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© Bernhard Leitner

Architecture and Sound create spaces with changing flexible contours. They create invisible territories which by not being limited by physical boundaries increase their impact. Of course, one argues that architecture is visual and expresses the will to establish limits and boundaries. While these boundaries are elementary, they cannot convey the complete adventure of architecture. Through its very essence the inside formulates an outside. And the exterior of a building creates further spaces, it gives rise to the city and all the subtle interconnections which make for the richness of the city.

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In late August, the Key West Truman Waterfront Advisory Board heard from three firms vying to design a future park on the Truman Water Front.  The seven-person board ranked the three presenting firms as follows: Atkins (formerly Post Buckley Schuh and Jernigan), Bermello Ajamil & Partners Inc., and Parker/Mudgett/Smith Architects Inc.  

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© Joseph Luehring

Architect: School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Project Team: Adriana Arteaga, Chad Bloedel, Ali Carlucci, Joseph Luehring, Therese Hassett, Blake Villwock, Kyle Talbott (SARUP Faculty)
Client: Roast Coffee Co.
Structural Consultant: Marco Lo Ricco (SARUP Faculty)
Fabrication Consultant: Frankie Flood, Matt Maybee (UWM PECK SCHOOL Faculty)
Digital Fabrication Consultant: Design Fugitives
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Adriana Arteaga, Blake Villwock, Joseph Luehring, Chad Bloedel, Bilal Sayyed, Blake Villwock

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© Merel van Beukering

Architects: boetzkes|helder
Location: Arnhem, Netherlands
Structural Engineer: Bartels Engineers
Facade Engineer: Metadecor
Project Year: 2011
Project Area: 160 sqm
Photographs: Merel van Beukering

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Courtesy of xm3

Architect: xm3
Location: Łódź, Poland
Project team: Maciej Kurkowski, Julian Nieciecki, Mateusz Wójcicki
Client: Eudezet S.C.
Project Area: 104 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Paulina Sasinowska (smileUPyourself), Mateusz Wójcicki

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Hong Kong based architect Ted Givens of 10 Design has recently unveiled designs for tornado proof and hurricane proof housing. With the recent earthquake and hurricane events that have hit the eastern seaboard of the United States, it seems a fitting proposal for urban clustering on a residential scale. read more »

© Sergio Gomez

Architect: Plan B Arquitectos
Location: Río Cedro, Colombia
Project Manager: Felipe Mesa + Federico Mesa
Project Ream: Ivanovha Benedetto, Sebastián Serna, Carlos Blanco
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Sergio Gomez

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Photo by David Hilowitz - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dhilowitz/

USA Today has put together a list of city neighborhoods which are satiated with activity, areas which offer a “great slice of urban life.” These districts trend from the urban vicinity to its very core, each in itself exemplifying the revitalization of the American city. The list includes regions which have been influenced by deliberate urban revitalization projects, such as High Line Park in Chelsea; while other neighborhoods have experienced an influx of a younger populace which has contributed to its growth, such as Lawrenceville in Pittsburgh.

See the 10 Up and Coming Urban Neighborhoods after the break.

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Courtesy of Medir Architetti

Architects: Medir Architetti
Location: Isernia, Italy
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of Medir Architetti

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One the first things you must consider when starting your new architectural firm, is what to name it. The choices are varied and the ramifications staggering. If the personality of the firm is going to be projected by the name, you had better take it seriously – every one else will. That’s where Life of an Architect can help (not really) - because I am a creative and critical thinker and somebody has to think about these things.

Originally, before architects were licensed professionals and to add some credibility to the profession to help distinguish themselves from the other trade crafts (like carpenters and contractors), architecture firms turned to law firms as an example and starting stringing together the last names of the founding individuals or partners (i.e. McKim, Mead & White) . This method is still wildly used simply because it is the easiest albeit least creative method. It doesn’t take much to recognize that some of the older more established firms have chosen this method:

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Studio Mode/modeLab is pleased to announce the next installment of the coLab workshop series: Hybrid Prototypes. As a follow-up workshop to the coLab workshop held in January 2011, Hybrid Prototypes is a two-day intensive design and prototyping workshop to be held in New York City during the weekend of September 24-25, 2011.

