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- Post Headquarter Vienna / Schenker Salvi Weber + feld72
- Calling All Storytellers: Blank Space Launches Sixth Annual Fairy Tales Competition
- Foster + Partners Breaks Ground on Shanghai Suhewan Skyscraper
- Gallery Home / Elding Oscarson
- Nursery School at Roches de Condrieu / Brenas Doucerain Architectes
- House Renovation and Extension in Peseux / Graber & Petter Architectes Sàrl
- Miniature Beijing: the Conversion of No. 28 Dayuan Hu Tong / Atelier Li Xinggang
- Balcony House / Takeshi Hosaka Architects
- Clan Hall X / SU Architects
- Panpo-ri Residence / a round architects
- Mosman / SAOTA
- The Shougang Ertong Warehouse Renovation / China Architecture Design & Research Group
- 102 The Mill / Carter Williamson
- Mecanoo and Metaform Win Mondorf-les-Bains Velodrome and Sports Complex
- The New Glenstone / Thomas Phifer and Partners
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- RBA Studio / Randy Bens Architect
- Heneghan Peng's Moscow Contemporary Arts Center Scrapped Due to Funding Shortage
- Gama Issa V2.0 / Studio Mk27 - Marcio Kogan + Lair Reis
- Post Post-Modernism: 10 Projects that Reinterpret the Movement for the Digital Age
| Post Headquarter Vienna / Schenker Salvi Weber + feld72 Posted: 25 Sep 2018 10:00 PM PDT  © Lukas Schaller
 © Lukas Schaller Text description provided by the architects. Schenker Salvi Weber and feld72 shape the new corporate headquarters of Post AG on Vienna's Rochusmarkt. The building ensemble is a composition of the highest quality which not only skilfully combines old and new but also features contemporary interior architecture which is distinguished by the open communication areas in the offices and the design of the mall. The integration of the building into the urban context enables it to enter into dialogue with its surroundings.  © Lukas Schaller  Section  © Lukas Schaller The spatial structure of the building can be read and used in a number of ways with a view to ensuring its long-term operation. From the starting point of the historically protected existing building, the new spaces have been designed to permit a range of alternative uses and extensive adaptations to the building services infrastructure. Despite this flexible internal organization the powerful image of the façade lends the building a sense of continuity and timelessness – and hence sustainability.  © Lukas Schaller Interior and exterior from a single hand  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Calling All Storytellers: Blank Space Launches Sixth Annual Fairy Tales Competition Posted: 25 Sep 2018 09:30 PM PDT  Fairy Tales 2018: Architecture Storytelling Competition Blank Space is thrilled to announce the 2019 Fairy Tales competition in partnership with ArchDaily, Archinect, Bustler, and the AIAS. The winners will be selected by a jury that includes Tatiana Bilbao, Mark Foster Gage, Jürgen Mayer and Moshe Safdie. For the last 5 years, the Fairy Tales competition has captured the imagination of designers and architects around the world. Last year's record breaking competition drew entries from over 60 countries, making the competition once again the largest annual architecture competition in the world. For the sixth year of the competition, Blank Space is proud to partner with ArchDaily, Archinect, Bustler, and the AIAS. "My personal little theory is that we're all constantly reworking our childhoods. For me, creativity has a lot to do with recovering lost innocence," says jury member Jürgen Mayer, "As a society, we're definitely looking at the future again, but always in terms of responsibilities, cautions, and potential catastrophes. I refer back to this moment in the past where there was this excitement, energy, and risk of discovery." To celebrate the launch of the 6th year of the Fairy Tales competition- all Fairy Tales publications, including Fairy Tales Volume 1, Fairy Tales Volume 2, and Fairy Tales Volume 3 will be on sale for a limited time- available at the Blank Space website. "The best entries we have received over the years are not just visually stunning and original in their execution, but they inspire us by striking universal chords," says Blank Space founder Francesca Giuliani. "From deeply personal studies in how we relate to our surroundings, to tales of large-scale social dystopias, the entrants to Fairy Tales competition have the power to ignite meaningful and needed conversations in the wider architecture community." Fairy Tales is open to all, and invites architects, designers, writers, artists, engineers, illustrators, students and creatives to submit their own unique architectural fairy tales. A successful entry will craft a text narrative, along with 5 images, in the most spectacular way possible. Participants can register for a $45 Early Bird Discount until September 28th. Following that, Regular Registration ($60) will be open until December 6th, and Late Registration ($75) until the Submission Deadline on January 4th, 2018. To register for Fairy Tales 2019 and for more detailed information, please visit: www.blankspaceproject.com To download a copy of the brief: https://bit.ly/2x60a0f For any questions please email: competitions@blankspaceproject.com Download the information related to this competition here.
