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- The 50 Most Inspiring Architecture Photographs of 2018
- Sasaki Set to Transform Shanghai’s Hongkou Stadium
- Breeze House / Fran Silvestre Arquitectos
- 3/1 Building / Sosu Architects
- Polour Villa / Special Space Studio
- The Interstices Lepur Yogurt Café / LUKSTUDIO
- Cool Cool Seaside / Atelier Let's
- Bamboo Pavilion / ZUO STUDIO
- A Long House / Life Style Koubou
- EASE Leisure & Art / PMT Partners
- Mission Hill Family Estate / Olson Kundig
- Lorena Offices / aflalo/gasperini arquitetos
- Sister’s House / Balthazar Aroso Arquitectos
- World's Largest Artifact to be Housed in New Norwegian Museum
- PP House / sommet
- Sugar, Splice, and All Things Iced: Fosters and ZHA Create a Gingerbread Paradise
- Shades of Vilnius Old Town / PRUSTA
- 8 Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright Nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Status
- Huanchaca Ruins Open Air Theatre / Ramón Coz, Marco Polidura, Benjamín Ortiz, Sebastián Alvarez
| The 50 Most Inspiring Architecture Photographs of 2018 Posted: 26 Dec 2018 10:30 PM PST  Courtesy of JAJA Architects Because, for all the inspirational works across the world, we would be lost without the photographers dedicated to sharing this inspiration with us. Here we present to you the 50 most influential architectural photographs of the year. Mike BakerThe Courtyard House / Auhaus Architecture © Mike Baker Umang ShahThe House Of Secret Gardens / Spasm Design © Umang Sha The Fishy Project, Ishita SitwalaJungalow House / Neogenesis+Studi0261 © The Fishy Project, Ishita Sitwala Ricardo BassettiBF 81 / Estúdio Paralelo © Ricardo Bassetti Pedro PegenauteThe Walled - Tsingpu Yangzhou Retreat / Neri&Hu Design and Research Office © Pedro Pegenaute Daniel KohChameleon Villa / Word of Mouth Architecture © Daniel Koh Nicolai RappMicro Courtyard House / Atelier Kaiser Shen © Nicolai Rapp Fernando MarroquinRamos House / JJRR/Arquitectura © Fernando Marroquin Yoon JoonhwanSiyeonjae / DESIGN GROUP COLLABO © Yoon Joonhwan Maíra AcayabaPirajá House / Estúdio BRA © Maíra Acayaba Derek SwalwellTorquay Concrete House / Auhaus Architecture © Derek Swalwell Ivan DupontMorpheus Hotel / Zaha Hadid Architects © Ivan Dupont Dio Guna PutraExpandable House / Urban Rural Systems © Dio Guna Putra Hiroyuki OkiAn'garden Café / Le House © Hiroyuki Oki Jorge Hernández de la GarzaHouse of Stone / Jorge Hernández de la Garza © Jorge Hernández de la Garza Iwan BaanZeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa / Heatherwick Studio © Iwan Baan Mario WibowoHikari House / Pranala Associates © Mario Wibowo Don PietoDL House / DP+HS Architects © Don Pieto Koji Fuji / Nacasa & Partners IncOptical Glass House / Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP © Koji Fuji / Nacasa & Partners Inc KleinA45 / BIG Courtesy of Klein To Huu DungMƯA Coffee Shop / 85 Design © To Huu Dung Nelson GarridoHouse in Oporto, Serralves / João Vieira de Campos © Nelson Garrido.jpg Benoit WehrléLucien Cornil Student Residence / A+Architecture © Benoit Wehrlé HoangLe PhotographyHopper House / AHL architects © HoangLe Photography Hiroyuki OkiPatio House / MM++ architects © Hiroyuki Oki Ronson Lee - Twins PhotographyThe Window House / FORMZERO © Ronson Lee - Twins Photography Quang DamNhà Của Tiến / 23o5studio © Quang Dam George MessaritakisHug House / React Architects © George Messaritakis Fernando AldaHouse H / Felipe Assadi Arquitectos © Fernando Alda Christiane WirthMicro House Slim Fit / ANA ROCHA architecture © Christiane Wirth Paul CrosbyLake Waconia House / ALTUS Architecture + Design © Paul Crosby Stijn PoelstraLibrary, Museum and Community Center 'De Petrus' / Molenaar&Bol&vanDillen Architects © Stijn Poelstra Iwan BaanSkolkovo Institute of Science and Technology / Herzog & de Meuron © Iwan Baan Ruijing PhotoXiezuo Hutong Capsule Hotel in Beijing / B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio © Ruijing Photo Peter LandersThe Glade / DLM Architects © Peter Landers Peter BennettsWildcoast / FGR Architects © Peter Bennetts Ruben OteroJardins House / Drucker Arquitetos e Associados © Ruben Otero Adam LetchDouble Bay / SAOTA © Adam Letch Sobajima, Toshihiro1.8M Width House / YUUA Architects & Associates © Sobajima, Toshihiro Iwan BaanGuardian Art Center in Beijing / Büro Ole Scheeren © Iwan Baan René RisslandRetirement and Nursing Home Wilder Kaiser / SRAP Sedlak Rissland + Dürschinger Architekten © René Rissland To Huu DungMinimalist House / 85 Design © To Huu Dung Marià Castelló MartínezHouse in Formentera Island / Marià Castelló Martínez Courtesy of Marià Castelló Martínez JAJA ArchitectsPark 'n' Play / JAJA Architects Courtesy of JAJA Architects Iwan BaanQatar National Library / OMA © Iwan Baan Fernando Guerra | FG+SGResidence in Colares / Frederico Valsassina Arquitectos © Fernando Guerra | FG+SG Rungkit CharoenwatHACHI Serviced Apartment / Octane architect & design © Rungkit Charoenwat Jeremy BittermannL'Angolo Estate / LEVER Architecture © Jeremy Bittermann Shigeo OgawaKanda Terrace / KEY OPERATION INC. / ARCHITECTS © Shigeo Ogawa Mario WibowoA Box in Disguise / Wahana Architects © Mario Wibowo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sasaki Set to Transform Shanghai’s Hongkou Stadium Posted: 27 Dec 2018 08:00 PM PST  Hongkou Stadium. Image Courtesy of Sasaki Design firm Sasaki has unveiled a design to transform Shanghai's Hongkou soccer stadium into a sustainable health and wellness hub. Rethinking China's first professional soccer stadium, the project aims to bring new life into the 1990s single-purpose structure. The design was formed by addressing the lack of connection between the stadium and Luxun Park. As a result, the park's landscape is extended through the stadium and rises to meet the landscape as it flows through the building.  