MacMag 35
In honor of Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art’s centennial, student editors Gareth Hanly, Rachel Houghton, Cathryn Lavery, Kieran Sheehan and Katy Holbrook, have designed, produced and published MacMag 35 to document the entire celebration year. Compiled in over 300 pages of crisp graphics and imagery, this year’s magazine provides a true insight into not only the design philosophies of the school, but also gives us a taste of what it is like to experience the famous building.
More about the magazine after the break.
Hundred Foot House / Ogrydziak Prillinger Architects
Architects: Ogrydziak Prillinger Architects
Location: Orinda, California, USA
Project Team: Luke Ogrydziak, Zoë Prillinger, Diana Martinez
Structural Engineering: Julia Chen
General Contractor: Jon Gasparini
Project Area: 2,400 sq ft
Project Year: 2004-2009
Photographs: Courtesy of OPA
NewBud Eco-School / ZHU Jingxiang Architects
A research team led by Prof. Zhu Jingxiang of the School of Architecture at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has developed an advanced architectural system for the construction of the New Bud Study Hall in Sichuan, China, this summer. See more images and architect’s description after the break.
The Indicator: Happy National Boss’s Day
As stupid as this sounds, it’s National Boss’s Day in the US and Canada. But, you may ask, isn’t every day your boss’s Day? Technically yes. But today is that one special day when you can express your gratitude openly…and maybe score some extra points. But, of course, it isn’t about that. If you don’t have this holiday in your country, you should lobby for it—maybe even make it a day off!
For architects, National Boss’s Day means celebrating the good work done by your principals, thanking them for their leadership excellence. After all, in this economy, principals are having a hard time and are under a lot of stress. You may have noticed them age, much like Obama has in the last two years.
Autodesk AutoCAD for Mac now available
A few months ago we told you that Autodesk AutoCAD for Mac would be available on October. We just found out that it started shipping today, and you can also download a full 30-day trial. Students can also download a free version.
Anyone already using it? Share your thoughts on the comments section!
AD Round Up: Retail Part V
Five unique retail projects for the 5th selection of our previously featured projects. Enjoy them all after the break!
Uniqlo Megastore / Curiosity
Curiosity has completed the design of the Uniqlo Megastore that has opened near Shinjuku station in Tokyo. The new design is strongly influenced by the Tokyo urban landscape and the large entrance, marked with three display towers, recreates a mini-Shinjuku city. As the lighting floor wraps the towers in a glow of light that illuminates the surrounding streets, the shop becomes an active element of the street: attractive, reliable, and secure (read more…)
Real Time Sharing is POWER. And EFFICIENCY. And PRODUCTIVITY: The Open Collaboration Webcast
The originator of the virtual building concept, GRAPHISOFT hosts a free one-hour webcast – “Real Time Sharing is POWER. And EFFICIENCY. And PRODUCTIVITY: The Open Collaboration Webcast” on October 21st.
The webinar will show that Open Design Collaboration with ArchiCAD enables the AEC industry to work like they want to right now. It is Interoperability Redefined, so that architecture and engineering teams can collaborate using their own BIM models in a dynamic IFC based workflow. Come see ArchiCAD engage intelligent data exchange with Revit Structure, Tekla Structure, Autodesk MEP, Revit MEP and more.
To register for the event click here. More information after the break.
Welcome / Arrhov Frick
Architect: Arrhov Frick
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Design Team: Johan Arrhov, Henrik Frick, Our Legacy
Client: Our Legacy / Tres bien shop
Project Area: 80 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Hannes Soderlund
Iwan Baan receives Julius Shulman Photography Award
Photographer Iwan Baan received the inaugural Julius Shulman Photography Award in Los Angeles on October 10th. The Julius Shulman Institute at Woodbury University will honor the legacy of the renowned photographer during a series of events that coincide with the 100th anniversary of the day of his birth. The image.architecture.now exhibit is currently featuring Iwan Baan along with 9 photographers all whose work illuminates a range of explorations into documenting the experience of space. This exhibit is at Ahmanson Main Space at Woodbury University until October 23rd.
