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- MCH Messecenter Herning / Cubo Arkitekter
- Padaria Portuguesa Office / João Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos
- KAAI37 / META architectuurbureau + architecten De Vylder Vinck Taillieu + noAarchitecten + Office KGDVS
- 4City / 2B.group
- Sanya SIXX Hotel / MODULO architects
- Bavillion / Studio Ardete
- Jixi Museum / Atelier Li Xinggang
- Ishibehigashi House / ALTS DESIGN OFFICE
- Teak House / Pham Thanh Huy
- Time Realty Headquarters / Enter Projects
- RIBA Announces 2018 National Award Winners
- UTHSC Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation / brg3s Architects
- DSGN Unveils the 2018 Winner of the Innovation Hub Competition in Bali, Indonesia
- Whiteline Loft / Neumann Monson Architects
- House Around a Tree / Espacio EMA
- Christian de Portzamparc Selected as 2018 Praemium Imperiale Laureate
- Crescent Park / Eskew+Dumez+Ripple
- VTN Architects Designs Hotel with Cascading Greenery for Narrow Site in Vietnam
- The Architecture Behind a Brave Racoon's Viral Skyscraper Climb
- Ecomaya House / Seijo Peon Arquitectos y Asociados
| MCH Messecenter Herning / Cubo Arkitekter Posted: 11 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Martin Schubert
 © Martin Schubert Text description provided by the architects. With the construction of new buildings, facades and overhangs, as well as upgrading of the outdoor spaces and enhancing the visual expression strengthens the functional and architectural context of Denmark's largest fair and exhibition area and establishes a new coherent guest experience.  © Martin Schubert  Plan first floor arrival building 1.400  © Martin Schubert The overall plan establishes a new centre that, with its simple geometry, landscape and planting, structures the entire exhibition area in a simple and clear manner.  Section arrival building Closely integrated with the area in front, the new arrivals building couples directly onto the existing Jyske Bank Boxen. The building will serve as a meeting place, waiting-area and open space for 2.500-3.000 people, and it may also serve as a stage for smaller, independent events.  © Martin Schubert  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Padaria Portuguesa Office / João Tiago Aguiar Arquitectos Posted: 11 Jul 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
 © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Text description provided by the architects. The fast growth of the company forced them to expand the office, another floor of the building. The project demanded the accommodation of a large working area in open-space, various offices, meeting-rooms and an eating area in a new space intended to be modern but comfortable at the same time.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Floor Plan  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Therefore they opted to create an office area coated in OSB, a material which allowed the creation of a second skin, in which many holes were opened for better luminosity, either coming from the ceiling or coming from the walls, through niches. This material allowed the creation of a dynamic ambience, informal but comfortable at the same time. Already in the main room the ceiling infrastructures were left at sight, gaining floor height, which enabled to free up the working space. By painting the whole ceiling in black the chromatic homogeneity of all the elements there suspended was assured as well as its visual elimination. The OSB was chosen as a common denominator of the space by being used not only in walls, ceiling and floor but along the whole office, desks, drawers’ sets and dining tables. In the new pantry, a cabinet with the pattern of the cement tile used in the flooring of all the Padaria Portuguesa shops, a brand image, was designed as a backsplash.  © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Filip Dujardin
 © Filip Dujardin Text description provided by the architects. The architectural teams of META architectuurbureau, architecten de vylder vinck taillieu, noAarchitecten and OFFICE, together with PROJECT²/Bermaso present a building block that possesses an indirect but recognizable uniformity, yet does not forsake its own strong identity. KAAI 37 is the first passive group housing project to be certified.  © Filip Dujardin The complex consists of 4 buildings with a total surface area of 8,500 m² that group 72 apartments and duplex apartments, 5 houses and 4 commercial units around a courtyard.  © Filip Dujardin Colour Nuances and Mineral Materials Reveal a Unified Whole  © Filip Dujardin A Large Plant-Filled Courtyard with and Private Areas  Site Plan An Ambitious Collaboration  © Filip Dujardin META This building method is a more intensive version of META's core tenet that 'structural work is finishing work'. architecten de vylder vinck taillieu  © Filip Dujardin noAarchitecten The dark green façade is covered with glazed Portuguese tiles with thin but distinct joins. These lend a strong visibility to the building and create a tension between the apparent randomness of the window composition and the underlying tile grid.  © Filip Dujardin OFFICE Kersten Geers David Van Severen  © Filip Dujardin The roofs were fitted with a Soprema Sopraglass PB V3 TF underlay with flame-welded seams and a Soprema Sopralene Technogarden 4 AF C1 FR top layer. A Soprema Sopralene Techno 4 AF C1 FR was used at the location of the terrace roofs, where no specific root resistance is required. POLO Architects, PULS architects, Vermeiren - De Coster Architects & cuypers & Q architects each signed a building for the northern half. A shared courtyard forms the green heart of the block.  © Filip Dujardin  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2018 06:00 PM PDT  © Andrey Bezuglov
 © Andrey Bezuglov Text description provided by the architects. Odessa is a modern Ukrainian city with rich history and a mix of cultural traditions that go back centuries. Conservation efforts are gaining momentum, and one of our latest projects - 4CITY – has become a prominent part of this movement. We were presented with a 1890s Renaissance Revival building that had seen its best days at the turn of the last century. It was a popular medical spa facility, with lots of inner tiled spaces and minimal provisions for foot traffic.  © Andrey Bezuglov We were to design a space that incorporated a restaurant, a bar and a coffee shop, as well as an independent co-working room and a lecture hall. Our challenge was two-fold: first of all, we decided to preserve the spirit of original building while making it attractive to modern clientele. It meant that we had to decide which original architectural elements we wanted to save, restore and bring into the interior without overdoing the 'revival' aspect of it.  © Andrey Bezuglov Our second challenge was to unite the enclosed spaces, enhance visibility and make every room easily accessible and inviting. The original floor plan had a number of rooms spread along the windowed walls around the perimeter; other rooms were tucked inside, with the only daylight coming through the skylights above. There was no visual connection between the rooms, and the difference in light sources isolated them even more. With thick loadbearing walls and small or no doorways between the rooms we knew we had a real challenge ahead of us.  © Andrey Bezuglov Solutions While updating the floor plan, great care was taken to save and sympathetically restore the original architectural elements of the space.  Axonometric Plan The entrance staircase, skylights, the elegant carved joinery of the central hall, arabesques, friezes and other wall ornaments were carefully preserved and restored. Cement screed was stripped off the floors to expose original tiles and drain slopes, carefully brought back to life and incorporated into the interior. Wherever the white wall tiles could be saved, we kept them on the walls; otherwise, they were used to enhance the counters in the coffee shop, restaurant and bar.  © Andrey Bezuglov By keeping original elements and adding a soft pink background to the neo-classical wall ornaments we preserved the spirit of the building. To harmoniously capture this spirit into a modern setting we introduced contrasting colors – black, charcoal, bronze – that would not be authentic in a contemporary neo-classical interior. The original carved joinery was painted black, and bold black furniture was installed. The coffee shop cabinet was made dark, adding contrast and depth, while creating an aura of modernity.  © Andrey Bezuglov  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sanya SIXX Hotel / MODULO architects Posted: 11 Jul 2018 05:00 PM PDT  The main facade in dusk. Image © Haibo Wang
 The front view of the hotel. Image © Haibo Wang Background:  The bird-view of the environment in dusk. Image © Haibo Wang Original condition:  Renovation of the partition walls of the ground floor Renovation of the space:  The rear side of the hotel. Image © Haibo Wang In order to maximize the first floor into a permeable public space from north to south, the architect removed several partition walls, and reinforced some in the same time. Along the public space of the first floor, there is the lobby, the corridor, the restaurant and the infinity swimming pool, these parts made a clean opened space that can pass through the wind from the sea. Profiting from this, the lobby of the tropic hotel is free to use the air-conditioner for any season.  The reception and the corridor heading to the restaurant. Image © Haibo Wang  Ground floor layout  The lobby of the hotel. Image © Haibo Wang Passing through from the public space to the sea shore, there is the infinity swimming pool, which is refurbished from a shrimp pool of the fisherman family. There are also, four chambers equipped the large sun-rise—view terraces on this side of the building, which are extended from the old balconies by using a reinforced steel structure.  The chambre facing the sea. Image © Haibo Wang On the other side of the building, the architect demolished the curved balconies to transform the facade into a radical rectangle form. This new facade which is masked by 550 pieces of grey bricks, redistilled the quality of the architecture, mean while, it keeps the building away from the west-sun-exposing and away from the distribution from the outside of street.  The chambre along the street. Image © Haibo Wang  Longitudinal section  The bar and the restaurant. Image © Haibo Wang Interior design and decoration:  The swimming pool and the seashore. Image © Haibo Wang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2018 04:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Studio Ardete
 Courtesy of Studio Ardete Text description provided by the architects. Doaba Public School, Parowal, is located in a remote village in Punjab, India . The school has over 2500 students from over 100 villages. School busses are the primary mode of transport for all of them as they are scattered away from each other, the farthest being 50 kms away.  Exterior Plan A 20-year-old school bus, which ended its permitted life time as a vehicle, had to undergo mandatory disposal. The bus was special to the school as it belonged to the first fleet of buses, which now has over 50 buses. The brief was to explore a possibility to reuse it in way that it could once again be made useful to the school.  Courtesy of Studio Ardete A pavilion was evolved, utilizing the outer structure of the bus and a triangular prismatic volume. The two volumes were intersected and juxtaposed, so as to make the space more interactive and useful all around, rather than making use of the inside alone. The roof of the bus was converted into a deck which was accessible with steps that also formed a small Open Air Theatre. The deck was inspired by the curiosity of kids and adults alike, focusing on how they felt to stand on top of a bus. The space might be small, but it interests the imagination of the people who gain spectacular views of the surrounding fields from standing over the deck.  Courtesy of Studio Ardete The inside of the bus was utilized as a display, documenting the journey of four decades that the school has witnessed. The small space was designed with multi-facetted white surfaces with panels oriented in line with the field of vision of kids and adults alike. The original key elements of the bus, the steering wheel and the driver seat are still kept intact, to let the children interact with the same. The external open air theatre and the deck is designed to host several formal as well as informal events for both students and teachers.  Interior Plan The structure is used as a breakout space and congregation space for students and teachers. The visitors and parents come to visit the gallery and the architecture as the concept of a bus as a building is very unique to them. It brings them back to their roots. The traditional villages have always believed in circular economy but over the years trying to imitate cities due to their aspirational value they are being converted into wasteful linear economies. The up-cycle 'Bus-Building' helps reinforce their trust in a traditional circular economy.  Courtesy of Studio Ardete The bond shared by the school bus and the school has thus found a new meaning. After serving more than 8000 school trips and taking on the responsibility of a million student's transfers, it finally rests as an integral part of the school. A play area, an open air theater, a gallery and above all a symbol that inculcates the importance of reuse and up-cycling in the students so their vision for tomorrow can be driven towards a sustainable future.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Jixi Museum / Atelier Li Xinggang Posted: 11 Jul 2018 03:00 PM PDT  Inner Street and Shuizhen. Image © Zhi Xia
