Howeler + Yoon won the competition to design the center, named BSA Space, which will include gallery, office, multimedia and meeting spaces for members, potential members and the general public. The two story, 17,000 square foot center will give the BSA a very public presence in an area with lots of foot traffic among restaurants, stores, and public transportation in the Fort Point Channel district.
Swiss architectural historian Pierre Frey describes [Simon] Velez as a leader in the "vernacular" movement in architecture, a school of design using local materials and anchored firmly in a designer's surrounding "context." His tile-roofed, bamboo-supported structures, often with monumental overhangs, are a trademark, reflecting the sheltering function in a country with an equatorial sun and monsoon rains.
This semester's Fibiger Prize for Research has been awarded to third-year architecture student Ashley Grzywa. The $1000 award is given every semester to the University of Minnesota College of Design student whose Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) project is ranked #1 among all of the College's applicants and proposals for that semester. The Fibiger Prize is made possible by the generosity of the John A. & Barbara M. Fibiger Endowment.
Grzywa's project, Affordable Housing Alternatives: Analysis of Community Land Trusts (CLTs), compares two CLTs in the Mid-West to identify the methods used by each to create and ensure affordable housing options to homeowners. Specifically her research identifies the programmatic elements of each CLT in order to assess the most affordable operation methods and programs which suggest long term solutions to affordable housing problems. She will then compare the two CLTs to one another, and to the model of a CLT as identified by the ...
What is the function of gossip in architecture? Let’s face it, architects don’t openly criticize or debate each others work in public; they prefer to gossip within their chosen networks, aiding social bonding through subtle passive aggression. Gossip has always been around in architecture as one of the oldest ways of sharing, maneuvering and convincing. But how does it manifest itself today within the instant culture of internet and social media? What is the role of gossip in contemporary networking? Has the logic of gossip and instant gratification also penetrated what we used to call architectural critique? How does the world of architecture really work? Why are some more successful than others? Why do some get their projects built and others not? Are they better architects? How important are networks? How do they work? Why don’t the best projects always win the competition? Behind every project, office or architect there is a story that reveals the truth of how it really happen...
Luxury 360 is the FT's new online hub for creative and commercial coverage of the luxury goods industry, with news, views and special reports.
Photo: Louis Vuitton - Ad Campaign
Just in time for holiday shopping and on your face money shot action, Financial Times launches its 'LUXURY 360' section, gazing through the global markets for lately thriving luxury goods industry.
"Go f*ck yourselves if you haven't arrived losers, pardon me, unhappy campers!"
DawnTown Miami | The First Four Years of Ideas, the exhibition on the eponymous annual architectural design competition for Downtown Miami, ended last week. Over the past four years, DawnTown Miami has challenged architects, urban designers, and artists, to propose their visions for neglected spaces in Florida's largest city [...]. The First Four Years of Ideas took a look back at the very best works produced from these competitions.
I find this perversely reassuring. I've visited The High Line, and frankly found it indistinguishable from Portfolioplis to a degree that unnerved me. A visitor moves through such spaces cautiously, half-expecting that it is all mirage — but wondering just the same if might contain, possibly, some kind of portal, some secret passageway to Porfolioplis itself.
Walker has begun to collect images from contests, exhibitions and blogs and of course portfolios, of a seductive imagined place. A place he names Portfoliopolis. He admits he would love to live there as it is without fail, urban + walkable as well as convenient but still sustainable. Walker briefly sends up the language of architectural speak, ending with a critical eye on the High Line. Which, he offers as an example of how occasionally something from Portfolioplis does manifest itself in our own familiar, three-dimensional geography.
Working within a parametric interface with a genetic algorithm solver has been a real treat over the past year, thanks to Galapagos. The integration of simulation engines with the parametric interface has enabled much discovery and introspection into the possibilities that such a workflow could enable. Here is a test that I did last month generating an optimal solar envelope for a high rise building that maintained the volume, area and height of the initial volume within a given solution space.
Now integrating structural analysis tools and energy simulation as a component of my thesis project. If you're still in the academic world, I hope you have a great remainder of the semester as things kick into high gear.
[all photos: Nic Granleese, www.nicgranleese.com]
Through the magical medium of Twitter, I had the pleasure of virtually meeting Nic Granleese, an architectural photographer in Melbourne, Australia. He is a self-described 'registered, but non-practicing architect'--and after seeing that description, I knew I'd found the perfect candidate for my first profile of an architect doing something else.
Nic is not simply an architect-turned-photographer. He takes beautiful pictures, sure, but he also "helps other architects 'tell their story'." Taking beautiful pictures is not enough: they need to get in front of the right people. In an increasingly online and interconnected world, that does not just mean print magazine editors anymore. Nic helps his clients combine photos with project data and information into a comprehensive media package, and then leverages his own network to get that focused bundle to the people that want to publish it. He makes content that can be spread, ...
Berlin-based practice J. MAYER H. has landed one of two first prizes in a three-level peer review process for an urban planning concept in Düsseldorf, Germany. The concept was developed for the area of what was once the post office on Erkrather Strasse. The so-called "Quartier M" is to serve as the future link between the Hauptbahnhof central station and Tanzhaus NRW/Capitol, becoming a lively city quarter for living and working.
