Architecture
Nendo designs collection of movement-tracing furniture
New York 2016: prolific Japanese studio Nendo has unveiled a collection of furniture and lighting featuring sketch-like outlines that trace the motion of moving elements (+ slideshow). (more…)
Dezeen Jobs: latest jobs update
See the latest from our new and improved recruitment site Dezeen Jobs, including positions with Nike, Design, Bitches and Caruso St John Architects, the firm behind Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery (pictured). This is also the last chance to apply for roles with RIBA, the V&A, British Airways and more… (more…)
Architecte Interieur Daphné Serrado Transforms a Former Office Building Into Private Residences in Bordeaux, France
Former Offices Turned into an Apartment Building is a residential project designed by Architecte Interieur Daphné Serrado in 2015. It is located in Bordeaux, France. Former Offices Turned into an Apartment Building by Architecte Interieur Daphné Serrado: “The seventeen ornaments have been restored and redeveloped. The kitchen space whose configuration was “cue” was working “corridor” to obtain a homogeneous and sleek furnishings. The room size is allowed to implant a..
Obelisks by Álvaro Siza and Alison and Peter Smithson Re-Erected in Rural England
'Obelisk' / Alison and Peter Smithson. Image © James Morris
Two ‘obelisks’—one by Álvaro Siza Vieira and another by Alison and Peter Smithson—have been re-erected in Shatwell, a “semi-derelict agricultural complex” deep in rural England. The monuments form part of an evolving programme of installations which Drawing Matter, an organisation founded by Niall Hobhouse “that champions the process of architecture through collecting, archiving and commissioning,” will use to explore the relationship between architecture, sculpture and landscape.
'Obelisk' / Alison and Peter Smithson. Image © James Morris
“Obelisk was originally conceived in 1984 by celebrated British architects Alison and Peter Smithson for an intensely urban site in Siena, then reworked in 1994 as a woven spiral called the Inlook Tower (a playful reversal of Patrick Geddes’s Outlook Tower in Edinburgh). Peter lived to see the 15 metre timber obelisk fabricated and first raised into position within the parkland of the estate of Hadspen House, Castle Cary in 2002, in an act of architectural patronage by Drawing Matter’s principal Niall Hobhouse. It was then seen as an obelisk within the landscape, to be viewed in the round, fabricated of oak cut from the trees planted on the estate by Niall’s grandfather, which would weather whitish in the prevailing wind, and reinforced with stainless steel banding and a stainless steel cap.”
'Obelisk' / Alison and Peter Smithson. Image © James Morris
“Columns by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza was originally commissioned by The Royal Academy of Arts as a site-specific installation in the courtyard of Burlington House in London, as part of the 2014 exhibition Sensing Spaces, in which a select group of contemporary architects created installations exploring the sensory experience of architecture. Cast of bright yellow concrete the ensemble comprises three columns, one of which lies on the ground with its capital beside it, the second stands capital-less, the third with its capital intact. Inspired by the architect’s first response to the original courtyard setting, viewing the Burlington House façade through the archway from Piccadilly, these fragments refer back to the birth of the column.”
'Columns' / Álvaro Siza Vieira in location at London's Royal Academy of Arts. Image © James Harris
'Columns' / Álvaro Siza Vieira . Image
Siza’s Columns will be sited by Shatwell’s Dairy House (by Skene Catling de la Pena) and the Archive building (by Hugh Strange Architects). A hundred metres to the north, the Smithsons’ Obelisk will stand in open ground between two agricultural buildings, Cowshed and Haybarn (by Stephen Taylor Architects). Current commissions for Shatwell include projects by Clancy Moore Architects, Florian Beigel and Philip Christou, and Siza himself.