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| Foster + Partners Breaks Ground on Shanghai Suhewan Skyscraper Posted: 25 Sep 2018 09:00 PM PDT  Suhewan Skyscraper. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners Work has begun on Foster + Partners' 200-meter-high Suhewan Skyscraper in Shanghai. Designed as part of a larger regeneration plan, the 42 story tower will be built for property development company China Resources Land. The first office tower in the residential district, the project is part of a larger move to make Shanghai a top financial and technology center by 2020. Designed as a landmark development in the Suhewan East Urban Complex, the skyscraper will open up to views of Pudong, Bund and the Huangpu River.  Suhewan Skyscraper. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners Designed as an animated backdrop to the park, the tower has already broken ground and will feature scenic lifts that rise to the rooftop. Adjacent to a new Suhewan Park and underground retail complex, it is made to introduce a richer mix of functions to the predominantly residential area of the city. The Suhewan Skyscraper hopes to bring new business to the area while alluding to the industrial aesthetic of nearby bridges and buildings. Gerard Evenden, Head of Studio, Foster + Partners, said that: "China Resources Land Suhewan project occupies a pivotal position in the city, as a rapidly growing area for new businesses. In consonance with the city's future vision for the area, our focus has been to provide a modern landmark inspired by its rich history and industrial past."  Suhewan Skyscraper. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners  Suhewan Skyscraper. Image Courtesy of Foster + Partners Featuring an expressed structure and dark glazing, the tower was made to create a contrast between the glass and the stainless steel structural frame. The tower is effectively split into two wings as the middle sections of the building's western façade are recessed to allow natural light to flood the office spaces. Inside, flexible floor plates suit a variety of layouts from single to multiple tenancies. As Evenden stated, "We designed the building to accommodate the changing nature of the workplace. The floor plates have been designed to enhance collaboration and communication, with special emphasis on natural daylight, as organisations look towards healthier and more open spaces to work."  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gallery Home / Elding Oscarson Posted: 25 Sep 2018 08:00 PM PDT  © Mikael Olsson
 © Mikael Olsson Text description provided by the architects. By coincidence when looking for a larger flat, the art-loving clients came across a plot with an 8-car underground garage on the island Lidingö, just outside Stockholm. Apart from the submerged garage, the plot was empty. This was not what they were looking for, yet it felt just right – soon a dream of a house with an integrated gallery started to form.  © Mikael Olsson .jpg?1537879253 "Section") Section  © Mikael Olsson  Section Through a cost conscious process and an attempt to benefit from what was already built on site, a large portion of the original garage has been appropriated for indoor climate. The garage structure has been altered by cutting open the roof slab, connecting it to the new building above and leading down ample daylight. While the first upper floor divides naturally into four bedrooms of various sizes, arranged around a central spiral stair under a skylight, the ground floor is a singular large room. With daylight and views from all four facades and a generous height under its tightly pitched plywood beams, this space is blending with the nature and trees surrounding it.  © Mikael Olsson  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Nursery School at Roches de Condrieu / Brenas Doucerain Architectes Posted: 25 Sep 2018 07:00 PM PDT  © studio erick saillet
 © studio erick saillet Text description provided by the architects. The site of the project is that of the courtyard of the current school group located in the center of town, dense tissue organized around the place of arms. The outdoor area reserved for elementary school children is closed between a dead end in the west and the existing Jules Ferry building in L to the east and north. Two beautiful plane trees inhabit this space.  © studio erick saillet  Ground Floor Plan  © studio erick saillet Traditional local rural architecture is built of rammed earth. The facade walls along the impasse, now demolished, had once been built with this local resource. The school group dating from the nineteenth century is built in masonry and the town hall located across the street. The new nursery school slips into an existing dense fabric, with a shoehorn, gently, between adobe walls and plane trees.  © studio erick saillet  © studio erick saillet The project consists of a volume of R + 1 masonry and coated, slightly skewed to escape the plane trees of the yard. It is built along the impasse by a rammed wall forming basement which allows reconnecting with the vocabulary of the old walls, to implement an available resource on the spot, a clay and ocher earth.  © studio erick saillet On the courtyard side, a lower wooden structure leans against it and offers a covered space, the courtyard and an additional outdoor area, on the terrace, accessible to children for accompanied and supervised educational activities. It helps to decongest the yard on frequented during recess. It is deformed at the right plane trees to avoid their extended roots, slips under their rowing to enjoy their shade. The structural principle is simple and implements pieces of local solid wood, stacked, juxtaposed, superimposed, like the construction game for children. The upright timber uprights act as a sunshade in the east.  Section The organization of the spaces is done in a voluntarily long and stretched volume, which closes the courtside North while encroaching as little as possible on its surface. The distributive principle mono-oriented allows lighting the circulation naturally. Classrooms and activities are superimposed according to their decibel production; the changing room above the canteen, the library above the desks, the big classes above the little ones, and nothing above the restroom.  © studio erick saillet  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| House Renovation and Extension in Peseux / Graber & Petter Architectes Sàrl Posted: 25 Sep 2018 06:00 PM PDT  © Lionel Henriod
