Magazine
レビュー
on 2015/01/01
This combined studio, gallery, and home by Fukuoka-based Masao Yahagi Architects features a wood-frame construction style appropriate to the building’s location in a historic district near the sea, and an open gallery space unbroken by columns. The site presented a number of design...
Found
on 2014/12/23
As 2014 draws to a close, we would like to thank you for being an active part of our growing community. We wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday season. Daily News posts will resume on 5 January 2015. The World-Architects team World-Architects
Headlines
on 2014/12/22
Thirteen years after winning first prize in an international competition, Coop Himmelb(l)au's design for the Musée des Confluences finally opened to the public in Lyon, France, on 20 December 2014. John Hill
Works
on 2014/12/22
Allied Works Architecture has shared their design for the Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum, which they were awarded in 2013 following an invited competition that included David Chipperfield Architects and Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Allied Works Architecture
Works
on 2014/12/19
RAW turns downtown Montreal into a high-design, interactive kaleidoscope with Prismatica, a public art installation on display from 10 December 2014 to 1 February 2015 as part of Quartier des Spectacles’ Luminothérapie. RAW
Headlines
on 2014/12/18
City officials in Chicago have unveiled an 88-story tower designed by Studio Gang Architects for Chinese developer Wanda Group. The zigzag tower would sit in Lakeshore East, the same development as the architect's famous Aqua Tower. John Hill
Works
on 2014/12/18
gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner has won first prize and the design commission for a school extension and replacement building for Gyula Trebitsch school in Hamburg. gmp · Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
Film
on 2014/12/17
Archiculture is a 25-minute film that "offers a unique glimpse into the world of studio-based, design education through the eyes of a group of students finishing their final design projects." John Hill
Headlines
on 2014/12/17
The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have announced the list of 420 projects from 36 countries competing for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. John Hill
Headlines
on 2014/12/16
Stereotank has been selected as the winner of the 2015 Times Square Valentine Heart Design, an invited competition organized by the Times Square Arts and the Architectural League of New York. John Hill
Works
on 2014/12/16
With the inauguration of Evolutee Hotel in August, another important phase of the Royal Óbidos Spa & Golf Resort was achieved. S+A is the author of the architectural project of this Resort in one of the most beautiful lands on the Portuguese coast. Saraiva + Associados
Headlines
on 2014/12/15
The University of Melbourne's Melbourne School of Design, designed by Boston's NADAAA and Victoria, Australia's John Wardle Architects (JWA), opened at the beginning of December, four months ahead of schedule. John Hill
Works
on 2014/12/15
OMA has won the competition for the Lujiazui Exhibiton Centre, which is located on the northern and most recent development of Shanghai Pudong, along the Huangpu River, one of the most photographed waterfronts in the world. OMA - Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Products
on 2014/12/15
For the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, Studio Gang Architects uses a traditional yet obscure masonry technique to give the trefoil-shaped building its distinctive appearance. John Hill
レビュー
on 2014/12/15
Just as this house is for two personalities – an architect and a chef – the exterior exhibits two main gestures: Sculpted panels made from fiberglass wrap the cube-like volume, while charred cedar pieces with horizontal windows break through at an angle. The combination is a...