 Southwestern panorama. Image © Zhi Xia Text description provided by the architects. Jixi Museum is located in the north side of the old town area in Jixi County, Anhui Province. The site was the seat of the town hall throughout history and different regimes. Now because of the comprehensive preservation and restoration program for the entire old town, the site is reprogramed and a comprehensive museum on local culture and history that will have exhibition spaces, a 4D cinema, citizen services, shops, administration and storage functions will be located here.  Aerial view. Image © Zhe Li The design is based on surveys on the landscape and origins of Jixi's name, and investigations & studies on the Huizhou-style settlements. The entire building is covered under a continuous roof with undulating profile and texture that mimics the mountains and waters surrounding the county. It is the logical result and expression of "Jixi's shape". Once the other buildings in the old town are restored back to the Hui style, the museum will fit in even more naturally with the entire town.  South facade. Image © Zhi Xia  2-2 Section  Path through the cage, vanishing deep in the courtyard. Image © Zhi Xia In order to preserve as many of the existing trees on the site as possible, multiple courtyards, patios and lanes are introduced into the overall layout of the building, and at the same time as a reinterpretation of the spatial layout of the vernacular Huizhou architecture, and creating comfortable outdoor spaces.  Main courtyard bridge. Image © Zhi Xia Two streams run along the lanes, one on the east and the other on the west of the cluster of buildings, finally converging into the pool in the large courtyard at the main entrance. In the south part of the building is "Ming Tang", an interior courtyard common in the typical layout of Huizhou-style houses and follow the traditional Chinese Fengshui principles.  1F Plan  No.12 exhibition hall. Image © Zhi Xia Directly opposite the main entrance is a group of abstract "rocks". Surrounding "Ming Tang" is a "sightseeing route" that guides tourists to the "sightseeing platform" at the southeast corner of the building, where they can have a bird's eye view of the roof-scape, courtyards and distant mountains.  Partial of the courtyard. Image © Zhi Xia  Roof observation deck. Image © Zhi Xia Triangular steel structural trusses (their slopes are derived from the local building) adapt well to the undulating roof. Local building materials such as bricks, clay roof tiles are used in modern and innovative ways to pay respect to history yet respond to our own times.  Courtyard and ancient garden. Image © Zhi Xia  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Ishibehigashi House / ALTS DESIGN OFFICE Posted: 11 Jul 2018 02:00 PM PDT  © Kenta Kawamura
 © Kenta Kawamura Text description provided by the architects. A couple decided to purchase newly developed land that was for sale. In front of their lot, there is a spreading field and a distant train is running. Although the site is surrounded by this idyllic landscape, this plot of newly developed land was elongated, having a 7-meter long width and a 23-meter depth.  © Kenta Kawamura The houses in the area have small front areas, so it is normal to use the width of the land to its maximum extent when building a house, resulting in houses being tightly built and without much space. The area is surrounded by idyllic scenes of nature, so I felt that if the houses were located densely near each other then there would be less outside space, and that would be a shame. I tried to find a way to make more outside space, even just a little. .jpg?1531292303 "Ground Floor Plan") Ground Floor Plan Hence, as a way to feel the outside, we developed our concept, which was to install a garden passageway. The house is elongated, so we designed a common area with an earthen floor which was often seen in old Japanese row houses, and divided the area roughly into two parts: a passageway (the common area) and the LDK (the private area).  © Kenta Kawamura We arranged a layout which allows the residents to access each area from the passageway. By installing an opening in the upper part of this passageway, the windows were removed windows from the field of view of the residents, so that privacy can be secured. However, as the light comes in from the top, we were able to create a space that looks like outside. .jpg?1531292281 "Elevation and Section") Elevation and Section As we used the same tiles as the entrance for the passageway, the interior space looked as if it is an extension of the external space. The space which looks like it outside goes through the house. When looking up in the passageway, we can see the beams are lined up. The beams cast shadows on the LDK, and the shadows change in shape as the sun moves throughout the day. The passageway as seen from the living room is filled with soft light. The space gradually changes over time, allowing us to experience different feelings. I hope this will be a space that enriches the lives of the families living here.  © Kenta Kawamura  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Jul 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Quang Tran
 © Quang Tran Text description provided by the architects. Teak House is the result of a journey seeking for the beauty of architecture in the interplay between culture and environment. In this interesting and arduous journey, we have been looking for the harmony of architecture, interiors, materials and natural wood techniques to create a delicate and sustainable house.  © Quang Tran The villa located on a pine hill in Flamingo Dai Lai Resort was renovated to become the escape place from the busy of the city. The wood walls along with light color and rough stone bring a friendly, cozy and close to the nature atmosphere to the users.  © Quang Tran Wooden house is popular in Vietnam, but here to adapt to the context of pine forest, the architect chose artificial stone combined with Teak wood to build a villa in the North European style. Teak wood was used to build sea-going ships, it can withstand the harsh climate in northern Vietnam. Understanding lots of wood processing and witnessing the exploitation of wood leading to the destruction of forests, he decided to choose Teak wood from regenerated wood forests that is suitable for local climatic conditions but the re-exploitation does not affect the environment.  © Quang Tran As architectural critic Jack Self said: "We can not find a universal formula for beauty." This is true at Teak House - a house with contemporary design and North Europe style among the pine forest in northern Vietnam offers a new promising design.  © Quang Tran In order to integrate the house into the surrounding hill and pine forest, we renovated the design from 2.5 stories to 2 stories. At the same time it had to remain the function including 03 bedrooms, living room, kitchen, living room... Our solution was deepen the foundation of the house to increase the height of the first floor to 5.4 m, then added a mezzanine floor.  Section  Section The grond floor features a living room, kitchen, dining room facing the front yard and the back garden, and a small bedroom in the mezzanine floor. At the landing of the stairs is the entrance to the mezzanine bedroom. Continue to move through the wood stair above the garden with soils and trees, we will meet the living room adjacent to the main bedroom on the first floor. On the duplex space there is a glass floor connecting to the swimming pool and the garden. This pool-garden is the main feature landscape to arrange function rooms around.  © Quang Tran The facade is cladded with a layer of Teak wood combined with rough stone. The entrance to lobby area is natural stone steps that rises above the grass. Natural wood wiping oil and exquisite furniture in the Nordic style make the simple design of the living room. The highlight of the room is a white oiled cupboard, suspended in the Φ320 steel tube with the function of reversing the living, cooking and eating space.  © Quang Tran In this house, you will always feel the breeze blowing slowly from nowhere as the architect has put in an interesting effect that the entire ceiling fan system is hidden on the wood ceiling. Other technical systems (air conditioner, sound, fire protection, lighting, etc.) are also hidden in the ceiling to "clean" the interior.  © Quang Tran In the middle of the living room, a steel heater ceiling by Gyrofocus becomes the solution for the cold winter of the area but also a symbol of Nordic style in this house.  © Quang Tran Two-layered walls with large veranda work as a solution against the negative effects of the four seasons of the area. The interior space is opened to the views of the garden, pine forest and lake, while the staircase system embracing the duplex space helps the wind to run through the whole rooms.  © Quang Tran The caring of architects is expressed in the use of transitional materials: natural stone steps at two different cotes, large wood panels connect the garden under the stair and the wood floor, stone combines with wood, gives the interior a sense of cozy minimalist style.  © Quang Tran Teak house is a mix of elements of status quo, architectural form, and use - an architect's peak in finding new style. It also demonstrates his "obsession" with wood working techniques and teak wood - a solution facade for tropical climate, and a good material for finishing works as well as interior funiture. That's why we call it 'wood form home'.  © Quang Tran  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Time Realty Headquarters / Enter Projects Posted: 11 Jul 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Brett Boardman
 © Brett Boardman Text description provided by the architects. Whilst many workplaces host mundane, boxed offices and an enclosed atmosphere, Time Realty desired an open, inclusive office space that inspired their employees. Enter Projects knew they could make this dream a reality. An open air plan with fluid dynamics and meandering geometrics defines the space, furniture, material and lighting of Time Realty's newly designed office.  © Brett Boardman The result contrasts greatly with the existing patina walls, with both elements working together to create a vibrant visual experience. Lastly, the installation of gallery areas in the office brings both context and dynamic architecture to the space. Enter Projects began transforming the office space removing existing layers of plaster and gyprock. They then suspended the ceilings and raised the floors of the office in order to expose the stunning natural patina of the local eclectic neighbourhood.  Axonometry 2 In fact, the polypropylene ceiling served as a pivotal point for directional movement within the room, as it flows downward to touch the work zone areas. Since the ceiling is made of sheer, thin sheets, the room is left feeling spacious and easily balances with the matching geometric furniture. The furniture itself was locally sourced Australian plywood, which lends itself to the soft aesthetic of the project with bevelled edges and plentiful gentle curves.  © Brett Boardman Even the stairway was designed with a spacious and airy theme in mind. This resulted in the stairway being coated with layers of black powder, creating a steel work piece with a weaving pattern. By doing this, the stairway becomes its own unique object within the office space while simultaneously matching the overall design language.  Section A The office itself contains an array of areas, including private, semi-private and public rooms. More specifically, the public areas were inspired by goldfish bowls and serve as modern meetings rooms. Enter Projects deployed prefabricated modular techniques in order to create a construction program that was both efficient and conducive to the design layout.  Ground Floor Plan  First Floor Plan Time Realty's resulting office space is both unique and effective. This successful outcome can largely be attributed to Enter Project's specific approach by digitalising and prefabricating the office elements set. This is typical with their design philosophy, as they created an environment that is not only architecturally of the highest quality, but is also interchangeable with various sites and potential expansion plans for Time Realty.  © Brett Boardman  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| RIBA Announces 2018 National Award Winners Posted: 11 Jul 2018 11:00 AM PDT  The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the 49 winners of the 2018 RIBA National Awards. From skyline-altering buildings to sensitive small-scale sculptures, this year's top projects showcase a wide-ranging selection of scales, featuring designs from Foster + Partners, Hawkins\Brown, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, and Niall McLaughlin Architects. Mixed-use spaces, in particular, those that benefit communities are featured heavily. While other key trends appear in the diverse list including sensitive, context-driven material choices; the reuse and regeneration of existing buildings, especially with regards to commercial use; and high-quality housing schemes that highlight the importance of authority-led regeneration. RIBA President Ben Derbyshire stated his pleasure in seeing "some excellent examples of large-scale housing schemes." Also, how "projects such as these are beacons showing how it is possible for enlightened local authorities and developers to create the well-designed, desirable and sustainable homes that communities so desperately need." From exceptional mixed-use buildings that bring a community together, and breathing new life into