Is Zaha’s Latest Prize Really an Advancement for Women?
© MARCO GROB FOR TIME “I have practised Architecture at a time when Architects were full of hope and optimism. At a time when we felt that the changes in Planning and on Architecture would change...
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Photo by Caked Crusader - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cupcakevigilante/ Below is the Hollywood Reservoir. I’m two hours early for this interview because, as usual, I’ve guessed the traffic...
View ArticleJean Cocteau Museum / Rudy Ricciotti
© Agence Rudy Ricciotti Architects: Rudy Ricciotti Location: Menton, France Year: 2006 Area: 2,700 sqm Photographs: Agence Rudy Ricciotti, Lisa Ricciotti, Olivier Amsellem © Agence Rudy Ricciotti...
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© Paul Kozlowski Architects: N+B Architectes - Elodie Nourrigat, Jacques Brion Location: La Grande Motte City, Montpellier, France Project Manager: Representative Associated Architect: Julien Wafflart...
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© Iwan Baan Architects: ALA Architects Location: Kristiansand, Norway Completion: July 2011 Competition Team: ALA Architects ltd, Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, Janne Teräsvirta, Samuli Woolston...
View ArticleArchitectural Photography: Floriade 2012 World Horticultural Expo / Thomas Mayer
The Innovatoren | © Thomas Mayer From now until October 7th, the southeastern Netherlands city of Venlo will be hosting the Floriade 2012 World Horticultural Expo. Covering 66 hectares, the expo...
View ArticlePrivate House In Barcelos / Rui Grazina
© Nelson Garrido Architects: Rui Grazina Location: Cambeses, Barcelos, Portugal Project Years: 2008 – 2011 Area: 300 sqm Total Area; 290 sqm Gross Building Area; 3300 sqm Total Plot Area Construction:...
View ArticleThe University of the West of Scotland / RMJM
© Keith Hunter Architects: RMJM Location: Ayr, Scotland Project Manager: Gardiner & Theobald Client: University of the West of Scotland Size: 17,835 sqm GFA Project Years: 2009 – 2011 Cost: £81...
View ArticleOsiedle Przyjaź University Campus / BudCud
Courtesy of BudCud The proposal by BudCud for the Osiedle Przyjaźń 2.0 is an innovative university campus located in the center of Bemowo district in Warsaw. Founded in the1950s as a habitat of small...
View ArticleFive North American Architects / Kenneth Frampton
Five North American Architects brings together five architectural practices that, while all distinct, share a particular sensibility for the impact of craftsmanship and climate on the generation of...
View ArticleKyiv Urban Wildlife Park / Katya Larina, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Irina Klixbull,...
Courtesy of Katya Larina, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Irina Klixbull, Roman Pomazan The proposal for the Kyiv Urban Wildlife Park by Katya Larina, Yevgeniya Pozigun, Irina Klixbull, and Roman Pomazan responds...
View ArticleFEN Building / Marsino Arquitectos Asociados
© Aryeh Kornfeld Architects: Marsino Arquitectos Asociados – Jorge Marsino P., María Inés Buzzoni G. , Claudio Santander L. Location: Santiago, Chile Design Team: Francisca Valenzuela, Alfonso...
View ArticleSalt Tower / Enforma + AIM Studio
Courtesy of Enforma + AIM Studio The aim of Enforma and AIM Studio in their design of the Salt Tower, located in Budva, Montenegro, was to carefully analyze the specific location and the possibilities...
View ArticleColorfoto Megastore / João Tiago Aguiar
© FG+SG Architects: João Tiago Aguiar Location: Lisboa, Portugal Project Years: 2009 – 2011 Client: Colorfoto Architecture Collaboration: Renata Vieira, Ana Caracol, Sílvia Amaral Builder: Gil Alves...
View ArticleShaw House / Patkau Architects
© Paul Warchol, Undine Prohl Architects: Patkau Architects Location: Vancouver, Canada Architect Team: Michael Cunningham, John Patkau, Patricia Patkau, Peter Suter Structural Engineer: Fast +Epp...
View ArticleVertical Village / GRAFT Architects
Courtesy of GRAFT Architects Designed by GRAFT Architects, Vertical Village is a residential, hotel and entertainment development in Dubai that harnesses the most powerful renewable energy source in...
View ArticleQuinte West YMCA / Architects Tillmann Ruth Robinson
© Shai Gil Architect: Architects Tillmann Ruth Robinson Location: Quinte West, Canada Principal-in-Charge: Scott Robinson Design Architect: Scott Robinson Collaborators: Smith and Andersen Consulting...
View ArticleThe Indicator: Moby, Part 2
Courtesy of Moby I once saw a video of David Hockney discussing a Chinese landscape scroll. A provocative little art-geek film (or so it seemed at the time) entitled, ”A Day on the Grand Canal With...
View ArticleBreaking Ground: Chinese American Architects in Los Angeles
Choy Residence © J. Paul Getty Trust. Used with permission. Julius Shulman Photography Archive, Research Library at the Getty Research Institute (2004.R.10) Breaking Ground: Chinese American...
View ArticleThe Hive / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
© Hufton & Crow Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios Location: Worcester, England Completion: February 2012 Client: University of Worcester and Worcestershire County Council Photographs:...
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