 © Lionel Henriod Text description provided by the architects. Originally, the two-story building, a family house typical of Swiss 1950's architecture, was erected in the center of a private garden on the hillside of Lake Neuchâtel. Its location offers breathtaking views of the surrounding landscape.  © Lionel Henriod  Ground Floor Plan  © Lionel Henriod The aim of the extension was to create two independent and stacked apartments. The project reorganizes the interior spaces; the close relationship between the old and new volume creates a central space extending to all four facades, which distributes all the rooms.  © Lionel Henriod  Section  © Lionel Henriod The new volume is subtly attached to the house's southern facade. Due to its shifted position, the project provides several different views of the picturesque surroundings, from a lake panorama to more intimate views of the garden. Despite its facades made from corrugated aluminum sheets and its contemporary volume, the extension reuses the archetype and colors of the original building resulting in an expression that affirms both its relation to the existing house and its own identity.  © Lionel Henriod  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Miniature Beijing: the Conversion of No. 28 Dayuan Hu Tong / Atelier Li Xinggang Posted: 25 Sep 2018 05:00 PM PDT  © Shengliang Su
 © Shengliang Su Text description provided by the architects. The conversion of No. 28 Dayuan Hu Tong, titled 'Miniature Beijing', which is an Atelier Li Xinggang's recent project completed in 2017, is located in the old city area of Beijing.  © Shengliang Su A common courtyard house of 262sqm is transformed into five apartments with self-contained courtyards, as well as a public space that host café and tea house.  Courtesy of Atelier Li Xinggang Turning from the noisy urban commercial streets into the peaceful and leisurely Hu Tong district, then through the outside main Hu Tong to a semi-external ally way and a further smaller lane, separate paths lead to the north and south courtyard apartments of different size and configurations.  © Shengliang Su Several linear concrete structural / spacial units form the elemental spacial formation within the entire courtyard complex. Each contains a courtyard that is varied in size and shape.  © Shengliang Su The main living room of each apartment is spacious and bright, benefits from the view of the garden.  © Shengliang Su Travelling further south along the main ally way, passing the café and tea house, visitors reach the small public garden at the rear and arrive at the platform of the pavilion elevated above the courtyard via a set of concrete steps on the side.  © Shengliang Su With the setting sun as the backdrop, the profound scenery composed of stacked roofs in the old city, ancient trees, flying pigeons and the new city high-rises in the distance bring visitors into much contemplation.  © Shengliang Su This small experimental project is a design practice that combined old urban renewal, courtyard renovation and ideal home.  © Shengliang Su  © Shengliang Su Based on the study of traditional Beijing's complex urban structure, and with the understanding and utilizing of its extended and densified structure, the crowded courtyard house was transformed to collective small courtyard dwellings by the method of fractal densification.  Courtesy of Atelier Li Xinggang The layout of "house-garden" and "public unit" fit in the structure of contemporary society, turning the courtyard house into a "miniature community".  © Shengliang Su The technical design of minimum sized dwelling serves the spiritual build of "house-garden harmonization", and bringing the experience of daily poetic and urban scenery into "ideal living environment" by space narration.  © Shengliang Su The individual case responds to the "three problems" of Beijing's old urban renewal, and investigates the possibility of it extending into wider ranges of communities and urban space, and recovering the "self-generating opportunity" of Beijing's old urban.  © Shengliang Su  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Balcony House / Takeshi Hosaka Architects Posted: 25 Sep 2018 04:00 PM PDT  © Koji Fuji / Nacasa and Partners Inc.
 © Koji Fuji / Nacasa and Partners Inc. Text description provided by the architects. A house built in the downtown of Tokyo. A couple and a child live. When I looked at the neighborhood, the window with low fence and the balcony were in every house, it was also a place and tool for communication with the town.  © Koji Fuji / Nacasa and Partners Inc. So I set up windows on the 4 sides, and put large and small balconies on the indoor side of the window to make it a place of life. There is a balcony in the window outside and inside the house.Living in a moderate sense of distance between the balconies.  Section -Main bed balcony (A couple's bed space. There is storage of clothes.)  © Koji Fuji / Nacasa and Partners Inc. The balcony at the window side has a feeling like outside though it is inside the house. The feeling of the window side spreads throughout the house.  © Koji Fuji / Nacasa and Partners Inc.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2018 03:00 PM PDT  Exterior. Image © Xuguo Tang
 Village. Image © Xuguo Tang Text description provided by the architects. Located at the entrance of the entire village, this house is the first building in sight when entering this ancient Huizhou village. This tiny sweet piece of architecture was originally used as a small pharmacy store with an area of only 80㎡. In order to receive growing number of tourists, we renovated her into a reception center for the entire village. The design requirements are simple: in order to coordinate with the overall environment, it's not allowed to be bigger, taller or abrupt. However, she still needs to bear the iconic role of the entire ancient village at the entrance spot.  Exterior. Image © Xuguo Tang  Facade. Image © Xuguo Tang During the concept phase, we don't want her appearance to be smeared exaggeratedly as a cyber-celebrity, but a local girl who reads poetry. Therefore, the renovation still uses the local Huizhou architecture language of Matou Wall. When the frontal three folding doors are fully opened, you will be thrilled to discover the hidden but beautiful space inside.  Void wall. Image © Xuguo Tang Warm structure  Axonometric Different from the traditional timber carpentry work in the Jiangnan area, the timber structure of the ancient Huizhou area is characterized by "thick beam and slim column". Therefore, in order to make the columns appear slender, the original bulky column is cut down into four thin columns and becomes a group of "separated columns". At the same time, in order to increase the stability and rhythm of the beam, one beam is replaced by a pair of beams lying side by side. Though the traditional "square-beam-and-square-column" structure doesn't have the tenderness and beauty of the round ones, it has the highest structural efficiency. All the beams and columns are snap-fitted together by mortise and tendon joint structure, forming a roof truss of separated-columns and complex beams --"the overall timber structural carpentry system".  Void wall. Image © Xuguo Tang  Section  Detail. Image © Xuguo Tang Western classical architecture organizes architectural forms and proportions with "order of pillars" as the core, while Chinese timber structures have always emphasized the systematic nature of beams and columns as a whole. Although Chinese architecture does not emphasize precise proportions, it pursues the spirit and rhythm of the overall space, the creation of which is closely related to the timber structural system. The structure is no longer a negative factor that needs to be concealed in modern architecture, but an important skeleton to create the spirit and rhythm of the overall space.  