Hongkou Stadium. Image Courtesy of Sasaki Located along Hongkou District's major north-south green corridor, the stadium is accessible via public transit, including an elevated light rail and underground subway. Currently, however, the stadium remains isolated. It sits empty on non-game days, and offers limited connections to the vibrant cultural and commercial context which surrounds it. Underutilized space around the stadium and underneath the adjacent elevated light rail line presents an opportunity to stitch back into the urban fabric of the district.  Hongkou Stadium. Image Courtesy of Sasaki Thinking beyond the stadium itself, one of the most significant design interventions is the creation of the Midline– an elevated park built upon the infrastructure of the light rail corridor. Connecting Hongkou's university district to the north with the cultural and commercial districts to the south, the Midline is an iconic recreational spine for the city. The 2.2 kilometer first phase of the Midline provides uninterrupted pedestrian and bicycle access and links surrounding neighborhoods with a variety of community recreational uses within the stadium. At street level, new shops and restaurants embrace the entrance to the subway and activate the stadium's main plaza and podium.  Hongkou Stadium. Image Courtesy of Sasaki In addition to the new commercial and community recreational program, the stadium's capacity was also expanded by 15,000 seats, accommodating a total of 50,000 spectators in an optimized seating arrangement. The integrity of the existing structural components of the stadium were also thoughtfully respected. A significant portion of the existing structure remains– including its core column grid– with new supports seamlessly integrated. The renovated stadium has 9 levels, each providing traditional functions like concessions and restrooms, while incorporating a diversity of new experiences including a soccer museum, VIP clubs, community recreation facilities, and a cantilevered restaurant that offers 360 degree views of the field, the adjacent park, and the Shanghai skyline. Rooftop gardens and outdoor concourses are open to the public, extending access from the adjacent park.  Hongkou Stadium. Image Courtesy of Sasaki By positioning the stadium as a community asset, its renovation reaches far beyond its original function. Many stadiums serve the single purpose of hosting sporting events, resulting in an empty building during non-game days and in the off-season. Hongkou Stadium reimagines the arena as a multi-functional complex that fulfills the demands of large events while also serving as a unique public space for all citizens. With the main concourse integrated as an extension of Luxun Park, the stadium supplements the landscape with vistas across the park to the city beyond. Symbolizing competitiveness and sportsmanship, the two opposing rings of the new structure redistribute existing functions and create new ones.  Hongkou Stadium. Image Courtesy of Sasaki Although the renovated building is beautiful and more democratically programmed, it is also designed for sustainability. The opening created by the shifted rings offers views into the park while improving thermal comfort through passive ventilation. Propelled by negative air pressure when hot air generated by the audience rises, the openings siphon cooler air from the park into the stadium. Rainwater runoff is collected and stored in underground cisterns used to irrigate the field and replenish lakes in the park. The facade is built from glass that digitally adjust its opacity to minimize passive solar gain and reduce energy consumption. During events, this façade also functions as a digital screen to broadcast events, allowing fans who cannot afford a ticket to the game to watch from the park and plaza, while the plaza is equipped with pavers that harness the movement of pedestrians to generate electricity. To enhance circulation and maximize efficiency during these large events, the redesign of the stadium offers seamless connectivity with the subway and light rail, encouraging fans to use public transit. The stadium's main concourse serves as an extension of the park, inviting visitors to explore the adjacent landscape while decentralizing peak foot traffic before and after games. Together, the stadium's new landscapes increases Luxun Park's size by 36%, adding more active recreational uses and re-positioning Hongkou Stadium as icon for Shanghai's growing passion for sports, health, and wellness. News via Sasaki  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Breeze House / Fran Silvestre Arquitectos Posted: 27 Dec 2018 07:00 PM PST  © Diego Opazo
