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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: O

SW Oregon Architect

The 2014-2016 project also involved retrofitting of steel angles at the building’s columns to help resist uplift caused by vertical acceleration in an earthquake. Column reinforcement installed as part of the 2014-2016 seismic upgrade project (my photo).

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Fondation Louis Vuitton: Frank Gehry Reflects on the Making of an Architectural Icon in Paris

Architizer

Gehry; photo by Iwan Baan, 2014 The setting couldn’t be more fitting. Completed in 2014, Gehry’s landmark building is undoubtedly an architectural icon, but manages to retain a reference for both its site in the heart of Paris’s beloved park and for the city as a whole. Frank Gehry: I’m very pleased with the building.

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Virginia Folk Housing, an update

Jane Griswold Radocchia

The geometric diagrams I drew in May 2014,** were accurate but much too complex for these houses. In the diagrams below: 1) B-C is the radius of the circle. Also: As I read them I realize how much I have learned about geometry since 2014. This is Fig. 84 in Glassie's book.*

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The Best Architectural Websites 2014 | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Architects / The Best Architectural Websites 2014 The Best Architectural Websites 2014 Bob Borson — March 24, 2014 — 27 Comments The Best Architectural Websites in the World. So there it is – my top architectural websites for 2014. Pingback: The best architectural websites of 2014 | D_sig.

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No Architecture inserts "garden folly" into New York duplex apartment

Deezen

Like inhabitable diagrams, these installations can be read as two fragments of a 3D gridded matrix – the timber framework expressing x-, y- and z-lines of interconnecting spatial relations," said No Architecture. A neutral and grey palette complements the exposed concrete structure.

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Baiziwan Social Housing by MAD

aasarchitecture

The project is a culmination of Ma Yansong’s extensive research into social housing, which began in 2014. Later, Beijing’s Public Housing Center invited Ma Yansong to design the Baiziwan Social Housing in 2014. Function diagram. Layout diagram. Layout diagram. Layout diagram. Photo © Zhu Yumeng.

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China Philharmonic Concert Hall by MAD Architects nearing completion

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MAD architects, led by Ma Yansong, is nearing the completion of the China Philharmonic Concert Hall in Beijing, China, for which the firm won the design competition in 2014. Image © MAD Architects Image © MAD Architects Image © MAD Architects Image © MAD Architects Image © MAD Architects Facade Diagram Facade Diagram