Detail. Image © Xuguo Tang Walls  Outdoor view from inside. Image © Xuguo Tang  Floor plan  Shadow wall. Image © Xuguo Tang Wall of Virtual Separation: The "horse head wall", known as "Matou wall", is the iconic symbol of traditional Huizhou architecture. It was used for fire prevention and later became a unique language of regional culture. Matou wall provides a feeling of mystery and shelter. However, as a public reception center, we hope to retain this Huizhou architectural language and at the same time to get rid of the sense of isolation given by these walls. Therefore, we constructed a whole interface of horse head wall made of modern glass brick as a virtual separation between the inside and outside. Suddenly the building has an interesting change that the inside wood carpentry structure is presented to the outside with skilled and magical craftsmanship.  Void wall. Image © Xuguo Tang  Void wall. Image © Xuguo Tang Wall of the Tree: The west gable wall is the only solid wall in the building so as to enhance the dramatic effect of flipping the inside and outside. Specially, we picked a curved jujube tree from the nursery garden 800 km away. Once the tree was cut down, we planted a new seedling next to it. This beautiful curved jujube tree was then transported back and hung on the wall without any decoration. The wood structural system made of jujube trees and the unmodified original jujube trees are placed in one space. Facade and nature, virtual and real, inside and outside, curved and straight, the interior then acquires a sense of balance, just like a kind of antithesis relation in traditional literature.  Tree wall. Image © Xuguo Tang This practice may be questioned by environmentalists. But in fact, we believe there are two life cycles of trees. One is the natural life that grows in the woods, and the other is the artistic life that people use as materials for construction or furniture, so that their lives can be prolonged in the artistic sense. In addition to this reception center, we also did a series of renovations that we called "minimally invasive surgery" in this village, including an inn, a tea house, a bamboo pavilion, a bamboo bridge, etc. We don't intend to alter the appearance of the village completely, which may cause huge changes of its context or even aborigines. Instead, we hope that through the approaches of "small actions and big mind", the charming village will shine again with glowing beauty.  Exterior. Image © Xuguo Tang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Panpo-ri Residence / a round architects Posted: 25 Sep 2018 02:00 PM PDT  © Kim Joo-Young
 © Kim Joo-Young Climate of Jeju  © Kim Joo-Young We started the project with a few starting points dealing with the climate. First was making use of the porous stone wall, and lowering the building site than the surrounding earth in order not to fight with the wind. Second, was locating the large window taking place in the southern wall for sufficient light, and installing canopies over 2m long to deal with the strong western sunlight. Lastly, by building a wall between the building and road on the east and north side, lighting and ventilation were enabled. Likewise, we observed the climate of Jeju and reflected the result in the design.  © Kim Joo-Young Layers of Senses  © Kim Joo-Young  Section  © Kim Joo-Young Smooth concrete and rough basalt seem different but also alike in some way. The vine coming up from the bottom is the medium that connects two materials. The light coming in along the surface of the southern wall gives the warmth to the plants. The large door made out of Jeju cedar add warmth as you approach the entrance. The sound of the wind passing between the cedar panels represents the characteristic of the space. As you enter, the sun shines on the hard floor of the yard, and shimmering lights reflected from the water space falls on an inner wall, waking up the stillness. Breeze blow into the lower yard and walls and trees located in west block strong light and wind.  © Kim Joo-Young Establishment of relationship  © Kim Joo-Young  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 25 Sep 2018 01:00 PM PDT  © Justin Alexander
 © Justin Alexander Text description provided by the architects. Set on the slopes of Mosman, Sydney, this bold and modern home maximises dramatic views and capitalises on the great climate and indoor-outdoor lifestyle in Australia.  © Justin Alexander Designed by award-winning architecture company SAOTA, this home has been created as a primary home for a young Sydney family. With an international footprint in more than 86 countries, it is SAOTA's first completed project in Australia. SAOTA teamed with highly respected Sydney-based, TKD Architects to bring the project to life. TKD brings together experts in contemporary architecture and interior design.  Section "As Executive Architects, TKD worked closely with the client, ensuring that SAOTA's detailed design was delivered and a dream home realized. Their creativity and commitment to design excellence was a key success factor," comments SAOTA Junior Associate, Erin Gibbs.  © Justin Alexander For interior decorating, design studio Alexandra Kidd Design succeeded in creating sophisticated spaces within the home.  © Justin Alexander What makes this home unique in the area is its position on two adjacent sites, allowing generously proportioned open living areas and wide access to views. Significantly recessed into the hillside, the main living area is below street level for maximum privacy. The living area opens two sides, creating Easterly views to the Harbour and to the West, offering a secluded garden with exposed rock feature. This lends to a sense that one is surrounded by natural elements.  Ground floor plan The home is accessible from two streets – the guest entrance on the upper level, and the access to parking garages from the lower street. From the water side, the sculptured facade is bold. From the street side, the tone and style is more understated. Guests enter through a wooden entrance door and over a bridge that crosses the garden below. On the main level, the outdoor space includes a covered outdoor lounge and dining area, as well as bedrooms which float above the underlying platforms. A shallow water feature that wraps the area picks up the element of water from the Harbour, creating a natural edge to the spacious main terrace.  © Justin Alexander On the lower level, a covered outdoor area leads directly to the pool, with its secluded hot tub as part of the body of water. The dark granite hues of the pool are on trend and have a more monolithic recessive character. The covered outdoor easy living space is complemented with an uncovered deck ideal for capturing the warmth of the winter sun.  © Justin Alexander Throughout the house, pristine concrete work combines with sandstone cladding. Abundant to the area, this natural stone has been used in a contemporary way. This light tone of the sandstone is offset with warm textures of wood and bronze used for internal cladding and screening. Feature pieces such as a hand-cut grey granite counter further showcase and contrast the pristine craftsmanship.  © Justin Alexander The approach to privacy is multi-layered. Angled bronzed louvres are used to maximize view out, while minimizing views inwards. Further motorized screening adjacent to the entrance allows the option of maximum light when open or privacy from the street when closed. In addition to the abundant living spaces, the home comprises five bedrooms, a sauna, gym, wine cellar and a cinema room – complete with roll down screen, the latest in audio-visual technology and block out blinds.  © Justin Alexander  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Shougang Ertong Warehouse Renovation / China Architecture Design & Research Group Posted: 25 Sep 2018 12:00 PM PDT  Chinese restaurant entrance. Image © Guangyuan Zhang
