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- This Week in Architecture: Labors of Love, from the Hedonistic to the Homegrown
- TAKAVA coffee-buffet / YUDIN Design
- Silena: Magic in the Moor / noa* network of architecture
- Cheonyeon-dong Hanok / guga Urban Architecture
- Best Black / Robot 3 Studio
- Belugadesign Office / ATMOperation
- Green Center for Student Success at Southern New Hampshire University / Analogue Studio
- AESOP Westmount / Alain Carle Architecte
- $700m One Sydney Park Development Submitted to the City of Sydney for Approval
- Truthehole / SPLACE
- Africa's Tallest Skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Will Finally Rise in Egypt
- Fort Worth Camera / Ibanez Shaw Architecture
- The Chicago Architecture Center Opens in New Location
- Huemules Border Complex / Cavagnaro Rojo Arquitectos + Jorge García + Crisosto Arquitectos
- Chelsea Triplex / de-spec
- 11 Brazilian UNESCO World Heritage Sites That Every Architect Must Visit
- Explore Norway’s National Tourist Routes in Berlin’s Felleshus Exhibition This Fall
- The Top 10 Inspirational Design Cities of 2018, As Revealed by Metropolis Magazine
| This Week in Architecture: Labors of Love, from the Hedonistic to the Homegrown Posted: 31 Aug 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Courtesy of BIG Ideas Working life as an architect is notoriously difficult. Unreasonable demands from clients, be they about budget, deadlines, or design (not to mention uncompromising personal standards) make the job tough, particularly as architecture continues to be seen as a product. And while it's no reason to accept low (or unequal) pay, troubling mental health, or any of the myriad issues architecture seems beset with, architects anywhere will tell you: you do it because you love it. With all the challenges, perhaps it's no wonder to see architecture sometimes get personal - be it about joy, self-expression, responsibility, or even a fight about intellectual property. Read on for this week's review.  © said.touama. Via Instagram Passion ProjectsBIG's Orb officially lifted off in the Black Rock Desert as Burning Man 2018 kicked off this past weekend. The project, dreamed up by Bjarke Ingels and BIG Partner Jakob Lange, was made possible by a crowdfunding campaign (not the first time the firm has turned to the public). The orb is 1/500,000th scale model of the Earth's surface and is intended to act as a guide for festival-goers. While the proposed vision didn't quite match with the reality (the fundraiser fell just short of its goal), it's an impressive sight nonetheless. In more somber news, Renzo Piano has offered to donate the design of a bridge to replace the one which tragically collapsed in Genoa on 14th August. Piano, who hails from Genoa, said he has been deeply and personally struck by the tragedy which claimed the lives of 43 people.  © Cristobal Palma Do-It-YourselfClients may be tricky customers, but there's no one more difficult to design for than an architect. It's perhaps even more difficult when you are both client and designer. Personal blends with professional, and it takes great discipline reconcile vision and reality. This roundup of projects showed how nine architects tackled the most personal of personal projects: the home. An unexpected takeaway? Architects want to live in towers.  Courtesy of Sergey Skuratov Architects Towering HeightsVenezuela's notorious Torre de David tower made the news again as the building's top floors tilted nearly 25 degrees following the largest earthquake to hit Venezuela in a century. The tower gained notoriety as an unprecedented vertical "slum" when its construction was abandoned and squatters began to inhabit the unfinished structure. Moscow officials approved plans this week for a new supertall skyscraper in the Russian capital. The tower, designed by Sergey Skuratov Architects, will rise 404 meters (1,325 feet) in height as part of the Moscow City commercial district, and is intended to be a multifunctional residential complex. Russian skyscrapers have made headlines recently, as Europe's tallest skyscraper (located in St.Petersburg) continues to be in the news as the architects argue about design rights.  Lascaux IV / Snøhetta + Duncan Lewis Scape Architecture. Image © Boegly + Grazia photographers Bookmark it for the WeekendTime Magazine's list of The World's Greatest Places of 2018 featured a number of architectural projects that have made waves in the last year, including Thomas Heatherwick's Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town and MVRDV's Tianjin Binhai Library. It's the perfect way to catch-up on the year's biggest projects.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| TAKAVA coffee-buffet / YUDIN Design Posted: 31 Aug 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © Sergey Savchenko
 © Sergey Savchenko Text description provided by the architects. TAKAVA coffee-buffet is an atmospheric coffee shop in the center of Kiev, the brand, the interior and exterior of which were created by designers Aleksandr and Vladimir Yudin. Like any script or book, TAKAVA declares itself already in the title. When you hear it, you think about the best coffee you seek in the morning, which will fix all thoughts and is so tasty and fragrant that you want to share with your friends or immerse yourself in it with your dreams. The logo of the coffee shop was rounded in the shape of a Turkish cezve. Its sense of the same "proven place" and association with "Turkish" became the leading motifs in the interior of the studio YUDIN Design.  Plans TAKAVA coffee-buffet design encounters velvet impressions, which reveal more and more a rich taste, along with the contemplation of individual details. So, the designers deliberately chose for the design of the cafè materials that create barely perceptible an aged effect: light wood and the same rustling plaster, red brick and burning copper. Scattered lighting complements this impression. Fixtures in the form of jezve helped the designers to create a Lviv workshop PikArt Lights. Bulbs are hidden not only in copper vessels, but also in the niches around.  © Sergey Savchenko Such a capsule distribution of light helped Aleksandr and Vladimir Yudin to harmonize the daylight, coming from the two-story front window, with the interior. In the evening, the atmosphere of TAKAVA coffee-buffet becomes completely different, as daytime haze changes the lights of the night city. To create the effect of open heat, which prepares the Turkish coffee, designers have illuminated a logo that adorns the brick wall.  © Sergey Savchenko The soft textures in the interior are represented by velvet wall panels, which in the form resembled a jezve. The same shape can be found in the design of round puffs of different colors. Coffee, red and even turquoise shades inspire associations with an oriental coffee shop. Tables, like all other furniture, were designed by the studio YUDIN Product - so named Vladimir and Aleksandr their workshop which creates design furniture and accessories. Both sides of the coffee tables are slanted, which again reminds the jezve. Interested eye will see this symbol not only in the interior, but also in all the elements of the establishment of the institution that personalize TAKAVA as a brand.  © Sergey Savchenko In a friendly atmosphere that reminds people about the common preference, is created not only the aroma of coffee, but also organized a collection of vinyl and books in a high cabinet with niches. Thanks to a thoughtful planning, it's also nice to sit and look at the rhythm of the city. Coffee makers and retro connoisseurs will especially appreciate the legendary Victoria Arduino machine installed in the cafè, that have been preparing coffee for over a century, starting in 1905!  © Sergey Savchenko Particular attention is also paid to the exterior of the institution. The glass front door is part of a solid glass faсade that affects not only the illumination at different times of the day, already taken into account by Aleksandr and Vladimir Yudin, but also the interior of the institution, because one side of it is like a constantly moving picture, which opens an extraordinary view of the city center.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Silena: Magic in the Moor / noa* network of architecture Posted: 31 Aug 2018 04:00 PM PDT  © Alex Filz
 © Alex Filz "Oh, it's scary to go over the moor ..." (Annette von Droste-Hülshoff - 1842)  © Alex Filz The result of this mystical transformation is the 4-star-S Hotel "Silena". With its' swamp-colored, organically angular and integration into the landscape, it appears to be growing out of the unstable ground as a place of tranquillity, strength, and soul, designed down to the smallest detail. The surrounding archaic nature as well as the southeast-asian touch of the interior and the extensive accompanying program, which was specially requested by the client, were the decisive factors for the final outcome.  © Alex Filz NATURALIST-ASIAN ARCHITECTURE  © Alex Filz The surface of the building's exterior resembles the plants of the swamp, which seem to grow up the hotel complex and envelop it in its entirety. On the ground floor, the new wellness area appears to be connected to the landscape with its' organically curved façade. Here you can find a new sauna and beauty area, two relaxation rooms as well as the existing indoor pool. To the south, there is a new open-air lounge and an indoor-outdoor pool. The expanded and redesigned hotel restaurant, including the kitchen and sweeping outdoor terrace can be found one floor up above the wellness area. Furthermore, a new tea library was built in the southeast tract.  © Alex Filz The renovated 1st and 2nd-floor houses newly designed and enlarged guest rooms with balconies, each having over 30 m2. The third floor was completely rebuilt and has additional rooms and a suite with its own sauna and wellness oasis. In addition, another floor was built in a light wooden construction, which visually corresponds with its sweeping appearance of those of the ground floor. On the roof terrace, there is a panoramic sauna, relaxation room, lounge, and roof garden, richly planted with moss and grass. The roofscape of the new building merges seamlessly with the greenery of the surrounding mountain and moor landscape.  Ground Floor Plan INTERIORS – IN BETWEEN DAY AND DREAM  © Alex Filz At the same time the wooden decorative panels surrounding the showers, take up the wallpaper motifs, such as bog or flowers of life, and combine the spatial world into a harmonious overall work of art. Blue curtains and upholstery quote the well- being of the blue hour; an atmosphere between day and dream is created. In the extended restaurant, guests meet at mealtimes, clustered like islands around the pillars of the dining room. Blue velvet seats are deliberately interrupted by interspersed, floral chair covers.  Elevations and Section Powerful wine and cheese cabinets are clearly reminiscent of the culinary delights of the house. The ambiance of the sauna and wellness areas on the ground and the top floor is one of natural sensuality. The wall and ceiling elements show landscape impressions from the moor as well as alienated fern representations. The library takes on a rather asian mood, where the visitors sit cross-legged on tatami mats, which enhances the reading experience. The meditative space in the lobby and lounge is not far from the reception, with high seats in a programmatic blue.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Cheonyeon-dong Hanok / guga Urban Architecture Posted: 31 Aug 2018 03:00 PM PDT  © Young-chae Park
 © Young-chae Park Text description provided by the architects. Cheonyeon-dong is located in the centre of Seoul. Nowadays we cannot easily feel the historical aspect of this site. As the result of some historical major events combined with the need to rebuilt in a fast way, the traditional urban housings are disappearing in the centre of Seoul. In this neighbourhood, only 2 of them are remaining. This house renovated by guga Urban Architecture is one of them.  © Young-chae Park This house shows the adaptability of the traditional Korean Hanok in an urban environment and to the modern lifestyle. The architect was happily surprised by the quality of the remaining structure and windows. The main goal of this work was to reorganize the interior space and adapt it to the client lifestyle while keeping intact the original features of the Hanok built in 1939.  Plan The five-persons family made the decision to move from a condominium to a smaller family Hanok. The architect believes that the value of the space in a traditional Korean House is different than in a modern apartment. Even in a smaller space, one can have a different feeling of spatiality in the traditional Korean space through a unique lifestyle.  © Young-chae Park The first action was to move the kitchen to the major place of the Hanok called Daecheong (wooden-floored family meeting space), showing the adaptability of the traditional construction typology to the evolution of the lifestyle as the kitchen/dining became the meeting space of modern house. That place was converted into a staircase and a bathroom. Over the bathroom, the Dalak (traditional low-ceiling storage over the kitchen) became a room for the youngest daughter. The staircase led to a remodelled underground storage and a painting atelier.  Section As the family is big and as the Daecheong is now occupied by a kitchen/dining, the architect had to find a place for the living room. The idea was to convert a portion of the courtyard (in Korean called Madang) into a glass atrium. It became the central space of the house and family life. More than a living space, it is a multipurpose room like the traditional Madang connecting all the rooms between them physically and visually. That new construction impacted the dynamic of the traditional Hanok where the people used to walk around the courtyard to go from one room to another. The glass and metal material were chosen in order to keep the atrium as transparent as possible to keep visible the original Hanok wooden façade and to allow the maximum amount of light to enter into the rooms. When the windows are opened, the atrium feels like an outdoor space. In this atrium, there is a trap which led to a bunker to hide during the war.  © Young-chae Park The remodelling was carefully managed in order to highlight the original parts and atmosphere of the house, like the façade or the light entering from the different layers of windows. Moreover, some of the materials are reused like the tiles extracted from the bathroom and replaced in the same place. The bathroom is a testimony of the hybrid lifestyle through the expression of its original materials and modern equipment.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2018 02:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Robot 3 Studio
Text description provided by the architects. This is a space to show the LED light source. A 18m x 4m x 12m house was built in a 18m x 18m x 12m wasted factory. The factory building is divided into two, and the wall of the factory building opposite the second-floor window becomes a natural huge screen. The information about the light display is projected on the screen, where the LED lights are displayed.  Courtesy of Robot 3 Studio  Courtesy of Robot 3 Studio The memory is a bit vague since the time interval is long. Six years ago, on a winter night, we were drinking at home. Outside of the window, it was dark and the light was coming. Then we have the proposal.  Courtesy of Robot 3 Studio  Courtesy of Robot 3 Studio  Courtesy of Robot 3 Studio  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Belugadesign Office / ATMOperation Posted: 31 Aug 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Ziling Wang
 © Ziling Wang Text description provided by the architects. The space, which belongs to Beluga design, provides a geographical advantage for servicing the sunasia ocean world Dalian. That is an extraordinary condition for theme park design firm.  © Ziling Wang "Facing the sea, Firing the passion for design" becomes the slogan of space's spirit.  © Ziling Wang Conversation with the site  Perspective section With the striking stance, an "orange metal screen", which surrounding by blue façade of ocean park, becomes the iconic gate dialogue with the site. Considering the cycle of seasons of northern city, the changing shadow is cast on the ground through the mesh structure. As the dramatic start, the lightness screen indicates the variety of the interior space with orange language.  © Ziling Wang  © Ziling Wang Looking back outside from the reception, the intention of spatial concept is represented by the contrast between blue and orange profoundly.  © Ziling Wang  © Ziling Wang Maintain the original experience  © Ziling Wang As the perfect combination, the reception room, meeting room, reading room are linked by the orange border, that attains the unity of architectural function and aesthetics. Walking throughout the flexible reception areas, the matrix exhibition wall comes into our eyes that occupies the height of the space.  © Ziling Wang Details in accordance with materials  © Ziling Wang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Green Center for Student Success at Southern New Hampshire University / Analogue Studio Posted: 31 Aug 2018 12:00 PM PDT  © Chuck Choi  © Chuck Choi Text description provided by the architects. When Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) approached Analogue Studio to transform a decommissioned library into a vibrant and sustainable student center, we saw an opportunity to bring the campus community together. The new Green Center for Student Success needed to house a disparate combination of student groups from ROTC to the Women's Center; and student services offices from Residence Life to the Academic Advising. With each group in their own suite, it was our challenge to create a palpable sense of community within the building. Embracing their future-focused approach to higher education, the University and design team saw an opportunity to transform the building from an energy liability to a sustainable asset and create the first LEED certified building on campus. The school's New England setting weaves throughout the design, with a palette that evokes fall foliage, and a new entrance canopy wrapped in rich wood tones.  © Chuck Choi  Floor plan  © Chuck Choi Located at the center of the Campus Green and along a major pedestrian walkway, the Center for Student Success offered an opportunity to anchor the green and create a sense of place. We reoriented the building entrance from what was the rear to face the Campus Green by adding a monumental portal in scale with the Campus Green and a premiere Event Space that is accessible to the entire campus.  © Chuck Choi With ten different user groups sharing the same building, we felt it was essential to design the Student Services Center to encourage them to get them out of their suites and interact with one another. Working closely with the University, we conducted an in-depth programming study, including interviews with all of the building's stakeholders, and multiple iterations on test plans and adjacency analysis. This led to the design of shared conference rooms to encourage users to travel to opposite ends of the building. Most of the suites open onto a central 'piazza;' a space combining dining, study, lounge and meeting spaces where members from all corners of the campus community feel welcome to gather.  © Chuck Choi To create a flagship for sustainable construction on campus, we worked closely with the university to identify opportunities to integrate sustainable practices to minimize the building's environmental impact within the available budget. By stripping the building to its structural bones, replacing the entire envelope with high-performance metal panels, curtain wall and storefronts systems, skylights and insulated and reflective roof, we improved thermal performance and minimized energy costs. New HVAC units improved performance drastically while minimizing energy costs and eliminating harmful refrigerants. Low flow fixtures and water efficient landscaping limit the building's water use. From sustainable finishes and wood products, to low VOC adhesives and paints, we specified materials that minimized waste of natural resources and maximized comfort of the building's occupants. With these strategies, the Green Center is on track to achieve LEED Silver certification, and provides an example of how a highly sustainable renovation can be achieved on a modest budget.  © Chuck Choi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| AESOP Westmount / Alain Carle Architecte Posted: 31 Aug 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Adrien Williams
 © Adrien Williams Text description provided by the architects. Aesop applies a singular sales philosophy. Specializing in body care products, it develops a variety of sophisticated space concepts combining simplicity and refinement, with the collaboration of each city's architects that adds a specific local narrative to the venues. Working on a corporate identity by means of space implies a certain degree of abstraction. A figurative narrative in architecture always leads somehow to folkloric citation, leaving very little space for freedom of interpretation and contemplation. We believe architecture should be interpretative, not dictating.  © Adrien Williams  Plan  © Adrien Williams For Aesop Westmount, a first venture for the enterprise in a specific North American cultural fabric, we proposed to look back at key components of the identity of its community: its link with water. By this mean, our design proposal seeks to establish a metaphorical bound between cultural identity, space and time.  © Adrien Williams As a material, water is interesting in its capability to become a tool for contemplation. In the Northern countries like ours, it is also a changing material: it goes from liquid to solid, from a deep blue during summer to a dark black during winter. This characteristic was kept the main characteristic of the Aesop store. By using a black glass on a half of the space, we indulge the occupant in a contemplative mood, complementing a slow culture of consumption promoted by Aesop. The black glass, as a metaphor of frozen water, duplicates the space, creates new perspectives and give depth to the physical boundaries of the venue.  © Adrien Williams A video installation, designed by artist Pascal Grandmaison, set at the entry of the space, duplicates a slow aquatic movement and enters in dialogue with the setting's meditative ambiance and reflective qualities. To this narrative, we oppose the presence of man and its capability to alter the landscape. The industrial area has been to some extend a key factor of development in our country to a point that even the notion of "nature" has been altered. The pulp industry is an iconic figure of this, with large portion of the land transformed by the labor of raftmen cutting, grouping and dragging large quantities of wood logs to large mills by forming huge floating platforms on rivers. We've chose to set a log-like wood floor in a pattern running perpendicular to the space in order to mimic these wooden platforms floating above the dark waters of the inlands. Like a sculptural element, three birch trees stands proudly in the middle of the space and acts as a visual reference to this play on nature.  © Adrien Williams The main water basin, that is key to the Aesop experience where customers are invited to test different products directly with the aid of the consultants, is cantilevered from the storefront into the space. The floating effect that it procures perpetuates the sensation of being somehow close to water as it presents itself in our identity landscape. In the end, this long narrative is given to who might be receptive to it, or not. Each user holding its own interpretation.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| $700m One Sydney Park Development Submitted to the City of Sydney for Approval Posted: 31 Aug 2018 09:00 AM PDT  One Sydney Park. Image Courtesy of MHN Design Union, Silvester Fuller and SBD Plans for One Sydney Park, a $700 million mixed-use development, have been submitted to the City of Sydney for approval. Located on a 44-hectare site in Alexandria, the project is designed by MHN Design Union, Make Architects, Silvester Fuller and Sue Barnsley Design. Planned to be built with close to 400 apartments, the mixed-use complex would include commercial and cultural programs.  One Sydney Park. Image Courtesy of MHN Design Union, Silvester Fuller and SBD  One Sydney Park. Image Courtesy of MHN Design Union, Silvester Fuller and SBD Beating out three rival teams, the design won last year's competition to reimagine the Sydney Park site. Of the eight buildings planned, four will be located along Euston Road. The design aims to create a barrier and street wall between Euston and the park buildings. As the winning team stated in 2017, "Our concept vision for One Sydney Park imagines the creation of a new park-side community. A place that will extend the ecology of the parkland and support a culture of creative enterprises and local business." Grounded in the earth, the base of the buildings will be made from brick and stone.  One Sydney Park. Image Courtesy of MHN Design Union, Silvester Fuller and SBD Organized in a fan-like plan, the One Sydney Park development centers on a central plaza. As the team proposal states, "Recognition of the contextual diversity of this place has informed the architectural language, resulting in park-side buildings which feather at its edges, dissolving the boundary between building and landscape." The folded and layered context meets the public plaza and connects directly to the park itself. In the buildings, the highest levels are inspired by the surrounding parkland trees, a seemingly unfinished framework that stems from the structure below. At ground level, the idea is to interweave paths and greenways between the buildings. Find out more online at One Sydney Park.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2018 08:00 AM PDT  © Andrea Bosio
