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2018 ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards: The Finalists

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:25 AM PST

2018 has been an unprecedented year for ArchDaily's Building of the Year Awards.

But before we get to shortlisted nominees, we want to emphasize the values embodied by this awards process. As the world's largest platform for architecture we are acutely aware of our responsibility to the profession, and to the advancement of architecture as a discipline. Since our mission is directly related to the architecture of the future—in inspiring and educating the global community of architects who will design the urban fabric of the future—the trust placed in us by our readers to reflect architectural trends from regions around the whole world creates challenges that we are eager to rise to. The democratically-voted, user-centered Building of the Year Awards is one of the key pillars of our response to these challenges, aiming to tear down established hierarchies and geographical barriers.

By participating in the process, the ArchDaily community decides what it means to push architecture forward. So without further ado, these are the most inspiring building, according to ArchDaily readers.

HOUSES
Primitive Future - GUMPHA House / Within N Without
MeMo House / BAM! arquitectura
Carroll House / LOT-EK
Villa Ypsilon / LASSA architects
Optical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

HOUSING
Folie Divine / Farshid Moussavi Architecture
POP XYZ / Triptyque
Tudor Apartments / Urko Sanchez Architects
56 Leonard Street / Herzog & de Meuron
Huangshan Mountain Village / MAD Architects

HOSPITALITY
Ixi'im Restaurant / Jorge Bolio Arquitectura + Lavalle + Peniche Arquitectos + Mauricio Gallegos Arquitectos + Central de Proyectos SCP
Oberholz Mountain Hut / Peter Pichler Architecture + Pavol Mikolajcak
The Wine Ayutthaya / Bangkok Project Studio
KOI Cafe / Farming Architects
JIKKA / Issei Suma

EDUCATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
Children Village / Rosenbaum + Aleph Zero
Maria Montessori Mazatlán School / EPArquitectos + Estudio Macías Peredo
King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre / Zaha Hadid Architects
Architecture Faculty in Tournai / Aires Mateus
Lycee Schorge Secondary School / Kéré Architecture

OFFICES
NASP Headquarters / Dal Pian Arquitetos Associados
GS1 Portugal / PROMONTORIO
RIJNSTRAAT 8 / Ellen van Loon / OMA
Bloomberg's European HQ / Foster + Partners
Shinsegae International / Olson Kundig

INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE
Yojigen Poketto / elii
RÒMOLA / Andrés Jaque Architects
Together Hostel / Cao Pu Studio
Nike New York Headquarters / WSDIA | WeShouldDoItAll + STUDIOS Architecture
Airbnb Office - 999 Brannan / Airbnb Environments

CULTURAL ARCHITECTURE
LEGO House / BIG
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa / Heatherwick Studio
Foro Boca / Rojkind Arquitectos
Tianjin Binhai Library / MVRDV + Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute
Louvre Abu Dhabi / Ateliers Jean Nouvel

PUBLIC ARCHITECTURE
Zaryadye Park / Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Park 'n' Play / JAJA Architects
SEOULLO Skygarden / MVRDV
Pedra Da Ra Lookout Point / Carlos Seoane
Israels Plads Square / COBE

SPORTS ARCHITECTURE
Rwanda Cricket Stadium / Light Earth Designs
Topsportschool Antwerp / Compagnie O Architects
Gymnasium of New Campus of Tianjin University / Atelier Li Xinggang
Pärnu Stadium / Kamp Arhitektid
Municipal Gym of Salamanca / Carreño Sartori Arquitectos

RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE
Bosjes Chapel / Steyn Studio
Suvela Chapel / OOPEAA

Suzhou Chapel / Neri&Hu Design and Research Office
Waterside Buddist Shrine / ARCHSTUDIO
Kapelle Salgenreute / Bernardo Bader Architekten

INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE
Herdade Of Freixo Winery / Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos
Abbey for the Production of Mustard, Pickles and Pickled Vegetables / Dhooge & Meganck Architecture
Lozy's Pharmaceuticals Factory / GVG Estudio + Vaillo-Irigaray

DESINO Eco Manufactory Office / Ho Khue Architects
The Victorian Desalination Project & Ecological Reserve / AIA Architectes + ASPECT Studios

HEALTHCARE ARCHITECTURE
Psychiatric Center / Vaillo + Irigaray Architects, Galar, Vélaz
Maggie's Centre Barts / Steven Holl Architects
Santa Fe de Bogotá Foundation / El Equipo de Mazzanti

Maggie's Oldham / dRMM
Urban Hospice / NORD Architects

COMMERCIAL ARCHITECTURE
PETRA. The Stone Atelier / Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
Apple Store Michigan Avenue, Chicago / Foster + Partners
Malmö Saluhall / Wingårdh Arkitektkontor AB
CityLife Shopping District / Zaha Hadid Architects
Common Ground / URBANTAINER

SMALL SCALE ARCHITECTURE
100 Classrooms for Refugee Children / Emergency Architecture & Human Rights
ICD-ITKE Research Pavilion 2016-17 / ICD-ITKE University of Stuttgart
House of Switzerland Pavilion / Dellekamp Arquitectos
DD16 / BIO-architects
MINI LIVING - Breathe / SO-IL

BEST APPLIED PRODUCTS
Skovbakke School / CEBRA
CaixaForum Sevilla / Vázquez Consuegra
Kulm Eispavilion / Foster + Partners
Flagship Building / Geodesic Design
Canaletto Residential Tower / UNStudio

You can vote for your favorite projects from now until Wednesday, February 7th at 10:00AM EST (read the complete rules). The winners will be announced on February 8th, 2018.

Make your voice heard – vote for your favorite projects for the 2018 Building of the Year Awards!

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The Glade / DLM Architects

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST

© Peter Landers © Peter Landers
© Peter Landers © Peter Landers

Text description provided by the architects. The brief was to create an energy efficient and sustainable new build family home on a densely planted site in St Peter Port, Guernsey. Due to a number of protected trees and the high quality of natural landscape within an urban setting, the site was heavily restricted by the local planning department. After 4 years negotiating with planning, a solution was found that complied with the relevant policies and alleviated the concerns of the planners.  The building was designed to minimise overlooking to and from neighbouring properties, and maximise natural light and solar gain, whilst avoiding the numerous root protection areas of the surrounding trees and maintaining a proportionate footprint to the previous development on site.

© Peter Landers © Peter Landers
Ground floor plan Ground floor plan
© Peter Landers © Peter Landers

The dwelling is sunk into the natural topography of the site, located within an existing clearing in the trees, hence the name 'The Glade'. A large basement takes advantage of the existing swimming pool excavation and the deep foundations required in this area, whilst the ground floor is entirely wrapped in Guernsey granite and reclaimed brick, predominantly sourced on site. Natural lime render highlights the porch and a carport carved out from the overall mass of the building. A steel frame cantilevers above the eastern side planted on all elevations as a living wall with a mix of 13 native species (over 4000 total), camouflaging the building within the surrounding tree canopy and providing an acoustic and pollution buffer to the surrounding roads, plus the additional associated thermal benefits. It reflects the character of the overall site; surrounded by high granite walls with mature vegetation above. A double height glazed link accommodates the vertical circulation and breaks the overall mass to the cedar clad, shed-like form that floats above the western side.

© Peter Landers © Peter Landers

The spacial arrangement provides open plan living, maintaining vertical connections and a direct relationship to external amenity, whilst offering the opportunity of enclosed intimate pockets.

© Peter Landers © Peter Landers
First floor plan First floor plan
© Peter Landers © Peter Landers

Internally a natural pallet has been selected throughout, a skin of locally reclaimed brick is coated with lime slurry, raw pigment plasters line the walls, with grey limestone to the floors, oak joinery, machined brass ironmongery, a bespoke raw steel staircase and furnishings and a reclaimed granite trough as the cloakroom sink. Where possible local materials and fabrication has been utilised delivering a soft traditional character within a contemporary envelope.