 Chinese restaurant courtyard. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Ease  Chinese restaurant courtyard. Image © Guangyuan Zhang The work of an architect doesn`t seem so easy ,while he is to create the place that makes one feel at ease:vThe first is about the place, which has its own context, and in which you build a house, you should respect what makes the place wonderful. The second is about human, who has his own sense, and for whom you build a house, you should see what makes him feel at ease.The last is yourself. You can hold one heart with ease, only if the design is selfless. To feel, think, explore and let it go. Set your foot in the field of heartlessness, then build.  Chinese restaurant courtyard. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Concession  Alteration diagram An old warehouse and a vacant lot stay in our site where the client wants to transform into a western restaurant with wine cellar as well as a Chinese restaurant. Dormers, prefabricated roof panels from 80s, crane beams and hoists fade in time along with several large trees-- eucalyptus and paulownia.  Chinese Restaurant Partial. Image © Guangyuan Zhang The design eventually adopted a strategy of humility and integration. Retaining the original style and structure of the factory building. The new part of the factory building adopts the brick masonry model, "concession" the original structure, and forms its own support structure system.  Chinese restaurant partial. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Avoid the tree  Western restaurant partial. Image © Guangyuan Zhang In that case, the Chinese restaurant outlines to avoids the trees. Walkway and foyer are arranged according to the function. The windows` placement are based on the scenery can be seen. Windows facing west are cancelled since their noisy surrounds. Brickworks ensures that the new form still got the old-time smell.  Cellar. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Avoid the plant  Western Restaurant. Image © Guangyuan Zhang Wine cellar`s underground location leaves us no place for the exhibition that We have to create an outdoor space. Corridors make the new space connected to inside space naturally without breaking any old structure and leave the old hoist a joint space that everyone can see it.  Chinese restaurant partial. Image © Guangyuan Zhang  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 102 The Mill / Carter Williamson Posted: 25 Sep 2018 10:00 AM PDT  © Brett Boardman
 © Brett Boardman Text description provided by the architects. The ambition for 102 The Mill was to preserve the industrial and varied history of Balmain while creating an inspiring and generous home. It's vital for our suburbs to grow and change, however there is an opportunity to balance the use of existing industrial materials with a sensitive selection of new elements that continue to tell the story of the area, while adapting to new uses.  © Brett Boardman Our client came to us with a Development Application on the site that approved the demolition of all structures on the site, and the construction of a new residential apartment building. However, as a long-term landowner and resident of the area, our client wanted to do something special.  © Brett Boardman Our response was to re-use the remnant structure and form of the warehouses and create 4 individual dwellings. 102 The Mill is one of these transformations. Using the existing warehouse framework, we were able to create beautiful volumes including a 12m high void that brings light down four levels of winding stairs.  © Brett Boardman The plan is divided into three areas, from east to west: vertical circulation, a service wall and place for living which is freed from the plan to look outwards. This design strategy allows the most used spaces to experience maximum amenities of light, air and openness through the north, west and south facade.  © Brett Boardman Inside 102 The Mill, its past industrial life is wonderfully evident. The recycled three storey brick wall follows the staircase up, perfectly complimenting the steel beams elements on display for all to see throughout the home. Enveloped by the staircase, uncovered above the kitchen; The Mill embraces its structural elements instead of hiding them.  Section AA 1:100 Where materials have been inserted or replaced, they've contributed to turning a warehouse into a home. Carter Williamson consider tiles as thin bricks, and bricks as thin tiles. Rich black tiles have been used to line warehouse façade to create a new sophisticated identity for the home.  © Brett Boardman The main sustainability aspects of 102 The Mill are the adaptive reuse of a character filled warehouse that was approved for demolition. The re-use of structural steel, including heritage BHP hot rolled sections, timber flooring, ground floor slab, and brick walls. Through the adaptive re-use of 102 The Mill, the embodied energy inherent in these materials continues to be locked up.  © Brett Boardman 102 The Mill enjoys north facing living spaces, and a 12m void that allows natural daylight through all levels of the home. While, corrugated shutters provide protection from the western sun.  © Brett Boardman 102 The Mill lives and breathes its industrial past; sympathetically updated from a former Balmain timber factory, the building excels through its use of natural, recycled materials, cavernous space and free-flowing design. Penned by Carterwilliamson, the four-storey building stands as an exemplary example of architecture allowing its residences to feel safe and secure, confident and expressive, quiet and reflective; a philosophy of Carterwilliamson. Accommodating four residents across its large living areas, the glossy black tiles and use of natural wood welcome them in through the lit aged steel entrance framed by a tall wooden front door.  © Brett Boardman Inside The Mill, its past industrial life is wonderfully evident. The recycled three storey brick wall follows the staircase up, perfectly complimenting the patinaed steel beams supporting the staircase. As much an engineering marvel as an architectural, 102 The Mill's structural elements are on display for all to see throughout the home, enveloped by the staircase, uncovered above the kitchen; The Mill embraces its structural aspects instead of hiding them.  © Brett Boardman 102 The Mill takes full advantage of its north facing location, wraparound windows atop the staircase capture sunlight which effortlessly floods down past the staircase. Corrugated tin awnings not only compliment the glossy black tiles enveloping the west facing façade, but diffuse natural light into the bedrooms.  © Brett Boardman The motif of natural materials follows further inside, the master bedrooms ensuites tall walls clad with gorgeous light grey fan tiles, perfectly complimented by patinaed steel fixtures. The kitchens, black benchtop and cupboard sit with ease the original untouched wooden ceiling. Leading through the kitchen is The Mills' large courtyard. Accessible through floor to ceiling sliding glass doors, the courtyard is lined with natural stones and cocooned in tall wood panels, capped in the familiar black steel. The Mills' façade places utmost importance on its landscaping, set under the master bedrooms balcony sits a small pond lined in the recycled brickwork, skirted by the familiar aged steel.  © Brett Boardman 102 The Mill responds to its context whilst being in dialogue with neighbouring buildings. By maintaining the original height of the warehouse, the street composition is held and the additional third floor balcony reinterprets and is in conversation with the traditional terrace opposite the street.  © Brett Boardman With these gestures, 102 The Mill acts as a mediator and transition piece as Balmain straddles the past and present, and a place of industry and homes. The living area is a case in point, where a matte black joinery suite forms the service wall spine releasing the western façade to be a ribbon of sliding windows. The six-metre kitchen island bench sits in the middle of the space as a sculptural meeting point for family and friends to congregate over cooking, eating and conversations.  © Brett Boardman By embracing its former factory life, The Mill manages to capture the gritty feel of industrial Balmain, sympathetically redefining the traditional Sydney terrace house. The result sits with an inevitability, blending in with its inner Sydney surroundings, yet striking forward as a jewel of modern Australian architecture. 102 The Mill is an example of considering existing buildings as an opportunity can result in the creation of generous, robust, and character filled home.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mecanoo and Metaform Win Mondorf-les-Bains Velodrome and Sports Complex Posted: 25 Sep 2018 09:00 AM PDT  Mondorf-les-Bains Velodrome and Sports Complex. Image Courtesy of Mecanoo Mecanoo and Metaform Architects have won a competition to design a new Velodrome and Sports Complex in Mondorf-les-Bains, Luxembourg. Sited in the countryside outside the city, the project was designed as a destination for recreation. The new project will include a new national velodrome with an aquatic centre, multisport hall and climbing wall. The design aims to be a sporting hub that could host national and international cycling events while also remaining open to the community and future international school on site.  Mondorf-les-Bains Velodrome and Sports Complex. Image Courtesy of Mecanoo  Mondorf-les-Bains Velodrome and Sports Complex. Image Courtesy of Mecanoo A compact design approach was chosen to address a limited budget and the prescribed re-naturalization of the sloping agricultural site. Pools and the sports hall are sunken into the topography and covered by sloping green roofs to blend the building into the landscape. The move gives prominence to the velodrome as landmark in the landscape. The Velodrome itself was created as a floating volume above the landscape that features an elegant engineered timber structure. Wood and concrete were combined to create a warm and durable backdrop for the complex, while glazing and skylights frame views of the landscape.  Mondorf-les-Bains Velodrome and Sports Complex. Image Courtesy of Mecanoo  Mondorf-les-Bains Velodrome and Sports Complex. Image Courtesy of Mecanoo The velodrome and sports halls are accessed through rooms located on the ground floor. The layout of the Velodrome and Sports Complex connects the facilities through a grand foyer that maintains a circulation for both athletes (professional, recreational and students) and spectators. A large open staircase connects the public foyer on the first floor with the entrance, creating a clear public axis to the aquatic centre and spectator areas of the velodrome and multisport. Informal meeting and waiting spaces are created, with outdoor terraces and views onto all of the facilities and the surrounding landscape. Mecanoo and Metaform emerged as the winners of the international competition and will be commissioned by the Municipality of Mondorf-les-Bains and the Luxembourg Ministry of Sports.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The New Glenstone / Thomas Phifer and Partners Posted: 25 Sep 2018 08:14 AM PDT  © Iwan Baan courtesy of Thomas Phifer and Partners
 © Iwan Baan courtesy of Thomas Phifer and Partners Text description provided by the architects. Located on 230 acres in Potomac, Maryland, near Washington, DC, Glenstone is a museum of modern and contemporary art that offers visitors a seamlessly integrated experience of works from its collection, architecture, and landscape. Its first exhibition building, known as the Gallery, was designed by Charles Gwathmey of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects and opened to the public in 2006. The natural setting, designed by Adam Greenspan and Peter Walker of PWP Landscape Architecture, incorporates major works of outdoor sculpture within rolling meadows and unspoiled woodlands. Admission to Glenstone is always free. Visits are scheduled, to ensure that guests can have an unhurried, intimate engagement with the artworks and environment.  © Iwan Baan courtesy of Thomas Phifer and Partners To provide access to a larger portion of its collection and enhance its service to the public, Glenstone has completed a major expansion of its museum facilities and landscape. The centerpiece is a new 204,000- square-foot building, called the Pavilions, designed by Thomas Phifer of Thomas Phifer and Partners.  © Iwan Baan courtesy of Thomas Phifer and Partners  Plan  © Iwan Baan courtesy of Thomas Phifer and Partners Embedded into a rise in the landscape to give the outward impression of discrete buildings rising out of the earth, as in a traditional hill town, the Pavilions is organized within as a ring of gallery rooms surrounding a large landscaped Water Court. Rooms of varying sizes, configurations, and light conditions house single-artist installations and a multiple-artist survey of works from the Glenstone collection. The building significantly expands Glenstone's indoor exhibition space, from 9,000 to 59,000 square feet, and also provides increased office space and support facilities. A strategic master plan and site design by PWP Landscape Architecture more than doubles the area of restored woodlands, meadows and streams accessible to the public, from approximately 100 to 230 acres. The expansion also provides a new public entrance and arrival building, two free-standing cafés, and, in 2019, a center that highlights environmentally sustainable practices at Glenstone.  © Iwan Baan courtesy of Thomas Phifer and Partners The Pavilions first appears as a cluster of simple masonry forms, varying in size and proportions and embedded in a rise in the land. The Pavilions has eleven rooms and nine of them will feature single-artist installations at the time of the opening. One room features an installation of works by 52 artists represented in the Glenstone collection, and another room offers a view of the landscape. There are also artworks installed in the entry and the passage around the Water Court.  © Iwan Baan courtesy of Thomas Phifer and Partners The Pavilions' design emphasizes materials that evoke a direct, elemental and timeless dialogue with the surrounding landscape. The exterior is made of 26,000 stacked blocks of cast concrete, individually poured to measure six feet long, a foot high and a foot deep. Although no color- altering pigment was used, the pouring method and mixture of cement and sand were allowed to result in slight variations in the light gray color and in the texture. This finish deliberately contrasts with the smooth precision of the windows, which have been specially engineered using glass panels as large as nine feet wide by thirty feet tall, and are set flush into stainless steel mullions. The glass surfaces and concrete blocks form a seamless skin that bridges the building's indoor and outdoor spaces. White maple is used to clad the interior walls, ceiling and floors of the Café, Arrival Hall and the room looking out into the landscape.  © Iwan Baan courtesy of Thomas Phifer and Partners  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A Guide to Reducing Heat Loss in Homes Posted: 25 Sep 2018 07:00 AM PDT  © Senator Windows How much of our utility bills are devoted to heating and cooling? What is the R Value of fiberglass? In fact, what is an R Value? Senator Windows answers these questions with a new infographic driven at "reducing heat loss in your home." Aimed at both designers and home users, the infographic features a blend of statistics, diagrams, and definitions outlining how heat loss occurs, and how to mitigate against it. We have republished the infographic below, offering a useful introduction to an almost universal issue in both the design and occupation of buildings.  © Senator Windows  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| RBA Studio / Randy Bens Architect Posted: 25 Sep 2018 06:00 AM PDT  © Ema Peter
 © Ema Peter Text description provided by the architects. Completed in the winter of 2016, this modified shipping container is our new office. The practice was formed in 2005 to focus on small, well-crafted buildings. After working in my home office with one staff member for many years, we decided to expand the practice (a little).  © Ema Peter Lifestyle is important to me and my wife, so the decision was made to expand to the back yard rather than to a remote commercial space. The goal was to have the benefits of working from home, while having an independent space for staff, a place to conduct meetings with clients and contractors, and to simply have more room to do our work. The self sufficient building contains a kitchenette, washroom, printer / network cabinet and an open studio space. The small meeting space can be configured in a number of ways, and the table can join the desk for model making.  © Ema Peter  Plan + Sections  © Ema Peter We looked at several construction options and settled on an over-sized corten steel shipping container. These containers were designed for mining operations and are 40' long, 11.5' wide, and 9.5' high. The inherent durability of the steel shell, and the ability to for us to take the structure with us when / if we relocate were two of the biggest benefits.  © Ema Peter The 350 sq.ft. building cantilevers over its new foundation, and pulls all the services from the old 1930's house that shares the property. Water, sanitary, power, and data were trenched from the house to the base of the building. The container was fitted out in the supplier's factory, and arrived on site 95% complete,  © Ema Peter The yellow cedar cladding was a city requirement (all shipping containers must be clad). The window and door are also yellow cedar, and they'll be left to weather to a grey patina. The steel stair has already taken on a full layer of rust after one winter. The interior is lined in birch plywood to impart warmth, and the Douglas Fir desk clear spans 19' giving us a very flexible working space.  © Ema Peter The reaction to the project has been universal in the neighbourhood and from visitors - everyone loves it. There is something about small buildings that most people find appealing. It has turned out to be a pleasant place to work.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Heneghan Peng's Moscow Contemporary Arts Center Scrapped Due to Funding Shortage Posted: 25 Sep 2018 05:00 AM PDT  via NCCA Heneghan Peng's proposal for a new National Centre for Contemporary Arts (NCCA) in Moscow has been abandoned. As reported by the Calvert Journal, public officials were unwilling to foot the $240million bill for the flagship project, which Heneghan Peng were selected to design in late 2013. Speaking to the Art Newspaper Russia, the head of the NCCA Sergey Perov confirmed that the project has been officially scrapped due to lack of funding.  via NCCA Designed as a vertical museum in the center of a former airfield, the Heneghan Peng scheme featured vertically-stacked exhibition spaces organized as exhibition "trays" to maximize accessibility, and to visually connect the NCCA's activities to the surrounding landscape.  via NCCA The 65,000-square-meter scheme, designed in collaboration with associate architect Archstruktura, was envisioned as a "series of stacked galleries allowing people to either visit a particular gallery of interest or browse through the entire collection." The surrounding landscape featured retained runways envisioned as "elements of intensity and activity while the remaining areas were conceived of as a naturalistic landscape."  via NCCA The NCCA will now look for a new home for the museum, with the existing plot to be transferred back to the Moscow City government for the construction of a new public park.  via NCCA News via: Calvert Journal  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Gama Issa V2.0 / Studio Mk27 - Marcio Kogan + Lair Reis Posted: 25 Sep 2018 04:00 AM PDT .jpg?1535502374 "© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG") © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG
