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- WOHA's Kampung Admiralty Singapore Named 2018 Building of the Year at World Architecture Festival
- H House / 4M Group
- Apartment in Lviv / O.M.Shumelda
- Kumru Ankara / A Tasarim Mimarlik
- Taiwan IVF Group / TCT Research & Design
- Premier Ledu City Building No.1 / SUD Architectes
- Sukhman Yagoda Law Offices / Vladiminr Radutny Architects
- Yin Residence / TACK architects
- FIMS and Nursing Buildin / architects Tillmann Ruth Robinson
- Casa 30x30 / Estudio Astiz
- Herzog & de Meuron's M+ Museum Tops Out in Hong Kong
- Paes Leme House / Leo Romano
- The Top Creative Cities and Countries of 2018 According to Airbnb
- Iturbide Studio / Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo
- Rem Koolhaas: Live Lecture Stream from the World Architecture Festival
- Carla Juaçaba Studio Wins the AR Emerging Architecture Awards 2018
- Housing Building in Foz / Luís Peixoto
- Revolutionary Nature: the Architecture of Hiroshi Sambuichi
- Jambu Bar / Arquea Arquitetos
| WOHA's Kampung Admiralty Singapore Named 2018 Building of the Year at World Architecture Festival Posted: 30 Nov 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Darren Soh WOHA's Kampung Admiralty Singapore in Singapore has been named the 2018 World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival, concluding this year's three-day event in Amsterdam. The building, which combines dedicated senior-housing facilities with a broad mixed-use program and a lush green roof, was selected from a strikingly broad shortlist that included works from offices such as Sanjay Puri Architects, Koffi & Diabate Architectes, Heatherwick Studio, Spheron Architects, and INNOCAD. The World Architecture Festival invites shortlisted architects from around the world to present their projects in a range of categories, the winners of which are invited to present in front of a Super Jury for final selection. Also announced was the 2018 Future Project of the Year, an award that recognises exceptional potential in an as-yet unbuilt project. This year's honoree was the Medellin River Parks / Botanical Master Plan by Colombian Architects Sebastian Monsalve + Juan David Hoyos. The project, which will introduce new public green space to the heart of the Medellin, is an integral part of the ongoing urban renaissance in the Colombian city. The full list of awardees at the 2018 World Architecture Festival below: Editor's Note: Article to be updated with images. 2018 World Building of the Year:WOHA - Kampung Admiralty, Singapore, Singapore (Category: Mixed Use) Full Shortlist for 2018 World Building of the Year:Category: School: Tezuka Architects - Muku Nursery School - Fuji City, Japan Category: Civic and Community: CHROFI with McGregor Coxall - Maitland Riverlink, Maitland, Australia Category: Health - Future Projects and Sport: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris - The Alder Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom Category: Culture: Conrad Gargett - The Piano Mill, Stanthorpe, Australia Category: Display: Arkitema Architects - Hammershus Visitors Centre, Allinge, Denmark Category: House: David Leech Architects - A house in a garden - 81 Hollybrook Grove, Dublin, Ireland Category: Housing, Small Scale: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris - Weston Street, London, United Kingdom Category: New & Old: Heatherwick Studio - Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa Category: Office: INNOCAD Architecture - C&P Corporate Headquarters, Graz, Austria Category: Production, Energy, & Recycling: Parviainen Architects - Länsisalmi Power Station, Vantaa, Finland Category: Hotel and Leisure: SeARCH - Hotel Jakarta, Javakade, Amsterdam, the Netherlands Category: Housing, Large Scale: SANJAY PURI ARCHITECTS - The Street, Mathura, India Category: Religion and Shopping: NIKKEN SEKKEI - Shanghai Greenland Center / Greenland Being Funny - Shanghai, China Category: Religion: Spheron Architects - Belarusian Memorial Chapel, London, United Kingdom Category: Health: AAPROG - BOECKX- B2Ai - Hospital AZ Zeno, Knokke Belgium Category Higher Education and Research: Alison Brooks Architects - Exeter College Cohen Quadrangle, Oxford, United Kingdom Category: House - Future Projects and School: nextoffice - Guyim Vault House Category: Villa: KieranTimberlake - High Horse Ranch, Willits, United States of America Category: Transport: Grimshaw - London Bridge station, London, United Kingdom .jpg?1543615152) 2018 Future Project of the Year:Full Shortlist for 2018 Future Project of the Year:BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group - Audemars Piguet Hôtel des Horlogers, Le Brassus, Switzerland Allford Hall Monaghan Morris - The Alder Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom Nextoffice - Sadra Civic Center, Sadra, Iran Studio 44 Architects - Museum of the siege of Leningrad, St. Petersburg, Russia Aedas - Commercial Bank Headquarters Mixed-Use Project, Taichung, Taiwan KANVA - Imago, Montreal, Canada Warren and Mahoney Architects with Woods Bagot - Lincoln University and AgResearch Joint Facility, Christchurch, New Zealand nextoffice - Guyim Vault House Monk Mackenzie + Novare - Thiruvalluvar, Kanyakumari, India BAAD Studio - The Sunken Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes of Cabetican, Bacolor, Philippines 3XN Architects - Olympic House - International Olympic Comittee HQ, Lausanne, Switzerland Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos - Amelia Tulum 2018 INSIDE: World Interior of the Year Courtesy of World Architecture Festival JAC studios - Yumin Art Nouveau Collection, Phoenix Jeju, South Korea 2018 Landscape of the Year:Batlle i Roig Arquitectura - Pedestrian Path along the Gypsum Mines, Barcelona, Spain 2018 Small Project of the Year:Camilo Morales - Piedras Bayas Beauchamp, Atacama Desert, Chile Use of Colour Prize:dePaor - Palas Cinema, Galway, Ireland Best Use of Certified Timber Prize:Winner: Tzannes - International House Sydney, Sydney, Australia Highly Commended: Ian Ritchie Architects - Royal Academy of Music Theatre and new Recital Hall, London, UK Glass Future Prize:Studio Gang - Tour Montparnasse, Paris, France  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2018 09:00 PM PST .jpg?1543371043 "© Ilir Rizaj") © Ilir Rizaj