© Peter Landers © Peter Landers

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Jesus College / Niall McLaughlin Architects

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:00 PM PST

© Nick Kane © Nick Kane
  • Architects: Niall McLaughlin Architects
  • Location: Jesus Ln, Cambridge CB5 8BL, United Kingdom
  • Architect In Charge: Níall McLaughlin Architects
  • Area: 4140.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2017
  • Photographs: Nick Kane
  • Structural Engineer: Peter Brett Associates
  • M&E Consultant: David Bedwell & Partners
  • Quantity Surveyor Cost Consultant: Edmond Shipway
  • Other Specialist Consultants: Acoustic Consultant – Gillieron Scott Acoustic Design; Interior Design – Eve Waldron Design; Project Manager – Edmond Shipway
  • Cdm Coordinator: Niall McLaughlin Architects with PD Consulting Engineers
  • Approved Building Inspector: MLM Building Control Limited
  • Main Contractor: Cocksedge Building Contractors
  • Client: Jesus College, Cambridge
© Nick Kane © Nick Kane

Text description provided by the architects. The West Court project is the first of three phases. It presented a wonderful opportunity to incorporate these old buildings into a new heart for the College within its historic footprint. It was delivered in sequential parts over eighteen months, with the refurbishment of the Grade II listed building handed over first, followed by the new café pavilion and basement bar, and finally the re-modelled 1970's Rank Building and a new entrance building.

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Our designs had to respond to the variety of building stock and site conditions, and the wide range of construction types from renovation to new build. The lightweight glazed timber pergola of the café pavilion differs from the substantial brick and oak entrance building which differs again from the balconies and profiled stone walls of the re-modelled Rank Building. In terms of detailing, there was limited opportunity for repetition. Instead the various elements across the site were unified through a consistent palette of high-quality traditional materials including oak, stone, brick and quarry tiles. These were chosen to suit the historic setting. Detailing responds to existing features and local opportunities. Untreated oak glulam framing around glazing was given a chamfered profile to echo the existing stone window surrounds. We hope the two materials will weather into harmony in time. New stone walls addressing the street have a scalloped texture to give relief, reinforce the verticality of the façade and act as a deterrent for graffiti. The timber structure of the pavilion is conceived as a pergola in the landscape, held on slim cigar-shaped columns and delicate cruciform connection details.

© Nick Kane © Nick Kane
1st Floor Plan 1st Floor Plan
© Nick Kane © Nick Kane

The project involved many challenges including stringent planning constraints, a demanding programme, a constrained site and delivering a state-of-the-art lecture theatre with good acoustics in an existing building next to a busy road. The success of Phase 1 might be measured by the extent to which it has drawn this disparate collection of buildings back into the vital life of the College community whilst also providing an outward-looking public presence in the centre of Cambridge.

© Nick Kane © Nick Kane

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Black Box House / PAO Architects

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 06:00 PM PST

© Leonas Garbačiauskas © Leonas Garbačiauskas
© Leonas Garbačiauskas © Leonas Garbačiauskas

"Black Box" is a contemporary modern family house designed by PAO studio architects and may be considered as one of the impressive examples of Nordic minimalism. This family residence is designed on 0.25 acres of land property which is situated in one of the prestigious living areas in Vilnius (LT). The neighborhood is impressively fulfilled by natural context where pine forests are playing over city panoramas, colorful landscape views, and impressive sunsets. Moreover, the land plot is perfectly balanced in terms of world orientation, with river view on the south-west, while the neighborhood with the street is situated in north-east.

© Leonas Garbačiauskas © Leonas Garbačiauskas
Ground Floor Plan Ground Floor Plan
© Leonas Garbačiauskas © Leonas Garbačiauskas

Residents of this house are four-member family, very vibrant and modern living people with strong attitude and perception about modern architecture and minimalist design. Single story house concept was picked after intensively sketching. The architectural issue was not to spoil or distract existing environment which is the biggest value of the property. In this case, our design team was defined to design significantly simple shape integrated into the natural layout, with the focus on client budget and convenient functionality only. Planning structure during this project was not so tricky since existing landscape and property situation was not very challenging in terms of design issues.

The residence is designed as extruded irregular rectangle 30x10 placed adjacent to the north border of the property and were stretched almost 30m along the street. With 2m cantilever eves on the opposite sides (south-north), with massive outside skylights for vegetation areas. These micro-green zones were planned on the north side to achieve visual privacy from the street. All living rooms, kitchen, and office studio are flooded with sunlight from massive panoramic openings on the south side which also opens access to roofed deck with an impressive view of the river. On the opposite side of the house, all utility premises like bathrooms, walk-in-robe, and other technical rooms were placed.

© Leonas Garbačiauskas © Leonas Garbačiauskas

Initially burnt cedar wood siding, based on old Japanese wood preservation "shou-sugi-ban" technology, was designed for the exterior, however, after few attempts to find a reliable supplier, black painted larch timber planks were selected. The complete architectural concept behind this family residence exterior and interior was inspired by two different wood using cultures Japan feat. Scandinavian - based on sustainability and convenience, to give up unnecessary and unimportant details. Concept based on the well-known idea "less is more" supplemented with strong contrast principal where black-white is oppositely playing in exterior-interior. The same concept is implemented in interior decoration where Scandinavian minimalistic style contrast is taking place behind custom furniture and finish materials cold-warm, light-dark, etc.

© Leonas Garbačiauskas © Leonas Garbačiauskas

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Shangping Village Regeneration - Tai Fu Tai Mansion Area / 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:00 PM PST

Brick bed area of 'Pigsty Bistro'. Image © Meng Zhou Brick bed area of 'Pigsty Bistro'. Image © Meng Zhou
  • Architects: 3andwich Design / He Wei Studio
  • Location: Xiyuan Town, Jianning County, Sanming, Fujian, China
  • Principal Architect: Wei He
  • Design Team: Zhuoran Zhao, Qiang Li, Long Chen, Huangjie Chen, Lingzhe Wang, Tong Zhao, Yuxin Ye, Ke Song
  • Area: 233.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2017
  • Photographs: Meng Zhou
  • Client: People's Government of Xiyuan Township
  • Lighting Design: Zhang Xin Studio, Tsinghua University School of Architecture
  • Lighting Design Team: Xin Zhang, Xiaowei Han, Xuanyu Zhou, Bentian Niu
  • Interior Construction Drawing: Hongshang Design
© Meng Zhou © Meng Zhou

Intro
Selected as one of the "historical and cultural villages" in Fujian Province, Shangping Villagehas been sustained by its agricultural tradition and Hakkaculture. In Shangping, most of the villagers have the surname of Yang, who are the descendants of Captain Yang Zhen from Han Dynasty. Shangping Village has a complete rural feng shui pattern where two streams run around the village and gather at Shuikou area (the water gap, village entrance). There are many provincial-level cultural heritages such as the Tai Fu Tai Mansion, the Yang's Ancestral Temple, Shezumiao Shrine, Zhaogongmiao Temple, etc. According to the legend, the great scholar Zhu Xi used to give lectures in Shangping and to leave with treasured calligraphy. Therefore, Shangping has a reputation for "literary village surrounded by water ". By October 2017, the Shuikou Area has been completed; Two month later in December, Yang's School Area and Tai Fu Tai Mansion Area have finished renovation works.

Site plan of Tai Fu Tai Area Site plan of Tai Fu Tai Area

The last design area of the Shang Ping Village Regeneration is somewhere hidden inside the village. It locates on the east stream. According to the legend, a giant house named 'Tai Fu Tai Mansion' at here was built by a famous government officer after retirement. The gate tower is well preserved but the main building was destroyed by a fire many years ago, which is quite regretful. The original cultural elements and landscape like pond, ancient wells, bamboo shoots squeeze, gateway and the ancient stage ruins are utilized by designers for the regeneration. Some unused structures such as pigsty and shed are obviouson site, which is remained to be major landscape elements. Actually, these existing structures become great resources for new types of business as well as village revival.