 © Andrea Bosio Text description provided by the architects. Trutheholeis one of the 23 art installations participating in Annecy Paysage, a festival organized by the cultural center Bonlieu Scène Nationale d'Annecy, held in the French town from 30 June to 2 September 2018.  © Andrea Bosio  Plan  © Andrea Bosio Truthehole is as a human scale camera, in which people can enter. Inside, through the optical principle of camera obscura, visitors can see projections of what surrounds the installation – in this case a beautiful park, the lake of Annecy, the mountains of the Haute Savoie; these projections, generated by two pinholes oriented in different directions, represent a living and dynamic image of reality,consisting of a beam of photons that continuously connects the observer to reality. In order to achieve complete darkness and, consequently, more vivid projections, all the internal surfaces are black, except for the white panels arranged to bring out the most interesting parts of the projections. In fact anyone who enters equipped with a white sheet can intercept the projection in the position and with the inclination that he prefers, testing different effects and possibly tracing the images captured in this way, similarly to what painters like Canaletto did in the past in order to paint buildings and landscapes.  © Andrea Bosio  Section  © Andrea Bosio Truthehole blends scientific interest, aesthetic appeal – the projections from outside, reversed upside-down and left-right by laws of optics, are deformed by the orientation of the panels by which they are intercepted – and some symbolic and conceptual suggestions: from the inversion of the natural relationship that we have with light and darkness (here darkness becomes a necessary condition for perception), up to the reference to Plato's Allegory of the cave, according to which the knowledge of the world is initially mediated by shadows, faint and not entirely reliable projections of reality itself.  © Andrea Bosio The external surface of the pavilion is completely reflecting. So if the faceted shape inside suggests a black cave, on the outside it resembles a crystal shard; Truthehole thus disappears in the fragmented image of the space in which it is located. From a conceptual point of view the internal darkness can be considered as the result of the outer shell's full reflection, that cuts out every beam of light but the ones peeping through the pinholes and so originating the pictures: such a little portion of light, carrying the image of such a wide outer space.  © Andrea Bosio Truthehole is built with 4 mm thick aluminum-polyethylene-aluminum laminated panels, which folded on the four sides behave like rigid elements; these elements assembled together constitute a self-supporting shell.  © Andrea Bosio The pavilion is equipped with a raised floor on adjustable pedestals that absorb any possible irregularities of the ground.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Africa's Tallest Skyscraper by Zaha Hadid Will Finally Rise in Egypt Posted: 31 Aug 2018 07:00 AM PDT  Nile Tower. Image Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects After more than a decade, Egypt has returned to its plan to construct Africa's tallest building. Sited on the Nile River in central Cairo, the skyscraper was designed by the late Zaha Hadid in 2007. President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the government are working with the project developers, Living in Interiors, to create the twisting "Nile Tower" with a design that will rise 70 stories. Overlooking views of Cairo, the Nile and the pyramids, the project hopes to symbolize Egypt's growth and the development of the country.  Nile Tower. Image Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects  Nile Tower. Image Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Located between downtown Cairo and the Nile, the new tower was supported by former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, but the project was put on hold during the wake of political unrest in 2011. The tower faced further issues with economic reforms as the country's currency weakened and importing building materials became more expensive. Now, developers hope to drive growth across the country with close to $250 billion dollars worth of construction projects currently underway.  Nile Tower. Image Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects Set with a construction budget of $600 million, the Nile Tower hopes to break ground as President Sisi and the government work with Living In Interiors to ensure the building rises in Cairo. The design will feature 36 floors of luxury apartments, a casino, spa, night club, shopping area and a 230 key hotel. The surrounding area has begun to see a surge of development projects as the heart of Cairo sees an increase in investment.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Fort Worth Camera / Ibanez Shaw Architecture Posted: 31 Aug 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Dror Baldinger, FAIA
