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- Public School near Paris / richard+schoeller
- "Station Russia": The Russian Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Biennale
- Campo de Ourique 70 Building / Fragmentos de Arquitectura
- Summer House in the Stockholm Archipelago / Kod Arkitekter
- Refurbishment of the Maisonette Apartment in Bratislava / Lang Benedek Associated Architects
- Morpheus Hotel / Zaha Hadid Architects
- Habitat Qinghuangdao / Safdie Architects
- Lan Din / Sher Maker
- Sky Center / PAL Design
- David T. Beals III Studio for Art + Technology / Gould Evans
- Escondido / Alberto Kalach
- Enliven Your Renders with Studio Esinam's Hi-Res Cutouts, Free with ArchDaily Discount Code
- Do Not Try This at Home: The 25 Worst Interior Design Trends of the Last 50 Years
- Sawmill / Olson Kundig
- Spotlight: Kevin Roche
- The Evolution of the Stadium: How the World Cup Has Influenced the Design of Sports Venues
- LA House / Esquadra Arquitetos + Yi Arquitetos
- 10 Boathouses That Take Architecture Over the Edge of Dry Land
- 28 Booths to Visit During the AIA 2018 Architecture Expo
- Concrete Shells: Design Principles and Examples
| Public School near Paris / richard+schoeller Posted: 14 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Sergio Grazia
 © Sergio Grazia Text description provided by the architects. Located in the city center, the 8 classes school is accompanied by an urban change of pedestrian routes. Located against the old fortification, the building on one level is sheltered by a roof terrace entirely reachable and vegetated.  © Sergio Grazia  Floor Plan  © Sergio Grazia The specificity of the structure is a cantilevered slab of 2.26 and 2.50 m. It is connected by Schöck Effective thermal break. The building is based on a mixed concrete and steel structure.  © Sergio Grazia  Section  © Sergio Grazia It respects HQE environmental certifications and has a carbon footprint < 250 eqCO2 / m2. The quality of the air, essential for a school is obtained by using not any material like PVC or emitting phthalates.  © Sergio Grazia  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| "Station Russia": The Russian Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Biennale Posted: 14 Jun 2018 09:00 PM PDT .jpg?1528079465 "Courtesy of The Russian Pavilion") Courtesy of The Russian Pavilion As part of our 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale coverage, we present the completed Russian Pavilion. To read the inital proposal, refer to our previously published post, "Russian Pavilion at 2018 Venice Biennale to Explore Rich Railway History." The Russian Pavilion highlights the past, present, and future of Russian railways. The exhibition shows railways as a response to a landscape which is in many places uninhabitable, allowing the people who use them to explore Russia's expansive territories. .jpg?1528079373 "Courtesy of The Russian Pavilion") Courtesy of The Russian Pavilion  Courtesy of The Russian Pavilion The pavilion space itself has been transformed into a train station, which fills its five "halls" with artwork and multimedia installations designed by contemporary architects.  Courtesy of Anna Mikheeva .jpg?1528079486 "Courtesy of The Russian Pavilion") Courtesy of The Russian Pavilion .jpg?1528078250 "Courtesy of Anna Mikheeva") Courtesy of Anna Mikheeva  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Campo de Ourique 70 Building / Fragmentos de Arquitectura Posted: 14 Jun 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
 © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG 2 mismatched terraces  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Fourth Floor Plan  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG We sought to create two dwellings with unique features, ensuring the privacy of those who inhabit this space. The building turns itself away from the proximity of neighbouring buildings, opening up instead on to two cutout corner terraces which guarantee natural light and ventilation. We propose to create two outdoor living spaces reinterpreting the traditional patio, so characteristic of this area.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Summer House in the Stockholm Archipelago / Kod Arkitekter Posted: 14 Jun 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Måns Berg
 © Måns Berg Text description provided by the architects. An archipelago residence with spaces for both social activities and privacy, making the most of an exceptional location. That was the vision for this summer house in the northern Stockholm archipelago, which combines Japanese simplicity with Scandinavian cottage traditions. The house is located on an island and is surrounded by the forest and the sea. In order to maximize these qualities, we let the site lead the way when creating the design: With its elongated shape, window setting and the location of the rooms and the patios, the design maximizes the outlook on the water and the unspoiled nature.  © Måns Berg An unusual circumstance – and a clear challenge – was to preserve the small cottage that was already on the site. The cottage is connected to the new house through a common roof and together they form a new whole. In addition to the Scandinavian traditions, the house draws inspiration from Japan, in an interpretation where simplicity, wood and the relationship with the surrounding nature are at the heart of the architecture.  © Måns Berg  Section  © Måns Berg The house has a combined living room and kitchen, and the family wanted this area to be spacious and with a lot of headroom. The plan has a cross-like structure with common areas in the center and the private rooms located at the ends. The shape gives the house one of its most important features: the possibility of both active social spaces as well as quiet, private zones. The living room, kitchen, and patio are designed to accommodate many; comfortable and practical rooms where family, relatives, and friends can cook dinner and socialize, surrounded by the beautiful archipelago nature.  © Måns Berg  Floor Plan  © Måns Berg The building is made of wood, an obvious choice of material for a location this close to nature. To overcome the level differences on the site, the protruding volume in the center of the structure is supported by steel posts, which gives the impression that the house hovers over the ground. The effect creates a beautiful relationship between the building and the landscape, with its features of heather and rocks. The roof that connects the two volumes makes it possible to use the patio even when it rains or when the dew settles. This way the house is adapted for Swedish summer – it works in all kinds of weather.  © Måns Berg  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Refurbishment of the Maisonette Apartment in Bratislava / Lang Benedek Associated Architects Posted: 14 Jun 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © studio flusser
 © studio flusser Text description provided by the architects. Refurbishment of the maisonette, which is part of a fifteen-year-old development in Dúbravka Bratislava, was a challenge – growing bigger, since the investor, representing a five-member family, demanded the reconstruction to be radical. Attention and greatest care was therefore devoted to shared spaces, their maximum improvement and even enlargement.  © studio flusser To the common part, a large terrace with an area of almost two thirds of the apartment and originally accessible only from two rooms on the upper level, was newly included by the addition of a gallery. This platform serves as a library and relaxing reading space, as well as a spot of parental control over the space below at the same time. The shape of the bookshelf freely follows the silhouette of a sloping ceiling of the apartment on the top floor. Translucent shades on the upper lever do not obscure, but soften and diffuse the incoming light so that it is pleasant inside, even when a person is tired by the outdoor view.  Plan The central motif of the interior is a soft painting of light and shadow, supported by a visual rhythm – both composed of the materials and colours. The foundation is made of finely tuned surfaces in white, grey, beige tones, such as natural linoleum or wall with a clay look. The carefully chosen counterpoints of the painted calm are the anthracite circle of a slate dining table and two deep-blue orthogonal elements (both pieces by Patricia Koyšová): an artistically treated TV cabinet and a painting on the opposite wall. The effect of tinted-colour tones is also reflected in the subtle woodwork design of the custom-made storage spaces. The maximum use of the entrance hall, the minimalistic design of the closet or the flush-fitting doors in the wall of living room are in the background of the home fixtures geometry.  © studio flusser Vertical spruce slats play here in various situations the role of a décor, railing or cladding, enhancing the height of the maisonette and the verticality of the apartment composition, they represent one of the most expressive aesthetic architectural interventions. The elegant kitchen block, like other main storage spaces, is tailor-made with handle-less push-to-open cabinets and drawers. The aim was to achieve a pure impression of the monochromatic surface geometrically broken down by the gap lines. Black steel joinery of the slats, black lights and lampshades, as well as chairs or the library are then other geometric, almost graphic, inputs corresponding to the clear concept of subtle lines.  © studio flusser  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Morpheus Hotel / Zaha Hadid Architects Posted: 14 Jun 2018 04:00 PM PDT  © Virgile Simon Bertrand
 © Ivan Dupont Text description provided by the architects. Asia's most popular entertainment destination, Macau welcomed more than 32 million tourists in 2017, with visitor numbers increasing every year. Located in Cotai, Macau, City of Dreams is a leading integrated resort including casino, two theatres, shopping district, 20 restaurants and four hotels.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand Informed by the fluid forms within China's rich traditions of jade carving, the Morpheus' design combines dramatic public spaces and generous guest rooms with innovative engineering and formal cohesion.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand Conceived as a vertical extrusion of its rectangular footprint, a series of voids is carved through its centre to create an urban window connecting the hotel's interior communal spaces with the city and generating the sculptural forms that define the hotel's public spaces.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand Linked at ground level with the surrounding three-storey podium of the City of Dreams resort, the Morpheus houses 770 guest rooms, suites and sky villas, and includes civic spaces, meeting and event facilities, gaming rooms, lobby atrium, restaurants, spa and rooftop pool, as well as extensive back-of-house areas and ancillary facilities.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand The design resolves the hotel's many complex programmes within a single cohesive envelope. Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) was commissioned to build the hotel in 2012. At that time, foundations were already in place of a condominium tower that did not progress.