The wooden canopies applied as a bamboo shoot squeezing space and a pavilion . Image © Meng Zhou The wooden canopies applied as a bamboo shoot squeezing space and a pavilion . Image © Meng Zhou

Special location and culture of Tai Fu Tai mansion make it a great attraction for tourists. However, lack of public realms like restaurants and visitors' center impact the tourism industry and local economy. The design team renovated unused spaces by plugging in new programs, transforming pervious production spaces into cultural/commercial use. A series of cultural products and activities attached to these spaces also have a strong appeal to travelers. It makes more sense to combine cultural industry and spatial design together for rural renovation.

Exterior view of 'Pigsty Bistro'. Image © Meng Zhou Exterior view of 'Pigsty Bistro'. Image © Meng Zhou

1. 'Pigsty Bistro' and 'Orchard Conference Room'
From a deserted pigsty to a bar: 'Pigsty Bistro' is a major new building in this area.The exterior of the building is not aggressive by keeping previous materials: rubbles and wooden roof. The floor plan is divided into four part for raising pigs. Each square is infilled with new bar, coffee table and Kang table (a heatable brick bed). The design would like to create a cosy and dramatic atmosphere by placing colorful floral pillows, Kang table, pigsty feeding,rebar decorated floor and color variable LED lights, etc. Some of these 'Exotic' stuffs makes it more interesting for visiting, especially for youngsters.

The stone walls of the original pigsty were maintained of 'Pigsty Bistro'. Image © Meng Zhou The stone walls of the original pigsty were maintained of 'Pigsty Bistro'. Image © Meng Zhou

A small meeting room next to  'Pigsty Bistro' has tilted roof, with a full-height glass window facing to Tai Fu Tai Mansion and its stage.It's called 'Orchard Conference' . Together with the Pigsty Bistro, Orchard Conference provide services for all users.

Together with the Pigsty Bistro, Orchard Conference provides services for all users. Image © Meng Zhou Together with the Pigsty Bistro, Orchard Conference provides services for all users. Image © Meng Zhou

2. Lotus Chamber
Lotus Chamber is a teahouse transformed from a old utility room. It represents 'Being Incorruptness' for having the same pronunciation with integrity in Chinese.This building is the most obvious one by the pond next to Tai Fu Tai Mansion. The design kept old rubble wall and only fixed non-recyclable wood structure on the upper level, then making it a teahouse by water. Users can walk through a glass door, stand on the platform and enjoy spaces over the pond with lotus, referring back to the name 'Lotus Chamber'.  

Lotus Chamber -- a teahouse transformed from a old utility room. Image © Meng Zhou Lotus Chamber -- a teahouse transformed from a old utility room. Image © Meng Zhou

3. Pavilion and Bamboo Shoots Squeeze
Between Tai Fu Tai Mansion, Bistro and conference room, structures for bamboo shoot s squeeze (for making dried bamboo shoot) were kept and renovated to become a great  installation. One of it could still be used for producing dried bamboo shoots. When Qingming Festival comes each year, visitors could also experience making bamboo squeeze by themselves, which becomes a great interaction on site. Another one is renovated to be a pavilion. Whenever there are show playing underneath, audience could see through windows nearby.

The wooden canopies applied as a bamboo shoot squeezing space and a pavilion. Image © Meng Zhou The wooden canopies applied as a bamboo shoot squeezing space and a pavilion. Image © Meng Zhou

4. Cultural Products
As what have been done for other spots, design team also developed a series of cultural product for Tai Fu Tai Mansion. Besides the package design for Shang Ping lotus nuts and dried bamboo shoots, products with the theme of 'pig' for 'Pigsty Bistro' are also well designed. Pig represents affluence in China and also means lucky in western culture. In Chinese character, 'family' is composed with a 'roof' and a 'pig', which means praying underneath the roof makes a family complete. Using pig as the prototype of cultural products like scarves, coasters and post cards is to maintain the original taste of the rural buildings, thus making it an interesting project.

Night view. Image © Meng Zhou Night view. Image © Meng Zhou

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HOUSE 3/6 in Dongducheon / Y GROUP

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 02:00 PM PST

© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee
  • Architects: Y GROUP
  • Location: Dongducheon, South Korea
  • Lead Architect: Jin Seok Yang
  • Area: 93.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2017
  • Photographs: Namsun Lee
© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee

Text description provided by the architects. The third house. A house opened to sky at Dongducheon.
It's a house of three members of family, father drives a truck and delivers mattresses, mother is convalescing at home after the cancel surgery, and a daughter who always care about family, a middle school student. Building a 40-square-meter of single house was possible for this family. However, we decided to build a three - story building with a parking lot for a truck and a rest place for mother. For she likes reading books with daughter. Also, we made a small but solid kitchen space for the mother who cooked on the outer floor because it was not ventilated. I needed a design to satisfy space such as a parking lot, a family room, 2 rooms, a toilet, a kitchen, a study, and small yard.

© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee

The narrow house
It's not exact criterion, but usually, 15-squre-meter is called the narrow house. Since Dongducheon ground is a little bigger, but not as a complete narrow house, the house well must save a small space concept. Some principles for applying the concept of narrow houses is as follows:

© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee

Minimize entrance door area.
Ensure maximum storage space.
The first-priority is lighting and ventilation.
Minimize the area of corridors.

Plan Plan

Vertical openness
In small space, the spatial stacking method using the height is advantageous. In other words, Although, it is a narrow house of 2-3 stories house, it has a vertical openness in one or two spaces. I applied the concept of open spaces on the 2-3 floors of the courtyard and the concept of open spaces on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the library. I have eliminated the perception of a narrow house and the spatial stiffness. The house was not monotonous, and made it possible to have various spatial experiences.

© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee

Segmentation Articulation
I completed the form of architecture through the segmentation concept, and I got the idea from Jenga. Starting from the box, I segmented the parking lot, divided the stair hall, divided the courtyard, separated the window to the south, and separated the 2nd and 3rd floors into space. In the end, the narrow house of the city must give sense of openness somewhere, and the result is quite different depending on how it is segmented.

© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee

The Right of Sky View
In the previous house, it was hard to see the sky at the house. Everything was blocked, and even the entrance to the front porch and the outdoor space were covered up. I hope show sky to the family. So from now, they can view up the sky at the kitchen, living room, the study, and each room of this house. The view of the sky means the future of the family, it can be think 'taking a break once' as the concept. It is the perfect home for this family who thinking about tomorrow and needs to take care of oneself.

© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee

Windowless Elevation
As a new image of the village, the feature is windowless on the road side. The roadside's view is untidy and noisy. The exterior of the old houses and the continuity of the buildings indiscriminately built, I thought it would not be a visual pollution in the city if it was built in the simplest form.

© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee

Piloti
The parking space on the first floor was composed of piloti. The houses listed on the road were in the same layout as the walls cut off from the road. The presence of this piloti space perceived as a visual comma space in the urban context. Because there was no parking lot, the father parked in the distance, walked, and theft was frequent, so the parking lot became the best space gift for the father who is delivering.

© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee

Opening
Since the Industrial Revolution, the development of architectural technology has freed innovation and window size. The windows were narrow and small in the brick-type buildings, but now various window sizes can be applied. In the north side roadside, windowless wall was planned to prevent noise and dust, and window of the courtyard and study was planned the open windows. On the other hand, the veranda windows of the courtyards were sufficient to provide mining and ventilation, and relieved the internal stiffness. Eventually, the facade was completed with the diversity of the window. I wanted to make a house that can feel the sunshine through the window.

