House of the Winds / Leo Romano
Centre Pompidou Acquires 12 Architectural Models by MAD Architects
The Centre Pompidou in Paris has acquired 12 architectural models by MAD Architects, depicting 10 significant projects undertaken by the firm. Each model embodies MAD’s core values that “look to envisioning a futuristic architecture that is akin to dream-like earthscapes – one that creates a conversation with nature, the earth, and the sky.”
The collection, permanently acquired by the Pompidou, represents projects developed by MAD between 2005 and the present day, demonstrating the evolution of the firm’s design process. The Pompidou has become the first major European cultural institution to acquire such a collection of MAD’s work, on display in an exhibition beginning in April 2019.
Muelle House / SAA arquitectura + territorio
Why Keep Drawing When Digital Tools Deliver Hyperrealistic Images?
Starting this month, ArchDaily has introduced monthly themes that we’ll explore in our stories, posts and projects. We began this month with Architectural Representation: from Archigram to Instagram; from napkins sketching to real-time-sync VR models; from academic lectures to storytellers.
It isn’t particularly novel or groundbreaking to say that the internet, social media, and design apps have challeged the relation between representation and building. A year ago we predicted that "this is just the beginning of a new stage of negotiation between the cold precision of technology and the expressive quality inherent in architecture". But, is it? Would you say digital tools are betraying creativity? This is an older dilemma than you think.
In this new edition of our Editor's Talk, four editors and curators at ArchDaily discuss drawings as pieces of art, posit why nobody cares about telephone poles on renders and explore how the building itself is becoming a type of representation.
The Creative Process of Zaha Hadid, As Revealed Through Her Paintings
Internationally renowned for her avant-garde search for architectural proposals that reflect modern living, Zaha Hadid made abstract topographical studies for many of her projects, intervening with fluid, flexible and expressive works that evoke the dynamism of contemporary urban life.
In order to further knowledge of her creative process and the development of her professional projects, here we have made a historic selection of her paintings which expand the field of architectural exploration through abstract exercises in three dimensions. These artistic works propose a new and different world view, questioning the physical constraints of design, and showing the creative underpinnings of her career.
Roskilde Festival Folk High School / MVRDV + Cobe
- Area: 5578 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: In-Sign, WindowMaster
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Professionals: COBE, B. Nygaard Sørensen A/S, Transsolar, MVRDV, Gade & Mortensen Akustik, +3
Rebuilding Somalia’s Ruined Cities
Rebuilding lives also means rebuilding living spaces, and this is where Italian-born architect, Omar Degan, comes in.
“I feel that architecture and design play a key role in developing countries, but in particular post-conflict countries,” says Degan.
Studio Lotus Designs New Visitor and Knowledge Center in India
Delhi-based design practice Studio Lotus have won the competition to design the new Visitor Center and Knowledge Centre at the Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur, India. The design features metal and stone dry construction that explores flexibility and modularity to meet evolving needs. Selected from three finalists, the winning entry attempts to create an architectural system for the next phase of interventions in the Fort through new linkages in the precinct.
Architecture on Stage: Lütjens Padmanabhan
Join us as the founders of the Swiss architecture practice present their recent work.
Sede Lineastudio Arquiteturas / Lineastudio Arquiteturas
Architecture for Heritage: YACademy's Course Offers 8 Scholarships and Internships in Internationally-Renowned Firms
YACademy launches the second edition of Architecture for Heritage, a high-level training course offering 8 scholarships and internships for internationally-renowned architectural firms.
106 hours of lessons, a 32-hour workshop and internships/lectures held by internationally-renowned architectural firms like OMA, Mccullough Mulvin Architects, Aires Mateus E Associados, Claudio Nardi Architects, and Carrilho Da Graça Arquitectos.
Affordable Housing in Zurich / Gus Wüstemann
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Architects: Gus Wüstemann Architects
- Area: 1115 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Louis Poulsen, Sky-Frame, Agosti, Atlas Schindler, Cremer Bruhin, +10
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Professionals: Born Partner AG, Corti AG, Gartenmann Engineering AG
NUS School of Design & Environment / Serie Architects + Multiply Architects + Surbana Jurong
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Architects: Multiply Architects, Serie Architects, Surbana Jurong
- Area: 8500 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Hunter Douglas
Multiple Courtyard House / Poetic Space Studio
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Architects: Poetic Space Studio
- Area: 560 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Aluinch, Lamptitude, Siamtak, Unilamp, WoodDen
Vietnam BEAR Sanctuary / COLE
Headquarters for a Block Factory / Vão
ArchDaily's 2019 Building of the Year Awards are Now Open for Nominations
2018 marked a banner year for ArchDaily. Our global audience has continued to grow in leaps and bounds, taking advantage of the nearly 40,000 new articles and 4300 projects added to our site. We are proud and excited to reach readers in every corner of the world, and we savor the opportunity to continue sharing the inspiration, knowledge, and tools needed to design a positive urbanizing world.
We recently shared with our readers the trends that will define the field of architecture in 2019. We are able to confidently identify these trends, not just because of our experience in reporting on them but also due to our data-driven approach. We are committed to listening to and sharing the interests of our readers - and no effort exemplifies this better than our annual Building of the Year awards.
The 2019 edition of BOTY, presented in partnership with Unreal Engine, is a particularly exciting one for ArchDaily, as it marks ten consecutive years of our flagship award program. With the Building of the Year award, we ask you, the reader, to share in the responsibility of recognizing and rewarding the projects making an impact in the profession. In sharing your opinion, you become part of an unbiased and representative network of jurors and peers that have been dedicated to elevating the most relevant projects in the profession of the past decade.
Over the next three weeks, your collective wisdom will whittle the more than 4,000 projects published in the last year to just 15 stand-outs––the best project in each category on ArchDaily.
This is your chance to reward the architecture you love by nominating your favorite for the 2019 Building of the Year Awards!