Casa MS / ODA Architecture
Architects: ODA Architecture
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Architect In Charge: ODA Arquitects
Area: 764 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of ODA Arquitects
MVRDV Wins Competition to Redesign 600ha of Caen
Stretching beyond the natural constraints of Presqu’ile de Caen and into the neighboring towns of Mondeville and Hérouville Saint Clair, MVRDV’s competition-winning vision will transform 600ha of industrial brown fields into a collection of gardens punctuated by a mosaic of urban settlements. This ambition, titled ‘La Grande Mosaique’, is strongly based on respect for the existing structures and defined by small scale interventions that will result in a large scale structure vision for Greater Caen.
The proposal was selected from three submittals by the public development agency SPLA for being, as Caen Mayor Philippe Duron describes, the “most impressive plan”. It was commended by the jury for its “fresh view” on urbanism.
Center for the Mentally Handicapped in Alcolea / Taller de Arquitectura Rico+Roa
Architects: Taller de Arquitectura Rico+Roa
Location: Córdoba, Spain
Construction Supervision: José Carlos Rico Córdoba, Jorge Roa Fernández y Antonio J. Robles Ramírez
Area: 2,827 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Fernando Alda
Groups Urge Congress: Keep Energy Conservation Requirements for Government Buildings
The American Institute of Architects today released a letter from more than 350 different associations and companies expressing opposition to efforts by special interests to gut energy conservation requirements for federal buildings.
The letter, which is addressed to Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and ranking Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, was released one week ahead of the scheduled mark-up of the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee May 8.
That legislation, introduced by Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Rob Portman (R-Ohio), would promote greater use of energy efficiency technology in commercial and residential buildings and by manufacturers.
Xixi Artist Clubhouse / AZL Architects
Architects: AZL Architects
Location: Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Architect In Charge: Zhang Lei
Project Team: Zhang Lei, Qi wei, Zhong Guanqiu, Zhang Guangwei, Guo Donghai
Collaborator: Architectural Design Institute, ZJIU
Area: 4,000 sqm
Year: 2011
Photographs: Yao Li
Dwell on Design 2013
Dwell on Design, America’s largest modern design event, returns to the Los Angeles Convention Center, June 21-23, 2013. DOD reimagines the trade show experience by transforming 200,000 square feet of concrete into a design incubator where prefab comes to life and design luminaires debate the issues of today. With more than 400 exhibitors, 200 speakers, 2000 products and an expected 30,000 attendees, DOD has become the largest design event in the US, showing how influential design is in every aspect of our modern world. Dwell is proud to announce The Lincoln Motor Company as the Presenting Auto sponsor, Design Partner jcpenney and Industry Partner The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). The event is produced by Dwell Media.
More information, including keynote speakers, the 2013 highlights and a special promo code for ArchDaily readers after the break.
‘Archaeology of the Digital’ Exhibition
[ May 7, 2013 0:00 to October 13, 2013 0:00. ] Opening May 7 at the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA), the ‘Archaeology of the Digital’ exhibition will feature the work of Frank Gehry, Peter Eisenman, Shoei Yoh and Chuck Hoberman while examining the foundations of digital architecture at the end…
Pritzker’s Challenge: Recognition in the Age of Creative Partnerships
The Pritzker Prize had idealistic beginnings: recognising achievement within architecture, a profession that had long lost its status in public opinion. Pritzker ‘seamed’ this fragmentation, celebrated the architect and broadcast this stellar contribution to society, as a creative, a singular author whose uniqueness set him/her apart from a field of practitioners.
The Prize has since assumed a role of gatekeeper to the ‘starchitect’ it once helped define. While it is inspiring that architecture as a profession has reaffirmed its status and cultural significance, The Pritzker places itself on an archi-centric proscenium, running the risk of being consumed by a synthetic reality within the profession. If Pritzker and other similar models of recognition are to evolve, they must illuminate widespread transformations in practice and emphasise the changing of the guard within the profession.
Firstly, Denise Scott Brown should be recognised retrospectively. Opinion does not change facts.
