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Playing with Transparency: 4 Projects Challenging Traditional Window-Making in Architecture

Carla Bonilla Huaroc — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 04:00:00 +0000

Formally, transparency usually takes the shape of a window, a door, a curtain wall, or a skylight. These are commonly created through rectangular punched openings or in the form of glass curtain wall systems or translucent screens. The following projects play with traditional notions of transparency and window-making in playful and unconventional ways. They create visually striking facades and dynamic relationships between their exterior and interior. They filter light and frame views through their glazing and opening articulation to craft memorable architectural experiences.

a+u 2017:05 Feature: Emerging Architects in USA

Rene Submissions — Tue, 15 Aug 2017 03:00:00 +0000

The May 2017 issue of a+u uncovers six teams of emerging architects in USA: Andrew Kovacs, Bureau Spectacular (Jimenez Lai & Joanna Grant), The LADG (Andrew Holder & Claus Benjamin Freyinger), Ellie Abrons, Mark Foster Gage, and Young & Ayata (Michael Young & Kutan Ayata).

Why "Darling" Architects Who Came Up Under Recession Are Doubling Down on Budget

Mimi Zeiger — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 09:30:00 +0000

This article was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "The Build Up."

LOT Wins Competition to Transform Flatiron Plaza in New York

Patrick Lynch — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 16:10:00 +0000

LOT has been selected as the winner of the third annual Flatiron Public Plaza design competition in New York, which called for proposals from 5 New York City firms to design a temporary installation to be located at the base of the iconic Flatiron Building.

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.

Foundation Bauhaus Dessau Announces Winners of Bauhaus Museum Competition

Rory Stott — Fri, 11 Sep 2015 08:25:00 +0000

The Foundation Bauhaus Dessau has announced two winners in its competition to design the new Bauhaus museum. The winning teams of Gonzalez Hinz Zabala and Young & Ayata, from Barcelona and New York respectively, were selected from a total of 815 designs submitted after the competition was launched earlier this year. In its press release, the Foundation stated that both designs "continue the Bauhaus tradition, albeit from very differing approaches." With the new museum planned for completion in time for the Bauhaus' 100th anniversary in 2019, the Foundation has stated that they "will commence parallel negotiations with the two first award winners" in order to award the commission for the final design, with the intention of resolving the stalemate within the next three months.

2015 YAP Istanbul Modern Shortlist

Karissa Rosenfield — Tue, 18 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Istanbul Modern has announced five finalists to compete in the 2015 Young Architects Program (YAP). Now in it’s 2nd edition, the competition will challenge a group of emerging architects to design a temporary installation within the confines of Istanbul Modern's courtyard that will host a series of events and visitors throughout the summer of 2015.