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- Atlas House / MONADNOCK
- Think You Know Swiss Architecture? Think Again.
- Wade Sea Centre / Dorte Mandrup A/S
- Atelier Klánovice / Prodesi
- klee klee Brand-Launching Store / AIM Architecture
- Sasaki Unveils Design for Sunqiao, a 100-Hectare Urban Farming District in Shanghai
- Herzog and de Meuron Unveils Plans for Luxury Loft Residences in Miami
- Villa J2 / Lindvall A & D
- Korean Demilitarized Zone Underground Bathhouse Competition Winners Announced
- What Are the Most Popular Architecture Websites in the World?
- Headquarter Veolia / Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes
- Feyenoord Receives Green Light for New Football Training Complex in Rotterdam
- Teahouse Riedenthal / a-lp architektur
| Posted: 02 Apr 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Stijn Bollaert
 © Stijn Bollaert From the architect. The Atlas House is situated on the edge of the city of Eindhoven, opposite a historic rural estate. The compact square building manifests itself as a tower. It is rotated 45 degrees relative to the street and is detached from the boundaries of the plot. All windows are grouped around the corners and at times allow for diagonal views through the volume. Internally, the rotation provides striking vistas along the edges of the forest. The depth of the façade openings reveals that the size and colour of the bricks is the same both inside and outside. These define the character of the raw and restrained interior. The external facades offer no clues about the playful offsets of the internal spaces. The interior reveals a collection of rooms of various heights and floor levels, each giving their respective window openings specific characteristics.  © Stijn Bollaert On this modest plot size, a spacious residence had to be combined with the clients wish for a garden. Therefore, the footprint of the house is minimized within the given building height, resulting in a vertically organized program. Due to the proximity of the houses in the neighbourhood, the amount of privacy in the garden is limited. Hence, the tower-like structure offers a roof terrace with maximum privacy where one can dwell between the treetops.  © Stijn Bollaert  Floor Plans  © Stijn Bollaert The Atlas House is built with large types of red bricks, both inside and outside. For the facades, a striking brushed form of pointing is used, creating a strong graphical pattern. Across the volume, the facades contain decorations that refer to the Dutch Neo-Renaissance tradition of enriching ordinary brickwork with plaster, suggesting architectural elements like keystones and tympans. The upper part of the building is finished with a light-colored layer of cement, distinguishing the classical plinth from the more lightweight top. The slightly lifted corners of the roof further emphasize this theme, bringing Atlas to mind, the Greek mythological figure that carries the sky on his shoulders for eternity.  Section  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Think You Know Swiss Architecture? Think Again. Posted: 02 Apr 2017 09:00 PM PDT  "Which vernacular building or spatial situation do you find inspiring for your approach to architecture?". Image © S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum For one of his 1922 travel essays for the Toronto Star Ernest Hemingway wrote—in a typically thewy tone—of "a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and all stuck over with large brown hotels built [in] the cuckoo style of architecture." This was his Switzerland: a country cornered in the heartland of Europe and yet distant from so much of its history. A nation which, for better or worse and particularly over the course of the 20th Century, has developed a singularly one-dimensional reputation when it comes to architectural culture and the built environment.  Opening room (S AM Basel). Image © S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum An exhibition at the Swiss Architecture Museum (S AM) in Basel is attempting to reveal the fascinating paradoxes inherent in the contemporary Swiss architectural scene. Its rather direct, defiant title—Schweizweit: Recent Swiss Architecture—belies a more muted, if not provocative, curatorial ambition. As the first show realized under the leadership of Andreas Ruby, a Berlin-based critic and publisher who took the reins of organization in 2016, it represents an ostensibly soft landing into what is a notoriously closed and clandestine world. When one thinks of Swiss architecture—and plenty of projects can be found on ArchDaily which superficially attest to the stereotype—one thinks of precision construction, concrete, stone, and spatial grids. Peter Zumthor comes to mind; Valerio Olgiati, Mario