The Architect's Newsletter

JUNE 17, 2022

Architect LMN Architects Location Kirkland, Washington Occupied 2021 Structural and Civil Engineer Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc. Landscape Architect Hewitt Architects Lighting Design Fisher Marantz Stone MEP Engineer Rushing General Contractor [.].

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Glass Civil Engineering Architect Building 104

Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Architecture studio SO-IL has unveiled designs for the Williams College Museum of Art in the Berkshires , which will be topped with a tent-like cross-laminated timber roof. The roof was designed to evoke the surrounding mountains Both the building's structure and roof will be built from mass timber.

Roofing 122

Roofing Civil Engineering Consulting Engineering 122

Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

Housing 128

Housing Architect Civil Engineering Engineering 128

aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Image © Graham Baba Architects Recognizing the importance of developing the site to meet the needs of a growing club and sport in the U.S., Source by Graham Baba Architects.

Civil Engineering 69

Civil Engineering Architect Structural Engineering Estimating 69

Deezen

MARCH 19, 2024

US architecture studio Cannon Design has referenced the local landscape and "prioritized inclusion", drawing on the Native American heritage of the site for its design of a university student centre in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The roof is designed to accommodate solar arrays in the future.

Building 123

Building Students Civil Engineering Design 123

Dwell

MAY 3, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The clients had worked with another architect on a first floor addition and realized for the cost of the building, they were adding potentially unused space for a very high cost. Post it here.

Civil Engineering 131

Civil Engineering Consulting Structural Engineering Engineering 131

Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

New York architecture studio HGX Design has created a linear, glass-fronted home in the Hudson Valley informed by the "individual notes of a music composition". HGX Design has created a linear home in the Hudson Valley. HGX Design has created a linear home in the Hudson Valley. This photo and top photo are by Peter Aaron.

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Housing Civil Engineering Consulting Design 114

The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect Heatherwick Studio, BIG Location Mountain View, California Completion Date May, 2022 Landscape Architect Olin Structural Engineer Thornton Tomasetti Civil Engineer Sherwood Design Engineers, Arup Civil, [.].

Civil Engineering 130

Civil Engineering Roofing Structural Engineering Engineering 130

Deezen

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Maine studio Elliott Architects has created a seaside house that includes a dramatic, cantilevered volume on stilt that stretches towards the ocean and the tree line. Elliott Architects demolished the main house and relocated the other two structures to start the design with a clean slate.

Housing 145

Housing Architect Civil Engineering Engineering 145

Dwell

MARCH 12, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. The dwelling extends over a length of 72 feet. A series of walls, repetitively punctured, define the various spaces.

Civil Engineering 92

Civil Engineering Housing Site Materials 92

Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Its facade is interspersed with many skinny windows The seven-storey structure has a ground-level podium clad in green-painted concrete interspersed with steel gates.

Roofing 131

Roofing Interior Building Civil Engineering 131

aasarchitecture

APRIL 18, 2024

Design for integration & Design for Discovery: The Science Station is integrated into the broader context of the high desert and the immediate context of the new OSU-Cascades campus in form and materiality. The design team drew on prior experience designing for the unique high-desert climate of Central Oregon.

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Architect Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Students 59

Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

California studio Field Architecture designed this Sonoma Valley house out of a trio of fanning copper-clad pavilions with butterfly roofs. We looked to the bush – those forested, undeveloped areas of nature that surround the house – while allowing the built structures to adapt to the natural terrain," the studio said. the studio said.

Civil Engineering 144

Civil Engineering Housing Architecture Engineering 144

Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Studio Egret West will preserve the concrete exterior of the former Heinz headquarters They were designed by US architect Gordon Bunshaft while working at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and were his only project in the UK. They were awarded Grade II-listed status in 1995 but have been left vacant for several years.

Housing 145

Housing Civil Engineering Consulting Architecture Firm 145

aasarchitecture

JUNE 12, 2023

While much of the existing structures will remain intact, Skylab has reworked the layout and is updating the buildings through a strategic set of insertions and modifica-tions. It is our goal to create a vi-brant space for designers, artists, and the broader community to connect over events, performances, and critical discourse.

Civil Engineering 96

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Design Engineering 96

Deezen

JUNE 22, 2023

Hugh Broughton Architects has completed a sensitive restoration of a 19th-century church to provide a community hub in a historic dockyard on the Isle of Sheppey. Located in a prominent position in the port town of Sheerness in north Kent, the church is a key part of an 18th-century masterplan by Scottish civil engineer John Rennie.

Masterplanning 111

Masterplanning Architect Civil Engineering Restoration 111

Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Called The Lindemann Performing Arts Center (The Lindemann) the 101,000 square-foot (9,383-square-metre) structure consists of a shoebox theatre with a long bridge-like walkway. And then you go into the main hall and it's this massive space and there's no structure. So it's this weird inversion."

Space 132

Space Civil Engineering Consulting Safety 132

Deezen

MAY 11, 2022

Studio Gang designed a firestation in Brooklyn. These teams are highly specialized in extreme conditions that include rappelling down buildings, navigating collapsed structures, and even deploying for underwater rescue operations. The architects put in skylights for more comfortable habitation. Landscape architect: SCAPE.

