Julien De Smedt Lecture and Agenda book launch in Tokyo
Here’s an open invitation to Julien De Smedt (JDS Architects) lectuer and agenda book launch in Tokyo, Japan.
The event will take place on Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 from 6:00pm till 9:00 pm at the INAX Ginza.
You can RSVP through Facebook and invite your friends to the event. Just click here.
Hotel City Garden / EM2N
Architects: EM2N
Location: Zug, Switzerland
Project Leaders: Bernd Druffel, Benjamin Nordmann
Project Team: Stefan Berle, David Brodbeck, Bernd Druffel, David Duca, Christian Gammeter, Ryoko Iwase, Takumi Iyoda, Pavel Kolacek, Claudia Meier, Mathias Müller, Daniel Niggli, Benjamin Nordmann, Andreas Schmitz, Mario Vahos, Boris Weix
Client: MZ Immobilien AG
Construction Management: Ghisleni Planen Bauen GmbH
Structural Engineering: Berchtold + Eicher AG
Mechanical Engineering: Grünberg + Partner AG
Electrical Engineering: IBG B. Graf AG Engineering AG
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Roger Frei Architekturfotografie
Haus Szelpal / Felber Szélpal Architekten
Architects: Felber Szélpal Architekten ag, Solothurn
Location: Solothurn, Switzerland
Contractor: Galli AG, Surface and Civil Construction
Structural Engineering: BSB+Partners, Engineers and Planners
Furniture: Theo Jakob AG, Berne
Project Year: 2006
Photographs: Bruno Helbling, Zurich
Viamala Raststätte Service Station / Iseppi-Kurath
Iseppi-Kurath‘s winning competition for a highway service area intends to act as a “window towards the region”. Located next to the exit Thusis-Nord at the highway A13 in Grisons, Switzerland, this service area boasts an expressive roof that “combines the architectural prelude of the building and brings together the entrance and exit of it.”
More about the service area and more images after the break.
AD Round Up: Best from Flickr Part VIII
It’s been more than two months since our latest Flickr Round Up and our pool has grown to almost 13,000 photos! You can check our previous selections 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 picture above was taken by pedro kok in Barcelona, Spain. See the other four after the break.
The Carbon Footprint Fetish: Architecture and Climate Change
Whatever the uses and abuses of climate research lately, buildings are still said to cause 40 percent of carbon emissions. As such, architects see themselves at the forefront against global warming. But why do most contemporary solutions involve evermore constraints? Indeed, it is now common to hear the argument that more restrictions aid creativity. Doesn’t more freedom aid creativity?
And what about the bureaucracy of carbon bean-counters? From Bioregional, the Carbon Trust and WWF to Biffa, WRAP and BRE, who are these unelected bodies that dictate environmental standards? What is the cost of prioritising carbon measuring, rationing, trading – carbon navel-gazing – in terms of design freedom and critical-thinking?
This, the first of three mantownhuman debates asks: Should architects not maximise – rather than minimise – their footprint? This event will take place March 25th, 7pm at BDP, Brewhouse Yard, London. Find out more here.
Franken House / Bekhor Architecte
Architect: Bekhor Architecte
Location: Ixelles, Brussels , Belgium
Client: Eva Franken
Total Area: 300 sqm
Project Year: 2007
Photographs: Laurent Brandajs
Building Industry Think Tank: London, April 2010
On Friday, April 23, 2010, top UK, European and American industry leaders will gather at the Architectural Association in London for a day-long Think Tank to explore solutions that could change the building industry for the better.
Among the firms that will participate are: Adams Kara Tylor London / Atelier Ten / Grimshaw Architects LLP / Foster and Partners / Johnson Controls / Oldcastle Glass/ Arup / Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners / Turner Construction / Werner Sobek / NG Bailey Off-Site
The Think Tank will consist of three 90 minute sessions of a series of “pecha-kucha” style short presentations followed by roundtable discussions. The C-BIP London Think Tank is the second in a series hosted by Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation and generously underwritten by Oldcastle Glass®.
For more information on this event, click here.
D.Vision Dental Clinic / A1Architects
Architects: A1Architects
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Project Team: Lenka Křemenová, David Maštálka
Client: Dr. Radek Pokorný, Dr. Dita Hašková
Graffiti: Alexey Klyuykov & Vít Svoboda / CAP
Project Area: 150 sqm
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: A1Architects
Elm & Willow House / Architects EAT
Architects: Architects EAT
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Project Team: Albert Mo, James Coombe, Eid Goh
Structural Engineer: R. Bliem & Associates
Building Surveyor: Building Strategies
Builder: Sargant Construction
Landscaper: Heath Landscape
Project Area: 278 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2009
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Earl Carter & James Coombe
ArtsQuest Center / Spillman Farmer Architects
Land used by the former Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Pennsylvania is now being transformed into a dynamic arts, culture and education campus known as SteelStacks. Anchoring the 4.5 acres campus will be Spillman Farmer Architects’ ArtsQuest Center, a four-storey glass and steel structure with 68,000 sq ft of distinctive venues to showcase the arts.
More about the ArtsQuest Center after the break.
Open Ideas Architectural Competition: The Heathrow Contest
Greenpeace is holding an Open Ideas Architectural Competition to find a winning design to fortify the Airplot. The competition is open to architects, landscape architects, architectural students and architect-led mixed disciplinary teams.
