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2011 R+D Awards

2011 R+D Awards

2011 R+D Awards

The fifth annual R+D Awards jury chose 12 winners that exemplify innovation in architectural systems technology.

A completed home in Yucca Valley, Calif., built using the Blue Sky Frame, a light-gauge, pregalvanized steel moment-frame system.

Winner: The Blue Sky Frame

Designers: Blue Sky Frame Systems

China World Trade Center: Glass Fins

Winner: Performative Envelope Lab

Designers: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Winner: Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse

Winner: Solar Enclosure for Water Reuse

Designers: Center for Architecture Science and Ecology

Stormglass closeup.

Winner: Stormglass

Designers: Ply Architecture

The series of instructional drawings outlines the steps to create the bundles of cattail, phragmite, and turkeyfoot that create the final result: a digitally fabricated thatch pavilion.

Winner: Hair, Spikes, Cattail, and Turkeyfoot

Designer: Wei-Han Vivian Lee

The 110-story Fluidic Tower in Seoul, South Korea.

Winner: Tree Trunk Towers: Cantilevered Floor/Super Core Structure

Designers: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Accoya Wood is softwood that is given the properties of tropical hardwood.

Citation: Accoya Wood

Manufacturer: Accsys Technologies

Chamfered PointSix Durastand Flooring solves the problem of swelling in weathered flooring.

Citation: PointSix Durastand Flooring

Manufacturer: Ainsworth Engineered

The LED Handrail System at the Per C waterfront park in Hoboken, N.J.

Citation: LED Handrail System

Designers: James Carpenter Design Associates

The Solar Sandwich roofing system contains a solar thermal system in an otherwise ordinary roofing system.

Citation: Solar Sandwich

Manufacturer: Englert

The Sanicubic Classic is a grinder system that reduces solids in the wastewater system.

Citation: Sanicubic Classic

Manufacturer: Saniflo

Taktl is an ultrahigh-performance concrete formula that uses local materials for a range of applications.

Citation: Taktl

Manufacturer: Taktl

Projects

Interwoven
Interwoven

Atelier Cho Thompson

010 Building
010 Building

Clouds Architecture Office

East End House
East End House

Andrew Franz Architect

Pomona-Pitzer Center for Athletics, Recreation, and Wellness
Pomona-Pitzer Center for Athletics, Recreation, and Wellness

Solomon Cordwell Buenz

Norrsken Kigali House
Norrsken Kigali House

MASS Design Group

Abstract Barnes
Abstract Barnes

Matteo Cainer Architects

Villa BW
Villa BW

Mecanoo

Grand Forks Regional Water Treatment Plant
Grand Forks Regional Water Treatment Plant

JLG Architects

Rampart Loft
Rampart Loft
West Hollywood Aquatic and Recreation Center
West Hollywood Aquatic and Recreation Center

LPA

The Copper Coil - E-Technology Centre of the University of Rostock
The Copper Coil - E-Technology Centre of the University of Rostock

Sehw Architektur

Frogtown Community Center
Frogtown Community Center

JLG Architects

Beaver Run Elementary School
Beaver Run Elementary School

Hord Coplan Macht

Leach Botanical Garden: The Upper Garden
Leach Botanical Garden: The Upper Garden

Olson Kundig, Land Morphology

Interdisciplinary Sciences Building
Interdisciplinary Sciences Building

Perkins&Will Architects

Limassol Office
Limassol Office

ZIKZAK Architects

Welcome Center, Aims Community College
Welcome Center, Aims Community College

Hord Coplan Macht

Biological Sciences Building
Biological Sciences Building

Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED)

Major League Baseball Headquarters
Major League Baseball Headquarters

STUDIOS Architecture

Center for Children’s Integrated Services
Center for Children’s Integrated Services

Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED)

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