Month: October 2018

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Refurbishment and Extension of the Goethe Institute / Henchion Reuter Architects

October 13, 2018 Pilar Caballero 0

Until recently, the Goethe Institute in Dublin was split between a Georgian house on Merrion Square, which houses the cultural programme and another Georgian house on nearby Fitzwilliam Square, which housed the language school. This construction project relocates both functions to the Merrion Square premises, to facilitate greater interaction between the language students and the cultural programme the institute offers.

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ISOROPIA / Center for Information Technology and Architecture

October 13, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

Isoropia (greek meaning balance, equilibrium and stability) is a finely tuned balance of tension and compression. Here, bespoke knitted textiles with varying material properties embed active bent fiberglass rods and together they find their equilibrium and form. Isoropia investigates how computational design allows us to rethink material use in architecture. Here the profession comes from a tradition of adding materials to form building elements and buildings, we find, that this practice is highly wasteful. Current techniques and material will not only deplete the resources of our planet, but are as well not able to satisfy the need for housing of the globes growing population. What is needed – are smarter materials, processes and technologies for building. Isoropia advocates a lighter architecture in which material behaviors – the bending, and stretching of materials – are actively employed to build smarter with less.

the menil drawing institute by johnston marklee is set to open in texas

October 13, 2018 macnadusa 0

the menil drawing institute, a building designed by LA-based architects johnston marklee, will open to the public on november 3, 2018. the project forms part of the menil collection, a 30-acre neighborhood of art located in houston, texas. the campus’ main building, designed by renzo piano, houses special exhibitions and the institution’s permanent collection, while […]

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Sunlight House Y / NetSpace Design

October 12, 2018 Daniel Tapia 0

The owner Mr. Yu used to live in this house with grandparents and families back in childhood. It is where being filled with gracious memories. Years gone by, Mr. Yu decided to move back to the house with his mother and wife. After continual discussion with the couple and observing the entire environment, we came up with three major points: Scandinavian style, storage function as well as light. Since the Yu family wished their refurbishment based on Nordic aesthetic, keeping most interiors in a light tone including white walls, oak, and beech wood, light grey cabinet, etc. was one solution, in the meanwhile enhancing the lively ambiance through vibrant colors of lightings and chairs.

Before And After – A Vancouver Home Gets A Modern Upgrade By Splyce Design

October 12, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Sama Jim Canzian   Splyce Design together with builder Blackfish Homes, have completed the modern renovation and addition of a 1950’s house in Vancouver, Canada, for a couple and their two children.   Here’s what the house looked like before… And here’s how it currently looks. A partial third storey was added, and the […]

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Hurricane Michael: How You Can Help (2 photos)

October 12, 2018 Anne Colby 0

One of the most powerful hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. intensified quickly and hit hard Oct. 10. The Category 4 hurricane was the worst storm on record in the Florida Panhandle, where it swept away homes, damaged roads and devastated towns. …

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AD Classics: Vitra Fire Station / Zaha Hadid

October 12, 2018 Luke Fiederer 0

This article was originally published on April 21, 2016. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD Classics section.

Although Zaha Hadid began her remarkable architectural career in the late 1970s, it would not be until the 1990s that her work would lift out her drawings and paintings to be realized in physical form. The Vitra Fire Station, designed for the factory complex of the same name in Weil-am-Rhein, Germany, was the among the first of Hadid’s design projects to be built. The building’s obliquely intersecting concrete planes, which serve to shape and define the street running through the complex, represent the earliest attempt to translate Hadid’s fantastical, powerful conceptual drawings into a functional architectural space.

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Southwestern College Allied Health Sciences Building / Johnson Favaro

October 12, 2018 Pilar Caballero 0

The new Allied Health Sciences building is located at the Higher Education Center (HEC) in National City, CA, a satellite campus to Southwestern College in Chula Vista, CA. The new 22,500 SF facility includes classrooms and labs in support of the college’s health sciences program, dedicating space specifically to areas of biology, chemistry, microbiology and anatomy, as well as laboratory training within the Medical Laboratory Technician program. Administration and faculty offices are also housed in the new facility, along with a regional Business Development Center focusing on small and emerging businesses in the area. Students in the healthcare program will also now benefit from a storefront community clinic located in the new building as a means to fulfill their required hours as healthcare assistants-in-training.