Christoph Gielen’s “Ciphers”: Aerial Views of American Sprawl
From the Publisher. Christoph Gielen’s aerial views offer a look at America’s most aberrant and unusual sprawl forms in ways we usually don’t get to see them: from far above the ground—a vantage point...
View ArticleTyree Energy Technologies Building / Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp
Architects: Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp Location: University of NSW School of Optometry, University of New South Wales-Kensington Campus Gate 14/Barker Street, Kensington NSW 2033, Australia Area:...
View ArticleEsma-Cinecreatis / BNR architectes
Architects: BNR architectes Location: rue René Siegfried, 44200 Nantes, France Principal In Charge: Armand Nouvet Area: 5127.0 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Stéphane Chalmeau Project Manager: Arnaud...
View ArticleAmbient 30 60 – YAP CONSTRUCTO 2014 / UMWELT
Architects: UMWELT Location: Parque Araucano, Las Condes, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile Project Architects: Scheidegger & García Partarrieu Project Area: 445.0 m2 Project Year: 2014...
View ArticleAD Classics: New York State Pavillion / Philip Johnson
It is rare to find an architectural project whose history makes such strange bedfellows as the New York State Pavilion: a master architect and millions of exhibition patrons, roller skaters and rock...
View ArticleArchitecture Critic Inga Saffron Wins Pulitzer
The Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron has won journalism’s most prestigious award, the Pulitzer Prize, for her “distinguished criticism of architecture that blends expertise,...
View ArticleItatiba Residence / RoccoVidal P+W
Architects: RoccoVidal P+W Location: Sao Paulo – São Paulo, Brasil Project Architects: Luiz Fernando Rocco, Fernando Vidal, Douglas Tolaine Collaborators: Fernanda Tegacini, Marcela Kishi, Caroline...
View ArticleWhen Buildings React: An Interview with MIT Media Lab’s Joseph Paradiso
Not so far in the future, smartphones and laptops will go the way of the beeper and fax machine, fading into obsolescence. Soon, according to MIT Media Lab’s Joseph Paradiso, we will interface with...
View ArticleVIDEO: Raising the Bar in Desk Design
Click here to view the embedded video. It seems to be part of the architect’s daily life: hunching over drawing or model making, uncomfortably crouching to try get that perfect shot through your 1:100...
View ArticleVisual Arts School / Barclay & Crousse
Architects: Barclay & Crousse Location: Miraflores, Peru Project Architects: Sandra Barclay, Jean Pierre Crousse Project Area: 2280.0 m2 Project Year: 2012 Photography: Courtesy of Jean Pierre...
View ArticleRijksmuseum Revisited: The Dutch National Museum One Year On
The Rijksmuseum, which reopened last year after a decade of restoration and remodelling, is a museum dedicated to “the Dutchness of Dutchness.” Pierre Cuypers, the building’s original architect, began...
View ArticleSasanbell to Design £200m Exhibition Center in Aberdeen
Sasanbell has been chosen to design the UK’s “most sustainable facility:” the £200 million Aberdeen Exhibition & Conference Centre (AECC). The Glasgow-based company will provide a new home for the...
View ArticleVargas House / Isaac Broid Arquitecto
Architects: Isaac Broid Arquitecto Location: Cerrada, Lomas de Casa Blanca, 76080 Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico Project Area: 700.0 m2 Project Year: 2013 Photography: Yoshihiro Koitani...
View ArticleSeven Architects Shortlisted for $100,000 Wheelwright Prize
Seven architects have been shortlisted from nearly 200 international applicants for Harvard University Graduate School of Design’s 2014 Wheelwright Prize. The $100,000 grant, which is awarded annually...
View ArticleVIDEO: I LIKE Green
Click here to view the embedded video. ArchDaily has teamed up with Portugal’s Canal 180 to bring you their series I LIKE. Check out episode 7, I LIKE Green, which features Vallo Sadovsky‘s BA_LIK,...
View ArticlePavillon D’acceuil De Flaine / R-Architecture
Architects: R-Architecture Location: Flaine, 74300 Arâches-la-Frasse, France Area: 160.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Valentin Jeck From the architect. Referring to Marcel Breuer’s architectural form,...
View ArticleAre the Palisades Too Pure for LG’s Headquarters?
Responding to the bevy of critics slamming LG Electronics for building their new headquarters in the Palisades in New Jersey (half an hour north from NYC), Lee Rosenbaum, the Palisades-resident and...
View ArticleThe Pool Aoyama / Nobuo Araki
Architects: Nobuo Araki Location: Tokyo, Japan Architect In Charge: Nobuo Araki / The Archetype Area: 161 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Atsushi Fuseya, Kai Hiroyo From the architect. The Pool Aoyama is...
View Article“Move to Care” Winners Envision Relocatable Healthcare Facilities for...
Responding to the demand for healthcare services in rural Southeast Asia, Building Trust International launched an international competition – Moved to Care – to envision flexible and relocatable...
View ArticleQKING / Modourbano Architettura
Architects: Modourbano Architettura Location: Via Giuseppe Tartini, Milan, Italy Year: 2014 Photographs: Simone Bossi Collaborators: Silvia Galluzzi, J.A. Martin Malillos Lighting Consultants: Mario...
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