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Architects: A-G Interiorismo), Factor Eficiencia
- Area: 420 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Casa del Agua, Enlighten, Lorenada
Jaime Navarro
Ignacia Hotel / Factor Eficiencia + A-G Interiorismo
Faith & Form's 2017 Religious Architecture Awards Recognizes the Best in Religious Architecture and Art
How does contemporary religious architecture adapt to the needs of the modern world? Each year, Faith & Form magazine and the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture (IFRAA) award acknowledges the best in religious art and architecture. This year’s winners included 27 projects spanning in religious denomination, size, and location. Beyonds this, the award recognizes three common trends present in religious architecture today: re-adaptation of existing facilities, community-based sacred spaces, and simplicity in design. Read on to see all 27 winners.
10 Innovative Ways to Use Concrete: The Best Photos of the Week
Of all construction materials, concrete is perhaps the one that allows the greatest diversity of finishes and textures. The mixture of its ingredients, the shape and texture of the formwork, and the pigmentation of the materials all offer the opportunity to achieve an interesting design. This week we've prepared a selection of 10 inspiring images of innovative concrete, taken by renowned photographers such as Gonzalo Viramonte, Song Yousub, and Ana Cecilia Garza Villarreal.
VV House / bgp arquitectura
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Architects: bgp arquitectura
- Area: 414 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: Colinas de Buen
Michel Rojkind and Bjarke Ingels Describe the Recently Opened Foro Boca
The official inauguration for Foro Boca by Rojkind Arquitectos was held in Veracruz, México, gathering members of the local community as well as special guest Bjarke Ingels for a concert by renowned violinist Joshua Bell and the city's Philarmonic Orchestra.
Foro Boca / Rojkind Arquitectos
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Architects: Rojkind Arquitectos
- Area: 5410 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Cemex, Herman Miller
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Professionals: Auerbach Pollock Friedlander, Seamonk, Artec 3, EMR SA, Gralte S.C., +1
Tatiana Bilbao: Creating Spaces with Relevance Means "Enhancing Someone's Life"
In the second film from this year's series of PLANE—SITE's Time-Space-Existence videos, Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao shares her philosophy of how architecture should be designed with the user’s experience in mind, rather than for standalone aesthetic qualities. In the video she discusses how architects should to some extent let go of their artistic intentions for a more practical approach to serve the needs of people, discussing how architecture has become detached from its key purpose over the last fifty years due to the influence of capitalism.
Victor Legorreta: “Sometimes, Architects Take Themselves Too Seriously”
As the son of famed Mexican architect Ricardo Legorreta, and now the leader of the firm which he joined under his father in 1989, Victor Legorreta is one of Mexico’s most visible architects. In this interview, the latest in Vladimir Belogolovsky’s “City of Ideas” series, Legorreta discusses the complexities of following in the footsteps of his father and how, in his view, good architecture is made.
Vladimir Belogolovsky: What kind of projects are you working on at this moment?
Victor Legorreta: We work on a variety of projects—about 60 percent are in Mexico and the rest are abroad. Mexico City is increasingly becoming a vertical city in its attempt to reverse its tendency of growing into an endless and dysfunctional sprawl. We are working on several mixed-use towers with retail, entertainment, restaurants, offices, and residential uses in a single building to enable people to find everything they need within easy reach, to lessen the pressure on traffic, which in the city is now among the worst in the world. We are also working with The Aga Khan Foundation on two projects—a university in Tanzania and a hospital and university in Uganda.
Teopanzolco Cultural Center / Isaac Broid + PRODUCTORA
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Architects: Isaac Broid, PRODUCTORA
- Area: 7000 m²
- Year: 2017
8 Projects Win ARCHMARATHON Awards for Best Projects in the Americas
ARCHMARATHON has announced the winners of their 2017 Awards Program as the event, which took place at Faena Forum in Miami from October 12-14, comes to a close. Now in its 4th edition, the Awards focus on architecture studios that have been actively practicing in USA, Canada, Central America and Latin America.
Winners were chosen by a jury consisting of Luca Molinari, Francisco Pardo, Sebastian Salvat, Alejandro Paredes Fontanals and ArchDaily’s David Basulto and David Assael in in 8 themed categories: MOVING, LIVING, DREAMING, WORKING, CHILLING OUT, CARING, VISIONING and RE-THINKING. This year’s overall winner was awarded to Rozana Montiel | Estudio de Arquitectura + Alin V. Wallach for their community space, Common Unit.
See all the winners below:
Casa AR / ARCO Arquitectura Contemporánea
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Architects: ARCO Arquitectura Contemporánea
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2015
Homework / SAVVY Studio
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Architects: SAVVY Studio
- Area: 1000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Construlita, Vitra
Teletón Infant Oncology Clinic / Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos
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Architects: Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos
- Area: 13735 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Sanilock, Tarkett
Center for the National Property Heritage / Victor Marquez
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Architects: Victor Marquez
- Area: 5705 m²
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Manufacturers: Herman Miller, Herman Miller , Hunter Douglas, Panel Rey, Porcer
One Bucket at a Time / Factor Eficiencia + 5468796 Architecture
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Architects: 5468796 Architecture, Factor Eficiencia
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Alfil Plasticos
Essay 4 Spatial Prosthesis / MANADA Architectural Boundaries
Detail: Washrooms, Restrooms, Bathrooms, Lavatories, and Toilets
Besides the kitchen, the bathroom often takes top priority when building or renovating a home. However, choosing a look is not always easy, so here we have gathered 13 stunning bathrooms from previously published projects to provide inspiration in your own designs. Each is filled with inspiring ideas for your own project; from relaxing tubs to sleek showers, one of these bathrooms is sure to suit your style.
The 10 Best Global* Architecture Projects of 2016 (*Asia, Africa and South America Not Excluded)
As the common phrase attests, “history is written by the victors.” We therefore know that the story of the West is that of Europe and the United States, while the other actors in world history are minimized or invisible: it happened to the Chinese and Japanese during World War II, to the Ottoman Empire in sixteenth-century Europe, and to racial majorities in the common reading of Latin American independence. The same thing happens in architecture.
The current boom of the Global South is based not only on new work, but rather on the recognition of an invisible architecture which was apparently not worthy of publication in the journals of the 1990s. The world stage has changed, with the emergence of a humanity that is decentralized yet local; globalized, yet heterogeneous; accelerated, yet unbalanced. There are no longer red and blue countries, but a wide variety of colors, exploding like a Pollock painting.
This serves as a preamble to consider the outstanding projects of 2016 according to the British critic Oliver Wainwright, whose map of the world appears to extend from New York in the West to Oslo in the East, with the exception of Birzeit in Palestine. The Global South represents more than 40% of the global economy and already includes most of the world’s megacities, yet has no architecture worthy of recognition? We wanted to highlight the following projects in order to expand the western-centric world view, enabling us to truly comprehend the extent of architectural innovation on a global scale.