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand ZHA designed the Morpheus as a simple extrusion of the existing abandoned foundations; using this rectangular footprint to define a 40-storey building of two internal vertical circulation cores connected at podium and roof levels where the many guest amenities were required.  Section  © Virgile Simon Bertrand  Atrium Section This extrusion generated a monolithic block making best use its development envelope that is restricted to a 160m height by local planning codes. This block was then 'carved' with voids.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand The underlying diagram of the hotel's design is a pair of towers connected at ground and roof levels. The central atrium in-between these towers runs the height of the hotel and is traversed by external voids that connect the north and south facades. These voids create the urban window that links the hotel's interior communal spaces with the city.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand Three horizontal vortices generate the voids through the building and define the hotel's dramatic internal public spaces; creating unique corner suites with spectacular views of both the atrium and the city. This arrangement maximises the number of hotel rooms with external views and guarantees an equal room distribution on either side of the building.  Section In-between the free-form voids that traverse the atrium, a series of bridges create unique spaces for the hotel's restaurants, bars and guest lounges by renowned chefs including Alain Ducasse and Pierre Hermé. The atrium's twelve glass elevators provide guests with remarkable views of the hotel's interior and exterior as they travel between the voids of the building.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand As one of the world's leading hotels, the Morpheus' interior spaces necessitated a high degree of adaptability to accommodate the many varying requirements of its guest amenities. The building's exoskeleton optimizes the interiors by creating spaces that are uninterrupted by supporting walls or columns. The world's first free-form high-rise exoskeleton, its rich pattern of structural members at lower levels progresses upwards to a less dense grid of lighter members at its summit.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand Morpheus draws on a ZHA's 40 years of research into the integration of interior and exterior, civic and private, solid and void, Cartesian and Einsteinian. Space is woven within structure to tie disparate programmes together and constantly make connections. Viviana Muscettola, ZHA's project director explains, "Morpheus combines its optimal arrangement with structural integrity and sculptural form. The design is intriguing as it makes no reference to traditional architectural typologies.  © Virgile Simon Bertrand "Macau's buildings have previously referenced architecture styles from around the world. Morpheus has evolved from its unique environment and site conditions as a new architecture expressly of this city. "The expertise of all members of the Morpheus team has created new possibilities for architecture," continued Muscettola. "The comprehensive parametric model combined all of the hotel's aesthetic, structural and fabrication requirements and will radically change how our built environment is planned and constructed."  © Virgile Simon Bertrand Lawrence Ho, chairman and CEO of Melco Resorts said, "From the very beginning, we shared ZHA's vision and determination to push boundaries. Morpheus offers a journey of the imagination. From the curved exterior to the dramatic interior spaces, it pleases the eye and excites the senses: a contemporary masterpiece to be enjoyed by many generations to come."  © Ivan Dupont  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Habitat Qinghuangdao / Safdie Architects Posted: 14 Jun 2018 03:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Kerry Properties and Safdie Architects
 Courtesy of Kerry Properties and Safdie Architects Text description provided by the architects. The design for the Phase I of Qinhuangdao Golden Dream Bay, a high-density beachfront residential community, utilizes a series of stacked vertical modules, creating a porous massing punctuated with terraces and gardens. Arranged in stepped patterns along the shore, the composition creates large urban windows, framing views and fostering a sense of openness.  Courtesy of Kerry Properties and Safdie Architects The complex is organized around a beachfront boardwalk running north–south, and an east–west bazaarlike spine that connects abutting communities with the beach. The crisscrossing of these two community spines links the city with the waterfront and provides for daytime and nighttime activities throughout all seasons. This stands in contrast to typical high-density development patterns that tend to segregate the city from the water's edge.  Courtesy of Kerry Properties and Safdie Architects The project's overall massing consists of individual 15-story slab buildings that connect and stack vertically in two tiers for a total height of 30 stories. The building blocks are staggered and join corner to corner between tiers, creating a mixture of units that offer a great variety of openness and views.  Courtesy of Kerry Properties and Safdie Architects Many units feature gardens open to the sky, while other units have solariums, bay windows, or balconies. In addition, garden/pool areas top the parking deck and enliven the 15th and 30th community levels.  Courtesy of Kerry Properties and Safdie Architects At level 15, between the tiers, a community thoroughfare links the building blocks and allows residents to traverse the entire complex surrounded by greenery and city and ocean views. Within this unconventional massing, the rational geometry allows for conventional construction and highly efficient service cores.  Courtesy of Kerry Properties and Safdie Architects The advantages of the unique and efficient arrangement and the benefits it provides offer a model for future urban housing development at a similar density.  Courtesy of Kerry Properties and Safdie Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu
 © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu Text description provided by the architects. Lan Din is tiny café settle in peaceful community in Chiangmai, Thailand consist of cafe , restaurant and many tiny building. Surrounding with natural local landscape.  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu  Plan  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu Design purpose is cooperate with local construction team to develop low cost construction price as client assignment with basic steel structure and wall system as they familiar to work.  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu  Section  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu The structure and building form come from industrial material sizing module (Steel length), Pillar spacing come from wall sheet sizing avoid cutting to pieces. And sizing of window and door also.  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu Context of site surrounding with existing humble landscape scene, So we design to position the building to surround the original tree and serve area as backdrop building.  Structure Isometric For this reason ,we want to push cafe function to touch natural air and light a much as possible ,Then we arrange seat area to outdoor terrace more than 50% . Link indoor café with many window and decide to use Polycarbonate sheet for let the light come inside . And make people outside can touch inside's environment, too.  © Chaiyaporn Sodabunlu We try to challenge out design to use basic industrial material and local craftsmen to make a low cost but interesting building scene.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Qilin Zhang
 © Qilin Zhang Text description provided by the architects. Dedicated to maximize the sculptural quality exemplary of contemporary architecture, geometric progression of Sky Center delineates an engaging dialogue with line and plane in every corner of the space.  © Qilin Zhang  Ground floor plan Upon entering the lobby, visitors can have their eyes feasted with the greeneries outside, thanks to the floor-length glass spanning across the two storeys which welcomes natural light which flows unimpededly into its airy interiors. Its main gate is also out of the ordinary — completed in slender rows of slanted black steel which exude character and charm.  © Qilin Zhang The same material has also been cleverly adopted for its bookshelf-inspired centrepiece in a rhythmic wave form. Despite being tucked to the back of the reception, it is sprawling in volume and connecting the two floors. Each of the shelves, together in an organic interlocking form, not only flexibly display unique ornaments as essential puzzles to the bigger look, but also creates changing shapes and forms when viewed from different angles.  © Qilin Zhang Despite its simple monochromic colour scheme, the choice of grey and white marbles with their fine and polished textures and irregular shapes soften visual contrast. In fact, in between the lobby and the meeting area, white marble partitions create pleasurable spatial progression and more importantly, a consciously large number of bended pathways and curvatures – visitors can then stop and enjoy both the view and decorations on display. They then pass through the stairs and enter the exhibition area, then a video room into the model area – all keeping up with the overall grand elegance.  Elevation  © Qilin Zhang Echoing the overall design, the meeting area comes with a ceiling which continues the characteristic look of the lobby. Its grand and elegant feature walls to the sides take the form of wavy bookshelf – again framed with black steel – and reach up to the ceiling. Just as art galleries create seasonal looks which complement built-in elements, the overall environment is about bringing the very best for its guests in its memorable grandeur.  © Qilin Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| David T. Beals III Studio for Art + Technology / Gould Evans Posted: 14 Jun 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Lara Shipley
 © Lara Shipley Text description provided by the architects. Bridging between the present and future of art, the new David T. Beals III Studio for Art and Technology at the Kansas City Art Institute creates a flexible, technology-rich learning and working environment that supports the prototyping and development of innovative student projects.  Site plan Recognizing the Institute's need for a space that helps students become skilled in using digital fabrication technologies to communicate their ideas, Gould Evans responded by designing a versatile, open, daylit volume to provide maximum flexibility, both as a daily work space and over time as educational programming and technology evolves.  © Lara Shipley The studio is a central resource shared by all the Institute's 13 majors, ranging from ceramics and sculpture to fiber and filmmaking. The new 5,000 square-foot addition to the Sculpture Department's Volker Building features a gallery and critique room where students and faculty can present, review and display their work, and a fabrication lab equipped with state-of-the-art technology. The fab lab includes interactive touch screens for digital collaboration, laser cutters, engravers, eight different types of 3D printers, computer numerical control (CNC) routers, cameras, scanners, and a digital loom.  