The Architecture of the City

the cleveland clinic lou ruvo center for brain health, officially opened last friday. the building which consists of the architects signature steel forms is a leading research centre for degenerative brain diseases.

There is something soothing, even easy about vernacular architecture. It’s the territorial and spatial equivalent to Muzak. It evades and pre-dates the self-conscious identity of glitzy, cutting-edge architecture we are so familiar with today. There is an innocence to the vernacular. These are the buildings and environments of childhood.

This is apparent in the exhibition, In Focus: Ed Ruscha, currently showing at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles. What captivates about the shots is that they dare to curate buildings that are usually just part of the background. They become objects of curiosity, spectacles, even

Water-treatment plant outside Paris remodelled by AWP to reveal its industrial processes to the public.

 

Located beside the Seine to the south of the city, the Évry Water-Treatment Plant was first established in the 1970s. Following a design competition in 2003, AWP developed a new masterplan for the site, adding four new buildings and a surrounding landscape of trees and gardens that will all be accesible to visitors.

Foster + Partners unveils proposals for 250 City Road development in London including two residential skyscrapers.

Having made my opinions on certain superscrapers clear, it is refreshing to report that there seems to be a new era dawning on the industry constructing architectural giants.

Van Alen Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Ground/Work, an international architecture competition seeking innovative designs for a new street-level venue to house the Institute’s work space and public programs.

Architects: Frank Goerge
Location: Almere, The Netherlands
Architect In Charge: Frank Goerge, Hamburg
Structural Design : Carola Goerge, Hamburg
Area: 130 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Courtesy of Frank Goerge

 

Laissez-moi vous raconter. Un jour, j’étais sur la planète Zorg. Féru d’architecture, c’est mon métier, en guise de reportage, je m’enquis donc de l’enseignement dispensé aux futurs 'starchitectes' en leur planète.

People's Daily headquarters in Beijing, China, compared to huge penis.

Architects: Künnapu & Padrik Architects
Location: Tartu, Estonia
Structural Engineering: TARI
Builder: Nordecon Ehitus
Year: 2008
Photographs: Reio Avaste

the solar powered mosque by paolo venturella architecture is constructed out of a series of louvers, with a facade covered with thin photovoltaic film.

 

the monolithic building proposal by italian architect paolo venturella becomes a urban fulcrum for the city of prishtina in kosovo. by merging the two main 
elements of the mosque - the 'kiblah wall 'dome' - the plan indicates a direction for users to pray, creating a communal space for people to unite. from a 
geometric point of view, the mosque - which faces the mecca - can be seen as a sphere that extrudes out from the wall.

 

the prayer hall is divided into two separated rooms, accommodating a smaller area for praying from monday to thursday, and a larger space for friday and festivals. 
both sections are designed on multiple levels, bringing men and women together at different levels. educational, social, administrative and commercial areas are 
separated from the sacred space above. the shape of the envelope is conceived as a 'double-skin' - generating a circular intervention around the prayer hall. 
made with a series of louvers, the facade is covered with thin photovoltaic film that harvests energy for the mosque and the other services.

Architects: OMA
Partners In Charge: Rem Koolhaas, Ellen van Loon
Associate In Charge: Adrianne Fisher
Client: Realdania Byg
Engineering: Arup, Cowi
Cost & Risk Management: Davis Langdon
Local Architect: C. F. MøllerFaçade: Arup Façade Engineering
Sustainability: Arup
Landscape: Kragh & Berglund
Lighting Design: Ducks Scéno
Scenography: Ducks Scéno
Acoustics: DHV
Carpark Consultant: Alectia
Renderings: Bloomimages, Robota
Animation: Neutral
Area: 27,000 m2
Year: 2017
Photographs: Courtesy of OMA

The Tel-Aviv White City Forum winning proposal by Kimmel Eshkolot Architects is an exhibition center, part of the huge Tel- Aviv wholesale market project currently under construction. Comprising thousands of apartment units, a mall, a school and a sports complex, the Forum will be a platform for genuine urban celebration.

MoMA presents its first major exhibition on the work of Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965), encompassing his work as an architect, interior designer, artist, city planner, writer, and photographer. Conceived by guest curator Jean-Louis Cohen, the exhibition reveals the ways in which Le Corbusier observed and imagined landscapes throughout his career, using all the artistic techniques at his disposal, from his early watercolors of Italy, Greece, and Turkey, to his sketches of India, and from the photographs of his formative journeys to the models of his large-scale projects. His paintings and drawings also incorporate many views of sites and cities. All of these dimensions are present in the largest exhibition ever produced in New York of his prodigious oeuvre. 

Architects: Burnazzi Feltrin Architects
Location: Pergine Valsugana, Trento, Italy
Design Team: Burnazzi Feltrin Architects (Burnazzi Elisa arch., Feltrin Davide arch.) and Pegoretti Paolo arch.
Area: 430 sqm
Year: 2009
Photographs: Images are property of architects Davide Feltrin, Elisa Burnazzi, Paolo Pegoretti and photographer Carlo Baroni

Architects: James & Mau
Location: Tarifa, Cadiz, Spain
Contractor And Manager: Infiniski
Area: 300 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Erika Mayer

A giant residential skyscraper is slated to join Manhattan’s skyline— rising more than 130 feet above its neighbor, the Woolworth Building.  Developer Silverstein Properties announced today that $950 million in funding has been secured to move forward with the construction of the Robert A.M. Stern Architects-designed tower at 30 Park Place in Lower Manhattan.

Architects: Studio Lamela Architects
Location: Queretaro, Mexico
Area: 93,578 sqm
Photographs: Rafael Gamo

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) presents the first major UK exhibition showcasing the work of renowned Indian architect Charles Correa (born in 1930). Rooted both in modernism and the rich traditions of people, place and climate, Correa has played a pivotal role in the creation of an architecture and urbanism for post-war India. He has designed some of the most outstanding buildings in India and has received many of the world’s most important architecture awards including the RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1984), Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1988) and Japan’s Praemium Imperiale (1994), and is still working today.

5468796 Architecture converts two commercial buildings in Winnipeg, Canada into an apartment block with mirrored balconies.