Botta, Peter Märkli, Christian Kerez, Diener and Diener, Herzog de Meuron. Most do not perceive Switzerland as a land of radical architectural experimentation (and, if the aforementioned canon is anything to go by, professional gender diversity), nor is there a clear discussion on how or where a younger generation of contemporary practitioners are operating. In this respect, Schweizweit is long overdue. If Minimalism once flew the flag for Swiss architecture it no longer holds court – the reality today is far more regionally heterogeneous and far less uniform than the 'legend' might incline. With this in mind, and fully in line with Ruby's intentions to develop the trajectory of the museum "without thresholds" and with a "Switzerland-wide" field of focus, the exhibition is built on a foundational survey to which 162 Swiss practices earnestly responded. They were challenged, by way of a single photograph or drawing, to answer the following three questions:
The results of this line of questioning—which deliberately encourages a degree of national introspection—are at once remarkable and revealing. Exhibited as a sequence of rolling large-format projections in the museum (and as a visual troika in an eponymous book) the collected images demonstrate "the commonalities and differences in the themes, content and formal strategies" that architects in Switzerland appear to be preoccupied by. When seen together and in succession they start to dismantle misconceptions (but in the subtlest of ways); as a visual atlas, it uncovers a series of unexpected relationships between vernacular architecture, the work of the preordained Swiss 'masters', and a panoply of possible new directions. While there remains a discernible tenor connecting what has come before to what is being built now, it would appear that the thread (held taught and straight since the 1990s) is starting to splinter.  © S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum  © S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum  © S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum  © S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum Schweizweit is a predominantly visual show, and it has found strength in simplicity. The exhibition is divided into three chapters: an opening room in which the lines of inquiry are presented alongside a wall of emails correspondence; the room of projections (and, significantly, mirrors); and a concluding installation examining vernacular inspirations. This is perhaps the most interesting of all: from stone quarries (AmreinHerzig, Atelier Archiplein) and photographs of the interior of the Ova Spin Dam (chosen by Luca Pessina and Simone Tocchetti, and Giuliani.Hönger respectively; photographed by Christian Kerez), to vernacular Swiss stables (Baserga Mozzetti), drying towers (Bayer Klemmer) and basalt formations (Edelaar Mosayebi Inderbitzin Architekten), these photographs act as windows onto a national subconscious. They disclose an obsession with landscape and, at the same time, an almost primal sense of formal inquiry. An expanding field of is highlighted most notably by the likes of Undend, who present a "postcard merry-go-round" from Zürich, Smarch, who highlight a compositional trashcan ("Trash Gap"), and Karamuk Kuo Architekten who present a still from Goldfinger (with James Bond's Aston Martin sailing through the Furka Pass).  Atelier Archiplein / Project: Gneiss Quarry / Location: Tessin. Image © Stefano Zerbi. Courtesy S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum  Baserga Mozzetti / Project: Stable / Location: Valle di Blenio (TI). Image © Giovanni Buzzi. Courtesy S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum  Smarch / Project: Trash Gap - Compos(t)ition / Location: Bern (BE). Image © Smarch. Courtesy S AM Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum / Swiss Architecture Museum Ruby recognises that there is a paradox inherent in contemporary Swiss practice; he describes it as a "cultural jet lag" between image and reality. Schweizweit is first and foremost a survey – not only in terms of stock-taking but also in sparking a national conversation. And while it seems that this has already begun, as with all national conversations they're usually best conducted with a degree of extra-national support. Switzerland is not (or is no longer) a country of "large brown hotels" as Hemingway argued almost a century ago. To reforge this reputation beyond its borders, Swiss architecture must de-shackle itself and be challenged by a world beyond the alpine air. Whatever the outcome, this exhibition is its starters orders. Schweizweit: Recent Swiss Architecture is on display until the 7th May 2017 at the Swiss Architecture Museum (S AM) in Basel, Switzerland.