 © Fitim Muçaj Text description provided by the architects. With a growing reputation for celebrating the heritage of the Republic of Kosovo, 4M Group sought to reflect the cultural legacy and illustrate a renewed optimism in Pristina with the creation of H House. Demonstrating awareness of the dichotomy of Kosovo's recent history, the client wanted a house where safety and security was paramount, but with open light filled interiors.  © Fitim Muçaj 4M Group have explored what an appropriate design response might be in a small country recently ravaged by war and seeking to restore its strength, confidence and self-reliance. Inspiration was drawn from the traditional Albanian costume worn by men, the Fustanella, and the rhythmic way the fabric of the garment moves with the dancer at festive gatherings.  Ground floor plan  First floor plan The construction has taken advantage of available trades and locally sourced building products, and recycled materials have been used where possible for concrete and masonry elements. As the climate is extreme with hot Mediterranean summers and winters which can bring deep cold and heavy snows, responsible energy use was a key consideration. Achieved through passive means, the house benefits both from the inertia that the heavily insulated construction provides, and from the ingress of winter sun through deeply recessed fenestration.  © Fitim Muçaj H house is located in an environment striving to find itself. The dynamism of the structure in such a prominent setting has become a symbol of confidence in the landscape. .jpg?1543371231 "© Ilir Rizaj") © Ilir Rizaj Sustainability Statement  © Fitim Muçaj The orientation of the house is focused toward the South West, where large windows open onto the gardens and to the views of Prishtina beyond. The windows are set back 1200mm from the eaves to provide shading from the overhead sun in summer, and to allow the low winter sun to penetrate and heat the interior spaces of the house. The elevated location allows natural cross ventilation to provide cooling in the summer months.  Section The house has intelligent response systems for comfort control which automatically operates glazing louvres and opens window fan lights. The heating system is a dual air/water thermal heat pump, which supplies underfloor heating throughout, and can be supplemented by a wood pellet boiler should temperatures drop below -25C°.  © Fitim Muçaj Low energy lighting has been used both inside and externally, which are set automatically to switch off at night to further reduce energy use and light pollution. Water efficient appliances and sanitary fittings are used throughout, and white goods are triple AAA rated.The construction has taken advantage of available trades and locally sourced building products, and recycled materials have been used where possible for concrete and masonry elements. Where skills have not been readily available, training by suppliers has assisted to increase the skills base.  © Fitim Muçaj  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Apartment in Lviv / O.M.Shumelda Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:00 PM PST  © Ross Helen and Bohdana Fedorovych
 © Ross Helen and Bohdana Fedorovych Text description provided by the architects. Interior is designed for a young couple, so we needed to make a comfortable living with stylish design and maximized area. Mezzanine allowed to solve the problem of the small area and usage of white colour and glass partitions takes the visual part. The first floor acts as an active zone here: in a single open space, there is a hall, a living room, a kitchen and even a bathroom, which the authors placed behind a glass partition to avoid the walls of the premises.  © Ross Helen and Bohdana Fedorovych  Axonometry Parts  © Ross Helen and Bohdana Fedorovych Bedroom and a wardrobe, that is combined with the library were located on the second "floor". Such "semi-story" placement of these zones allowed to significantly increase the area of the apartment, and the rooms themselves found the atmosphere of comfort and chamber.  © Ross Helen and Bohdana Fedorovych  Floor Plans It was important for the customers to preserve the historical value of the apartment, located in the centre of the old city, so authors restored existing walls from an old Austrian brick and left it uncovered. However, we wanted to focus all the attention on the pair of large windows overlooking the opera house. For maximum immersion in this view, lounge zone was organized as a wide window sill with the soft pillows and the second window sill is used as a kitchen table.  © Ross Helen and Bohdana Fedorovych  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Kumru Ankara / A Tasarim Mimarlik Posted: 30 Nov 2018 03:00 PM PST  Courtesy of A Tasarim Mimarlık
