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6 Unique Long Weekend Travel Ideas for Architects

Isabella Baranyk — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 09:30:00 +0000

The "architectural pilgrimage" is much more than just everyday tourism. Studying and admiring a building through text and images often creates a hunger in architects, thanks to the space between the limitations of 2D representation and the true experience of the building. Seeing a building in person that one has long loved from a distance can become something of a spiritual experience, and architects often plan vacations around favorite or important spaces. But too often, architects become transfixed by a need to visit the same dozen European cities that have come to make up the traveling architect's bucket list.

Gallery: SANAA's Grace Farms Through the Lens of Songkai Liu

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:00:00 +0000

Columbia University student and architectural photographer Songkai Liu has shared images with us from his recent trip to Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut. The 80-acre non-profit farm, landscaped by OLIN, boasts a newly completed multipurpose pavilion designed by SANAA that provides a non-intrusive space for community events, services and worship.

Gallery: SANAA's Grace Farms aka "The River" Photographed by Paul Clemence

Rory Stott — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 14:00:00 +0000

Photographer Paul Clemence of ARCHI-PHOTO has shared with us images of SANAA's latest completed work, Grace Farms in New Canaan, Connecticut. Known as "The River" for the way it flows through the site across a level change of almost 44 feet (13.4 meters), the building was conceived to "become part of the landscape without drawing attention to itself, or even feeling like a building" in order to give visitors a greater appreciation of the surrounding natural space that will be preserved by the Grace Farms Foundation. The building itself, meanwhile, will be made available to Grace Community Church and other nonprofit and community groups for a wide range of community and cultural events. Read on for Paul Clemence's full photoset.

Grace Farms / SANAA

Igor Fracalossi — Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:00:00 +0000

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SANAA’s First US Commission Since Pritzker, “The River” Underway in Connecticut

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 21 Nov 2014 01:00:00 +0000

“The River,” SANAA’s first US commission since winning the 2010 Pritzker Prize, is currently underway in Connecticut. Designed by the Japanese practice in collaboration with OLIN, the meandering and almost transparent building will be built on a 75-acre preserve as a multi-use platform for events and initiatives put on by the community of New Canaan and non-profit Grace Farms Foundation.

New Canaan Residence / Specht Harpman

Daniel Sánchez — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 01:00:00 +0000

The New Canaan Residence is nestled into a lush hilltop site in this forested part of Connecticut. The house was designed to engage the landscape and immerse the occupants in the full range of environments that the site offers. What the completed house doesn't show is its modest beginnings: this is a renovation of a 1950's house which had a series of unsympathetic additions from the 60's and 70's, and whose owners originally wanted only a kitchen upgrade.

Country Estate / Roger Ferris + Partners

Daniel Sánchez — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 01:00:00 +0000

The Wiley residence in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed by Philip Johnson in 1952–53, was purchased with the intention of restoring the residence and adding a new pool house, private gallery, and garage. The architect emphasized respecting the integrity of the property by carefully integrating new structures into the site so that they complement and defer to the original house.

AD Classics: The Glass House / Philip Johnson

Adelyn Perez — Mon, 17 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Inspired by Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House, the Glass House by Philip Johnson, with its perfect proportions and its simplicity, is considered one of the first most brilliant works of modern architecture. Johnson built the 47-acre estate for himself in New Canaan, Connecticut. The house was the first of fourteen structures that the architect built on the property over a span of fifty years.