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Silentium / Hwon Yoon

© Joonhwan Yoon
Architects:
Location: Dongan-gu, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Construction: Choi, Young Il
Area: 295.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Joonhwan Yoon

Cipea Villa / Sanaksenaho Architects

© Tuomas Uusheimo
Architects: Sanaksenaho Architects
Location: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Design Team: Matti Sanaksenaho,Pirjo Sanaksenaho, Jari Mänttäri, Maria Isotupa, Tommi Terästö, Jaana Hellinen
Structural Engineering: Tero Aaltonen +local engineers
Area: 800.0 sqm
Year: 2012
Photographs: Tuomas Uusheimo

OH! House / Takeru Shoji Architects

© Koichi Satake
Architects: Takeru Shoji Architects
Location: Chuo Ward, Niigata, Niigata Prefecture,
Area: 107.7 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Koichi Satake

Warming Huts v.2015 Competition Winners

Shelter Winner: The Hole Idea / Weiss Architecture & Urbanism Limited (Toronto). Image Courtesy of
A “blind” jury has announced the 2015 winners of the international Warming Huts competition. Selected from 100 entries, two winning “shelter” designs and one “installation” design were awarded. Each winning proposal will be constructed in January alongside the longest naturally frozen skating trail in the world: the Red River Mutual Rivertrail in Winnipeg, . More about the winning designs, and four other highlighted proposals, after the break.

Bellevue Terrace Extension / Philip Stejskal Architecture

© Bo Wong
Architects: Philip Stejskal Architecture
Location: WA, Australia
Year: 2014
Photographs: Bo Wong

SPARK Proposes Vertical Farming Hybrid to House Singapore’s Aging Population

Deck Level. Image © SPARK
To address issues surrounding Asia’s aging population and food scarcity, SPARK has unveiled a conceptual project the blends affordable retirement housing with urban farming. The proposal, titled “Home Farm,” integrates vertical aquaponic farming and rooftop soil planting with high-density housing designed for seniors that provides residents with a desirable garden environment and opportunities for post-retirement employment.
“We designed this concept for ,” says SPARK Director Stephen Pimbley, “but there is the potential for it to be applied in any location that would support the growth of leafy green vegetables on building facades and rooftops.” He continues, “We are keen to see this project materialise at some point in the future. The concept is a realizable solution to real and pressing problems faced by many of the world’s growing cities.”
Read on to learn more about the concept.

University of Illinois at Chicago Daley Library IDEA Commons / Woodhouse Tinucci Architects

© Christopher Barrett
Architects: Woodhouse Tinucci Architects
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Design Team: David Woodhouse, Andy Tinucci, Brian Foote, Ed Blumer
Year: 2011
Photographs: Christopher Barrett
Preliminary Design. Image © Aranguren & Gallegos Arquitectos

Aranguren & Gallegos to Design Museum for ICA Miami

Madrid-based Aranguren & Gallegos Arquitectos has been tapped to design their first US project, a permanent museum building for the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA Miami). The 37,500-square-foot building, planned to open in time for Art Basel 2016 on Northeast 41st Street in Miami’s Design District, will feature three stories of exhibition space and a 15,000-square-foot sculpture garden. Final designs will be released in early 2015. Groundbreaking is expected to occur in the summer 2015.

Cicerón 406 / JVC Arq

© Luis Gordoa
Architects: JVC arq
Location: Cicerón 406, Polanco, 11550 City, Federal District,
Architectural Design: José Vigil Carvallo, Juan Carlos Pérez Zamora
Structural Design: Octavio Barón Luna
Construction: Marco Vigil Carvallo
Facade Screens Design: Ariel Rojo
Project Year: 2013
Photographs: Luis Gordoa
One WTC. Image © James Ewing OTTO

Kimmelman Reviews the One WTC: An Emblem of New York’s “Upside-Down Priorities”

Nearly a month since the official (and somewhat mundane) opening of New York’s One World Trade Center, New York Times architecture critic Michael Kimmelman has published a scathing review of the SOM-designed tower, claiming it to be a “flawed” emblem of the city’s “upside-down priorities.”
“Replacing the twin towers with another giant office building was somehow supposed to show New York’s indomitable spirit: the defiant city transfigured from the ashes. To the contrary, 1 World Trade implies (wrongly) a metropolis bereft of fresh ideas. It looks as if it could be anywhere, which New York isn’t.” You can read Kimmelman’s complete review, here. 

