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Competence Centre Glastroesch / becker architekten
Architects: becker architekten
Location: Im Allmey 14, Kempten, Germany
Project Team: Michael Becker, Bernhard Kast, Franz G. Schroeck
Area: 2,414 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of becker architekten
Video: Maracanã’s Face Lift, Raising the Roof
Engineer Nelson Fiedler has gone to great heights to revamp Rio de Janeiro’s famous sports venue.
Video: The Garden of Forking Paths / Beals & Lyon Architects, by Cristobal Palma
The Young Architects Program is an annual collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 that fosters innovative design research and promotes emerging talent. Besides New York, it has now international versions in Istanbul, Rome, and Santiago.
The Garden of the Forking Paths, designed by Beals & Lyon Architects is the latest winner from YAP_Constructo, in Santiago, Chile. Cristobal Palma shot this beautiful video on this pavilion in the park.
You can check some more videos by Cristobal Palma at ArchDaily:
Video: 227 Flat / OODA
227 Flat was designed by Diogo Brito, Rodrigo Vilas-Boas and Francisco Lencastre from OODA in Porto Portugal. It’s a 150 sqm two-story apartment completed in 2012.
Filming: Ivo Tavares (ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio)
Post-Production: Luís Melo (ITS – Ivo Tavares Studio)
Translation: Pedro Carvalho (INCEPTION ARCHITECTS)
Giveaway: Win a signed copy of ‘Stadia: The Populous Design and Development Guide’
Thanks to the courtesy of our good friends at Populous we are giving you the chance to win a signed copy of ‘Stadia: The Populous Design and Development Guide’, the fifth edition on this essential and long-established guide to stadia design (see our review here). All you have to do to participate is become a registered user (if you’re not one already) and answer the following question in our comments:
Which is your favorite stadium and what makes it so special?
You have until Monday, April 1 to submit your answer. Winners will be announced and contacted the same day!
Urban Townhouse / GLUCK+
Architects: GLUCK+
Location: New York, USA
Project Team: Guido Furlanello, Peter L. Gluck, Thomas Gluck, Jason Kreuzer, Scott Scales, Jeff Straesser
Structural Engineer: Robert Silman Associates P.C.
Mep Engineer: Rodkin Cardinale Consulting Engineers P.C.
Year: 2009
Photographs: Raimund Koch, Erik Freeland
Giveaway Winners: iOS and Android Apps
Last week, along with our friends from The Mobile Engineer, we started a giveaway so 15 iOS users and 3 Android users could win $30 worth of apps for architects. All you had to do was answer the following question:
How much time did you spend working in your smartphone a year ago, how much time do you spend today, and how much time do you think you’ll spend one year from today?
And the winners are:
iOS users: Daniel, Borysewicz, Andres Lopez, Karel Sucaet, Gina Chavarriaga, Esther Slagter, Anthony Barsi, Mikkel Nikolajsen, Bruno de Moura Eufrásio, Joao Silva, Cincu Dan, Michael Mydlarczyk, Tyler Whaley, Makoto Iwamoto, Jonathan Sadka, R. Sean Darwell.
Android users: Hoorakhsh Pourbahrami, Manuel Falcon, Jonathon Harriman.
iOS users will receive the code later today. Remember you have 4 weeks until the code expires so use it soon! Android users will receive an email from David Homes at The Mobile Engineer with instructions to download the apps.
Stay alert for future giveaways!
House X / Elías Rizo Arquitectos + Agraz Arquitectos
Architects: Elías Rizo Arquitectos + Agraz Arquitectos
Location: Zapopan, JAL, Mexico
Project Architects: Ricardo Agraz, Elías Rizo
Area: 305 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Mito Covarrubias
Video: A documentary on Toyo Ito’s Sendai Mediatheque
One of Toyo Ito’s most iconic building is undoubtedly the Sendai Mediatheque. The latest Pritzker laureate completed the building in 2001, a cultural media center allowing complete visibility and transparency to the surrounding community.
French director Richard Copans made this documentary on the Sendai Mediatheque that you can’t miss. You can watch part II and III after the break. And don’t forget to check our complete coverage on the 2013 Pritzker Prize winner.
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002 / Toyo Ito + Cecil Balmond + Arup
Architects: Toyo Ito, Cecil Balmond, Arup
Location: Kensington Gardens, London, UK
Area: 309.76 sqm
Year: 2002
Photographs: Sylvain Deleu
Toyo Ito, recipient of the Pritzker Prize 2013, along with Cecil Balmond and Arup were in charge of the design of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion back in 2002. What appeared to be an extremely complex random pattern was in fact derived from an algorithm of a cube that expanded as it rotated. The intersecting lines formed different triangles and trapezoids, whose transparency and translucency gave a sense of infinitely repeated motion.
