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The six winners in the 2016 Wienerberger Brick Award competition share one common trait: the innovat ive use of one of the world’s most enduring and versatile building materials. For the first time since Wienerberger Brick established this international biennial award in 2004, architects — as well as journalists and architecture critics — were eligible to…
On the eve of PIN-UP magazine’s 10th anniversary, Architizer spoke with the publication’s founding e ditor Felix Burrichter about issue 20, graphic design in architecture and dream features for its future (Mr. Gehry, if you’re reading this … ). Emma Macdonald: Congratulations on the new issue. What brought about its theme, ‘garden variety’? Felix Burrichter: The…
For the eighth year, Marvin Windows and Doors sponsored its competition that celebrates outstanding project designs incorporating the manufacturer’s products — otherwise known as the Marvin Architects Challenge. Results of the 2016 edition once again delivered a feast for the eyes as they were announced at the AIA expo in Philadelphia. And the winners are…
After a 2008 voter-approved bond, the team at Opsis Architecture was tasked with updating Portland C ommunity College’s Rock Creek Campus. In line with a city known for green initiatives and smart growth, the bond stipulated that the 1970s buildings be updated and expanded while also reducing sprawl and becoming more efficient. Cascade Architectural worked closely…
Aileen Kwun and Bryn Smith’s newly released book Twenty Over Eighty: Conversations on a Lifetime in Architecture and Design is a veritable treasure trove of knowledge from a group of architects who have seen it all. Kwun and Smith’s premise was simple: Sit down with 20 key figures in the profession over the age of…
At Architizer’s 2016 A+Awards gala on May 12th, a series of brilliantly intricate models were unveil ed, built using every architect’s childhood construction toy of choice: LEGO bricks. The scale replicas of these architectural projects — some completed, some under development — were a testament to the creativity of the architectural profession today, but also highlighted…
“I started the business a few days before I turned 30, and I thought I knew everything,” reflects de veloper Ian Gillespie. “That’s how I could start my own business! And then I got to 40 and thought ‘now I know everything.’ But as long as now, at the ripe old age of 50-something, I’ve realized…
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For many design observers the name Pininfarinais synonymous with automobiles. In 1930, Battista “Pin in” Farina founded Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in Turin, Italy, precisely to build one-off and small-batch vehicles for a tight circle of wealthy young people. The new company exhibited Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Isotta Fraschini and Fiat cars at the Paris Motor Show shortly…