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John Ronan Architect - House at the Edge of the Forest

This home, is situated on the edge of a forest preserve  in Northbrook, Illinois. John Ronan explores the relationship between…

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Safdie Rabines Architects - Robert Paine Scripps Forum For Science, Society and the Environment

Scientists from around the world gather to help advance the study of the oceans, earth, and marine life sciences at…

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HOK-Designed Sheraton Incheon Hotel in New Songdo City, Korea

Adjacent to the city's new Convention Center, the Northeast Asia Trade Tower and a large retail mall, the hotel is…

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Farrow Partnership - Peel Regional Cancer Centre, Credit Valley Hospital in Ontario

CVH’s goal was to reimagine what a hospital should be. Sheltering tree-shaped forms combine with natural materials and daylight to…

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Suppose Design Office - House in Moriyama, Japan

a great example of space optimization. It proves that the quality of space doesn’t need to suffer through confinement. Squeezed…

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The Gateway Center, which is defined by six office towers over three city blocks, will be become one of Songdo’s…

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Abramson Teiger Architects - Lima Residence

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Heller Manus Architects’ Shanghai Commercial Office Tower Receives LEED ® Gold Precertification
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Friday, 05 February 2010 10:13

Heller Manus Architects informed us that its 26-story commercial high-rise tower currently under construction in Shanghai was awarded LEED Gold Precertification under the LEED-Core and Shell (LEED-CS) program. The building at 1080 East Dondaming is the first of the LEED-CS program that has been precertified in Shanghai, China. Final LEED Gold certification of the high-rise will be awarded after an independent document review by the USGBC following the building’s completion.
Heller_ManusThe site is located 2 blocks from the Huangpu River in the old Jewish Quarter of Shanghai and has dramatic views of the Pudong and Bund districts. Extensively landscaped outdoor areas and a grand lobby create an inviting environment that reflects the openness and flexibility which are key concepts of the design. Unimpeded circulation throughout these spaces is also a main consideration for the project. The multi-use building plan consists of a 120 meter high office tower with rooftop garden over a 21 meter high podium containing a health club with pool, conference and banquet facilities and ground floor retail as well as a separate 10 meter high retail building.

Last Updated on Friday, 05 February 2010 10:20
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Forty-Three Drawings by Swiss Architect Jean Tschumi Donated to the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
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Friday, 05 February 2010 08:58

Architect Bernard Tschumi has donated forty-three drawings by his father, the Swiss architect Jean Tschumi (1904-1962), to the Architecture and Design Department of The Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA). Jean Tschumi, a key contributor toward the evolution of modern architecture and design in the mid-20th century, was known as an influential figure in both architectural education and the development of international architectural practice.
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Seattle to host fourth annual Living Future “Unconference” – bigger, better and even more revolutionary
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Friday, 05 February 2010 08:31
This spring, the fourth annual Living Future will bring the world’s most forward-thinking green building professionals together in Seattle to explore solutions to today’s most daunting environmental and social justice issues.  With this year’s theme of “Build Hope, Re-valuing Community,” the Cascadia Region Green Building Council’s Living Future 2010 is a forum to capture and share the most cutting-edge ideas in green building. The event is May 5-7, 2010 at the Westin Seattle.

This year’s event is particularly noteworthy in light of the fact that the first Living Buildings are expected to be certified this year – which is no small feat as the Challenge is performance-based and a building has to perform as modeled for one full year before receiving certification. Four Living Building Challenge projects have completed construction and entered the verification phase: Tyson Living Learning Center in Eureka, MO; Omega Center for Sustainable Living in Rhinebeck, NY; Eco-Sense, a private residence in Victoria, British Columbia; and Hawaii Preparatory Academy Energy Center in Kamuela, HI.  There are currently over 70 proposed Living Building Challenge projects already in some stage of design or construction throughout North America and beyond.  Version 2.0 of the Living Building Challenge was launched in November 2009.
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Los Angeles Architect, Frederick Fisher Exhibits New Watercolors Exploring Form and Composition.
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Friday, 05 February 2010 08:16

The Edward Cella Art + Architecture (ECAA) Gallery announced a solo exhibition by contemporary West-coast architect Frederick Fisher (principal, Frederick Fisher and Partners of Los Angeles). Entitled Frederick Fisher: Thinking by Hand, this exhibition of new and recent watercolors explores the form making process and composition strategies Fisher employs when envisioning and creating proposals for a wide variety of potential architectural commissions. Surprisingly, this is Fisher's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles. His jewel like watercolors will be on view April 21, through May 22, 2010. An opening reception will be held Saturday, April 24, 2010, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm.

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Fisher, Frederick, ORFE, watercolor on paper, 7 X 10 1/4 inches, 2006

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Taylor_Smyth architects - Bishop Street Residence in Toronto, Canada
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 08:42

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On a narrow street of Victorian, working-class cottages in Toronto’s Yorkville neighbourhood, Bishop Street Residence is the renovation of a post-industrial building from a graphic design firm to a bachelor’s residence  by Taylor_Smyth architects. The design negotiates the tightness and public nature of its urban site, while playing out desirable scenarios of a contemporary, urban retreat.



Only inches from the sidewalk, the two-storey façade mysteriously presents itself bound by vertical and horizontal ribbons of black zinc, hovering over a base of grey concrete block, fissured by slot windows of anodized aluminum. The exterior evokes the owner’s desire for privacy while also imparting a provocative face to the otherwise decorous neighborhood. A recess, warmed by the view of an ipe wood gate, provides access to both the interior and the outdoor courtyard, the house’s inner sanctum.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:45
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Twenty-Five Year award for SOM's Hajj Terminal project in Saudi Arabia
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 08:21

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) announced last week that the King Abdul Aziz International Airport - Hajj Terminal received the 2010 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Twenty-Five Year award.
KAAIA_sunsetThe award jury commented, “This project exemplifies the power of a clear idea. With a very simple bay repeated quite beautifully, they set the standard for many airports since….The architects created a highly sustainable project well ahead of the green movement….The terminal presents a sense of place, ecology, economy of means, and culture – not imposing on but learning from the local culture and environment.”

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Schmidt hammer lassen architects - Congress and Hotel Centre in Helsingborg, Sweden
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Friday, 29 January 2010 07:45

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Schmidt hammer lassen architects have won a competition for a Congress and Hotel Centre on the central harbour front of Helsingborg in Sweden, which is a 15-minute ferry trip from Elsinore in Denmark. The property development competition was won in conjunction with Swedish developer Midroc and engineering/architect consultants Sweco.

The project consists of a 16,900 m2 congress and hotel facility and 17,100 m2 housing on the most attractive area of Helsingborg – the former central ferry dock Ångfärjan in the city centre. The new facilities will play an important part in the ongoing development of the promenade running the length of the city waterfront.

The building is characterized by a deformation of the grid into a crystalline expression that has coined the nick name “The Salt Crystals”. The 12-storey hotel volume in the south east corner with its light, generic and broken facades will become the new landmark of the city.

Last Updated on Friday, 29 January 2010 08:03
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