Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Brookfield Properties' Manhattan West, a six-building project, has opened to the public. Nestled in the heart of New York City’s Far West Side, the mixed-use development aims to link several New York neighborhoods and transform unutilized spaces above rail lines into new dynamic destinations.
SOM's Mixed-Use Development in West Manhattan Opens to the Public
Tarumã House / Laurent Troost Architectures
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Architects: Laurent Troost Architectures
- Area: 4338 ft²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Aluminios Rocha, Gerdau, Jatobá, Tegape
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Professionals: Secope Engenharia, Secope Engenharia Ltda, RB Instalações Ltda
Singapore's Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai Illustrates the Vision of Architecture in Nature
The Singapore Pavilion for Expo 2020 Dubai illustrates the city's aspiration towards a sustainable future that merges architecture, nature, technology and culture. Under the title "Nature.Nurture.Future", the pavilion designed by WOHA Architects and landscape design practice Salad Dressing showcases a sample of Singapore's urban environment that epitomizes its City in Nature vision. The multi-layered green space creates a self-sufficient ecosystem highlighting ideas of sustainability and resilience through the marriage of technology and nature.
Pandemic-era Street Spaces: Parklets, Patios, and the Future of the Public Realm
On a clear fall day in 2005, a group of friends and collaborators from the art collective Rebar commandeered an 8-foot-wide by 20-foot-long metered parking space in downtown San Francisco. This two-hour guerilla art installation evolved into Park(ing) Day, a global public art and design activism event that has been celebrated every year since. In 2009, Rebar and other design studios were approached by the City of San Francisco to prototype a more permanent version of Park(ing) Day. In response, we created one of the world’s first parklets in San Francisco (we called our version walklet), and through the diligent efforts of Andres Power in the Mayor’s Office and City Planning, San Francisco’s pioneering parklet program was born.
Aux Entrepôts Housing / HHF Architects
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Architects: HHF Architects
- Area: 5853 m²
- Year: 2021
House at the Buechberg / Kit Architects
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Architects: Kit Architects
- Area: 492 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: Trunz + Wirth, PR Landschaftsarchitektur, Josef Kolb AG, Brühwiler AG, Comoltech, +2
Azin Historical House / Ravagh Atelier
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Architects: Ravagh Atelier
- Area: 300 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Farzaneh Art Studio
Diên Khanh House / 6717 Studio
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Architects: 6717 Studio
- Area: 130 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Jotun, Kohler, Xinfa
Residential Extension in Kanamachi / SO&CO
McKinley Park Studio / 34-TEN
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Architects: 34-TEN
- Area: 4700 ft²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Kingspan Insulated Panels, NanaWall, Velux
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Professionals: Calor Design Group, NLP Concepts
Walter Anderson Museum of Art - Courtney Blossman Art Cottage / Tall Architects
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Architects: Tall Architects
- Area: 1737 ft²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Aeratis, Forbo, McNichols, Sierra Pacific Windows
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Professionals: Terry Moran Engineering, C.Roberds General Contractors
Gerusa Fran Doces Sweet Store / Studio Guilherme Garcia
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Architects: Studio Guilherme Garcia
- Area: 37 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Arte Mobília, Branco, Deca, Pedecril, Portobello, +1
The Great Tapestry of Scotland Gallery / Page\Park Architects
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Architects: Page\Park Architects
- Area: 1300 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Bocci, Bute Fabrics, Solus Ceramics
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Professionals: Goodsons Associates, Aterlier 10, Turner & Townsend, Bright, Ogilvie Construction
Sing House Vitznau / Gole GmbH
BIG Unveils Design of Urban Fashion Village in Portugal
BIG has collaborated with global technology platform for luxury fashion Farfetch and Portuguese real estate developer Castro Group to create "Fuse Valley", a purpose-built urban fashion village on the slopes of the Leça River in Porto, Portugal. The platform's newly unveiled HQ will feature 12 uniquely-designed interconnected buildings that represent the different elements of the company’s organization. The project is set to break ground by early 2023, and open its doors in 2025.
Building Houses With Giant Blocks: U-Build and the Future of Self-Construction
It is difficult to find someone who never played LEGO as a child. What if, like LEGO's, we thought of buildings as great assembling games? U-Build is a modular wooden construction system developed by Studio Bark to be easy to build, pleasant to inhabit, and simple to deconstruct at the end of its useful life. The system removes many of the difficulties associated with traditional construction, enabling individuals and communities to build their own homes and buildings. The system uses precision CNC machining to create a kit of parts, allowing the structure of the building to be assembled by people with limited skills and experience, using only simple hand tools.
Butterfly House / UID Architects
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Architects: UID Architects
- Area: 309 m²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: Konishi Structural Engineers, Toshiya Ogino Landscape design