 Courtesy of A Tasarim Mimarlık Text description provided by the architects. Kumru Ankara was designed in the one of the most important residential areas of Ankara, Çankaya, Yıldız neighborhood, parallel to the Turan Güneş Boulevard which is one of the main axes of the Ankara.  Courtesy of A Tasarim Mimarlık The settlement consists of two main parts. Commercial uses are sub-mass, and rising floors have residences. The residential tower is also spatially integrated into the park, and at the same time, it forms a nice opening with the square. Since the complex is placed in the center of the Ankara, it has several transportation opportunities which increase the accessibility of the site and by the design of inner courtyard; the idea of social life area is achieved. In terms of urban scale, it was considered as a "public space" that enriched the social activity network on the 4th street and its surroundings with new cultural activities.  Courtesy of A Tasarim Mimarlık First, the surrounding roads, uses, axis, street level data were evaluated. The presence of Yıldız Crossroads, Turan Güneş Boulevard, Dikmen Valley create pedestrian circulation and keep the site location alive. Therefore pedestrian flows were taken into account to propose a floor layout scheme. The level difference in the site is used like two distinct floors. These two functions and levels are in an order, and compatible with each other. In addition to these, historical squares, bazaars continue to reflect the daily life vitality of the city.  Residential block The building  Courtesy of A Tasarim Mimarlık The location of the design has a strong potential to be able to provide a nice city view to the users. Therefore, 360 degree city view is provided in the houses. In different directions, diverse scenic houses include diverse units that can address different lifestyles.  Courtesy of A Tasarim Mimarlık Architectural approach emphasizes the environmental and energy sensitivity issues, and the concept of green building is adopted as a sustainable understanding. The roof gardens built on the commercial units provide a green area contribution to the upper town and at the same time the gardens strengthen the view of the houses.  Courtesy of A Tasarim Mimarlık While Kumru Ankara presents a new  Courtesy of A Tasarim Mimarlık  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Taiwan IVF Group / TCT Research & Design Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:00 PM PST  © Highlite Images
 © Highlite Images Text description provided by the architects. The building uses silent language to reflect its own vibe. Designing of a medical facility, is mostly dominated by its complex functions, thus is easy to neglect the "in-between" relationship of people & building, environment & building. In the process of creating this IVF center, we ponder the possible elements which connects the "in-between", to transform into the spatial language and to further reflect it.  Analysis Diagram "in-between" Atmosphere  © Highlite Images "in-between" Inside & Outside  © Highlite Images "in-between" Building  © Highlite Images  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Premier Ledu City Building No.1 / SUD Architectes Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:00 PM PST  © Premier Ledu City
 © Premier Ledu City I. Background  © Premier Ledu City 2. Planning development background  Master plan II. Design concept  © Premier Ledu City 2. Project characteristics, box concept interspersed in existing structures and spaces  © Premier Ledu City The interior space does not increase the partition wall as much as possible, making the interior lighting better and feeling more open. By wood materials and glass, the office space is warm and transparent.  © Premier Ledu City The open atrium became a common living room in the building. In order to express the memory and respect for history, the metal trusses of industrial plants are preserved, while giving the space a flowing time shuttle atmosphere, while the existing functions are the characteristics of brand-new function as coworking office.  First floor plan  Second floor plan  Third floor plan III. Project Operation  © Premier Ledu City  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sukhman Yagoda Law Offices / Vladiminr Radutny Architects Posted: 30 Nov 2018 11:00 AM PST  © Mike Schwartz Photography
 © Mike Schwartz Photography Text description provided by the architects. When visiting this understated manufacturing loft for the first time, we were captivated by the intrinsic elements of raw masonry walls, the distressed timber structure and the abundance of natural light. Its immediate connection with the urban context captures the noise of city traffic, the views of elevated trains and the Chicago's most iconic architecture. To us, these spatial nuances needed to be emphasized and brought forth for all users of our client's new law firm.  © Mike Schwartz Photography  Floor plan  © Mike Schwartz Photography The development of the office plan yielded a choreographed configuration of heavy posts in various proximity to new partitions, openings, and circulation. Blank white walls weave in and out of the building's columnar forest, like a sculptural installation, reflecting light and absorbing shadows. Offices with greater privacy needs are separated and pulled away from the adjacent exposures, forming a light-filled lounge at a corner pivot space. Extra-large openings are cut out in the new walls, enabling a direct working connection between the partners and their supporting legal team. Underlined in blackened steel these large apertures act as visual conduits towards the exterior and facilitate direct daylight deep into the inner working zones.  Detail The heart of the office environment is anchored by plant life, via a delicate field of ivy, serving as a separation between work space and the kitchenette. Within the main storage element, the translucent green screen lightens the massiveness of this object visually suspending it from the heavy timber beam. Unlike the storage element, the block like desks anchor the work area. Intended for flexible use, and are oriented in the direction to maximize city views both through and in between the perimeter white walls.  © Mike Schwartz Photography  Wood columns  © Mike Schwartz Photography Spatial design opportunities within timeworn structure exemplifies how thoughtful planning and organization is able to enrich the daily experiences of the individuals using their workspace.  © Mike Schwartz Photography  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Yin Residence / TACK architects Posted: 30 Nov 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Tom Kessler
