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Architects: Suyama Peterson Deguchi
- Area: 2047 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Crocker Construction Company, Earth Solutions NW
The Junsei House / Suyama Peterson Deguchi
Philadelphia Museum of Art Breaks Ground on Frank Gehry's $196 Million Renovation Scheme
The Philadelphia Museum of Art has broken ground on the Core Project, a $196 million transformation of its main building led by Frank Gehry. In total, the renovation will add a total of 90,000 square feet to the museum, including 67,000 square feet of new public space, 11,500 square feet of gallery space for the museum’s American Art collection, and another 11,500 square feet of contemporary art display space.
As suggested by its name, The Core Project will focus on the heart of the museum; the main circulation of the building will be completely reorganized and museum infrastructure will receive much-needed upgrades, improving access to the community and enhancing the visitor experience.
AVA Building / Marsino Arquitectura
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Architects: Marcan Arquitectura, Marsino Arquitectura
- Area: 18310 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Fagor, Italgrif, TREBOL
Insights From The Man Behind Gensler, The World's Biggest Architecture Firm
Gensler has "more than 2,700 active clients, work[ing] across the global economy," as their profile attests. In this interview with Fortune, Arthur Gensler—founder of the firm in question and now 81 years of age—offers insight into his own beginnings, as well as to his company's wild success. With a $1.3 billion revenue bracket last year alone, the largest architecture firm in the world have become "best known for designing interiors – everything from the original Apple Stores to headquarters for Facebook and Airbnb." Read the interview in full, here.
Spotlight: Hans Hollein
Described by Richard Meier as an architect whose "groundbreaking ideas" have "had a major impact on the thinking of designers and architects," Austrian artist, architect, designer, theoretician and Pritzker Prize laureate Hans Hollein worked in all aspects of design, from architecture to furniture, jewelry, glasses, lamps—even door handles. Known in particular for his museum designs, from the Abteiberg Museum in Mönchengladbach to the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt to Vienna's Modernism.
The Real Deal Behind the Dangling “Asteroid Skyscraper” Proposal
There’s a decent chance that in the last few days, you’ve seen images of Analemma, the futuristic proposal from Clouds AO to hang a skyscraper (or should that be “earthscraper”?) from an asteroid in orbit of the earth. The project has been difficult to avoid, having been picked up not only by much of the architectural media but also by NBC, CNN, Forbes, The Telegraph, The Daily Mail, Mashable, IFLScience—the list goes on almost as long as the building itself.
Is the design realistic? Obviously not, and it’s obviously not intended to be. It’s intended as a utopian thought experiment. Clouds AO has something of a pedigree in this field, as winners of a NASA-backed competition to design a Mars base with their idea for a building made of ice. As a result, it would be facile to join the internet’s collective bottom-of-the-page comment mob to point out that it would be prohibitively expensive, or that it might be more enjoyable to live on the ground anyway.
But is the design a useful utopian thought experiment? There are some design failures that better technology, or a lot of money, or the changed mindset of a futuristic society just won’t fix. So without further ado, here are a list of the problems that this out-of-this-world design would face, in chronological order, with the issues that make it impractical in our current world marked as “minor” and the ones that would undermine the proposal in any universe marked as “major.”
House in the Dune / Luciano Kruk
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Architects: Luciano Kruk
- Area: 165 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: FV, Nivel, Pasalto, Tromen
Stoves, Sinks, and Refrigerators: Downloadable CAD Blocks for Kitchen Designs
In order to support the design work of our readers, the company Teka has shared with us a series of .DWG files of its various kitchen products. The files include both 2D and 3D drawings and can be downloaded directly from this article.
Download the objects below, which have been separated into the following categories: drop-in sinks, built-in sinks, undermount sinks, built-in ovens, faucets, stoves, extractor hoods, and refrigerators.
Arup Designs Prototype Building Based on Circular Economy Principles
In a prototype developed for the 2016 London Design Festival, Arup Associates designed The Circular Building, one of the first buildings in the UK built to satisfy Circular Economy principles, in which “all components need to be implemented and utilized to their full potential and to the duration of their life cycle, while creating a comfortable and aesthetic environment for the user.”
In order to achieve these goals, designers and engineers worked together to refine the application of prefabricated construction techniques, producing details that utilize finely tuned engineering rather than mechanical fixings. Through this methodology, the team was able to create a low-waste, self-supporting, and demountable structurally integrated panel (SIPs) wall system (which used cladding provided by Accoya) with reusable clamp connections between the wall and recycled steel frame elements, as well as sustainably sourced, heat treated timber for the cladding and decking.
New Workshop Space for the Iceman / Instability We Trust
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Architects: Instability We Trust
- Area: 250 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Hengeveld, Reytec, Tadelakt Design
Chimney House / Dekleva Gregorič architects
University of Winchester Winton Chapel / Design Engine Architects
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Architects: Design Engine
- Area: 210 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Allgood, Blackwell & Moody, Luke Hughes & Co, Planet Partitioning
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Professionals: Chris Reading & Associates, Evolution 5, Paul Tanner Associates, R.V. Dart, Robert Cartwright Design
S-House / Coil Kazuteru Matumura Architects
The Torn Paper House / NatureArch Studio
Korogaru Pavilion / ASSISTANT
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Architects: ASSISTANT
- Area: 407 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Color Kinetics, Takiron
SODA Apartments / Gresley Abas Architects
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Architects: Gresley Abas Architects
- Area: 1350 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: James Hardie Australia, Interpon, James Hardie, Recycled brick
Rowhook / Nick Willson Architects
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Architects: Nick Willson Architects
- Area: 320 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Metsa Woods, INTERNORM, Ibstock
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Professionals: Davies Maguire Engineers