This fast-paced workshop will focus on hardware and software prototyping techniques. Using remote sensors, microcontrollers (Arduino), and actuators, we will build virtual and physical prototypes that can communicate with humans and the world around them. Through a series of focused exercises and design tasks, each attendee will make prototypes that are configurable, sensate, and active. As part of a larger online infrastructure, modeLab, this workshop provides participants with continued support and knowledge to draw upon for future learning.

Attendance will be limited to provide each participant maximum dedicated time with instructors. Participants should be familiar with the basic concepts of parametric design and interface of Grasshopper and Arduino. Hybrid Prototypes was conceived through a collaboration between Studio Mode/modeLab and Andrew Payne/LIFT Architects/Grasshopper Primer/Firefly. To register or for more information click here.

© Marcel van der Burg - Primabeeld

Architect: Dick van Gameren architecten
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Project team: Dick van Gameren; Otto Diesfeldt, Jarno van Essen; Maarten de Geus; Willmar Groenendijk, Maarten Peters
Contractor: Heijmans IBC, Leeuwarden
Structural Engineer: Aronsohn raadgevende ingenieurs BV, Rotterdam
Technical Engineers: Deerns, Rijswijk; Peutz, Mook
Client: F.O.M. Instituut AMOLF
Project Year: 2008
Photographs: Marcel van der Burg – Primabeeld

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© Sean Kenney

There’s a new Trump in town — and it’s ten feet tall! Chicago’s Trump International Hotel and Tower has been given the LEGO treatment, thanks to designer Sean Kenney. The LEGO expert has been creating sculptures from the children’s toy, and paying tribute to the country’s finest buildings over the last few years, choosing Trump’s Apprentice headquarters as his latest project and using 65,000 pieces to complete it! More images and project description after the break. read more »

© Fran Parente

Architects: 332 Arquitectos
Location: Pirque, Santiago, Chile
Project team: Paola Adrovez, Daniel Díaz and Rafael Bas
Project Year: 2007
Project Area: 69.70 sqm
Photographs: Fran Parente

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Courtesy of Museum of the City of New York

Pritzker Prize-winner Kevin Roche is one of America’s most influential and prolific architects, acclaimed for his skillful integration of man-made and natural environments. Drawing on material originally presented at the Yale School of Architecture, Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment, which runs from September 27nd-January 22nd, has been expanded to highlight Roche’s contributions to the fabric of New York City, including the Ford Foundation building and more than four decades of master planning, design, renovations, and new additions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition features original drawings, models, photographs, and ephemera documenting Roche’s career, along with extensive video presentations of projects and interviews with the architect.

For more information on the event, visit their website here.

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The Bagsværd Church by Jørn Utzon was completed in 1976. Though not his most famous work, the church is an example of the architect’s inventive work at a different scale. Utzon designed the church with an unassuming exterior that merely hints at the stirring forms he created inside.

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Courtesy of BIAD UFo

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In Progress: Phoenix International Media Center / BIAD UFo
Phoenix International Media Center locates in the southwest corner of Chaoyang Park; the site area is 1.8 hectares. The total floor area of the building is 65,000m2 with a height of 55m. Apart from the media office, the broadcasting studios and the production offices, the building provides abundant of open spaces for the public to get interactive experiences, which expresses the unique operation concept of Phoenix Media (read more…) read more »

© Earthscape/Yusuke Komatsu

Designers: Theo Jansen with Earthscape
Location: Oita Art Museum / 865 Ueno Oita city Oita, Japan
Photographs: Earthscape/Yusuke Komatsu, Shin Suzuki

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