Guerrilla Green Sustainable Showdown Competition
Hosted by Architecture for Humanity, the Guerrilla Green Sustainable Showdown is a youth empowerment challenge for all US students. Using a ‘March Madness’ bracket system, they are putting the top 8...
View ArticlePaloma / Tetrarc Architects
Architects: Tetrarc Architects Location: Nîmes, France Project Director: Michel Bertreux Project Manager: Rémi Tymen Study: Olivier Perocheau, Richard Sicard, Florent Delaboudinière, Timothée Naux...
View ArticleHelsinki Central Library Competition Entry / WEAVA Architects + SWAN Architectes
In terms of both the cityscape and its symbolic significance, the proposal by WEAVA Architects + SWAN Architectes for the Helsinki Central Library will represent a modern and dynamic image of an urban...
View ArticleHintonburg Home / Rick Shean
Architects: Rick Shean Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Year: 2010 Photographs: Peter Fritz A courtyard weaves together two simple volumes allowing an elegant simplicity to permeate throughout this...
View ArticleWang Shu: Imagining the House
Wang Shu’s design process always begins with an intense study of the location. The architect spends as long as possible on the site, absorbing its atmosphere. He then produces drafts in the form of...
View ArticleDNB Bank Headquarters / MVRDV
Architects: MVRDV Location: Oslo, Norway Area: 36,500 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Jiri Havran, Jeroen Musch The central building of DNB’s new bank headquarter cluster developed by Oslo S Utvikling...
View ArticleWhat Architecture Has to Say About Education: Three New Hampshire Schools by...
Click here to view the embedded video. Never is the value of architecture so poignant, as when it becomes a tool to facilitate learning, development and exploration. Inspired by this video, which...
View ArticleThe New Urban School, Mixed Use Sports Complex Proposal / EFFEKT + Rubow
Designed by EFFEKT + Rubow, the Mixed Use Sports Complex, in connection with the urban school, combines the planning of the new school district with the transformation of existing historical buildings...
View ArticleFilms & Architecture: “Contempt”
In collaboration with Carlo Ponti, Jean-Luc Godard, one of the main representatives of the 60′s French film movement La Nouvelle Vague, adapted the Alberto Moravia novel Il disprezzo (A Ghost at...
View ArticleLow Cost House / Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Architects: Vo Trong Nghia Architects Location: Dongnai Hospital, Quyết Thắng, Bien Hoa, Dong Nai province, Vietnam Architect In Charge: Vo Trong Nghia, Masaaki Iwamoto Design Team: Kosuke Nishijima...
View ArticleAIA Releases Roadmap to Healthy Design
The AIA is joining numerous other city agencies in the promotion of healthy communities through intelligent design choices. A new document: Local Leaders: Healthier Communities through Design is a...
View ArticleSan Giovanni Church / Studio Zermani e Associati
Architects: Studio Zermani e Associati Location: Perugia, Italy Architect In Charge: Paolo Zermani Design Team: Mauro Alpini, Fabio Capanni, Giacomo Pirazzoli, Fabrizio Rossi Prodi Collaborators:...
View ArticleThomas H. Beeby named 2013 Driehaus Laureate
Recognized as one of the “Chicago Seven” architects who challenged modernist orthodoxy in the 1970s and 1980s, Thomas H. Beeby has been selected as the 11th recipient of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize...
View ArticleAD Round Up: Hotels Part XI
Looking hotels for the holidays? In our 11th selection of previously featured hotels we bring you five you can’t miss! Like the amazing Tree Hotel, located in Harads, close to north pole. Tham &...
View ArticleMaracanã House / Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados
Architects: Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados Location: Lapa, São Paulo, Brazil Arquitetura: Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados Project Team: Danilo Terra, Pedro Tuma, Juliana Assali Project Area:...
View ArticleYalong Bay Headquarters of COFCO / Zhubo Design Studio
Architects: Zhubo Design Studio Location: Yalong Bay, Sanya, China Design Director: Zhong Qiao Project Director: Zhang Tiantian Architecture Designers: Zhang Biqin,Li Jing, Feng Qian Collaborator:...
View ArticleGraz Main Station Local Transport Hub / Zechner & Zechner
Architects: Zechner & Zechner Location: Europaplatz, Graz, Austria Architect In Charge: DI. Kai Uwe Preissl Construction Steel: Zenkner & Handel Construction Concrete: Schimetta Consult...
View ArticleThe Overhang House / DADA & Partners
Architects: DADA & Partners Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India Photographs: Ranjan Sharma The brief required a house for a family of five on a 350 Sq. site, located in the suburbs of Delhi. The...
View Article361° International Architectural Conference
Taking place in Mumbai, India from March 6th to March 8th, the 361° International Architectural Conference is an initiative by Indian Architect & Builder to create a truly relevant dialogue on...
View ArticleStoneridge / In Situ Studio
Architects: In Situ Studio Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States Contractor: Redfoot and Weber Construction Area: 4,650 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Richard Leo Johnson, Courtesy of In...
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