AD Interviews: Yuri Grigoryan and Alexei Komissarov / Moscow Urban Forum
Click here to view the embedded video. Last month we had the chance to attend to the III Moscow Urban Forum, an instance where urbanists, architects, city mayors, the real estate industry and the...
View ArticleNotting Hill / Yunakov architects
Architects: Yunakov architects Location: Kyyiv, Kyiv city, Ukraine Design Team: Yunakov Ivan, Kornienko Olga, Karpov Andrey Area: 170 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Oleg Stelmah From the architect....
View ArticleAA Visiting School: Tehran – The Third Place-Urban Machines
Tehran, Iran’s capital, ranks among the world’s fast-growing cities. In the early 1940s, Tehran’s population was about 700,000. By 1966, it had risen to 3 million and by 1986 to 6 million. Today, the...
View ArticleKineforum / Csutoras & Liando
Architects: Csutoras & Liando Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Design Team: Laszlo Csutoras, Melissa Liando Structural Engineer: Sumarsono Area: 530.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Laszlo Csutoras From...
View ArticleThe Suit / AnLstudio
Architects: AnLstudio Location: Guangzhou, Guangdong, China Design Team: Yongseok Kwon, Hyoyoun Kwon Area: 561 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Courtesy of AnLstudio From the architect. The Suit Convention...
View ArticleLouis Vuitton Builds Charlotte Perriand’s 1934 Miami Beach House
La Maison au Bord de L’Eau, an unrealized beach house in Miami designed by architect, designer, planner and photographer Charlotte Perriand, has been built by Louis Vuitton for a Design Miami 2013...
View ArticleDe Beauvoir House / Scott Architects
Architects: Scott Architects Location: Hackney, London E9, UK Structural Engineer: Elliott Wood Area: 187.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Craig Sheppard From the architect. De Beauvoir Road is a...
View Article40 Architecture Docs to Watch In 2014
This time last year we published our 30 Architecture Docs to Watch in 2013 featuring a fantastic range of films telling the tales of some of the world’s greatest unsung architectural heroes. We now...
View ArticleHouse of Muses – Future Visions for the Museum of London
The Architecture Foundation is delighted to be working with the Museum of London to commission a design team to develop a temporary structure that will help facilitate participatory discussion about...
View ArticleTsing Tao Pearl Hill Visitor Center / Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Architects: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Location: Qingdao, Shandong, China Design Team: Robert Miller, Jeremy Evard, AIA – Project Manager, Alan Dodson, Adam Pazan Area: 22,000 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs:...
View ArticleLiz Diller on MoMA Expansion: We’d Be Against Us Too “If We Didn’t Know All...
In a must-read interview with Christopher Hawthorne of the Los Angeles Times, Liz Diller defends her firm, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and their design of the MoMA expansion. Hawthorne asks some great,...
View ArticleYarra Street House / Julie Firkin Architects
Architects: Julie Firkin Architects Location: Abbotsford VIC, Australia Area: 70 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: Christine Francis Builder: OTS Constructions Pty Ltd Budget: $380,000 From the architect....
View ArticleMiami Beach Scraps OMA’s Winning Convention Center Design
Miami Beach city commissioners have unanimously agreed to abandon the $1 billion redevelopment of its 52-acre convention center district, which aimed to radically reinvent the area. This decision...
View ArticleKapadia Residence / Coalesce Design Studio
Architects: Coalesce Design Studio Location: Karachi, Pakistan Project Architect: Bilal Kapadia Area: 600 sqm Year: 2010 Photographs: Mustafa Mehdi From the architect. Kapadia residence is situated in...
View ArticleWorld’s Tallest Buildings of 2013 Dominated by Asia
According to the latest Tall Trends Report, 73 buildings in excess of 200 meters were completed in 2013 worldwide, the second highest total only behind 2011 with 81 completions. The increase of...
View ArticleLibrary of Muyinga / BC architects
Architects: BC architects Location: Muyinga, Burundi Area: 140 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Courtesy of BC architects Local Material Consultancy: BC studies Community Participation And Organisation: BC...
View ArticleGehry’s Grand Avenue Project Wins LA County Supervisors’ Approval
After being rejected for appearing too “boxy” and not appealing enough to pedestrians, Related Companies’ revamped Grand Avenue vision has finally won unanimous approval from county supervisors. The...
View ArticleVilla Wienberg / Friis & Moltke + Wienberg Architects
Architects: Friis & Moltke , Wienberg Architects Location: Aarhus, Denmark Engineer: Tri-consult A/S Area: 184 sqm Year: 2008 Photographs: Mikkel Rahr Mortensen & Gitte Kjær From the...
View ArticleAquaterra Environmental Centre / Tectoniques Architectes
Architects: Tectoniques Architectes Location: Billy-Montigny, France Area: 953 sqm Photographs: Julien Lanoo Structural: Bridault & Billet Electrical Installations: DH Electricité From the...
View ArticleBulthaup Showroom TLV / Pitsou Kedem Architects
Architects: Pitsou Kedem Architects Location: Tel Aviv, Israel Design Team: Pitsou Kedem, Raz Melamed, Irene Goldberg Area: 450 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Amit Geron From the architect. In an...
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