3xkb / TDA

© Federico Cairoli
Architects: Sergio Fanego, Larissa Rojas, Mieguel Duarte, Adriana Moreno, Carlos Lara, Nestor Robelli
Location: , Paraguay
Project Area: 180.0 m2
Project Year: 2014
Photographs: Federico Cairoli

Will Shimizu Corporation’s Futuristic Deep-Sea City Concept Sink or Swim?

Courtesy of Shimizu Corporation
“Now is the time for us to create a new interface with the deep sea, the earth’s final frontier,” says a brochure from Japanese development company Shimizu Corporation, presenting their outlandish proposal for the Ocean Spiral: a deep sea colony that can supposedly provide for up to 5,000 people in its 500m wide tethered sphere.
The proposal describes the Ocean Spiral as “safer and more comfortable” than existing land-based cities, thanks to the near constant temperature enabled by the ocean, the fact that it will be unaffected by typhoons or earthquakes, and the hope that the city’s methods of oxygen generation will enable higher concentrations of oxygen then are found in the Earth’s atmosphere.

Groenlândia / Triptyque Architecture

© Pedro Kok
Architects: Triptyque Architecture
Location: Rua Groenlândia, 1157 – Jardim América, São Paulo – SP, 01434-100, Brazil
Coordinator General: Luiz Trindade
Project Leader: Pedro de Mattos Ferraz , Paulo Adolfo Martins
Area: 300.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Pedro Kok

BIG Unveils Design For Battersea Power Station Square

Courtesy of Development Company
BIG has unveiled the design for their addition to the development at Battersea Power Station, a public square that will link the power station itself with the Electric Boulevard development designed by Norman Foster and Frank Gehry. Called Malaysia Square after the Malaysian development consortium behind the plans, the design features cascading steps that link the main public space at the lower level with the entrance to the power station above. The split-level design also provides for two pedestrian bridges and a road bridge that cross above the ”urban canyon” of the public square.

EFFEKT Wins Contest to Redevelop Abandoned Train Shed in Esbjerg with Streetmekka

Courtesy of EFFEKT
EFFEKT has been awarded first prize in a competition to transform a disused train shed in Esbjerg, Denmark with their proposal to transform the roundhouse-style industrial structure into a home for skating and a host of other street culture activities. Entitled Streetmekka, the design restores the industrial shed’s original circular geometry, incorporating indoor facilities for transition and bowl skating, basketball courts, a street dance area, workshop areas for DJ-schools and street art as well as meeting rooms, administration offices, a cafe, kitchen, changing rooms and a large social area and reception. In the heart of the circular compound, the design features an enclosed street sport plaza and large outdoor social space.

Woody15 / Marianne Borge

© Jonas Adolfsen
Architects: Marianne Borge
Location: Isdammen, Norway
Area: 17.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Jonas Adolfsen

The Top Places To Watch Architectural Lectures Online

Louis I. Kahn lecturing at the ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Image © Peter Wenger
As we enter December and the holidays draw nearer (and we might be looking forward to a little extra time on our hands), we’ve gathered together some of our favourite sources for watching architectural online. Ranging from Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel’s famous American Architecture Now interviews with Frank Gehry in 1980 and Robert Venturi and Denise Scott-Brown in 1984, to Sir Peter Cook speaking at Frankfurt’s Staedelschule in 2012, these open-source films provide invaluable insights into architects and architects throughout recent history.
Check out our favourite sources after the break.

Pushed Slab / MVRDV

© Philippe Ruault
Architects: MVRDV
Location: ,
Design Team: Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs and Nathalie de Vries with Frans de Witte, Bertrand Schippan, Catherine Drieux, Victor Perez, Delphine Borg, Billy Guidoni
Co Architect: North by North West, Paris, FR
Area: 19000.0 sqm
Year: 2014
Photographs: Philippe Ruault
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