 © Tom Kessler Text description provided by the architects. Located directly south of Omaha's downtown within a historically noted neighborhood is a private residence. This pushed the design not to be seen as contemporaneous with the surrounding historical buildings, but rather distinguish itself as a new prototype for residential construction in the neighborhood.  Massing diagram The design intent is to utilize the location, within its historical context, and create a new outlook on the city with a modern, minimalist approach. The building's exterior is comprised of cement board and cedar siding, while the interior details remain simple to reflect a contemporary lifestyle.  © Tom Kessler The building is organized into three sections. The north section contains the master bedroom spaces, the living room, and the kitchen. The south section contains two additional bedrooms, as well as a three-car garage. In between these sections a vertical volume arises to link the house together. The link holds a staircase that rises to a roof extrusion and patio space.  © Tom Kessler  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| FIMS and Nursing Buildin / architects Tillmann Ruth Robinson Posted: 30 Nov 2018 08:00 AM PST .jpg?1542960880 "© Lisa Logan") © Lisa Logan
.jpg?1542961309 "© Scott Webb") © Scott Webb Text description provided by the architects. The new Academic Building on Western University's main campus will be the home for the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing (JLFSN) and Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS). Located on a significant site at the entrance to an area of the campus that is under major redevelopment, the Academic Building responds to the importance of a strong international presence in learning and research-intensive universities. In pursuit of this, JLFSN and FIMS will make available a range of environments; flexible instructional spaces, action learning labs, clinical training and computer laboratories, media studies studios, library science facilities, faculty/staff offices, research spaces, and student spaces. .jpg?1542961210 "© Scott Webb") © Scott Webb Four components will converge on this site to provide a range of learning and social environments. Two, the ALFSN and FIMS are co-locating programs here with the goal of encouraging boundary-crossing in the Academic Building as well as across campus and into the global academic community. The third, general use classrooms (GU), will be available for use by the JLFSN and FIMS as well other campus faculties and will offer a number of instruction spaces, from 48-seat Active Learning Classrooms, to 60-seat flexible general purpose rooms and 130-seat formal lecture rooms. It is centrally located within the first three floors to acts as expansion space for both Nursing and FIMS. The fourth component, a key initiative at the University, is the shared common space that will provide the opportunities for the convergence of people and ideas. .jpg?1542960808 "© Scott Webb") © Scott Webb The design generated by the coming together of these four components expresses and strengthens connections. Its form takes advantage of the existing movements of students and faculty travelling across campus. Existing pedestrian routes inform choreographed paths of travel through the JLFSN, FIMS and common spaces intersecting at the central atrium. Also, woven into the arrangement of these components will be generous cantilevered outlooks towards the playing fields and Thames River beyond, reciprocal views that will be the evidence of the vibrant spaces within. Also of importance in the design of the Academic Building is the legibility and clarity of each of the components – particularly the client's direction of providing a unique identity for each of FIMS and Nursing. .jpg?1542960972 "© Jessica Ginzel") © Jessica Ginzel The three-storey south wing – the School of Nursing – is adjacent to Labatt Health Sciences Building. The dedicated entrance to Nursing, provided on Huron Drive is defined by a covered portico and located to connect with the adjacent building. The width of the wing sets up a rhythm of solids and voids along the streetscape which is consistent with the campus scale in this area. The north wing is primarily the FIMS wing, with its entrance on Lambton Drive. At grade it angles towards the intersection and the Music Building across the intersection. The upper two floors remain perpendicular to the street edge and cantilever towards the river to the east and the South Valley precinct to the west, acting as a gateway to this area of campus. .jpg?1542960925 "© Scott Webb") © Scott Webb  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2018 06:00 AM PST  © Fernando Alda
 © Fernando Alda Text description provided by the architects. Along the years many high standing residences of the XIXth Century expansion of Madrid have been modified to convert some rooms with little use into independent small apartments with minimal surface and optimum situation. In this case, it is a 35 m2 wine cellars which were adjacent to the kitchen of one of these residences. We are convinced that a small apartment cannot be a reduced large apartment since the scaling would always remind us that it is not what we would want it to be, the lost dimensions, the complex of inferiority with respect to a "real apartment". As mentioned before, the apartment has 35 m2 (actually 30 m2 after taking into account the corridor).  Concept Diagram The 30 m2 are a large surface for a living room, excessive for a bedroom and unbelievable for a kitchen. They may be considered a luxury since they are very unusual for such purposes. Then we reached the conclusion that the basic working modulus, the minimum common denominator, should be the complete surface, the 30 m2 which can be compared to other larger apartments with pride. 