ArchDaily

City Of Port Philip / Williams Boag Architects

Architects: Williams Boag architects Pty Ltd
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Project team: Mason Arkell, Matt Chau, Richard Cox, Holger Frese, Nick Gamble, Catherine Ramsay, Kerry Smith, Rob Spielman, Peter Wolf, Peter Williams
Project area: 8,800 sqm
Project year: 2008
Photographs: John Gollings

Alvarado House / Terry & Terry Architecture

For this project Terry & Terry Architecture maintained certain portions of this original Victorian layout, including the compartmentalized front rooms and the wide hallway that contains the stairs and bathrooms and leads to the kitchen. As one moves to the rear of the house, traces of the original Victorian house dissolve. Terry & Terry Architecture designed the new structure at the rear of the house to be a series of interconnected, multi-functional open space for dining, cooking and common living. On the third floor, Terry & Terry Architecture added bedrooms/bathrooms, a large stair shaft, with a roof opening to allow light to reach the core of the house.

Architect: Terry & Terry Architecture
Location: San Francisco, California, USA
Project Team: Alex Terry AIA, Ivan Terry
Engineer: Santos Urrutia Structural Engineers Inc.
Landscape Architect: Outer Space Landscape Architecture
General Contractor: Timberline Construction
Project Area: 2,600 sqf
Photographs: Ethan Kaplan

The Hong Kong Federation of Women T.S. Kwok Service Centre / Barrie Ho

Architects: Barrie Ho
Location: Hong Kong, China
Project area: 9,500 sqf
Photographs: Courtesy of Barrie Ho

AD Classics: Willey House / Frank Lloyd Wright

Completed in 1934, the Willey House by Frank Lloyd Wright is often described as the fusion of his two greater known styles, the Prairie School and the Usonian style. From it’s exterior it possess many of the same visual qualities of his older designs, but also other implications of his newer and developing style. More on Frank Lloyd Wright‘s Willey House after the break.

Social Housing Tower Of 75 Units In Europa Square / Roldán + Berengué

Architects: Roldán + Berengué
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Project area: 7,660 sqm
Project year: 2005 – 2010
Photographs: Jordi Surroca

RAD Workshop: Archibots

The University of Toronto’s Responsive Architecture at Daniels (RAD) will showcase robots that build architecture May 27th thru 30th. The RAD Workshop: Archibots will investigate the potential for robots to build (or destroy) environments.

Beginning by developing a taxonomy of existing robots, this collaborative design workshop will result in interdisciplinary teams experimenting with robots that can build and design environments. Each robot’s capabilities and limitations will determine the structures they can build and vice versa. This workshop will equally challenge approaches in both robotics and architecture. Every team will be part architect, engineer and robot.

MONU Magazine New Issue: Editing Urbanism

MONU – magazine on urbanism is a unique bi-annual international forum for artists, writers and designers that are working on topics of urban culture, development and politics.

Each issue collects essays, projects and photographs from contributors from all over the world to a given topic. Thus MONU examines topics that are important to the future of our cities and urban regions from a variety of perspectives.

They have just released their latest issue on the topic of “Editing Urbanism”. You can see more about the articles on their official website. Also, you can browse the entire issue #14 on YouTube (video after the break).

DC6 – DỰ ÁN THĂNG LONG / ICE

ICE – ideas for contemporary environments (with local architect Trinity & Associates) was awarded the 2nd Prize for its entry for DC6 – DỰ ÁN THĂNG LONG, a mixed-use Development, as a popular beach resort near Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The design incorporates time share units, residential apartments, serviced apartments and commercial programs, adding up to 30,000 sqm.

Read on for more information on this project.

Maison Leguay / Moussafir Architectes Associés

Architects: Moussafir Architectes Associés - Jacques Moussafir, Gilles Poirée
Location: Bois-Colombes, France
Project area: 232 sqm
Project year: 2005 – 2011
Photographs: Courtesy of Jacques Moussafir, Gilles Poirée

Sunrise Mountain Library / richärd+bauer

The new Sunrise Mountain Library is a replacement for a joint use, public library in a high school that had been in existence for over ten years. The look and feel was institutional, public parking non-existent and the hours insufficient. The community had been very patient and because of this deserved the very best. The City of Peoria wanted a building that surpassed community needs, had a wow-factor in design and at the same time was practical and flexible. The Sunrise Mountain Library is a modern full-service regional library with a 100,000-piece collection. The facility utilizes RFID and self-service technology. Library includes adult, teen and youth reading spaces, common areas and multi-use facilities. This community gathering place is warm, inviting and practical. Inspired by the waves off the nearby Lake Pleasant, the nautical theme is reflected throughout the space with whimsical and functional elements. Materials were carefully chosen for its form, flexibility and functionality.

Architect: richärd+bauer
Location: Peoria, Arizona, USA
Project Team: James E. Richard (AIA Designer & Principal-in-Charge), Kelly Bauer (FIIDA Project Manager + Design), Stephen Kennedy (AIA, NCARB Project Architect & CA), Ben Perrone (AIA, LEED AP, Project Architect), Andrew Timberg (RA, LEED AP, Senior Staff Architect), Yukiko Corella (Interior Design)
Mechanical and Plumbing Engineer: Kunka Engineering
Electrical Engineer: OMB, Inc.
Structural Engineer: Schneider Structural Engineering
Civil Engineer: PK Kland Consulting Civil Engineers
Landscape Architect: C.F. Shuler
Contractor: Haydon Building Corp
Project Area: 22,000 sqf
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Bill Timmerman, Timmerman Photography, Inc.