 © Dror Baldinger, FAIA Text description provided by the architects. The project sits on Montgomery Street, a commercial corridor that lies between the Arlington Heights Neighborhood and the Museum/Cultural District. The Museum of Science and History by Legorreta +Legorreta is directly across the street. The District is also home to the wonderful concrete Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth by Tadao Ando, and the masterwork Kimball Art Museum, designed by Louis Kahn.  © Dror Baldinger, FAIA  Floor Plan  © Dror Baldinger, FAIA The Fort Worth Camera building houses photography classrooms, studios, and a retail area. The hole pattern in the concrete screen wall depicts the graphic proportionality of seven standard apertures that restrict how much light is allowed to enter the camera.  © Dror Baldinger, FAIA  Exploded Axonometry  © Dror Baldinger, FAIA The openings in the wall are conically flared to increase the visual transparency and graphic presentation. The upper-level walls and aperture wall were poured on the ground and lifted into place, while the lower level walls were cast-in-place. The yellow box holds the children's area and pays homage to the lantern of the Legorreta +Legorreta building across the street.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Chicago Architecture Center Opens in New Location Posted: 31 Aug 2018 05:00 AM PDT  Chicago Architecture Center. Image Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Center After their previous announcement back in January, the Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) is officially open to the public this Friday, August 31st. Formerly known as the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the 20,000 square foot CAC opens in a new location at 111 East Wacker Drive. Featuring programs, exhibitions and tours, the center aims to be "home to everything architecture in Chicago." The CAC includes a range of custom designed spaces, from an architecture store and lecture hall to interactive exhibits.  Chicago Architecture Center. Image Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Center Housed within a building originally designed by Mies van der Rohe, the center's new home was renovated by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and Gallagher & Associates. Inside, visitors can experience the expansive Chicago Model, an immersive view of 3D model of Chicago with 4,000 buildings. The model explores the growth of the city through a film and light show. Visitors can also see Building Tall, an exhibit of supersized scale models featuring famous skyscrapers from Chicago and around the world. This signature exhibit is located in the Skyscraper Gallery, a monumental space with windows overlooking the Chicago River.  Chicago Architecture Center. Image Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Center  Chicago Architecture Center. Image Courtesy of Chicago Architecture Center Lynn Osmond, the CAF's president and CEO, said of the new Center, "We can't wait for people to visit and experience how Chicago architects have influenced the world through their innovation and vision. We've engineered a stimulating and immersive space where visitors can have fun discovering Chicago's groundbreaking architecture and appreciate its profound impact on the world." Visitors are invited to post photos to social media using the hashtag #GetToTheCenter. For more information about the Chicago Architecture Center you can visit their website here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Huemules Border Complex / Cavagnaro Rojo Arquitectos + Jorge García + Crisosto Arquitectos Posted: 31 Aug 2018 04:00 AM PDT  © CRG
 © CRG Text description provided by the architects. Located in Balmaceda, Chile, and just steps from the border with Argentina, the Huemules Complex constitutes a threshold of connection between Chile and trans-Andean territory. In the building converge all the public organisms, of both frontier countries, destined to control the migrant flow of people and vehicles that cross the border. Emplaced in a wide and uninhabited terrain of the Andean Patagonia steppe, the climate, and geography condition the architecture.  Perspective The constant south-west wind, which hits with gusts over 100 k / h, combines with subzero temperatures and snow during the winter, forming an uninhabited territory, where geography and landscape are the real protagonists. In this context, a volumetry is proposed that contrasts with the landscape, using a simple and unpretentious geometry: geography is the truly relevant and the building an event on the road.  © CRG The project consists of two bodies that intersect in a cross and contain programs of an opposite nature. A wider permeable volume and bay contains public areas of vehicular arrest. The opposite volume, of two levels, contains areas of restricted access, such as offices, access control modules, expansion areas and rooms for Chilean and Argentinean personnel.  © CRG  Section  © CRG The configuration of the building responds to a complex system of relations between enclosures with different levels of security. Its symmetrical nature divides into equal parts exclusive zones for the personnel of Chile and Argentina, whose services converge in the meeting of the volumes, where the passenger control areas that enter and leave the country are deployed.  © CRG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 31 Aug 2018 02:00 AM PDT  Courtesy of Frank Oudeman
 Courtesy of Frank Oudeman Text description provided by the architects. Located in Manhattan's Meatpacking District, this 1300-square-foot townhouse was converted from a studio on the third floor to a triplex, combined with the adjoining duplex below.  Courtesy of Frank Oudeman In the renovation of this 12-foot-wide townhouse, our guiding principle was to improve the quality of light and air flowing throughout, to create an expansive feeling in an otherwise small and narrow space. The primary architectural challenges were to find a way to open up the house to allow light to pass through from the sky to the ground level, to move up and down without cutting up the living quarters, and to eliminate the triplex feeling and to engage the cellar and undo the underground quality of its space. To do so, we needed to design a staircase that would introduce light midway in the structure and engage the living spaces it intersects.  Courtesy of Frank Oudeman This triplex townhouse consists of a garden-level living room, a master bedroom suite on the third floor, and a kitchen and dining area on the entry level. In order to create the feeling of a connected space in a multi-level townhouse, we designed a new, open staircase system that eases the transition between movement and rest. Given the 12' width of building, our solution was a series of steps that cantilever from the wall and float towards the center of the space, allowing light to filter through the risers. The entry level and cellar were cut back from both sides of the garden wall, allowing for a double-story space that meets at a midway point. This solution reduces the feeling of the cellar's position underground, and also mediates the transition between the middle and lower levels.  