Works
on 2014/12/12
In Helsinki, together with Arup, we developed a gathering of eight soft volumes of varying sizes and undulating heights that reflect the surroundings while creating a porous urban condition. Platform for Architecture + Research
Works
on 2014/12/12
Kjellander + Sjöberg, in collaboration with the developer Byggnadsfirman Erik Wallin, has developed two new buildings in the block Jackproppen, in Hjorthagen, Stockholm, consisting of housing, a playground and a preschool. Kjellander + Sjöberg
Headlines
on 2014/12/12
Exactly 112 years to the day after Andrew Carnegie moved into his mansion on New York's Upper East Side, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum reopens after a major, three-year renovation of the building. John Hill
Works
on 2014/12/11
The region of Karst was once covered with Oak trees that Venetians have extensively used for building up the City on water. They have left the wind to peel off earth revealing limestone grounds. Dekleva Gregorič Arhitekti
Found
on 2014/12/11
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) has announced that photographer Gerry Padden is the winner of the #WelcomeOneWTC photo contest that SOM held to celebrate the opening of One World Trade Center. John Hill
Headlines
on 2014/12/11
The American Institute of Architects has announced the recipients of its annual Honor Awards: the Gold Medal, the Architecture Firm Award, the Topaz Medallion, the Edward C. Kemper Award, and the Whitney M. Young Jr. Award. John Hill
Works
on 2014/12/10
A new academic facility at the University of Ottawa has garnered three design awards this season. Diamond Schmitt Architects and KWC Architects designed the building. Diamond Schmitt Architects
Film
on 2014/12/10
The New York Times Style - T Magazine takes a look behind the creation of the seasonal "Architecture" display at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City. John Hill
Headlines
on 2014/12/10
The Presidio Trust has announced that James Corner Field Operations has been selected from among five finalists to design thirteen acres of new parkland overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. John Hill
レビュー
on 2014/12/10
For a site in the Resonant Sand Bay in the Gobi Desert near the city of Baotou in Inner Mongolia PLaT architects from Beijing designed a hotel that reflects, in plan, the shape of a lotus flower. However, the inspiration of the design developed from the idea of creating a construction on top of...
Headlines
on 2014/12/09
Steven Holl Architects has bested seven finalists, including Zaha Hadid Architects and OMA, to design a new wing for the Mumbai City Museum, also known as Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum. John Hill, Steven Holl Architects
Works
on 2014/12/09
PAR recently completed two galleries for IBID. Projects, directed by Magnus Edensvard, one in Los Angeles and one in London. Platform for Architecture + Research
Works
on 2014/12/09
Squeezed into what was once a driveway, this slim standing-room-only cafe in Sydney’s Surry Hills has exactly the dark industrial atmosphere its comic-character-loving owner was after for his new "caffeine laboratory." Guy Allenby / Louise Nettleton Architects
Works
on 2014/12/08
The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership aims to bring social justice topics up from the basement – a traditionally informal setting in convening for social justice – and squarely into public consciousness. Studio Gang Architects
Insight
on 2014/12/08
For our last Insight feature of 2014, World-Architects takes a look back at some of the headlines, projects, competitions, features and products of the last 12 months while we look ahead to some projects to be completed in 2015. John Hill
レビュー
on 2014/12/08
Designed for an engineer and an artist, the Topo House is an apt name, given the way it peels up gently from the Wisconsin landscape, melding itself with the site's topography. Johnsen Schmaling Architects' low-slung design can also be seen as a response to the state's cold...
Works
on 2014/12/05
This project involved the expansion of a spacious single-story Outremont residence built in the 1960s. Situated on a site with a steep incline and majestic view, the two-floor expansion was designed to offer a generous window on the horizon. Thellend Fortin Architects
Found
on 2014/12/05
Design Miami/, now in its tenth year, may be overshadowed by the larger and slightly older Art Basel – Miami Beach, but the five-day design show offers its share of delights as well as a hint of the city's architectural evolution. John Hill
Film
on 2014/12/04
FleaFollyArchitects built "Grimm City," a minituare Cityscape based on the imagination of the Brothers Grimm as portrayed in their Fairy Tales, which turned 200 in 2012. John Hill
Headlines
on 2014/12/04
Serpentine Galleries has announced that Spanish architecture practice SelgasCano, founded in 1998 by José Selgas and Lucía Cano, will design the 15th Serpentine Pavilion. John Hill
Found
on 2014/12/04
Granted, the computer game "Monument Valley" isn't new, but it's worth highlighting now since until 7 December 2014 all proceeds from the game's latest chapter, "Ida's (RED) Dream," benefit the (RED) charity and its fight against AIDS. John Hill, Jenny Keller