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- Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: Keepsake or Liability?
- House Z22 and Warehouse F88 / Gus Wüstemann Architects
- KA House / Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects
- The Layers / OBBA
- The Proscenium / INRE Studio
- Rosebridge House / Nick Bell D&A
- HBO Seattle Workspace / Rapt Studio
- Dubai Frame Approaches Completion Amid Allegations of Stolen Intellectual Property
- 13 Cooperative Housing in Lausanne / TRIBU Architecture
- Full-Sized Hyperloop One Test Track Nears Completion
- Balcones House / Pollen Architecture & Design
- 14 Architects Selected as Recipients of 2017 AIA Young Architects Awards
- Løren Metro Station / Arne Henriksen Arkitekter + MDH Arkitekter
- 9 Drawings to Celebrate Our 9th Birthday
- Gaumont-Pathé Alésia Cinemas / Manuelle Gautrand Architecture
| Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: Keepsake or Liability? Posted: 09 Mar 2017 08:00 PM PST  H. Mark Weidman Photography/Alamy. Image Courtesy of Laurence King Publishing Asked for his occupation in a court of law, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) replied 'The world's greatest architect'. His wife remonstrated with him. 'I had no choice, Olgivanna', he told her, 'I was under oath.' The cocksure Wright was a master of the one-line quip. He told a client who phoned to complain of rain leaking from the roof of her new house onto the dining table where she was sitting to 'move the chair'. Thinking of Mies, he said, 'Less is only more where more is no good'. On seeing his tall assistant, William Wesley Peters, inside one of his latest and rather low-ceilinged houses, he barked, 'Sit down, Wes, you're ruining the scale of my architecture'. Of himself, this very original American architect bragged, 'Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.'
 What's So Great About the Eiffel Tower? 70 Questions That Will Change the Way You Think about Architecture Wright lived a roller-coaster life. He abandoned his first wife, Kitty, and five children and fled to Europe with his mistress and client, Mamah Cheney. On their return to the US, Mamah and her children were murdered at his home, Taliesin, which burned down (and Wright rebuilt) twice. His autobiography, a best seller, was the inspiration for Ayn Rand's novel The Fountainhead, made into a dramatic film with Gary Cooper in the lead role. Wright's architecture could be something of a fairground ride, too. When questioned over the heights of the galleries in his sensational Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Fifth Avenue, he said, 'Cut the paintings in half '. 'A doctor', he joked, more than half-seriously, 'can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.' Designed as a weekend retreat for the wealthy Pittsburgh store-owners Edgar and Liliane Kaufmann, Fallingwater (1939) was built on an outcrop of rock over a waterfall at Bear Run, Pennsylvania. Its three floors took the form of ambitious 19-metre (62-foot) concrete cantilevers, thrust 5 metres (16 1⁄2 feet) over the fast-falling water from a rock where the Kaufmanns had long enjoyed picnics. This was a dramatic and costly move, yet Fallingwater was a truly beautiful design and the Kaufmanns could well afford the $155,000—a huge sum at the time; the budget had been $30,000—they paid for the house of their dreams. In 1997, scaffolding was put in place to stop Fallingwater falling down. Four years later, a repair programme was announced. It would cost $11.5 million to right the wrongs of those daring cantilevers. Robert Silman, a structural engineer from New York who had already worked on seven Wright houses, planned the work. 'This doesn't diminish the architectural brilliance of his buildings', he said. 'One after the other, they are absolutely breathtaking.' And this is why, Fallingwater – expensive to build and maintain – will never be short of funds. Wright's architecture could indeed be a liability, yet those who choose to live in Wright homes love them, and, as experience tells us, the price of true love can be very costly indeed. This extract is from Jonathan Glancey's new book, What's so great about the Eiffel Tower?, published by Laurence King Publishing. ArchDaily readers can receive 35% off the book by using the code "ARCHDAILY" at laurenceking.com. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House Z22 and Warehouse F88 / Gus Wüstemann Architects Posted: 09 Mar 2017 07:00 PM PST  © Bruno Helbling