Section The KCAI campus is traditional, yet eclectic, with campus buildings surrounding an historic estate and its original mansion, Vanderslice Hall, now the administrative center for the Institute. Designed as a counterpoint to the 1896 Vanderslice building, the Beals Studio expresses KCAI's balance of modernity and tradition. Re-using the existing structure of the Volker building, which is a previous project done by Gould Evans, the black matte metal paneling façade and simple shed form of the studio contrast gently with the historic building, contributing to the richness of the campus.  © Lara Shipley Concurrently with the construction of the new building, Gould Evans also designed a new campus entryway, landscaping, and a public plaza integrating the Beal's Studio to Vanderslice and the rest of the campus.  © Lara Shipley  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2018 08:00 AM PDT  Cortesía de Alberto Kalach
 Cortesía de Alberto Kalach Text description provided by the architects. Escondido, is a housing project designed by Architecture Workshop X directed by Alberto Kalach.  Cortesía de Alberto Kalach Located in Puerto Escondido, in the Oaxaca area, it is located on a longitudinal site parallel to the Pacific Ocean.  Cortesía de Alberto Kalach The set consists of 74 cabins arranged on a regular geometry site disposition overlooking the sea.  Cortesía de Alberto Kalach Each cabin was designed based on a simple wooden structure, reticulated in modules of 3x3 mt, concentrating the wet core at the center of the house, to leave a bedroom and common area at opposite ends with views of the landscape and a wide perimeter covered terrace. Using the same modulation, other rooms were allocated to kitchen and dining services.  Cortesía de Alberto Kalach The houses are camouflaged in the local landscape, being identifiable only by their twisted water covers, which look like bird profiles.  Cortesía de Alberto Kalach  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Enliven Your Renders with Studio Esinam's Hi-Res Cutouts, Free with ArchDaily Discount Code Posted: 14 Jun 2018 07:00 AM PDT  © Studio Esinam Swedish creative firm Studio Esinam has launched a new cutout shop, offering an aid to architects and designers seeking to enliven renders and visualizations. The studio's products, including these print elevations of iconic landmarks, are made in Sweden with an emphasis on eco-friendly materials. In celebration of the launch, the studio is offering a mixed pack of 50 diverse, high resolution cuts outs for free, normally priced at £100. Users can gain access to the offer using the discount code "archdaily" on the cutout shop here during the purchasing process. You can check out a selection of the cutout products below, or on the official website here.  © Studio Esinam  © Studio Esinam  © Studio Esinam  © Studio Esinam  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Do Not Try This at Home: The 25 Worst Interior Design Trends of the Last 50 Years Posted: 14 Jun 2018 05:30 AM PDT  © Dmitri Kessel The laws of home decor often derive from personal opinion, varying depending on which "expert" you ask. In an effort to uncover the most serial interior design crimes of our time, technology giant Samsung turned to the British public. In a public vote of 2000 UK adults, Samsung asked participants to vote on the worst interior design trends of the past 50 years. The results are as controversial as they are varied, with a total of 25 trends spanning half a century, and leaving no room intact. From bidets to beaded curtains, waterbeds to wallpaper borders, we set out Samsung's findings below on the worst design trends in living memory. Have they missed something?
To add a note of positivity, Samsung also asked the British public to vote on the best interior design trends from the same time period, with open plan living triumphing with 66% of the vote, followed by rustic furnishings with 49%. News via: Samsung  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Kevin Scott / Olson Kundig
 © Kevin Scott / Olson Kundig Text description provided by the architects. Set in the harsh high desert of California, Sawmill is a family retreat embedded into the tough, scrubby landscape. Sawmill harnesses the challenges and opportunities of its remote site, emphasizing sustainable strategies and reclaimed materials. Demonstrating that high design can also be high performance, Sawmill is a net-zero home that operates completely off the grid.  © Gabe Border The client brief called for a self-sufficient home that maximized connection between architecture and nature, and between family members inside. Riffing on the tradition of tents around a campfire, the house is comprised of three wings connected by the central hearth in the living area. Here, a 12-by-26-foot window wall retracts with the turn of a wheel, transforming the outdoor patio into the fourth "tent" around the fire.  © Gabe Border  Section  © Kevin Scott / Olson Kundig Tough as nails, Sawmill is made from durable materials that can withstand the harsh climate, where fires are a major hazard in summer and winters are extremely cold. The design approach was driven by a scavenger mentality, seeking always to do more with less, including using salvaged and recycled materials whenever possible.  © Gabe Border Carefully sited to minimize disturbance to its remote environment, Sawmill acknowledges that while the desert is harsh, it is also fragile. Historically, the valley had been used for mining, ranching and logging – hence the name "Sawmill." Recognizing this past exploitation of the site, the homeowners wanted their house to give back to the land, rather than take from it. Sawmill stands as a testament to high design as an environmental ethic – a building that connects people to place.  © Gabe Border  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 14 Jun 2018 03:30 AM PDT  College Life Insurance Company Headquarters. Image © KRJDA Known for his progressive aesthetics and vast body of work, 1982 Pritzker Prize laureate Kevin Roche (born June 14, 1922) has headed numerous projects of varying program and scale as the design principal of his firm Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates. In 1980, shortly before the death of Roche's business partner John Dinkeloo, the firm was described by critic C. Ray Smith in 1980 as "the most aesthetically daring and innovative American firm of architects now working."  © Nathan Benn Born in Ireland, Roche's early years as an architect are telling: he first moved to the USA in 1948 to study under Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology but left after just one semester, swapping Mies' strict formulaic style for a much more expressive modernism when he joined the firm of Eliel and Eero Saarinen, eventually becoming Eero Saarinen's principal design associate.  Knights of Columbus Building. Image © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/61614216@N02/7154045899'>Flickr user cjreddaway</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> (cropped) Following Saarinen's death, Roche took over the firm alongside John Lacey and John Dinkeloo. They completed many of Saarinen's unfinished projects, including The Gateway Arch of St. Louis, and the TWA terminal of JFK airport. Among his most notable works at Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates are the College Life Insurance Company Headquarters, the The Ford Foundation, and the Knights of Columbus building.  The Ford Foundation. Image © <a href='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ford_foundation_building_1.JPG'>Wikimedia user Stakhanov</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en'>CC BY 3.0</a>  The Ford Foundation. Image © <a href='https://www.flickr.com/photos/sixteenmilesofstring/19375212824'>Flickr user sixteenmilesofstring</a> licensed under <a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/'>CC BY 2.0</a> During his career, he has garnered numerous awards including the Pritzker, the AIA Gold Medal, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal. In spite of this wide recognition, however, it can be difficult to identify his designs as part of the same body of work, and he has rejected the labels people often try to apply to him; speaking in the early 1980s about his headquarters for General Foods, he explained that the building "is not post-modern or pre-modern. It is simply the most obvious thing I could have done."  College Life Insurance Company HQ. Image © Jimmy Baikovicius See all of Kevin Roche's work featured ArchDaily via the thumbnails below, and more about Roche below those: Kevin Roche Reflects on His Five Decade Career, From Beginnings in Ireland to His US Career Ford Foundation Renovations by Gensler Approved by New York Landmarks Commission 'Kevin Roche: Architecture as Environment' Exhibition Review Wavelength Pictures' Documentary Set to Revisit the Life and Work of Kevin Roche References: Pritzker Prize  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Evolution of the Stadium: How the World Cup Has Influenced the Design of Sports Venues Posted: 14 Jun 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Courtesy of Foster + Partners When the Greeks carved stone steps into the side of a hill, they were aiming to create a seated area for people to rest and from which to have an excellent view of the stage at the amphitheater's center. over two millennia later, these objectives are still key to stadium design principles, however, with an ever-increasing global reach and the need for multiple functions, the goal posts for what makes a successful arena are always being moved. As you prepare to watch the 2018 World Cup hosted in Russia, take a look at this list of notable stadium designs in World Cup history which have influenced the evolution of stadium design. The Original Stadium |
| LA House / Esquadra Arquitetos + Yi Arquitetos Posted: 14 Jun 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Joana França
 © Joana França Text description provided by the architects. Intended for a couple with two daughters, this house plan takes advantage of the descending slope of the lot, which is situated in a gated community. There is a level difference of approximately 2 meters (6.5 feet) between the front edge of the lot and the lower edge, which matches to the surrounding wall of the community. The intention was to arrange the project so that it made the house more accessible, and allowed for a lavish façade with a more adequate scale on the side of the street of the gated community.  © Joana França  Perspective  © Joana França The plan is divided into three levels. The ground floor, on the same level of the main entrance, is defined by a wide plateau that begins at the side walk and extends up to the back of the lot; it projects over the garage as the deck of the leisure area.  © Joana França  Elevation  © Joana França Three bedroom and bathroom suites are set on the upper floor, far from the street, and they rest on the wall that leads to the main access on the ground floor. This floor is above the kitchen and service block. The upper floor results in a suspended block that generates a space on the ground floor, which constitutes the living and dining rooms. The garage is taken off the façade and hidden under the solarium, on the lower level, thus taking advantage of the descending slope of the lot. Releasing the garage from the façade is made possible by a lateral driveway ramp, since the lot is 17,5m (57.5 feet) wide.
