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Waechter Architecture references red wine for cladding of Oregon winery

November 6, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Portland-based Waechter Architecture used cladding with a red colour derived from a popular wine blend to create an angular winery on a site devasted by clear-cutting in Oregon. Corollary Wines wanted to create a base of operations and space for entertaining on an abandoned site in Oregon’s Willamette Valley that had been cut clear of

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Columbus was built as “an exemplary mid-century city”

October 31, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

The mid-century modern architecture in Columbus, Indiana, is a physical reminder of the post-war belief in design as a tool for progress, says critic Matt Shaw in this interview for Dezeen’s mid-century modern series. A small town in the American Midwest, Columbus underwent a remarkable wave of building after the second world war that has

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Mid-century designers and engineers “envisioned the future” at GM’s Tech Center

October 30, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

The Warren Technical Center in Michigan, the first solo project by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, showcased the unity of mid-century architecture, design and engineering in the United States. Completed in 1956 in a small town outside of Detroit, the headquarters comprises a number of administrative, testing and design facilities for General Motors (GM). Driven by

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Omer Arbel proposes surrounding Washington houses with “cedar orb clouds”

October 29, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Canada-based designer Omer Arbel has unveiled designs for a series of homes in Washington State made from concrete and covered in wooden balls intended to cultivate ecosystems over time. Arbel, the founder of lighting brand Bocci, was commissioned to design 16 houses on Governor’s Point, a peninsula that juts into Bellingham Bay north of Seattle.

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Fernanda Canales creates perforated-brick circular community centre

October 25, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Fernanda Canales has created a semi-open community centre for the elderly in Mexico, using a circular form and simple materials The House for the Elderly is located in Neco, in the border state of Sonora, an arid environment with social and economic problems related to cross-border smuggling. It has been shortlisted in the

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MAD “cracks open” facade of Denver residential building

October 15, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

International studio MAD Architects has unveiled the One River North apartment block in Denver, Colorado, which has a large, canyon-like opening breaking open its main facade. Named One River North, the residential block in Denver’s northern RiNo neighbourhood was designed as a nod to geographic formations in the nearby Rocky Mountains. Located next to a major interstate

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Germane Barnes redesigns classical columns around African diasporic themes

October 14, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

American architect Germane Barnes aims to illustrate aspects of the African Diaspora by reimagining the three classical columnar orders at her Columnar Disorder exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago. Named Columnar Disorder, the show comprises a series of models and drawings developed by Barnes around three aspects of the African experience during the Diaspora, especially

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro designs art centre with “super lobby” in New Mexico

October 9, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

A stepped facade and a level almost completely wrapped in glass feature in the design of an arts and technology centre in New Mexico by architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro. The Center for Collaborative Arts and Technology (CCAT) at the University of New Mexico will contain performance halls, labs, gallery space and classrooms. Diller

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Metabolic Studio diverts LA River water to “facilitate natural systems that want to repair themselves”

October 2, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Art and research organistaion Metabolic Studio has showcased aspects of its Bending the River project, an infrastructure and art project designed to remediate water and land around the Los Angeles River. For more than a decade, Metabolic Studio has been working with local agencies to divert water from the Los Angeles River as a source

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BIG set to “reanimate” 1950s power plant on Scape-designed park

October 2, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio BIG has unveiled plans to adapt a decommissioned power plant in Connecticut, USA, into a community centre on a site to be reimagined by landscape studio Scape. The project on Manresa Island – a peninsula that juts into the Long Island Sound outside of Norwalk, Connecticut, will see the overhaul of a 1950s

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