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| Wade Sea Centre / Dorte Mandrup A/S Posted: 02 Apr 2017 08:00 PM PDT  Exterior
 Exterior From the architect. Even at first glance the Wadden Sea Centre gives the impression of a building that has emerged from the ground, drawing a soft, long and clear profile against the Wad- den Sea's infinite horizon.  Exterior With a thatched roof and facades, the Wadden Sea Centre provides the area's many visitors with a humble yet significant starting point for their visit. Dorte Mandrup has created a modern building in perfect harmony with the Wadden Sea's nature and his- tory.  Interior The Wadden Sea Centre - the gateway to the UNESCO World Heritage Site – has recently been inaugurated on February 2. The Wadden Sea Centre conveys the story of one of the world's most unique and significant natural resorts that, among other things, ensures that 15 million migratory birds are able to forage on their flight be- tween North and South.  Exterior After eighteen months of intense work to convert and expand the original building, the new exhibition centre has now been finished and comprises of 2,800 square meters for exhibition and communication activities. Through large glass panels a number of the rooms are fully integrated with the outdoor exhibition area as well as with the sur- rounding landscape.  Interior  Situations Plan  Interior "From the very beginning we have chosen an integrated approach to the architecture and exhibition - for example, we have been conscious about the use of daylight throughout the exhibitions as well establishing contact with the surrounding land- scape", Dorte Mandrup, founder and owner of Dorte Mandrup A/S says.  Exterior  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 02 Apr 2017 07:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Prodesi
 Courtesy of Prodesi From the architect. The investor's task was to create a smaller building on the property – a studio in the garden adjacent to the existing building. When considering the concept of the new building we were influenced by the beautiful area with mature pine trees that make a forest character of the land.  Courtesy of Prodesi The investor himself placed an emphasis on the maximum preservation of existing vegetation from the beginning of the project. Respectfully we subtly placed the studio the property without having to cut down a single tree, which seemed like an impossible task at the first glance.  Courtesy of Prodesi From the beginning we have approached proposal of the studio sensitively, with an emphasis on design and individual details. To this corresponds the addressing of the material for the structure, wooden facades, windows with frameless glazing and the bespoken execution of the interior.  Courtesy of Prodesi Most of the interior elements are made from the same material, from which is also built the supporting structure of the house - spruce solid wood panels. The main walls beautifully correspond with built-in furniture and form a unit. All pieces of furniture, as well as the interior walls, are provided with bleached painting, and solitary furniture and accessories also selected in soft tones, which together form an abstract representation of the whole interior.  Courtesy of Prodesi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| klee klee Brand-Launching Store / AIM Architecture Posted: 02 Apr 2017 01:00 PM PDT  © Dirk Weiblen
 © Dirk Weiblen From the architect. klee klee, a new brand from clothing avant-garde ZUCZUG/, takes its name from Tibetan, meaning 'slow down'. Its big sister ZUCZUG/ is a camera ready fashion plate, but klee klee is an exploration of minimalism and low impact production that results in high impact design. Their concept plays with humans and nature coexisting equally and harmoniously, and looks to city dwellers wanting to turn down the volume, slow down their lives, and reconnect with natural rhythms and lifestyles.  © Dirk Weiblen When asked to design their first store, our initial thoughts went to the person who identifies with 'klee klee', and what their value systems would be. What would their space look like? How would they live? The goal then became to design a store that reflected the habitat of a person who lives by the idea of 'klee klee'.  © Dirk Weiblen The conclusion was a place that is characterized by the collection of things inside, a simple and chic reflection on balance.  © Dirk Weiblen The naked space was white washed to bring out the perfectly non perfect texture. Led strip lighting emphasizes the length of the space, and draws the visitor to the 'end' of the store, where natural light filters across a sitting area that invites time for a cup of tea and a chat.  © Dirk Weiblen Although ZUCZUG/ and KLEE KLEE take inspiration from Tibetan plateaus and natural environments, both brands are contemporary and sophisticated in their own way. It was important to reflect its modern side in the design.  Plan The furniture is simple and functional, inspired by the pieces Chinese builders use on building sites. There is a spareness to the choices that allows the interior to be influenced but never overtaken by the design. The pieces are separate, but connected through utility, and when placed together in the store, bring everything into a fine balance of urban cool and natural inspiration.  © Dirk Weiblen Steel hangers are stripped down to their basics. The dressing rooms - one round and one square - are mobile, tent like spaces that can be randomly placed.  © Dirk Weiblen A bedboard becomes a product display. Visually, the space has a quiet richness that invites slow second or third looks to take it all in.  © Dirk Weiblen Ultimately, we organized the space with the simple routines of domesticity in mind: tea drinking, sleeping, working, storage. The result is not only a chic retail shop for visitors to peruse a new product, but also a place to experience a real life manifestation of klee klee.  © Dirk Weiblen  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sasaki Unveils Design for Sunqiao, a 100-Hectare Urban Farming District in Shanghai Posted: 02 Apr 2017 09:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Sasaki With nearly 24 million inhabitants to feed and a decline in the availability and quality of agricultural land, the Chinese megacity of Shanghai is set to realize the Sunqiao Urban Agricultural District, a 100-hectare masterplan designed by US-based firm Sasaki Associates. Situated between Shanghai's main international airport and the city center, Sunqiao will introduce large-scale vertical farming to the city of soaring skyscrapers. While primarily responding to the growing agricultural demand in the region, Sasaki's vision goes further, using urban farming as a dynamic living laboratory for innovation, interaction, and education.  Courtesy of Sasaki  Courtesy of Sasaki Shanghai is an ideal city for vertical farming. High land prices make building upwards more economically viable than building outwards, while the demand for leafy greens in the typical Shanghainese diet can be met with efficient urban hydroponic and aquaponics systems. Sasaki's masterplan therefore deploys a range of urban-friendly farming techniques, such as algae farms, floating greenhouses, green walls, and vertical seed libraries.  Courtesy of Sasaki  Courtesy of Sasaki Sunqiao represents more than a factory for food production, however. Sasaki's masterplan creates a robust public realm, celebrating agriculture as a key component of urban growth. An interactive greenhouse, science museum, aquaponics showcase, and festival market signal an attempt to educate generations of children about where their food comes from. Meanwhile, sky plazas, office towers, and civic greens represent a desire to create a mixed-use, dynamic, active environment far removed from traditional, sprawling, rural farmlands.  Courtesy of Sasaki  Courtesy of Sasaki Sunqiao will not be an alien concept to Shanghai. Whereas western countries depend on large-scale, rural, corporate farming, small-scale agriculture has traditionally dominated Shanghai's urban landscape. However, the scale of Sasaki's approved scheme does indicate the increased value placed on China's agriculture sector. China is the world's biggest consumer and exporter of agricultural products, with the industry providing 22% of the country's employment, and 13% of its Gross Domestic Product. The Chinese government is therefore keen to preserve, modernize, and showcase an industry which has helped to significantly reduce poverty rates, and has influenced the growth of the biotech and textile industries.  Courtesy of Sasaki  Courtesy of Sasaki "This approach actively supports a more sustainable food network while increasing the quality of life in the city through a community program of restaurants, markets, a culinary academy, and pick-your-own experience" explained Sasaki in a press release. "As cities continue to expand, we must continue to challenge the dichotomy between what is urban and what is rural. Sunqiao seeks to prove that you can have your kale and eat it too."  Courtesy of Sasaki  Courtesy of Sasaki Construction of the Sunqiao Urban Agricultural District is due to begin in 2017. News via: Sasaki Associates  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Herzog and de Meuron Unveils Plans for Luxury Loft Residences in Miami Posted: 02 Apr 2017 07:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate Renderings have been revealed for Herzog and de Meuron's new luxury loft residences in Miami, designed in collaboration with local developer Robert Wennett. In contrast to the firm's acclaimed parking garage located nearby, which capitalized on Miami's surrounding views, 1111 Lincoln Residences will be a far more inwardly-focused endeavor, with the 2,115-square-foot lofts opening onto a series of rooftop courtyards. Located near the city's bustling intersection of Alton and Lincoln, the complex accommodates a multi-level parking garage, over 100,000 square feet of interior office space, dedicated event space on the seventh floor, as well as 11 selected retailers on the ground floor. Notable tenants include Alchemist, Jo Malone, Rosetta Bakery, and Chotto Matte, in addition to the various restaurants available to residents along Lincoln Road.  Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate  Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate Listed at $3.8 million, the 'smart homes' on the top floor come complete with three bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms. Fully glazed walls will allow generous daylight into the interior spaces. A 1,150 square foot outdoor oasis, designed by Raymond Jungles, adds privacy for the residents while incorporating stone flooring, a pergola and trees.  Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate  Courtesy of Douglas Elliman Real Estate Herzog and de Meuron's 1111 Lincoln Residences is expected to be completed in the fall of this year. The project is being listed by nationally acclaimed brokerage Douglas Elliman – Florida, which specializes in multi-million dollar residences in the Miami Beach area. News via Douglas Elliman Real Estate.
