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Deegan Day Design, an architectural installation at the SCI-Arc Gallery in Los Angeles started on October 23 and will be available to everyone till December 13 with changing visual media throughout and public discussions with artists, architects and critics, including: An Te Liu, Bettina Korek, Andrea Fraser, Rhea Anastas, Bennett Simpson, Josh Melnick, Lauri Firstenberg, Sarah Morris Richard Massey, Eric Owen Moss, and Joe Day.

You can learn more at the exhibition’s official website. Watch a video after the break. read more »

Architects: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Location: Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
Project Area: 2,044 sqm
Year: 2007
Photographs: BCJ

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© Sandro Lendler

Architects: Sangrad d.o.o.
Location: Sveti Martin na Muri, Croatia
Project Architects: Vedran Pedisic, Hrvoje Davidovski, Mladen Hofmann, Gordana Greguric & Dragana Knezovic
Collaborators: Iva Matanic, Ana Vracaric, Sara Segedin, Aleksandra Duka, Ivan Capan & Iva Marjancevic
Contractor: Tanja Baljkas, Boris Baljkas
Site Area: 20,352 sqm
Constructed Area: 11,866 sqm
Project year: 2007-2009
Photographs: Sandro Lendler

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© Antonio Corcuera

Project: Infiniski Manifesto House
Architects: James & Mau
Location: Curacaví, Chile
Built Area: 160 m2 ( + 15 m2 terraces 2nd floor)
Landscaping: Infiniski
General Contractor and manager: Infiniski
Renewable strategy: Infiniski + Geotek
Project year: 2009
Execution Time: 90 days
Total Cost: 79.000 €
Photograph: Antonio Corcuera
Furniture: Cómodo Studio

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shading surface © Joao Morgado

Architects: ateliermob
Location : Sacavém, Portugal
Developer: Loures City Hall
Master Plan Architects: CMLoures
Master Plan Construction: Alfaro Martins
Master Plan Project: Ana Lúcia Abreu
Construction: Tiago Mota Saraiva, Nuno Carvalho, Andreia Salavessa, Raquel Capelo with Carolina Condeço, Nuno Ferreira and Vera João
Project: Tiago Mota Saraiva, Nuno Carvalho, João Ribeiro, João Ferrão with Sónia Oliveira
Engineering: Pereira Pinto, structure; Grade Ribeiro, hydraulics; Campos Carvalho, installations
Contractor: Abrantina/Grupo Lena
Construction Supervision : TPF Planege
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Joao Morgado

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The ninjas at AMNP just featured this short video shot from the top of the Burj Dubai, designed by SOM, the tallest building in the world.

An interesting aerial view of Dubai, where you can see how long the shadow of this tower can get.

What can rest stops, information centers, and observation decks tell visitors about a culture? The School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School for Design will explore this question when it presents Detour, a traveling exhibition documenting notable architecture and design along 18 Norwegian National Tourist Rout. In ArchDaily we’ve been featuring Pushak’s projects on the Norwegian Rout, which you can see right here.

The exhibition, which is sponsored by the Royal Norwegian Consulate General and presented in collaboration with the Architectural League of New York and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, will be on view December 4 through January 19 at the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center at Parsons.

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© Patrick Bingham

Architects: WOHA
Location: Bras Basah Road, Singapore
Project Team: Dharmaraj Subramaniam, Esther Soh, Jose Nixon Sicat, Pearl Chee, Pham Sing Yeong, Richard Hassell, Wong Mun Summ
Mechanical & Electrical Engineers: Lincolne Scott Ng Pte. Ltd.
Structural Engineers: Under Main Contractor
Landscape Architects: Cicada Private Limited
Acoustics Consultant: Acviron Acoustics Consultants Pte Ltd
Site area: 8,882 sqm
Project area: 16,289 sqm
Total cost: US $75 M
Project year: 2000-2001
Construction year: 2001-2008
Photographs: Patrick Bingham

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Architects: BP Architectures (member of PLAN01)
Location: Paris, France
Client : Trouseau Children Hospital
Project Area : 360 sqm
Project year : 2009
Photographs: Luc Boegly

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G.Lab*, a department of Gansam Partners in Seoul, was awarded first prize for their design of a Navy Museum in Korea.  The design reflects “the turbulent history of the Korean Navy and the unwavering spirit of the men and women who serve this branch.”  Inspired by the unpredictability of the ocean,  G.Lab*’s form for the museum is an undulating mass that folds.  On the interior, the volume creates a circulation path which weaves and intersects in multiple spaces.

