Archicad 25 allows you to continue selections by switching between 2D and 3D views without reselecting items thanks to new and improved commands. Furthermore, you can also speed up your workflow by using overlapping elements and hiding the selected elements in the active view.
In Progress
How to Achieve Higher Productivity in Archicad with Smart Selection
In Progress: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts / Mecanoo
Architects
Location
No. 7, Zhongzheng 1st Road, Lingya District, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan (ROC) 802Area
141000.0 m2Project Year
2016Photographs
Construction Underway on Aedas’ “Infinite” Design for New Sina Headquarters in Beijing
Aedas has begun construction on their winning entry to design the new Sina Headquarters in China. Located south of the Beijing Zhongguancun Software Park, the building program will include open office area, conference rooms, media rooms, library, entertainment rooms, a canteen and other supporting amenities.
MAD Tops Out on Beijing's Chaoyang Park Plaza
MAD Architects has topped out on Chaoyang Park Plaza, a 120-meter-high mixed use development rising in the central business district (CBD) of Beijing on the southern edge of Chaoyang Park, one of the city's largest parks. A product of Ma Yansong’s “Shanshui City” concept, which aims reintroduce nature into the urban realm, the building is designed to "push the boundary of the urbanization process in modern cosmopolitan life by creating a dialogue between artificial scenery and natural landscapes."
Richard Meier Tops Out on Florida Beach "Surf Club"
Richard Meier & Partners has topped out on their Four Season’s expansion to the historic Russell Pancoast-designed “Surf Club” in Florida. Scheduled to complete next year, the luxury hospitality and residential project is comprised of two, 12-story towers, offering 150 private units, alongside an 80-room hotel on 9-acres of Surfside oceanfront property. Read on for more in-progress images. You can learn more about the project, here.
French Wine Civilizations Museum / XTU Architects
The Bordeaux Wine Museum’s wooden structure has been completed, the first step in an ambitious project slated to open in 2016. Designed by XTU Architects, and situated along the coast of the river Garonne in Bordeaux, France, the museum aims to stand as a beacon and “guardian angel” against the skyline of the riverbank. Inspired by the timeless spirit of French wine, the building forms flow in a continuous space without corners, evoking the circular motion that awakens a wine before tasting.
First Look Inside BIG's W57 Manhattan Pyramid
Field Condition has published a photographic tour through BIG’s first New York project, two months after W57 topped out. A “courtscraper,” as the Danish practice affectionately calls it, the 32-story, 709-unit tower is a hybrid of the European courtyard block and New York City skyscraper. It’s tetrahedral shape, “born from logic,” is designed to provide every resident in the building's North Tower to have views of the Hudson River, while allowing sunlight deep into the building's interior space. View the project from within, after the break.
Renzo Piano's Columbia University Science Center to Open Next Year
The first phase of Skidmore Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Renzo Piano Building Workshop's (RPBW) expansive Manhattanville Campus plan for Columbia University is making significant progress; completion is nearing on a highly-anticipated portion of the project - RPBW's LEED platinum Jerome L. Greene Science Center, which is scheduled to open in Fall of 2016 just six miles North of the practice's soon-to-open Whitney Museum.
More on the mixed-use structure after the break.
In Progress: Bahá’í Temple of South America / Hariri Pontarini Architects
Architects
Architect in Charge
Siamak Hariri - Hariri Pontarini ArchitectsLocal Architect
BL ArquitectosClient
National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Chile, National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of CanadaGeneral Contractor
Desarrollo y Construcción del Templo Bahá'í para Sudamérica Ltda.Area
1200.0 sqmProject Year
2016Photographs
Courtesy of Bahá’í Temple of South America
Nearly four years after the start of its construction, South America’s first Bahá’í temple is beginning to take shape. Designed by Canadian firm Hariri Pontarini Architects, the temple is being constructed at the foothills of the Andes in Santiago, Chile. The building is comprised of “nine translucent wings, rising directly from the ground, and giving the impression of floating over a large reflecting water pool,” describes the project’s website. Each wing is designed like a leaf, with a steel “main stem” and “secondary veins of steel” supporting its cast glass exterior. During the day, the cast glass will filter sunlight into the temple, while at night the temple’s interior lighting will produce a soft glow on the outside.
The structure’s steel columns are now fully self-supported on its concrete foundation, and the steel frames and interior marble panels of each of the nine wings have been completed. In October, the project reached an important milestone as the installation of the cast glass cladding began on the outside of the wings.
In Progress: MIS Copacabana / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Architects
Location
Avenida Atlântica, Rio de Janeiro - Rio de Janeiro, BrasilProject Year
2009Photographs
The Broad Reveals Its Honeycomb “Veil”
The final exterior scaffolding has been removed from Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s “The Broad” in downtown Los Angeles, revealing its distinctive honeycomb-like “veil.” Comprised of 2,500 fiberglass reinforced concrete panels and 650 tons of steel, the structural exoskeleton “drapes” over the building’s interior “vault,” lifting at its south and north corners to provide two street-level entrances. At its side, the veil is torn by a central “oculus” that provides a direct visual connection between the museum and Grand Avenue.
“The Broad will be porous and absorptive, channeling light into its public spaces and galleries. The veil will play a role in the urbanization of Grand Avenue by activating two-way views that connect the museum and the street,” described Liz Diller.
