Datong Museum / China Architecture Design Group Land-based Rationalism D.R.C
Liverpool Toluca / SPRINGALL+LIRA
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Architects: SPRINGALL+LIRA
- Area: 3000 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Fundermax, GRAPHISOFT, Aluskin, Bostik, Ikos, +2
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Professionals: Grupo Básica, Liverpool
Tongji University Affiliate Elementary School / Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
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Architects: Atelier Liu Yuyang Architects
- Area: 26200 m²
- Year: 2016
Crosstown Concourse / Looney Ricks Kiss + DIALOG
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Architects: DIALOG, Looney Ricks Kiss
- Area: 1300000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Acme Brick, Gammons, Oldcastle APG, Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope, Quaker
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Professionals: Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Hood Design Studio, Code Solutions Group, +10
Julianna Fraccaro Store / Arquitetura Nacional
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Architects: Arquitetura Nacional
- Area: 8 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: ESA Luminosos, Mazza Cerâmicas, Núcleo Serralheria, Tensoflex, Vértice Iluminação
Adjaye Associates Among Team of Designers To Create Strategy for Grenfell Estate
Adjaye Associates is among a team of high-profile architects tasked with generating ideas for the overhaul of Lancaster West Estate, an area of London containing the ruined Grenfell Tower, tragically destroyed by fire in 2017.
The team, comprising Adjaye Associates, Cullinan Studio, Levitt Bernstein, Maccreanor Lavington, Murray John Architects and Penoyre & Prasad, will work with the local community for the housing estate’s refurbishment to produce “resident-led” ideas for the area.
Résidence Courcelette / NatureHumaine
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Architects: NatureHumaine
- Area: 350 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Adurra, Foscarini, Kastella, Meir, envirozonedesign
MVRDV Releases Alternative Proposal for Taoyuan Museum of Art
MVRDV has released details of their alternative design for the Taoyuan Museum of Art, an entry for an international competition ultimately won by Riken Yamamoto & Field Shop. The MVRDV scheme, developed in collaboration with JJP Architects and Planners, seeks to become a nature-centered cultural destination, transforming the area into a “cherry room for the city.”
Throughout the design process, MVRDV drew inspiration from the natural world, recognizing the potential for public spaces in the rapidly-expanding Taoyuan City to blur the boundaries between the built and natural environment.
Goodsten / Hitzig Militello Arquitectos
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Architects: Hitzig Militello Arquitectos
- Area: 118 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Astigas, E-27 iluminación, EDFAN, Helmut, Huup iluminación, +4
5 Tech Innovations to Help Manage Project Data and Create New Ways of Designing
This article was originally published on Autodesk's Redshift publication under the title "5 Technology Innovations Can Help Your Architecture Practice Work Smarter."
Before airplanes, it took mail carriers on horseback months to transport letters across the country. Before washing machines, it took a full day of physical exercise to wash and dry a family’s laundry. And before cranes, it took decades—sometimes centuries—to build large structures such as castles and cathedrals.
The point being: Whatever you do, technology probably gives you a better way to do it.
Shotgun House / Alejandro Soffia
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Architects: Alejandro Soffia
- Area: 427 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: SIP
Landscape Representation: The Role of Architectural Plans in Parks and Public Spaces
Frequently imperceptible to the inhabitant, the architectural plans of landscape designs are unquestionably the best tool for understanding certain relationships between elements and the strategic organization of the work. They are therefore an essential part of any good architecture project.
The distribution and type of vegetation, topography levels, the relationships between the preexisting urban or natural context, the possible routes and incorporated activities, and the materiality and the dimensional precision required for its construction are some of the considerations that are usually reiterated in this type of representation.
The result permits the communication of intentions in an organized way, while clearly exposing the concerns of the authors; for this reason, we invite you to review a series of different examples of architectural plans of public spaces that enables a comprehensive approach to the role of each project.
Four Finalists Announced for Harvard's 2018 Wheelwright Prize
Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD) has announced the four finalists for the 2018 Wheelwright Prize, a $100,000 travel research-based grant available to early-career architects worldwide.
Selected from over 125 applications from nearly 40 countries worldwide, the four finalists are from Belgium, Mexico, Brazil, and the United States. This year’s jury includes 2014 Wheelwright Prize Winner Jose Ahedo, Edward Eigen, Frida Escobedo, K. Michael Hays, Mark Lee, Mohsen Mostafavi, and Michelle Wilkinson. A winner will be named in April.
Read more about the four finalists below:
The Brain Embassy / mode:lina architekci
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Architects: mode:lina architekci
- Area: 3000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: AQform, Bloomingville, Cleoni, Customform, Fioranese, +8
AKK Studios / Fourthspace
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Architects: Fourthspace
- Area: 4500 ft²
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Manufacturers: Havwoods, Metwin, PMF Roofcraft
Yueyue Bookstore / Atelier Archmixing
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Architects: Atelier Archmixing
- Area: 94 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Shanghai Fengli Group, Shanghai Shenxin Hardware Products
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Professionals: Shanghai DUYA Construction & Decoration Shanghai Co.Ltd
Cultural Center and Library ‘De Factorij’ / ebtca architecten & Archiles architecten
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Architects: Archiles architecten, ebtca architecten
- Area: 14835 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: FPC Risk, Heedfeld nv, StuBeCo bvba, Alain Wauters bvba, D2S International