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Clément Blanchet Reveals Proposal for PEX Bordeaux Extension
Clément Blanchet Architecture, PPA and Taillandier Architectes Associés have released their competition entry for the extension of Parc des Expositions (PEX) Bordeaux.
Having found success in their winning competition entry for PEX Toulouse (currently under construction), the partnership has rejoined forces to take on PEX Bordeux. The architects designed their proposed addition with the goal of embedding architectural fragments to capture the essence of the original building.
Petite Pomme / Erbalunga estudio
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Architects: Erbalunga estudio
- Area: 60 m²
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Manufacturers: AGM Ebanistas
Corner House / Boundaries architects
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Architects: Boundaries architects, Kang Taewoong
- Area: 401 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: INOUTIC, Real Zinc
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Professionals: Jarchiv
Windward HQ / Roy David Studio
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Architects: Roy David Studio
- Area: 1200 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Abstracta, BAUX, GREENWALL, INNOVATE, MAARS
Power Lane House / CHORDstudio
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Architects: CHORDstudio
- Area: 255 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Abbey, Cronulla, Swadlings Timber, The Roofing Group
Jade Apartment / Ryan Lai Architects
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Architects: Ryan Lai Architects
- Area: 176 m²
- Year: 2016
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center / SmithGroup
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Architects: SmithGroup
- Area: 166000 ft²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Glen-Gery, Lithonia Lighting, Mannington, Mecho Systems, Steelcase, +1
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Professionals: Turner Construction, Thornton Tomasetti, KJWW Engineering Consultants
CEMEX Announces Winners of 2016 Building Awards
CEMEX has announced the international and national winners of the 25th anniversary edition of their CEMEX Building Awards at a ceremony in Mexico City. The CEMEX Building Award recognizes the best projects in Mexico and the rest of the world in five categories and with four special prizes. This year, the award received 480 entries in the Mexican Edition and 62 entries in the International Edition, including buildings constructed in 20 different countries.
The 2016 Awards honor the best architecture and construction projects built during 2015 that use concrete technologies in creative and innovative ways with a focus on sustainability and social well-being. Winners were selected based on the criteria of construction process, structural and architectural solutions, integral sustainability, and value creation for users and communities.
DSS2016 Specs / Zuloark + Alberto Rey + Tipi Studio
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Architects: Alberto Rey, Tipi Studio, Zuloark
- Area: 124 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Madera Zuhaizki, Miguel Torrejón, Sanca
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Professionals: BPG coordinadores
LMN Architects Reveal Expansion Design for the Seattle Asian Art Museum
The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) has unveiled initial designs by 2016 AIA Architecture Firm of the Year LMN Architects for the upcoming renovation and expansion of the Asian Art Museum. The plans comprise an expansion containing a 2650 square foot art gallery and event space, as well as preserving the museum’s historic Art Deco façade and bringing the museum to modern standards of climate control, fire safety and seismic system upgrades. The historic building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in July 2016.
University of Oregon Jane Sanders Stadium / SRG Partnership
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Architects: SRG Partnership
- Area: 19100 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Morin Corp., Advance Cabinet Designs, Astroturf, Faustrollean, Musco, +3
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Professionals: KPFF Consulting Engineers, AHM Brands, Capital Engineering & Contracting, Glumac
OMA, Aires Mateus + Staab Architekten Unveil Honorable Mention Proposals for New Neue Galerie Competition
Two weeks ago, Herzog & de Meuron was announced as the winners of the international competition to design the new Museum of the 20th Century to be located adjacent to Mies van der Rohe’s seminal Neue Galerie in the heart of the Berlin Cultural Forum in Berlin, Germany.
We’ve now received additional proposals for the competition, including honorable mention-awarded entries from OMA, Staab Architekten, and Aires Mateus e Associados, and a finalist proposal from REX, that show alternative strategies for the site.
European Central Bank / Coop Himmelb(l)au
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Architects: Coop Himmelb(l)au
- Area: 185000 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: Feco, Fabromont AG, Roschmann Group, Chemotechnik, Gretsch-Unitas, +1
This New Drawing App Shows How Digital Software Will Save Sketching, Not Destroy It
Mental Canvas is not the first software that attempts to save the act of sketching--we have seen 3D "sketching" tools such as SketchUp, as well as applications that simply simulate sketching on paper, such as Morpholio's popular range of sketching apps. But what makes Mental Canvas revolutionary is that you have the ability to sketch freely in a three-dimensional space without the constraints of traditional CAD modelling; it’s what Julie Dorsey, founder of Mental Canvas, calls a "graphical media"; not fully flat but not fully 3D. The software will be released later this year on Microsoft Surface devices, including the recently announced Surface Studio, working with the hardware of the Surface computers and the Surface Dial to provide a natural sketching experience on a virtual canvas.
5 Low Cost Yet High Quality Houses
One of the most limiting factors of any project is the budget. A low budget demands much more of the architect's inventiveness to ensure the quality of the work. Since most house constructions have a lower financial investment than architects would like, we thought it essential to highlight some examples which stood out because of the architect's ingenuity in solving the low budget "problem" by creating quality solutions.
Details of each project after the break.
CAZA Announces First Combined Hospital and Trauma Center for Philippines
Brooklyn-based design studio, workshop and think tank CAZA (Carlos Arnaiz Architects) has announced its plans for Ospital Pacifica de Juan and Juana Angara, a hybrid hospital and trauma center prototype located in rural Baler, Philippines. As the first combined General Hospital and Trauma Care Center in the country, the project will drastically improve medical support in this remote area.
With a daily patient capacity of 75 people, the 6,120-square-meter space will feature a variety of medical services, including maternity wards, imaging, operating rooms, a chapel, and a café.
“The Hospital will also offer patients a therapeutic presence of nature, as the luscious exterior landscape of Baler permeates the facility through a series of undulating canopies that create an architectural figure in an open field of green" - described the architects in a media release.
Rest Area Niemenharju / Studio Puisto Architects
ETIE / Edouard Brunet +François Martens
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Architects: Edouard Brunet, François Martens
- Area: 370 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: MATRICHE