-
Architects: Shift architecture urbanism
- Year: 2017
-
Manufacturers: Colet BV, VanderSchoot Trappen
-
Professionals: B2CO, DaphnaLaurens, FabriekNL, Intrigue collection, Os Δ Oos, +2
Matryoshka House / Shift Architecture Urbanism
Parquet Patterned Pool and Spa / Claesson Koivisto Rune
-
Architects: Claesson Koivisto Rune
- Area: 340 m²
- Year: 2016
K House in Niseko / Florian Busch Architects
-
Architects: Florian Busch Architects
- Area: 197 m²
- Year: 2017
-
Professionals: Wakisaka Corporation
Sunggwang Church / Oh Jongsang
-
Architects: Oh Jongsang
- Area: 378 m²
- Year: 2016
-
Manufacturers: DAELIM BATH, HANGLAS
YKK80 / Nikken Sekkei
-
Architects: Nikken Sekkei
- Area: 1875 m²
- Year: 2015
-
Manufacturers: Sasakura Engineering, YKK AP
C2 House / Ellivo Architects
-
Architects: Ellivo Architects
- Area: 2115 m²
- Year: 2017
-
Manufacturers: ACE Stone + Tiles, Raylinc, VMZINC
-
Professionals: BCM Consulting Group, Sheldon’s Design, KSPM, EDG, ESE
New Documentary to Profile the Career of Slovenian Architecture Firm Sadar + Vuga
Humor is a very rare quality in architecture, most architects are too serious
-Andreas Ruby, director of the Swiss Architecture Museum S AM, Basel
Since its founding in 1996, Slovenia architecture firm Sadar+Vuga has grown to become one of their country’s most influential architectural forces, with a range of projects covering interior design, to stadiums, to city master plans. In a new documentary by director Damjan Kozole, the firm’s history is being archived for the first time.
One Bucket at a Time / Factor Eficiencia + 5468796 Architecture
-
Architects: 5468796 Architecture, Factor Eficiencia
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2017
-
Manufacturers: Alfil Plasticos
Tesla Debuts Massive Energy-Storing Solar Farm on Hawaiian Island
Tesla has completed a massive, 55,000-panel solar farm on the Hawaiian island of Kauai that will allow them to experiment with medium-term energy storage at a utility scale. Hooked up to the farm are 272 of the company’s lithium Powerpacks, which are capable of storing of combined 52 megawatt-hours of power.
Beats / Nook architects + byn studio
Library Delft University of Technology / Mecanoo
WE architecture + Erik Juul's Urban Garden and Housing to Provide Turning Point for Copenhagen's Homeless
WE Architecture + Erik Juul have been awarded a commission to transform a vacant lot at Jagtvej 69 in Copenhagen into a urban garden and housing structure that could provided temporary accommodation for homeless people, helping them to turn their lives around.
The architects describe the project as a place “where housing and green gardens [create] a platform for the meeting between locals and homeless, and a path for a new beginning.”
Clara House / SAINZ arquitetura
Why IM Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art is the Perfect Building to Suit Doha’s Style
#donotsettle is an online video project created by Wahyu Pratomo and Kris Provoost about architecture and the way it is perceived by its users. Having published a number of videos on ArchDaily over the past two years, Pramoto and Provoost are now launching an exclusive column, “#donotsettle extra,” which will accompany some of their #donotsettle videos with in-depth textual analysis of the buildings they visit.
In our first installment we are taking you to Doha, the capital of Qatar, where we visited the Museum of Islamic Art. For some years, this museum was the only architecture fix you could find in Doha, but recently this has changed, with projects almost completed by Jean Nouvel and Rem Koolhaas, and will continue to change leading up to the 2022 World Cup. The building was designed by IM Pei who, when the building was constructed in the mid-2000s, was retired but was persuaded to commit his time to design this prominent museum. And prominent it for sure is. Mister Pei, you know how to make your building stand out. Standing off the mainland, a solid natural stone structure rises out of the water.
Concrete at Alserkal Avenue / OMA
-
Architects: OMA
- Area: 1250 m²
- Year: 2017
-
Professionals: Blue Camel Design, Acoustic Logic
Inflatable ETFE Roofs Give This Resort its Pinecone-Like Forms
Focussing on prefabricated and sustainable means of construction, Italian practices 3GATTI Architecture Studio and OFL Architecture have envisioned an airy forest resort and spa in the historical region of Kurzeme, Latvia. The Pinecones Resort does its name justice by the spiky cone-like units that inhabit the site, made possible through the use of an inflatable roof constructed from ETFE, a lightweight polymer film.
ETFE, or Ethylene Tetra Fluoro Ethylene, is the most extensively used material for inflatable roofing. Being 100% recyclable and having a minimal carbon footprint in terms of transportation and installation, the material is highly sustainable and in the case of this particular project, offers flexible and dynamic building forms.
New Book Calls for an End to Our Fetish for Conditioned Skyscrapers
Professor Alan Short of the University of Cambridge has published a book advocating for the revival of 19th-century architectural ideas to address the crippling energy use of modern skyscrapers. The Recovery of Natural Environments in Architecture proposes an end to the architectural fetish for glass, steel, and air conditioning, instead drawing inspiration from forgotten techniques in naturally ventilated buildings of the 1800s. The book is a culmination of 30 years’ research and design by Prof. Short and his colleagues at the University of Cambridge.
Student Housing Campus Eindhoven University of Technology / Office Winhov + Office haratori + BDG Architecten
-
Architects: BDG Architecten, Office Winhov, Office haratori
- Area: 12410 m²
- Year: 2016
-
Manufacturers: AGC, De Haas & Heesterbeek, Hamer Hoogheuvel, Hurks, Kone, +4