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Architects: Maria Souto de Moura
- Area: 60 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Amorim, Banema, Traços Rigorosos
Particular Contemplation / Maria Souto de Moura
Foster + Partners Breaks Ground on new Hospital at the University of Pennsylvania
Foster + Partners has announced the groundbreaking of a new $1.5 billion hospital for the University of Pennsylvania’s West Philadelphia Penn Medicine campus. Working in a multi-firm collaboration called PennFirst (with healthcare design firm HDR, engineers BR+A and construction management teams from L.F. Driscoll and Balfour Beatty), the architects have designed a 16-story facility known as “The Pavilion” to house 500 private patient rooms, 47 operating rooms and a total of 1.5 million square feet of healthcare space.
TREC Newark Housing Authority / ikon.5 architects
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Architects: ikon.5 architects
- Area: 24000 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Alfalux, Armstrong Ceilings, Daltile, Galaxy Glass & Stone, H & C, +5
8 Models of Memorial Architecture from Different Cultures
In most architecture projects, the input of the end user of the space is an important consideration; but what if those users are no longer living? Memorial architecture for the dead is a uniquely emotional type of design and often reveals much about a certain culture or group of people. Especially in the case of ancient tombs, archaeologists can learn about past societies’ customs and beliefs by examining their burial spaces. The personal nature of funerary spaces and monuments conveys a sense of importance and gravity to viewers and visitors, even centuries after the memorials were created.
The list of 3D models that follow, supplied by our friends at Sketchfab, explores memorial spaces and artifacts that span both space and time, representing a variety of cultures and civilizations.
Modern Log Villa in Central Finland / Pluspuu Oy
Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto Through Fernando Guerra's Lenses
This week we present the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto through the lenses of Fernando Guerra. Here we share a complete series from the photographer of this iconic work, along with a brief text on the subject. The University of Porto plays a major role in the world's architectural landscape, always among the highest in rankings and boasting great architects like Eduardo Souto de Moura (Pritzker 2011), Fernando Távora and Álvaro Siza Vieira (Pritzker 1992).
Arbour House / nimtim architects
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Architects: nimtim architects
- Area: 50 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: AJ &D Chapelhow, Howdens, Keith Brocking, Koskisen, Modular Clay Products
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Professionals: nimtim landscapes, SD Structures, TW Space Conversions ltd
These Maps Show Why It's a Bad Idea To Make Things Up
It's difficult to imagine an uncharted world. Today, GPS and satellite maps guide us around cities both familiar and new, while scanning and mapping techniques are gradually drawing the last air of mystery away our planet's remaining unexplored territories. At one time, however, cartography was based on little more than anecdotal evidence and a series of educated guesses. But map-making in the 16th and 17th Centuries was an art nonetheless, even if these examples testify to the fact that just because you're missing important facts, total fabrication may not be the best way forward.
Workshop AWEL Andelfingen / Rossetti+Wyss architects
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Architects: Rossetti+Wyss architects
- Area: 480 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Contec AG, Erne Holzbau, Gate construction
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Professionals: Lüchinger+Meyer Bauingenieure AG
Suzhou Chapel / Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
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Architects: Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
- Area: 700 m²
- Year: 2016
House in Minami-tanabe / FujiwaraMuro Architects
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Architects: FujiwaraMuro Architects
- Area: 92 m²
- Year: 2016
Sembawang House / Atelier M+A
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Architects: Atelier M+A
- Area: 250 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Accoya, Caesarstone, Corian, Escenium HAUS, Lysaght
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Professionals: IBuilders Pte Ltd, Leng Consultants, Light Collab
Open Call: inShelter SB-Lab + Students 2017 Award
Green Lines Institute and the Corpo Nacional de Escutas (CNE), the major Scouts association in Portugal launched an International Competition open to Architecture students from all over the world.
InShelter SB-Lab + Students 2017 Award aims to receive architectural proposals for 2 shelters/bird watching units that will be located in the future Scouts Eco-Camp of Barcelos, Portugal.
Américas 1500 / Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos
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Architects: Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos
- Area: 57970 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Saint-Gobain, Atlas Schindler, BKT mobiliario urbano, Cempanel, Constructa
Take a Tour of the Recently Completed Visual Arts Building at University of Iowa with Steven Holl
Steven Holl Architects' new Visual Arts Building at the University of Iowa, completed last fall, has already begun to make its impact on the school's social environment, pairing Art Building West (also designed by SHA, in 2006) to create a revitalized Arts Quad with public spaces the whole campus can enjoy.
These two videos give an in-depth look at the new building. In the video above, Steven Holl and Senior Partner Chris McVoy tour the school while providing commentary about their design process, as well as the history of the site and the building's construction. Also check out the video below to see all the spaces in action.
PACCAR Environmental Technology Building / LMN Architects
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Architects: LMN Architects
- Area: 96000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Morin Corp., DAMS Inc, Geometrik, Guardian Glass, Kawneer, +8
Peter Zumthor Unveils Designs for Beyeler Foundation Addition
Atelier Peter Zumthor has revealed conceptual designs for their CHF 100 million ($100 million USD) addition of the Beyeler Foundation in Riehen, Switzerland, just outside of the city of Basel. Located on land formerly off-limits to the public, the extension will add an array of new event and gallery spaces to the existing museum, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop and opened in 1997.
Drawing from the “village-like character” of Riehen, the addition will consist of three, relatively small new buildings that blend harmoniously into the museum’s nature-filled setting: a stoic building for administration and service, a glass pavilion for events, and a grand House for Art. Together, their arrangement will help to create a subtle link between the new and old areas of the site.