In honor of the 48th annual NFL Super Bowl, we at ArchDaily are rounding up 5 astounding arenas for your viewing pleasure (way more captivating than those silly commercials): the lavishly leviathan Lasesarre Football Stadium by NO.MAD, the curiously colossal BBVA Compass Stadium by Populous, the daintily dolloped Ice Dome Bolshoy by SIC Mostovik, the tetragonally titanic Olympic Tennis Centre by Dominique Perrault Architecture, and the whimsically whopping Wanangkura Stadium by ARM Architecture. For more Stadium Round Ups, follow this link.
AD Round Up: Stadiums Part VII
THIS WAS OUR UTOPIANISM! : An Interview with Peter Cook
In the following interview, which originally appeared in Zawia#01:Utopia (published December 2013), Sir Peter Cook, one of the brilliant minds behind Archigram, sits down with the editors of Zawia to discuss his thoughts on utopia - including why he felt the work of Archigram wasn’t particularly utopian (or even revolutionary) at all.
ZAWIA: It is perhaps difficult to discuss our next volume's theme - “utopia" - without first starting with archigram and the visions that came out of that period. How do you view the utopian visions of archigram during that specific moment of history in relation to the current realities of our cities and the recent political and social waves of change ?
PETER COOK: Actually... at the time I was probably naive enough to not regard it as Utopian.
Abedian School of Architecture / CRAB Studio
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Architects: CRAB Studio
- Area: 2500 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Austral Plywood, Sharp Plywood
Advanced Engineering Building / HASSELL + KIRK
University of Queensland Global Change Institute / HASSELL
Moor Street Residence / Austin Maynard Architects
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Architects: Austin Maynard Architects
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Building Strategies, Coulthard Shim Pty Ltd
House in Brighton / FMD Architects
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Architects: FMD Architects
- Area: 280 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: FMD architects, Klein Construction, Macleod Consulting
Can Sustainability Be Taught? Should It Be?
The Architects' Journal recently published an article pitting five competing views of teaching sustainability against one another. The opinions come from a range of backgrounds, including engineers, tutors and landscape architects, and discuss how architecture students should be taught to design in a sustainable way - or if they should be taught this at all.
The competing opinions are telling in the issues that they highlight, demonstrating how complex the issue of sustainability has become, and how it fits into the wider context of architectural education.
Read the different reactions to the issue of sustainability in education after the break
Qatar Science and Technology Park / Woods Bagot
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Architects: Woods Bagot
- Area: 115000 m²
- Year: 2007
Little Brick Studio / Studio Bright
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Architects: Studio Bright
- Year: 2012
Lavender Bay Boatshed / Stephen Collier Architects
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Architects: Stephen Collier Architects
- Area: 315 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Building Partners Pty Ltd
Profile House / Black Line One X Architecture Studio
Why Architects Must Lead on Sustainable Design
This article, which originally appeared on GreenBiz, is by Lance Hosey, the chief sustainability officer of the global design leader RTKL.
Sustainability leader Hunter Lovins once called the building industry "dynamically conservative — it works hard to stay in the same place."
But old habits cannot fully address new challenges. According to 350.org, fossil fuel corporations currently have in their reserves five times the amount of carbon that, if burned too quickly, may raise atmospheric temperatures to a catastrophic level where Hurricane Sandy-scale storms could become the norm. Quicker, deeper progress is imperative.
Architecture is an essential arena for sustainable innovation. Buildings represent about half the annual energy and emissions in the U.S. and three-quarters of its electricity. With the built environment growing — the U.S. building stock increases by about 3 billion square feet every year — architects have a historic opportunity to transform its impact for the better.
Keep reading to find out the 6 Steps architects can take to transform the profession, after the break...
House House / Austin Maynard Architects
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Architects: Austin Maynard Architects
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Anthony Middling & Associates, Coulthard Shim Pty Ltd
House Boone Murray / Tribe Studio Architects
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Architects: Tribe Studio Architects
- Area: 197 m²
- Year: 2012
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Professionals: Cantilever Studio, JLS Construction
Hamer Hall / ARM Architecture
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Architects: ARM Architecture
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: ShapeShell, Figueras, Mirotone, Waagner-Biro Stahlbau AG
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Professionals: Aurecon, Baulderstone
Wanangkura Stadium / ARM Architecture
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Architects: ARM Architecture
- Area: 4500 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: Austral Plywood, Fairview Architectural, Mirotone
Weatherboard House / FMD Architects
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Architects: FMD Architects
- Year: 2011