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Round-Up: Floating Architecture
If a Ted Talk by Koen Olthius, this article in the Guardian, and Brazil‘s pioneering plan (currently in the pipeline) are anything to go by, now may be the time for futuristic, floating cities to...
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Trump Cadde / GAD
Architects: GAD Location: Beyoğlu/Istanbul Province, Turkey Architectural Project & Design: Gokhan Avcioglu & GAD Project Team: Jonas Kirsch, Derya Arpaç, Tahsin İnanici, Gökşen Güngör Area:...
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Herzog & de Meuron to Design One of Denmark’s Largest Hospitals
Herzog & de Meuron and Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects have been announced as winners of an international competition to design one of Denmark’s largest hospitals: Nyt Hospital Nordsjælland. Selected...
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Seaside House / Gray Organschi Architecture
Architects: Gray Organschi Architecture Location: Shelter Island, NY, USA Area: 3000.0 ft2 Year: 2011 Photographs: Gray Organschi Architecture Client / Interior Designers: Jonathan Adler & Simon...
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Exhibition: Bowlarama: California Bowling Architecture, 1954-1964
Patrons of the A+D Architecture and Design Museum Los Angeles may want to consider wearing comfortable socks to view the new exhibit Bowlarama: California Bowling Architecture 1954-1964, on display...
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Glasgow to Demolish Iconic Modern Towers in Europe’s Largest Demolition
To mark the arrival of the Commonwealth Games in July, Glasgow is planning a twist on the usual opening ceremony: the customary fireworks are going to be replaced with explosives of an altogether...
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Forest House / Biuro Architektoniczne Barycz & Saramowicz
Architects: Biuro Architektoniczne Barycz & Saramowicz Location: Warsaw, Poland Architects In Charge: Rafal Barycz, Pawel Saramowicz Area: 470.0 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of Biuro Architektoniczne...
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AD Classics: Saltzman House / Richard Meier & Partners Architects
One of the earliest built works of Richard Meier, The Saltzman House, completed in 1969, is one of several Meier-designed residences that exhibits his signature style: absolute whiteness, geometric...
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House in Chiba / Yuji Kimura Design
Architects: Yuji Kimura Design Location: Chiba, Japan Area: 41 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Takumi Ota Constructor: Nakano Komuten Structure: Timber From the architect. This house is the appearance of...
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Williamson Chong to Receive RAIC’s Emerging Practice Award
First an Emerging Voices recipient, now a laureate of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s (RAIC) Emerging Architectural Practice Award; Toronto’s Williamson Chong Architects has proved...
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AD Interviews: Arthur Andersson / Andersson-Wise
Click here to view the embedded video. We caught up with Arthur Andersson of Andersson-Wise during last year’s AIA convention, where he received FAIA status. As the firm’s design director, Andersson...
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The New School University Center / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Architects: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Location: 65 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003, USA Design Partner: Roger Duffy, FAIA Managing Director: Mark Regulinski, AIA Project Manager: Chris McCready,...
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The Architecture of Kowloon Walled City: An Excerpt from ‘City of Darkness...
In light of the release of a second, revised edition of City of Darkness – the authoritative text on Kowloon Walled City, which you can help Kickstart here — authors Greg Girard and Ian Lambot have...
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111 Dwellings in Larrein Salburua / Roberto Ercilla + Miguel Angel Campo
Architects: Roberto Ercilla Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Spain Area: 16,411 sqm Year: 2013 Photograph: Pedro Pegenaute Collaborators: Iñaki Ciganda, Raquel Ochoa, Marina Anda, Vanesa Otaduy,...
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Details Emerge on World’s Largest Airport Terminal in Istanbul
Grimshaw, Nordic Office of Architecture (Oslo) and Haptic Architects (London) have released details on what is expected to be the world’s busiest airport terminal: Istanbul Grand Airport. Planned for...
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Ipes House / Studio MK27 – Marcio Kogan + Lair Reis
Architects: Studio MK27 – Marcio Kogan + Lair Reis Location: São Paulo, Brazil Architect In Charge: Marcio Kogan Area: 1,343 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: FG+SG – Fernando Guerra, Sergio Guerra...
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Mexico City Shortlists Seven Architects for Major Airport Expansion
Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster and Richard Rogers are among seven international practices listed to compete for a 5,000 hectare expansion that hopes to “alleviate severe congestion” at the Mexico City...
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HENN Wins Competition to Design Wenzhou High-Rise
HENN has been selected to design a 160-meter, mixed-use tower for a new Central Business District in the eastern China metropolis of Wenzhou. Located in close proximity to the Ou Jiang river, on the...
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COCOCHI Comfort Gallery “UTSUWA” / UID Architects
Architects: UID Architects Location: Tajiricho, Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan Architect In Charge: Keisuke Maeda Design Office: Toshiya Ogino Area: 66 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Koji Fujii/Nacása &...
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Robert Hull, Co-Founder of the Miller Hull Partnership, Dies at 68
U.S. architect Robert Hull, FAIA, has passed away at 68 due to a stroke. Always to remembered by his peers as a “beloved colleague,” the Seattle-based practitioner, together with his business partner...
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