 © Bruno Helbling This is a Reconstruction of a multi-family house with workshop rooms underneath in the area Seefeld of the city of Zurich. The house has been in a core zone since the new regulations. Therefore the outlines of the existing volumes are protected and the project had to be developed in collaboration with the conservation of monuments.  © Bruno Helbling The project is a contextual dialogue with history, the house is 170 years old. The historic, massive stone walls were the starting point for applying new contemporary forms of living – fresh typologies:  © Bruno Helbling  © Bruno Helbling House Z22  © Bruno Helbling In a confined space, we have developed a flowing, free-flowing space along the natural stone walls. A new typology of 'promenade architecturale' in a confined space, where, depending on the social structure and the course of the day, the programs unfold and communicate with the periphery, the natural stone wall.  © Bruno Helbling The built in light weight strucures are plastered with basic plaster - and have a rocky appearance. The built-in furniture is made of raw concrete, raw wood and raw plaster.  © Bruno Helbling The wooden windows were mounted directly onto the natural stone slabs with 20cm thick solid wooden frames.  © Bruno Helbling Stone Arches And Concrete Topography  © Bruno Helbling A stone landscape takes up programs that are only marginal in appearance - tectonics and light are in the focus, filling the space with a poetic force.  © Bruno Helbling Raw Is Finished  © Bruno Helbling It's about the craft. All the elements were put into the raw original state or it was rebuilt raw - a tribute to the material - without hierarchization. There are no inferior materials. Social contamination and connotation disappear. As a result, the space becomes free and authentic - just as people can be.  © Bruno Helbling This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| KA House / Erginoğlu & Çalışlar Architects Posted: 09 Mar 2017 06:00 PM PST  © Cemal Emden
 © Cemal Emden From the architect. KA House is owned by an internationally acclaimed contemporary artist and director. In addition to his creative endeavors, the artist in question discovered his passion for farming and animal husbandry and decided to explore this passion first by building a house on one of the properties he inherited from his family. He imagined the house both as a private residence he could inhabit while he tended to farming and a kind of sanctuary in which he could concentrate on his art. In doing so, he also envisaged an additional and independent studio/room that could periodically accommodate global intellectuals and academics that would need space to work on a specific project.  © Cemal Emden Isolated from its surroundings by a dense cluster of trees, the property in question overlooks a spectacular view of Munzır Mountains. Providing maximum privacy was one of the prerequisites in designing the house, which demanded, by extension, ensuring that the use of the outdoor area and the interior spaces of the house not be visible to local neighbors.  © Cemal Emden The property's location away from Erzincan's town center lacks the facilities for easy construction. Therefore, the building was designed with a steel load-bearing system manufactured in Kocaeli and assembled on site. The quality of construction was further augmented through the use of dry wall systems on the roof and the exterior walls.  Section  Ground Floor Plan  Section  First Floor Plan The devastating consequences of the two major earthquakes Erzincan suffered in 1939 and 1992 are still very much alive in collective memory. Therefore, one of the primary objectives of the design was to create a sense of being in a safe and durable structure, both for the inhabitants and their prospective visitors. Hence, the steel structure was also made visible in the interior, contributing to the perception of a studio/home atmosphere of the space.  © Cemal Emden Although the studio/home is a single mass in which all the spaces maintain a visual relationship, the studio area has a separate access from the outside, which, in turn, was resolved by building a single canopy for the entrances of the house and the studio. A void created at the center of this mass facilitates access from different directions. Hence, the thresholds are sheltered from the cold and snowy winter days of Erzincan. Despite being located at its center, this particular design does not affect the depth perception of the property.  © Cemal Emden The furniture of the house has been carefully selected by the owner; the family heirloom ceiling roses are mounted above the living room area and the interior is enriched with works selected from the artist's private collection.  © Cemal Emden This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 09 Mar 2017 02:00 PM PST  © Kyungsub Shin
