House to the Beach / Gluck+
AD Classics: Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art / Zaha Hadid Architects
The belief that a building can both blend in and stand out at the same time is embodied by the Lois and Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art (CAC), located in Cincinnati. Though it's heavy volumetric massing makes it appear as an independent and impenetrable sculptural element, the Rosenthal Center is in fact designed to pull the city in – past its walls and up, toward the sky. This inherent dynamism is well-suited to a gallery which does not hold a permanent collection, and is situated at the heart of a thriving Midwestern city.
Ocean Breeze Track & Fieldhouse / Sage and Coombe Architects
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Architects: Sage and Coombe Architects
- Area: 135000 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Kingspan Insulated Panels, American Hydrotech, Case Foundations, HUFCOR, Kawneer, +4
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Professionals: ADS Engineers, Weidlinger, HDR, HLB, MKW & Associates, +5
Interview with Toshiko Mori: “Rather Than Working With Forms, We Work With Forces”
As a Japanese immigrant who has spent much of her life in the United States, the architecture of Toshiko Mori occupies an interesting space: on one hand, the material and tectonic culture of Japan is, as she puts it, her “DNA.” On the other hand, her work clearly draws inspiration from the Modernists of 20th century America, and most notably from Mies van der Rohe. In this interview from his “City of Ideas” series, Vladimir Belogolovsky speaks with Mori (his former architecture professor) about materials, details, and the inspiration behind her work.
US Land Port of Entry / Snow Kreilich Architects
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Architects: Snow Kreilich Architects
- Area: 46000 ft²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Acoustical Surfaces, Swisspearl, Sherwin-Williams, Anderson Glass, Duluth Steel, +13
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Professionals: Winter Associates, Anastos Engineering, Coen + Partners, J & J Contractors Inc., Sasaki
New Fordham Law School / Pei Cobb Freed
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Architects: Pei Cobb Freed
- Area: 468000 ft²
- Year: 2014
Sandcrawler / Andrew Bromberg of Aedas
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Architects: Andrew Bromberg of Aedas
- Area: 21468 m²
- Year: 2014
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Manufacturers: PPG IdeaScapes
Novartis Campus / Weiss/Manfredi
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Architects: Weiss/Manfredi
- Area: 140000 ft²
- Year: 2013
The Levitt Pavilion / WRT - Wallace Roberts & Todd
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Architects: WRT - Wallace Roberts & Todd
- Year: 2011
Shard Wins Emporis Skyscraper Award
The Shard has been awarded this year's Emporis Skyscraper Award, bringing the award back to Europe after two consecutive wins in North America - by Absolute Towers in 2013 and New York by Gehry in 2012. Each year, the award honours the world's best new building over 100m tall.
The award's jury praised the Shard's "unique glass fragment-shaped form and its sophisticated architectural implementation", resulting in "a skyscraper that is recognized immediately and which is already considered London's new emblem."
Read on to find out the remaining 10 buildings to take home awards
Bushwick Inlet Park / Kiss + Cathcart
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Architects: Kiss + Cathcart, Architects
- Area: 13300 ft²
- Year: 2013
FDNY Marine 9 Barracks / Sage and Coombe Architects
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Architects: Sage and Coombe Architects
- Year: 2013
King’s College / Spillman Farmer Architects
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Architects: Spillman Farmer Architects
- Area: 31800 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Kelley Bros, PSS
Lakehouse Residence / Max Strang Architecture
- Area: 4500 ft²
- Year: 2010
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Manufacturers: Fleetwood
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Professionals: Alan Ulch Builders, Douglas Wood Engineers, Quick Beam Energy
LM Guest House / Desai Chia Architecture
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Architects: Desai Chia Architecture
- Area: 2000 m²
- Year: 2012
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Manufacturers: Dornbracht, Hansgrohe, Louis Poulsen, DuPont, Duravit, +23
Shelter Island House / Stamberg Aferiat
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Architects: Stamberg Aferiat
- Area: 1100 ft²
- Year: 2010
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Professionals: Robert Silman Associates, Altieri Sebor Wieber, deVries and Wallace