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| Posted: 02 Apr 2017 06:00 AM PDT  © Åke E:son Lindman
 © Åke E:son Lindman From the architect. Villa J2 was completed in 2013. The project began as the revamp of an existing summerhouse dating back to the 1940s. The initial plan included additions and alterations to the existing structure. However, due to building regulations stipulating that the footprint remain unchanged, house was rebuilt entirely.  Axonometric Falsterbo is one of the most popular resort regions in southern Sweden, becoming densely populated over summer. Although the site sits within a residential neighbourhood, one of the criteria of the brief was to create a family home that offered privacy. This was achieved by placing the garage at the front of the house, facing the street. Visitors must follow a path that leads alongside the garage to access the home. Although the main areas feature sliding glass partitions that lead to the garden, tall shrubbery borders the site, creating a boundary between the neighbouring houses.  © Åke E:son Lindman  © Åke E:son Lindman A long, narrow hallway runs along the entire length of the house, leading to the master bedroom suite and the children's bedrooms. A playroom separates the children's area from the parents' area and the rest of the home. Central to the plan is the integrated kitchen, dining and lounge area, which opens out to a west-facing patio. The main objective was to create a hub within the home, a space that encourages social interaction. To the north, a painted steel spiral staircase leading up to the library, home office and outdoor terrace creates a sculptural focal point against the minimal architecture. With a skylight directly above and a sliding partition leading to a smaller outdoor terrace beyond the staircase, the dramatic, light-filled area was inspired by winter gardens of the past.  © Åke E:son Lindman  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Korean Demilitarized Zone Underground Bathhouse Competition Winners Announced Posted: 02 Apr 2017 05:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of arch out loud Architectural research initiative arch out loud has announced the winners of its DMZ Underground Bathhouse international open ideas competition. The brief challenged participants to create an underground bathhouse within the Korean Demilitarized Zone, responding to long-running geopolitical tensions between North and South Korea. Ultimately, nearly 300 proposals and 900 participants explored how architecture could position itself in the middle of these turbulent conditions, seeking out new forms of non-military architecture to improve relations between the two states. The winning entries can be found below. Full results of the DMZ Underground Bathhouse Competition, including winners, honorable mentions and Director's Choices can be found on the competition's webpage here. First Place: Crossing Parallel(s) / STUDIO M.R.D.O, StudioLaM ( Jinhyun Jun, Minkyung Song, Kangil Ji); New York, New York, USA Winner: Crossing Parallel(s). Image Courtesy of arch out loud From the design team: 38th parallel is not a thin superficial line, rather a thickened situation: it has been solidified by accumulation of ambivalent emotions - tensions and relaxations - between North and South. In the proposed bathhouse, represented as a 'metaphorical theater', visitors (actors/audiences) coming from each side reproduce the process of such solidification while walking down the double helix ramp; experience of merging and diverging, moments of crossing uncrossable lines, while being more away from each other. Upon reaching the communal pool, all such experience is liquefied into water, and debris of emotions brought by visitors soaks into each other's skin. Runner-Up: Cross / Xiaoyu Wang, Yutian Wang; Brooklyn, New York, USA Runner Up: Cross. Image Courtesy of arch out loud From the design team: Our project aims to explore how border functions as key element that embraces two contradicted territories into one united entity rather than separates them. By introducing an undulated line that dramatically dances in-between the two countries, a continuously weaving underground wall ties a series of collectively shared open pools and solid individual rooms with round shape geometry which is inherited from the mechanism of traditional Korean bathhouse typology Jimjilbang. By inviting natural sunlight and topographical landscape from above-ground to underground, this form creates multiple crossing-border interstitial conditions that mutually encourages people from both North and South Korea to interact physically. Runner Up: Primitive Field / Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Yeonmoon Kim, Choonghyo Lee); Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Runner Up: Primitive Field. Image Courtesy