On behalf of the entire ArchDaily team, we would like to thank you for your continued support and for making 2020 our best year so far! We are now reaching more architects around the world and inspiring them in the creation of better built environments. With more than 5500 different projects published during the year, our curators are excited to share this collection of the 100 most visited projects of 2020. This selection represents the best content created and shared by the ArchDaily community over the past 11 months.
Lakeview Wine Co. Retail & Tasting Pavilion / Curran Gacesa Slote Architects
Thermally Speaking Installation / LeuWebb Projects + Mulvey & Banani Lighting
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Lamberts
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Professionals: Mulvey & Banani Lighting Design
Baby Point Residence / Batay-Csorba Architects
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Architects: Batay-Csorba Architects
- Area: 5200 ft²
- Year: 2019
Smith House / MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
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Architects: MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
- Area: 2775 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: Blackwell Structural Engineers, Acapulco Pools, Charles Lantz Cabinetry
Spotlight: Thom Mayne
The principal architect of LA firm Morphosis, Thom Mayne (born January 19, 1944) was the recipient of the 2005 Pritzker Prize and the 2013 AIA Gold Medal, and is known for his experimental architectural forms, often applying them to significant institutional buildings such as the New York's Cooper Union building, the Emerson College in Los Angeles and the Caltrans District 7 Headquarters.
Modern Morocco: Building a New Vernacular
Modern Moroccan architecture is reinterpreting vernacular traditions. Taking its name from the Arabic al-maġhrib, or the “place the sun sets; the west”, the kingdom is a sovereign state home to numerous examples of Islamic design, as well as detailed art and ornamentation found within geometric patterns, friezes and open courtyards.
2019 RAIC International Prize: Siamak Hariri on Designing the Bahá’í Temple of South America
This year, the Bahá’í Temple of South America in Santiago, Chile, designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects of Toronto was selected as the winner of the 2019 RAIC International Prize, by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). The prize celebrates a “single work of architecture that is judged to be transformative within its societal context and expressive of the humanistic values of justice, respect, equality, and inclusiveness”.
36 Architecture Firms from the Global South You Should Know
Countries that are part of the so-called “global south” have undergone many transformations in their cities and urban contexts in recent years due to the economic and social challenges they face. Urban growth, sustainable development, quality of life and health in emerging cities, and the development of their own cultural identity have been some of the issues that local architecture had to incorporate.
Young architects have understood the importance of making an architecture that is deeply rooted in their own territory while giving this architecture a clear local identity. By generating new typologies and using their own resources and materials, they have presented innovative, site-specific, and, above all, solutions with a new fresh focus towards what represents them as creators of this architecture.
Baha’i Temple by Hariri Pontarini Wins 2019 RAIC International Prize
The Baha’i Temple of South America in Santiago, Chile, designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects of Toronto was selected as the winner of the 2019 RAIC International Prize, by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC).
Buildings in Chile, Peru and Senegal are Finalists for the RAIC 2019 International Award
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has recently announced the shortlist for the RAIC International Award 2019, highlighting socially-transformative architecture around the world.
In this edition of the award, the jury was composed of Anne Carrier, Stephen Hodder, Barry Johns, Eva Matsuzaki, Diarmuid Nash, Gilles Saucier and David Covo. Analyzing projects from 12 countries and six continents, the jury selected an educational building in Perú, an artist residency and cultural center in Senegal and a spiritual temple in Chile for the shortlist.
Horizon Neighborhood / MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
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Architects: MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Hansgrohe, Owens Corning, Duravit, Subzero/Wolf, +9
The Senate of Canada Building / Diamond Schmitt Architects + KWC Architects
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Architects: Diamond Schmitt Architects, KWC Architects
- Area: 130000 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: DTAH, Crossey Engineering Ltd., ERA Architects Inc.
LM House / Elements Lab
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Architects: Elements Lab
- Area: 475 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Cassina, Ikea, Ligne Roset, Minotti, Mourinho, +1
AIA Selects 2019 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture
The American Institute of Architects has selected nine projects for its 2019 Institute Honor Awards for Architecture. The award program celebrates the best contemporary architecture and highlights the many ways buildings and spaces can improve lives. AIA’s five-member jury selects submissions that demonstrate design achievement, including a sense of place and purpose, ecology, environmental sustainability and history.
The AIA Toolkit for Architects in the Era of Climate Change
A misconception often surfaces in design circles that architectural beauty and evidence-based environmental performance are mutually exclusive. To address this, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) is releasing a new tool that can assist architecture firms in designing high-performance energy-efficient buildings.
Despite the federal stance on paramount environmental issues, the AIA upholds and advocates for the responsibility of architects to mitigate against the effects of climate change. Aware that the construction industry consumes nearly 40% of the energy supply nationwide, the AIA COTE® Top Ten Toolkit presents a series of strategies to promote sustainability without compromising the design.