February 18, 2016
COBE and Luxigon
Upgrading Copenhagen Cobe won an international design competition to design a new master plan for Christiansholm Island in Copenhagen’s inner harbor. [ARCHITECT]
Brad Feinknopf
All systems and ducts in the double-height living room at the south end of the house (with its view to the kitchen and dining area on the floor above) run underneath a ceramic-tile, raised access floor to maintain an uncluttered interior.
Jewel Box for the Mountains Shokan House in the Catskills by Jay Bargmann. [ARCHITECT]
Netflix/ Sony Pictures Television
Delirious Philadelphia Rem Koolhaas, Hon. FAIA, is scheduled to give the closing keynote at the AIA Convention 2016 in Philadelphia. Koolhaas’s Saturday appearance will follow keynotes by actor Kevin Spacey and designer Neri Oxman on Thursday and Friday, respectively. [ARCHITECT]
Courtesy of Museum of Design Atlanta
New Delhi Atomics Pavilion
Cold War Exhibitions Running from Feb. 28 to June 12, at the Museum of Design Atlanta, “Make-Believe America” highlights U.S. cultural exhibitions from the 1950s to the 1970s created by renowned designers such as Herbert Bayer, Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and R. Buckminster Fuller. [ARCHITECT]
View from 45th floor in 1964
Marina Landmark Long a de facto architectural landmark, Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City complex in Chicago is finally getting designation. [ARCHITECT]
Awards and Competitions
The Buckminster Fuller Challenge recognizes initiatives that take a comprehensive and anticipatory design approach to advance human well-being and the health of the planet’s ecosystem. The Buckminster Fuller Institute awards one $100,000 prize to support the development and implementation of a design solution that addresses complex global problems. The application window will open on Jan. 15 and entries are due by March 1.
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