dilapidated historic buildings, to getting the best value from an awkward site or limited budget, every one of this year's award winners is a testament to the architects' skill in solving a range of challenges to create projects that will inspire and delight their users and communities for years to come. Selected from the winners of 12 regional awards programs, the national list will now make up the pool of projects competing for the RIBA Stirling Prize of the UK's best building of the year. The full list of winners includes: 15 Clerkenwell Close / Amin Taha Architects and Groupwork _Tim_Soar.jpg?1530723072 "© Timothy Soar") © Timothy Soar 25 Savile Row / Piercy&Company _Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1530722752 "© Jack Hobhouse") © Jack Hobhouse 53 Great Suffolk Street / Hawkins\Brown _Tim_Crocker.jpg?1530722497 "© Tim Crocker") © Tim Crocker Albert Works / Cartwright Pickard Architects _Tom_Kahler.jpg?1530723165 "© Tom Kahler") © Tom Kahler Bethnal Green Memorial / Arboreal Architecture _Marcela_Spadaro.jpg?1530723199 "© Marcela Spadaro") © Marcela Spadaro Bloomberg, London / Foster + Partners _Nigel_Young_1.jpg?1530722974 "© Nigel Young") © Nigel Young Boroughmuir High School / Allan Murray Architects _Keith_Hunter_Photography.jpg?1530748639 "© Keith Hunter") © Keith Hunter Bushey Cemetery / Waugh Thistleton Architects _Blake_Ezra.jpg?1530723217 "© Blake Ezra") © Blake Ezra Caroline Place / Amin Taha Architects and Groupwork  © Timothy Soar Chadwick Hall / Henley Halebrown _David_Grandorge.jpg?1530722596 "© David Grandorge") © David Grandorge City of London Freemen's School - Swimming Pool / Hawkins\Brown _Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1530722837 "© Jack Hobhouse") © Jack Hobhouse Coastal House / 6a Architects  © Johan Dehlin Durham Cathedral Open Treasure / Purcell  © Andy Marshall Five Acre Barn / Blee Halligan _Sarah_Blee.jpg?1530722704 "© Sarah Blee") © Sarah Blee Gasholders London / WilkinsonEyre and Jonathan Tuckey Design _Peter_Landers.jpg?1530722805 "© Peter Landers") © Peter Landers King's Crescent Estate Phases 1 and 2 / Karakusevic Carson Architects and Henley Halebrown _Peter_Landers.jpg?1530722948 "© Peter Landers") © Peter Landers Kingsgate Primary Lower School / Maccreanor Lavington Architects  © Tim Crocker Knox Bhavan Studio / Knox Bhavan Architects _Dennis_Gilbert.jpg?1530722569 "© Dennis Gilbert") © Dennis Gilbert Liverpool's Royal Court / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris _Timothy_Soar.jpg?1530723313 "© Timothy Soar") © Timothy Soar Lochside House / HaysomWardMiller Architects _Richard_Fraser.jpg?1530723236 "© Richard Fraser") © Richard Fraser Maggie's Oldham / dRMM Architects _Alex_de_Rijke.jpg?1530722718 "© Alex de Rijke") © Alex de Rijke Marlborough Primary School / Dixon Jones  © Paul Riddle New Tate, St Ives / Jamie Fobert Architects with Evans & Shalev _Nick_Hufton.jpg?1530722822 "© Nick Hufton") © Nick Hufton Nucleus, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Caithness Archive / Reiach and Hall Architects _Reiach_and_Hall.jpg?1530723263 "© Reiach & Hall") © Reiach & Hall Old Shed New House / Tonkin Liu _Greg_Storrar.jpg?1530722905 "© Greg Storrar") © Greg Storrar R7 King's Cross / Duggan Morris Architects and Weedon Architects _Jack_Hobhouse.jpg?1530722865 "© Jack Hobhouse") © Jack Hobhouse Riverlight / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and EPR Architects  © Anthony Coleman Royal Academy of Music / Ian Ritchie Architects _Adam_Scott.jpg?1530722877 "© Adam Scott") © Adam Scott Royal Albert Wharf Phase 1 / Maccreanor Lavington _Tim_Crocker.jpg?1530722509 "© Tim Crocker") © Tim Crocker Royal Birmingham Conservatoire / Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios  © Hufton + Crow Shaftesbury Theatre / Bennetts Associates _Peter_Cook.jpg?1530722616 "© Peter Cook") © Peter Cook Sibson Building / Penoyre & Prasad _Quintin_Lake.jpg?1530723116 "© Quintin Lake") © Quintin Lake St Augustines Church / Roz Barr Architects _John_Maclean.jpg?1530723284 "© John Maclean") © John Maclean St David's Hospice, New In-Patient Unit / KKE Architects _St%C3%A5le__Eriksen.jpg?1530723301 "© Ståle Eriksen") © Ståle Eriksen Storey's Field Community Centre and Nursery / MUMA LLP _Alan_Williams.jpg?1530722771 "© Alan Williams") © Alan Williams Storyhouse / Bennetts Associates _Peter_Cook.jpg?1530722629 "© Peter Cook") © Peter Cook the David Attenborough Building / Nicholas Hare Architects  © Alan Williams the Department Store / Squire and Partners _James_Jones.jpg?1530722848 "© James Jones") © James Jones the Leadenhall Building / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners _Paul_Raftery.jpg?1530723055 "© Paul Raftery") © Paul Raftery the Piece Hall and Calderdale Central Library and Archives / LDN Architects LLP  © LDN Architects the Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre / Niall McLaughlin Architects _Keith_Barnes.jpg?1530723141 "© Keith Barnes") © Keith Barnes University of Birmingham Indoor Sports Centre / Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands _Paul_Riddle.jpg?1530722548 "© Paul Riddle") © Paul Riddle University of Roehampton Library / Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios _Hufton___Crow.jpg?1530722920 "© Hufton + Crow") © Hufton + Crow V&A Exhibition Road Quarter / AL_A _Hufton__Crow_1.jpg?1530722936 "© Hufton + Crow") © Hufton + Crow Victoria Hall King's Cross / Stanton Williams  © Nick Hufton Walthamstow Wetlands / Witherford Watson Mann Architects  © Heini Schneebeli West Court Jesus College / Niall McLaughlin Architects _Peter_Cook.jpg?1530722652 "© Peter Cook") © Peter Cook Weston Street / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris _Timothy_Soar.jpg?1530723336 "© Timothy Soar") © Timothy Soar White Collar Factory / Allford Hall Monaghan Morris  © Timothy Soar Learn more about RIBA's annual awards program here. 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| UTHSC Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation / brg3s Architects Posted: 11 Jul 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Tim Hursley