© Namsun Lee © Namsun Lee

Hybrid Structure
As it was a three-story house, I was worried about how to design the structure. The first layer is reinforced concrete and the second and third layers are wood structures. It is a rare structure in Korea, and it will be proposed as a good alternative in the future. I did not make the whole RC structure. The reason that the 2nd and 3rd floors made wood structure, not only to secure space but also to use the eco-friendly wooden material for the mother's health.

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Unfolding Canvas / OFGA

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:00 PM PST

Living in Art. Image © Effie Yang Living in Art. Image © Effie Yang
  • Interiors Designers: OFGA
  • Location: Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
  • Lead Designer: Winston Yeo
  • Interior Decoration: Effie Yang
  • Area: 75.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2017
  • Photographs: Effie Yang
Romance. Image © Effie Yang Romance. Image © Effie Yang

Text description provided by the architects. This project is about our attitude towards designing space for living in Hong Kong. Its about redirecting the conversation from storage to lifestyle, from a future resale value to living in the moment; a picturesque moment.

There is a conscious shift away from a design strategy driven by compartmentalization, instead of focusing on achieving a continuity of material & space, without sacrificing privacy and comfort. 

Cook. Image © Effie Yang Cook. Image © Effie Yang
Plan Analysis Plan Analysis
Living Corner. Image © Effie Yang Living Corner. Image © Effie Yang

The question is not whether we choose to adapt an open plan, but how we open the plan. 

Phenomenal Transparency. Image © Effie Yang Phenomenal Transparency. Image © Effie Yang

Privacy is essential to comfort, but to have absolute privacy for every program on the client's list would require three times the space. So we approached privacy in terms of adjacency, specifically relative privacy. This allowed us to condense absolute privacy to a minimal footprint, freeing up the rest of the space to interpretation.

Floor Plan Floor Plan

The result are spaces that open onto one another, like an unfolding canvas, or in Colin Rowe's words, "phenomenal transparency".

Invisible Door. Image © Effie Yang Invisible Door. Image © Effie Yang

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Hangzhou Inventronics Electric Vehicle Charging Station / GLA

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 11:00 AM PST

© shiromio studio © shiromio studio
  • Architects: GLA
  • Location: 459 Jiang Hong Lu, Binjiang Qu, Hangzhou Shi, Zhejiang Sheng, China
  • Architect In Charge: Peidong Zhu
  • Design Team: Peidong Zhu, Dehong Lin, Daoqing Xie, Jian Zhou, Jianhua Feng, Guohua Huang
  • Owner: Inventronics
  • Area: 150.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2017
  • Photographs: shiromio studio
© shiromio studio © shiromio studio

Text description provided by the architects. Inventronics Electric Vehicle Charging Station is located to the north of the base building at headquarters of Inventronics in Hangzhou. It is a demonstration example of photovoltaic conversion charging technology of the enterprise as well as a public supporting facility for public in the area. Architects are required to build a pilot charging station which can not only match with the electric vehicle background, but also be built as quickly as traditional petrol station in a standardized way. 

© shiromio studio © shiromio studio

Usually, "electricity" is neither visible nor touchable. However, the major product of this experimental project focuses on LED photoelectricity driving. Therefore, kinds of photosystems driven by electricity become the major visible language carrier of this architecture design, which conveys the quiet trend of conversing from traditional fossil energy driving to new energy driving. Strategies of standard construction, technology hybrid, and being open-minded are implemented to go with the construction, structure, and form of the charging station. 

© shiromio studio © shiromio studio
Section Section

The first layer of building roof adopts red and grey APCP Aluminium-plastic composite panel, LED screen and artificial light source, which not only allows the station to be visibly recognized in an obvious way, but also inherits the tradition of using red as major color for a station. However, the 20m overhang of the charging station's roof forms a visible contrast with stand columns of a traditional charging station. This gesture of making "heavier" things "easier" and withstanding the gravity shows features of being more open-minded and transparent of this Internet time, as well as the welcome from the charging station to its users. 

© shiromio studio © shiromio studio
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© shiromio studio © shiromio studio

Inventronics Charging Station not only needs to verify its technology of supplying vehicles with electricity generated by photovoltaic power, but also needs to be verified with the technology of quick construction in consideration of it will be promoted extensively in the future. Hence, on one hand, the project needs to have functions of equipment display, energy conversion, parking and charging of buses and small vehicles, and rest room for guests in a small space.  On the other hand, prefabricated parts of modules of the station shall integrate technology units and modules of water supply and drainage, strong and weak electricity, air conditioner, structure, photovoltaic conversion, and storage power station. Therefore, all parts for main body of the building, exterior curtain walls, or interior rooms use modules which are produced by the factory in a standardized way and then are jointed on site. This kind of refined design and construction method reduces the on-site construction strength, improves the construction efficiency, as well as suits for different places, providing a technology guarantee for the extensive promotion of such charging station. 

© shiromio studio © shiromio studio

The floor of the station uses cement emery, which can provide a sense of wholeness. Interior and exterior walls and roof use standard parts forming by steel frame and aluminum composite panels. The first layer of roof uses aluminum and solar photovoltaic system, which forms an energy generator.

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Closeburn Station House / Warren and Mahoney

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:00 AM PST

Courtesy of Warren and Mahoney Courtesy of Warren and Mahoney
Courtesy of Warren and Mahoney Courtesy of Warren and Mahoney

Text description provided by the architects. Set within a high country station, with views over Lake Wakatipu and the dramatic mountain ranges beyond, this Closeburn home is designed as a series of simple forms.
A cedar-clad bedroom wing and zinc clad family wing run along existing ridge lines to the north and east of the site.

Courtesy of Warren and Mahoney Courtesy of Warren and Mahoney
Plans Plans
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The building has been bedded into the existing contours of the land to integrate its relationship with the landscape. From within, the sense of living in an alpine landscape is heightened, yet the house provides a comfortable retreat after a long day on the ski fields.

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Bold, simple materials of zinc, cedar and board finish concrete have been selected for their longevity, and are designed to weather gracefully within the site context. The overriding philosophy has been to deliver a design that is 'naturally belonging' – a building that grows from the landscape and compliments the site.

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J. Mayer H. Architects Reveal Prize-Winning Design for Kärcher Museum in Germany

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:30 AM PST

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J. Mayer H. Architects has revealed their design for the new Kärcher Musuem that took 3rd prize in a recent closed competition. Designed for international cleaner manufacturer Kärcher, the museum will feature exhibits on the company's 80+ year legacy and the history of cleaning technologies.

Located on a 2,500 square meter site in Winnenden, Germany, J. Mayer H. Architects' proposal takes the form of a large, sawtooth cut volume inspired by the surrounding commercial and industrial structures. This monolithic form is cut into at the entrance, revealing the hollowed out interior within. Additional cuts into the body offer views to neighboring company buildings, toward the city and to the surrounding landscape.

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"The large volume is structured by the folded design of the roof," explain the architects. "On the ground floor of the façade, generous glazing that takes up the compositional principle of the roof provides light for the interior."

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The large overhang at the entrance would also create a covered outdoor space that could be used for presentations or outdoor events. Inside, circulation paths would ascend from the large, open first floor toward second floor galleries spaces, with intimacy created by the changing roof profile.

"The building's striking silhouette underscores the building's special function," add the architects. "It is a structure that is easily recognized, but at the same time by quoting the saw-tooth roof it is well integrated into Winnenden's urban context."

