Author: Patrick Lynch | ArchDaily

The Intersection of Design and Desserts: Dinara Kasko's Architectural Culinary Creations

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 02:30:00 +0000

Part of the beauty of an architectural education is that it provides you with design skills that can be applied to a wide variety to jobs. So when it came time for Kharkov University Architecture School graduate Dinara Kasko to select a career path, she chose to pursue something a little bit sweeter: architectural pastry chef.

Spotlight: Gordon Bunshaft

Patrick Lynch — Sat, 09 May 2020 03:30:00 +0000

As lead designer of the Lever House and many of America’s most historically prominent buildings, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Gordon Bunshaft (9 May 1909 – 6 August 1990) is credited with ushering in a new era of Modernist skyscraper design and corporate architecture. A stern figure and a loyal advocate of the International Style, Bunshaft spent the majority of his career as partner and lead designer for SOM, who have referred to him as “a titan of industry, a decisive army general, an architectural John Wayne.”

Spotlight: Gert Wingårdh

Patrick Lynch — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 06:30:00 +0000

One of Sweden’s most esteemed living architects, Gert Wingårdh (born 26 April 1951) brought Swedish architecture out of the tradition of the International Style and into contemporary times with his playful design spirit and love of eye-catching materials. With his use of bright colors and geometric motifs, his recent buildings have been described as "Maximalist" or "Modern Baroque."

Spotlight: Jean Prouvé

Patrick Lynch — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 03:00:00 +0000

A figure whose work blurred the line between the mathematical and the aesthetic, French industrial designer, architect, and engineer Jean Prouvé (8 April 1901 – 23 March 1984) is perhaps best remembered for his solid yet nimble furniture designs, as well as his role in the nascent pre-fabricated housing movement. His prowess in metal fabrication inspired the Structural Expressionist movement and helped to usher in the careers of British High-Tech architects Richard Rogers and Norman Foster.

Spotlight: Léon Krier

Patrick Lynch — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 03:30:00 +0000

One of the most boldly dissenting voices of our time, architectural and urban theorist Léon Krier (born 7 April 1946) has throughout his career rejected the commonly accepted practices of Modernist Urbanism, and helped to shape the ideals of the New Urbanism movement. Through his publications and city designs, Krier has changed the discourse of what makes a city successful and returned importance to the concept of community.

Spotlight: Albert Kahn

Patrick Lynch — Sat, 21 Mar 2020 03:30:00 +0000

Known as “the architect of Detroit,” Albert Kahn (March 21, 1869 – December 8, 1942) was one of the most prolific architects in US history, with over 60 buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In a career spanning 50 years, Kahn’s body of work contained building types ranging from housing complexes to office buildings to aquariums and styles encompassing Beaux Arts, Georgian and Art Deco. Kahn’s factories for Ford and Packard Motors helped to establish the industrial aesthetic of Detroit and stood in contrast to the similarly inspired Bauhaus movement taking place in Germany.

Spotlight: William McDonough

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 04:30:00 +0000

Sometimes referred to as “the leading environmental architect of our time,” in his roles as architect, designer, author, educator and social leader, William McDonough (born 20 February 1951) has provided a renewed look at the things that we make and their impact on both our bodies and the world. Through his Cradle to Cradle philosophy, McDonough’s buildings are designed to function for a predetermined lifespan, after which they can be broken down into their various parts whose core elements can be used anew to solve a different design problem.

Spotlight: Rem Koolhaas

Patrick Lynch — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 03:30:00 +0000

With the extensive list of acclaimed alumni of his firm, OMA, it is not a stretch to call Rem Koolhaas (born 17 November 1944) the godfather of contemporary architecture. Equal parts theorist and designer, over his 40-year career Koolhaas has revolutionized the way architects look at program and interaction of space, and today continues to design buildings that push the capabilities of architecture to new places.

Spotlight: Zaha Hadid

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 31 Oct 2019 03:30:00 +0000

In her lifetime, Pritzker prize-winning architect, fashion designer and artist Zaha Hadid (31 October 1950 – 31 March 2016) became one of the most recognizable faces of our field. Revered and denounced in equal measure for the sensuous curved forms for which she was known, Hadid rose to prominence not solely through parametricism but by designing spaces to occupy geometries in new ways. Despite her tragically early death in March of 2016, the projects now being completed by her office without their original lead designer continue to push boundaries both creative and technological, while the fearless media presence she cultivated in recent decades has cemented her place in society as a woman who needs just one name: Zaha.

What is ETFE and Why Has it Become Architecture's Favorite Polymer?

Patrick Lynch — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 07:00:00 +0000

Until recently, the architecture world largely viewed plastic polymers as inferior building materials, handy for wipe-clean kitchen surfaces, but not practical in full-scale building applications. But with technological innovations driving material capabilities forward, polymers are now being taken seriously as a legitimate part of the architect’s pallet. One of the most widely-used of these materials is a fluorine-based plastic known as ETFE (Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene). Brought into the public consciousness thanks to its use on the facade of PTW Architects' Water Cube for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, architects are now realizing the film’s capabilities to express a new aesthetic and replace costlier transparent and translucent materials. Its most recent and spectacular public appearance was on the 120-foot telescopic shell of The Shed, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group in New York City.

Drone Flyover Shows Construction Progress on Disney's Star Wars Theme Parks

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 16:20:00 +0000

Construction is well underway on Disney’s much anticipated Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge theme parks planned for both Disney World in Florida and Disneyland, California.

Perkins + Will's Prismatic Facade Scheme Wins Competition for York University Building in Toronto

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 14:10:00 +0000

Perkins+Will’s triangulated facade scheme has won an international competition for the design of the new School of Continuing Studies at York University’s Keele campus outside of Toronto, Canada.

New Rendering Shows Off the Final Design of BIG's Twisting High Line Towers as Construction Moves Forward

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:20:00 +0000

Construction is moving along quickly on The Eleventh, BIG’s twisting residential towers located near Chelsea Piers on New York City’s High Line park.

Facade of Michael Graves' Postmodernist Portland Building Dismantled in Preparation for Recladding

Patrick Lynch — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:20:00 +0000

Work has begun on the dismantling of the facade of Michael Graves’ iconic Portland Building, part of a $195 million project that could see the building lose its inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places.

Rafael Viñoly Architects' NoMad Residential Tower 277 Fifth Tops Out in New York City

Patrick Lynch — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000

Rafael Viñoly Architects’ 277 Fifth has topped out at its full height of 663 feet, making it one of the tallest towers in the relatively low-lying NoMad area of Manhattan.

New Renderings Revealed of The Shed at Hudson Yards as ETFE Cladding is Installed

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 16:00:00 +0000

New renderings and details of The Shed at Hudson Yards have been revealed as the structure’s ETFE panels continue to be installed ahead of its Spring 2019 opening date.

Snøhetta and Local Studio Unveil Wooden Archway Honoring Archbishop Desmond Tutu in South Africa

Patrick Lynch — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:00:00 +0000

The Arch for Arch, an intertwined wooden archway honoring Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu, has debuted in downtown Cape Town, South Africa on a site near Parliament where Tutu held many of his anti-Apartheid protests.

OMA's 2017 MPavilion to Be Relocated to Monash University in Melbourne

Patrick Lynch — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 14:00:00 +0000

Rem Koolhaas & David Gianotten / OMA’s 2017 MPavilion has found a permanent home at Monash University, Clayton, the Naomi Milgrom Foundation has announced. The news marks the fourth MPavilion to be gifted to the public by the Foundation.