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‘Vitreous’ Academic Initiative / University of Houston CoA + Judd Foundation

Sou Fujimoto designs Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013

News: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has been named as the designer of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, which will be a cloud-like structure made from a lattice of steel poles. The semi-transparent pavilion will occupy 350 square-metres of lawn outside the London gallery. Two entrances will lead inside the structure, where staggered terraces will provide [...]

Grand Central Terminal Drawing Competition Winners

The Architectural League of New York and the New York Transit Museum recently announced the winners of a competition to select sketches by contemporary architects for a new Grand Central Terminal sketchbook produced in collaboration with Moleskine. The sketchbook features historical images from the Transit Museum’s collections, along with twenty drawings and sketches by contemporary [...]

W12 – Real Time Control Building #3 Proposal / gh3

Located on the corner of 84th Street NW and Jasper Avenue, on the northern bank of the North Saskatchewan River and just east of Edmonton’s downtown core, the W12 – Real Time Control Building #3 exploits the potential to become a landmark building, playing a crucial role in punctuating open public space along the river’s [...]

Winners announced of the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative Competition for Freshkills Park

Winners of the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative Competition for Freshkills Park in Staten Island, NYC are out.  With 4 placed winners and a long list of shortlisted projects, the range of ideas shows how designers are exploring many different options for sustainable energy infrastructure.

Design unveiled for St. Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion in D.C.

Mayor Vincent C. Gray has announced Davis Brody Bond, KADCON and Robert Silman Associates as the winning team to design the new St. Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion on the St. Elizabeths Hospital east campus in Washington D.C. Designed by Davis Brody Bond, the $5 million Gateway Pavilion will transform an existing “weedy, fenced-in plaza fronting [...]

Jiaxing College Library & Media Center / LYCS Architecture

The competition winning proposal for the Jiaxing College Library & Media Center, designed by LYCS Architecture, seeks to break antiquated design conventions by intelligently negotiating contemporary architectural design into the traditional Chinese campus. Surrounded by rich woods and luscious water, the 42000m2 library plays with hierarchy – the hierarchy of multiple, increasingly private spaces; the [...]

9/11 Retrospective / A Family Picture of the Freedom Tower

The Twin Towers had a profound presence in my life.  I would greet them every morning, watching the sunlight dance across their facades, and, in the evening, I would search for patterns in the office lights that never seemed to fade.  As a child, I would stand at the base of the towers and crane [...]

Design Collective / Neri & Hu

21 Cake Headquarters / People’s Architecture Office