Wednesday, November 17, 2021

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“The Best Lighting Designer Should Be Totally Invisible:” Hervé Descottes on Working with Steven Holl

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 11:30 PM PST

ArchDaily Professionals is an initiative that focuses on all of the collaborators involved in architecture and construction, who participated and are credited in the projects we have carefully curated and published. This project aims to recognize and highlight the best collaborators responsible for delivering the best architecture, by delivering valuable knowledge related to the different disciplines within our community. Today, we are launching a series of video interviews between architects and collaborating professionals, to learn more about their work and to understand the importance of these relationships to deliver high-quality architectural projects.

For this first interview, ArchDaily's Managing Editor, Christele Harrouk, met with lighting design firm L'Observatoire International's founder, Hervé Descottes, and American architect Steven Holl. In this moderated talk, we had the chance to speak to Herve and Steven about their collaboration in three cultural projects in the United States: the Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU, the Winter Visual Arts Building, and the Nancy and Rich Kinder Museum.

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Kastelaz Hof House / Peter Pichler Architecture

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 11:00 PM PST

© Gustav Willeit © Gustav Willeit
  • architects: Peter Pichler Architecture
  • Location: 39040 Tramin an der Weinstraße, Province of Bolzano - South Tyrol, Italy
  • Project Year: 2020
  • Photographs: Gustav Willeit
  • Area: 380.0 m2

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The Design Process and Off-Site Construction of Alchemy’s Squam Lake Residence

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 10:45 PM PST

Overall Render. Image Courtesy of Alchemy Architects Overall Render. Image Courtesy of Alchemy Architects

Internationally recognized for their weeHouse® concept, Alchemy has been proving since 1992 that even the smallest of dwellings can have a huge impact. weeHouse®, a term that Alchemy trademarked in 2002, was conceived as a modular-friendly design system that emphasizes quality before quantity, and has been recognized by an ethos of "less is more." The Minnesota-based firm, led by Geoffrey Warner FAIA, designs the structures to be modern and sleek with particular attention to using expressive local materials with environmental sensitivity.

The Squam Lake House in New Hampshire, although not technically a weeHouse, was required to strictly respect the floor area and volume of a dilapidated cabin 15' from the shore. Fabricated mostly offsite by Bensonwood using 18" thick, pre-glazed wall panels and white oak timber framing, the panels were erected in only 4 days.

Eric Winter, AIA and architect at Alchemy, shared some valuable insights about the project's design process. 

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Sou Fujimoto Architects Unveils University Design in the Mountains of Japan

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 10:30 PM PST

Courtesy of Sou Fujimoto Architects Courtesy of Sou Fujimoto Architects

Sou Fujimoto Architects has unveiled its design for the Hida Takayama University, a new academic institute tucked in a small rural area of Japan. The project aims to revitalize the rural areas which are often overlooked, especially by academic institutes, and nurture the sense of community and appreciation of the rich culture provided by nature. The design features an organic-shaped structure inspired the surrounding landscape and a walkable roof. The university is set to open in 2024, and will be followed by 11 other regional learning centers across the country.

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Le Dome Winery / Foster + Partners

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST

© Nigel Young © Nigel Young
  • architects: Foster + Partners
  • Location: Bordeaux, France
  • Project Year: 2021
  • Photographs: Nigel Young
  • Area: 1600.0 m2

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MVRDV, Fathom Studio and Two Row Architect Reveal Finalist Proposal for Canada’s LGBTQ2+ National Monument

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 09:30 PM PST

© MVRDV / Fathom Studio / Two Row Architect © MVRDV / Fathom Studio / Two Row Architect

Canada's Department of National Heritage has announced the five finalists for the LGBTQ2+ National Monument competition, a project meant to tell the story of generations of people who have been persecuted, specifically during the LGBT Purge period. Among the shortlisted designs is The Lens, a proposal that turns a symbol of oppression into an identity element and uses the landscape to express the community's reverberation into society. Designed by a team comprising Canadian office Fathom studio, MVRDV and Two Row Architect, the proposal seeks to express resiliency, creating a space for memorialization and education while providing an inclusive space for the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community.

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11 Examples of Public Spaces and Facilities Using Bamboo

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 09:00 PM PST

Bamboo Bamboo, Canopy and Pavilions / IILab.. Image © Arch-Exist Bamboo Bamboo, Canopy and Pavilions / IILab.. Image © Arch-Exist

Bamboo is a very resistant, versatile, and sustainable natural building material, which can be used to build structures and decorative elements. This article explores its diverse applications in a selection of projects for public spaces.