Sectional Axon Rendering An angled skylight was added to the front portion of the third floor, which reveals a view of the trees hanging over the townhouse, frames the master bedroom suite from above, and also redirects and filters light down to the lower levels. Meeting with the natural light emanating from the all-glass facade in the rear, the townhouse also opens up into a garden, which connects nature and 'stretches from earth to the sky,' as written by Gaston Bachelard in The Poetics of Space.  Courtesy of Frank Oudeman  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 11 Brazilian UNESCO World Heritage Sites That Every Architect Must Visit Posted: 31 Aug 2018 01:00 AM PDT  Image: Roberto Rosa/Iphan/Reproduction On August 17th, Brazil celebrated its National Heritage Day. Created in 1998 to honor the historian and first president of IPHAN (National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute), Rodrigo Melo Franco de Andrade, who would have turned 100 years old. This date aims to reinforce the recognition and appreciation of the country's cultural heritage. To celebrate heritage month, HAUS, an ArchDaily Brazil partner, selected 11 UNESCO World Heritage sites located on Brazilian soil. Historic Town of Ouro Preto  Image: Raquel Mendes Silva/Wikimedia Commons/Reproduction The city of Ouro Preto (formerly Vila Rica), founded in 1691, was the first city in Brazil to be named a UNESCO World Heritage Site (1980). The city's structure is one of the most singular manifestations of Brazilian colonial architecture. Ouro Preto's religious architecture has a strong presence in the city, and is adorned with ceiling paintings, stonework, and gold details. According to IPHAN, the city is a "man-made masterpiece" that tells a “unique testimony of a cultural tradition.” Historic Center of the Town of Olinda  Image: Roberto Rosa/Iphan/Reproduction With a history marked by lootings and fires from the 17th-century Dutch invasion, Olinda’s best attributes are its green landscape and the sea, which serve as a background to the landscape and diverse, architectural styles. Here it is possible to find exemplars of 16th-century heritage, unique tiles from the 18th and 19th centuries, and neoclassic and eclectic buildings dating from the early 20th century. Among them is the Carmo church, burned by the Dutch but rebuilt with its original characteristics. The city was included on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1982 and illustrates "important stages of human history." Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis – Ruins of São Miguel das Missões  Courtesy of Haus São Miguel Arcanjo, founded in 1687, was a mission where European priest of the Society of Jesus converted Brazilian natives. The intense contact between indigenous Brazilians and Europeans gave origin to a singular artistic activity called 'Missionary Baroque,' which blends indigenous and European aesthetics. The ruins were included on the UNESCO list in 1985. According to IPHAN, this is one of the most significant Jesuit missions on Guarani land. Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas  Image: Iphan/Reproduction The construction of the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas began in 1757. The construction of the sanctuary forms six chapels. The Bom Jesus do Matosinhos church and the altar of the prophets (an area that holds the sculptures) took more than a hundred years to build. Considered a masterpiece of Baroque architecture, it was built by Aleijadinho and Manoel da Costa Athayde. It was named a heritage site in 1985 and is “a testimony of a cultural tradition” and “a masterpiece of creative genius.” Historic Center of Salvador da Bahia  Image: Bigstock Salvador has remained a vital location in Brazil even after Rio de Janeiro took its title (capital and economic center) in 1763. Designed by Luis Dias, the city’s historic urban layout is divided between “Cidade Baixa” (Downtown, which includes the port) and “Cidade Alta” (Uptown, which includes the administrative and religious centers). Its monumental architecture reached its height in the 17th and 18th centuries due to the transition from the Renaissance to the Baroque era. The town’s symbolic buildings are from this period, such as Salvador Cathedral (formerly a Jesuit Church) and the Church and Monastery of Sao Bento. The Historic Center of Salvador da Bahia became a heritage site in 1985. Brasilia Image: Unesco/Reproduction An icon of Brazilian modern architecture, Brasilia was inaugurated on April 21, 1960, three and a half years after the construction of the monumental city designed by Lucio Costa had begun. Laid out along two axes that cross at a right angle, Brasilia creates four well defined urban scales (monumental, residential, gregarious, and bucolic). Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, buildings such as the Itamaraty Palace, the National Theater, and the Cathedral have become the capital’s postcards. Brasilia was included on the World Heritage list in 1987. Historic Center of Sao Luís do Maranhao  Image: Iphan/Reproduction Located in the Northeastern region of Brazil, Sao Luís (founded in 1615) is another location that was invaded by the Dutch in the mid-17th century. With its streets, squares, plazas, and stairs, architecture is the city's main attraction. Its structures were designed to keep visitors cool in the warm climate with ventilation and shade in the buildings, azulejos tiles, shuttered windows, porches, and balconies. Included on UNESCO World's Heritage list in 1997, the city was recognized for its "testimony of exceptional cultural tradition." Historic Center of Diamantina  Image: Unesco/Reproduction Founded by the Portuguese Crown in 1731 to take hold of the diamond extraction region, Diamantina is another testament to the fusion of Brazilian and European design. Its architecture is simple: houses with whitewashed walls, vivid colors that adorn doors and windows, and cobogós that integrate with the lush landscape. The Historic Center