30 m2 for a living room, 30 m2 for a bedroom, 30 m2 for a kitchen, 30 m2 for a bathroom, 30 m2 for a dressing room, or 30 m2 for a dancing room, a movie room or a playing room… 30 m2 for 30 diverse uses, an apartment of 30 times 30 m2, the world inside a bottle. Ultimately, the goal is to recover the initial void, the concept of a unique room and to understand that a very small apartment may be a very large suite.  © Fernando Alda  Floor Plan  © Fernando Alda This "tabula rasa" has obvious immediate benefits since it recovers an ordered and coherent space, very frequent in Madrid with three narrow balconies, regularly spaced, Nevertheless, the void may be "qualified" by including service spaces to complement and to allow the usual domestic tasks. These service elements, such as lockers, kitchen, fold-away bed, closet, shower or bathroom, bookshelves, curtains or heaters shall be located strategically and orderly along the contour of the room by playing with the different thickness of the walls and building a uniform surface by means of wood panels to unify the whole utilities in a single space.  © Fernando Alda This concept of perimeter server space, or packed space, is known since the XVIIIth Century as “poché” and it is the same which is used by the automobile industry (at a different scale) to locate the engine, the trunk, the glove box or the cabin instruments. The resulting space is what we will call the “technified void”. It is an abstract void in which even the handles will be reduced to simple leather bands to avoid giving hints about the function of every one of these panels.  © Fernando Alda  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Herzog & de Meuron's M+ Museum Tops Out in Hong Kong Posted: 30 Nov 2018 05:00 AM PST  M+ Museum. Image Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron Herzog & de Meuron's M+ Museum of visual culture has topped out in Hong Kong ahead of its scheduled opening in 2020. Focusing on 20th and 21st century art, design, architecture and moving image, M+ will be the centerpiece of the West Kowloon Cultural District, and a key venue in creating interdisciplinary exchange between the visual arts and the performing arts in Asia.  M+ Museum. Image Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron Sited on the edge of a reclaimed 14-hectare park in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor, M+ was first revealed in 2013. In order to create a "radical space" for installations and performances, Herzog & de Meuron designed the museum to connect directly to the Airport Express via an underground tunnel in an effort to challenge artists and curators with an unprecedented exhibition space. The building has been designed in partnership with Hong Kong-based TFP Farrells and Ove Arup & partners.  The spaces range from the conventional white cube, reconfigurable spaces, screening rooms and multipurpose facilities to so-called third spaces and even an "Industrial Space". Combined with an L-shaped Black Box, a reconfigurable Studio Space, direct access to the loading dock as well as a large part of the storage area, a sunken forum and (exhibition) topography have been created.  M+ Museum. Image Courtesy of Herzog & de Meuron Duncan Pescod, Chief Executive Officer of West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, said that, "the topping out of the M+ building is an important step towards the full realization of West Kowloon. We are extremely pleased to see Herzog & de Meuron's design taking shape as a landmark along the harbor front, set against the backdrop of skyscrapers. We look forward to the delivery of the museum for audiences in Hong Kong to enjoy and appreciate." As Herzog & de Meuron have stated, the precise and urban shape reiterates the iconic character of Kowloon's skyline on one hand, yet on the other hand, this convention is subverted by the transmitted message of the art, visible from afar, which will consequently make M+ a site of constant renewal, rather than being locked into a predefined form. Above all, M+ is a public forum, a built platform for the exchange, encounter and activity of people and art.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 30 Nov 2018 04:00 AM PST  © Edgard Cesar
 © Edgard Cesar The Paes Leme House has 560 sqm of built area, is in Quirinópolis, about 150km from Goiânia, and was built from scratch. The landscape that the client would like to see from his room was an important piece of information that should be thought. The land is large (almost 3000 sqm) and corner. The position of the room needed to contemplate the incredible landscape (on the left side there is a view of nature, a mix of mountains with the vegetation of the cerrado). At the same time, the customer also wanted an internal view of the lot (garden, pool, etc).  © Edgard Cesar  Ground floor plan  © Edgard Cesar The integration between spaces is one of the highlights. It was one of the customer's requests for a house in which he could receive people very well. Then, the house integrates leisure, balcony and all the social part, when they are with the doors open. And from the bedrooms, once the hallway doors open, also overlook the pool. The house is all white-clad and defined by few traces.  © Edgard Cesar The pool was also an important element in which a very interesting resource was used: the pool is winding in the deepest part and has a simpler shape in its outline.  © Edgard Cesar The furniture is Brazilian, furniture that the customer can use in their day to day. The house does not have any type of hierarchy, everything is very integrated, to have a more intense use. In this way, the living, the home, the dinner, the porch, everything has a very similar importance within the concept of the house.  © Edgard Cesar  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Top Creative Cities and Countries of 2018 According to Airbnb Posted: 30 Nov 2018 03:00 AM PST  Tianjin Binhai Library / MVRDV + Tianjin Urban Planning and Design Institute. Image © Ossip Van Duivenbode As 2018 draws to a close, accommodation website Airbnb has dived into their data to reveal the most creative cities and countries from the year. Based on the percentage of hosts who are in the creative industries, the list builds on a previous survey by Airbnb which found that one in 10 Airbnb hosts and one in three Experience hosts identify as members of the creative community. Read on below for the list of top creative countries and cities according to the new Airbnb study. For architects already planning a New Year's getaway, check out an article we published of ten projects previously featured by ArchDaily, now available for booking through Airbnb. If you haven't signed up for Airbnb you can get a $37 travel credit by using ArchDaily's referral code. Top Country for Creatives: China Wuxi Show Theatre / Steven Chilton Architects. Image © Steven Chilton Architects From a list of 191 countries, China has emerged as being the most creative, with one in five hosts identifying with the creative industry. Airbnb attributes this to the growth of the Chinese middle class, which is resulting in a "new class of designers and craftspeople turning to Airbnb to express and share their creative pursuits and talents." Runners Up
Top City for Creatives: Los Angeles WDCH Dreams / Refik Anadol. Image © Refik Anadol One in three Airbnb hosts in LA are members of the creative community, two-thirds of which say sharing their home makes ends meet. The city generated many major architectural stories throughout the year, from Frank Gehry's Grand Avenue Towers beginning construction, to the city's plans to repurpose its general hospital as affordable housing. Runners Up
Top City for Creative Experiences: Chicago.jpg?1543586058 "Chicago Federal Center / Mies van der Rohe. Image © Samuel Ludwig") Chicago Federal Center / Mies van der Rohe. Image © Samuel Ludwig The home of the skyscraper, Chicago tops Airbnb's list as the city for creative experiences. Playing host to the works of famous architects past and present, from Frank Lloyd Wright and Mies Van der Rohe to SOM and Fosters + Partners, the Windy City is abundant with local artists sharing creative obsessions. Upcoming architectural events include the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial, opening in September 2019. Runners Up
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| Iturbide Studio / Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo Posted: 30 Nov 2018 02:00 AM PST  © Rafael Gamo
 © Rafael Gamo Text description provided by the architects. On a plot of 7x14 in the Barrio del Niño Jesús and just a few steps from Graciela Iturbide's house, a small tower of only three levels extruded in a literal way, extrudes its measurements in plan to become a solid piece of clay that de-constructs before its own materiality in very thin and almost imperceptible tensions of steel.  © Rafael Gamo Inside, three planes of wood, concrete, and marble appear stretched from one side to another creating a pair of voids of multiple heights, probably plagued in the near future by patios with gardens, authorship of its owner.  © Rafael Gamo Their interior facades insinuate in an almost imperceptible way the conditions of the adjacencies that surround them with a sieve that lets or does not pass the light and later become shadows.  © Rafael Gamo  © Rafael Gamo The service area, the circulations and the large bookcase are grouped in a vertical element that is integrated into the container walls to practically disappear and only give body to the volume.  Section  © Rafael Gamo  FacadeSection A work that above all sought silence, synthesis, continuous, repetitive and almost obsessive use of a single material. A strategic use of the "form" and proportions to make the concrete disappear from the structure and become almost self-supporting.  © Rafael Gamo A work that seeks to be mass and emptiness, an ethereal volume that disappears with light and shadow; that it ceases to be, so that the powerful atmosphere that transpires this woman that we so admire inhabits it and makes it his.  © Rafael Gamo  Isometric  © Rafael Gamo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Rem Koolhaas: Live Lecture Stream from the World Architecture Festival Posted: 30 Nov 2018 01:23 AM PST  © Italo Rondinella Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas will give the final keynote lecture today at the World Architecture Festival. ArchDaily will be streaming this keynote from our Facebook page. This is the first year that the WAF is being held in Amsterdam. Paul Finch, Programme Director of World Architecture Festival, commented, "just as the Dutch masters presided over a golden age of artistic endeavour and expression in the 17th century, Rem and his contemporaries have spearheaded architectural innovation that has been exported and embraced around the world." Over the past few days over X winning projects have been honored as category winners. The World Building of the Year will be announced following the lecture.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Carla Juaçaba Studio Wins the AR Emerging Architecture Awards 2018 Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:15 AM PST  Carla Juaçaba/Casa Santa Teresa. Image © Federico Cairoli Brazil-based Carla Juaçaba Studio has been announced as the winner of the AR's Emerging Architecture Awards 2018 in Amsterdam. The firm will receive a £10,000 prize in recognition of exemplary projects such as their chapel for the Pavilion of the Holy See at the 2018 Venice Biennale, and the Casa Santa Teresa in Rio de Janiero. The practice was chosen from a shortlist of 14 by a judging panel featuring Spanish architect Ángela García de Paredes of Paredes Pedrosa, finalists of the inaugural 1999 AR Emerging Architecture awards; Indian architect Gurjit Singh Matharoo commended in the 2009 edition; and Ronald Rietveld of Dutch practice RAAAF, winners in 2013.  