Ama'r Children's Culture House in Copenhagen, Denmark, by Dorte Mandrup Architects, 2013 The following text and images are courtesy of Dorte Mandrup Architects. [caption id="attachment_5637" align="alignnone" width="510" caption="Photograph by Jens Lindhe"][/caption] The Ama'r Children’s Culture House is an innovative project developed with the ...Read More
Water Treatment Plant in Évry, France, by AWP, 2013 [caption id="attachment_5608" align="alignnone" width="509" caption="Photo © AWP, Anna Positano"][/caption] Over ten years ago AWP won a competition for the enlargement of Évry's water purification plant, located on the edge of the Seine River ...Read More
Four Visions for Penn Station in New York City, 2013 [caption id="attachment_5583" align="alignnone" width="510" caption="Image courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro"][/caption] In April the Municipal Art Society (MAS) invited four architects—Diller Scofidio + Renfro, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, SHoP Architects, and Skidmore, ...Read More
Tunnel Monitoring Complex in Hausmannstaetten, Austria, by Dietger Wissounig Architekten, 2012 The following text and images are courtesy of Dietger Wissounig Architekten. [caption id="attachment_5562" align="alignnone" width="508" caption="Photograph by Jasmin Schuller"][/caption] The large complex of buildings nestled on level ground along the new ...Read More
The Public Theater in New York City by Ennead Architects, 2012. Sometimes the smallest and most discrete of projects can have the greatest impact. Such is my take upon experiencing the new lobby for The Public Theater at Astor Place, and ...Read More
Phipps – Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by The Design Alliance Architects, 2012. Of the various means of measuring and setting goals for sustainability in architecture, the most stringent (at least in North America) is definitely the Living Building ...Read More
Art and architecture—all the arts—do not have to exist in isolation, as they do now. This fault is very much a key to the present society. Architecture is nearly gone, but it, art, all the arts, in ...Read More
Dead Garden in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, by Vazio S/A, 2012. The following text and photos are courtesy Carlos Teixeira of Vazio S/A for their Dead Garden installation, part of the White Night festival in September 2012. White Night is the expression originated ...Read More
Coach Flagship, Omotesando in Tokyo, Japan, by OMA, 2013. In early April Coach opened its flagship Tokyo store on Omotesando, a strip known as much for its high-end fashion houses as for the architects designing them. Most well known are Prada ...Read More
Israel National Library in Jerusalem, Isreal, by Gil Even-Tsur Architecture Workshop, 2012. The following text and images are courtesy Gil Even-Tsur Architecture Workshop for their competition entry for the National Library of Israel. A winner was selected (PDF link) in September ...Read More
