2014 R+D Awards

2014 R+D Awards

2014 R+D Awards

The jury picked nine projects, products, and processes as winners in this year's competition.

Award: One Fold

Award: One Fold

Patkau Architects creates shelter from sheet metal in one elegant move.

Award: NYC Loop

Award: NYC Loop

FXFowle Architects reinvents the phone booth for the 21st century.

Award: Building Bytes

Award: Building Bytes

DesignLabWorkshop founder Brian Peters brings the simple brick into the age of digital modeling and parametric scripting.

The Exo Structural Tower was built based on intuition and physical mock-ups, but Do|Su Studio Architecture hopes to develop digital data models to optimize the material thickness, dimensions, and shape of each piece in the assembly.

Award: Exo Structural Tower

Do|Su Studio Architecture founder Doris Sung aims to create smart architecture that can self-assemble.

Award: Afterhouse

Award: Afterhouse

A task force recommended that the city of Detroit demolish 40,000 dilapidated houses to stave off continuing blight. Archolab has a better and more cost-efficient plan.

Award: Breaking the Mold

Award: Breaking the Mold

HouMinn Practice creates one-off panels with minimal waste, energy, and material.

Citation: New York City Streetlight

Citation: New York City Streetlight

The Office for Visual Interaction, Thomas Phifer and Partners, and Werner Sobek bring beauty and efficiency to a ubiquitous fixture.

Citation: C-Lith

Citation: C-Lith

Area explores the potential of carbon fiber, a lightweight, high-strength material.

Honorable Mention: Timber Tower Research Project

Honorable Mention: Timber Tower Research Project

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill believes that a high-rise made of engineered wood would be better for the environment. Now they have to convince everyone else.

Projects

130 William

Adjaye Associates, Hill West Architects

Condor Street Housing

Merge Architects

Double Stoop House

Model Practice

Falcon Ledge Residence

Alterstudio Architecture

Garden Laneway House

Williamson Williamson Inc.

West Lynn Residence

A Parallel Architecture

River Bend Residence

Lake|Flato Architects

The Rose Apartments

Brooks + Scarpa

Henry Island Guesthouse

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Forest Retreat

Scalar Architecture

Sunnydale Community Center

Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects

National Juneteenth Museum

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), KAI Enterprises

Wacheno Welcome Center

Opsis Architecture

The Ecology School

Kaplan Thompson Architects, Briburn, Simons Architects

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