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Mecanoo's Reimagined Doris Duke Theater to Open in Massachusetts in July 2025

Nour Fakharany — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:30:00 +0000

Jacob's Pillow, a historic hub for dance in the United States, will open the new Doris Duke Theatre on July 9, 2025. As of November 2024, construction is progressing on schedule, with the theater taking shape on the original site of the initial structure lost to a devastating fire in November 2020 in Massachusetts, United States. Designed by the Dutch firm Mecanoo, led by Francine Houben, in collaboration with New York-based Marvel, helmed by Jonathan Marvel, the project blends innovation with a deep reverence for the site's historic legacy.

Flower House / NO ARCHITECTURE

Hana Abdel — Sun, 03 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0000

The project reinterprets and expands on the glass house typology through its dynamic relationship to the native landscape and a plan configuration that organizes the six interlocking pavilions into “petals” around a central open courtyard.

Mecanoo, in Partnership with Marvel, Reimagines the Doris Duke Theater Lost to a Fire in 2020

Nour Fakharany — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 05:30:00 +0000

Jacob's Pillow has revealed its plans for the redesigned Doris Duke Theater, which will be built on the original site of the theater that was destroyed by a fire in November 2020. Mecanoo, based in the Netherlands and led by Creative Director and Founding Partner Francine Houben, has taken on the role of lead architect for the new building project, collaborating with Marvel, based in New York and led by Jonathan Marvel, who serves as the project's architect of record and landscape architects.

RIBA Announces 2021 South Award Winners

Dima Stouhi — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 06:30:00 +0000

The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced the 13 regional winning projects of the 2021 South Awards. The projects ranged from complex civic buildings to refined residential extensions and context-integrated interventions, with an emphasis on landscaping and craftsmanship. The winning architects will now be considered for a highly-coveted RIBA National Award in recognition of their architectural excellence, which will be announced later this year.

Nick Leith-Smith Builds Timber Frame Family Home in 10 Weeks

Patricia Arcilla — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 15:00:34 +0000

London-based Nick Leith-Smith Architecture + Design built a timber frame family home in just ten weeks, replacing an existing post-war bungalow in Berkshire. The environmentally friendly residence is 240-square-meters and sits on a designated flood zone, requiring the house to be placed upon a 1-meter-high brick plinth. The addition of such height creates a split level between the garage and entrance level, adding depth to an otherwise restrained material palette.

The Pangbourne Communications Centre / Mitchell Taylor Workshop

Karen Valenzuela — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000

The client brief was to provide a high quality, forward thinking, modern building that would make a statement at the entrance to the College and would set out the intentions of the College as they move to the future. The building was required to relocate the two existing faculties from tired and long-lived temporary classrooms. The Headmaster led the client team and guided the client brief from the governors. The brief was to provide ICT classrooms and drop-in, music classrooms, music practice spaces, a recital space and top quality recording facilities. The building was to be funded entirely by donations and therefore the challenge of providing a very cost effective building was always a key driver. The client wanted careful control of a tight budget but always aspired towards delivering something special.