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  • Architects: J. Mayer H. Architects
  • Location: 71364 Winnenden, Germany
  • Design Team: Jürgen Mayer H., Hans Schneider, Matthias Gotter, Christoph Heuer, Regina Schubert, Frieder Vogler
  • Client: Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG

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Brazilian Embassy in Chile / Ipiña + Nieto Arquitectos + Ossa Arquitectura

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 07:00 AM PST

© Pablo Casals Aguirre © Pablo Casals Aguirre
  • Construction: Moguerza Constructora SPA
  • Graphic Documentation: Ipiña+Nieto Arquitectos
  • Principal: Federative Republic of Brazil
© Pablo Casals Aguirre © Pablo Casals Aguirre

Text description provided by the architects. In 1872 the Italian architect Eusebio Chelli was appointed by Maximiliano Errázuriz to build one of the best houses in Santiago de Chile. Today that house is known as Palacio Errázuriz, located in the Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins (also called Alameda). In 1941 the Brazilian Government acquired the Palacio to be the Ambassador's residence. Then, Brazil decided to add a new building to locate there the Embassy. This new building suggests a dialogue with the Italian classicism of the Palacio, adopting its orders and rhythms. Later, the Brazilian diplomacy, in demand for more space, built another volume in 1971.

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All these interventions and enlargements around the Palacio cause a lack of hierarchy in the importance of each building, causing confusion between original and copy, historic and new, public and private. The new project is focused on drawing a limit that clearly separates the diplomatic offices from the Ambassador's residence, the Embassy from the Palacio, also serving as a frame for the historical building. This new limit should maintain a visual permeability to allow all users to enjoy a garden that was a reference for the Chilean high society of late XIX century and beginning of XX. A skin of pine wood that dialogues with the garden, consolidates the limit, facilitating a permeability which connects inner and outer areas, thus separating the public areas of the offices from the private ones of the residence.

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This wooden skin is adapted to topographical characteristics of the garden and to the position of the existing flora, unifying the new volumes built to meet the new programmatic requirements. The geometry of the resulting limit grows in thickness to become habitable creating new spaces that qualify the edifices between their interior and exterior. This intermediate space is a thickness in the limit, with fungible characteristics, variable and unstable, that gives parts of the garden to the interior of the offices and where the seasons and uses are changing. These patios of the limit thickness act passively in the climatic conditioning inside the offices.

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Amanda Levete Wins 2018 Jane Drew Prize for Women in Architecture

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 06:00 AM PST

AL_A's MAAT museum in Lisbon. Image © Francisco Nogueira AL_A's MAAT museum in Lisbon. Image © Francisco Nogueira

British architect Amanda Levete has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Jane Drew Prize, recognizing "an architectural designer who, through their work and commitment to design excellence, has raised the profile of women in architecture."

Founder of London-based practice AL_A, Levete rose to promise as one half of Stirling Prize-winning practice Future Systems, which she ran with then-husband Jan Kaplický. Together, they completed paradigm-shifting and critically acclaimed works such as the Birmingham Selfridges and the Lord's Media Centre, winner of the 1999 RIBA Stirling Prize.

Levete left Future Systems to form AL_A in 2009, where she found continued success designing cultural venues with bold materiality. Some of the firm's best known works include the Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology (MAAT) in Lisbon, the Central Embassy Shopping Center in Bangkok, the 2015 MPavilion in Melbourne, and the recently-opened addition to the V&A museum in London.

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On Levete's selection, Paul Finch, editorial director of the AJ and the Architectural Review commented: "Amanda Levete is an architect whose career has been notable at several points, but whose independent practice has blossomed internationally, and whose independent voice has generated welcome debate and reform."

First awarded in 1998 (and annually since 2012), the Jane Drew prize is now co-organized by The Architectural Review and The Architects' Journal as part of their Women in Architecture Awards series.

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Additionally, OMA co-founder and artist Madelon Vriesendorp has been selected as the recipient of the 2018 Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for "individuals working in the wider architectural industry who have made a significant contribution to architecture and the built environment."

Vriesendorp is best known for her early work founding the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) with Rem Koolhaas and Elia and Zoe Zenghelis in 1972, before leaving architecture to pursue painting, illustration and exhibition and costume design. Her illustrations were featured in Rem Koolhaas's canonical book Delirious New York, including the original cover image depicting an anthropomorphized Empire State Building and Chrysler Building laying together in bed.

Paul Finch commented: 'Madelon Vriesendorp is a rarity: a true artist who has a deep understanding of architecture and its protocols, and whose observant and witty work has provided a thoughtful visual counterpoint to the world of bricks and mortar.'

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Weber House / Ramella Arquitetura

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 05:00 AM PST

© Marcelo Donadussi © Marcelo Donadussi
  • Architects: Ramella Arquitetura
  • Location: Xangri-lá, Brazil
  • Author Architects: Blacio Junior, Larissa Ramella
  • Architect In Charge: Blacio Junior
  • Team: Blacio Ruivo Junior, Carlos Ramella, Larissa Ramella, Geovana Ramella, Serrano Engenharia
  • Area: 360.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2017
  • Photographs: Marcelo Donadussi
  • Rendering: Tiago Krummenauer
  • Sketches: Blacio Junior
  • Lighting: Singular Iluminação
  • Landscape Design: Verde Arte
  • Construction: Dalpiaz
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Text description provided by the architects. The Weber House is located in a condominium of lots and marina Velas da Marina, in Lagoa dos Quadros on the north coast of Rio Grande do Sul. Its use is exclusive to summer holidays and weekend breaks for the owners and their young daughter. To release the garage facade on the narrow terrain, the 1s floor has a side passage for cars, and the strategy for gaining frontage was with horizontal lines of slender marquees and a brick wall that would make the garden background.

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Of striking features, the apparent concrete, brick and black frames form a set of volumes on the west front facade and receives two intentional openings for the view of the landscape: one in the form of a concrete box that rests on a wall of massive bricks, in the form of a gazebo, which is the balcony of one of the suites, and the other in a corner of glass that illuminates the living room. The black ripados give prominence to the brick and concrete concrete marquises that also receive planters with pendant plants that give privacy to the spa environment on the second floor and more life to the facade. From the initial design in sketches, the brick wall and the concrete box were present and modified according to the needs plan and interfaces that were evolving during the construction.

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Due to the costs of execution, labour and future maintenance some systems and finishes were gaining strength during the 20 months of work, and some have been modifying since sketches, render and final photography. The design of interiors with pretension in the combination of elements, but simplified evolved during the work, and the concept of raw materials follows inside with mixtures of walls in a texture of burned cement and combination with wood joinery, porcelain tile and apparent concrete. The contemporary lines and differentiated projects in the different solutions give the house Weber its own identity within the marina condominium.

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Top Young North American Firms Win The Architectural League's 2018 Emerging Voices Awards

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:40 AM PST

Bruma House; Estado de México, Mexico, 2017 / Fernanda Canales + Claudia Rodríguez. Photography: Rafael Gamo. Image © Fernanda Canales Bruma House; Estado de México, Mexico, 2017 / Fernanda Canales + Claudia Rodríguez. Photography: Rafael Gamo. Image © Fernanda Canales

The Architectural League of New York has announced the recipients of its 2018 Emerging Voices awards, spotlighting individuals and firms "with distinct design voices and the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape design, and urbanism."

Established in 1982, the annual Emerging Voices program has identified more than 250 young practices that have since gone on to develop influential careers. Some past winners have included: Steven Holl (1982); Morphosis (1983); Coleman Coker and Samuel Mockbee (1990); Toshiko Mori (1992); Deborah Berke (1993); Enrique Norten (1994); Brad Cloepfil of Allied Works (1996); Michael Maltzan (1998); Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi (1997); James Corner of Field Operations (2001); SHoP Architects (2001); Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis Architects (2002); Jeanne Gang (2006); Teddy Cruz (2006); Amale Andraos and Dan Wood of WORKac (2008); Tatiana Bilbao (2010); and Elena Brescia and Kate Orff of SCAPE / LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE (2012).

This year, portfolios submitted by approximately 50 firms were reviewed by a two-stage jury to narrow down the list to a group of finalist, and then the 8 winners.

"This year's group of winners are unified by the intensity of their social engagement, honoring and enriching place, fueled by hands on commitment to rethinking traditional approaches to design, materials, and construction," said League Program Director Anne Rieselbach.

