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 138

Civil Engineering Roofing Structural Engineering Engineering 138

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. Have one to share?

Civil Engineering 129

Civil Engineering Consulting Structural Engineering Engineering 129

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. "The

Housing 145

Housing Civil Engineering Consulting Architecture Firm 145

aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Photo © Zhu Runzi Interspersing contemporary workspace with recreational offers, the central atrium is conceived as an urban courtyard oasis, an all-day social gathering spot where sunlight, landscape, and art create a comfortable environment at the intersection of work and commerce. Source by CLOU Architects.

Civil Engineering 72

Civil Engineering Architect Zoning Engineering 72

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. Structural engineer: Thorton Tomasetti.

Housing 145

Housing Architect Civil Engineering Engineering 145

Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

By surrendering the manmade environment to the same natural forces that shape the land, the house collaborates with the natural hydrological systems that nurture the landscape." Project credits: Lead Architects: Jess Field, AIA, LEED AP, Stan Field, RIBA, SAIA, Assoc. the studio said. "By

Civil Engineering 144

Civil Engineering Housing Architecture Engineering 144

Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. The program for the house is simple: a three-bedroom, two-bath house with space for playing music and drawing for a musician and an architect. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Site Civil Engineering Roofing Engineering 104

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.

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Architizer

MARCH 24, 2022

Text description provided by the architects. © Einwiller Kuehl Landscape. © Einwiller Kuehl Landscape. © Einwiller Kuehl Landscape. © Einwiller Kuehl Landscape. © Einwiller Kuehl Landscape. © Einwiller Kuehl Landscape. © Einwiller Kuehl Landscape. © Einwiller Kuehl Landscape. Year: 2020.

Landscape 50

Landscape Civil Engineering Consulting Structural Engineering 50

Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Snøhetta also designed landscaped plazas and roof terraces for Airside, which sits above the Kai Tak MTR station in the district that formerly held Kai Tak, Hong Kong's international airport from 1925 to 1998. The photography is by Kevin Mak.

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Site Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 130

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

APRIL 9, 2024

and the landscape as an intermediate area, but also gently welcomes visiting guests." The rice polishing building sits across a parking lot and landscape designed by Reed-Hilderbrand , which incorporates private seating nooks and Cherry trees informed by traditional Japanese gardens.

Civil Engineering 133

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Windows 133

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 81

Dwell

JULY 20, 2022

The concrete-and-steel home by Faulkner Architects gives one family a refined escape in the mountains of Northern California. Basalt floors were chosen to echo the surrounding landscape, which is punctuated by basalt boulders.

Civil Engineering 145

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 145

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. On the north and south facades, the architects incorporated large swaths of polycarbonate to bring in soft daylight.

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Building Architect Civil Engineering Exterior 105

Deezen

JULY 21, 2022

Architecture studio SPF Architects has completed a sports facility in Los Angeles consisting of two separate buildings that were built using pre-engineered metal structures in order to not disrupt activity at the site. SPF Architects designed atheletic buildings for the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex. Project credits.

Engineering 111

Engineering Engineering Structure Architect 111

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 photography is by Christopher Barrett and Laura Peters.

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Building Students Civil Engineering Design 126

Landscape Architecture Magazine

MARCH 14, 2024

“We need to be aligned at the highest levels of guidance and leadership, or else it’s going to lose its impact,” says Pamela Conrad, ASLA, the founder of Climate Positive Design and the creative force behind Pathfinder, a free carbon calculator designed for landscape architects (see “The Plus Side,” LAM, October 2020).

Civil Engineering 73

Civil Engineering Landscape Estimating Regulation 73

Deezen

APRIL 14, 2024

It was informed by the low-lying agricultural buildings of the area "Comprised of a series of utilitarian, simple form buildings with a repetitive vertical rhythm, the home's elongated footprint is reminiscent of the long, low-lying characteristics of agricultural buildings that dot the surrounding regional landscape," said the studio.

Housing 124

Housing Civil Engineering Consulting Design 124

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

Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Gehry Partners has created a building for Warner Bros in Burbank Second Century Burbank is divided into two large blocks connected by a two-storey volume that is topped by a landscaped courtyard. There are landscaped areas outside Beyond these references, the different facade types also indicate the interior programmes.

Building 135

Building Consulting Civil Engineering Glass 135

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. Source by de Reus Architects. The bar and dining spaces are designed for conviviality befitting casual use by family and friends.