of Diamantina became a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1999. Historic Center of Goiás  Image: Wagner Araujo/Iphan/Reproduction Goiás was founded in 1727 by explorers from Sao Paulo. The city preserves religious traditions such as the Fogaréu procession. It has a vernacular architectural ensemble, with a predominance of single story, colonial, and eclectic houses. The religious architecture stands out for its simplicity, showing traces of a “late” Baroque style, similar to that of the first phase of the style contemplated by the churches of Minas Gerais. The Historic Center of Goiás was included in 2001 for representing “a considerable exchange of human values in the development of architecture, urban planning, arts and landscape design.” Pampulha Modern Ensemble  Image: Aglaia Oliveira/Pixabay/Reproduction Located in one of the most traditional areas of Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais), the Pampulha Modern Ensemble is the first cultural heritage site to receive the title of "Cultural Landscape of Modern Heritage." It was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and is one of his most important works. There are four buildings laid out around an artificial lake: the São Francisco de Assis church, a casino (current Pampulha Art Museum), a ballroom (current the Belo Horizonte Reference Center for Urbanism, Architecture and Design), and the Golf Yacht Club. They were built between the years of 1942 and 1943 and inaugurated by the then mayor of Belo Horizonte, Juscelino Kubitschech, who, twenty years later, would become the president who inaugurated Brasilia. The set is completed by azulejos tiles panels signed by Candido Portinari and sculptures by artists such as Alfredo Ceschiatti and José Alves Pedrosa, alongside gardens designed by Roberto Burle Marx. Listed by IPHAN in 1997, the ensemble received its UNESCO World Heritage Site title in 2016. Valongo Wharf Archeological Site – Rio de Janeiro  Image: Agência Brasil/Achieve/Tomaz Silva The most recent Brazilian Heritage to be listed by UNESCO, the Valongo Wharf Archeological Site, in Rio de Janeiro, was the main port of entrance for African slaves in all of America, receiving around 900 thousand slaves, according to UNESCO estimations. Dated from 1811, the wharf was discovered by archeologists in 2011, during the construction for Porto Maravilha. Recovered, the remnants of the wharf were exhibited and are open for visitation on Barão de Teté Avenue. The inclusion as a World Heritage was made in 2017 and represents the recognition of its universal value as a memory of the violence against humanity that slavery represents, as well as the contribution that African people have given to the cultural, social and economic formation of the country. By Haus.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Explore Norway’s National Tourist Routes in Berlin’s Felleshus Exhibition This Fall Posted: 31 Aug 2018 12:00 AM PDT  Allmannajuvet Zinc Mine Museum in Ryfylke by Peter Zumthor. Image © Ken Schluchtmann - diephotodesigner.de Architecture and Landscape in Norway, a photography exhibition by Ken Schluchtmann, will open this fall in the Felleshus of the Nordic Embassies in Berlin. Featuring architecture, landscapes and roads in northern light, the exhibition situates Ken Schluchtmann in a long tradition of landscape representation in Norway. Opening on October 5, 2018, the show is part of the "European Month of Photography." The exhibition will displays images taken along the National Tourist Routes in Norway.  Trollstigen Visitor Center by Reiulf Ramstad Architects. Image © Ken Schluchtmann - diephotodesigner.de  Sohlbergplassen in Rondane by Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk. Image © Ken Schluchtmann - diephotodesigner.de The National Tourist Routes consist of 18 roads that run along the coasts and fjords, and over the mountains and plains in Norway. By 2024 there will be almost 250 rest areas and viewpoints created by some 60 architectural firms, landscaping firms, designers and artists. Over the course of eight years, Ken Schluchtmann photographed the National Tourist Routes using coherent imagery. Creating a strong identity while showcasing some of the most beautiful parts of rural Norway, the photographs mix nature, art and architecture.  Tverrfjellhytta by Snøhetta. Image © Ken Schluchtmann - diephotodesigner.de The exhibition design is conceived by the Berlin creative agency Bluescope and emphasizes the unique combination of nature and architecture in an environment in which large-format images form the backdrop for a total immersion in the Norwegian landscape. Curator Janike Kampevold Larsen is an associate professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO) and deals with Norwegian landscape and landscape theory. The Architecture and Landscape in Norway exhibition will be open until January 17, 2019.
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| The Top 10 Inspirational Design Cities of 2018, As Revealed by Metropolis Magazine Posted: 30 Aug 2018 11:00 PM PDT  Courtesy of Studio Roosegaarde. ImageStudio Roosegaarde's Smog Free Tower In Metropolis Magazine's latest - and last - installment in their annual design cities review, the focus is not on output or culture but on cities themselves as the point of inspiration. For the designers surveyed, these were the cities that made their hearts beat a little faster; the ones that remained in their minds and wormed their way into their work.
The cities listed are far-flung and unique, including locales like the sweltering southern US city of Savannah and the sprawling megalopolis that is Mumbai. And while they share little in common with each other on the surface, each have a layered history that influences the city's design culture today. In some cases, however, this history is under threat. Beijing's urban renewal efforts have resulted in the destruction of many historic neighbourhoods, and the affordability crisis gripping San Francisco makes the city less accessible every day. In the face of shifting urban landscapes, designers are making it a priority to express the spirit of their city in their work. See Metropolis Magazine's editors' picks for the 2018 Inspirational Design Cities feature here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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