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L: Charles Correa, via Dezeen; R: Jawahar Kala Kendra, via Uncube. India Memoriam: Charles Correa, a pioneer of contemporary architecture in India, has passed away in his home city of Mumbai. The 84-year-old RIBA Gold Medal recipient was known for landmark buildings such as the British Council in Delhi and Jawahar Kala Kendra and was…
There is an old slap-knee that goes: “What does the flag of modern architecture look like? – A white house on a white field.” Sarcasm aside, there is a grain of truth to it. From the early works of Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier to the Bauhaus under Walter Gropius to the Weissenhof Estate outside…
OMA’s latest project is a protective case of sorts, like a super-sized version of something you migh t buy at, say, Muji to store documents or doodads. In the case of the Garage Museum in Moscow — open as of last week — the precious contents are works of contemporary art. Founded in 2008 by collector…
Since time immemorial, architects have encountered a wide variety of contextual and physical site co nstraints during the planning and construction of projects. Yet these environmental conditions are often driving factors in the development of a project and can also inspire a variety of different site approaches, building layouts, and circulation paths. Case in point, dunes:…
L: Google London headquarters by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, via Dezeen; R: “Wang Family Ancestral Hall” by Ai Weiwei, via Designboom. Google Searching (for a New Architect): Thomas Heatherwick is fast becoming Larry Page’s go-to architect. Following his collaboration with Bjarke Ingels on the Googleplex in Mountain View, rumor has it that the British designer…
Diba Tensile Architecture won the 2015 A+Award, Popular Choice, for the Highways & Bridges Category with Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge. The bridge connects two parks with an undulating, multilevel pathway on which users might linger.
When we think of the major design centers and global capitals of architecture, Arkansas is usually n ot the first place that comes to mind. However, more and more great architecture is beginning to emerge from the so-called Natural State — which celebrated its 179th birthday over the weekend, on June 13 — with modern projects…
Arper refers to it as work-life while Knoll says it’s a r/evolution. The work-life r/evolution is one way to describe the many vogue terms brands are using to nominalize the newest in contemporary commercial furniture design on display at NeoCon, at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart from today, June 15, until Wednesday, June 17. Knoll, for one,…
Now in its third year, the Architizer A+Awards has grown each year since its launch in 2013, and thi s year saw the launch of a number of new initiatives in what has quickly grown into the biggest international award program for architecture. From the first-ever A+Awards book, published by Phaidon, to a billboard in Times…