February 11, 2016
Dolores Robles Martinez Gomez / LegoRogers
New Mexico City Landmark The BBVA Bancomer Tower in Mexico City, was designed by LegoRogers, a collaboration between Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Legorreta + Legorreta. [ARCHITECT]
BIG for London Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) will design this year’s Serpentine Pavilion. Also, the gallery is starting a new annual tradition, wherein they invite four more firms to design Serpentine Summer Houses, 25-square-meter (269-square-foot) houses will also be located near the gallery. The first to design these are NLÉ, Barkow Leibinger, Asif Khan, and Yona Friedman. [ARCHITECT]
Philly Keynotes The AIA has picked the keynote speakers for the first two headlining days at this year’s AIA National Convention in Philadelphia: actor Kevin Spacey and designer Neri Oxman. [ARCHITECT]
Second-Hand Ikea Aaron Betsky writes that while he loves Ikea, the big problem with the furniture giant and their product has always been waste, but the company is now tackling that problem by addressing recycling. [ARCHITECT]
The Need for Decentralized Water Blaine Brownell, AIA, writes that the public health crisis in Flint, Mich., should compel architects to explore the implications of alternative, net-zero water delivery systems. [ARCHITECT]
Awards and Competitions
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is now accepting submissions to its fourth Wheelwright Prize, an open, international competition for early-career architects that supports travel-based research. The deadline for submissions is Feb. 15, 2016. Read more about the Wheelwright Prize.
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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