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2011 R+D Awards

 
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2011 R+D Awards

The fifth annual R+D Awards jury chose 12 winners that exemplify innovation in architectural systems technology.

 

Awards

the series of instructional drawings outlines the steps to create the bundles of cattail, phragmite, and turkeyfoot that create the final result: a digitally fabricated thatch pavilion.

Hair, Spikes, Cattail, and Turkeyfoot

Designer: Wei-Han Vivian Lee


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Stormglass

Designers: Ply Architecture


 
 
 
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Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse

Designers: Center for Architecture Science and Ecology


china world trade center: glass fins

Performative Envelope Lab

Designers: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill


 
a completed home in yucca valley, calif., built using the blue sky frame, a light-gauge, pregalvanized steel moment-frame system.

The Blue Sky Frame

Designers: Blue Sky Frame Systems


the 110-story fluidic tower in seoul, south korea.

Tree Trunk Towers: Cantilevered Floor/Super Core Structure

Designers: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill


 

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the solar sandwich roofing system contains a solar thermal system in an otherwise ordinary roofing system.

Solar Sandwich

Manufacturer: Englert


the led handrail system at the per c waterfront park in hoboken, n.j.

LED Handrail System

Designers: James Carpenter Design Associates


 
 
 
the sanicubic classic is a grinder system that reduces solids in the wastewater system.

Sanicubic Classic

Manufacturer: Saniflo


accoya wood is softwood that is given the properties of tropical hardwood.

Accoya Wood

Manufacturer: Accsys Technologies


 
chamfered pointsix durastand flooring solves the problem of swelling in weathered flooring.

PointSix Durastand Flooring

Manufacturer: Ainsworth Engineered


taktl is an ultrahigh-performance concrete formula that uses local materials for a range of applications.

Taktl

Manufacturer: Taktl


 
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