of arch out loud From the design team: North and South. Communism and Democracy. Socialism and Capitalism. Korea has been existing within pairs of opposite features since the devision. The "Primitive Field" is about this existing condition of Korea itself. On the ground, physical materialization of the "demarcation line" will symbolize the reality of the Korean division. As approaching underground by entering into the border itself, the architecture rather dematerialize its physical presence in order to reinforce the bathhouse's social activity within the primitive field condition. The "Primitive Field" is the coexistence of over and underground and materialized and dematerialized. Runner Up: This Lofty Sky / Vuk Filipic, Anna Murynka; Calgary, Alberta, Canada Runner Up: The Lofty Sky. Image Courtesy of arch out loud From the design team: The extreme tension of the DMZ paradoxically reinforces an intense peace. With a similar intention, this project proposes to erase interpersonal conflict through a process of introspection. Guests of the bathhouse share in the equality of solitude and inner reflection, regardless of their origin or state of existence in the external world. Suspended glass vessels lower individual bathers into a vast subterranean dome, treating them to a steam, hot soak, and paralyzing ice dip in the process. A mass spectacle of simultaneous personal isolation unfolds, mirroring the human condition beyond the bathhouse. Runner Up: Water Whirl / SPECTACLE Bureau for Architecture and Urbanism (Philip Vandermey, Jessie Andjelic, David Vera); Calgary, Alberta, Canada Runner Up: Water Whirl. Image Courtesy of arch out loud From the design team: The addition of a bathhouse introduces leisure activities within the militarized buffer zone and ecological sanctuary of the DMZ. Water Whirl takes two existing spatial conditions - firstly the void of the DMZ, a space across which transgressions, propaganda, posturing and political relations are constantly played out, and, secondly, the highly charged negotiation spaces within the blue meeting houses in the JSA / Panmunjom - and reinterprets them into an architectural machine that uses playful spatial devices towards productive interaction and reconciliation. Using the expanded functions of a large Jimjilbang enables the programmatic exuberance to provide variety and critical mass. Runner Up: Hypotenuse Thermae / Tsinghua University (Zhe Peng); Beijing, China Runner Up - Hypotenuse Thermae. Image Courtesy of arch out loud From the designer: Hypotenuse thermae proposes a radical responds to the paradoxical DMZ. It creates a world of autonomy, in order to ease and accelerate the confrontation at the same time, to show a true reflection of the local context. The thermae is an exotic, consisted of traditional functions of a Roman baths and other modern social activities. All elements blended together in a complete artificial underground cave, just like the mystery vault of ancient ruins depicted by Piranesi. It is an enclave of silence, a heterotopia full of roars, an enormous mat for prayers, a palace of policed orgy. The next arch out loud international open ideas competition will focus on a site located in Tenancingo Municipality, Mexico, and will explore how architecture can address the global epidemic of human trafficking. Information on the competition can be found here. News via: arch out loud
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| What Are the Most Popular Architecture Websites in the World? Posted: 02 Apr 2017 02:30 AM PDT  At a time when so much of what we do happens online, there is a lot we can learn from tracking the way we use the web. Alexa is an Amazon company that sells data insights from millions of Internet users aimed at business owners (we'll save the data ethics discussion for a different day). A selection of Alexa's data is available to the public, with the company presenting a list of sites with the highest average daily visitor and pageview counts—including a list of the biggest websites in the architectural world, from yours truly on down. But which is the most popular architectural firm, school, or individual building? Continue reading to find the top architecture websites for each category based on Alexa's count of the past month's traffic—there may be some surprises! Most visited firm: Foster + Partners Foster + Partners is more than your average firm; it's a massive network of seven offices worldwide with projects on every continent but Antarctica. Its sheer presence is enough to generate tons of traffic from around the world, but the recent announcement of Apple Park's opening in April likely drew in more visitors than average. The next four firms to top the list are Richard Meier, Steven Holl Architects, Santiago Calatrava, and Bernard Tschumi Architects. Most visited school: RISD The Rhode Island School of Design certainly has a respected program for architecture education, but it's likely that the surprising amount of visitors to its website are also coming for its famed visual arts curriculum. Prospective students may find themselves repeatedly checking admissions requirements, which for undergraduates include a notoriously abstruse portfolio prompt. The next most popular institutions in this category are Harvard GSD, The AA, and TU Delft. Most visited building: Sagrada Familia Gaudí's Sagrada Familia is obviously stunning. It's one of the most-visited places in one of the world's most-visited cities. In addition to historical information and virtual tours, the website provides ticketing and tour booking for visitors online, so it makes sense that tourists looking to avoid the cathedral's notoriously long queues would provide a steady flow of traffic to the website. The Palace of Versailles and Burj Khalifa are next on the list. Most visited print-media publication: Architectural Digest While it may not be the most favored print publication among architects, what Architectural Digest lacks in articles that aren't about interior design, it makes up for with a wide readership that comes from both inside and outside the professional design world. The magazine's website is filled with photo features and web-published articles accessible to those without a subscription. And if design enthusiasts aren't reading Architectural Digest, they're reading Dwell, which is the next most popular print-media publication on the list. Most visited forum: Skyscraper City The forum isn't dead! Skyscraper City is an active community of discussion about urban developments from everywhere on the planet. On one day in 2016, 37,860 members were logged in at once to join in on over one million threads hosted by the site, engaging in conversation that is generally less combative than many of the web's comment sections. Most visited transportation: United States Federal Highway Administration This is an interesting one, as the United States highway system for which the FHWA is responsible is persistently portrayed by the media as a crumbling fiasco. But that could also be precisely the reason for the site's popularity: the administration publishes usage statistics, funding, policy, and future planning strategy, which are all useful to anyone who is concerned about the future of the United States' highways, bridges, and tunnels. Most visited sustainability: Tiny House Talk You've seen them cropping up everywhere: HGTV, the Ikea showroom, even your neighbor's backyard. Tiny houses are beyond trendy at the moment. Tiny House Talk began in 2007 and is run by a small group of tiny home enthusiasts who aim to provide potential tiny home owners with resources to get started. The blog publishes news, personal stories, and informative guides, as well as a digital magazine. Landscape architecture: American Society of Landscape Architects The ASLA website posts meeting times and news for its over 15,000 members, as well as guidance for aspiring landscape architects on possible education and career paths and licensing. The site holds an abundance of information on sustainable design practice and other resources, and bills itself as an authoritative source of knowledge for anyone looking to learn about the field.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Headquarter Veolia / Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes Posted: 02 Apr 2017 02:00 AM PDT  © Hertha Hurnaus
 © Hertha Hurnaus From the architect. The dynamics and future urban density of the district, as well as the orientation of the site, the vastness of the sky and the proximity to the water are the prerequisites for the implementation of the project. The aim is to create a modern working environment that gives this special place a strong identity, in particular by linking architecture and landscape. The project participates in the development of this new district and dialogues with the important surrounding buildings, the shopping center and the Heaquarter of Icade which are also structured around the channel Darse.  © Hertha Hurnaus  Section AA  © Hertha Hurnaus With eight levels of superstructure and three of infrastructure, the project does not exceed the limits of the plot. Towards Avenue Victor Hugo, the project presents a strong urban façade which participates actively in the urban development and serves at the same time as an acoustic barrier. In the East, the volume opens towards the water, revealing its interior spaces. The withdrawals in the higher levels correspond on the one hand to urban regulation, but also to the desire of bringing more sun and natural light into the building.  © Hertha Hurnaus The project is based on a strong relationship between building and garden. The garden develops on three levels and offers different atmospheres. The three outdoor areas are inspired by natural environment, yet they are part of a precious landscaping design concept that offers refreshing green islands. The garden in the courtyard serves as a background for the visual continuity with the channel and guarantees a visual depth. The building is accessible through three halls. The forecourts of these halls are the only withdrawal of the project in terms of orientation; they are surrounded by a fence and closed outside office hours.  © Hertha Hurnaus  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Feyenoord Receives Green Light for New Football Training Complex in Rotterdam Posted: 02 Apr 2017 12:00 AM PDT  © MoederscheimMoonen Architects MoederscheimMoonen Architects has been given the go-ahead for construction of a new training complex for Rotterdam's leading football club, Feyenoord. Located in the new Stadionpark district, the grounds of the new complex will occupy a relatively secluded site within the larger sports, housing, and retail master plan—which will include OMA's new stadium—allowing the technical staff and football team to work in train in privacy from the start of the 2018-2019 season.  © MoederscheimMoonen Architects The building will offer a variety of facilities, including a sizeable sports-medical space and departments that focus on research and the players' athletic performance. The complex will also feature offices, an auditorium, hospitality, lounge areas, changing rooms, and wellness facilities. Around the building, the grounds will accommodate two football pitches and a separate keeper zone, all of which will be fitted with analytical technology.  © MoederscheimMoonen Architects  © MoederscheimMoonen Architects In terms of design, the driving concept for the project was to achieve as much transparency and interaction as possible between the fields and building. MoederscheimMoonen Architects explains in their press release:  © MoederscheimMoonen Architects  © MoederscheimMoonen Architects
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| Teahouse Riedenthal / a-lp architektur Posted: 01 Apr 2017 10:00 PM PDT  © Christine Leuthner
 © Christine Leuthner From the architect. The concept of a traditional Japanese teahouse inspired the project located in Lower Austria. The building was designed as a contemporary interpretation of a teahouse that allows for a more diverse use. It serves as a place for drinking tea and observing silence and as a space for regression therapy for clients with the possibility for overnight stays.  © Christine Leuthner Separated from the private house with an attached therapy room the teahouse is located in the property's garden, among trees and bushes. Four pillars, made out of tree trunks, elevate the organic structure from the ground and allow the vegetation to grow both under and around the building. The massive black base adds the feeling of stability and durability to the teahouse, while the rest of the building rises organically from the base. A ramp serves to access the building comfortably. It is made out of tree trunks, as traditionally used by wine farmers in Lower Austria, and separated from the teahouse by a small gap.  Section To create the building's organic form while still using a low-tech approach to the construction, we used small timber offcuts. A local barrel-maker provided the oak wood offcuts that were recycled on site. The timber pieces were stacked above each other in more than 40 layers, following the form of pre-built templates. A trapezoid shape, inserted into the organic form of the teahouse, frames the big window. Through the materiality of oak timber and copper, the teahouse fits into the surrounding vegetation and becomes part of the grown garden.  © Christine Leuthner The low and narrow entrance of the teahouse opens up to the seemingly spacious interior. The inside features a protecting character like a cave or a uterus. An oval opening in the ceiling allows natural lighting to gleam into the building through painted glazing. For this purpose, a painting by the owner herself was printed on glass.  Plan The small window offers a close look onto the bark of a nearby tree trunk. The frame around the big square window serves as a piece of furniture inviting to sit down. It directs the views towards the swimming pond as well as to the therapy room in the existing building.  © Christine Leuthner The main material for the Teahouse is locally chopped oak timber. Due to the chosen construction method, we were able to recycle small timber offcuts of a local wine-barrel-maker for the main structure of the teahouse. The furniture and fixtures are made out of oak timber as well.  © Christine Leuthner  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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