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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

Events Calendar

ASI Global Partitions Studio Session
Kingspan Studio Session

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Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru – Terminal 2
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru – Terminal 2

SOM

Lake Muskoka Boathouse
Lake Muskoka Boathouse

Turkel Design

130 William
130 William

Adjaye Associates, Hill West Architects

Condor Street Housing
Condor Street Housing

Merge Architects

Double Stoop House
Double Stoop House

Model Practice

Falcon Ledge Residence
Falcon Ledge Residence

Alterstudio Architecture

Garden Laneway House
Garden Laneway House

Williamson Williamson Inc.

West Lynn Residence
West Lynn Residence

A Parallel Architecture

River Bend Residence
River Bend Residence

Lake|Flato Architects

The Rose Apartments
The Rose Apartments

Brooks + Scarpa

Henry Island Guesthouse
Henry Island Guesthouse

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Federal Reserve Building
Federal Reserve Building
Forest Retreat
Forest Retreat

Scalar Architecture

Sunnydale Community Center
Sunnydale Community Center

Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

National Juneteenth Museum
National Juneteenth Museum

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), KAI Enterprises

Wacheno Welcome Center
Wacheno Welcome Center

Opsis Architecture

The Ecology School
The Ecology School

Kaplan Thompson Architects, Briburn, Simons Architects

Shelter Island House
Shelter Island House
Dallas County Records Building Complex and Addition
Dallas County Records Building Complex and Addition

Gensler

Winston Townhomes
Winston Townhomes
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