Eastern Michigan University / Lord, Aeck & Sargent

Architects: Lord, Aeck & Sargent
Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
Client: Eastern Michigan University
Civil engineer and landscape architects: Beckett & Raeder (Ann Arbor, Mich. Office)
MEP/FP engineer: Peter Basso Associates (Troy, Mich. office)
Structural engineer: Robert Darvas Associates (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Construction manager: Christman/Dumas (a joint venture of The Christman Company and Dumas Concepts in Building (EMU field office)
Program manager: AECOM (Detroit office) – program manager
Project area: 80,000 sqf
Project year: 2010 (phase 1) 2011 – 2012 (phase 2)
Photographs: Curt Clayton

Vancouver Convention Centre West / LMN + DA with MCM

Situated on Vancouver’s waterfront with spectacular views of mountains, ocean, and parks, the Vancouver Convention Centre West is designed to bring together the natural ecology, vibrant local culture, and built environment, accentuating their interrelationships through the architecture. Opened in April 2009, the Convention Centre West expansion facility triples the total square footage and functional capacity as well as completes the development of the public realm on the waterfront.

Seattle-based LMN, in collaboration with Vancouver-based Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and DA Architects & Planners, designed the Vancouver Convention Centre West as a compelling vision of what a civic building can be—a celebration of people and place and a model of sustainability. The project achieved LEED® Canada Platinum certification, the first convention center to gain such recognition in the world, and recently received a COTE 2011 Top Ten Green Project Award.

Architects: LMN, DA Architects & Planners, Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership (MCM)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Project Owner: BC Pavilion Corporation (PavCo)
Project Area: 1.2 million sqf
Project Year: 2009
Renderings and Drawings: LMN, LMN/Studio
Photographs: Nic Lehoux

Interview: Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown, by Andrea Tamas

22_Episcopal Academy Chapel exterior (Matt Wargo) — Episcopal Academy Chapel / © Matt Wargo

Back in August 2009, architect Andrea Tamas interviewed Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown. Today, we share with you the complete interview. Read it after the break.

Absolute Architecture / LOKOMOTIV Architects

The central Veneto area, lying approximately between Padua, Treviso, Castelfranco and Mestre, has one of the most unusual settlement systems of northern Italy. This project, by LOKOMOTIV Architects, starts from the view that the phenomena of urban sprawl should be stemmed, as the sprawl gives rise to a great number of problems, among which we might mention the excessive proliferation of infrastructures, with costs for the government that are unsustainable in the long run and break the delicate environmental balance of the system created by roman agriculture colonization. More images and architects’ description after the break.

Video: Soumaya Museum / LAR + Fernando Romero

Back in 2009 we published this very interesting Museum by architects LAR + Fernando Romero located in Mexico. Now, they shared with us this HD video of the work already finished. The video is courtesy of Onnis Luque.

House DE / davidclovers

House DE is an “infill” townhouse, spectacularly sited on a hillside above Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong. Combining two existing units into one, the design uses the volumes of three staircases to blend, burrow and interlock spaces vertically across four floors. Each “interaction” is materially monolithic, using stone, wood and a series of delicate aluminum fins. Defined by these fins, the texture and form of the lantern-volume subtly changes shape and depth, casting shadow and emitting light in different ways throughout the house.

Architect: davidclovers
Location: Clearwater Bay, Hong Kong, China
Project Team: David Erdman, Clover Lee, Fei Mui, Jason Dembski, Yvette Herrera, Rathi Subramanian, Lam Pui Wing, Spencer Mak
Project Area: 4,300 sqf
Photographs: Almond Chu

Proscenium Trondheim / Point Supreme Architects + Gerousis + Hughes

Last year, we shared the results of Europan 10 with you - a biennial competition asking architects for innovative housing solutions for European sites. For 2011, the competition’s objective is to promote awareness about the environment and how we occupy the natural world. We’ve been covering the 2011 proposals, such as Europan Norway 2011, and today, we share an update on the progress of the Europan Norway 2010 winning scheme. After winning the Europan for Trondheim Norway, Point Supreme Architects, Alexandros Gerousis and Beth Hughes, have recently completed the second phase of the concept design and are preparing for the project to be realized. Recently, the project was identified as a pilot project for the Norwegian government’s ‘Cities of the Future’ program – currently one of only 6 in Norway and the second in Trondheim. The project will serve as an example of environmentally sustainable design strategies combined with innovative architecture – reflecting the ambitions and principles of Svartlamoen which has also been regulated as an eco-urban testing ground.

More about the winning project after the break.

Video: Jaume Fuster Library / Josep Llinás and Joan Vera

The Jaume Fuster Library in Barcelona, Spain, designed by architects Josep Llinás and Joan Vera, occupies a once vacant lot. The 5,026 sqm building was the recipient of a 2006 FAD, one of the most prestigious awards in Spain. Peter Kok shared this video that he shot of the Jaume Fuster Library.

the world's most visited architecture website