This week, we're sharing projects from Russia to Ontario, the Netherlands, and Wyoming, with several stops in between. In addition to the projects that we cover in detail, we highlight work that architecture firms share with us every day through Project Gallery, the user-generated portion of ARCHITECT's website. To date, we have more than 16,000 projects for your browsing.
Riverbend, Jackson, Wyo.
CLB Architects
"Resting on bases of board-formed concrete, the house is wrapped in low-maintenance steel plate as protection from the harsh climate and to provide simple fire resistance. Large overhangs shelter deep-set niches which are wrapped in cedar and feature floor-to-ceiling glazing."
Makani Eka, Kona, Hawaii
Walker Warner Architects
"Inside spaces flow seamlessly to outside. Sapele-framed sliders glide open to the elements, and operable windows swivel to coax in the breeze and encourage cross ventilation."
House of Four Gables, St. Clair, Ontario
Steven Fong Architect
"To give the residence its distinctive appearance, Fong specified Rheinzink-Granum with a dark gray basalt matte finish. The metal roof and wall tiles were set in a horizontally oriented, staggered pattern that resembles the prior brickwork base and wood-clad siding."
Cal Poly Pomona Student Services Building, Pomona, Calif.
CO Architects
"The undulating roof design is inspired by the surrounding hills and mountains, branding the building as a campus landmark. The roof also serves a primary and essential role in passive solar design."
Bosvilla Noordwijk, Noordwijk, Netherlands
Kevin Veenhuizen Architects
"In order to make as little impact as possible on the environment, a modest roof shape without gutters has been designed. Due to the zinc cladding, it largely disappears into the sky and stands out sharply against the green environment."
House in Repino, Repino, Russia
Kerimov Architects
"The house is well integrated into the landscape, practically dissolving into it. We’ll try to preserve as many existing trees as possible; some of them will go through the canopies to create a unique rhythm and build a strong relationship between architecture and nature."
Elim Romanian Pentecostal Church and Christian Center, Chicago
A+C Architects
"The structure is clad in sleek, light-colored limestone. The stone forms exterior walls that angle upward, revealing two key parts of the program: the more public-facing, glass-encased floors of multifunction spaces and classrooms, feeding into a more private main sanctuary that sits behind the stone wall and subtly rises above the diagonal form."
Museum of Science and Curiosity, Sacramento, Calif.
Dreyfus & Blackford
"As representation of our place in the universe, the façade and building mass are sectioned by multiple planes, creating continuous vector lines that extend across the building and site."
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles
Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Gensler
Designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop and Gensler, the long-awaited Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opened to the public in September. The approximately 50,000-square-foot project in Los Angeles contains 13 million pieces of movie memorabilia. Outside, perhaps its most visible and striking form is the Sphere, a new, globular addition made from structural glass and concrete that attaches to the renovated Saban Building on Wilshire Boulevard. Upon the museum's opening, ARCHITECT contributor Ian Volner visited the space, noting that "architecture fanatics may experience an unnerving moment of déjà vu."
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