Carla Juaçaba/Casa Santa Teresa. Image © Federico Cairoli In awarding the honor to Carla Juaçaba Studio, the jury praised the firm's "consistency and continuity…from a simple pavilion to a family house, the tenacity and determination to achieve her vision, and working closely on site." Reflecting on the winner, jury panelist Ángela García de Paredes said "'Carla Juaçaba proposed something that interests me a lot and which I haven't seen before. It also means a lot to celebrate the work of a female sole practitioner – it is tough to be a woman in architecture."  Tipperne Bird Sanctuary / Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter. Image © Rasmus Norlander The winner was joined by two Highly Commended practices: Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter from Denmark and Yu Momoeda Architecture Office from Japan. While Johansen Skovsted were praised for projects such as the Tipperne nature reserve and the Skjern River pumping stations in Denmark, Yu Momoeda was commended for the Four Funeral Houses and Sakura Passage ceremony hall in Japan.  Agri Chapel / Yu Momoeda Architecture Office. Image © Yousuke Harigane This year also saw the introduction of the Peter Davey Prize, awarded to the editor's choice as a celebration of the 20th edition of Emerging Architecture. The award was given to Aulets Arquitectes from Mallorca, Spain, for work such as Plà I Llevan oenological station and the Arimunani School, both in Mallorca. The award is named in honor of Peter Davey, second-longest-serving editor of the Architectural Review and founder of the AR Emerging Architecture Awards in 1999, who passed away earlier this year.  Oenological Station / Aulets Arquitectes. Image © Jose Hebia The full shortlist was as follows:
The Architectural Review has recognized young designers for their talents since 1999 in the AR Emerging Architecture awards. With 19 years of award winners, the Architecture Review has had the privilege to honor now-household-names such as Shigeru Ban, Anna Heringer, Thomas Heatherwick, Jürgen Mayer H and Frida Escobedo. News via: The Architectural Review  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Housing Building in Foz / Luís Peixoto Posted: 30 Nov 2018 12:00 AM PST  © Arménio Teixeira
 © Arménio Teixeira Text description provided by the architects. The project, at first conceived as a white building with great transparency for its interior, eventually evolved to the work presented here, with the intention of a more sober gesture and a greater relationship with the urban environment in which it is inserted.  © Arménio Teixeira  Ground floor plan  © Arménio Teixeira Located in a residential area close to the coast, where the single-family housing and the low-density multi-family housing are mixed, the proposal resulted from a desire to combine the life in an apartment building with the qualities of an isolated house. With only six dwellings distributed on four floors, the block is inserted in a lot with around 700 m2. Each one has its own design and interior distribution, and one of the main challenges of the project was the personalization of the spaces according to the different intentions of the clients. Having that said, we seek to provide a flexible response not only in the spatial but also in the structural point of view.  © Arménio Teixeira The relation with the outside through openings of considerable dimensions gives dynamics to the elevations due to the different configuration of the apartments. The dark shades help to control the volume scale, and the mirrored glasses give the building one of its main characteristics: the ability to reflect its surroundings and to camouflage itself between the trees and the sky, which divest the notion of where the architectural object begins and ends.  © Arménio Teixeira  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Revolutionary Nature: the Architecture of Hiroshi Sambuichi Posted: 29 Nov 2018 11:00 PM PST  Naoshima Hall. Image © Sambuichi Architects Our world revolves. Not just literally, as it does around the sun, but in nature's every aspect. Seasons cycle into each other (though more erratically each year), waves trace and retrace the beaches with the shifting tide, flowers open, close, and turn to follow the path of the sun. Even we are governed by these circular natural systems. Maintenance of our circadian rhythms, a human connection to light, is so essential to our health that it is a required element in many contemporary building codes. But despite the ubiquity of these natural rhythms, we spend much of our lives working in opposition to them. Buildings and the way we inhabit them particularly threaten this. We breathe in canned and stale air, work in deep floor plans that do not reach natural light, and keep waking hours out of sync with any natural calendar. Architecture may protect us from the unpleasant parts of nature, but it separates us from everything else, too. If this seems inevitable, it's simply because you are not looking closely enough. Hiroshi Sambuichi, an architect based in Hiroshima, Japan, has over the course of his career developed a portfolio of work distinctive not for form or ideation, but for its profound connection to context.  Image Courtesy of US State Department. ImageHiroshima Much of this comes from his upbringing in Hiroshima and the Seto Inland Sea region, an area that was devastated by the atomic bomb in 1945. "It was said that trees would not grow for 70 years after this," explains Sambuichi. "But the flowers bloomed again the next spring." The area has grown from an affluent city to a lushly green one due to its advantageous climate - one that is celebrated and supported in local traditions. "I grew up [here], so every New Year's I climbed Mt. Misen to watch the sunrise for the first time in the year. I noticed from [there] how the mountain interacts with all the surrounding moving materials."  