Klyde Warren Park / The Office of James Burnett
Architects: The Office of James Burnett
Location: Dallas, TX, USA
Year: 2012
Photographs: Dillon Diers Photography, Aerial Photography, Inc, Courtesy of The Office of James Burnett
Juniper Networks / Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Architects: Valerio Dewalt Train Associates
Location: Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States
Design Team: Louis Ray, Matt Gamache, Kurt Volkman, Joe Valerio
Contractor: SJP Properties
Client: Juniper Networks
Area: 16,000 sq ft
Year: 2012
Photographs: Matt Wargo
Update: Nasher Sculpture Center Controversy
As an update to the article we posted several months ago regarding the disputed ‘hot spot’ in Dallas between Renzo Piano‘s Nasher Sculpture Center and the adjacent residential tower, the controversy is still a hot issue. The reflection caused by the sculpture center is still something they have not been able to solve. Any solution will be costly and difficult. The Nasher people have recommended louvers covering the tower’s south face. The tower people say that this will require a computer-generated engine for every window, about two years to study, even more time to install. And it may not work. More information after the break.
Dr. York / DCPP Architects
Architects: DCPP Architects - Pablo Perez Palacios, Alfonso de la Concha Rojas
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Area: 65 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of DCPP
Video: 1111 Lincoln Road / Herzog & de Meuron
One of the centers of cultural and civic life, the 1111 Lincoln Road project by Herzog & de Meuron is featured in the video above, made by Elizabeth Priore. This project was chosen as it has changed people’s perception about what a utilitarian structure can be; and has ignited conversations worldwide about its design and use. This garage has reshaped the urban fabric of the city and people are going there to get married, relax, and enjoy a cocktail. The video is a Semifinalist in the $200,000 FOCUS FORWARD Filmmaker Competition and is in the running to become the $100,000 Grand Prize Winner. More information after the break.
Video: Weisman Art Museum
Peter VonDeLinde, Marc Ofsthun, and Christian Korab, an architectural film studio team based out of Minneapolis, recently created an amazing short film on Frank Gehry‘s newly expanded Weisman Art Museum. Gehry’s 11,000 sq.ft. expansion showcases his sculptural talent featuring its stainless steel facade curving out from the entrance. This video was produced in conjunction with the Weisman featured in the January/February 2012 issue of Architecture Minnesota magazine.
Masterplan for Hudson Square Streetscape Improvements / Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects
Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects shared with us their design for the streetscape masterplan for Hudson Square in Manhattan, New York. Designed to transform the district’s public realm into a socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable neighborhood, the project will serve area workers and, eventually, residents. The masterplan creates a pedestrian-focused district accessible from all directions and adjacent neighborhoods—including SoHo, TriBeCa, and Greenwich Village—that coordinates the needs of the Holland Tunnel, a regional transportation facility, with those of the re-imagined neighborhood. More images and architects’ description after the break.
In Progress: Campbell Sports Center / Steven Holl Architects
Architects: Steven Holl Architects
Location: 218th Street, New York
Architect In Charge: Steven Holl, Chris McVoy
Design Team: Marcus Carter, Christiane Deptolla, Peter Englaender, Runar Halldorsson, Jackie Luk, Filipe Taboada, Dimitra Tsachrelia, Ebbie Wisecarver
Associate In Charge: Olaf Schmidt
Area: 4,459 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Chris McVoy, Andy Ryan
Gensler to Envision the Office Building of the Future
Last year, Gensler‘s LA Office researched how they could turn an existing building into more useful and sustainable structures. By highlighting the architectural phrase of ‘hacking the planet’, they even envisioned a plan to hack the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, DC (and LA’s Union Bank) by adding residences, big box retailers and a rooftop soccer field. As part of the NAIOP (Commercial Real Estate Development Association) competition, their vision for the office building of the future focused on how offices could become obsolete unless we turn them into useful spaces that improve the overall urban fabric.
More images and architects’ description after the break.
San Francisco Approves Nation’s Tiniest Apartments
San Francisco has recently approved legislation that will change the city building code to allow for “micro-unit apartments” that includes only 220 square feet of living space. These spaces aim at providing affordable options for singles to live in densely populated urban areas without having to live in the outskirts of the city. Although more of a craze in NY, San Francisco has actually surpassed New York as the most expensive rental market in the country. More information after the break.
