The architectural profession can be a slow-moving beast, but for the more adaptable, avant-garde fir ms out there, a single year can change everything. From Brooklyn-based SO – IL to the Australian Austin Maynard Architects, here are Architizer’s top firms to keep an eye on in 2016: Artes Amant Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1. SO – IL…
“This is the beginning of the timber age.” — Andrew Waugh, Waugh Thistleton Architects, November 201 5 Last year, the idea that timber-framed buildings could be at the forefront of sustainable urban development was consolidated, with a number of prominent firms buying into the “forest to frame” philosophy advocated by the winners of the US Tall…
Zaha Hadid looks likely to be spending a good portion of her summer on Rio de Janeiro’s famous Copac abana Beach this summer, but she is unlikely to be relaxing on the sand with a cocktail in hand. The British-Iraqi architect has teamed up with Arup and Mello Afonso Engineering to commence work on her firm’s…
Laminate can be so much more than a surfacing material for furniture or countertops, some aspiring d esigners have discovered during Formica Corporation’s inaugural SurfaceSet 2016 Student Innovation Competition. The competition challenged students to conceptualize a commercial space using a minimum of three products from the manufacturer’s SurfaceSet 2016 laminate collection. In the end, a jury…
It’s been another eventful year for architects around the globe, full of controversy, conversation a nd contemporary design of the highest order. Here, we take a look back at some of the biggest events and most notable new buildings covered by Architizer over the past 12 months. Click on the hyperlinks provided to remind yourself of…
One of the most talked-about stories in architecture this year has been Tokyo’s decision to scrap Za ha Hadid’s competition-winning design for the 2020 Olympic Stadium. Fueled by concerns over spiraling costs, public discontentment at the scale of the proposed arena, and mounting criticism from Japanese architects, the city pulled the plug on the British-Iraqi architect’s…
Writing for Gensler’s 50th-anniversary blog series “Fifty On,” public relations manager Katie Dabbsr ecently contributed some fascinating insights into the strengthening relationship between design and social media, and how the online “wisdom of the crowd” will help shape the cities of the future. With wide-ranging sources from Kim Kardashian to Iwan Baan, here’s what Dabbs had…
Renowned Japanese architect Tadao Ando (together with American artist Elyn Zimmerman) has been named a winner of the 2016 Isamu Noguchi Award, which is awarded “to individuals who share [museum founder] Noguchi’s spirit of innovation, global consciousness, and East-West exchange.” Tadao Ando, 2004; via Wikipedia Past winners of the award include some prestigious names from…
In the history of tall buildings, the geographic epicenter has shifted numerous times. Almost a cent ury ago, North American cities New York and Chicago gave birth to sky-high structures spurred by the advent of steel frame construction and the invention of the elevator. Decades later, the Far Eastern cities of China saw an influx of…