Courtyard House / DeForest Architects
Architects: DeForest Architects Location: Seattle, WA, USA Area: 4600.0 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Benjamin Benschneider Contractor: Prestige Residential Construction Interior Design: NB Design Group...
View ArticleCritics and Peers Comment on Shigeru Ban’s Pritzker Prize
Yesterday we asked some prominent critics and a few of Ban’s peers to weigh in on the Japanese architect’s Pritzker win. Curators, architects, and writers praised Ban’s approach and conviction,...
View ArticleCampbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine / Little
Architects: Little Location: Buies Creek, NC 27546, USA Area: 96500.0 ft2 Year: 2013 Photographs: Mark Herboth Contractor: T.A. Loving, Morrisville, NC From the architect. The evolving landscape of...
View ArticleLife of an Architect Launches 3rd Annual Playhouse Competition
Life of an Architect’s Bob Borson has launched the 3rd annual Architect Playhouse Design Competition – a (free) competition open to all that benefits the abused children of Dallas CASA (Court...
View ArticleStackyard House / Mole Architects
Architects: Mole Architects Location: Palgrave, Diss, Suffolk, UK Area: 243 sqm Photographs: David Butler Contractor: Willow Builders Ltd Structural Engineers: JP Chick & Partners Ltd & Just...
View ArticleThe Naked House / Marc Gerritsen
Architects: Marc Gerritsen Location: Ko Samui, Thailand Area: 587 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of Marc Gerritsen Interior Design: Marc Gerritsen Furniture Design: Marc Gerritsen Artwork: Marc Gerritsen...
View ArticleEMG Shanghai Design Centre / O-OFFICE Architects
Architects: O-OFFICE Architects Location: Wujiaochang, Baoshan, Shanghai, China Area: 537 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Likyfoto From the architect. The new EMG Shanghai Design Centre (SDI) occupies a...
View ArticleLines Drawn: UK Architecture Students Network Discuss the Future of...
Lines Drawn, the latest gathering of student delegates by the Architecture Students Network (ASN), recently met at the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) to discuss the future of architectural...
View ArticleTrain Stop Varnsdorf – Pivovar Kocour / Domyjinak
Architects: Domyjinak / architectural office Location: Liberec, Czech Republic Author: Ing.arch. Petr Šikola, Ph.D. Co Authors: Ing.arch. Jan Černoch, Ing. Jan Pustejovsky, Ing.arch. Hana Staronova...
View ArticleRobert A.M. Stern Tops NYC Tower with $100 Million Penthouse
Robert A.M. Stern’s luxury 520 Park Avenue condominium tower, which is set to take its place on Manhattan skyline by 2017, will be topped with a 12,400 square foot triplex priced at $100 million – the...
View ArticleSavioz House / Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes
Architects: Savioz Fabrizzi Architectes Location: Giète Délé, 1966 Ayent, Switzerland Year: 2013 Photographs: Thomas Jantscher Civil Engineer : Editec sa, Ayent From the architect. This barn, built in...
View ArticleAD Classics: Weissenhof-Siedlung Houses 14 and 15 / Le Corbusier and Pierre...
The two-family structure known as Houses 14 and 15, designed by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret in 1927, is one of the earliest built manifestations of the Five Points of a New Architecture....
View ArticleLecture: Antón García-Abril & Débora Mesa in Shanghai
As part of the CA Group’s lecture series, “Architour,” principal of Ensamble Studio, Antón García-Abril & Débora Mesa, will give a lecture at 15:30 on March 29th at Tongji Architectual Design...
View ArticleAISJ Aquatic Center / Flansburgh Architects
Architects: Flansburgh Architects Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Area: 15000.0 ft2 Year: 2012 Photographs: Stephen O’Raw Design Firm: David Croteau, AIA, LEED AP Architect Of Record: GLH &...
View ArticleOMA Tops BIG, Büro Ole Scheeren to Design Axel Springer Campus in Berlin
After deliberating over the stellar proposals of three renowned firms, BIG, Büro Ole Scheeren, and OMA, Berlin-based media company AXEL SPRINGER SE has just announced that Rem Koolhaas’ design is the...
View ArticleZaha Hadid to Present BBC Documentary on Kazimir Malevich
The BBC’s Tony Hall has announced that Zaha Hadid will be presenting a 60-minute Secret Knowledge film based on Kazimir Malevich. The Ukrainian painter and theoretician, who founded the Suprematist...
View Article3XN Designs “DreamCenter” Entertainment Hub for Shanghai
Danish practice 3XN Architects will begin construction this year on an IMAX theater, retail and creative office complex for the massive DreamCenter entertainment district on Shanghai’s West Bund....
View ArticlePen vs. Moleskine: Round 2 of “Arch Madness” Open Now
UPDATE: The results from the first round of voting have been announced (not too surprising “less is more” beat out “less is a bore” – but check out the upstarts that beat out the “starchitects”). To...
View ArticleFire Station Doetinchem / Bekkering Adams architects
Architects: Bekkering Adams architects Location: Stokhorstweg 1, Doetinchem, The Netherlands Design Team: Monica Adams, Juliette Bekkering, Perry Klootwijk, Esther Vlasveld, Frank Venhorst, Zuzana...
View ArticleDongdaemun Design Plaza / Zaha Hadid Architects
Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects Location: 281 Euljiro-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea Architect In Charge: Zaha Hadid Architects Design Partners: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher Zha Project...
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