Las Americas Housing Complex / SO-IL
Lycee Schorge Secondary School / Kéré Architecture
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Architects: Kéré Architecture
- Area: 1660 m²
- Year: 2016
Interview with Winners of the ArchDaily China Building of the Year 2021 Awards
During the week of the final selection of ArchDaily China Building of the Year 2021 Awards, we received a total of 75,000 votes, thanks to our readers from all over the world. ArchDaily China strives to bring more Chinese firms to the wave of global exchanges and introduce Chinese architecture to the world.
This year, CCTN Design, with Shougang NO.3 Blast Furnace Museum, were selected for the first position, adopting the design strategy of “sealing the old, dismantling the surplus, and replenishing the new”, and transforming the industrial remains of Beijing into an inviting urban space. MAD Architects, with YueCheng Courtyard Kindergarten, won second place by dismantling and expanding the traditional courtyard house. gad, with Mountain & Sea Art Museum, won the third position by solving the problem of mountain construction and shaping the sculpture form of the art museum.
Kola Bhaban Prangon at University of Dhaka / STHANIK Consultants
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Architects: STHANIK Consultants
- Area: 81250 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Mirpur Ceramic, Rhino
Second Home Hollywood Office / Selgascano
Francis Kéré Receives the 2021 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture
Founder of the Berlin-based firm Kéré Architecture, Francis Kéré, has won the 2021 Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture. Presented by the University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello, the award is one of four honors recognizing achievements in architecture, citizen leaderships, global innovation, and law. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals recognize the exemplary contributions of recipients to the endeavors in which Jefferson excelled and held in high regard.
Winners of the ArchDaily China Building of the Year 2021 Awards
Another year, another successful ArchDaily China Building of the Year Awards! With more than 75,000 votes gathered over the past 20 days, the results of the 2021 edition are in! Once more, the award has proved to be the largest architecture prize centered around people’s opinion. Crowdsourced, the most relevant projects of the year were nominated and selected by our readers.
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ArchDaily’s Readers Select Who Should Win the 2021 Pritzker Prize
Since the winner(s) of the Pritzker Prize 2021 will be announced on Tuesday, March 16th, we have asked our readers who should win the most important award in the field of architecture.
Family Health Center on Virginia / MASS Design Group
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Architects: MASS Design Group
- Area: 25000 ft²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Herman Miller
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Professionals: LA Fuess, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc, SmithGroup, Rogers O’Brien Construction
Architecture in Mexico: Projects that Highlight the Chihuahua Territory
Chihuahua is a Mexican state in the northwest region of the country, sharing a border with Coahuila, Durango, Sinaloa, and Sonora as well as the US states of New Mexico and Texas. Chihuahua's largest urban center is Ciudad Juárez, an industrial hub situated on the U.S.- Mexico border right across from El Paso, Texas. Throughout the years, Juarez's economic landscape has been dominated by the maquilladora industry and, thanks to the crime wave between 2008-2012, it earned a spot on the list of the world's most violent cities.
Second Home Holland Park / Selgascano
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Architects: Selgascano
- Area: 11280 ft²
- Year: 2017
Selected Projects of Pritzker Laureates’ in 2020
This year, architecture’s highest honor, the Pritzker Prize, has been granted to Grafton Architects, a Dublin-based architectural firm mainly ran by female partners Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara. For the first time ever in its 42-year history, due to the constraints set by Covid-19 global pandemic, the organizers of the Pritzker Prize decided to use Livestream the award ceremony. Having reached the end of 2020, ArchDaily has summed up what current and previous Pritzker Prize winners have accomplished during this turbulent year.
Shomaj Biggyan Chattar at University of Dhaka / STHANIK Consultants
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Architects: STHANIK Consultants
- Area: 20000 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Mirpur Ceramic, Rhino