 © Diego Opazo Text description provided by the architects. After a life in the center of Europe, a couple returns to the Mediterranean. Among their mere desires is the power to enjoy a place where they spent the summer during their childhood.  © Diego Opazo It reinterprets a villa of the last century that characterizes this coastal area on the beach of Castellon. The elements used in the neighboring architectures such as the latticework that constitute the fences, the porches are slightly shadow above the street level are updated in the proposal.  © Diego Opazo The house is configured with two volumes that are joined in a single floor. In this way the scale of the porch allows an adequate control of the sun intensity and the privacy is provided to the main room, maintaining the view of the garden.  © Diego Opazo The wet zones differentiate the day zone at night in this position is the staircase that allows you to climb a terrace where you can enjoy the summer evenings. A place from which you can see the sea you feel by the breeze.  © Diego Opazo  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 3/1 Building / Sosu Architects Posted: 27 Dec 2018 06:00 PM PST  © Kyung Roh
 © Kyung Roh 1. Symbiosis of Work and Life  © Kyung Roh Like Seongsu-dong's cityscape, 3/1 Building is a place where work and life exist together. 3/1 Building is a composite building with commercial facilities in the lower floors and studio apartments in upper floors. With such composite building, different users at day time and night time can effectively share confined space in the small site.  © Kyung Roh 2. Upside Down Mass  Section perspective 01 On the other hand, 3/1 Building has a upside down structure and the lower floor is smaller than the upper floor. Such structure vertically expands the narrow street. The smaller lower floors widen the distance between the surrounding buildings to minimize the invasion of neighbor's privacy and to provide the relaxed scenery to people walking on the street. We hope such features of 3/1 Building would be also shared in other buildings in Seongsu-dong.  © Kyung Roh 3. Memory of Seongsu-dong  © Kyung Roh 4. Long-Lasting  © Kyung Roh  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Polour Villa / Special Space Studio Posted: 27 Dec 2018 05:00 PM PST  © Ashkan BagheriAghdam
 © Ashkan BagheriAghdam Text description provided by the architects. This project is located in Polour, Tehran on an area of 1000 sq.m and is a leisure villa for a family.  © Ashkan BagheriAghdam The first point in confronting the project is the amazing and very beautiful atmosphere of the site. The area is surrounded by a beautiful landscape of Damavand Mountain, valleys, river and vast pastures. Project's site is stretching along a relatively steep slope and from the point where access to lower stages is difficult and as the upper stage is the largest and the most accessible area, it was considered for the construction of the villa.  Isometric Previously, the walls around the site and a metal pergola were built in the second stage that was retained throughout the design process.  © Ashkan BagheriAghdam The most striking feature of the project is the presence of a beautiful and arrogant mountain Damavand in the northeast with a view of the Polour Village on its hillside. Considering the above background, the main idea behind the project was to answer how can one use this villa and simultaneously feel the presence and harmony in the pristine nature of this region? Or, in a simpler way, how can the inside and outside of the building be linked together?  © Ashkan BagheriAghdam For this purpose, the images of glass frames and wide openings and space for dialogues with Damavand and nature surrounding the villa, was created in the mind of the design team. In this way, windows that frames Damavand Mountain is designed, the pyramid hip roof is formed as an element that can create a free surface in the ceiling (and yet also has a metaphor of Damavand's form), and under the pyramid hip roof, the stripped windows are created across the ceiling. These windows show somewhat suspended ceilings in elevations, and from inside, in all the rooms, there is a lane of beautiful sky of the region.  © Ashkan BagheriAghdam According to the alignment between the outside and inside, vertical slabs designed that are visible in the facades. These slabs are drawn into the interior and make up parts of the kitchen walls, the living space, the fireplace, and so on.  © Ashkan BagheriAghdam In the end, it should be noted that the architects' effort is to build a valuable and lasting building on this fantastic platform and we hope that our construction has not tarnished this unique nature.  © Ashkan BagheriAghdam  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The Interstices Lepur Yogurt Café / LUKSTUDIO Posted: 27 Dec 2018 04:00 PM PST  © CreatAR Images
 © CreatAR Images Text description provided by the architects. Anyone who has been to Beijing would know that Sanlitun is an active area popular for its commercial activities. Waves of retail spaces come and go, and a flow of consumers constantly searching for the next talking points. In response to the hustle and bustle, Lukstudio has created a minimal cafe for the yogurt brand LePur,aiming to provide an alternative spot for the hyper-stimulated crowd to take a break.  © CreatAR Images The site is on the ground level at the corner of a mid-rise building known as the Nali Patio. Its signature façade consists of a series of white round protrusions. Working with the challenge of unchangeable openings along the street, Lukstudio has envisioned a site-specific concept based on the existing pattern of light and shadow.
