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Architecture for Humanity Turns Fifteen, Names New Executive Director
Architecture for Humanity, the non-profit responsible for propagating designers and designs around the world that “give a damn,” has named its latest Executive Director. After co-founders Kate Stohr...
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H-22 House / Vértice Arquitectos
Architects: Vértice Arquitectos Location: Punta Hermosa, Peru Architects In Charge: Hernani Canessa Lohmann, Sandro Moro Miranda, Luis Miguel Becerra de la Fuente Area: 337 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs:...
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OMA to Research the Link Between Color and Economic Development
Paint company AkzoNobel has announced plans to fund a global research project by OMA which will investigate the link between color and economic development. The project is part of AkzoNobel’s wider...
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Aedas, BIG, 3XN, & Ten Others Named to Van Alen Institute’s International...
The Van Alen Institute, an organization dedicated to advancing innovation in architecture and urban design, has announced the launch of an International Council of leading architects, planners and...
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Synagogue and Community Center C.I.S. / JBA + Gabriel Bendersky + Richard von...
Architects: JBA + Gabriel Bendersky + Richard von Moltke Location: Lo Barnechea, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile Area: 10,218 sqm Photographs: Aryeh Kornfeld Collaborators: Eugenio Lagos, Rodrigo...
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Inside “Arctic Adaptations” – Special Mention Winner at the Venice Biennale 2014
For this year’s Venice Biennale, the Canadian Pavilion explored the ways modernity was absorbed in the extreme environment of Nunavut, Canada. As Nunavut is the newest, northernmost, and largest...
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House in the Alberes / INCA Architects
Architects: INCA Architects Location: Montesquieu-des-Albères, France Area: 288 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: N. Pianfetti Structure Product Manager: Alpes Structures Economist Engineer: M. Ferlat Cost:...
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24 Housings in Argenton Sur Creus / Atelier Alassoeur
Architects: Atelier Alassoeur Location: Argenton-sur-Creuse, France Architect In Charge: Emmanuel Alassoeur Area: 1,614 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Brice Desrez From the architect. In the centre of...
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The “Urban Interior” of Jimenez Lai’s Biennale Pavilion for Taiwan
Jimenez Lai, leader of Bureau Spectacular and curator of Taiwan’s Pavilion for the 2014 Venice Biennale, claims that “domesticity is possibly one of the origins of architecture” and that “the...
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Chao House / CREUSeCARRASCO Arquitectos
Architects: CREUSeCARRASCO Arquitectos Location: Costa da Morte, Spain Area: 221 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Hector Santos-Díez Collaborators: Barbara Mesquita, Celsa Pesqueira Developer: Jose Manuel...
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MNGB House / VAUMM
Architects: VAUMM Location: Aiete Tunelak, San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain Architect In Charge: Julen Rozas Area: 340 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Aitor Ortiz Collaborators: Patxi Ecenarro From the...
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Swedish Team Win Urban Design Competition in Trenčín
Swedish based Mandaworks + Hosper Sweden have recently won an international competition to find the “best comprehensive urbanistic proposals for connecting the city centre of Trenčín with both...
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House V at R / BURO II & ARCHI+I
Architects: BURO II & ARCHI+I Location: Roeselare, Belgium Design Team: Tom Vandorpe, Kevin Huysentruyt, Lorenzo Kemel, Anne-Mie Vermaut Area: 417 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Courtesy of BURO II...
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Mini Shopping Mall Takes Top Prize in CANactions Youth Competition
The top prize in CANactions‘ 2014 Youth Competition has been awarded to Valentyn Sharovatov of Unika Architecture & Urbanism, for his ”Extrasmall Shopping Mall”, a design for a miniature shopping...
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Frick Collection to Expand With New 6 Story Gallery
Yesterday the Frick Collection announced its plans for a 6-story extension to its gallery in New York, designed by Davis Brody Bond. This article by Robin Pogrebin in the New York Times outlines the...
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David Adjaye’s Sugar Hill Development: A New Typology for Affordable Housing
Adjaye Associates’ latest development has opened in the historic neighborhood of Harlem, New York: a complex that aims to combat poverty and revitalize the community by bringing together affordable...
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Chasing Rem: One Journalist’s Journey to Pin Down Koolhaas
The following article was originally published on Medium. On a perfect autumn morning Rem Koolhaas parks his black 1998 BMW along an Amsterdam canal. It’s not really a sports car, but rather the...
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Three Projects That Transform Low-Tech Materials Into Innovative Design
The following article is presented by Materials, ArchDaily’s new US product catalog. How many times in the last year have you heard 3d printing mentioned? What about double-skinned curtain walls or...
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Public Library in Labin / SKROZ
Architects: SKROZ Location: Labin, Croatia Design Team: Ivana Žalac, Margita Grubiša, Igor Presečan i Damir Gamulin Competition Team: Damir Gamulin, Margita Grubiša, Marin Jelčić, Zvonimir Kralj, Igor...
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In Defense of Locatecture: Why We Should Move Away From Globalized Models Of...
“Today, European architects regularly work in the United States, Americans work in Europe, and everybody works in Asia. This globalization of architecture would seem like a good thing for us and it’s...
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