Fourth Annual R+D Awards Topic Image Promo
This year's jury selected 11 winners—ranging from sustainable housing to steam-bending and rubber sinks—based on a combination of performance, aesthetics, and progressive thinking.
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Award: Digital Steam-Bending Topic Image Promo
A University of Michigan research group has revisited the 19th century technique of bending wood through steam with 21st century tools.
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Award: R-House Topic Image Promo
Designed by two New York architecture firms, the compact R-House offers a prototype for low-energy housing that’s also affordable and adaptable.
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Award: RUBBiSH (Recycled Rubber Sinks) Topic Image Promo
In the world of green, worth is usually measured in acronyms—VOCs, IAQ, FSC, etc. Minarc's rubber sink, however, has a pedigree so pure, no acronyms are necessary.
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Award: Chicago Central Area Decarbonization Plan Topic Image Promo
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, known for net-zero and positive-energy designs, is helping its hometown of Chicago meet carbon-reduction goals.
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Award: North House: Responsive Envelope Prototyping Topic Image Promo
Designed for the 2009 Solar Decathlon, RVTR/Team North's 800-square-foot prototype house is tailor-made for northern climates.
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Award: Green-Zip Tape Topic Image Promo
It’s hard to get simpler in conception and execution than Green-Zip Tape, a substitute for the joint-compound tape that's been used between gypsum board panels since the 1930s.
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Award: Shadow Pavilion Topic Image Promo
The surface of PLY Architecture's Shadow Pavilion consists of 100-plus laser-cut cones that test the limits of sheet aluminum while funneling in light, moisture, and sound.
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Citation: Community Rowing Boathouse Topic Image Promo
When the only public-access rowing club on the Charles River required a new facility, Anmahian Winton Architects saw a chance to update the vocabulary of local rowing structures.
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Citation: Bitmaps Topic Image Promo
Wallpaper isn't everyone's cup of tea. In response to a client’s interest in 3D wall paneling, PROJECTiONE set out to invent a system of ornamental tiles.
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Citation: New York Stock Exchange Security and Streetscape Topic Image Promo
Street security is omnipresent in urban centers. Finding existing options for New York's financial district lacking, Rogers Marvel Architects developed the Turntable Vehicle Barrier.
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Citation: HelioTrace Façade System Topic Image Promo
SOM combines kinetic shades, the building envelope, and internal mechanicals into an adaptive façade that minimizes energy use while maximizing user comfort.
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