The social area and, TV room, and guest suite, which are facing the street, have a lavish garden in the space between them. That space is essential for the natural illumination and ventilation of the inner areas. A glazed tile panel, hand painted by the house owner, forms the background for the garden and social areas, and can be seen from the recreation area. Vertical circulation takes place at a tower through a stairway embedded in a central pillar, which simultaneously supports the technical slab and water reservoirs at its top. A closure made of glass and perforated metal sheet grants the desired privacy as well as some transparency to the vertical element, which is of great significance in the final volumetric composition.  © Joana França Moreover, in the main façade there is a mirror-like sheet of water that soothes Brasilia’s predominantly warm and dry weather and reflects the wooden panel; this water is an element that strengthens the straight connection of the house with the street. Finally, rotating panels protect the inner areas from the afternoon sun without blocking the sight to the exterior.  © Joana França  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 10 Boathouses That Take Architecture Over the Edge of Dry Land Posted: 14 Jun 2018 01:00 AM PDT  © Paul Ott photografiert Whether lining a river bustling with rowing crews or sitting calmly at the edge of a lake, boathouses have a storied history and an inexplicable romance to match their unusual program. Designed for use as a training facility for elite rowers, a vacationer's waterfront playground, shoreline retreat, or even as a historical preservation project, boathouses captivate the imagination as they transcend the limits of the land-form relationship on their site.  © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing Leaving land creates a number of challenges and opportunities for an architect, particularly in creating a stable base for a building on the edge of dry land. As seen in the following collection of contemporary boathouse projects, waterfront structures can tower over the water on piles, float on a buoyant platform, or perch comfortably on the coast and connect to the water with an extended boat ramp. The relationship between a waterfront building and its corresponding body of water encompasses every aspect of a project's architecture—affecting climate, humidity, noise, light, and particularly the panoramic views out across the water from upper floors and elevated balconies.  © Paul Ott photografiert To celebrate a summer of cooling off by the water, here's a collection of 10 newly-constructed or renovated boathouses (and one bonus resort complex) that take amphibious architecture to a new level. Het Bosch / JagerJanssen architecten + Dreissen ArchitectenAmsterdam, The Netherlands  © John Lewis Marshall  © John Lewis Marshall WMS Boathouse at Clark Park / Studio GangChicago, IL, USA  © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing  © Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing Community Rowing Boathouse / Anmahian Winton ArchitectsBoston, MA, USA  Courtesy of Anmahian Winton Architects  Courtesy of Anmahian Winton Architects Michael Baker Boathouse / Associated ArchitectsWorcester, United Kingdom  © Martine Hamilton Knight  © Martine Hamilton Knight Klostergarden Boathouse / Trodahl ArkitekterMosterøy, Rennesøy, Norway  © Trodahl Arkitekter / Fredrik Ringe  © Trodahl Arkitekter / Fredrik Ringe Boathouse / Cibinel ArchitectureLake of the Woods, Canada  © Jerry Grajewski  © Jerry Grajewski Muskoka Boathouse / Christopher Simmonds ArchitectMuskoka Lakes, Canada  © Peter Fritz Photography  © Peter Fritz Photography Modern Boathouse / Weiss Architecture & Urbanism LimitedParry Sound District, ON, Canada  © Arnaud Marthouret  © Arnaud Marthouret Boat's House at Millstätter Lake / MHM architectsSeeboden, Austria  © Paul Ott photografiert  © Paul Ott photografiert Sports Technification Centre For Rowing And Canoeing Orio / U.T.E. Atristain BegiristainOrio, Basque Country, Spain  © Jorge Allende  © Jorge Allende Boat Rooms on the Fuchun River / The Design Institute of Landscape and Architecture China Academy of ArtMei Cheng Da Dao, Jiande Shi, Hangzhou Shi, Zhejiang Sheng, China  © Aoguan Performance of Architecture  © Aoguan Performance of Architecture  © Aoguan Performance of Architecture  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 28 Booths to Visit During the AIA 2018 Architecture Expo Posted: 13 Jun 2018 11:30 PM PDT  via www.conferenceonarchitecture.com The AIA 2018 Conference is fast approaching and architects from around the country are preparing to meet with their peers to exchange ideas and best practices. As part of the A'18 event, there will also be a two-day Architecture Expo, which the organizers describe as a "materials playground." On Thursday and Friday (June 19 - June 20) more than 800 brands and manufacturers will fill the Javits Center, occupying over 200,000 square feet of exhibition space. The expo provides a variety of educational initiatives and live programming. If you're heading to A'18 next week, be sure to check out the following manufacturers and brands (who also happen to be our distinguished partners). Accoya Booth 765 Alpolic Booth 549 Armstrong Booth 403 Bobrick Booth 521 C.R. Laurence Booth 1945 Centor Booth 4872 Cupa Pizarras Booth 2957 Draper Inc. Booth 1348 Fakro Booth 2566 Feeney Booth 4655 Fundermax Booth 662 Guardian Booth 1003 Hunter Douglas Booth 4247 Jakob Booth 4015 Lapitec Booth 3130 Lumion Booth 1263 Pilkington Booth 1681 Rieder Boot 4631 Shildan Booth 2657 Sky-frame Booth 4818 Swisspearl Booth 1562 Technowood Booth 574 Tremco Booth 4937 USG Booth 2845 Velux Booth 4125 Vitro Architectural