While the original site is conveyed as a rectangular grey box differentiating from its curvy context, the openings are treated as interstices within the box letting natural light in. The paths of light are further heightened by the use of white surfaces, stratifying the irregular plan into orderly zones. Each interstice serves a different purpose: a window seater, a shop entrance, a grab 'n' go station and two public entrances to the overall building, while the grey zones embody the cafe functions such as a bar, waiting and seating areas.  © CreatAR Images To convey the idea of purity related to the meaning of the brand name, the shop is manifested in a restrained palette of colors and materials. The boxes are cladded in grey terrazzo from the exterior façade to the interior surfaces, while the interstices are expressed in white terrazzo flooring and painted gypsum ceiling. In cases where the "paths of light" run through a table or hit a wall, the demarcation continues through the objects or extends onto the vertical surface.  © CreatAR Images The cafe is divided into two main sitting areas catering to different visitors. The waiting area and the group seaters at the front provide a relaxed environment for casual meeting; the orderly booth setting at the back room exudes a more solemn atmosphere and is ideal for self-reflection. Mirrors in pairs are used strategically in both areas, adding a visual dimension to the tight spaces.  © CreatAR Images At the back room where light is deprived, Lukstudio introduces an array of light on the wall to echo the overall spatial concept. With mirror lining the ends of the room, these thin interstices appear to progress into infinity. Together with the wooden pews and matching tables, a sense of worship fills the small room. A screen is incorporated at the mirrored wall where videos or messages could contribute to the ambience.  © CreatAR Images  © CreatAR Images Lukstudio believes that every site has its potential to be special, even one with arigid structure, low ceiling and minimal light exposure. By being mindful to the site characteristics and reverting to the fundamental architectural relationship between mass and light, Lukstudio has revealed the integrity of this location and created a memorable spatial identity for the café.  © CreatAR Images  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Cool Cool Seaside / Atelier Let's Posted: 27 Dec 2018 03:00 PM PST  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government
 © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government Text description provided by the architects. Next to the Gushan Ferry Pier that connects Kaohsiung to Cijin is a FamilyMart. Further down the road is a Watsons. Continuing along it is a series of storefronts, most of which are delis and dessert shops.  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government Would anyone have ever wondered what is behind this row of shops? Indeed, if you take some time to get around to it, you will discover a local neighborhood situated just between that bustling road and the pier-side, where the place is decorated with some casually erected melon sheds, a small square in front of the temple, and plenty of randomly placed plantations. Above all, you will also be treated to some waterfront sceneries in the cool breeze as you stand in this subtropical city of Taiwan.  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government Thanks to the Urban Development Bureau, this homelike neighborhood is once again being introduced to the public by means of revitalization as opposed to eradication for something completely anew, opening up this modern city crevice that already brims with liveliness to the local residents. In addition, with the touch of Bamboo Yang, a brilliant graffitist from WALLRIORS, the colors of the basketball court are now in perfect harmony with the atmosphere of this place. Therefore, whether you are here for a nap, or taking your time diving into a bowl of shaved ice, or simply just looking for a chill-out spot, the canopy stands here, welcoming you with its spanning roofs. As if giving a massage to the city, this place helps it shed away some weariness of the everyday life, allowing the vitality to sprawl on without boundaries.  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government .jpg?1545213746 "Analysis diagram") Analysis diagram  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government Materials and Tectonics  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government Patterned Window Grills and the Wave  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government A Glance of History  © Yi-Hsien Lee Photography, Urban Development Bureau, Kaohsiung City Government  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2018 01:00 PM PST  © SHIH-HONG, YANG
 © SHIH-HONG, YANG Text description provided by the architects. Taichung is the second main and most habitable city in Taiwan. As construction industries build up and change the appearance of the city, they also guide it to continuously move forward with era. Bamboo Pavilion, located in the fourth area of Fengyuan Huludun Park, is an exhibition hall sponsored by Taichung Real Estate Development Association.  © SHIH-HONG, YANG Since the association is mostly composed by the greatest building construction companies, our main goal was how to combine their pure spirit with Flora Exposition, including care for physical and mental health, the devotedness in social benefit, and engineering method, with the strength and feature of the green building materials from Taiwan.  © SHIH-HONG, YANG  Construction Diagram  © SHIH-HONG, YANG In accordance with the theme of Taichung World Flora Exposition- Formosa Beauty of Taiwan- we get the image from Central Mountain Range, making the outlook of Bamboo Pavilion looks like a seed born from the ground surface, surrounded by water. Indoor and outdoor, connect with Mother Nature in a non-resisting way. The perception of the user resembles walking through a bamboo forest, which enhancing the human experience. When raising their head, they could look up to the sky above the forest-top.  © SHIH-HONG, YANG  © SHIH-HONG, YANG The materials used are all native species from Taiwan, Moso bamboo and Makino Bamboo from Nantou and Chiayi is our first choice. Comparing with the space scale performance of traditional installation and bamboo art, they fully express the tenacity and constitutive property of bamboo in design. By mixing constructional dimension and weaving technics, it creates a timeless space that reflects consistency.  © SHIH-HONG, YANG When people enter in the space, they could feel the tranquil atmosphere together with the balance between architecture and nature. At the time of making architecture and building construction, we set for the coming days. “Bamboo Pavilion” is a metaphor of architecture’s footprint, like a seed has been spread and grow, symbolizing our hope and dream of future- offering a more habitable environment to our next generation.  © SHIH-HONG, YANG Furthermore, to increase the usage of more sustainable building materials harmonized with the environment, and enhance the intimate relationship between human beings and nature.  © SHIH-HONG, YANG  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| A Long House / Life Style Koubou Posted: 27 Dec 2018 12:00 PM PST  © Nao Takahashi
