August 10, 2015
Canada’s CEI Architecture merged with global practice HDR to grow each firm’s geographic and market sector reach. The firm will become HDR | CEI.
Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Ireland
Our friends over at DesignBoom have an interview with Populous‘ Christopher Lee (the architect, not the late, great metal-playing Saruman the White). Not the most verbose designer building today, but the Q+A does include a few interesting tidbits like this, “I love listening to a taxi driver in Houston or Kuwait City telling me what they love about their football club, how their grandfather took them to their first game and what they want their new stadium to be like.” And lots of cool photos from Sochi to Monterrey, Mexico. [DesignBoom]
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that indie band Fitz and The Tantrums will perform at this year’s Greenbuild, held in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18–20. [USGBC]
Ana Swanson from The Washington Post‘s Wonkblog takes a look at the above image from International Sustainable Solutions that breaks down the physical space taken up by 200 commuters in downtown Seattle by car, bike, bus, and on foot. (Well, the last one is “without cars” at least, which is a bit funny. If we actually commuted like this, we’d look like a scene from The Walking Dead.) As Swanson points out, this isn’t exactly a new visual trope as it’s been done several times before. But it’s still an interesting way to visualize the problem. [The Washington Post]
Ian Volner takes a close look at Kennedy & Violich Architecture‘s new Tozzer Anthropology Building at Harvard University. They had to work within the confines of a small budget and the constraint of having to keep the exterior in “Harvard brick,” but, as Volner writes, “if anyone can find a play on a well-trod material, it’s this team.” [ARCHITECT]
What do your clients want most right now? The results of a few recent surveys from the AIA and others give you a glimpse inside their heads. [ARCHITECT]
The Breathe Brick, which received a citation in this year’s R+D Awards, stacks to form an air-filtration and structural façade system. Check out all the winners of the 2015 R+D Awards in the July issue. [ARCHITECT]
ICYMI: Santiago Calatrava, FAIA’s Twisting Torso wins Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s 10 Year Award. Architectural and engineering services added 6,400 jobs in July, and June 2015 was the best month for architecture jobs, specifically, in eight years.Project of the Day: Ngoolark Student Services Building in Perth, Australia, designed by local firm JCY Architects and Urban Designers. [ARCHITECT]
JCY Architects and Urban Designers
More stories for Monday:
Business Insider‘s list of eight fascinating underground structures includes a subterranean post office, a home built like a cave, and a former nuclear bunker transformed into a data center. [Business Insider]
Architect Frank Gehry, FAIA, has been working on a new plan for the Los Angeles River. Although the architect has said he is “not a landscape guy,” Gehry approached the project as a study in hydrology and hopes that his plan will store and even treat storm water. In addition to the water-reclamation project, the plan will need to address issues such as public health, climate change, and affordable housing. If the architect’s proposal “becomes the vehicle for attempts by Gehry’s firm to turn out grand, signature infrastructure in the way it has sometimes turned out grand, signature buildings, or generates more photo ops than progress, it will undermine important work on the river that goes back decades,” says critic Christopher Hawthorne. [Los Angeles Times]
The Arizona Preservation Foundation has raised $100,000 to save a 1938 Works Progress Administration building from demolition at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. The donations will fund laser scanning, roof stabilization, and wall repairs on the New Deal building, which could require up to $1 million in repairs, according to fair officials. [The Arizona Republic]
An interactive installation titled, “JumpIn,” will be open to the public in New York on Aug. 21. This project, realized by London and New York-based creative agency Pearlfisher, is not unlike Washington, D.C.’s massive ball pit simply called, “The Beach.” The installation was designed by New York–based firm Snarkitecture and made its debut at the National Building Museum in early July. [Curbed New York]
Wondering what Botta & @snohetta look like side-by-side @SFMOMA? Here's view from top floor of nearby hotel. pic.twitter.com/tLYeFPCirM
— John King (@JohnKingSFChron) August 8, 2015Step Up, Step Down:
Arup named Brian Swett as director of cities and sustainable real estate. [PR Newswire]
Jennifer Graham, Assoc. AIA, joins Perkins+Will’s New York office as a senior project manager for the corporate interiors team.
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The Architectural Imagination exhibition, hosted by the U.S. Pavilion at the 2016 Venice Biennale, is accepting Expression of Interest forms from architects until this Thursday, Aug. 13.
The Hansgrohe + Axor Das Design Competition recognizes residential, hospitality, and commercial projects built in the U.S. within the past three years. Entries are due this Friday, Aug. 14.
The AIA is now accepting submissions for its Institute Honor Awards, which recognizes achievements for a broad range of architectural activity in order to elevate the general quality of architectural practice, through Aug. 21.
Doug Mockett & Co. wants innovative ideas for furniture parts, components, accessories, and hardware for its 30th Annual Design Competition through Sept. 8.
The Chicago Architecture Foundation is hosting an ideas competition for a 241,000-square-foot Center for Architecture, Design, and Education, on a prominent downtown site near Millennium Park. The top prize is $10,000, and Chicago Public Schools students will award a special $1,000 prize. Submissions are due Sept. 9.
Bathroom products manufacturer Victoria + Albert is challenging designers to create a space that uses its products. Entry is free and submissions are due Dec. 20.
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