Read more about the (d)evolution of the Pritzker Prize, after the break…
Residential Building in Cieza / Xavier Ozores
Architects: Xavier Ozores
Location: Cieza, Spain
Area: 700 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: David Frutos
Can Cantó Housing / Castell-Pons Arquitectes
Architects: Castell-Pons Arquitectes
Location: Ibiza, Spain
Project Architects: Antoni Castell Salvà, A. Christian Pons Piris
Area: 1,755.8 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: José Hevia
Central Mosque of Pristina Competition Entry / Tarh O Amayesh
Designed by Tarh O Amayesh…, their proposal for the Central Mosque of Pristina, the fundamental principal of the project comes from the definition of Mosque, which is a place for praying and going from body to soul. The prayer is someone
House in a Tea Garden / RMA Architects
Architects: RMA Architects
Location: Coonoor, India
Architect In Charge: Rahul Mehrotra
Area: 8,000 sq ft
Year: 2008
Photographs: Rahul Mehrotra, Rajesh Vora, RMA Architects
‘The Fenland Beacon’: Great Fen Visitor Center Competition Entry / Nicholas Hare Architects
Titled, ‘The Fenland Beacon’, this proposal for the Great Fen Visitor Center is rooted in the landscape; responding to the inherent qualities of the Great Fen. Designed by Nicholas Hare Architects…, the expansive sweep of the timber façade that
Modern Addition, Truro / Hammer Architects
Architects: Hammer Architects
Location: Truro, MA, USA
Area: 2,250 sq ft
Year: 2008
Photographs: Bill Lyons, Peter Vanderwarker, Rick Grossman, Mark Hammer
Hilden Grange / Hawkins\Brown
Architects: Hawkins\Brown
Location: Dry Hill Park Rd, Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom
Year: 2012
Photographs: Tim Crocker
Revit Technology Conference (RTC) Europe 2013
[ September 27, 2013 0:00 to September 28, 2013 0:00. ] Coming to Delft, The Netherlands this September 27-28, the Revit Technology Conference (RTC) is an independent training conference covering Building Information Modelling in all its aspects, with a core focus on workflows centred on the Autodesk Revit Technology. This is…
Rubido Romero Foundation / Abalo Alonso Arquitectos
Architects: Abalo Alonso Arquitectos
Location: Negreira, A Coruña, Spain
Architect In Charge: Elizabeth Abalo, Gonzalo Alonso
Area: 117 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Santos Díez
Galeria House / MACh Arquitetos
Architects: MACh Arquitetos
Location: Nova Lima, MG, Brazil
Project Architects: Fernando Maculan, Mariza Machado Coelho
Area: 966 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Gabriel Castro, Fábio Del Re & Carlos Stein
SO-IL to Design New Art Museum for UC Davis
The University of California, Davis has selected emerging New York-based practice SO-IL to design a new campus’ art museum, which is envisioned to be a “regional center of experimentation, participation and learning.” SO-IL, selected from three finalists following an intensive five-month design competition, will collaborate with San Francisco-based Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and national construction firm Whiting-Turner to complete the project.
UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi believes the winning design has turned the traditional notion of museum design inside out, as SO-IL’s concept will engage visitors with a sequence of interconnected interior and exterior spaces that are defined by curved glass walls and capped with a 50,000 square foot steel canopy. At night, the “Grand Canopy” will illuminate from within, establishing a new focal point for the campus and beckoning drivers along Interstate 80 between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe.
The architects’ description after the break…
Montfullà House / Hidalgo Hartmann
Architects: Hidalgo Hartmann
Location: Montfullà, Girona, Spain
Architects: Jordi Hidalgo Tané (architect), Daniela Hartmann (interior)
Technical Architect: Rafel Serra Torrent
Collaborators: Ana Roque, arquitecto, Rafel Serra Torrent, arquitecto técnico, Julia Fernandez Roldán
Area: 340 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Jordi Hidalgo Tané
Smith-Clementi Residence / Rios Clementi Hale Studios
Architects: Rios Clementi Hale Studios
Location: Venice, CA, USA
Rch Studios Team: Frank Clementi, AIA, principal; Julie Smith-Clementi, IDSA, principal; Huay Wee, architect, senior associate; Anthony Anderson, architect; Carolyn Sumida, landscape architect; Claudia Morello, designer
Area: 2,200 sqft
Year: 2013
Photographs: Undine Pröhl
