Eugen Eisenhut - Family house, Steg 2016. Photos © Roger Frei.
Ho Chi Minh apartment block features patterned terracotta facade and garden pockets
A screen of decorative terracotta blockwork fronts this apartment block in Ho Chi Minh City by Sanuki Daisuke Architects, which features planted courtyards in its centre. Read more
More of the 2017 American Architecture Award winning projects
The American Architecture Awards has been America’s highest public tribute for architecture since its inception in 1994. Co-organized by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, the prize is presented to recently built top-notch projects in architecture, landscape, and planning that were either built in the U.S. or abroad by the country's leading designers and planners, like Steven Holl, Renzo Piano, and Olson Kundig, to name a few.Over 130 projects around the world were awarded in multiple categories. Here are a few of them: BENJAMIN P. GROGAN AND JERRY L. DOVE FEDERAL BUILDING, Miramar, Florida, 2014.
Architect: Krueck + Sexton Architects. Architect of Record: Gensler.
Photographers: Nick Merrick/Hedrich Blessing.
MIRRORHOUSE, Beverly Hills, California, 2016.Architect: XTEN Architecture.
Photographer: Art Gray PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM, Los Angeles, California, 2014.
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Photographer: Raimund Koch.
Related: L.A.'s
More of the 2017 American Architecture Award winning projects
The American Architecture Awards has been America’s highest public tribute for architecture since its inception in 1994. Co-organized by The Chicago Athenaeum and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, the prize is presented to recently built top-notch projects in architecture, landscape, and planning that were either built in the U.S. or abroad by the country's leading designers and planners, like Steven Holl, Renzo Piano, and Olson Kundig, to name a few.Over 130 projects around the world were awarded in multiple categories. Here are a few of them: BENJAMIN P. GROGAN AND JERRY L. DOVE FEDERAL BUILDING, Miramar, Florida, 2014.
Architect: Krueck + Sexton Architects. Architect of Record: Gensler.
Photographers: Nick Merrick/Hedrich Blessing.
MIRRORHOUSE, Beverly Hills, California, 2016.Architect: XTEN Architecture.
Photographer: Art Gray PETERSEN AUTOMOTIVE MUSEUM, Los Angeles, California, 2014.
Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
Photographer: Raimund Koch.
Related: L.A.'s
Sandstone And Timber Cover This New Australian House
Eisenman’s iconic ‘House II’ is now on the market for $850K
Built in 1970, ‘House II’ by Peter Eisenman is a major icon of structuralist architecture—and it’s now on the market for $850K.
One of ten experimental houses Eisenman designed, only four of which were built, House II is heavily influenced by the work of Noam Chomsky. The house comprises three two-story bays sheathed in plywood and intercut with skylights, partial walls, and openings in the floor. But the design wasn’t exactly contextually-appropriate: it’s flat roof didn’t mesh with the cold Vermont winters. So the original designers added a slightly sloped roof, floor grates, and expanded walls.
Even then, House II suffered from leaks and moisture-trapping paint. Eventually, in 2000, the rather deteriorated house was renovated and brought back to its original design “less as a practical dwelling than as a landmark of late-twentieth-century architecture”, according to the Society of Architectural Historians. Now it can be yours! Situated on Continue reading "Eisenman’s iconic ‘House II’ is now on the market for $850K"
A Creative And Imaginative Play Centre Has Opened In Sydney
BEFORE and AFTER – Wine Country Farmhouse by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
Concrete volume appears to rest on glass in Brazilian house by FGMF Arquitetos
AFGH - Cemetery building, Erlenbach 2010. Photos © Valentin…
Drone footage captures Apple Park as it prepares to welcome employees
As Apple gears up to open its Foster + Partners-designed campus in Cupertino, a drone has filmed the buildings nearing completion, and reports have emerged that the company is buying up all the trees available in California. Read more
Deep House / poly.m.ur
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- Architects: poly.m.ur
- Location: Gugi-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
- Architect In Charge: Homin Kim
- Design Team: Sunki Hwang, Hyunju Lim
- Area: 647.71 m2
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Kyungsub Shin
- Contractor: Ean R&C;
- Structural Engineer: Thekujo
© Kyungsub Shin
From the architect. This Recently completed Deep House (House with Deep Wall) is the culmination of 6-year-long pursuit and determination of its architect Homin Kim. Credit for successful completion of the daunting task goes to Kim’s ambitious vision to situate a modern and practical residence in challenging landscape backed by unwavering support and trust of the client. Most striking feature of the Deep House is its roof, slanted at an angle, which streamlines flawless as walls as a single unit. By opting against conventional use of the concept of roof and eaves and adopting exterior stone louvers, volume of the Deep House is dispersed in shallow depth
Competition Announced for New Concert Center in Kanaus, Lithuania
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Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) has been appointed by Kaunas City Municipality to run a one-stage design contest for Kaunas’ new Concert Centre. The substantial new building for this leading Lithuanian city, which has just won the title European Capital of Culture 2022, will encompass a world-class concert venue as well as multifunctional spaces for public and community events.