.jpg?1535502141 "© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG") © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Text description provided by the architects. Ten o'clock at night. Very hot. I take this rare moment of calm and solitude to draw the new house. From the radio, which I'll turn off in ten seconds, it's about the last kidnapping and a prisoner rebellion. I read my notes from the first customer meeting, a couple of advertisers. .jpg?1535499664 "© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG") © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG  Planta - Térreo .jpg?1535503647 "© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG") © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG We talked about a huge library in the living room with double foyers, huge windows that open out onto the garden, a 3 x 30m pool, a kitchen with an orange central counter, two symmetrical marble stairs illuminated by a huge zenith, a work studio, precise detailing, spaces with elegant and unusual proportions always relating to the exterior in a different way, white textures, the armchair "Ball" by Eero Aarnio, the 60s, minimalism, electronic music, Stockhausen, Cage, the last issue of the magazine Visionaire, recipe of a spaghetti al mare and finally, "Meu Tio" by Jacques Tati. .jpg?1535503732 "© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG") © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG I think of a huge, single volume packing everything: a white box. In São Paulo, we do not need to think about architectural integration, everything is chaos, absolute chaos. In this city, the ugliest in the world, which overflows energy, vibrant like no other, adored and detested, everything that is designed will be fully integrated into the city. Ah, yes, I can not forget a huge wall protecting the house, clad in natural wood (perhaps the last tree of the Amazon), and that will certainly be totally painted, giving a final touch to the perfect harmony with the surroundings. .jpg?1535502309 "© Fernando Guerra | FG+SG") © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG * This is an edited version of the text submitted by the architect. The original version you can read here.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Post Post-Modernism: 10 Projects that Reinterpret the Movement for the Digital Age Posted: 25 Sep 2018 02:30 AM PDT  Hangzhou Neobio Family Park / X+Living. Image © Feng Shao It's no secret that post-modernism has, in recent years, experienced something of a revival. The much-maligned movement's exhuberant and joyful take on architecture is perhaps a solace in difficult moments. Or, for the more jaded among us, perhaps it simply lends itself to Instagram. That said, it's not quite the postmodernism that took off in the 60s. Post postmodernism is also concerned with history and context, but with contemporary spins made possible by new technologies. Installations and other temporary typologies also bring with them a fresh perspective, preserved forever on the internet for our vicarious enjoyment. But perhaps most crucially, it is no longer so wholly a reaction against the hegemony of modernism; something that the original postmodernists were fixated with. Today's postmodernism can be at once joyful and reserved, vernacular and high-tech. The Imprint / MVRDV © Ossip van Duivenbode MVRDV's design for an entertainment complex in Incheon, South Korea, features a facade peppered with windows - though in fact, there are no windows at all. The building's program is entirely interior, but the facade allows it to respond to it's context in a wholly unique way. Landmark Nieuw Bergen / Monadnock Landmark Nieuw Bergen / Monadnock . Image © Stijn Bollaert Monadnock was challenged to create a landmark for a town. The resulting public tower is neither church nor clocktower, but somehow draws from the architectural language of both. The ornate but subdued facade suggests a traditional brick structure (in line with Dutch vernacular architecture), but the structure is, in fact, largely steel. Emoticon Facade / Attika Architekten.jpg?1537820039 "Emoticon Facade / Attika Architekten. Image © Bart van Hoek") Emoticon Facade / Attika Architekten. Image © Bart van Hoek Attika Architekten decorated this facade of an office building with, not gargoyles or insignias of the city (as a more traditional building might have done), but with emojis. It's a playful nod to architecture of the past, while remaining entirely of its own moment. The Champicabanes / Ateliers Bauhinia © Alexandre Petzold Why have a decorated shed (or indeed a duck) when you could have mushrooms? These padstools from Ateliers Bauhinia house a variety of garden-related programs, from shed to terrace. Temple of Agape / Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan Temple of Agape / Morag Myerscough and Luke Morgan. Image © Gareth Gardner This installation, developed for The Southbank Centre's Festival of Love commands attention and requests only joy in return. Bright colors, bold words, and familiar forms are all part of the post postmodern experience. A House for Essex / FAT and Grayson Perry_FAT_-_Living_Architecture_(3).jpg?1537820403 "A House for Essex / FAT and Grayson Perry. Image © FAT") A House for Essex / FAT and Grayson Perry. Image © FAT FAT, the legendary London studio, created this house in Essex with artist Grayson Perry as their last official work before disbanding. The house is sumptuously decorated and references a wide range of architectural movements and contexts - not least among them Essex itself. Hangzhou Neobio Family Park / X+Living Hangzhou Neobio Family Park / X+Living. Image © Feng Shao This play park in China from X+Living is meta postmodernist, referring to the 60s Vegas aesthetic in a contemporary color palette. Cheerful shapes and a throwback vibe make for an experience situated with one foot in the future, one in the past. Polycarbonate Neverland - Aranya Kid's Restaurant / Wutopia Lab Polycarbonate Neverland - Aranya Kid's Restaurant / Wutopia Lab. Image © CreatAR images Polycarbonate is the main material in this project in China, designed to be a haven for kids. The project combines familiar forms with punchy and bright moments, culminating with a red house perched atop the entire structure. The only aim - to create a "magical reality" from what could have been a mundane space. Frederiksvej Kindergarten / COBE © Rasmus Hjortshoj With it's reserved color palette and sharp edges, COBE's Frederiksvej Kindergarten is perhaps not typically postmodernist, or even post postmodernist. But the project takes it's form not only from its surroundings, but also from the drawings of its pupils. It may be quiet, but it's impossible not to smile. JIXI Christian Church / XING DI JIXI Christian Church / XING DI. Image © Sun Haiting Xing Di's Church brings a more traditional take on postmodernism to rural region in China. Fighting a limited budget and small site, the project pays close attention to the tactile and experiential. It's not locally contextual, referring instead to an established (but foreign) approach to design.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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