Small Core House in Ochiaigawa / UNIT-O
Architects: UNIT-O
Location: Higashikurume-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Architect In Charge: Ryutaro Saito , Masahiro Yoneda
Area: 66.94 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Yasuhiro Nakayama, Courtesy of UNIT-O
Mod Cott / Mell Lawrence Architects
Architects: Mell Lawrence Architects
Location: Lake Buchanan, Texas, USA
Project Team: Mell Lawrence FAIA, Scott Smith, François Levy, Krista Whitson, & Mark Winford
Area: 1400.0 ft2
Year: 2008
Photographs: Mell Lawrence Architects, Jacob Termansen
‘New Acadia, Retrofitting Urban Decay’ Winning Proposal / Garrett Rock
Designed by Garrett Rock, the New Acadia, Retrofitting Urban Decay proposal was the winning entry for one of six sites in the [Imagine Downtown] Lafayette Design Competition which aims to be a re-imagination of urban density within the neighborhood’s city core. The design offers Lafayette an alternative mode of development that stimulates street life in hopes of attracting a young, creative class that are leaving the city for more amenity-rich urban enclaves. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Cosgriff House / Christopher Polly Architect
Architects: Christopher Polly Architect
Location: Annandale, Sydney, Australia
Area: 167.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Brett Boardman Photography
Tchoban Foundation – Museum for Architectural Drawing / SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov
Architects: SPEECH Tchoban & Kuznetsov
Location: Christinenstraße 18a, 10119 Berlin, Germany
Architects In Charge: Sergei Tchoban and Sergey Kuznetsov
Planning, Project Management: nps tchoban voss GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin
Project Team: Philipp Bauer, Nadja Fedorova, Katja Fuks, Ulrike Graefenhain, Dirk Kollendt
Area: 498.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Patricia Parinejad
Villa P / LOVE architecture and urbanism
Architects: LOVE architecture and urbanism
Location: Waltendorf Graz, Austria
Design Team: Sigrid Derler, Sabine Sternbach
Area: 180.7 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Jasmin Schuller
Video: One World Trade Center Tops Out
Caution: This video may induce vertigo.
As the final segment of the One World Trade Center was hoisted into position – topping the structure out at a patriotic 1,776 feet – Curbed NY captured its journey via a small Go-Pro camera to reveal its fascinating, and somewhat nauseating, view of Manhattan.
While the US rejoices this monumental feat, a debate amongst architects, engineers and city officials lingers on whether or not the 408-foot spire will count towards the One WTC’s overall height and allow it to officially claim its title as the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. Although the Port Authority argues that the spire doubled as a radio antenna is considered as non-essential telecom equipment and therefore should not be considered as part of the “architectural top”, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat will make the final call in October.
Red Bull Music Academy New York / INABA
Architects: INABA
Location: New York, USA
Inaba Principal In Charge: Jeffrey Inaba
Inaba Project Architect: Ostap Rudakevych
Inaba Project Team: Yoichiro Mizuno, Alan Kwan, Sean Connolly, Steven Tsai, Shuning Zhao, Allyn Hughes, Stephanie Lee, Richard Yoo
Architect Of Record: SLAB Architecture
Area: 38200.0 ft2
Year: 2013
Photographs: Greg Irikura
Architectural League Prize 2013 Winners Announced
The Architectural League just announced the winners of Range, the thirty-second annual Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers. One of North Americaʼs most prestigious awards for young architects, the program exemplifies the Leagueʼs longstanding commitment to identifying and nurturing the development of talented young architects and designers. This yearʼs winners are: Luis Callejas, Paisajes Emergentes, Cambridge and Medellín; Brandon Clifford and Wes McGee, Matter Design, Boston and Ann Arbor; Marc Fornes, MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY, Brooklyn; Rafael Luna and Dongwoo Yim, PRAUD, Boston and Seoul; Skylar J.E. Tibbits, SJET, Boston; and Bryan Young, Young Projects, Brooklyn. More images and information on the winners after the break.
