February 16, 2016
A New Twist on High-Rise Design Designed by London-based PLP Architecture, the Nexus Tower proposed for a city in the Pearl River Delta in China, forgoes the typical central core layout for skyscrapers. Instead, the architects stacked and pivoted the floors of the 124-story tower, which are supported by a pivot point, so that the interior space remains open and free of columns and supports. The tripod-like design results in three sections that each overlook a different part of the surrounding environment. Terraced windows and rotating metal shades shield the west side of the building to reduce solar gain. [Curbed]
Studio Gang Architects
Exterior rendering
Culture to the Suburbs Studio Gang designed a new theater for the popular Writers Theatre in the Chicago suburb of Glencoe, Illinois. [ARCHITECT]
The Week in Tech Eagles are being trained to snatch drones out of the sky, inside the lab making Elon Musk’s Hyperloop, sound being used to crate texture in 3D printing, and more cool stories form the week that was. [ARCHITECT]
Grassroots Leadership Four U.S. cities and their corresponding problems that will be discussed at the AIA’s latest Grassroots Leadership Conference in Detroit. [ARCHITECT]
Awards and Competitions
The Architectural League has announced a call for entries for its Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers, focused this year around the theme of (im)permanence and time as a defining characteristic of architecture. Entries are due Feb. 17, 2016.
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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