 © Nao Takahashi Text description provided by the architects. The premises are located in Soma City, Fukushima. Minamisoma is known for "Soma Nomaoi" wild horse chase festival, one of the biggest festivals Fukushima has to offer—or perhaps best recognized as the "temporary evacuation designated zone". After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, many moved out of the city and still keep themselves away from the city. There are great quantities of empty houses in the area. The owner and his wife who have separately asked us for a renovation also had no choice but to evacuate temporarily. After deregulation, they chose to go back to the city they had been living in for decades, and we were asked to renovate their cherished home.  © Nao Takahashi This 36-year-old, one-storied house originally had 7 rooms, each 15 ㎡ wide, extensive kitchen, and two bathrooms, and was too big for a married couple in their 70s. While contraction of the house seemed to be the best idea considering its management after inheritance, we decided to retain the strong tiled roof which survived the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and make full use of it.  © Nao Takahashi  Floor Plan  © Nao Takahashi The owner has been taking over the area's traditional events with dignity, taking the role of the captain in Soma Nomaoi wild horse chase festival for example, and he always had visitors coming and going. Sitting on the terrace, talking to visitors—this was their daily routine. The terrace is a perfect space for welcoming people; there is no stress or need for the visitors to take off their shoes and it allows them to come and go whenever they want.  © Nao Takahashi There is hardly any snow in Minamisoma and thus, small talk sessions with tea and tobacco by the terrace were an all-season, everyday thing. We wanted to preserve this usual but precious sight along with the tiled roof, and create the heart of the city for those coming back where people can get to know and support each other. Determined to build such a house, we decided to minimize the living space while keeping the roof structure as it is and renovate most of the remaining area into a terrace.  © Nao Takahashi At the time of the Soma Nomaoi wild horse chase festival, about 20 people take turns to gather around this house. We have built the main entrance for taking off and storing shoes but structured the house to allow visitors in from any side of the terrace so that they would not need to go through the entrance. We can imagine people of the area gathering around the terrace after the festival, making themselves at home, thanking each other and enjoying their time. We sincerely hope that such sight will last forevermore.  © Nao Takahashi  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| EASE Leisure & Art / PMT Partners Posted: 27 Dec 2018 11:00 AM PST  © Zeng Zhe
 © Zeng Zhe Text description provided by the architects. During the Republic of China era, Dongshan District of Guangzhou was inhabited by members of the dignitaries and the privileged class, whose luxurious lifestyle that was marked by the celebrity parties, villa clusters, blocks of Western houses and splendid attires have become the folklore of the generation. Having witnessed the country's ups and downs, today's Dongshan District, moistly and gently cleansed by the flow of time, is becoming more charming with the modest scene of the common families in Lingnan, which is also where EASE Leisure & Art (abbr. EASE) is located.  © Zeng Zhe  Arched Windows  © Zeng Zhe EASE was renovated from a miniature old city by PMT Partners who has full participation of different projects such as investment, design, operation, and so on. The less-than-300-square villa has a variety of functions such as exhibitions, lodging, studios, bars, and more. We create EASE with a hope that it can be an integral part of the reconstruction of Dongshan's memory. The four-floor building was formerly used as a Sauna House with small arched windows and a carved iron staircase connecting each floor. The three-sided walls of the building stand extremely close to the surrounding buildings -- the nearest distance is less than a meter, which wins itself a nickname: the "Handshaking House".  © Zeng Zhe People may no longer have time to experience the moments brought by the fast transformation occurring in the city. The small arched windows of the original buildings, as an element linking the past and the present, are substantially preserved in the designs. With the view-borrowing concept via the preserved arched windows, the building incorporates views of other buildings from different ages in a mosaic way.  © Zeng Zhe Although only some slices and information can be captured while looking out from the arched windows, it is the design that takes the advantage of the short distance to perfectly "frame" the red bricks from the Republic of China era, tile roofs from the early days of new China, anti-burglar wire-meshes from the period of Reform and Opening-up, stone walls from the period of Housing Reform, and so on. Amongst the slices captured by these arched windows, some are architectural materials while the others are profiles of the buildings. All of them represent the characteristics and memories of specific era. Standing at the stairway gallery of EASE, we are able to pull ourselves out to observe the exhibits of time and living existences one by one.  © Zeng Zhe The design of EASE inherits the arcuation element from the original house, hoping to create a sense of spatial ritual. To show respect for the private space, the arcuation is magnified into a rotatable arched door as a transition from the public area to the residential area. The ritual of gently nudging the arched doors converts these arcuation, from what looked like static elements, to an architectural component that interacts with humans. When the mysterious light behind the arched door is deciphered, you will find lodging rooms hid in this seemingly deep hallway.  Section Diagram EASE also has many undefined spaces awaiting for responses to changes in commercial needs. On the fourth floor of EASE, large-area skylights and floor-to-ceiling glass blur the boundary between the indoor and the outdoor. The free combination of folding doors and mobile furniture explores the possibilities of future community life by creating different life scenarios. Here at EASE, different cultural groups have come and organized many mini-concerts, lectures, exhibitions, and talk shows. Thanks to these events, EASE has genuinely become the "amplifier" for the voice of the community, a sounder of urban slices, whose diversity is appreciated and its ideas exchanged.  © Zeng Zhe  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Mission Hill Family Estate / Olson Kundig Posted: 27 Dec 2018 09:00 AM PST  © Nic Lehoux