OMA Tops Out on Beaux Arts Museum in Quebec
Architects
Location
Discovery Pavilion of the Plains of Abraham, 835 Avenue Wilfrid-Laurier, Québec, QC G1R 5H8, CanadaArchitect in Charge
Shohei ShigematsuProject Year
2016Photographs
MNBAQ, Idra Labrie, OMA / Luxigon, Provencher-Roy, Courtesy of OMA
In Progress: Quimper Cornouaille Exhibition Center / Philippe Brulé Architectes
Architects
Location
32 Rue de Stang Bihan, 29000 Quimper, FranceArea
5908.0 sqmProject Year
2015Photographs
Location
32 Rue de Stang Bihan, 29000 Quimper, FranceProject Year
2015Photographs
Area
5908.0 m2
SANAA’s First US Commission Since Pritzker, “The River” Underway in Connecticut
“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.
“We are thrilled that Grace Farms will begin welcoming the public in autumn 2015,” Sharon Prince, president of the Grace Farms Foundation stated.
Fly Through Milan's 2015 Expo Site in Progress With the Help of a Drone
Construction is entering into the final stages for Expo Milan 2015, with just over six months left in the five-year build. A quick fly through shows the centrepiece Italian Pavilion nearing structural completion, with national and corporate pavilions making steady progress. The video is the fifth in a series of drone-led tours of the site, created in partnership between Expo Milan and Telecom Italia.
Find out more and watch the remaining four videos after the break
In Progress: Stadskantoor / OMA
Architects
Location
Meent 119, 3011 JH Rotterdam, The NetherlandsPartners In Charge
Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de GraafAssociate
Alex de JongProject Team
Philippe Braun, Clarisa Garcia Fresco, Maaike Hawinkels, Andrew Linn, Takeshi Murakuni, Peter Rieff, Tom Tang, Sakine Dicle Uzanyayla, Mark VeldmanInterior Team
Saskia Simon, Andrea Giannotti, Ross O'Connell, Mafalda Rangel, Lucia Zamponi, Grisha ZotovArea
43370.0 sqmProject Year
2015Photographs
Ossip van Duivenbode, Courtesy of OMALocation
Meent 119, 3011 JH Rotterdam, The NetherlandsProject Year
2015Photographs
Ossip van Duivenbode, Courtesy of OMAArea
43370.0 m2
In Progress: Palace Museum-Southern Branch / KRIS YAO | ARTECH
Architects
Location
Chiayi, Taiwan (ROC)Area
38413.0 m2Project Year
2012Photographs
National Palace Museum, Courtesy of KRIS YAO | ARTECH, Jeffrey ChengArchitects
West 57th Street / BIG
Architects
Location
West 57th Street, New York, NY, USAProject Year
2015Photographs
Field Condition
Pomona College Studio Art Hall / wHY
Architects
Location
Pomona Hall, Amherst, Claremont, CA 91711, USAProject Year
2014Photographs
Area
35000.0 ft2
SFMOMA Tops Out
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art has topped out its Snøhetta-designed extension, marking the halfway point in the museum’s transformation. Rising behind SFMOMA’s existing Mario Botta-designed building, the 10-story addition will add more than triple the amount of gallery space, 130,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor galleries, flexible performance art spaces and a dramatically expanded education program for students and teachers upon completion in 2016.
More images after the break...
Eiffel Tower's 1st Floor Redevelopment / Moatti-Rivière
Architects
Location
Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, FranceArea
4586.0 sqmProject Year
2014Photographs
Courtesy of Moatti-RivièreLocation
Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, FranceProject Year
2014Photographs
Courtesy of MOATTI-RIVIEREArea
4586.0 m2
In Progress: Tianjin Riverside 66 / KPF
Architects
Location
Tianjin, ChinaDesign Principal
James von Klemperer, FAIADirector/Senior Designer
Jeffrey A. Kenoff, AIAKPF Project Team and Contributors
Jeffrey A. Kenoff, Audrey Choi, Edwin Lau, Peter Gross, Ciara Seymour, Gary Stluka, Benjamin Albury; Bernard Chang; Hanna Chang; Saera Park; Shang Chen; Sarah Smith; James Kehl; Sandra Choy; Thomas Coldefy; Javier Galindo; Onur Gun; Heejin Kim; Yoojung Kim; Ming Leung; Luis Llull; Manon Pare; Charles Portelli; Samuel Schmitz; James Siow; Kristin Speth; Donald Springer; Kyle Steinfeld; Scott Wilson, James von Klemperer, Paul KatzArea
152800.0 sqmProject Year
2014Photographs
Courtesy of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)Location
Tianjin, ChinaProject Year
2014Photographs
Courtesy of Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)Area
152800.0 m2
House For Seven People / mnm
Architects
Location
Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0005, JapanArchitect in Charge
Mio Tsuneyama, Madeleine KesslerArea
78.0 sqmProject Year
2013Photographs
Sadao Hotta, Morinaka YasuakiLocation
Marunouchi, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-0005, JapanProject Year
2013Photographs
Sadao Hotta, Morinaka YasuakiArea
78.0 m2
Under Construction: Place of Remembrance / BARCLAY&CROUSSE Architecture
Architects
Location
Lima, PeruProject Architects
Sandra Barclay and Jean Pierre CrousseCollaborators
Paulo Shimabukuro, Carlos Fernandez, Sebastián Cilloniz, Rosa Aguirre, Mauricio SialerProject Area
4896.0 m2Project Year
2014Photography
In Progress: SAHMRI / Woods Bagot / Woods Bagot
Interior Designers
Location
North Terrace, Adelaide SA, AustraliaArea
25000.0 sqmProject Year
2014Photographs
Peter Barnes, Peter FisherArchitects
Location
North Terrace, Adelaide SA, AustraliaProject Year
2014Photographs
Peter Barnes, Peter FisherArea
25000.0 m2