2018 Emerging Voices

Ersela Kripa, Stephen Mueller / AGENCY; El Paso, Texas

Photograph from "Border Dispatches" showing New Mexico's Otero County Processing Center / AGENCY. Image © AGENCY Photograph from "Border Dispatches" showing New Mexico's Otero County Processing Center / AGENCY. Image © AGENCY

AGENCY was founded in 2010. Partners Ersela Kripa and Stephen Mueller use research, publication, and design to explore broad-ranging issues such as material ecology, government policy, and ethics. Recent projects include Fronts, a research project and book focusing on the relationship between military doctrine and informal urbanism; Breach, which explores the simulated environments developed to train military and security forces; and Border Dispatches, a series of Architect's Newspaper articles about the U.S.–Mexico border.

Fernanda Canales; Mexico City

Terreno House; Estado de México, Mexico, 2018 / Fernanda Canales. Photography: Rafael Gamo. Image © Fernanda Canales Terreno House; Estado de México, Mexico, 2018 / Fernanda Canales. Photography: Rafael Gamo. Image © Fernanda Canales

Fernanda Canales grew up in Mexico City, where her eponymous firm was founded. She believes "architecture is about creating connections between people, territories, and history." Recent projects include Bruma House (with Claudia Rodríguez), a residence divided into different modules organized around a central patio, with each location based on views, orientation, and vegetation; Reading Rooms, flexible community spaces that can be built by residents of low-income neighborhoods; and The Monterrey School of Higher Learning in Design, a new campus on the city's outskirts. 

Jesica Amescua and Mariana Ordóñez Grajales / Comunal: Taller de Arquitectura; Mexico City

Social Production of Housing. Exercise I; Tepetzintan, Sierra Nororiental de Puebla / Comunal: Taller de Arquitectura. Photography: Onnis Luque. Image © Comunal: Taller de Arquitectura Social Production of Housing. Exercise I; Tepetzintan, Sierra Nororiental de Puebla / Comunal: Taller de Arquitectura. Photography: Onnis Luque. Image © Comunal: Taller de Arquitectura

Founded in 2015, Mexico City-based Comunal: Taller de Arquitectura provides design services to underserved communities. Their work centers around five methodological axes which they feel are fundamental to "developing inclusive, participatory, and contextual projects." Recent work includes Childbirth Houses, designs for midwife workspaces informed by extensive dialogue with an indigenous Chiapas community; and Territory and Inhabitant, a research project for a house that could be built in Yucatán for less than $10,000.

Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafailidis / Davidson Rafailidis; Buffalo, New York

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; Buffalo, NY
 / Davidson Rafailidis. Photographer: Florian Holzherr. Image © Davidson Rafailidis He, She & It
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 / Davidson Rafailidis. Photographer: Florian Holzherr. Image © Davidson Rafailidis

Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafailidis established Davidson Rafailidis in 2008. Both are members of the architecture faculty at the University of Buffalo and have also taught at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany and the University of Toronto. Recent projects include He, She & It, a structure with three distinct workspaces for a Buffalo couple; Café Fargo (Tipico Coffee), a coffee shop in a former corner store also in Buffalo; and Mirror, Mirror, the winner of a competition aimed at reimagining the street festival tent.

Luis Aldrete / Luis Aldrete Estudio de Arquitectura ; Guadalajara, Mexico

Pilgrim Route Shelters; Jalisco, México 2010 / Luis Aldrete. Image © Francisco Pérez Pilgrim Route Shelters; Jalisco, México 2010 / Luis Aldrete. Image © Francisco Pérez

Since establishing his firm in 2007, Luis Aldrete has designed residential, hospitality, and cultural facilities, where he works with local craftspeople to employ construction techniques developed over generations. Recent projects include BF Residence, a Guadalajara house whose program nods to the traditional Mexican hacienda; Rinconada Margaritas Residential Complex, a high-rise development in Guadalajara that responds to an adjacent ravine; and Pilgrim Route Shelters, an infrastructural network of shelters designed with other collaborators to support an annual Jalisco pilgrimage.

David Seiter / Future Green Studio; Brooklyn, New York

41 Bond; Manhattan, NY / Future Green Studio + DDG Partners. Image © K. Taro Hashimura 41 Bond; Manhattan, NY / Future Green Studio + DDG Partners. Image © K. Taro Hashimura

David Seiter established Future Green Studio in 2008 as a landscape architecture firm that recognizes a "deep integration" between architecture and landscape with an emphasis on research, fabrication, and horticulture. Recent projects include Nowadays, a Queens performance venue with a laid-back, parklike atmosphere; Spontaneous Urban Plants: Weeds in NYC, a book promoting the aesthetic and ecological benefits of weeds; and Half Street, a block-long pedestrian plaza in Washington, D.C. that uses green infrastructure to manage stormwater runoff.

Helen Leung and Elizabeth Timme / LA-Más; Los Angeles, California

Watts Community Studio; Watts, South Los Angeles, CA / LA-Más. Image Courtesy of LA-Más Watts Community Studio; Watts, South Los Angeles, CA / LA-Más. Image Courtesy of LA-Más

Nonprofit urban design group LA-Más focuses on underserved Los Angeles neighborhoods. It collaborates with community members, government agencies, and developers with a goal to grow cities equitably through design projects and policy initiatives. Recent work includes Go Avenue 26, enhanced public transit access near a major highway overpass in East Los Angeles; and "Backyard Basics: An Alternative Story for the Accessory Dwelling Unit," a conceptual proposal exploring how collectively developed accessory dwelling units could serve as a model for affordable housing along the LA River.

Chris Baribeau, Josh Siebert, and Jason Wright / modus studio; Fayetteville, Arkansas

University of Arkansas Art + Design District: Sculpture Studio; Fayetteville, Arkansas / modus studio. Image © Timothy Hursley University of Arkansas Art + Design District: Sculpture Studio; Fayetteville, Arkansas / modus studio. Image © Timothy Hursley

Established in 2008, modus studio works across a variety of scales, from furniture design to master planning. The studio is founded on the idea that "relevant and inspiring architecture can be sourced from simple, everyday experiences." Recent projects include Green Forest Middle School, a reinterpretation of traditional school design for a small agricultural community; Eco Modern Flats, a renovation of four dated Fayetteville apartment buildings to improve aesthetics, performance, and sustainability; and a transformation of a warehouse on a brownfield site into a University of Arkansas sculpture studio.

The 2018 Emerging Voices jury included:

First Round Jury

  • Virginia San Fratello
  • Sebastian Schmaling
  • Wonne Ickx
  • Lola Sheppard
  • Marcelo Spina
  • Carlos Jimenez
  • Marlon Blackwell

Second Round Jury

  • Sunil Bald
  • Lisa Gray
  • Stella Betts
  • Jing Liu
  • Paul Makovsky
  • Tom Phifer
  • Chris Reed
  • Billie Tsien

Learn more about the awards, here, and check out last year's winners, here.

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Magnolia Mound Visitors Center / Trahan Architects

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST

© Timothy Hursley © Timothy Hursley
  • Architects: Trahan Architects
  • Location: 2040 Iowa St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802, United States
  • Lead Architects: Victor F. "Trey" Trahan, III, FAIA
  • Team: Brad McWhirter, AIA, Mark Hash, Ben Rath, Michael McCune, Kim Nguyen, AIA, Sarah Cancienne
  • Area: 4000.0 ft2
  • Project Year: 2013
  • Photographs: Timothy Hursley
  • Landscape Architecture: Reed Hilderbrand
  • Mep Engineering: AST Engineers
  • Civil Engineering: ABMB Engineers
  • Structural Engineering: McLaren Engineering Group
  • Cultural Planner: Lord Cultural Resources
  • General Contractor: Omega General Contractors
© Timothy Hursley © Timothy Hursley

Text description provided by the architects. Situated on high ground adjacent to the Mississippi River, Magnolia Mound was a working plantation established in 1791. Today, Magnolia Mound's mission is to illustrate and interpret the French Creole lifestyle through educational programs, workshops, lectures, festivals and other special events. The design intent of the project is to emphasize the importance of site and topography as it relates to Magnolia Mound.