 © Nic Lehoux Text description provided by the architects. Situated on a prominent hill rising above the floor of the Okanagan Valley, the Mission Hill Winery is a complex of buildings designed to transform the visitor. As visitors pass through the welcoming entry arches, they enter a world dedicated to wine. A Wine Education Center with a small theater anchors the experience of each visitor. An outdoor loggia, amphitheater and vineyard terrace provide breathtaking views of the lake and valley below. A 12-story bell tower is the focal point of the courtyard. The design, consciously serene, eschews festival-like architecture in favor of a timeless, monastic quality.  © Nic Lehoux On the exterior, earth-toned concrete gives the building forms an understated, contemporary aesthetic. The buildings surround a central courtyard and amphitheater. Inside the buildings, the visitor is embraced by quiet, cool, and dimly lit spaces.  © Nic Lehoux An 85-foot-high viewing tower—the bell tower rises above the courtyard affording incredible views of the valley and becomes a signature for the winery itself. Dramatic underground cave cellars highlight the winemaking education tour, media center, boutique and tasting areas. Exterior courtyards and gardens provide space for picnicking.  Sketch 02 In addition to general visitor areas, there are VIP areas that include special reception/banquet halls and tasting areas. Guest quarters for VIP's are set in the vineyards to reinforce the connections to wine and the process of winemaking. Parking and site circulation is located in such a way as to separate their presence from the arrival sequence. Business offices, winemakers' lab, commercial kitchens for banquet and events catering are located are also included.  © Nic Lehoux  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Lorena Offices / aflalo/gasperini arquitetos Posted: 27 Dec 2018 08:00 AM PST  © Maira Acayaba
 © Maira Acayaba Text description provided by the architects. Lorena Offices is located in Alameda Lorena near Nove de Julho Avenue, in a residential part of Jardins neighborhood. The building contributes to the region’s transformation. The building is composed of one unique glass volume, where are explored some recesses by means of terraces.  © Maira Acayaba  Ground Floor Plan Those are coated with a black metallic material to emphasize the contrasts between full and empty, and the façade became unique. There are no fences or walls in front of the building. The sidewalk and the private area are together. The recessed hall invites the pedestrian to enjoy the ambiance.  © Maira Acayaba In there, was used a composition of materials with white rock, grey aluminum, and wood, and also explored a homogeneous light in the place. The building highlights in the street for interrupting a sequence of residential buildings of the 1950s and 1960s.  © Maira Acayaba It is composed of seven floors with concrete slabs with 500 square meters and with a hight of 3,96 meters. The rooftop with the same size has a hight of 4,61 meters to 6,90 meters and an uncovered porch. The ground floor has a double foot of 7,4 meters. It also has three undergrounds of garages and technical areas.  © Maira Acayaba  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sister’s House / Balthazar Aroso Arquitectos Posted: 27 Dec 2018 06:00 AM PST  © Tiago Casanova
 © Tiago Casanova Text description provided by the architects. The building is located in rural land which has been used for agricultural purposes since ever. Considering the use and place where it's located, the intention was to create an environment that integrated the human action and the relation with nature, taking advantage not only of the landscape resources as the sun exposure that, when combined, make the place so privileged.  © Tiago Casanova Thus, in full respect for the place, local materials were used on the building coating, such as granite stone, wood and roof tiles, in the image of existing agricultural constructions, while attempting to reinterpret traditional techniques and customs as well as certain spaces and objects, adapting them to the current daily life and new experiences.  © Tiago Casanova In terms of programmatic and functional distribution, there were three guide lines for the proposal. The first was the solar orientation, which conditioned the location of service areas on north to allow a better exposure of the habitable rooms by turning them to south. On south is also located the visual landscape that was intended to privilege, being this the second condition guiding the organization of the spaces and the location of the openings. The third organizing principle was the separation of intimate areas from social area.  © Tiago Casanova The building is then divided into two volumes which are distinguished by the altimetry and roofs pitch, and also shelter different functions. The entrance, marked by the garden, is located in the middle of the main volume allowing, in a simple way, to distinguish and separate the intimate area from social area.This separation is emphasized by the creation of an exterior covered patio on south that allows to illuminate the atrium. The use of ceilings at various heights can also create compression/decompression sensations and hierarchize spaces, avoiding the creation of physical barriers and improving the articulation between functions, also promoting family life.  Plan  Transversal Section Aspects such as ecology, climate and sustainability were also significant in the building conception, both in the design of the spaces and openings as in the choice of the building system and materials. The result is a simple, comfortable and eco-friendly house where the family enjoys to live.  © Tiago Casanova  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| World's Largest Artifact to be Housed in New Norwegian Museum Posted: 27 Dec 2018 05:00 AM PST  Hurtigruten Museum. Image Courtesy of Peab AB Nordic engineering firm Peab will create the new Hurtigruten museum for the MS Finnmark. The ship will be housed in the facility in Stokmarknes in the northern part of Norway. Peab secured the $14.6m contract for Vernebygg in collaboration with Oslo-based LINK Arkitektur. The MS Finnmark was built in 1956 and is described by the museum as the world's biggest museum artifact. In June 1999, Hurtigruten Museum in Stokmarknes began housing the old MS Finnmark ship. Peab now has been commissioned to accommodate this ship in the new 3,600m² glass and steel building. Peab region manager Gro Skaar Knutsen said: "This is a wonderful project for us. We spent a lot of time on our proposal and we're really pleased that the developer chose us to do the job. We look forward to getting started." Gro Skaar Knutsen added: "We will restore and build on the existing buildings when we house the ship so that the entire Hurtigruten Museum will be new and modern." Construction will begin in April 2019, with occupation slated for April 2020. News via Construction Index  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2018 04:00 AM PST  © Leonardo finotti