Civil Engineering 59

Civil Engineering Architect Structural Engineering Engineering 59

Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Its design is based on natural landscapes and prioritises helping visitors to connect to the outside, enticing them away from their screens. The mounds flatten in areas to house tables Snøhetta was founded by Thorsen with architect Craig Dykers in 1989. The studio specialises in both architecture and design.

Civil Engineering 145

Civil Engineering Restoration Engineering Engineering 145

Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

The images are by Jeudi Wang, courtesy SO–IL and the Williams College Museum of Art Project credits: Design architect: SO–IL Executive architect: PDR Landscape architect: Reed Hilderbrand Structural engineer: Fast + Epp MEP engineer: Buro Happold Sustainability consultant: Thornton Thomasetti Lighting designer: FMS Civil engineer: Fuss & O'Neill (..)

Roofing 122

Roofing Civil Engineering Consulting Design 122

Deezen

APRIL 1, 2024

To reduce water usage, the landscaping is drought tolerant "xeriscape." Led by Chris and Dominic Leong, the studio recently completed the Hollywood campus for the LGBT+ Centre with Killefer Flammang Architects (KFA) and a permanent store for online fashion brand Everlane in Soho in Manhattan.

Housing 119

Housing Civil Engineering Contractor Renovation 119

Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The architects ended up conceiving a "theatrical destination integrated with nature". Framing the landscape of La Fontaine Park by opening onto it, the architecture of the theatre maximises views of both the stage and the surrounding green space," the team said. Facades are partly lined with light-grey metal poles.

Civil Engineering 137

Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering Structural Engineering 137

aasarchitecture

AUGUST 28, 2023

Embassy in Ankara, Türkiye, designed by internationally renowned architecture firm Ennead Architects. ” “The project builds upon Türkiye’s rich material history and vernacular architecture, incorporating traditional Turkish courtyard design by combining architectural and landscape elements into a complete form.

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Architect Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 52

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

US studio Jensen Architects has created a tall hillside home featuring expansive views and an elevator that will enable the owners to stay in the home as they age. A code-required exit led the architects to design a bridge between the terrace and the garden. The landscape design was informed by Asian garden traditions.

Architect 111

Architect Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 111

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 99

Roofing Civil Engineering Home Engineering 99

Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Headquartered in Dallas, HKS served as the architect of record for the George HW Bush Building, which rises 14 storeys in blocks of glass with graduating bands of vertical sunshades as it sits on the northeast terminus of the Capitol Mall. & Elec. (AOR & Elec.

Utilities 119

Utilities Consulting Estimating Civil Engineering 119

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

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 brief is one familiar to the practice: balance the heritage constraints of an original house (in this case, Edwardian-era) with the needs of a growing family.

Home 120

Home Civil Engineering Remodeling Zoning 120

Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

Kaan Architecten has created a visitor centre at the Netherlands American Cemetery In 2017, Kaan Architecten was commissioned by the American Battle Monuments Commission to add a visitor centre to the landscaped site, providing a small display space and an auditorium. The photography is by Simon Menges.

Civil Engineering 139

Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Engineering Engineering 139

Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Photo is by Su Shengliang At the centre of the south square is a landscaped lawn of about one hectare, with seven buildings arranged around it. Photo is by Su Shengliang "Our design priorities the emotional and spiritual needs of citizens, brings in natural landscapes, and integrates urban spaces and building volumes into nature," MAD said.

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Consulting Civil Engineering Transportation Engineering 132

Deezen

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Project credits: Client: Vesterheim, National Norwegian-American Museum, and Folk Art School Design architect and landscape architect: Snøhetta Architect of record: BNIM General contractor: McGough Landscape contractor: 2nd Nature Cost consultant: Directional Logic Structural engineer: Fast + Epp / MBJ Engineers MEP & lighting engineer: Morrissey (..)

Civil Engineering 130

Civil Engineering Contractor Engineering Engineering 130

Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Snøhetta also designed landscaped plazas and roof terraces for Airside, which sits above the Kai Tak MTR station in the district that formerly held Kai Tak, Hong Kong's international airport from 1925 to 1998. The photography is by Kevin Mak.

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Site Civil Engineering Engineering Engineering 111

Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Most of its campus was originally designed by American architects Charles Moore and William Turnbull in the early 1970s. 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.

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Consulting Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Residential 132

aasarchitecture

JUNE 22, 2023

The University of Pennsylvania announces Steven Holl Architects’ design for a new $75 million, 37,300-square-foot Student Performing Arts Center. Image © Steven Holl Architects The design is characterized by three suspended trapezoids floating above the ground, echoing the dynamic movements of dancers and performers.

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Students Art Architect Civil Engineering 52