Broom Way Residence / Nonzero Architecture
Architects: Nonzero Architecture
Location: Brentwood, California, United States
Design Team: Peter Grueneisen, Gary Georges, Perkin Mak, Marc Jones, Gregg Oelker, Jonathan Brown
Structural Engineer: Paul Franceschi
Civil Engineer: Steve Siegrist
Interior Design: Laurie March
General Contractor: Greeniron Constructs
Area: 4,200 sq ft
Year: 2011
Photographs: Juergen Nogai
‘Time Light’ Steven Holl Lecture at the Cooper Union
Hosted by the Architectural League and co-sponsored by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union, Steven Holl will lecture in the Great Hall at The Cooper Union on November 28 at 7:00pm. Holl’s architecture and writing has undergone a shift in emphasis, from his earlier concern with typology to his current interest in phenomenology. This “Time Light” lecture is dedicated to Lebbeus Woods and will show both early and recent works by Steven Holl Architects. Following the lecture, Steven Holl will be joined in conversation by Sanford Kwinter. For more information on the event, please visit here.
UCSF Mission Bay Parking Structure / WRNS Studio
Architects: WRNS Studio
Location: Mission Bay District, San Francisco, United States
Design Team: Sam Nunes, Kyle Elliott, Claire Axley, Ed Kim, Li Kuo, Mette Shenker, Drew Hastings
Client: University of California
Site Area: 35,000 sqft
Area: 223,602 sqft
Year: 2012
Photographs: Tim Griffith
Form of Public Control / Co-De:CounterDesign
Designed by Jae K. Kim of Co-De:CounterDesign, the Form of Public Control project is aimed at being the 20th century’s notion of a skyscraper in Manhattan. As a symbolic individual in the city, it should be redefined due to the reinterpretation of the grid to accommodate more public amenities and facilitate the cultural contexts of Manhattan. Currently, the project is exhibited for the collateral event of the Venice Architecture Biennale, at Palazzo Bembo, which was invited from the Global Art Affairs Foundation. More images and architect’s description after the break.
Bucktown Three / Studio Dwell Architects
Architects: Studio Dwell Architects
Location: Chicago, IL, United States
Architect In Charge: Mark Peters
Project Manager: Gary Stoltz
Engineer: Louis Shell
Landscape: Julie deLeon
General Contractor: Matt Stedl
Area: 5,000 sqm
Year: 2010
Photographs: Marty Peters
The Church of St. Aloysius / Erdy McHenry Architecture
Architects: Erdy McHenry Architecture
Location: Jackson, New Jersey, United States
Area: 17,800 sq ft
Year: 2009
Photographs: Alan Schindler, Pixelcraft
Steven Holl: ‘Scale’ Lecture
Taking place at Cooper Union in New York, the Steven Holl: ‘Scale’ lecture focuses on the firm’s current work in exploring new ways of integrating an organizing idea with the programmatic and functional essence of a building, “always using the unique character of a program and a site as the starting point for an architectural idea.” Steven Holl was the recipient of the 2012 AIA Gold Medal. His firm has been honored with many awards, publications, and exhibitions for excellence in design, most recently, their Cité de l’Océan et du Surf Museum (pictured in the slideshow above) won the Emirates Glass Leaf Award, the Annual Design Review, and the American Architecture Award. In 2001, Holl was named America’s Best Architect by Time. The event is co-sponsored by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union as part of the program put on by the Architectural League, and takes place Wednesday, November 28th at 7:00pm. For more information, please visit here.
Save the Prentice Wrecking Ball: The Monument to Bruce / Design With Company
The Save the Prentice Wrecking Ball: The Monument to Bruce, designed by Design With Company, is a response to the situation of the Prentice Women’s Hospital in Chicago which aims at creating a new narrative for the building’s afterlife. By combining literary and architectural narrative strategies, their design tries to recapture the narrative and produce the universe we need to steer us toward the conversations we want to have. This story is not a means to an end, it is the ends. More images and architects’ description after the break.
Perot Museum of Nature and Science / Morphosis
Architects: Morphosis
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Director Of Technology & Bim: Synthesis
Associate Architect: Good Fulton & Farrell
Structural Engineer: Datum Engineers
Consulting Structural Engineer: John A. Martin Associates, Inc.
Mechanical Electrical Plumbing Engineer: Buro Happold
Civil Engineer: URS Corporation
Area: 16,722 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Morphosis
Shaker Heights House / Dimit Architects
Architects: Dimit Architects
Location: Shaker Heights, Ohio
Design Principals: Scott and Analia Nanni Dimit
Project Architect: Scott Csutora
Area: 7,200 sq ft
Year: 2012
Photographs: Brad Feinknopf
LIVE MAKE Industrial Arts Center Cincinnati Competition
AIA Cincinnati, in partnership with the Over-the-Rhine Brewery District Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation, recently launched the LIVE MAKE Industrial Arts Center Cincinnati competition. They are calling for architectural proposals for a membership based facility that will feature private residences, maker-in-residence studios, light industrial studios and an open workshop that will help shape a new economic opportunity for the neighborhood. Proposals should realize the history of innovation and civic engagement of the surrounding community as inspiration for the next generation to develop innovative ways of making that can impact the neighborhood’s future. Submissions are due December 21 and all participants must register by December 6. To register and for more information, please visit here.