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The minimal intervention seeks to elevate the existing historic buildings and site by establishing a clear threshold for visitors as they circulate around the base of the mound. As one transitions through the new visitor center and ascends to the top of the mound, the building merges with the landscape to become unobtrusive and imperceptible. The top of the new structure aligns with the elevation of the high ground of the mound, establishing a datum which links old and new architecture on site.

© Timothy Hursley © Timothy Hursley
© Timothy Hursley © Timothy Hursley

Translucent channel glass was selected to subtly obscure occupants within and around the new building like an impressionist painting – blurring the distinction between new and old, building and landscape. The museum display cases were designed as a complementary element to the new architectural intervention. Inspired by the work of Donald Judd and Sol Lewitt, these solid aluminum fixtures attempt to bridge between sculpture, furniture, and architecture; providing storage space, display opportunities, and point of sale.

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What Does it Take to Design a Super Bowl Stadium?

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:30 AM PST

© Nic Lehoux © Nic Lehoux

On the 4th of February, Minneapolis will host the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles for the 52nd Super Bowl. With over 100 million people expected to watch the game this Sunday, all eyes will be on the city of Minneapolis—a city known for not allowing the harsh climate get in the way of their celebrations—and the brand new US Bank Stadium, where a huge permanent roof will ensure that, come rain, shine, or snow, Minneapolitans will have a space to gather and enjoy themselves.

HKS Architects took on the challenge of designing the stadium to replace the Minnesota Viking's previous home, the Metrodome, which was known as "Minneapolis's living room" for the strong relationship it had with the population as both a civic hub and a stadium. Unlike past stadiums the Dallas-based architects have designed, the US Bank Stadium required a different outlook, with a focus on designing a catalyst for public infrastructure and a communal space that provokes interaction with the community. So how did they achieve a structure that can both host the Super Bowl yet remain a prominent part of the city for years to come? We spoke to the lead architect on the US Bank Stadium, Lance Evans, about how to design and construct the centerpiece for one of the biggest sports events of the year.

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One of the key aspects noted repeatedly by Evans was the strength of their collaborations. HKS themselves specialize in building sports stadiums, with some of their other notable projects in the works including the new stadium for the MLB's Texas Rangers and the 2018 World Cup stadium in Russia. However, the cold weather created multiple challenges in terms of construction and design that they were less familiar with. Evans explained how throughout the construction process HKS collaborated with Mortensen, contractors from the region that were adept at working in Minnesota's climate.

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For such a large and important building, careful planning and constant communication between all the parties involved was key. The architects and contractors worked collaboratively, exchanging building information models (BIM) back and forth throughout the entire process so HKS could respond and evolve their design to suit the construction needs. Mortensen were able to add a time dimension to that BIM information, creating a four-dimensional model of the project to accurately map when pieces of the building would arrive on site and to help break down the complexity of the Super Bowl stadium.

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The Super Bowl will see the US Bank Stadium open its doors to over 70,000 football fans this weekend and to ease the flow of people into the stadium, HKS also collaborated with engineers Thornton Tomasetti to design the huge glass pivotal doors, each measuring 55 by 95 feet (16.8 by 29 meters). The team worked together to overcome the challenges of how to physically move and rotate the heavy doors, eventually coming up with a hydraulic piston system that opens and closes the doors in a series of five minutes. Another issue arose around keeping the snow and cold out of the doors. "It became a complex study of how the doors come together and how the seals of the doors overlap, and we were able to guarantee the closure was secure," explains Evans. "We did a series of table-top mockups and lab test mockups that related to different seals, foam seals, plastic seals, silicon, and different ways of overlapping, different mechanisms of geometry in order to ensure that the doors were going to function just as well in the closed position."

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Working hand in hand with the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) and the Vikings, HKS manifested a design that understood their needs in a way that suited both the client and location. Although the clients had requested a retractable roof in their brief, the architects saw that it would not be suitable for the climate of Minneapolis and questioned what was really being asked for: a connection to the outside and access to natural light while providing a better internal environment. All of these desires, they realized, could be achieved by reinterpreting the brief and using ETFE.

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This was the first time that HKS had used ETFE in one of their projects; "we had initially done some studies for the Minnesota Vikings in the late 2000s; we did some preliminary studies of the stadium proposal which didn't end up going through," says Evans. "During that original proposal, we had thrown out the idea of utilizing ETFE as a material that could get all the benefits that the client wanted." Fast-forward ten years and the uncharted material was revisited as a solution to all their problems. The ETFE roof weighs only 1% of what it would if it were built with glass, yet it still allows maximum transparency as well as the ability to control the amount of solar radiation by fritting the material.

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The final design ended up becoming something very different from what the MSFA and the Vikings had initially envisioned, but Evans is confident about the result. "The idea as designers, it's about how to interpret their needs and I think ultimately, at the beginning, we manifested something very different from what they had initially thought. But they ended up loving the building and what it has done for that portion of Minneapolis." Through questioning the brief and collaborating with local experts, the architects successfully built a stadium capable of hosting the Big Game.

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U.S. Bank Stadium: A Game-Changing, Multi-Purpose NFL Stadium

Architecture's ability to bring people together is perhaps one of its greatest, awe-inspiring traits. And while the "bringing people together" part is usually meant figuratively, there is no building type quite as marvelous as the stadium, a place that literally gathers tens of thousands of individuals in one place, at the same time.

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House in Ovar / Nelson Resende

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:00 AM PST

© João Morgado © João Morgado
  • Architects: Nelson Resende
  • Localization: R. Dr. José Falcão 204, 3880-250 Ovar, Portugal
  • Architect In Charge: Nelson Resende
  • Area: 216.35 m2
  • Project Year: 2017
  • Photographs: João Morgado
© João Morgado © João Morgado

Text description provided by the architects. The recovery of the house located at Rua Dr. José Falcão, aimed to introduce a series of capital gains that would enable its full utilization, in a completely current and according to the specific pretensions of a household that recently acquired the property.

© João Morgado © João Morgado
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Thus, after finding that the existing constructions, far from forming a fully coherent set, showed some indications of different treatment and states of conservation quite different from each other, it was easily concluded what to save and what to destroy, even though it is perceived that , the intervention should guarantee its own logic, a result that shows coherence and at the same time the naturalness that characterizes it - a splited intervention was not advocated here, which, even if it guaranteed an image or a set of easily readable images, did not introduce a degree of depth and density as it should characterize the architecture.

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The house is located in a structural artery of the city of Ovar and the implantation, bordering the access road, leaning against the adjacent buildings, allows the repetition of an urban model of frequent use, that allows a peripheral occupation of the blocks and liberates its interior, for use mainly destined to the individual ends, as it happens here. 

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In this scenario, both the secondary construction and the main house itself, present a logic of implementation supported by two main elevations, the street and the inside façade, which establish relations of a different form, more representative/formal in the elevation facing the street and more uncommitted in the inner, private elevation.

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In addition, the buildings clearly accentuate their function, allowing a hierarchical reading, maintaining a more trivial relationship in the way the secondary building is constructed and presenting a constructively richer architecture for the dwelling, namely the noble spaces of more permanent use.

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Not only the materials, the richness of the construction and the scale of the spaces themselves distinguish each other, ensuring greater spatiality for the nobler spaces and relegating to the spaces of the secondary building the more contained scales.

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In this sense, the intervention proposes a revaluation of these principles of action, introducing a logic of continuity, not of rupture.