 © Kyungsub Shin In the context of a fast changing society, holding on to a "lingering imagery" seems to be a difficult effort in keeping up with our daily life. As soon as returning from a trip, we immediately resume our routine before having to reflect upon the journey. Even watching a movie doesn't provide enough lingering impressions any more, as we are instantly exposed to other stimuli. As such, our lives are becoming a series of short moments. What about the moments you are back home after work? You do not have a pleasant experience of walking through an alley toward home any more. The experience of arriving at a parking lot, getting off your car, taking an elevator, opening a door and entering your house is a series of short moments that leaves no meaningful memories.  © Kyungsub Shin  Floor Plan  © Kyungsub Shin This project is a second house for an elderly couple who plan to go back to Korea after living abroad for a long time. The site is located at the foot of Mt. Toema in Ganghwa-gun, Incheon, which is 1 hour north-westwards from Seoul. A large mountain range hugs the area from afar and a horizontally wide reservoir creates a harmony that can never be felt in downtown Seoul.  © Kyungsub Shin We wanted to offer the elderly couple-who have lived a busy life, which was like a series of short moments-,a rural home that is enjoyably comfortable but not boring. One of the major concerns for this project was a transformation of the aforementioned short moments into a space imbued with an abundance of lingering imageries.  Section The site is open toward the mountain in the south, and the reservoir in the north, approximately 86m x 25m elongated land borders a forest and an adjacent road. Considering it is a second house rather than their daily abode, it was designed to protect privacy, in order for the absence of the residents is inconspicuous. Also, since the house was for the elderly couple as the main users, we simplified the spatial structure, avoiding stairs or elevated parts.  © Kyungsub Shin As for the layout of the building, it is located at the center of a slender land, whose north-south ends have different kinds of gardens. In the south is a productive garden where they can grow fruits and vegetables, also is a bungalow that can be actively used linking the living room and the kitchen. In the north, we tried to keep the natural shape of the land as much as possible, while planting landscaping trees, so that we can create a contemplative garden with a view towards the remote reservoir.  Floor Plan This single-story building is structured as four masses, extending in the north-south direction and horizontally layered in the east-west direction. Although it is viewed as a blocked façade from the road, by entering the building, one encounters a wide interior view via a long corridor that penetrates through the four layered spaces stretching out to the east-west direction.  © Kyungsub Shin Each layer differs in thickness and length, depending on its character, and each contains the main entrance and the guest room; the kitchen and the dining room; the living room; the study room and the master room. In addition, the surface of each layer has different roughness, ranging from the smooth finish on the outer part to the rough and rigid yellow stone finish at the deepest part, intensifying the perceptional depth through its disposition of layered spaces.  © Kyungsub Shin If you walk step by step in the corridor, passing through each layer, you will face a wide space that is open toward north and south. Mixed programs in each layer are naturally separated by the corridor that penetrates them, but at the same time, they are visually and physically connected to further amplify openness of the space. Also, the pocket gardens created by the layers bear different characteristics, giving more diverse impressions at each designated space. _000001.jpg?1489003871 "Section") Section The sequence of passing through the long corridor and reaching the deepest and most comfortable space could turn short moments into a lingering imagery, maximizing the residents' relaxation. This process seems to resemble the life of the clients who want to return home and live a peaceful and cozy life, after having difficulties and successes in a remote place. The layered walls of the yellow stone finish, resembling the color of the soil, blend into the landscape with the distant mountain range, creating harmony with the surrounding nature.  © Kyungsub Shin This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 09 Mar 2017 12:00 PM PST  © Hiroyuki Oki