 © Tim Hursley Text description provided by the architects. The Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Simulation is the first facility of it's kind in the state of Tennessee and is one of few in the country pioneering the concept of cross-disciplinary facilities for the healthcare field. This new step in higher education seeks to elevate the student experience through an environment which offers a friendlier pedestrian environment, an immersive clinical experience and more purposeful means of connecting to staff and peers.  © Tim Hursley The University of Tennessee Memphis campus has historically struggled with a cohesive, pedestrian-friendly campus, adding structures throughout time with little consideration of consistency or ease of access. The CHIPS building acts as a modern connection between the diverse, urban elements, responding to multiple variables through form, materiality, and function.  © Tim Hursley  First Floor Plan 2  © Tim Hursley This design is not only aesthetically pleasing but valuable through the means in which it serves the University's host of cross-disciplinary scholars. In addition to facilitating physical and aesthetic connections for the surrounding context, the CHIPS building also provides a means of progressive student learning. Interior spaces such as the skills labs and multi-purpose classrooms can be transformed based on the needs of multiple healthcare disciplines.  © Tim Hursley Each classroom experience is designed to provide immersive situations which imitate real-world functions of staff and patient flow. Together these elements, of creating a consistent aesthetic, providing a safe and comfortable environment for the individual and designing a space that functions seamlessly with multiple educational itineraries, act as a tool which continues push the boundaries of healthcare education.  © Tim Hursley  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| DSGN Unveils the 2018 Winner of the Innovation Hub Competition in Bali, Indonesia Posted: 11 Jul 2018 09:40 AM PDT  HUBBALI, the winning design by Hanna Haczek & Ewelina Andrecka from Poland. Image Courtesy of DSGN DSGN (Design Student Global Network) has unveiled the winners of the Innovation Hub Competition, its first international design competition and part of its participation at Fuorisalone Milan Design Week this past April. The winning proposal — an Innovation Hub development scheme for a rural community site in Bali, Indonesia— will be built in a series of international design workshops starting in 2019. The hub will be used by the local Five Pillar Foundation to host classes focusing on community development and social entrepreneurship in the region. HUBBALI, the winning design by Hanna Haczek & Ewelina Andrecka (Poland), was selected by the Five Pillar Foundation community and DSGN for its focus on participatory design and social development. Based on a 6x6 meter timber construction module, HUBBALI takes up an 18x18 meter area and is flanked by porches on entry sides side for gathering and relaxation. The design will be further developed with the Five Pillar Foundation and the surrounding Pejarakan community in Bali during construction.  HUBBALI, the winning design by Hanna Haczek & Ewelina Andrecka from Poland. Image Courtesy of DSGN "Bali has a tropical climate, experiencing high temperatures and sharp downpours, so we have provided a cosy, sheltered respite from the elements. The exceptional roof that spreads over the multi-functional interior is inspired by traditional Balinese architecture," explained Haczek and Andrecka on the concept of the winning proposal. "Although it may seem massive, the geometry of the roof is designed in such a way as to express perfect balance with the natural surroundings. It is divided into three sections by mobile walls-frames filled with bamboo, a sustainable material- that are arranged to the users preference. The heart of the facility there is an installation which cools down the inside by using stored rainwater and natural airflow circulation-saving on unneeded power. Such spatial play makes that the facility is always able to be adapted for specific needs. The Hub is a structural product, intended to be customised by the local community. A simple, nimble, structure made of repeatable elements proves efficient and ergonomic," added the authors. Runners-up in the competition were: Central Point / Annalena Henssen (Germany) Runner-up: Central Point / Annalena Henssen (Germany). Image Courtesy of DSGN The Stage In-Between / Liang Shui (USA) Runner-up: The Stage In-Between / Liang Shui (USA). Image Courtesy of DSGN Joglo Hub / Eun Woo Jung & Mickaël Minghetti (South Korea & France/ Switzerland) Runner-up: Joglo Hub / Eun Woo Jung & Mickaël Minghetti (South Korea & France/ Switzerland). Image Courtesy of DSGN Circle of Life / Olja Stefanovska & Melda Yolaçan (Macedonia) Runner-up: Circle of Life / Olja Stefanovska & Melda Yolaçan (Macedonia). Image Courtesy of DSGN DSGN team members Jack Lehane, Alastair Brook, Seán Conlan-Smith, and Jason Ladrigan explain the new global initiative: "DSGN have partnered with a Balinese community development organisation, the Five Pillar Foundation, who work to develop community-based tourism, promote local enterprise, and provide educational workshops for Balinese villagers. Boosting local economy through sustainable tourism offers opportunities in otherwise overlooked rural areas —restoring unified growth across the island that strengthens industry between Denpasar and rural communities. Local enterprise favours local economics —with a more balanced tourism trade comes a reducing economic gap, and a more balanced population density. A resurgence of local innovation and rural economy growth will begin to balance trade, population and economy."  HUBBALI, the winning design by Hanna Haczek & Ewelina Andrecka from Poland. Image Courtesy of DSGN "The future development of Bali will come through reconnecting with our local culture and our environment," adds I Putu Wiraguna (Wira), co-founder of the Five Pillar Foundation. "This project will be like a communal space ("Banjar" in Balinese) or co-working space where we will re-learn and take back our culture. This type of design can help save the planet —if we can educate the local community and the local youth in a lot of rural areas in Bali, we can give them opportunities. We can teach them skills, improve their capacity and ability, and enable them to grow into a sustainable society that understands the importance of its resources." DSGN exhibited at Fuorisalone Milan Design Week 2018 this April as part of the 'Metamorphosis' exhibition alongside sister organisation, MEDS (Meeting of Design Students). DSGN has since made the regional shortlist for the Cities For Our Future Challenge 2018, in partnership with UNESCO, for their initiative.  DSGN exhibition in Fuorisalone Milan Design Week. Image Courtesy of DSGN DSGN will shortly be launching its second competition, which will focus on the next steps to this development scheme. This will also be open to interdisciplinary students and graduates.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Whiteline Loft / Neumann Monson Architects Posted: 11 Jul 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Integrated Studio