Mount Misen Observatory. Image © Sambuichi Architects These transient but contextual relationships to nature are what form the foundation of Sambuichi's architecture. Sambuichi revisited the site of this yearly tradition to build the Mount Misen Observatory, a small, hipped-roof structure that provides a lookout point to the surrounding range. Where other architects might have seen respite space as an opportunity to pack the structure with places to sit, eat, and drink, Sambuichi built a space that encourages visitors to see the changing light, feel the shifting wind, and hear the echoes in the canyons. It's a reminder that architecture can serve more than just man-made program. Sambuichi was recently awarded the Daylight Award for Architecture, a prestigious accolade that recognizes architects and researchers who uniquely draw upon the power of daylight in their work. Presented in concert by Villum Fonden, Vellux Fonden, and Velux Stiftung, this year's ceremony took place in Lausanne's Rolex Learning Centre. The choice of venue was an apt one. Not only were the building's designers (SANAA) laureates of the same award just four years ago, but the space itself is an example of the poetry made possible in the marriage of architecture and daylight. But, like in so much of architecture, light acts upon the design rather than within it. For Sambuichi, sun, wind, and water are not added parts, but essential ingredients. He specifically calls them ugoku sozai (moving materials) - a term that hints at both their necessity and their transience. To understand these materials is a long and painstaking process spent observing the most seemingly minute details such as how often the direction of wind changes or where the sun feels most intense during each season.  Naoshima Hall. Image © Shigeo Ogawa For Naoshima Hall, a community center project in the Honmura district of Naoshima, the research process took more than two and a half years. A tight collaboration between architect and citizens, the building rediscovers local architectural traditions. An examination of the older houses in the area revealed that floor plans were consistently laid out on a north-south axis and that the arrangement of the houses together allowed wind to move through the town on the same axis. Together, the arrangement seems less like an urban plan than it does like a machine. Every space is designed to take advantage of the existing currents, no extra air conditioning is needed. It's not needed at Naoshima Hall either, though this isn't common in the region's more contemporary structures. Every angle, geometry, and material is designed to harness natural energy. An opening in the hipped roof allows the southerly winds to pass into the space, eliminating the need for additional air circulation. It's a simple solution that required a profound knowledge of the site - but as the impact of artificial heating and cooling becomes increasingly detrimental, it's one architects might be wise to learn from.  Naoshima Hall. Image © Sambuichi Architects The project has been widely praised by the architectural establishment, though its unassuming appearance might have encouraged the casual reader to scroll past it. But to Sambuichi, the success of the building is in its use by the residents of Naoshima. It is regularly in use by citizens of all ages for a wide variety of activities. Today, when so much value is placed on the ability of architecture to be adaptable, perhaps we'd be wise to look back at traditional architecture and use contemporary technology to support its existing strengths. Why use our finest resources to create stale, cut-off structures when we can create ones that seem to almost breathe with us. Sambuichi is hopeful about these possibilities. "My architecture draws upon what already exists," he says. "[For me,] the important thing is to connect to what we have. Buildings perhaps cannot be alive themselves, but they can be close, as part of other living things." In an extraordinary video developed for his Inujima Seirensho Art Museum project, a bubble moves through the interior spaces of the building propelled only by the natural circulation of air. It is a testament both to the delicate, controlled interior climate and a quietly rebellious way of illustrating architecture. Buildings are inhabited not just by people, but by the revolutionary nature of sun, wind, and light.  Mount Misen Observatory. Image © Sambuichi Architects  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 29 Nov 2018 10:00 PM PST  © Federico Cairoli
 © Federico Cairoli Text description provided by the architects. Jambu Bar runs in a small wooden house surrounded by a residentialbuilding area. We knew that a bar and its demand wouldn’t fit in the existing house space, so we would have to expand it. The most common solution is to bring the hallto the front area and extend the kitchen backwards, but we chose to invert that concept and offer the costumers the experience of a backyard.  © Federico Cairoli Therefore, we’ve created a transparent roof supported by a metallic structure in the back of the house –a kind of glasshouse that covers the space. The existent house and the new structure distinguish themselves both by the material and the technique; however, the simplicity creates the dialog between the old and new.  © Federico Cairoli  Floor Plan  © Federico Cairoli  Isometric The facade with few openings and the side access makes the entrance path mysterious, and the surprise comes when discovering the cozy garden filled with beach chairs and spool tables that gives the place familiarity and relaxation.  © Federico Cairoli  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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