IPAC / Sander Architects

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Sander Architects was awarded first place with their design for the , a new performing arts center for , one of the country’s top three feeder high schools for the arts.  Situated in the mountains outside Los Angeles, the rests on one side of the site, with the empty space forming a “new green quad at the heart of campus”.

More about the IPAC after the break.

Mark Magazine + ArchDaily subscription giveaway: The winners

As announced, we closed the form to enter the competition on August 28th, 11:59AM  and we used Random.org to choose the 2 winners (and 2 finalists in case the winners don´t answer the e-mail I just sent to them to confirm their info).

After removing duplicate/invalid submissions, there were a total of 2,947 entries. We randomly picked 4 numbers between 1-2947  via Random.org and we proceeded to reveal their names from the Excel spreadsheet containing all the entries. We recorded all the process with Screenr so you can witness the whole process.

We´d like to congratulate Jaime Rovira (, IL) and Rokas (Lithuania), winners of 1 yearly subscription to Mark Magazine.

Stay tuned, we have more surprises for our readers coming in the near future.

Update: Both winners confirmed by email within hours, and we are coordinating with Mark to start sending them their subscription.

FZA Atelier / Frederico Zanelato Arquitetos

© Bebete Viégas
© Bebete Viégas

Architects: Frederico Zanelato, Fernanda Kano and Regina Sesoko
Location: Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo,
Structure: Wladimir Polimeno
Site Area: 1000 m2
Constructed Area: 70 m2
Project Year: 2009
Photography: Bebete Viégas

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Funchal 05 House / Paulo David + Luz Ramalho

© Leonardo Finotti
© Leonardo Finotti

Location: Neves – Funchal, Madeira,
Architect: Paulo David + Luz Ramalho
Structure: Mário Rui
Electrical: Fernando Sousa Pereira
Plumbing: Marco Coelho
Project: 2002
Construction: 2006
Photography: Leonardo Finotti

Inside UN Studio’s Burnham Pavilion

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After our UN Studio’s Burnham Pavilion gallery, many of you wondered how it was built. This photo reveals the woodenstructure for this , which was later finished with a plastic-like material.

Photo via Construmatica.

El Roble Chapel / 57 Studio

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Nestled into a forest of Australian mimosa trees, a small family chapel designed by 57 Studio provides a quiet and serene place for religious contemplation.  The chapel can hold approximately 40 seated people and focuses on providing ” the proper sense of religious spaces…through its communication with the natural surroundings.”

More about the chapel after the break.

Garden house / Tham & Videgård Hansson

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© Åke E:son Lindman

Architects: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter
Location: Södermanland,
Architects in charge: Bolle Tham & Martin Videgård Hansson
Site Area: 1,006 sqm
Constructed Area: 360 sqm + roof terrace
Project year: 2006-2008
Client: Private
Photographs: Åke E:son Lindman

Fictional Architects in Movies

1251392698-adamsandlerVia mirage.studio.7 we ran into this list of fictional architects in . There are some classic ones, like Henry Fonda. Some new ones like Adam Sandler. And there’s even an actual architect who made it to The Simpsons.

Which one do you like the most? The least? Is there anyone missing in this list? Some actor/actress you would really like as an architect in a movie? Tell us what you think. Full list after the break.

Update: Images and sources were taken from mirage.studio.7. They did this article with different sources like DanStewart, Ajolote Boletin, Archinect, ArchitExploitation, and more.

Balga House / Bellemo & Cat

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© Mark Munro

Australian architects Bellemo & Cat have sent us a few interesting projects that we’ll feature on ArchDaily. The first one is Balga, a coastal house located in the state of Victoria, southeast of . The house was completed in 2006 in Point Lonsdale. See more images and architect’s description, after the break.

