Architectural Designs

Published on Friday 9 December 2011 00:00 With two new Maggie’s Centres on the way for Scotland, Lyndsay Buckland considers how founding principles have shaped their success DOTTED around the grounds of many of Scotland’s hospitals sit buildings so striking in appearance they can catch the eye of even the most distracted and troubled...
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Jahn’s book-storing marvel: Helmut Jahn’s Joe and Rika Mansueto Library at the University of Chicago was an immediate hit with students—and for good reason. A steel-and-glass elliptical dome shelters a spectacular reading room that is enlivened by natural light and views of the neo-Gothic campus. Below the room, robotic cranes retrieve books stacked in...
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<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 6–> The best examples of local architectural design were honored Thursday night with awards presented by the Tallahassee Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The chapter makes the presentations every other year to recognize outstanding work. Awards were presented in three categories. The Built Project category is for projects completed...
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From a dystopian vision of Brixton, to a sanctuary for quarry workers in Bangalore, to new homes for a remote Aboriginal community in Australia, this year’s RIBA President’s Medals Student Awards, in association with Atkins, show how today’s architecture students around the world are grappling with pressing social issues and, through architecture, coming up...
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Parmly Billings Library Director Bill Cochran said the city is moving ahead with plans for a new library, focusing on demolishing the old Underriner Motors building behind the library and relocating utilities in the alley. “We’re moving forward on a very ambitious agenda,” he told the Library Board on Thursday afternoon. It was the...
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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Board of Directors (BOD) voted today for VJAA to receive the 2012 AIA Architecture Firm Award. The AIA Architecture Firm Award, given annually, is the highest honor the AIA bestows on an architecture firm and recognizes a practice that consistently has produced distinguished architecture for at least 10...
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The revived West Edge development is on track for an opening in two years with a restyled body and a financial engine rebuilt by City Hall. Architects have completed a new look for the office building that’s replacing the unfinished structure designed by Moshe Safdie. And on Thursday, the Kansas City Council approved a...
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By Rebecca Horne The young Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata is responsible for the extraordinary design of the Bloomberg Pavilion installed on the grounds of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. The design is being welcomed as a new symbol of MOT that curators hope will “invigorate” the art scene in Tokyo. With a program...
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As we approach the end of 2011, more and more attention will be applied towards answering the profound question: why is this year different than any other year (or why was it the same)? To facilitate this scrutiny, I’ve called upon Architecture Research Office (ARO) and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN), the recently announced Architecture...
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