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For the first time in history, the annual TED Prize was not awarded to an individual, but rather an idea that will greatly influence the future of our planet. The City 2.0 is the city of the future in which more than ten billion people are dependent on. Since the announcement in early December, visionaries’ world-wide have provided their input to help determine the city’s “one wish to change the world”. TED will provide $100,000 to help make it happen. Live, at the TED2012 Full Spectrum conference in Long Beach, California, the wish has been revealed! Continue reading to learn more. read more »

Courtesy of Arhitektura d.o.o.

Architects: Arhitektura d.o.o.
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Length: 950 m
Structural Engineering: Ponting
Contractors: Porr AG, SCT, DSD Bruckenbau GmbH
Project Years: 2008 – 2012
Photographs: Ana Kostič, Vladimir Vasić, Ponting archive

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© Åke E:son Lindman

Architects: Waldemarson Berglund Arkitekter  – Jonas Waldemarson, Paulina Berglund, Hanna Kucera Wengelin
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Year of completion: 2008
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman

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As a follow up to last weeks coverage on the Rio Carnival 2012 kick-off in Oscar Niemeyer’s newly renovated Sambadrome, we would like to share with you this stunning tilt-shift video capturing the essence of Rio de Janeiro and the colorful parade of the Carnival. You will also catch a glimpse of famous mosaic sidewalks of the Copacabana Beach Boardwalk designed by the Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx.

Creators: Keith Loutit and Jarbas Agnelli
Music: Jarbas Agnelli
Special Thanks: Rede Globo, Liesa and Jodele Larcher

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© Jeremy San

Architect: Formwerkz Architects
Location: Singapore
Design Team: Alan Tay, W.H Pung
Site Area: 2,500 sqm
Built-up Area: 1,200 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Jeremy San

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© Antti Hahl

Architect: POOK Arkkitehtitoimisto Oy & Katariina Rautiala and Pentti
Location: North Espoo, Finland
Completed: July 2006
Total Areas: 293 sqm (main building), 29 sqm (sauna), 31 sqm (workshop)
Photographs: Antti Hahl, Pentti Raiski, Alatalo photos

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© Frank Hanswijk

Architects: Studio Rolf.fr + Zecc Architecten
Location: Rotterdam South, The Netherlands
Area: 170sqm
Project Years: 2008-2010
Photographs: Frank Hanswijk

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© Cornell University

After Mayor Bloomberg, Cornell President Skorton and Technion President Lavie announced Cornell’s victory over Stanford to build an eleven acre state-of-the-art tech campus on Roosevelt Island in New York City, the team has now tackled their next step in choosing six high-profile architecture firms competing to design the schools first academic facility.

Selected from over more than 40 firms from the U.S. and abroad, the finalists include Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), Morphosis Architects, Steven Holl Architects and Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. Continue reading for more information.

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Scott McDonald © Hedrich Blessing

Architect: Thomas Roszak Architecture 
Location: Chicago, USA
Photographs: Scott McDonald © Hedrich Blessing 

   
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Courtesy of KRDB

SOL Austin - Solutions Oriented Living – is a model development of a sustainable community that integrates social, economic and ecological components to create a “holistic community”.  The project was a result of a partnership between KRDB Architects, Beck-Reit contractors, the Guadalupe Neighborhood Development Corporation (GNDC) and the Austin Housing Finance Corporation.  The medium density, single-family in-fill project in central east Austin, just three miles from downtown incorporates a significant portion of low-income and affordable housing, sustainable practices and consideration for the kind of future that developments like this can create.

Read on for photos, plans and more information about this project, considered for the AIA 2011 Design Awards in Urban Design.