Obelisk
Design: Alison and Peter Smithson
Collaborators: Jim Blackburn, Timber Frame Company, Cameron Scott – Timber Design Limited
Engineer: John Beveridge
Construction: Timber Frame Company
Stainless steel: Bannell Engineering
Project management: Lucas Wilson
Columns
Design: Álvaro Siza Vieira
Engineer: Sampaio
Fabrication: Pregaia
ARM Architecture Honored with Australia’s Architecture Gold Medal
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The Australian Institute of Architects have awarded their highest honor, the Gold Medal, to the founders of ARM Architecture during the 2016 Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards. Based out of Melbourne and Perth, ARM is widely known for their “contemporary, often daring, sometimes controversial designs.”
Established in 1988 by directors Stephen Ashton, Howard Raggatt, and Ian McDougall, the large scale practice has had a significant impact on design throughout Australia. They’ve designed a range of projects including cultural buildings, urban design and planning, office buildings, apartments, community projects, and shopping centers.
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Some of their more notable works include the Perth Arena in Western Aurstalia, the renovation of Hamer Hall, Melbourne Recital Hall, Storey Hall at RMIT University, and the reconfiguration of Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance.
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Outside of their firm’s projects, the directors have hosted exhibitions, presented lectures at national conferences, been professors, and have always been willing to explain their designs and architectural theories to the public, write the Australian Institute of Architects.
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“This is a practice that has been a genuine leader, influencer, provocateur, culture builder and disseminator of ideas for nearly three decades, and at the core of the practice are three outstanding architects who have created some of the most extraordinary buildings in the short post-colonial history of this country,” said Australian Institute of Architects’ National President Jon Clements.
Check out some of our past coverage on ARM Architecture below.
Venice Biennale 2014: Australia to Showcase 11 Unbuilt Projects
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Hamer Hall / ARM Architecture
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Wanangkura Stadium / ARM Architecture
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Perth Arena / ARM Architecture + CCN
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A Sleek Contemporary Apartment in New York City
First Avenue Apartment is a private residence designed by Mojo Stumer. The 7,000-square-foot home is located in New York City, USA.
SH2-Sundbyoster Hall II / Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
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- Architects: Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter
- Location: Amagerbrogade, 2300 København S, Denmark
- Area: 5400.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Adam Mørk
- Entrepreneur: O.Adsbøll og sønner
- Engineer: Klaus Nielsen, rådgivende ingeniører
- Client: Municipality of Copenhagen
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SH2-Sundbyoster Hall II is mixed use architecture integrating grocery store, sports hall and housing units in one building located in the district of Amager in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is a visionary solution for building in dense and complicated city environments.
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The ground floor contains a grocery store and an entrance for the sports hall, parking and apartments. A double height glass façade on the second floor ensures pedestrians and neighbours a direct view of the activities in the sports hall. It creates a connection between the building and the surrounding city. The hall is open to public, spans over two floors and is highly adaptable to different types and sizes of events and sports.
Diagram
Each of the functions is expressed by a unique use of materials, all part of the collective collage. After nightfall the pleated red-gold wooden facade will appear glowing in the escaping lights from the vertical ribbon windows that hit the warm tinted wood. At daytime the ribbon windows lets a pleasant reflected daylight into the building.
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12 apartments make the top of the building with an aluminium covered bay window from floor to ceiling and each containing its own private atrium and rooftop terrace. The construction necessary for the large span of the sports hall is cleverly used as separating walls between the apartments.
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Plan
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The apartments are an alternative to the classic villas and contribute to a diverse demographic composition in the area. In this way the complex programme of the building both adds to and integrates existing functions of the neighbourhood.
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Zaha “delivered an unprecedented expansion” of architectural style says Patrik Schumacher
Zaha Hadid 1950-2016: Patrik Schumacher has paid tribute to the “empowering” and “unprecedented” architectural moves developed by his former partner Zaha Hadid, who died unexpectedly in March following a heart attack. (more…)
Onecollection reissues Finn Juhl’s Danish mid-century FJ 136 chair
Milan 2016: furniture manufacturer Onecollection has relaunched a 1958 chair by Finn Juhl, which played an important role in the proliferation of Danish design (+ slideshow). (more…)