Booth 1631 Vitrocsa Booth 2531 Vmzinc Booth 340 Zurn Booth 4117  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Concrete Shells: Design Principles and Examples Posted: 13 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT  Capela Bosjes / Steyn Studio. Image © Adam Letch Let's think of a paper sheet. If we tried to stiffen it from its primary state, it couldn't support its own weight. However, if we bend it, the sheet achieves a new structural quality. The shells act in the same way. "You can't imagine a form that doesn't need a structure or a structure that doesn't have a form. Every form has a structure, and every structure has a form. Thus, you can't conceive a form without automatically conceiving a structure and vice versa". [1] The importance of the structural thought that culminates in the constructed object is then, taken by the relationship between form and structure. The shells arise from the association between concrete and steel and are structures whose continuous curved surfaces have a minimal thickness; thus they are widely used in roofs of large spans without intermediate supports. In structural terms, they are efficient because they resist compression efforts and absorb at specific points on their surface, especially near the supports — small moments of flexion. Present-day shells originate from Egyptian, Assyrian, and Roman civilizations, in which arched and vaulted structures were erected, using stone masonry and rudimentary types of concrete as the building material. The Pantheon in Rome and the Basilica of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul are spectacular examples that remain to this day. In those times, there was no structural calculation as we know it today; the buildings were erected using practical and empirical knowledge acquired by professionals through observation and repetition of procedures. Currently, modern computational models are used, such as the finite element method (FEM), which greatly assists in the design of these structures. After some time without significant advances in construction methods, shells evolved enormously from the beginning of the XX century, with the improvement of the reinforced concrete: a moldable material, very resistant to compression, bending, and in a certain way, traction.  Casca de Félix Candela. Image Cortesia de Alexander Eisenschmidt Modern shells were first introduced by architects and engineers such as Eugène Freyssinet (1879-1962), Bernardo Laffaielle (1900-1955), Pier Luigi Nervi (1891-1979), Eduardo Tarroja (1899-1961), Félix Candela (1910-1997), among others. They introduced innovative theories of design and execution of works, allowing the construction of remarkable structures of double curvature, such as the hyperbolic paraboloid that covers the restaurant of the City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia, Spain, designed by Candela. Oscar Niemeyer's (1907-2012) Pampulha Modern Ensemble is considered the precursor of concrete shells in Brazil, an influence for many other projects that use the same constructive process in the country and around the world.  Casca de Félix Candela. Image Cortesia de Alexander Eisenschmidt It is interesting how modern shells have a structural display similar to membranes, but just in an inverted way. That is to say, whereas in membranes the efforts are almost exclusively of traction, when being inverted, or "turned upside down," these efforts become compression. From then on, concrete is the ideal material to resist them. Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) used this process to carry out his projects. Shells manage to resist large compression loads evenly distributed over their surface, however, due to their minimum thickness, they have little tensile strength and shouldn't receive concentrated loads. The load distribution on the surface is represented by the weight of the structure, the coating materials, and the wind pressure.  Casca de Félix Candela. Image Cortesia de Alexander Eisenschmidt In summary, we can say that a shell structure is a continuous curved surface where the thickness is much smaller than the other dimensions. The structural behavior is divided into two: the theory of the membrane and the theory of flexion. In the first, the resistance of the membrane is considered, which results in requests for normal forces and shear stress. In the second, the flexures that result from the curved shell are considered: requests for moments, normal stresses, shear and longitudinal shear. In shell projects, special attention must be paid to supports, since significant flexion requests may occur in these areas. [2] In the 1960s there was an apogee of the construction of large shells. Its use went into decline due to the high costs of labor, concrete, and methods of formwork that could hardly be reused in another similar work. The shells, being of little thickness, require constant maintenance to prevent leaks and other construction pathologies. Since the 1980s, the preference for polygonal shapes and stretched structures occurred. Next, selected iconic projects with concrete shells: Los Manantiales Restaurant / Félix Candela Restaurante Los Manantiales. Image © Erik Eugenio Martínez Parachini La Zarzuela Racecourse / Carlos Arniches + Martín Domínguez + Eduardo Torroja Hipódromo de la Zarzuela / Carlos Arniches + Martín Domínguez + Eduardo Torroja. Image © Ana Amado The Pampulha Modern Ensemble / Oscar Niemeyer Igreja da Pampulha / Oscar Niemeyer. Image © Felipe Arruda Bosjes Chapel / Steyn Studio Capela Bosjes / Steyn Studio. Image © Adam Letch Notes: Bibliographic References  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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