University of La Verne / Gonzalez Goodale Architects

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Architects: Gonzalez Goodale Architects
Project team: Armando L. Gonzalez, FAIA, Project Principal, David L. Goodale, AIA, Design Principal, John Ferguson, AIA, Project Manager, Gerda Buss, Interiors/FF&E
Mechanical / Plumbing: Khalifeh & Associates
Electrical: N.A. Cohen Group Inc.
Structural: Englekirk & Sabol
Food service: Ricca Newmark Design
Acoustical: McKay Conant Hoover
Landscape: EPT Design
Signage: Biesek Design
Area: 40,000 sqm
Construction: 2007-2009
Photography: Magnus Stark Photography

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Autodesk Assistance Program

1251390805-autodeskAlthough it seems that the economy has left behind it’s worst days, the fact is we are still going through an economic crisis. Many architecture offices and companies have had to let good people go. If you were one of them, you might be wondering how to advance your career in this challenging global job market.

In order to get ahead in the workplace, you need to invest in yourself by increasing your knowledge and expanding your skills. And the good news is that Autodesk can help you get back in the game.

With the Autodesk Assistance Program you can take action today to gain a competitive advantage in your field. The program offers free software license, free online training, reduced-cost classroom training and certification. You can go to official website to learn all the details.

Tjuvholmen / Kristin Jarmund Architects

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© Espen Grønlie

Architects: Kristin Jarmund Architects
Location: Tjuvholmen, ,
Building Type: Office building
Project Scope: Full Contract
Client: Tjuvholmen KS, Eitzen Group
Size: 5000m2
Schedule: Completed 2007
Project Team: Kristin Jarmund, Ola Helle, Nils Herland, Patrik Larsson, Leif D.Houck,
Marlene F. Andersen, Geir Messel, Line Strand, Aud Randi Astad, Arild Eriksen

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Jerusalem / ARJM

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Architect: ARJM (Abdelmajid Boulaioun)
Location: rue de Jerusalem, Chaussée de Haecht, Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belguim
Project: 5 logements Social + Cabinet médical
Project Team: Abdelmajid Boulaioun, Jean-Marie Bertin, Michel Cuypers, Emmanuel Toglet, Ryo Inagaki
Structural Engineer: Michael Nguen, Brussels
Client: Renovas ASBL
Contractor: Balcan, Brussels
Project Year: 2009
Photograph: Filip Dujardin

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AIR Apartments / Rothe Lowman

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Rothe Lowman Architects‘ 18 storey tall AIR Apartments will be the first true high rise residential apartment building ever built in .  The tower is comprised of 259 apartments and will bring “high density living to one of Melbourne’s five designated activity centers.”  The tower is expected to be one of the most striking buildings in the city.  “Its dynamic new architectural profile and sculptural façade foreshadows a renewed sense of place, taking ’s exciting transformation to unscaled heights,” explained the architects.

More about the after the break.

AD Round Up: Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter

Swedish architects Tham & Videgård Hansson Arkitekter have done some interesting projects lately. So to finish this week’s Round Up, we bring you previously featured works from them, including an interesting concept for a camouflaged hotel and their ORDOS.

1251402729-115Archipelago house
The starting point is the direct relation to the dramatic archipelago landscape with the objective to offer within a simple frame – a platform – several diverse readings of the relation space-nature. Conceived as a light weight construction in and glass, this summerhouse is built in the outer Stockholm archipelago (read more…)

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A house organized as a spiralling sequence of four large rooms in four levels. These big spaces without a fixed hierarchy let this house invite the inhabitants to organise their lives following their own preferences. The building envelope was defined by the full width, the maximum area and height fitting into the building regulations (read more…)

1251402733-35Kalmar Museum of Art
The new Kalmar Museum of Art is the result of a winning proposal in the open international competition in 2004 and will be inaugurated in 2007. Situated in the City Park of the renaissance town of Kalmar, it will be added to a restaurant pavilion dating from the 1930s by Swedish modernist architect Sven-Ivar Lind (read more…)

1251402736-45Tree hotel
The concept is to create a shelter up in the trees, a lightweight aluminum structure hung around a tree trunk, boxes clad in mirrored glass, 4×4×4 meters. The exterior reflects the surroundings and the sky, creating a camouflaged refuge. The interior is all made of plywood and the windows give a 360 degree view (read more…)

