegui
Engineer: Cristián Delporte
Lighting: Mónica Pérez
Landscape: Karen Oetjen
Site Area 2842 sqm
Project Area: 841 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Nicolás Saieh

iGuzzini Illuminazione Spain Headquarters / MiAS Arquitectes

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We featured this project while it was in progress back in JuneMiAS Arquitectes recently sent us the photographs of the completed building. Check out more photographs after the break.

Architects: MiAS Arquitectes / Josep Miàs
Location: 
Project Area: 9,000 sqm
Photographs: Adrià Goula

Levinson Plaza, Mission Park / Mikyoung Kim Design

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Envisioned as an urban grove, this central gathering space represents the convergence of community in this diverse, mixed income, residential development. The design accommodates a complex program, layering the varied multi-cultural and intergenerational uses with a number of meaningful gathering and recreational spaces for the residents. Tai Chi, chess, children’s play areas, and contemplative seating areas allow for various groups to utilize the garden spaces in different ways. Lawn areas can be used for sunbathing in the summer and also provide the community with areas for flexible programming during larger gatherings, such as celebrations for the Chinese New Year, Russian Unity Day, and other cultural and civic events.

Landscape Architect: Mikyoung Kim Design
Location: Boston, , USA
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Courtesy of Mikyoung Kim Design