The deadline is Friday 23rd April and entries will be judged by:
- Peter Clegg, Senior Partner, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Andrew Grant, Director, Grant Associates
- Nick Jonson, Deputy Chief Executive, Urban Splash
- Alistair McGowan, Comedian and Airplot co-owner
- Sarah North, Campaigns Director, Greenpeace UK
- Oli Rodker, Environmental activist
- Professor Neil Thomas, Director, Atelier One
- Rachel Whiteread, Artist
Shortlisted designs will be showcased at the OXO tower Bargehouse Gallery, 3rd – 6th June 2010. For more information, go to the competition’s official website.
Medical Housing Compound / Studio Tam associati
Architects: Studio tamassociati – Raul Pantaleo, Massimo Lepore, Simone Sfriso, con Pietro Parrino y Gino Strada
Location: Soba, Khartoum, Sudan
Client: Emergency NGO
Coordinator: Emergency Technical Office, Pietro Parrino
Structural Engineering: Francesco Steffinlongo
Services & Mechanical Engineering: Nicola Zoppi
Site Engineering: Roberto Crestan, Alessandro Tamai, Claudio Gatti
Contractor: ISNAD Sudan
Site Area: 8,663 sqm
Constructed Area: 1,668 sqm
Project Year: 2008-2009
Photographs: Raul Pantaleo
AD Round Up: St. Patrick’s Day Special, Architecture in Ireland
Today, thousands celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day throughout the world. Named after the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland, we didn’t want to be left behind in this celebration. So for today’s Round Up, we bring you previously featured architecture projects in Ireland. Don’t forget your green shirt, drink responsible and check five great projects from Ireland after the break.
Dwelling at Maytree / ODOS architects
This house is in essence a simple bold sculptural form which sits at the foot of a steep escarpment in the Wicklow hills. It is a two storey house with vehicular and pedestrian access from the Bray Road. Accommodation is comprised of a two car garage, boiler room, wc and utility at ground floor level and open plan living, kitchen, dining areas with 3 bedrooms (master en suite), study and family bathroom at first floor level (read more…)
Shanghai 2010: Almost ready?
There’s still a little bit more than a month till the opening of Shanghai’s World Expo 2010, scheduled for May 1st. Many construction workers are still working to finish the pavilions that will receive up to 800,000 visitors every day, expecting a total of 70 million visitors till October 31, when the Expo will close its doors. So are the pavilions ready? Check the updates on several countries after the break.
Seen at The Big Picture.
La Finca Residence / A-cero
Architects: A-cero / Joaquin Torres
Location: La Finca, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain
Collaborator: Rafael Llamazares
Structural Engineers: Cear obras y construcciones sa
Project Area: 1,600 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2010
Photographs: Courtesy of A-cero
Pio Pio Restaurant / Sebastian Marsical Studio
Architects: Sebastian Mariscal Studio
Location: New York, USA
Project Team: Sebastian Mariscal, Jeff Svitak, Carlos de la Mora
Project Manager: Jeff Svitak
Lighting Designer: Cooley Monato Studio
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Paul Rivera
AD Round Up: Shanghai Pavilions Part IV
It’s getting closer and closer. Shanghai World Expo 2010 is around the corner and we want to remind you some pavilions we’ve been featuring in the post. Check our fourth selection after the break!
French Pavillion
Jacques Ferrier Architects were selected to design the French Pavillion at Shanghai Expo 2010. Their project ‘The Sensual City’ is a simple building with a big style French garden inside. Surrounded by water it appears to be floating. The 6000 square meter pavillion will use advanced building materials and environmental protection technology including solar panels on top of the roof (read more…)
March events at Harvard GSD
Harvard University Graduate School of Design hosts some great lectures featuring some of the world’s most important architects. We will be telling you about their events on a monthly basis, so here are the dates of their March events:
March 23 / Unsmooth Work / Homa Farjadi
March 24 / Now? Works and Humanitarian Activities / Shigeru Ban in conversation with Mohsen Mostafavi
March 24 / “Fear in a Handful of Dust”: Topographies of Accumulation, Excess and Waste / Cindi Katz
March 30 / On how difficulties-contingencies improve the work of the architect / Rafael Moneo
March 31 / The Return of Nature: The Nature of Information / Elizabeth Diller, Antoine Picon
You can find more on each event on the GSD official website.
House of Integration / FORM | Kouichi Kimura
Architects: FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects
Location: Shiga, Japan
Client: Private
Construction Year: 2010
Site Area: 166,21 sqm
Constructed Area: 116,06 sqm
Project Year: 2010
Photographs: Takumi Ota
AIA Arizona Design Awards deadlines
The AIA Arizona Design Awards program recognizes excellence in design, planning, and construction of projects located anywhere in the world that are designed by AIA Arizona architects registered and licensed in the State of Arizona.
The intent of the Design Awards program is to honor the highest standards of design in response to user requirements, site, context, climate, and environment. Each entry, regardless of size or classification, is judged individually on the basis of total design merit.
The deadlines are:
May 7, 2010 – Entry fees due
June 18, 2010 – Entries due
June 23, 2010 – Late entries due
You can find tips for submissions right here.
