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TED Talk: How to Reinvent the Apartment Building / Moshe Safdie

Subscriber Access | November 03, 2014

Nearly 50 years after realizing Habitat ’67, when the need for high quality affordable housing is at an all time high, Moshe Safdie is expanding on his ideas first explored in the stacked Montreal utopia to discover just how natural light and the feeling openness can be achieved in today’s megalopolises. Watch as Safdie makes a case to do away with the high-rise in the short TED Talk above.

In Progress: Stadskantoor / OMA

October 26, 2014

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Architects
OMA
Location
Meent 119, 3011 JH Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Partners In Charge
Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf
Associate
Alex de Jong
Project Team
Philippe Braun, Clarisa Garcia Fresco, Maaike Hawinkels, Andrew Linn, Takeshi Murakuni, Peter Rieff, Tom Tang, Sakine Dicle Uzanyayla, Mark Veldman
Interior Team
Saskia Simon, Andrea Giannotti, Ross O'Connell, Mafalda Rangel, Lucia Zamponi, Grisha Zotov
Area
43370.0 sqm
Project Year
2015
Photographs
Ossip van Duivenbode, Courtesy of OMA
Location
Meent 119, 3011 JH Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Project Year
2015
Photographs
Ossip van Duivenbode, Courtesy of OMA
Area
43370.0 m2

ODA Aims to Bring “Qualities of Private House” to Multi-Family Housing in Brooklyn

October 24, 2014

ODA Architecture has shared with us “510 Driggs,” a multi-family residential project that aims to provide residents with the “qualities of a private house” within Brooklyn’s dense urban landscape. Each of the six-story building’s 100 units will be equipped with a large, functional outdoor space and at least two exposures to maximize light and air.

Miami Design District Tower / Studio Gang

October 23, 2014

Studio Gang Architects has released designs for a 14-story residential tower in the Miami Design District. Anchored by ground floor retail and topped with a resident lounge and swimming pool, the tower will, as the architects describe, “demonstrate Studio Gang’s principle of exo-spatial high-rise design in which the inside extends to the outside in a dynamic spatial arrangement.”

Each of the building’s 76 residential units will frame panoramic views of Biscayne Bay and surrounding Buena Vista neighborhood with Studio Gang’s contemporary reinterpretation of a “Florida Room.”

Paris Block Paris Annex / Gair Williamson Architect + Ankenman Marchand Architects

October 20, 2014

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Architects: Ankenman Marchand Architects, Gair Williamson Architect
Year: 2012
Professionals: Heatherbrae, Donald Luxton & Associates, Evoke International Design, Glotman Simpson Consulting Engineers, Allaire Group, +2

K + S Selected to Design New “Skärvet” Neighborhood in Växjö

October 19, 2014

Stockholm-based Kjellander + Sjöberg Architects (K + S) has won first prize in a competition to design the “Skärvet” urban neighborhood in Växjö, Sweden. A starting point for Bäckaslöv, a long term vision for a sustainable community by developer Skanska, the new neighborhood will take shape along the railway line connecting Växjö to Norra Bergundasjon.

Ecological Densification Four Townhouses / SHAPE Architecture

October 17, 2014

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Architects: SHAPE Architecture
Year: 2010

CEMEX Announces International Finalists for XXIII Building Awards

October 16, 2014

CEMEX has unveiled the international finalists for the XXIII Building Awards, which aim to recognize the best architecture and construction internationally. Spanning across three categories, the awards recognize housing, institutional/industrial and large-scale infrastructure projects that were built during 2013 and stand out for their constructive solutions, aesthetics and innovative techniques.

Both the international and national winners will be announced on November 5. Read on after the break for the international finalists and check out our coverage on the Mexican finalists for the XXIII Building Awards here.

63 Compton / Doone Silver Architects

October 11, 2014

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Architects: Doone Silver Architects
Year: 2014

Nenzing Nursing Home / Dietger Wissounig Architects

October 04, 2014

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Architects: Dietger Wissounig Architects
Area: 5100 m²
Year: 2014

First Look: MVRDV Completes Largest Covered Market in the Netherlands

October 01, 2014

Rotterdam’s very own, MVRDV has completed the Netherlands’ first covered market: the Markthal Rotterdam. Unlike any other market in the world, the Markthal presents a new urban hybrid that unites a market hall with housing.

Within the hollow core of the 228-unit, “horseshoe-shaped” residential building is an expansive, 40-meter-tall public market, offering 96 fresh food stalls, 8 restaurants and supermarket. Colorful murals cover the arch’s vaulted interior, peering through the largest single glazed cable net facades in Europe, which enclose the market.

This sense of transparency and openness was key, as the Markthal is the driving force to the rejuvenation of the Laurenskwartier area and hopes to attract thousands of visitors each year.

A look inside, after the break.

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TherMitte / Nissen & Wentzlaff Architekten

September 26, 2014

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Architects: Nissen & Wentzlaff Architekten
Year: 2009

New BIG-Designed Neighborhood to Activate Aarhus’ Waterfront

September 25, 2014

BIG has unveiled plans for Bassin 7 (BSN7), a new civic-minded, mixed-use neighborhood in Denmark’s second largest city. The phased development will “breathe life into the harbor front,” placing importance on the public realm by organizing the site’s seven residential buildings with a series of recreational and cultural activities, including a beach zone, swimming pools, theater and cafe, along a public promenade.

Herzog & de Meuron Designs 28-Story Luxury Tower for Manhattan

September 23, 2014

Herzog & de Meuron has teamed up with British designer John Pawson to design a 28-story tower for Manhattan’s Bowery district. The raw concrete tower, as developer Ian Schrager describes, will be designed as the “ultimate expression of Uptown meets Downtown.” Eleven luxury residences will top a 370-room hotel, all featuring open plans and mullionless floor-to-ceiling windows that frame unobstructed views of the city.

Striped Living / group8

September 20, 2014

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Architects: group8
Year: 2012

SCDA-Designed Condominium to Rise Between High Line

September 15, 2014

“515 Highline” is the latest luxury condominium planning to make its claim next to New York’s beloved High Line. Clad in an undulating glass and steel facade, the 12-story, 12-residence development designed by Singapore's SCDA Architects will be unique in that it is the only property bordered by the elevated park on two sides.