Sequoyah School Expansion
Weaving into an existing mid-century campus fabric that includes the work of architects Smith and Williams and landscape architect Garrett Eckbo, Sequoyah’s expansion echos the spirit of the original...
View ArticleJ. Mayer H. Joins The Cast Of Germany's Rhine-Ruhr Architectural Repertoire
J. Mayer H., the A+ Award-winning German architect known for his unusual infrastructural designs, recently announced his winning proposal for a new high-rise building in Düsseldorf, Germany. However,...
View Article2 Andrew Road
Situated in the well-known Caldecott region of central Singapore, this bungalow by A D Lab enjoys the relaxed atmosphere of its quaint residential neighbourhood with gorgeous views of the MacRitchie...
View ArticleTraversing Programs: When A Bridge Is A Carpark Is A Park
An increase in tourists necessitates an increase in supporting infrastructure... even if that means tampering with the natural environment those tourists are there to see. AS-DOES addressed this...
View ArticleThe Architecture Of City Logos
Can the clean, modern image of the Toronto City Hall rectify the damage done by out-of-control mayor Rob Ford? That's a possiblity, writes The New Yorker's Paul Hiebert in an essay called "What's the...
View ArticleLorong M Telok Kurau House
A quiet and unassuming gesture to the street with a respect of the humble scale of the adjacent series of semi detached houses along Lorong M Telok Kurau describes the entrance to this reconstruction...
View ArticleWinning Ways: 7 Secrets To Success In Architectural Design Competitions
The debate over whether architectural competitions are a worthwhile endeavor for young practices has been raging for a number of years: Modative blogger Derek Leavitt wrote a provocative piece in 2010...
View ArticleSay Aloha to Hawaii's Neo-Traditional Architecture
While some proposals for the future Obama Library are sited in Chicago, most notably one by Michael Sorkin Studio, many believe the library will actually be located in Hawaii. The last two...
View ArticleArchaeological Pavilion Elisengarten
BRIEF The housing in of the settlement structures from various historical eras discovered in the Elisen Garden functions as one of the five “archaeological windows” of the city of Aachen.| ADDED VALUE...
View ArticleGetting Sloppy And Debaucherous In The Sci-Arc Gallery
Comedy or tragedy? That is the question behind an exciting architectural show, recently opened at the Sci-Arc Gallery in Los Angeles. Figure Ground Game, by Jeff Kipnis and Stephen Turk, explores how...
View ArticleFUSCHIA VILLA "81" VIETNAM
FUSCHIA VILLA Architects: MimANYstudio and REALarchitecture Location: Thao Dien District 2, VietNam Design Team: Minh Tran, Joshua Levine , Ph Thinh Area: 415 sqm Year: June 2013 P Structural...
View ArticleA Lofted Australian House Snakes Around Ancient Eucalyptus Trees
With its thick trunks of dark ironbark, oily myrtle leaves, and shallow root systems, the eucalyptus tree has long been a symbol of the brush landscapes of Australia where it grows natively. So, when...
View ArticleThe Burj Khalifa Axes Air Conditioning And Elevators
The title of “World’s Tallest Building” comes at no small price for the Burj Khalifa. In fact, it’s so huge that some landlords and tenants have refused to pay service fees since 2012, resulting in...
View ArticleAll Saints Gymnasium
“Play is obviously very serious to its participants; they strive very earnestly and with great effort at their play and sports, and their efforts produce important personal and social outcomes that...
View ArticleA.B.House
The house is built in a residential area in the north of Timisoara, Romania. Nearby, there is another house I designed 13 years ago, which develops the same idea of a „house on a house”. It has to do...
View ArticleSmith Creek Park
Photos: Jeff Goldberg/ESTO The project is situated in the economically strained Virginia rail town of Clifton Forge. It consists of the complete redevelopment of a post-industrial brownfield and...
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