Solar Carve Tower / Studio Gang Architects
For their first New York project, Studio Gang Architects have designed a 180,000 square-foot office tower featuring a crystalline glass façade shaped in such a way as not to interfere with the...
View ArticleLoop_3 Installation Investigates Mathematical Trigonometric Functions
Using mathematical trigonometric functions as an aesthetic device, Loop_3 installation is a topologically differentiated territory of force fields. With the curvature being its main structural and...
View ArticleFormal Hybrid Towers for Manhattan
Creating diverse content within a set of high-rise structures, Alex Lozano and Reynolds Diaz Jr have designed a proposal which continues the trend of inserting commercial activities into the urban...
View ArticleWinter 2012 Advanced Architectural Design Workshop – Athens
X|Atelier is organizing an international intensive workshops of Advanced Architectural Design, part of an ongoing academic research, which introduces participants into contemporary discussions of...
View ArticleZaha Hadid Wins National Stadium of Japan
Zaha Hadid Architects has won the international competition to build the new National Stadium of Japan. The Practice, which produced the London Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympic Games, was selected...
View ArticleNew 3D Printing Technique Wins SCI-Arc’s Gehry Prize
Winning the 2012 SCI-Arc’s Gehry Prize with their masters thesis project, Liz and Kyle von Hasseln have designed a unique 3D printing method developed in the SCI-Arc Robot House. Developed in...
View ArticleNew National Museum of Afghanistan
The construction of the Afghan museum by Matteo Cainer Architects celebrates the richness of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage and the spirit of its peoples. In a nation devastated by war, the wealth of...
View ArticleMichigan State University Broad Art Museum / Zaha Hadid
The Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, located at the northern edge of the Michigan State University campus designed by Zaha Hadid, is influenced by a set of movement paths that traverse and border the...
View ArticleSinuous Pavilion in Mexico City Built with 1497 Coffee Mugs / rojkind...
Along the bustling avenue paseo de la reforma in mexico city, the ‘portal of awareness’ by rojkind arquitectos is a public space that is experienced spatially and while in motion. One of eight...
View ArticleVertical Farm in San Diego
Mixed-use vertical farm designed by Brandon Martella for the city of San Diego. The project is located next to the waterfront and the historical Gaslamp district. Food as a resource is limited. Supply...
View ArticleObservatory Art Museum in Buenos Aires
The site of the museum is on the banks of the Rio de la Plata in Buenos Aires’ Puerto Madre, the area is a juxstaposition of industrial warehouses, shipping docks, commercial distirct and nearby...
View ArticlePuerto Madero Contemporary Art Museum
This proposal for the New Contemporary Art Museum (NCAM) in Buenos Aires by Frisly Colop Morales, Jason Easter, and Łukasz Wawrzeńczyk embodies the city’s dynamic cultural vibrancy. The building sits...
View ArticleMinimal Relaxation: Temporary Canopy and Landscape Installation at MoCA Shanghai
The design of this temporary installation reinterprets the traditional Chinese garden to activate the roof terrace of the MoCA Shanghai as an undulating and responsive multi-layered landscape. The...
View ArticleLight Forest: Helsinki Central Library / MenoMenoPiu Architects
The Helsinki library designed by MenoMenoPiu Architects will be situated in the new green heart of Helsinki. The project will occupy 4500m² of the site. The intention is to replace the existing green...
View ArticleNew Faceted Skyscraper in Mexico City: Reforma 432 Residences by Rojkind...
Designed by Rojkind Arquitectos, the Reforma 432 Residences in Mexico City is a tower complex comprising pedestrian zones, luxury retail, private residences and other commercial content. The basic...
View ArticleCollector’s Edition EVOLO SKYSCRAPERS Book
eVolo Skyscrapers Collector's Edition - Two Volumes + Presentation Box Contents: Two Hardcover Volumes with Presentation Box. Edition: Only 150 Copies Available. ISBN: 978-1-938740-00-8 First...
View ArticlePerot Museum of Nature and Science / Morphosis
Morphosis has recently completed their Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, which in now open to the public. The main body of the museum, in the shape of a large cube, emerges from a large plinth...
View ArticlePeruri 88 is a Vertical City for Jakarta / MVRDV
Combining Jakarta’s need for both densification and green spaces, MVRDV have designed a vertical city that offers a wide variety of office and housing typologies, along with semi-public roof park....
View ArticleTime Tension Wood: A Construction System that Waits on Nature
Time Tension Wood is a construction system design by Taylor Gilbert based on a technique used by the Native American Indians for making bows. By applying consistent tension to freshly cut wood, the...
View ArticleDaegu Gosan Library Proposal / SDA
The free-form geometries of SDA’s (Synthesis Design+Architecture) Daegu Gosan Library proposal aims to embody the spirit of a revisited library typology – open-source exchange and the idea of...
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