Ippudo Sydney / Koichi Takada Architects
Architects: Koichi Takada Architects
Location: Sydney, Australia
Construction Team: Bonar Interiors
Year: 2012
Photographs: Sharrin Rees
SOM Designs Singapore’s Tallest Tower
SOM has designed what will be Singapore’s tallest tower upon its completion in 2016. Positioned as a premier quality business and lifestyle hub, the 290-meter, 1.7-million-gross-square-foot Tanjong Pagar Centre will provide a mix of uses, comprising office, residential, retail and hospitality, in the historic Tanjong Pagar central business district. The development will be a significant contribution to the evolving skyline of Singapore and will become a landmark destination, serving as a gateway to the future waterfront city.
Don Café House / Innarch
Architects: Innarch
Location: Pristina, Kosovo
Realisation: Innarch – Dekoriti,Prishtine RK
Year: 2013
Photographs: Atdhe Mulla
Antinori Winery / Archea Associati
Architects: Archea Associati
Location: Bargino, San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Firenze, Italy
Project Team: Laura Andreini, Marco Casamonti, Silvia Fabi, Giovanni Polazzi
Year: 2012
Photographs: Pietro Savorelli, Leonardo Finotti
Resurrection of Buildings: Case Analysis of Renovated Architecture
This book selects more than 50 excellent projects of renovated buildings worldwide. The architects adjust measures to local conditions and ingeniously carry out reposition and design for the buildings’ exterior, interior and landscape environment, thus creating some resurrection for them. Each project inside this book has its peculiar characteristics. Some focus on ecological and sustainable parts, such as rebuilding a factory neighboring to residential communities into a library, which decreases pollution, while at the same time produces some cultural atmosphere.
Through the Lens: Why High-Rises Need A Hero
Since the emergence of the modern multi-storey building in the late 19th century, screenwriters and art directors have embraced the high-rise building as both backdrop and prop in the drama of feature films. It’s easy to understand the fascination. The precarious nature of a skyscraper – their height, their reliance on competent engineering and emergency systems, and their all-controlling security – provide abundant opportunities for action and disaster. And all with a built-in view.
But while Hollywood loves a high rise, it hasn’t treated them well. Plot lines usually tap into a general scepticism about the kind of engineering feats which make them possible and often carry some underlying moral message about the dangers of technology and advancement.
Magic Bus / RMA Architects
Architects: RMA Architects
Location: Panvel, Mumbai, India
Architect In Charge: Rahul Mehrotra
Consultants: Vijay K. Patil & Associates, D.R.Bellare, Riyaz Rangwala, Sunil Services, Sewri
Area: 2,415 sqm
Year: 2007
Photographs: Ariel Huber, Rahul Mehrotra, RMA Architects
Michael Baker Boathouse / Associated Architects
Architects: Associated Architects
Location: The King’s School, Worcester, England
Area: 772 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Martine Hamilton Knight
Kyiv Culture Space on Andriivskyi Descent Competition Entry / Dmytro Aranchii Architects
Dmytro Aranchii Architects… shared with us their proposal for the cultural space on the Andriivskyi descent, an educational competition sponsored by ESTA Holding earlier this year. The challenge was to create an architectural concept of the Yunist factory former site development,
Won Dharma Center / hanrahanMeyers architects
Architects: hanrahanMeyers architects
Location: Claverack, New York, USA
Area: 28,000 sqft
Photographs: Michael Moran / ottoarchive.com
DawnTown 2013: Landmark Miami Design Competition Winners Announced
DawnTown recently announced the winners for Landmark Miami, their 2013 ideas competition which focused on how cities are instantly identified by the individual structures within them. With the challenge of coming up with a new symbol for the future, architects…
Pavilions in Corporate Campus Apeldoorn / ADP Architects
Architects: ADP Architects
Location: Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Area: 40 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of ADP Architects, Gerard van Beek, J Musch