 © Leonardo finotti Text description provided by the architects. The PP House was conceived as a single volume that extends itself from side to side on the site. The use of materials such as concrete, glass, and wood contribute to the volumetric definition of the composition.  © Leonardo finotti Even though, from the street side, the house appears to be a 2 level house, it is a single story home, which uses the natural slope of the terrain to integrates the garage into the architectural composition.  © Leonardo finotti This project divides its program through a distribution hall that welcomes you into the house and works as a catalyst between the social and the service areas. All the service areas are concentrated towards the main façade, which helps bring privacy from the street side and blocks the views into the most intimate areas of the house.  © Leonardo finotti  Ground floor plan  © Leonardo finotti The kitchen and living room are connected with each other and work as the social core of the house. They extend into the terrace, creating continuity between all the public areas of the house and reinforcing the connection with the garden and the swimming pool.  © Leonardo finotti An interior garden divides the public areas from the corridor that leads into the bedrooms and creates pockets of green spaces in the interior of the house. The bedrooms are distributed along the swimming pool, enjoying the views and the proximity with the garden. The music room is located at the end of the swimming pool and completes the composition into a “U”-shaped floor plan. It helps contain the garden and encloses it, so that all the spaces in the house look directly to it.  Section D-D' Finally, the master bedroom is located at the end of the house. It has direct views to both the swimming pool and an interior garden, which brings privacy into the master bathroom.  © Leonardo finotti This green pockets distributed along the house, not only help divide the programs and bring privacy to some areas of the house, but alt give the house an intimate connection with nature and create a unique character.  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Sugar, Splice, and All Things Iced: Fosters and ZHA Create a Gingerbread Paradise Posted: 27 Dec 2018 03:00 AM PST  © Luke Hayes via the Museum of Architecture Leading London firms including Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects have joined together in festive spirit to create over 60 miniature gingerbread structures, forming a miniature edible city. The Gingerbread City baking initiative, curated by the London Museum of Architecture, will be on display in the Victoria & Albert Museum until January 6th, assuming it hasn't been devoured. As reported by The Daily Mail, the sugar-fueled city includes futuristic tower blocks, sports facilities, and a modern homeless shelter by Holland Harvey Architects. The architectural delights have been created using a mix of sweet ingredients including liquorice, Jelly Babies, and icing.  © Luke Hayes via the Museum of Architecture Now in its third year, the Gingerbread City seeks to connect the public to architecture, and spark awareness of urban planning, in an innovative, accessible manner. Using a masterplan designed by Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design, over 60 gingerbread buildings were designed and built by architects, designers, and engineers.  © Luke Hayes via the Museum of Architecture The exhibition is open to the public at the V&A Cromwell Road in West London through January 6th.  © Luke Hayes via the Museum of Architecture News via: Daily Mail  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Shades of Vilnius Old Town / PRUSTA Posted: 27 Dec 2018 02:00 AM PST _(24).jpg?1545623565 "© Leonas Garbačiauskas") © Leonas Garbačiauskas
_(36).jpg?1545624657 "© Leonas Garbačiauskas") © Leonas Garbačiauskas Text description provided by the architects. This is the interior of the apartment in the Old Town of Vilnius. The facades of the Old Town's homes and the cozy walled inner courtyards, with their texture, colors, and aura, found resonance in these homes. Here you can find several hundred old bricks, and wooden balks revealing ancient structures of the building, and genuine old pine boards, which do not know how many bare feet have been walking, all of which has been preserved, restored and left to the next generations. Where color is desired, they are taken from the shadows of the facade of the house. The material is only natural, real and vibrant - helping to create a harmonious, rich, yet partly uncluttered interior, reflecting the most beautiful shades of the Old Town of Vilnius. _(10).jpg?1545622914 "© Leonas Garbačiauskas") © Leonas Garbačiauskas  Plan _(15).jpg?1545623003 "© Leonas Garbačiauskas") © Leonas Garbačiauskas  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 8 Buildings by Frank Lloyd Wright Nominated for UNESCO World Heritage Status Posted: 27 Dec 2018 01:00 AM PST  Fallingwater. Image © Robert Ruschak - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Eight buildings by acclaimed American architect Frank Lloyd Wright have been nominated for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Titled "The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright," the list of eight major works is a revision of a previous application lodged in February 2015. Submitted by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, the list spans Wright's 70-year career with schemes such as Unity Temple, Taliesin West, Fallingwater, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The list will now be reviewed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites, who acts as an official advisor to the World Heritage Committee. Following a recommendation from the body, the works will be considered at the 2019 World Heritage Meeting taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan in July.