 © Hiroyuki Oki The Proscenium is a small dessert restaurant located in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City. The project is the renovation of the ground floor of a former residential building that was built as part of a large block redevelopment completed in the 1990's. Dozens of row houses forming the block were build with similar decorative elements such as Greekish columns and moldings, reflecting the developer's intention for instant architectural potency. This kind of ephemeral dream is regarded as chimerical or is simply neglected nowadays, and indeed most of those original decorative elements have vanished through the recent years of overdevelopment in the central commercial district, during which time the next trend has already been discovered. This illustrates how an architectural style is written and rewritten during the frantic economic growth that major Vietnamese cities are currently undergoing. Our project began with a reflection on this rapid trend cycle and ended by reclaiming the abandoned design with a new design element slid into the building.  © Hiroyuki Oki The existing building is, as is often the case with Vietnamese houses, characterized by an over caution for security and a space-consuming central staircase. Our design intervention focused on changing these two elements within a limited budget.  Floor Plan  Floor Plan (1) Interface  © Hiroyuki Oki (2) Space  Section  Section The staircase and its extension are made of steel to minimize the extra load on the existing structure. The shape of the staircase is determined in order to maximize physical passage at the floor level. The mass of steel is extended backwards, creating a counter and an open kitchen, followed by a closed kitchen, and ending as a storage wall at the back of the building. On the other side, the stretched steel line forms a multifunctional cake station and a table-cum-counter penetrating through the front window.  © Hiroyuki Oki Considering its state before construction, the interior floor finishing was preserved, while the forecourt has a new concrete block paving echoing the front window design. The color scheme for the remainder of the project reflects two intentions. The first one is to highlight the desserts, the black-and-blue paint clearly contrasting with the restaurant's colorful cakes. The second is to mask the presence of the existing ornamentations. The dark colors transform the ephemeral past into a timeless design by neutralizing its historical context and creating harmony with the inserted steel element.  © Hiroyuki Oki This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Rosebridge House / Nick Bell D&A Posted: 09 Mar 2017 11:00 AM PST  © Simon Whitbread Photo
 © Simon Whitbread Photo How to fulfil the brief for a light and airy home on a south facing block was the challenge that lead us to develop this design for a rear addition to a suburban bungalow on Sydney's north shore.  © Simon Whitbread Photo  Floor Plan  © Simon Whitbread Photo The architects' answer was to design a rear pavilion with a twisted roof window. The roof form transforms from a near flat skylight through a progression of steel angles to end as a vertical window. These angles provide a sculptural form that transform shadow and light into the main living spaces as the days progresses. Oregon timber ceiling lining highlights the spatial quality of the skylights whilst also warming and softening the reflected light to the concrete floor surface below.  Sections The front of the existing dwelling was left largely intact. New skylights with deep angled reveals were inserted in the roof to continue the theme of light and shadow.  © Simon Whitbread Photo Externally the roof window created an asymmetric form that was wrapped in black steel and timber cladding in contrast to the lightness inside.  © Simon Whitbread Photo This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| HBO Seattle Workspace / Rapt Studio Posted: 09 Mar 2017 09:00 AM PST .jpg?1488921514 "© Eric Laignel") © Eric Laignel
.jpg?1488922091 "© Eric Laignel") © Eric Laignel Driven by a passion for content and technology, HBO Digital Products is charged with developing HBO's new digital and interactive experiences and is responsible for such products as HBO GO and HBO NOW. To manage dramatic expansion in the Seattle area, HBO signed a lease for the top three floors of a new mid-rise building known as Hill7. They recognized this as an opportunity to develop a high-performance workspace that would support their main objective—reengineering entertainment. .jpg?1488921943 "© Eric Laignel") © Eric Laignel Rapt Studio's discovery process unpacked the heart, soul, and internal workings of HBO Digital Products, helping to identify their unique characteristics, their agile work process, potential optimization strategies, as well as the special Pacific Northwest flavor of the staff that work there. The result of this discovery process is a workspace that is highly responsive to and supportive of the teams, workflow, and culture that make up HBO Digital Products. .jpg?1488921632 "© Eric Laignel") © Eric Laignel Due to the nature of their work, the flexibility and adaptability of the space was paramount. The space had to support and inspire the agile process of the teams while allowing for constant change and reconfiguration of the teams' size and mission. A raised flooring system and mobile desking allow employees to effortlessly reconfigure their work areas depending on the tasks at hand. Writable wall surfaces and small touchdown areas provide space for the teams' daily stand ups. Display walls break