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Tom Wiscombe Architecture's Sculptural Belltower Wins Competition for Sunset Strip Billboard Design

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:00:00 +0000

The team led by Tom Wiscombe Architecture has been selected as the winner of the Sunset Spectacular Billboard Competition, which tasked firms to design a multi-dimensional, kinetic billboard to “bring creativity and originality back to the Sunset Strip.”

Sunset Strip Billboard Competition Finalists Include Zaha Hadid and Gensler

Lauren Crockett — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 06:00:00 +0000

The visual identity of West Hollywood’s Sunset Strip has been synonymous with billboard advertising since the 1960s. Over time, different eras have been displayed through the advertising; from the rock bands and cigarette brands of the 60s and 70s, to the highly commercialised signage of today. As part of an initiative to probe the value of this signage as both an identifier and a valuable public asset, The City of West Hollywood (WeHo) launched The Sunset Strip Spectacular Pilot Creative Off-Site Advertising Sign Competition.

SCI-Arc’s Close-up Exhibit Explores the Potential of Digital Technologies on Architectural Detail

Eric Oh — Sat, 14 May 2016 12:00:00 +0000

SCI-Arc’s “Close-up” exhibition is currently on display at the SCI-Arc gallery, featuring architectural details designed with the use of digital technology by top architects in the field. The exhibit, curated by Hernan Diaz Alonso and David Ruy, seeks to explore the impact of new computational tools not only on large-scale building analysis, but also on the “traditions of tectonic expression” associated with architectural detail.

5 Architects Envision New Port of Kinmen

Karissa Rosenfield — Fri, 16 May 2014 00:00:00 +0000

The culmination of an international competition for Kinmen County has resulted in five winning and honorable mention schemes that promise to use architecture as a means of elevating the county’s national identify as a maritime gateway. Responding to the need for expansion and the desire to establish the port as a tourism and recreation destination, the Kinmen Harbor Bureau challenged architects to a two-stage competition for an energy-smart, low-carbon, and possibly expandable port that could host a variety of passenger services.