If the nomination is fulfilled, the collection of buildings will join the 1,092 designated sites currently on the UNESCO World Heritage List, including some of the most recognizable buildings in the world like the Taj Mahal and Sydney Opera House. These structures are recognized for their extraordinary cultural significance and "outstanding universal values." The Wright sites would be one of only 24 World Heritage Sites in the U.S and the only listing of modern architecture. While listing does not impose new regulations and restrictions on the properties, it does identify a buzzer zone surrounding the property, which protects the setting of the formal property. The Wright schemes under consideration can be seen below. For more information, visit the official website of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy, and view the submitted document to UNESCO. Unity Temple / Oak Park, Illinois.jpg?1545916474 "Unity Temple. Image Image © Flickr User sjgardiner") Unity Temple. Image Image © Flickr User sjgardiner Frederick C. Robie House / Chicago, Illinois.jpg?1545916458 "Frederick C. Robie House. Image © Nat Hansen") Frederick C. Robie House. Image © Nat Hansen Taliesin / Spring Green, Wisconsin Taliesin. Image Courtesy of Tour de Force 360VR Hollyhock House / Los Angeles, California.jpg?1545916425 "Hollyhock House. Image © Flickr CC User edward stojakovic") Hollyhock House. Image © Flickr CC User edward stojakovic Fallingwater / Mill Run, Pennsylvania.jpg?1545916411 "Fallingwater. Image © Robert Ruschak - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy") Fallingwater. Image © Robert Ruschak - Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House / Madison, Wisconsin.jpg?1545916400 "Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House. Image © Flickr CC User Kyle Magnuson") Herbert and Katherine Jacobs House. Image © Flickr CC User Kyle Magnuson Taliesin West / Scottsdale, Arizona Taliesin West. Image © Flickr User lumierefl Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum / New York, New York.jpg?1545916482 "Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Image © Flickr CC User Richard Anderson") Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Image © Flickr CC User Richard Anderson  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Huanchaca Ruins Open Air Theatre / Ramón Coz, Marco Polidura, Benjamín Ortiz, Sebastián Alvarez Posted: 27 Dec 2018 12:00 AM PST  © Sergio Pirrone
 © Sergio Pirrone Text description provided by the architects. After the construction of the Museum of the Desert of Atacama, this second piece is inserted into the life of the Park, putting once again in value the Ruins, as the main protagonist of the place.  © Sergio Pirrone  © Sergio Pirrone Consistent with the idea of not appearing as a building, an element emerges from the ground, which sets the stage of the Theater and converts the esplanade into a viewpoint to the Ruins and the sea, allowing the visitor to dominate and overwhelm before the fantastic and unique environment.  Sections AA, BB, CC  Sections DD, EE The project is a habitable roof, which towards the Ruins is presented with a comfortable scale in the form of bleachers, which allow the viewer to have a direct, complete front perception of the Monument, on the upper level a terrace allows 360º panoramic views, dominating the landscape completely.  © Sergio Pirrone The grandstands also allow a different place for the development of various uses and artistic expressions, keeping the visitor with the great and complete scenery, The ruins.  © Sergio Pirrone Seizing the topographic conditions already foreseen in the first stage, the containment, the land mass that separates Angamos street from the stage level, and the insertion of the new roof, the Theater is achieved as a place of contained character, focused directly on spectacle. From the theater the project is presented as a piece of rough concrete, rising 20 meters long from the ground and floats up to 5 m above the floor, creating the scenery underneath, and containing inside its thickness all the necessary technical equipment for the development of the different presentations.  © Sergio Pirrone Respect for the environment and the Ruin’s attraction, are the motivating axes of the proposal, which translates into a clean construction with no formal rhetoric, executed entirely in concrete, proposes a language of soil and containment, always connecting with the natural land.  © Sergio Pirrone  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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