Germoplasm Pavillion / Vlad Sebastian Rusu
Architects: Vlad Sebastian Rusu
Location: Cluj Napoca, Romania
Structural Engineering: Sc. Asiza Srl./ eng. Ovidiu Rusu
Servicess: Sc. Steve Impex, Sc Procont Impex/ Cluj
Construction: Sc. Decorint Srl./ Cluj
Project Area: 1,370 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2009
Photographs: Dacian Groza
National Glass Museum / bureau SLA
Architect: bureau SLA
Location: Leerdam, Netherlands
Design Team: Peter van Assche (architect), Grazina Bendikaite Mathijs Cremers (project architect), Mick van Essen Gonçalo, Moreira Tereza Novosadova
Interior: Piet Hein Eek Eek & Ruijgrok BV Nuenenseweg 167 5667 KP Geldrop
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Courtesy of bureau SLA
National Museum of Archaeology and Earth Sciences / archi5 & OKA
Update: V&A at Dundee shortlist designs
Last month we shared with you the six designs from the shortlisted group for the future Victoria & Albert Museum in Scotland:
Delugan Meissl Associated Architects / Kengo Kuma & Associates / REX / Snøhetta / Steven Holl Architects / Sutherland Hussey Architects
The six designs are now on exhibition at the library of Abertay University on Bell Street in Dundee until November 4th.
We now have more photographs and a short description of each proposal plus a video after the break.
Chandgaon Mosque / Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury
Architect: Kashef Mahboob Chowdhury
Location: Chittagong, Bangladesh
Client: Faisal M. Khan
Project Area: 1,048 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Aga Khan Award for Architecture / BKS Inan
Antilia / World’s Most Expensive House
We’ve featured quite elaborate projects on AD where project budgets that reach the millions seem almost normal. Yet, this is something we haven’t seen: a house – yes, one house – priced at $1 billion dollars. With a price tag like that, India’s richest man, and Forbes’s fourth richest man, Mukesh Ambani, along with his wife and three childen, will be calling the world’s most expensive residence “home.”
More about the house after the break.
Maple Leaf Square Canopy / United Visual Artists
Authors: United Visual Artists
Location: Toronto, Canada
Commissioners: Cadillac Fairview, Lanterra Developments, Maple Leaf Sports
Public Art Consultants: Public Art Management – Karen Mills and Justin Ridgeway
Dimensions: 90 metres x 3 metres
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: James Medcraft, United Visual Artists, 2010
House in Paço de Arcos / Jorge Mealha
Architect: Jorge Mealha
Location: Carcavelos, Lisbon, Portugal
Project Team: Arch. João Sítima, Arch. Luís Banazol, Arch. Pedro Pereira, Arch. Marcelo Dantas
Client: Margarida e António Lemos
Project Area: 388.50 sqm
Project Year: 2006-2010
Photographs: Jorge Mealha
Renaissance Marriot Hotel in Paris / Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Architect: Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Location: Paris, France
Client: GEREC
Project Area: 8,500 sqm
Project Year: 2003-2009
Photographs: Patrycja Ogonowska
Poly Morphisme / Complex City
French architect Olivier Brouillard (Complex City), shared with us his project Poly Morphisme, located in Pregny-Chambesy, near Geneva, Switzerland. More images and architect’s description after the break.
AD Round Up: Best from Flickr Part XXI
I guess for our next Flickr Round Up (in two more week), we’ll be looking at more than 30,000 photos. For now, check our 21st selection of photos from our Flickr Pool. In case you haven’t seen our previous selections, check them all right here. As always, remember you can submit your own photo here, and don’t forget to follow us through Twitter and our Facebook Fan Page to find many more features.
The photo above was taken by pedro kok in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Check the other four after the break.
PARK + NetLab Named Winners in Competition to Re-Imagine Long Island’s Downtowns
“Build a Better Burb”, a design and planning competition sponsored by the Long Island Index with the Rauch Foundation, has named the team of PARK and NetLab as one of five winners. Will Prince of the architecture and planning studio PARK and Kazys Varnelis, the founder of NetLab, collaborated on the winning proposal “Long Division,” a regional strategy that promotes both responsible growth and planned contraction.
More images, a video on the project, and complete press release after the break.
