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Architects: Breathe Architecture
- Area: 166 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: GRAPHISOFT, Adobe, De Fazio Tiles and Stone, Dulux, Lockwood, +1
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Professionals: Anthony Middling & Associates, Duo Built
Tinderbox House / Breathe Architecture
Ana Holanda's Office / STUDIO DLUX
RFC Residence / Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados
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Architects: Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos Associados
- Area: 6587 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Saint-Gobain, A&A A Elétrica e A Hidráulica, AM Lesec Comercial, Andrade Lopes construções, Aricanduva Esquadrias, +36
Cepario Bioseeding / Estudio Felipe Escudero
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Architects: Estudio Felipe Escudero
- Area: 753 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk
Bauchplan Designs London High Line with Aquaponics and Swimming Pools
Architectural firm bauchplan has won first prize in the competition to revitalize a disused viaduct in London. Dubbed Fish n’Chips, their proposal includes a series of green houses, aquaponics and swimming pools to create a new High Line for the city. Sited in Hammersmith, the design was made to become a blue & green living room, with a recreation area and island of retreat for the neighborhood. The project aims to bring awareness to processes of waste management and urban food production in London.
Albes Cemetery Extension / Stefano Peluso Architecture
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Architects: Stefano Peluso Architecture
- Area: 570 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Bentoform, Viabizzuno
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Professionals: Büro Von Lutz
Design Hostel / Holzer Kobler Architekturen + Kinzo
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Architects: Holzer Kobler Architekturen, Kinzo
- Area: 4500 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Atlas Schindler, Knauf, Schüco
Living Room Pavilion / Rhizome
Nextoffice Designs Volumetric Mixed-Use Tower in Iran
NextOffice and Alireza Taghaboni have released images of their proposed Afarinesh Tower in Shiraz, Iran. The tower is formed as a regular, uniform core housing administrative spaces, which lose their rigid order as the floor levels change, and the program becomes recreational.
Unileão Gym and School / Lins Arquitetos Associados
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Architects: Lins Arquitetos Associados
- Area: 965 m²
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Bendermix, Coper Vidros, Isoeste, Olaria Cemonte
Moriviví House: The Hurricane-Proof Project that Builds Community
House Moroviví, designed by Marvel Architects, is a culturally-sensitive, readily-adaptable home that provides residents with physical and psychological comfort before, during and after natural disasters occur. Designed to maximize structural stability yet minimize energy and water usage, it is built with local components that promote ease of assembly, leave space for creative expansion and foster ownership by way of customization. These materials and their integration support local manufacturers and tradesmen, and the simplicity of their assembly encourages homeowners and neighbors to work together on the construction of their neighborhood.
ARCVS Design Multifunctional Bridge Over River Danube
ARCVS has released details of their first place entry for a competition to design a multifunctional bridge in Novi Sad, Serbia. Spanning the River Danube, the “Elbow Shadow” bridge contains a hotel and office building alongside the pedestrian walkway. The scheme combines European influences such as the Ponte Vecchio and Rialto Bridge with vernacular responses to the river channels.
Henriquez Partners Designs Tapered Towers for Vancouver
Canadian architecture practice Henriquez Partners has designed a series of ten towers for a new suburban development in Vancouver. The mixed-use project was made for developer Westbank to create a new 4.5 million-square-foot residential community for the city. Dubbed Oakridge, the towers will include housing, office and retail as a contemporary architecture for the Pacific Northwest.
“The Point is to Attack Architecture!“: In conversation with James Wines of SITE
As the founder of SITE (Sculpture in the Environment), an architecture firm most widely-known for its seminal series of buildings for the BEST discount-store chain in the 1970s, James Wines (b. 1932, Oak Park, Illinois), originally an artist, introduced his unique approach of practicing architecture as a form of cultural criticism. It struck a chord by delighting the public and infuriating many architects and critics for corrupting architecture with his witty ideas. His buildings were among the first to engage nature head-on, both for pure delight and to raise environmental issues.
Sustainable School Design: How Hamilton + Aitken Architects Maximize Natural Light Using Vectorworks
“When we started out, our goal was to change the world, to do something that would really make a difference to the lives of people,” said Chad Hamilton, AIA LEED AP BD+C, Principal Architect of Hamilton + Aitken Architects (H+AA). “And education is one of the things that really determines how people live the rest of their lives. “So, for us it’s just a wonderful feeling, to improve kids’ educational spaces.”
RL House / Jacobsen Arquitetura
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Architects: Jacobsen Arquitetura
- Area: 856 m²
- Year: 2017