 © Integrated Studio This 3,800 sf residence, which occupies the top floor of a converted historic urban warehouse, balances the duality of the clients' public and private lives through processional layout and spatial contrast. The design assigns bright, open social spaces to the perimeter and encloses private areas with dark tones and rich materiality. The juxtaposition provides the chiaroscuro of the clients' extensive calligraphic art collection, writ large in space.  © Integrated Studio Entering the residence, daylight draws one through a compressed, enveloping vestibule out into the open living area. The airy communal space wraps the warehouse's northwest corner, maximizing natural light and the expansive panoramic view. Dark-stained white oak piers cordon off its ends to provide enclosure and reserve views for the master bedroom and study, respectively.  © Integrated Studio  Axonometric  © Integrated Studio Support spaces can be found in the interior of the unit, where lowered ceilings enhance experiential intimacy. Floors are radiant, polished concrete. Bathrooms are finished in marble slabs, marble penny tile, and pickled white oak. Lending pragmatic logic to an experientially-driven layout, low ceilings coincide with a dense network of existing duct banks, conduit runs, sprinkler pipes, and roof drains.  © Integrated Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House Around a Tree / Espacio EMA Posted: 11 Jul 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Patricia Hernandez
 © Patricia Hernandez Text description provided by the architects. The house is located in the Sierra de Mazamitla, 120 km from the city of Guadalajara, in a narrow and stretched parcel with a considerable slope whose peculiarity is a middle-aged pine as a leading element. The project was born through respecting the pine as an articulating part of the house.  © Patricia Hernandez An introverted linear house of 6 meters wide by 20 meters long that closes towards the street, and opens completely towards the landscape through a cantilevered terrace throughout the house. Taking advantage of the natural elements of the site, stone walls were made to confine the project and welcome from the street. The main entrance is a solid wooden door 2 meters wide by 3 meters high, which opens directly on the spatial void generated by the pine.  Floor Plan  © Patricia Hernandez  Section A The gable roof evokes the geometry of the traditional houses of the region, which is trimmed by a void which contains the pine. The natural location of the pine divides the house into 2 areas: the first one on the east side where the main room with bathroom and dressing room is located and separated from the rest of the house; the second one on the west side where we find the public areas, two bedrooms and a wooden volume containing the wet areas (laundry, half bath and full bathroom) that breaks with the constant linearity of the project both inside and outside.  © Patricia Hernandez  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Christian de Portzamparc Selected as 2018 Praemium Imperiale Laureate Posted: 11 Jul 2018 05:00 AM PDT  House of Dior, Seoul. Image © Nicolás Borel French architect Christian de Portzamparc has been named the 2018 laureate of the the Praemium Imperiale Arts Award for Architecture. The prize, given by by the Japan Art Association (JAA), recognized de Portzamparc for his "imaginative architectural style...known for its distinctive features such as bold designs, an artistic approach and the creativity that comes from his work as a watercolor painter." Christian de Portzamparc gained prominence in the early 1990s following the completion of the Cite de la Musique in Paris. The urban-scale music complex marked a significant shift in French public architecture for the time, moving past traditional Beaux-Arts construction and ushering in a new age in French design. De Portzamparc was awarded the Pritzker Prize for Architecture in 1994, described by the jury as "...a gifted composer using space, structure, texture, form, light and colour all shaped by his personal vision. This reinvented architecture, no matter how idiosyncratic or original…" Other notable works include the Philharmonie Luxembourg, the Credit Lyonnais Tower in Lille, the Cidade das Artes in Rio de Janeiro, and the House of Dior in Seoul. This is the 30th year the Praemium Imperiale International Arts Award has been given, recognizing "outstanding contributions to the development, promotion and progress of the arts" in the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, music, and theatre/film. Past winners in the architecture category include Rafael Moneo, James Stirling, Tadao Ando, Alvaro Siza, Richard Rogers, Zaha Hadid, Peter Zumthor, David Chipperfield, Steven Holl, Dominique Perrault and Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron. The other 2018 laureates are:
The 2018 awards ceremony will be held 23 October in Tokyo, where laureates will be presented with a uniquely-design gold-medal, a testimonial letter, and a 15 million yen (approximately $135,000) prize.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Crescent Park / Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Posted: 11 Jul 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © Timothy Hursley
 © Timothy Hursley Text description provided by the architects. Part of a larger master plan that envisions a new, greener future for the City of New Orleans and its riverfront, Crescent Park was designed to reconnect people with the river and transform the remnants of the city's industrial and maritime past into a verdant, accessible, community asset.  Aerial View  Plan Area - Plan Phase 1  © Timothy Hursley The Park grants unparalleled physical and visual access to the river, creating an environment for locals and visitors to interact and promote a healthy, active lifestyle with unrivaled vistas of the city skyline and the picturesque Crescent City Connection Bridge.  © Timothy Hursley  © Timothy Hursley  © Timothy Hursley This 1.4-mile linear park includes 20-acres of indigenous landscaping, a network of paths suitable for walking, jogging, and biking; picnic areas, a dog park, and the adaptive reuse of two industrial wharves: the Piety Wharf and Mandeville Shed. Both structures have been stabilized and repurposed to accommodate public gatherings, festivals and the host of artistic exhibitions that take place throughout the year. In lieu of ne construction, the architects made a conscious decision to build upon the layers of history and character that already defined the sight. A nod to the industrial past, the repurposing of both structures is a modern reinterpretation. In place of shipping and receiving goods, these two spaces provide opportunities for engagement and interaction, the exchange of ideas and conversation. By reconnecting to the river, New Orleans is following the trend of many world-class cities and exploring opportunities to restore and enhance the natural environment while simultaneously improving citizen's quality of life.  © Timothy Hursley  © Timothy Hursley  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| VTN Architects Designs Hotel with Cascading Greenery for Narrow Site in Vietnam Posted: 11 Jul 2018 03:40 AM PDT  Courtesy of VTN Architects VTN Architects has released their design for the Chic-Land Hotel currently under construction in Da Nang, Vietnam. Located opposite the beach, the site offers excellent views to the east—but is constrained by the fact that it is only 15 meters wide. With this in mind, the designers opted for a 21-story building, offering 129 rooms with balconies shaded by a cascade of plants.  Courtesy of VTN Architects The plants included in the design were carefully chosen to thrive in the seaside conditions while also providing adequate shade to the balconies and allowing views outward. The architects describe how the key to the project was to incorporate the region's "tropical essence" to enable the comfort of the guests.  Courtesy of VTN Architects The entrance to the hotel comprises a double-height open space leading to a communal cafe on the ground level, with the hotel lobby above it on the first floor. At the roof level, guests will find another cafe with views to both the city and the sea, while a rooftop pool will offer panoramic sunrise views.  Courtesy of VTN Architects The building, which has been shortlisted for a Leisure Led Development award by the World Architecture Festival is scheduled for completion in Spring of 2019.  Courtesy of VTN Architects
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| The Architecture Behind a Brave Racoon's Viral Skyscraper Climb Posted: 11 Jul 2018 02:30 AM PDT  © Evan Frost/<a href='https://www.mprnews.org/'>MPR News</a> This article was originally published by Metropolis Magazine as "SOM Explains Exactly How a Raccoon Scaled Its St. Paul Skyscraper." After completing Town Square, a mixed-use, double-tower complex in the heart of St. Paul, Minnesota in 1980, the late architect Donald Smith of SOM told Architectural Record magazine, "We must reorient our attention to the center [of] cities to save them." Smith's words were prophetic, it turns out, but not in the way he may have expected. Last month, Town Square—now known as UBS Plaza—captured the attention of the globe as a scraggly, wayward raccoon climbed up its southern tower's 25 stories.
The critter quickly became an Internet sensation as thousands rallied behind its precipitous ascent. James Gunn, the director of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (which features a genetically-modified raccoon superhero), even tweeted, "I'll donate a thousand bucks to the non political charity of choice to anyone who saves this raccoon. I can't handle this." Needless to say, after 20 suspenseful hours, the raccoon made it to the high-rise's summit and was safely released.
Architect Colin Koop—a Minnesota native and a design director at SOM New York—was in the state as the drama unfolded, and a social media manager at SOM alerted Koop of the varmint's ascent via Instagram. "I sent them an emoji of an eye roll," he says. But, according to Koop, prevailing architectural trends during the late '70s and early '80s—inspired by the neofuturist work of firms like Archigram—enabled the raccoon to scale the building. "During that era of building, there were all of these big megastructure buildings with mixed-use of recreation, retail, and sometimes living. They're all over the country," Koop explains. "Town Square was St. Paul's version."  When completed in 1980, SOM's Town Square project in St. Paul (designed by the firm's Denver office) was a prime example of late-'70s mixed use buildings. Image Courtesy of SOM / © Hedrich Blessing Koop himself has fond memories growing up visiting a children's garden within the podium and riding a historic carousel there. However, "Sometimes in the '90s they gut renovated the building, so all of that architecture on the inside is long gone," he says. "But its exterior is more or less like it's always been."  The rough, exposed aggregate concrete facade allowed the raccoon to scale the building like a tree. Image © Evan Frost/<a href='https://www.mprnews.org/'>MPR News</a> That then-fashionable exterior made the raccoon's climb possible. "It's an exposed aggregate precast system. So instead of having a smooth appearance, you actually see the aggregate exposed on the outside—the small rocks and things. I am sure that was one of the main reasons the raccoon was able to climb it." The modulation of the facade's windows and deep ledges also played a major role. "There were ample opportunities to take a break," Koop says. "And stare longingly at the humans on the inside."  Detail of the building's concrete facade system. Image Courtesy of SOM So will SOM continue designing animal-friendly architecture? Maybe so, according to Koop. He adds, with a laugh, "We're very committed right now to designing buildings which are holistic in their concern for the environment."
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| Ecomaya House / Seijo Peon Arquitectos y Asociados Posted: 11 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT  © Manolo R Solís.
 © Manolo R Solís. Text description provided by the architects. The location of the land is inside the Yucatan Country Club therefore has a very particular geometry.  © Manolo R Solís.  Lower floor plan  © Manolo R Solís. The starting point to propose the scheme was to analyze the geometry, visuals and orientation of the property considering ventilation and natural lighting, as well as technical comfort.  © Manolo R Solís. The scheme proposes a 45 ° turn that closes completely to the west and opens towards the east taking advantage of the prevailing Yucatan winds and the prolonged view towards the golf course.  © Manolo R Solís.  © Manolo R Solís. A large curved stone wall of the region protects the house from the strong solar incidence and becomes the characteristic element of the residence giving a sculptural aspect to the front facade and in turn contains the interior social area; which is conceived as a double-height space from which access to the bedrooms upstairs through a bridge and a staircase built into the wall. which makes a play of light and shadow thanks to a dome on top, in contrast to the opening to the terrace and the golf course.  © Manolo R Solís.  Section 02  © Manolo R Solís. For the roofs system of joists and vaults expanded polystyrene was used, which allowed to lighten the load of the slab making use less steel in the work, in the same way the use of this material helps in large part to reduce heat transmission inside the spaces.  © Manolo R Solís. In the case of the perimeter walls, an innovative product was used consisting of an isolated block (OMNIBLOCK) which, in addition to being 20 times more resistant to the passage of heat than a conventional concrete block with structural capacity. For the interior walls, the traditional block system with castles and columns was used where necessary.  © Manolo R Solís.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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