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Regarding the areas of occupation, it is proposed to maintain the existing areas of implantation, with only a regularization of the existing outbuilding that maintains the same area of implantation but is rebuilt, taking into account its advanced state of degradation.

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Thus the spaces of social use and of greater permanence are destined to the main volume allowing to take advantage of the areas of the compartments and try to adapt them to the functions more propitious for the same ones. 

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Complementarily, in the secondary volume, it is proposed the location of the garage space facing the street and the area of private use of the house, facing the interior of the street.

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Finally, in the outbuilding redesigned in the meantime, it is proposed the location of support spaces, essentially the laundry and a small storage. 

As for the attic floor of the main volume of the dwelling, the proposal foresees the maintenance of this space as a multipurpose space of support and generic use, despite introducing a new vertical access, a toilet and natural lighting through 3 mansard.

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The proposal accuses the weight of the existing patrimonial wealth, and consciously tries to incorporate it as valid in the current solution, avoiding the musealization but also denying a more radical posture to erase all traces of a past, despite everything relatively present and valid for the use of the house, in current form.

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Materially, the purpose was to keep as much as possible the constructive logic of existing building, ensuring that the new elements introduced did not cause significant disturbances in the spaces.

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With regard to the treatment of outdoor spaces, the objective was to introduce a more unified reading into space, ensuring a more complex plant treatment perimeter by introducing a hedge and allowing a less crowded core, more available for less regulated use/committed and more versatile.

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Finally, in terms of substantially visible alterations in the elevations of the buildings, on the ground floor, at the level of the secondary construction, it was foreseen the introduction of an almost total opening to the street, allowing the use of the respective interior space as a garage and, on the contrary, a more controlled opening of the two bedrooms to the plot - the elevations are therefore practically redone, having as principle the introduction of spans that maintain the scale of the construction, provided to the new program and its uses, but modern reinterpreting the more decorative sense of the tiles, reintroduced of apparent form in the stamping of the existent standard

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Reebok Teams Up With Gensler to Turn Gas Stations Into Fitness Hubs

Posted: 01 Feb 2018 12:00 AM PST

Courtesy of Gensler Courtesy of Gensler

The gas station does not usually catch one's fancy. It is a ubiquitous building, one built primarily for function instead of for pleasure or community. We see them all the time but barely give them a second glance unless the need arises - and then, we get our fuel, and we are out of the station in minutes.  

With the smell of gasoline and the usual convenience store spread, these service stations do not exude any particular sense of wellness. Neither have their flat, perennial structures captured the imagination of architects - until now. 

Reebok and Gensler are the first to catch on to the enormous potential of the common gas station. These buildings sit on prime real-estate all over the country, from highways to local streets. In their new collaborative project, "Get Pumped," the global architecture firm and the fitness brand are coming up with a plan to re-do the gas station as we know it. 

"Get Pumped" by Reebok and Gensler "Get Pumped" by Reebok and Gensler

"We love to think about how the world can be healthier, improved, and more wellness-minded," said Arlyn Vogelmann, a principal at Gensler. "So when we were redesigning Reebok's headquarters and helping them move from a suburban location to downtown Boston, our two teams got to thinking, what are the way we can revitalize old gas stations to something useful for communities?"

Gas stations are an overlooked property. There are around 114,000 gas stations in America alone. When automobiles were introduced in America, filling stations naturally followed suit. But by 2030, Reebok and Gensler think that consumers may not need to refuel the same way, thanks to electric vehicles and self-driving cars. Instead of watching fuel stations fall to waste, the team thinks these structures open up new possibilities for sports architecture and for people to recharge instead.

Their plan is to re-do the gas station along three different scales.

The Network: In their future world, major interstate rest stops will serve as power grids. Travelers driving across the country on long journeys can now stop and generate energy. These places will offer spinning, boxing, Crossfit, Les Mils, and a running trail. 

The Network by Reebok and Gensler The Network by Reebok and Gensler

The Oasis: The larger gas stations in suburban areas will function as recharge zones. There can be a farm share meal or a farm to table eatery as well as yoga and meditation pods and herb gardens.

The Oasis by Reebok and Gensler The Oasis by Reebok and Gensler

The Community Center: Small town gas stations will be places for the local community to get together to enhance their healthy life. Here, people can charge electric cars. In the auto repair shop, there will be nutrition classes. The minimart will offer local healthy food and pop-up trucks will offer Crossfit and Spin classes. 

The Community Center by Reebok and Gensler The Community Center by Reebok and Gensler

Vogelmann hopes that this adaptive re-use project can expand the architectural vocabulary of gas retail, "from the old route 66 version to the modern version, where it is streamlined - and some stations may even retain some vintage design elements."

Reebok and Gensler's project is part of a wider trend towards urban and health innovations and new ways to think about promoting wellness. Another up-and-coming company in this field is Cityblock Health, a Sidewalk Labs-incubated company that is working to build "around-the-block" community health centers, starting in New York. When Vogelmann learnt about Cityblock Health, she gushed. "This is absolutely drawing upon the same inspiration. I love the idea of Cityblock. Easy, convenient, enriching the urban fabric at many different scales." 

"Cars are typically used for suburban commutes, so that is where we're looking at with our project. The suburbs. But with Cityblock Health, that's kind of the realm of the urban model. We are companions."

We're looking towards companies like Reebok and Gensler to use technology and design to come up with new ways for us to stay healthy, whether in the city, in the suburbs, or on the road. Vogelmann expressed that there has been lots of buzz over the project and that they would love to expand soon. 

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21 Winning Ideas Revealed to Participate in Future Architecture 2018

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 10:00 PM PST

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The members of Future Architecture have selected 21 ideas out of more than 200 submissions in this year's open call for ideas. The winners will be invited to the two days Matchmaking Conference in February at the Museum of Architecture and Design (MAO) located in Ljubljana, where they will present their submissions and earn a chance to participate in the conference's series of events.

Check out the list of winners and their proposals after the break.

The top 21 submissions, in no particular order, are:

Read more about the Future Architecture Platform, here.

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Brighton Photography Centre / Nex—

Posted: 31 Jan 2018 09:00 PM PST

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  • Architects: Nex—
  • Location: Brighton, United Kingdom
  • Architect In Charge: Director: Alan Dempsey, Architects Keti Carapuli, Kwon Sung, Jakob Beer, Javier Cardos, Andreas Cesarini
  • Area: 3400.0 m2
  • Project Year: 2016
  • Photographs: Jim Stephenson
  • Qs: Gardiner Theobald
  • Contractor: Balfour Beatty
  • Interiors: Nex—
  • Structural Engineer: Buro Happold
  • M&E Engineer: Atelier Ten
  • Fire Engineer: Buro Happold
  • Client: University of Brighton
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Text description provided by the architects. Creating a publicly accessible campus vision, this project has transformed a dated office building into a vibrant new space for the University and the City.

© Jim Stephenson © Jim Stephenson
© Jim Stephenson © Jim Stephenson

In response to significant growth in student numbers, the faculty of Art at the University of Brighton is implementing a Campus concept that will consolidate their estate and open new spaces up to the public. Following an appointment to undertake a feasibility masterplan, two key campus buildings were envisioned. Nex went on to be appointed for the detailed design of the first building. At the core of the project is the transformation of an unloved 1960's office building into a vibrant, functional learning and social space for both Photography and Film students and the public.

Basement Plan Basement Plan
Ground Floor Plan Ground Floor Plan
1st Floor Plan 1st Floor Plan

The interior of the new building is characterised by ribbon like walls that transition from open flowing exhibition and social spaces to enclosed specialist, teaching and learning spaces. The ground floor is a public exhibition and event space, acting as a hub for regional cultural partners.

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The concept of artistic production is carried up through the building through vibrantly coloured stairs and circulation lobbies displaying historical photographic instruments and prints. Bringing together learning, art and culture, this space offers a new shared forum of exchange for students and the city alike.

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