More images and more about the museum after the break. read more »

ProjektStudio has designed a multifunctional townhouse at the corner of Dlouhá a Zámecká in Moravian Ostrava.  The townhouse includes commercial spaces on the lower levels while the upper floors can be rented for residential or office purposes.   For the design of the townhouse, the architects have mixed the historical forms of the area with a contemporary expression.   Inspired by the historical horizontal emphasis of the facade treatment, the architects have shifted the facade to creating an irregular textured effect across the building.  This triangulated facade creates a new dramatic effect and provides a break from rows of traditional building faces in that area.  The historical regular window ordering as been modified as windows rotate and combine to form new rhythms in the fenestration.   “Dramatic effect by the view at the proposed new-building is reached with the minimum of devices but all at once in the classical way so that the new building is fresh and progressive, but at the same time it is  accepting  character of its neighbourhood,” explained the architects.

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Architects: KLab architecture
Location: Ekali, Athens, Greece
Project Area: 1,050 sqm
Project year: 2006-2009
Photographs: KLab architecture

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Taipei 101, famous for being one of the world’s tallest buildings, is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact, and gain the much coveted title of “World’s Tallest Green Building.” In 2007, the Burj Dubai surpassed Taipei 101 in terms of height, but the Taiwanese building won’t give up the fight, throwing down $1.8 million in energy efficiency upgrades, which are expected to yield $20 million annually in savings and make it the Earth’s greenest and tallest building.

Over the next 18 months, the skyscraper will undergo significant energy efficiency upgrades and will also seek LEED Gold certification for existing buildings. The certification will largely depend on the building performance after the upgrades and renovations take place. The owners of Taipei 101 are teaming up with SL+A International Asia Inc., Siemens and EcoTech International Inc. to complete the eco-upgrades. Seen at Inhabitat. More images after the break. read more »

© Fernando Gomulya

Architect: TWS & Partners
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Principal in charge: Tonny W Suriadjaja
Project team: Arianto, Budi Setiawan, Grace Dian, Made Mudita
Client: Private
Lighting design: TWS & Partners
Landscape design: Niken Larasati, Agung, in coordination with TWS & Partners
Main civil contractor: PRO BUILDER
Land area: 1,500 sqm
Design year: 2007
Construction year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Fernando Gomulya

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© John Gollings

Architect: Denton Corker Marshall
Location: Canberra, Australia
Client: Australian War Memorial
Exhibition Designers: Freeman Ryan
Project area: 3,000 sqm
Project year: 2004
Photographs: John Gollings

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A panel discussion including American and Danish architects will analyze the benefits, compromises, and challenges in creating and designing sustainable buildings and communities in the U.S. and Denmark.

The panel, which includes architects Stephen Kieran of the well-known Philadelphia firm Kieran Timberlake and Bjarke Ingels, head of the architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), will explore the differences and similarities in the energy-saving measures used by architects in each country.

Since the U.S. and Denmark vary greatly in size, climatic conditions, and commonly-used building materials and energy-saving features, the discussion will examine how each country can learn from the other. The moderator of the discussion is Suzanne Stephens, deputy editor of Architectural Record.

The discussion will take place next Monday, November 16 at 6:30 pm at the Scandinavia House, 58 Park Avenue at 38th street, New York.

© David Schreyer

Architects: x Architekten
Location: Steingasse, Linz, Austria
Partners: David Birgmann, Bettina Brunner, Rainer Kasik, Max Nirnberger, Lorenz Prommegger
Collaborator: Anna Moser
Client: Salon Mittermeier
Project Year: 2006-2008
Photographs: David Schreyer

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© Christopher Frederick Jones

Architects:BARK Design Architects
Location: Queensland, Australia
Builder: Wall’s Quality Homes
Structural Engineer: Meecham Engineers
Site Area: 727 sqm
Existing House Area: 212 sqm
alterations and Aditions Area: 48 sqm
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Christopher Frederick Jones

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Copyright© wojtek gurak - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wojtekgurak/

Each month the selection of best picture from our Flickr Pool becomes more and more difficult. With more than 7,000 pictures submitted by our readers, you can find many amazing places photographed by people from all over the world. In case you’ve missed them, check Part I, Part II, Part III and Part IV of our selections. And as always, remember you can also submit yours right here, and also follow us through Twitter and our Facebook Fan Page.

The picture of the Vitra Haus, in the Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein, Germany, was taken by wojtek gurak. Check the other four after the break. read more »

General view of the pavilion in its wild context © Leonardo Finotti

Architect: PARATELIER – Leonardo Piella
Landscape: GLOBAL – Joao Gomes da Silva, Sofia Raichande
Structure: Adao da Fonseca – Pedro Morujao
Electrical engineering: ACRIBIA, Engenheiros Lda – Joana Andrade
Contingency plan: Tabique, Engenharia Lda
Contractor: Toscca
Date: 2007-2009
Client: Camara Municipal Almada
Photographer: Leonardo Finotti

Architecture photographer Leonardo Finotti shared with the recently completed Pavilion at Aventura Park, in Charneca da Caparica, Portugal. The pavilion was designed by the portuguese office PARATELIER (Leonoardo Piella).

As you can see on the photos, the wooden skin hides the connecting pieces, producing a very light image from the outside, almost as if the heavy roof was only supported by these wooden panels barely connected.

More photos after the break.

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