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Components, image via ccl.northwestern.edu

There are admittedly many differences from architecture school and working in the profession. One major difference is that while in school, people are in a mode of exploration, and any and all tools to facilitate that exploration are welcome. By the time one reaches the stage of “doing the work,” the suite of tools becomes far more narrow: AutoCad, Revit, Ecotect (maybe), and the occasional 3D program like Rhino. And if a person decides to hang out their own shingle, the computer tools becomes even more limited because of cost issues, unless bootleg copies are something you want to risk. read more »

© Zhang Siye

Architect: Atelier Deshaus (Liu Yichun/Zhuang Shen/Chen Yifeng)
Location: Huale Rd, Qingpu, Shanghai, China
Project Team: Chen Yifeng, Liu Yichun, Zhuang Shen, Fan Minji, Tang Yu
Site Area: 17070 sqm
Building Area: 6328 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Zhang Siye

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© José Campos

Architects:  Cândido Chuva Gomes
Location: Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
Client: Parque Escolar, E.P.E.
Project Years: 2008-2011
Building contractor: Lena Construções / Abrantina / MRG Engenharia e Construção
Photographs: José Campos

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After winning the RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship in 2011, Sahil Despande of the Rizvi College of Architecture in Mumbai has focused his research on understanding an urban planning scheme that would look beyond the typical architectural desires of constructing houses and public spaces, to the broader problem of providing proper sanitation.   Proper sanitation is not a necessity most can afford; in fact, over 2.5 billion people have poor access to proper sanitation and for 1.5 billion, access is seemingly impossible.  Without such a basic amenity, a city or settlement’s economic and health structure are often jeopardized.   Despande feels the issue of providing proper sanitation is one in which architects often shy away from, as master plans focus on spatial aspects of the formation of a city rather than trying to install the proper infrastructure necessary for its citizens.   In his research, Despande traveled to thirteen vastly different cities – ranging from the poorest informal settlement, Kibera,  in Nairobi, Kenya to places such as Zurich, Beijing and Delhi – in an effort to study the existing sanitation systems and understand the cultural context in which they reside.   Despande’s research is bringing sanitation to the forefront to generate awareness about its inherent linkage with public health, and urge architects to tackle the issue to improve the conditions for billions of people.  Check out his presentation and let us know what you think of his research findings.

© TYIN Tegnestue Architects

Architects: TYIN TegnestueArchitects 
Location: Klong Toey Lock 1-2-3, Bangkok, Thailand
Client: Klong Toey Community
Sponsors: Link Arkitektur & Ratio Arkitekter
Cost: 35,000 NOK / 4,500 EUR
Contruction Period: February 2011 – March 2011
Area: 91 sqm
Built by: TYIN tegnestue with students and community
Architects: Kasama Yamtree, Andreas Grntvedt Gjertsen, Yashar Hanstad, Jeanne-Francoise Fischer, Karoline Markus, Madeleine Johander, Paul la Tourelle, Nadia Mller, Wijitbusaba Marome
Photographs: TYIN Tegnestue Architects

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Courtesy of SWARM

The Hudson Exchange, a proposal for the Emerging New York Architects Competition by SWARM, was recently awarded second place for their concept. The design is a point of transfer incorporating a diversity of stakeholders relevant to community education, production, transport, and distribution of locally grown and sustainable food in West Harlem. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »

© Tim Griffith

Architects: Steinberg Architects
Location: Saratoga, California, USA
Project Team: David Hart, AIA – Principal in Charge, Jeffrey Berg, AIA – Project Manager, Michael Miller– Job Captain, Shawna Upp – Job Captain, Lisa Welty O’Hare – Interior Design, David Ewell, AIA, Ryan Upp, AIA, Krista Olson, Victoria McReynolds, DedeImpink, AIA – Specifications
Photographs: Tim Griffith

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Courtesy of ABCG Architettura & Lopesbrenna Architetti

The proposal for the new kindergarten and multipurpose hall by ABCG Architettura & Lopesbrenna Architetti in Lugano, Switzerland aims to rearrange the lot in question via a solution that has its strength in simplicity, bridging the gap to the free sides of the area. They do so through the volume of the school which is supported throughout via Nola, while the cube‐shaped multipurpose hall marks the public entrance into via Ferri. More images and architects’ description after the break. read more »