You can see more images of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002 after the break. And don’t forget to check ArchDaily’s exclusive coverage of the 2013 Pritzker Prize.
Taiwan Solar Powered Stadium / Toyo Ito
Construction is finished for Japanese architect Toyo Ito’s Solar Powered Stadium in Taiwan. The stadium’s roof is covered by 8,844 solar panels. The stadium is located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan and it was built to coincide with the opening of the World Games, to be held this July.
The “World Games Stadium” holds 55,000 spectators and it cost $150 million to build. The stadium will hold the record for largest solar-powered stadium in the world with it’s 14,155m2 roof. It could potentially generate 1.14 gigawatt hours of electricity every year, enough to power up to 80% of the sorrounding neighbourhood.
Seen at deputydog. More images, after the break.
House in Sayo / Fujiwarramuro Architects
Architects: Fujiwarramuro Architects
Location: Hyogo, Japan
Project Architect: Shintaro Fujiwara, Yoshio Muro
Site Area: 262.53 sqm
Building Area: 82.78 sqm
Area: 81.26 sqm
Photographs: Yano Toshiyuki
Head Road 1815 / SAOTA
Architects: SAOTA – Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
Location: Fresnaye, Cape Town, South Africa
Project Team: Philip Olmesdahl, Stefan Antoni
Interior Decor: Client
Year: 2007
Photographs: SAOTA
Nova Lima House / Denise Macedo Arquitetos Associados
Architects: Denise Macedo Arquitetos Associados
Location: Nova Lima, MG, Brazil
Project Architects: Denise Macedo, in partnership with Jr Piacesi
Collaborators: Patrícia Takamatsu, Ana Beatriz Cançado, Renato de Pieri, Bárbara Impelizieri, Alexandre Vasconcelos
Area: 1,100 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Gustavo Xavier
Like a Houseboat / Shipley Architects
Architects: Shipley Architects
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Architect In Charge: Dan Shipley
Builder: Rick Fontenot of Constructive General Contractors
Client: Rick & Julie Fontenot
Area: 1,490 sqm
Year: 2008
Photographs: Charles Davis Smith
House in Itu / Studio Arthur Casas
Architects: Studio Arthur Casas
Location: Itu, Brazil
Leading Architect: Arthur Casas
Design Team: Alexandra Kayat, Regiane Khristian, Renata Adoni
Area: 950 sqm
Project Year: 2012
Photographs: FG + SG - Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra
Fatima’s House / Salgado E Liñares Arquitectos
Architects: Salgado E Liñares Arquitectos
Location: A Coruña, Spain
Project Architects: Alfonso Salgado Suárez, Francisco X. Liñares Túñez
Industrial Engineer: Manuel A. Liñares Túñez
Area: 294 sqm
Photographs: Héctor Santos-Díez
eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition Winners
Organized in 2006 by eVolo Magazine the Skyscraper Competition recognizes outstanding ideas for vertical living. After reviewing more than 600 projects from 83 different countries, the winners for the eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition have just been announced.
First place was awarded to Derek Pirozzi from the United States, currently an intern at Olson Kundig Architects. Second place went to Darius Maïkoff and Elodie Godo, from France. And third place was awarded to Ting Xu and Yiming Chen from China. Check the images and more info on the winners after the break.
30 Public Dwellings / Aguilera/Guerrero Arquitectos
Architects: Aguilera/Guerrero Arquitectos
Location: Tarragona, Catalunia, Spain
Area: 3,230 sqm
Photographs: Pepo Segura
Are you an architect & interested in urban design and strategic planning?
The European Postgraduate Masters in Urbanism (EMU) is a joint program that aims to produce highly qualified, university trained urban designers, physical planners and researchers. The EMU program brings together the strengths and richness of different design approaches and methods, and the long traditions and experiences in urban planning and design of each of the participating universities.
The master course is design oriented and affirms the role of design in the knowledge process, while integrating different levels of scale. Learning by doing, research by design, and the project as knowledge producer constitute the key concerns and standpoints of this European postgraduate master’s degree.
More info after the break.
Amsterdam Tower / JSa
Architects: JSa Archirectura
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Design Team: Javier Sánchez, Aisha Ballesteros, Karen Cheirif, Francisco Martínez, Juan Manuel Soler, Irvine Torres, Juan Pablo Victal, Sofía Villareal, Romelia Hernández, Ingrid Ramos, Juan Reyes
Real Estate Development: Javier Sánchez, Santiago Sánchez, Alvaro Becker
Interior Design: Javier Sánchez, Leticia Serrano, Cecilia Solis, Karen Kimura
Area: 12,281 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of JSa Architectura