Avila Design is a premier, award-winning architecture firm specializing in retail, small commercial and high-end residential design. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, we are consistently awarded the compelling projects of a large firm while affording our designers the creative freedom that only a small firm can offer. If you are looking for an opportunity to join a dedicated group of professionals as we embark on our next phase of growth, then we would like to meet with you.
We are looking for an experienced job captain to be responsible for the day-to -day coordination and supervision of the internal project team as well as outside consultants.
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Oftentimes, United States' military men and women carry the physical and emotional wounds of their service home with them, "find[ing] workarounds to cope with their surroundings based on individual capabilities and preferences." Today, IDEO and Michael Graves Associates see their work come alive as the U.S. Army Fort Belvoir and Clark Realty Capital unveil a new model for building accessible homes on military installations: the Wounded Warrior home.
The winners of the Architect's Eye Awards, which celebrates architects' passion for photograph, were announced on Tuesday, November 22, during a ceremony hosted by the competition organizers, International Art Consultants, at their gallery in London, UK.
Mitchell Studio, an architecture and interior design firm with offices in New Haven and Greenwich Connecticut, is seeking an architect/intern to fill an intermediate level position. We are a small firm with a focus on private residences in traditional and vernacular styles. Our work is primarily on the East Coast and is concentrated in Connecticut, Manhattan and the Hamptons.
Responsibilities of the position include the management of two or more projects at a time, drafting and organization of construction documents, preparation of presentation materials, and construction administration support. The position requires a highly-motivated person capable of working alone or in a team.
The ideal candidate will be personable, creative, hard-working, and comfortable with responsibility. The candidate should have a minimum of 5 years work experience with a focus on residential design and construction detailing, a degree in architecture, strong written and verbal communication skill...
This residence is an urban in-fill project located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The existing site was a church that was demolished and replaced with five sub-divided lots. For this particular lot, it is a long narrow lot with a panoramic south facing view.
The architectural design solution is to maximize the efficiency of the limited square footage foot print allowed by the local municipal planning zoning ordinances, along with views and solar angles. While at the same time, meeting the programmatic needs for the client.
The end resulting in a passive solar house with an honest low maintenance material expression that represents the layering ordering system of the spaces as well as the program:
public vs. private.
From Christopher Turner's review of Peter Zumthor’s Steilneset Memorial to the Victims of the Finnmark Witchcraft Trials, from ICON Magazine
About Eisenman’s memorial he explains that given his goal of creating spaces that have emotional impact and because "As a boy, when I saw memorials of generals on horses I thought they were so boring. I tried to do everything possible here not to have a general on a horse, but an emotional space that brings you as close as possible to the historical dimension." he gets angry when he looks at it.
"It’s still a block without a general, obstacles which could cause other aggressions".
He says he would have proposed a garden instead "If 5 million people get killed, then I would do something which makes life go on. 5,000 oaks and free beer for the next 100 years for everyone in Berlin!"
I can't say that this is the first criticism I have heard of Eisenman's memorial but still I would argue (although granted i haven't been there) that the me...
Structural issues have emerged at another school being constructed by the Neenan Co., a major builder of rural Colorado schools that already has admitted making mistakes that closed an $18.9 million school in Meeker.
If you're in Miami Beach later this week to attend Art | Basel | Miami Beach, don't miss this exciting event: Volume 29, ‘The Urban Conspiracy’ launches on Friday, December 2, with a special event at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Join Printed Matter, Jeffrey Inaba, and guests to celebrate the launch, the party starts at 5pm.
Here's some more info we've received from Jeffrey Inaba:
The term ‘senior moment’ typically refers to an age-related lapse in memory, logical thinking, or sense of orientation. But appearing at a loss is merely a common trick to conceal actions that are part of a highly coordinated effort. The elderly have been conspiring to realize a surprising mission. Volume 29 uncovers 'the plan', and identifies 'the locations', ‘members’, and ‘assets’ of this vast urban takeover. Contributors include Yoko Ono, Francesco Bonami, Michael Graves, Paola Antonelli, Junya Ishigami, and Lebbeus Woods.
Ben van Berkel / UNStudio's design for the new Transfer Terminal and Air Traffic Control Tower for Kutaisi Airport was officially presented last week by the President of the Republic of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. Amsterdam-based UNStudio has designed the new Kutaisi Airport which will serve domestic and international flights for use by international diplomats, national politicians and for tourism.
Click here to also check out UNStudio's Firm Profile on Archinect.
Award-winning Architects, Designers, Artists Featured in Lectures and Exhibitions
Admission to SCI-Arc events is always free
Los Angeles, CA (November 28, 2011) – The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) is pleased to announce its Spring 2012 schedule of public lectures, discussions and exhibitions. As SCI-Arc gears up for its 40th anniversary, our still young school is renewing its commitment to educate architects who will imagine and shape the future through assembling an unprecedented roster of award-winning architects, urban historians, writers, designers and artists to be hosted at SCI-Arc throughout 2012, for programs that span from innovative theory to contemporary art to technical practice. Events and exhibitions at SCI-Arc are always free to the public.
The spring 2012 schedule features:
January 18: Cliff Garten
January 25: Michel Rojkind
February 1: Sylvia Lavin
February 8: John Enright
February 10: Exhibition discussion with Ramiro Diaz Gra...