up the long, linear corridors and afford spaces for people to gather and discuss projects. .jpg?1488921902 "© Eric Laignel") © Eric Laignel In addition to the dedicated team spaces, each floor has a few unique amenities to encourage employees to use the prominent central stair and frequent other floors, fueling impromptu meetings and discussions with those outside of their immediate team. The ninth floor features the main reception and looks out over Seattle. Filling out the rest of the floor is a demonstration lab to display and test HBO's digital content on a myriad of devices, a lounge area for showcasing new product launches to press, and a screening room to fully immerse oneself in HBO content. Traveling up the stair to the tenth floor, one arrives at a coffee bar with lounge seating adjacent to library space, which provides a more contemplative and detached work environment. This level also includes the design studio, which uses mobile tables, project carts, and a workshop atmosphere to facilitate investigation, exploration, and ideation. At the top of the stair on the eleventh floor, there is a large break room and pantry with a variety of seating options to encourage a culture of community and togetherness. The space doubles as an all-hands gathering area and has an adjacent game room complete with classic arcade machines. .jpg?1488922043 "© Eric Laignel") © Eric Laignel Finally, it was important for the project to feel unique to Seattle and celebrate the local culture. The aesthetic and material palette was inspired by the Pacific Northwest's manufacturing and maritime history married to the high tech, high touch aspect of the HBO offering. Rope ceilings, exposed wood, and raw steel, as well as furnishings more geared toward a hospitality setting, are used throughout the space to bring a distinct sense of place without the use of cliché. .jpg?1488921891 "© Eric Laignel") © Eric Laignel This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Dubai Frame Approaches Completion Amid Allegations of Stolen Intellectual Property Posted: 09 Mar 2017 08:20 AM PST  The Dubai Frame is scheduled to open later this year. Image via Instagram user bachir_photo_phactory Dubai's newest mega-attraction, a 150-meter-high, 93-meter-wide picture frame structure dubbed the "Dubai Frame" is approaching completion after a nearly two-year delay, and is set for opening in the second half of this year. At a cost of $43.60 million, the new building will stand as a symbol of the city's rapid rise from modest settlement to gleaming metropolis, giving visitors a panoramic view of the boundary-pushing skyscrapers from the coast of the Persian Gulf. It also may stand as a symbol of something far less idyllic: intellectual property theft.
As reported by the New York Times, Mexican architect Fernando Donis is now suing the Dubai municipality for breach of copyright and for theft of his design for the structure. In 2009, Donis was selected as the winner of an international competition for the landmark organized by Elevator manufacturer ThyssenKrupp, beating out more than 900 other entrants. But following his victory, he was shut out of the project's execution and construction, and never receiving compensation for his intellectual property. In response, the Dubai government has disregarded his complaints, claiming that Donis lacked the necessary local licenses required to complete the project, and noting the $100,000 prize the architect received for winning the competition as proper compensation. This event is not the first time Dubai has been in hot water for its design and construction practices; in the past, the city has faced scrutiny for its treatment of migrant workers and erratic construction timelines. Read the full story about the dispute here. News via the New York Times. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 13 Cooperative Housing in Lausanne / TRIBU Architecture Posted: 09 Mar 2017 07:00 AM PST  © Michel Bonvin
 © Michel Bonvin From the architect. This project is located in the district of Chailly in Lausanne, close to public transport. Realised on a area of the City in right of surface by the cooperative of the Codha. The project ic composed by 13 housings, a common room, a common room for events, a studio for student, a buanderie and external places of park. The future inhabitants participated actively in the design of the project, which made it possible to reduce building costs (for example by limiting the number of parking spaces to the minimum required by the regulation) and adapt the project to the needs by providing common premises. The large balconies serve as solar protection in summer, without cutting the solar contributions in winter. The crossing apartments guarantee natural ventilation, in addition to the "simple flow". In the Minergie Eco logic, the typologies are repeated on a regular structural framework.  © Michel Bonvin  Ground Floor Plan  © Michel Bonvin All these themes were discussed in workshops with the future inhabitants: - Construction Regulations  © Michel Bonvin  plan 2  © Michel Bonvin Product Description. More than very technical materials, the choice of architects and their client was based on the healthiest materials possible (no or less Volatile Organic Compound realeses for exemple). Those materials also had to have the lowest CO2 balance possible. This involves a search for techniques more traditional than truly technological as well as an increased supervision of the site.  © Michel Bonvin This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Full-Sized Hyperloop One Test Track Nears Completion Posted: 09 Mar 2017 06:05 AM PST  © Hyperloop One Hyperloop One has revealed images of its full-scale test track, called the DevLoop, for the first time as it prepares for its first public trial later this year. The 500-meter-long (1,640 feet) DevLoop is located in the flat terrain of the Nevada desert, just 30 minutes from Las Vegas. In its final form, the track will extend two miles between launching and receiving points.  © Hyperloop One Hyperloop One is one of several companies attempting to build the pneumatically-driven transportation system dreamt up and endorsed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, and it seems to be leading the pack, with a system already proposed connecting Dubai and Abu Dhabi, and 2 two others in the works for Russia and Finland.  Hyperloop One's concept for a transportation system in the UAE. Image © Hyperloop One  Hyperloop One's concept for a transportation system in the UAE. Image © Hyperloop One The company has been working with Bjarke Ingels Group and McKinsey & Co. to conduct feasibility studies and design user-friendly concepts for the system. The DevLoop is expected to be ready for its first trial in the first half of 2017. A public test on a prototype system was conducted in the same area in May of last year. Read more about the recent updates, here. News via Hyperloop One. H/T Business Insider.  © Hyperloop One This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Balcones House / Pollen Architecture & Design Posted: 09 Mar 2017 05:00 AM PST  © Patrick Wong
 © Whit Preston From the architect. Balcones house is perched on the edge of a fractured limestone cliff, which is a part of the echelon of the Balcones fault. Rooms look either downhill into the tops of trees in the ravine below or uphill into the rock gardens behind the house. We rebuilt and reconceived a house originally on the site, designed in 1957 by Jonathan Bowman. We kept the site strategy of the original house, as well as its limestone rubble walls in order to maintain the modest Case-Study era scale. The house was redesigned and rebuilt with a steel structure and larger reconfigured window openings. Most of the windows slide completely away to one side, allowing direct connection to the outside. The airflow up the hill draws air through the house in most months. While keeping the proportion of the original, we added square footage tucked behind the house. The new house on the old footprint has an intimate scale, and is lined in straight-grain pine. The new floor area is built out in plaster and has a higher roof that twists to respond to the cliff and cups to collect rainwater. A continuous clerestory window between the two roofs lets in southern light along the length of the bedrooms and allows views of treetops.  © Casey Dunn We built the project acting as general contractor, with some support from a construction manager. This was a great way for us to get to know trades and craftspeople in Austin, and to try things we wouldn't risk with a client. As designers making our own house, the question is really when to stop; it's the proverbial labor of love. If I had to state a thesis about major details, it might be using metal plate against a variety of materials to make an edge. For example, a steel angle gives a sharp edge the concrete floor; steel I-beams are set into the wood ceiling as a groove; aluminum plates make a super-thin frame around aluminum windows; aluminum trims the slot diffusers set into wood and plaster.  © Casey Dunn  Plan  © Patrick Wong We like to use intense materials to bring tactility to our modern spaces. Many materials were designed and developed specifically for this project by our firm. For example, the quarter-sawn pine boards were sourced and milled locally; a gravel-cast concrete topping slab was developed as a warmer, less expensive version of terrazzo; and insulated tube skylights we fabricated. The concrete cladding at the front door was designed and molded onsite. Firm partner, Michael Young, had positives cut in plexiglass using CNC-milling, then made rubber molds from which multiple units were cast. The effect created amplifies light coming down from the skylight above.  © Casey Dunn  Roof Axonometric  © Whit Preston Product Description. A major emphasis of the firm's work is the connection between indoor and outdoor spaces, and the introduction of "good light" to the interior. In the Balcones House, the selection of the windows and doors was important in making this connection. Larger slider doors along the main living space bring in ample natural light, and also allow the entire wall to disappear. When the doors are open, the room doubles in size as the outside patio and interior living space are joined. Additionally, doors were used in some places to achieve an oversized casement window, maximizing light and also allowing fresh air to be brought inside.  © Bill Sallens This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 14 Architects Selected as Recipients of 2017 AIA Young Architects Awards Posted: 09 Mar 2017 04:10 AM PST  Farmers Park / Hufft Projects. Image © Mike Sinclair The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected 14 recipients for the 2017 AIA Young Architects Award. Now in its 24th year, the award was founded to honor young architects - licensed 10 years or fewer regardless of their age - who have "shown exceptional leadership and made significant contributions to the profession early in their careers."  Cherokee Studios; Los Angeles / Brooks + Scarpa. Image © Brooks + Scarpa 2017 AIA Young Architects Award RecipientsKara Bouillette, AIA / Hufft Projects Shannon Christensen, AIA / CTA Architects Engineers R. Corey Clayborne, AIA / Wiley|Wilson Danielle C. Hermann, AIA / OPN Architects Jeffrey Erwin Huber, AIA / Brooks + Scarpa Architects and Florida Atlantic University Benjamin Kasdan, AIA / KTGY Architecture + Planning Kurt Neiswender, AIA / Sedgewick & Ferweda Architects Jonathan Opitz, AIA / AMR Architects Jeffrey Pastva, AIA / JDAVIS Jessica Sheridan, AIA / Mancini Duffy Chris-Annmarie Spencer, AIA / Wheeler Kearns Architects Lora Teagarden, AIA / RATIO Architects Luis Velez-Alvarez, AIA / SmithGroupJJR  Marwen's Expansion / Wheeler Kearns Architects. Image © Steve Hall / Hedrich Blessing Also announced were the winners of the 2017 AIA Associates Award, given to individual Associate AIA members to "recognize outstanding leaders and creative thinkers for significant contributions to their communities and the architecture profession." Associate membership is open to individuals who meet one of the following criteria: professional degree in architecture; currently work under the supervision of an architect; currently enrolled in the Architectural Experience Program (AXP) and working toward licensure; or faculty member in a university program in architecture. 2017 Associates Award recipientsJe'Nen M. Chastain, Assoc. AIA / Heller Manus Architects Michael Friebele, Assoc. AIA / FTA Design Studio Linsey Graff, Assoc. AIA / Ayers Saint Gross Architects Mona Zellers, Assoc. AIA / LMN Architects  Vancouver Convention Centre West / LMN Architects. Image © LMN Architects Young Architects and Associate Award winners will be presented with their awards in a ceremony at the AIA 2017 National Convention on Architecture in Orlando. Learn more about the Young Architects award here, and the Associate Award here. News via AIA. 12 Architects to Receive AIA Young Architects Award This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Løren Metro Station / Arne Henriksen Arkitekter + MDH Arkitekter Posted: 09 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PST  © Ivan Brodey
 © Ivan Brodey The neighbourhood of Løren, a former industrial area and military camp, has in recent years emerged as a new, attractive residential district. As a further development of the area a new metro station was planned.  © Ivan Brodey The station is located 27 meters underground and accessed by stairs, escalators or lifts from the two entrances.  © Ivan Brodey The main vestibule comprises a closed, technical part made in concrete, and a public part made in steel and glass. Large steel girders in the ceiling make the room open and column-free, and the many skylights open up for changing light conditions through the day. Three different escalators with interconnected passages provide for a varied spatial sequence on the way down to the platform. The station hall is a mountain tunnel with a middle platform and a natural vaulted shape.  © Ivan Brodey  Section  © Ivan Brodey The extensive technical installations have been a contributing factor to the architectonical concept, exposing it rather than attempting to hide it. This gives the station a robust and a industrial atmosphere; A giant machine in steel and concrete bringing people up and down into the metro system.  © Ivan Brodey This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 9 Drawings to Celebrate Our 9th Birthday Posted: 09 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PST
