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Taylor and Miller Architecture and Design won the 2015 A+Awards, Jury Choice, for the Office Interio rs Category with OFFICE > ENTROPY. For this office space, the architects rigidly applied a grid, constructed from plywood, to the interior space.
L: 2WTC by Bjarke Ingels Group; R: Rainbow Chapel by Coordination Asia, via Designboom. Up Grade: Bj arke Ingels has made headlines this week with the revelation that Silverstein Properties is moving forward with his design for 2 World Trade Center instead of a previous one by Norman Foster. The tower will rise alongside Skidmore Owings…
Set to open later this year, the Shanghai Tower by Gensler (2,073 ft) is currently the tallest build ing in China and second tallest in the world. Here, Xiaomei Lee, Co-Managing Director of Gensler Shanghai, shares the story of the centerpiece of the city’s Lujiazui District. From the outset, this project was meant to represent China’s…
With 90+ categories and 300+ jurors, the Architizer A+Awards is the world’s definitive archite ctural awards program. In anticipation of the Awards Gala and Phaidon book launch on May 14, we are pleased to share the stories behind the winners of the 2015 Awards program — see all of them here. MHN Design Union won the…
By James Biber, architect of the USA Pavilion at EXPO 2015. Expos, since their inception in the Vict orian London of 1851, have managed to rely on architecture as the leitmotif of modernity. Paxton’s Crystal Palace was the first truly modern building: fully demountable, entirely prefabricated of iron and glass, commissioned by competition, and realized from…
By modeling design in three dimensions, Building Information Modeling (BIM) can increase productivit y across the board for designers. It surpasses the 2D drawing process by streamlining coordination between collaborators and alerting all users to collisions between systems that previously would not have been detected until the field. If the benefits of BIM are well established,…
Ando We’ll Always Love You: Start your week off right with this beautiful video profile of Tad ao Ando. Produced by NOWNESS, this sub-three-minute short lovingly portrays the master at work, musing on boxing, New York, and his own approach: “I would like to create something that only a Japanese person could do.” A must-watch for…
L: Paul Rudolph’s Orange County Government Center via Esto; R: The Museo delle Culture by Davi d Chipperfield, via Huff Post. Haters Gonna Hate: The New York Times has compiled a case for the defense of the world’s most loathed buildings — in the words of some of its most celebrated architects. Libeskind makes a case…
Neri&Hu Design Research Office won the 2015 A+Awards, Jury Choice, for the Mixed Use Category with D esign Republic Design Commune. A design hub and flagship store in the heart of Shanghai, this multi-programmatic space — a gallery, event space, café, restaurant, and one-bedroom apartment — is situated in the historic police headquarters, dating back to the 1910s.