The one-stage contest will launch in early summer and conclude in the autumn. The initiative follows the success of the recent Science Island contest, which was the most popular architectural competition in Lithuania’s history.
Commenting on this collaboration, Malcolm Reading, MRC Chairman, said:
‘Kaunas is a European city to watch – it has a distinguished architectural heritage and is rapidly achieving prominence as a key hub within the Baltics.
‘We are delighted to be continuing our partnership with Kaunas. This Continue reading "Competition Announced for New Concert Center in Kanaus, Lithuania" Pavilion of the Origins / Hung Nguyen Architects
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- Architects: Hung Nguyen Architects
- Location: Đống Đa, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Architect In Charge: Hùng Nguyễn
- Area: 18.0 m2
- Project Year: 2017
- Photographs: Nguyen Thai Thach
© Nguyen Thai Thach
From the architect. The Pavilion of the Origins is located in Hanoi which is one of the most air polluted cities in the world. In 2016, the PM2.5 particulate level recorded in Hanoi was seven times higher than the permissible level set by the World Health Organization. The declining air quality in Hanoi has been attributed to high traffic volumes and industrial activities.
Floor Plans
Pavilion of the Origins is an attemp to bring the clean air back by setting a place for living plants which can help detoxify the air. They are not just ornamental plants for decorative purposes, but they are air-purifying plants that can absorb harmful toxins from the air.
© Nguyen Thai
“Perhaps architects should work on Trump’s wall”
For some architects, the decision not to bid for Donald Trump's US-Mexico border wall is easy. But Aaron Betsky questions whether working the project is as unethical as it first seems in this Opinion column. Read more
Listen to Episode 28 of Clever: Norm Abram
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Tate Harmer reveals plans for £8.5 million hotel at the Eden Project
Tate Harmer has unveiled designed for a stone- and timber-covered hotel at the Eden Project ecological park in Cornwall, England. Read more
So-called "parking podiums" are aesthetically ruining downtown Los Angeles
As L.A. pats itself on the back for its freshly angular skyline, a new architectural trend — enabled by another city ordinance — threatens to turn the beating heart of modern Los Angeles into a cold, lifeless and unwalkable place.This excellent piece by the aptly named Steven Sharp delves into the uglification of downtown Los Angeles via the "parking podium," wherein large buildings dedicate their first few floors to a parking garage to meet code requirements for parking, thereby plunging the pedestrian realm back into an unwelcome "City of Quartz" vibe. Putting the parking in the first few floors is cheaper than digging underground or creating surface lots, but honestly: ugh!
So-called "parking podiums" are aesthetically ruining downtown Los Angeles
As L.A. pats itself on the back for its freshly angular skyline, a new architectural trend — enabled by another city ordinance — threatens to turn the beating heart of modern Los Angeles into a cold, lifeless and unwalkable place.This excellent piece by the aptly named Steven Sharp delves into the uglification of downtown Los Angeles via the "parking podium," wherein large buildings dedicate their first few floors to a parking garage to meet code requirements for parking, thereby plunging the pedestrian realm back into an unwelcome "City of Quartz" vibe. Putting the parking in the first few floors is cheaper than digging underground or creating surface lots, but honestly: ugh!
Developing flexible parking garages for a rideshare-dependent LA
The strategy reflects a consensus among some developers and planners that California’s vaunted car culture is inevitably going to run out of gas...[Andy] Cohen, co-chief executive of Gensler, predicts car ownership will peak around 2020 and then start to decline, with more Americans relying on some form of ride-sharing than their own vehicles by 2025. That means cars gradually would disappear from home garages, curbs and parking structures, freeing up acre upon acre of real estate for new uses.Some developers are already planning for a not-so-far-off future Los Angeles where more people primarily rely on ridesharing (including from autonomous vehicles) than driving their own car, particularly in the form of parking garages that can be redesigned for other uses like commercial spaces or live/work units. “...despite what some believe is the inevitability of a transportation revolution, many builders are reluctant to pay for flexibility until changes in Continue reading "Developing flexible parking garages for a rideshare-dependent LA"