Civil Engineering 111

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Consulting 111

Deezen

APRIL 6, 2023

Stirling Prize-winning studio Niall McLaughlin Architects has completed a seven-storey museum in Limerick, Ireland , with vaulted ceilings and walls designed to "reflect the forces found in rugby". The museum's highest point is 33.8 metre-tall tower set back from the street front by a portico.

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Architect Consulting Civil Engineering Engineering 142

Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. On a secluded wooded site, the new structure grounds itself to the earth with its approach to material and form. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Site Civil Engineering Roofing Engineering 105

Architizer

AUGUST 26, 2022

Text description provided by the architects. © CO Architects. © CO Architects. The Center for Advanced Technologies in Healthcare unites the health professions disciplines, engineering, behavioral sciences, information systems and others in multidisciplinary research and development endeavors. Project Status: Built.

Innovation 79

Innovation Civil Engineering Building Architect 79

Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The property has a main residence designed by Pennsylvania-based Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in 2012. The building partly cantilevers over the site The guesthouse was designed to serve as a flexible space that could accommodate extended stays by family and friends. The guesthouse was built on a 24-acre (9.7-hectare)

Nature 144

Nature Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 144

Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Google has opened a building serving its North American operations in New York City that is housed in a 1930s rail terminal restored and adapted by architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler. CookFox Architects sliced through the historic building to expose aspects of its structure on the facade "The rail beds within St.

Renovation 145

Renovation Civil Engineering Restoration Contractor 145

Deezen

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has completed the mass-timber Founders Hall building for the University of Washington's Foster School of Business in Seattle. LMN Architects designed Founders Hall for the University of Washington. LMN Architects designed Founders Hall for the University of Washington.

Architect 105

Architect Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 105

Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Local studio Forge Craft Architecture + Design has created affordable apartments for people transitioning out of homelessness in Austin that feature a breezeway to encourage rest and preserve heritage trees on the site. The breezeway connects the common spaces to foster social interaction and relaxation.

Space 107

Space Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 107

Deezen

JUNE 9, 2023

Architecture studios Grimshaw and Architekton looked to natural elements such as rocks and saguaro cacti while designing the Walton Center of Planetary Health at Arizona State University. The centre's design is "rooted in resiliency, site-specificity and inspiration", the team said.

Information 105

Information Building Civil Engineering Engineering 105

Dwell

MAY 12, 2023

Niall McLaughlin Architects designs a pastoral pavilion framed in steel and topped with a broad canopy that covers the open-air-optional plan. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here.

Roofing 102

Roofing Civil Engineering Home Engineering 102

Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. Neumann Monson Architects completed a municipal building in Iowa. The structure is made of concrete and metal, and perimeter walls consist of precast concrete panels.

Building 105

Building Architect Civil Engineering Exterior 105

Dwell

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The new addition sits behind the existing heritage structure, concealed from the street. Have one to share? Post it here.

Home 122

Home Civil Engineering Remodeling Zoning 122

aasarchitecture

JUNE 27, 2023

de Reus Architects is the lead architect for more than 400,000 square feet of club amenity facilities and residential dwellings that comprise the core of this project. The interior architecture and design have modernist sensibilities, while their textures and materials reference the club’s tropical location.

Civil Engineering 59

Civil Engineering Architect Structural Engineering Engineering 59

Architizer

APRIL 20, 2022

Text description provided by the architects. The Queen’s Lane Pavilion is the fifth project that CLB Architects has designed for one family on the same property over a 25-year period. © CLB Architects. © CLB Architects. © CLB Architects. © CLB Architects. © CLB Architects. © CLB Architects.

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Architect Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 78

Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Most of its campus was originally designed by American architects Charles Moore and William Turnbull in the early 1970s.

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Consulting Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Residential 132

aasarchitecture

MARCH 28, 2023

AZC architectes, in association with Architram, was commissioned to design four of the fifteen metro stations for the new line B in Rennes. We carried out the design and architectural supervision assignments for the four underground stations – Mabilais, Colombier, Saint Germain and Gares.

Civil Engineering 52

Civil Engineering Architect Transportation Zoning 52

Architizer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Text description provided by the architects. Our design response is a spacious, off white and simple pitched roof classical form with slender exposed structural steel work creating a functional and elegant, light-filled interior. © H2o Architects. © H2o Architects. © H2o Architects. © H2o Architects.

Civil Engineering 57

Civil Engineering Architect Consulting Engineering 57

Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

The structure's "monumental" form draws on American memorial architecture "The United States has a strong tradition when it comes to memorials," Kaan Architecten co-founder Vincent Panhuysen told Dezeen. This inspiring concept has set the tone for the design of this building for us," he continued. The photography is by Simon Menges.

Civil Engineering 131

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 131

Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

To conclude our Designing for Disaster series, we round up 10 design and architecture projects that aim to prevent, manage or aid recovery from natural-hazard events. Here we collect 10 interesting projects aimed at averting disaster , including a remote wildfire sensor, an artificial coral reef and earthquake-resistant bamboo housing.

Building 128

Building Design Civil Engineering Technique 128

Dwell

JULY 20, 2022

The concrete-and-steel home by Faulkner Architects gives one family a refined escape in the mountains of Northern California. The site sits on a north facing slope and looks down to the Martis Valley and up to Lookout Mountain through a natural screen of 100-year-old Jeffrey pine trees.

Civil Engineering 145

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 145