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Eyes of the City: Visions of Architecture After Artificial Intelligence

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 08:30 PM PST

Artificial Ecologies Section. Photo © Prospekt Artificial Ecologies Section. Photo © Prospekt

This book tells the story of Eyes of the City—an international exhibition on technology and urbanism held in Shenzhen during the winter of 2019 and 2020, with a curation process that unfolded between summer 2018 and spring 2020. Conceived as a cultural event exploring future scenarios in architecture and design, Eyes of the City found itself in an extraordinary, if unstable, position, enmeshed within a series of powerfully contingent events—the political turmoil in Hong Kong, the first outbreak of COVID-19 in China—that impacted not only the scope of the project, but also the global debate around society and urban space.

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Miniature Architecture: 17 Projects that Explore Interior Design for Children

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 08:00 PM PST

NUBO Kindergarten / PAL Design. Image © Michelle Young, Amy Piddington NUBO Kindergarten / PAL Design. Image © Michelle Young, Amy Piddington

The world certainly looks different through the eyes of a young child; enormous, intriguing, and somewhat overwhelming, and it has long been believed that what we encounter as children shapes up our perspective of the world. When asked about his childhood memories in Switzerland, Peter Zumthor shared that the memories of his youth contain the deepest architectural experience, which have become reservoirs of the architectural atmospheres and images that he explores in his work as an architect today. 

Having a complete understanding of how children change and grow physically and psychologically throughout their childhood requires an in depth observation of different factors, such as their hereditary traits and genetics, the interactions they have with other children and adults, as well as the environment they are living, playing, and learning in. In celebration of World Children's Day on November 20th, we look at how architects and designers stimulated children's autonomy and promoted their mental and physical wellbeing through architecture and interior design.

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The End of Editors: The New Practice of The Self-Promoting Architect

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 07:30 PM PST

The Titanic, 1978  Credit: Stanley Tigerman S.R. Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Image © Stanley Tigerman The Titanic, 1978 Credit: Stanley Tigerman S.R. Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. Image © Stanley Tigerman

When the 2008 Great Recession destroyed advertising revenue for all of publishing and limited the cash that architects had for PR and photographers, the established way of promoting architects and architecture was brutally compromised. That same moment saw the instant availability of smartphones, with insanely good cameras, huge memory, and soon 5G transmission. Those technological revolutions turned graphic duffers into artists. Anyone can now photo, video, and narrate any perception anywhere, instantly, free - and share universally. The cliché of saying that the internet "everything changed" is true in how the world sees architecture.

This one-two punch of fiscal devastation and technological revolution has realized a New Practice; the Self-Promoting Architect, independent of the Machine of Defining Cool in architecture.

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House in Asunción / Josep Ferrando

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 07:00 PM PST

© Federico Cairoli © Federico Cairoli
  • architects: Josep Ferrando
  • Location: Asunción, Paraguay
  • Project Year: 2020
  • Photographs: Federico Cairoli

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Hotel Gasthof Adler / firm Architekten

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 06:00 PM PST

© Adolf Bereuter © Adolf Bereuter
  • architects: firm Architekten
  • Location: 6886 Schoppernau, Austria
  • Project Year: 2021
  • Photographs: Adolf Bereuter
  • Area: 680.0 m2

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Launch of TFAM Expansion: Moving Beyond Imagination, Expanding Art Into the Unknown

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 05:30 PM PST

Rendering of the TFAM art complex. Image Courtesy of Taipei Fine Arts Museum Rendering of the TFAM art complex. Image Courtesy of Taipei Fine Arts Museum

Following several years of preparation, Taipei Fine Arts Museum announces the start of its two-phase expansion project titled Out of Bounds: TFAM Expansion. Construction on a new collections vault began in October of this year, and an open call for architectural proposals for another new museum building will be launched in January 2022. The Museum was completed in 1983 and together with the new collection storage area and a second building, it will gradually expand Taiwan's contemporary art vista.

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House in Candonga / Fomento Estudio

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 05:00 PM PST

© Sofía Trucco © Sofía Trucco

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SD Chen Apartmant / Salty Architects

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 04:00 PM PST

© Dor Kedmi © Dor Kedmi

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Festival Days of Oris 21

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 03:30 PM PST

Days of Oris is an international architectural festival organized by Oris House of Architecture, held since 2001. Every year, it gathers more than 2000 participants – architects and professionals from the related fields. So far, more than 300 leading experts and speakers from all over the world have participated in the Festival.

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Miss Dong and Martin Public Art Space / Zaixing Architectural Design

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 02:00 PM PST

© Arch-Exist © Arch-Exist
  • architects: Zaixing Architectural Design
  • Location: Chengdu Dongjiao Memory Park, Sichuan, China
  • Project Year: 2020
  • Photographs: Arch-Exist
  • Photographs: Courtesy of Zaixing Architectural Design
  • Area: 230.0 m2

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Pascal Oita Guest Office / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers

Posted: 16 Nov 2021 12:00 PM PST

© S Co., Ltd. © S Co., Ltd.

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