9 years ago today, ArchDaily launched with a challenging mission: to provide inspiration, knowledge and tools to the architects tasked with designing for the 3 billion people that will move into cities in the next 40 years. Over these 9 years, as we have developed innovative approaches to help architects tackle the urban challenges facing our world, our work has brought us into contact with some of the most creative and respected architects in the world. To help us celebrate our 9th birthday, we asked 9 architects who are renowned for their creative and imaginative abilities to create drawings inspired by our logo, to show the world what ArchDaily means to them. Mikkel Frost (CEBRA) © Mikkel Frost "I turned the notorious ArchDaily logo into a Chilean beacon. It shoots light beams towards every corner of the world to illuminate notable projects." Moon Hoon © Moon Hoon "ArchDaily is a democratic platform where any architect can show their work and be spotlighted... The openness, without pre-conceived filters, allows for a diverse ecology in architecture, shown and known..." Sergei Tchoban (Tchoban Voss Architekten) © Sergei Tchoban "How do I see ArchDaily? It is an infinitely growing architecture platform which reports about an infinitely growing city in an absolutely professional way." Francine Houben (Mecanoo) © Francine Houben "Congratulations to ArchDaily for nine years of inspiration! With the wide range of viewpoints, the global perspective, and strong determination ArchDaily is an important asset for the architecture community. I wish you many good years ahead." Sam Jacob © Sam Jacob "Architecture has always existed in the space between buildings and communication. Here we see architecture itself acting as a form of media—both building and logo." Marcio Kogan (Studio Mk27) © Marcio Kogan "Metabolism, the architecture of the future." Giancarlo Mazzanti (El Equipo Mazzanti) © Giancarlo Mazzanti "We saw Marinilla Educational Park as a living example of ArchDaily—both are seen as community builders." Steven Holl © Steven Holl "The proposed new logo is a solid/void reversal, celebrating 9 years—which is about the average time of a great work of architecture from first sketch to completion." Vo Trong Nghia © Vo Trong Nghia "We see ArchDaily as an open source of knowledge which is contributed by the collective." This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gaumont-Pathé Alésia Cinemas / Manuelle Gautrand Architecture Posted: 09 Mar 2017 01:00 AM PST  © Luc Boegly
 © Luc Boegly From the architect. In 2011, the Gaumont-Pathé group decided to renovate the existing building in order to upgrade the cinemas and to improve user comfort. This aim is to gradually update the somewhat outmoded image of the chain of cinemas, transforming them into cultural venues, animated day and night and sufficiently flexible to accommodate a varied programme.  © Guillaume Guerin The project has two main aims:  Plan RDC A FACADE LIKE A PLEATED CINEMA SCREEN  © Luc Boegly Towards the edges of the facade, the large pleats are opaque and formed of metal cladding, sometimes covered in the same structure of LEDs, sometimes simply folded to maintain the rhythm. These ribbons can function either independently of one another, each showing a different picture from its neighbours, or as a whole, showing one single picture across all the LEDs.  © Luc Boegly The bottom section in each ribbon folds upwards to form surfaces that are almost horizontal, creating a vast canopy that overhangs the pavement by some 3 metres. These panels are also covered in LEDs, providing the public with different images, which are this time almost within reaching distance. This gives the public the sensation of walking into the picture as they go into the building. At dusk, the luminosity of the LEDs is perceptible from the inside, illuminating the foyers and circulation spaces with the diffuse colours of the animated images.  © Guillaume Guerin AN ASSEMBLY OF THEATRES, STACKED AND SLOTTED TOGETHER  © Guillaume Guerin The tiered seating in the theatres is made visible on its underside, forming magnificent stepped ceilings. These ceilings are then extended into the adjacent space to create partially tiered lobby areas: little amphitheatres that slope down towards the theatre entrances, forming spaces for informal projections.  Section THE PUBLIC IS WELCOMED IN A VAST SPACE BENEATH TIERS OF THEATRE SEATING  © Guillaume Guerin All the circulation interlinks within the triple-height atrium. A series of escalators and walkways behind the facade lead to the different mezzanine levels and upper-level theatres. The public can be seen, and can move around to look at the spaces from below or from above, as well as enjoying views onto the outside world.  © Guillaume Guerin THE VERY LATEST IN FILM THEATRE TECHNOLOGY  © Guillaume Guerin This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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