Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2002 / Toyo Ito + Cecil Balmond + Arup
Architects: Toyo Ito, Cecil Balmond, Arup Location: Kensington Gardens, London, UK Area: 309.76 sqm Year: 2002 Photographs: Sylvain Deleu Toyo Ito, recipient of the Pritzker Prize 2013, along with...
View ArticleGangjin Children Center / JYA-RCHITECTS
Architects: JYA-RCHITECTS Location: Gangjin, South Korea Architect In Charge: JYA-RCHITECTS Structure: HM Area: 223 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Hwang Hyochel, Courtesy of JYA-RCHITECTS Sannaedeul...
View ArticleTallinn Architecture Biennale Vision Competition 2013
The topic of this year’s Tallinn Architecture Biennale Vision Competition, Recycling Socialism, seeks architectural ideas and methods to envision the future of an iconic circular block-housing...
View ArticleThe extension of the Montreuil Polytechnic / Ateliers 2_3_4_
Architects: Ateliers 2/3/4/ Location: Paris, France Architect In Charge: Olivier Arene, Jean-François Patte, Emilie Sopena Design Team: Elie Marçais, Hélène Arligui, Olivia Medot, Nicolas Guillaume,...
View ArticlePredictions from the Past: New York 2012 and LA 2013
Throughout history, people have spent a great deal of time pondering what the future holds. Scientific discovery and technological innovation – along with rebellious androids, zombies, flying cars,...
View ArticleSac Chich Hacienda / Reyes Ríos + Larraín Arquitectos
Architects: Reyes Ríos + Larraín Arquitectos Location: Acanceh, Yucatan, Mexico Collaborators: Berenice Barroso Quiab Area: 200 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: Marcelo Troché, Pim Schalkwijk A...
View ArticleNational Convention and Exhibition Center Winning Proposal / gmp Architekten
gmp Architekten just won the first prize in the competition to design the 1.2 million square-meter Tianjin Exhibition Center. Now the third city where an exhibition center of international importance...
View ArticleChristo Unveils Inflatable, Light-Infused Installation in Germany
The internationally – and often controversial - acclaimed artist Christo has unveiled the “largest indoor sculpture ever made”. Prepared to debut in a public exhibition starting March 16, the inflated...
View Article56 Dwellings in Salburúa / Patxi Cortazar
Architects: Patxi Cortazar Location: Vitoria, Álava, Spain Project Architects: Patxi Cortazar y José Manuel Simón Technical Architects: Juan José Gracia Martín y Gonzalo Porres Salces Client: VIVANTIS...
View ArticleVideo: A documentary on Toyo Ito’s Sendai Mediatheque
Click here to view the embedded video. One of Toyo Ito’s most iconic building is undoubtedly the Sendai Mediatheque. The latest Pritzker laureate completed the building in 2001, a cultural media center...
View ArticleCAP Blanes / aq4 arquitectura
Architects: aq4 arquitectura Location: Carrer Ernest Lluch s/n. Blanes. Girona, Spain Design Team: Ibon Bilbao Spain, Jordi Campos Garcia, Caterina Figuerola Tomàs, Carlos Gelpí Almirall Contractor:...
View ArticleHouse Bill Proposes to Eliminate Funding for Eisenhower Memorial
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial saga continues, as Rep. Rob Bishop (R-Utah) proposed legislation that would forego Frank Gehry’s controversial design and eliminate federal funding. Although Bishop’s...
View ArticleManish Restaurant / ODVO arquitetura e urbanismo
Architects: ODVO arquitetura e urbanismo Location: São Paulo, Brazil Project Architects: Carol Kaphan Zullo (Mínima Arquitetura e Urbanismo), Omar Mohamad Dalank y Victor Oliveira Castro (ODVO...
View ArticleComa House 02 / Juan Marco
Architects: Juan Marco Location: Castellón, España Area: 420 sqm Photographs: Elena Arroyo The house is located on a lot of 1560 square meters, with a complex topography of steep slopes both in the...
View ArticleCommunity Center at Batuco Abajo / Luis Quezada
Architects: Luis Quezada Location: Pencahue, Maule, Chile Year: 2012 Photographs: Courtesy of Luis Quezada The project is conceived of as a central pavilion that allows for spatial flexibility; it is...
View ArticleThe Butler-VanderLinden Lecture on Architecture
The Architecture & Design Society at the Art Institute of Chicago is presenting the Butler-VanderLinden Lecture on Architecture featuring Wang Shu: 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate and...
View ArticleHouse X / Elías Rizo Arquitectos + Agraz Arquitectos
Architects: Elías Rizo Arquitectos + Agraz Arquitectos Location: Zapopan, JAL, Mexico Project Architects: Ricardo Agraz, Elías Rizo Area: 305 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Mito Covarrubias...
View ArticleA House in Ayukawa / Méga
Architects: Méga Location: Ibaraki-city, Osaka, Japan Architect In Charge: Dai Nagasaka Project Team: Méga (Dai Nagasaka, Ikue Tanaka) Structural Design: Satoru Shimoyama Area: 230.85 sqm Year: 2012...
View ArticleRequest for Proposals: QueensWay Project
The New York office of The Trust for Public Land recently issued an RFP for a feasibility study, framework plan, and conceptual design for the QueensWay–a potentially transformative 3.5-mile project...
View ArticleAD Classics: Silver Hut / Toyo Ito
Known for his conceptual designs, Japanese architect Toyo Ito is arguably one of the world’s most innovative architects. He began his architectural career with a project for his sister in 1976 called...
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