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The starting point of this proposal is a vertical experience as a complement to the horizontal condition of the Ordos plateau, a new topography that can take full advantage of its surroundings. The house starts with the pool at lower garden level and reaches up to the top roof terrace open to the sky (read more…)

The lobby for the Burj Dubai / SOM

Burj Dubai, © Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP, Rendering by Crystal CG
Burj Dubai, © Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP, Rendering by Crystal CG

Curious about how the lobby for the world´s tallest building will look like? SOM shared with us some renderings of their design.

The building was designed by the office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, who also designed the interiors for all the lobbies, public and common spaces for the tower. The design team is lead by Ms. Nada Andric (Associate Director with ) and reinterprets the region’s heritage in a contemporary way.

The materials used include glass, stainless steel, polished dark stones, Silver Travertine flooring, Venetian stucco walls, handmade rugs, and stone flooring. Commissioned local and international fine art pieces will be used to decorate these spaces.

I can´t wait to see actual images of this building completed, and see how both the structure and these interiors are materialized. The Burj Dubai is expected to be completed by December, 2009.

You can see some photos during the construction on our previous article.

More images after the break:

Jasmax Studio / Jasmax

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Architects: Jasmax
Location: Auckland,
Program: Auckland Studio
Building Owner: KCL Property
Construction Year: 2008-2009
Project Area: 2400 m2
Photographs: Simon Devitt

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Hungarian Pavillion for Shanghai Expo 2010

1251389023-dia-093-view-of-pavilion inveiled the design for their for next year’s Shanghai World Expo, designed by Tamás Lévai. Gömböc, as a hungarian invention, is the central element of the exhibition, a two meter high solid plexiglass moving object.

What is Gömböc (pronounced as ‘goemboets‘)? ‘Gömböc’ is the first known homogenous object with one stable and one unstable equilibrium point, thus with two equilibria altogether on a horizontal surface. It can be proven that no object with less than two equilibria exists. The discovery of the inaccessible path has led to the idea of GÖMBÖC. The pavilion as wood is intended to represent this path, and since it is of immaterial nature, we are trying to evoke it with non materials: empty space, light and sounds.

More images, a video and architect’s description after the break.

The Shard / Renzo Piano

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Renzo Piano‘s latest project, the Shard, has recently moved to the construction phase.  The 1,016 ft high skyscraper will be the tallest building in Western Europe and will provide amazing views of .  The mixed use tower, complete with offices, apartments, a hotel and spa, retail areas, restaurants and a 15-storey public viewing gallery, will sit adjacent to Bridge station as part of a new development called Bridge Quarter.  Replacing the 1970′s Southwark Tower on Bridge Street, is a welcomed addition to the skyline, and its central location near major transportation nodes will play a key role in allowing to expand.

More about the tower after the break.

Apartment in Carcavelos / Hugo Proenca

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Architects: Hugo Proença
Location: Carcavelos, Cascais,
Project year: 2009
Contractor: Bloco Zero
Constructed area: 65 sqm
Budget: 35.000€
Photographs: FG + SG, Sergio Guerra

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Production Laboratories and Administrative buildings / Roberto Puchetti, Max Rengifo

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Architects: ,
Location: Caracas, Venezuela
Cient: Instituto Nacional de Higiene “Rafael Rangel”
Built Area: 13,000 sqm
Year: 1998–2007
Project Manager: TEXNE Consultores de Arquitectura, S.A.
Civils and Structure engineer: Ing. Manuel Ramírez
Electrics and Data engineer: Ing. Roberto De Adessis
Mecahnical engineer: Ing. Víctor Salazar Amana
Fire strategy: Arq. Miguel Sureda
Quantity Surveyour (COVENIN): Ing. Carlos Otamendi
Technical Consultants (Laboratorios): Instituto Butantãn, São Paolo, Brasil
Photograhs: Roberto Puchetti, Max Rengifo

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