Photo courtesy Rob Pyatt The students will build the first four homes on this site, located on the OLC campus in the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Related Links: Design Build Bluff Teaching by Example The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in South Dakota, home to an estimated 40,000 members of the Oglala Sioux tribe, is one of the poorest areas in the country. The unemployment rate is well above 80 percent, and an astonishing 97 percent of the population lives below the federal poverty line. Many of the houses on the reservation are considered substandard and lack basic water and sewage
A 388-acre industrial zone is being transformed into HafenCity, a vibrant mixed-use district dotted with buildings by firms such as Herzog & de Meuron, Behnisch Architects, Richard Meier & Partners, and others. Despite some financial setbacks, the $10 billion urban redevelopment project is moving along.
Village Health Works. Click on the slide show button to view additional images. Related Links: Rwanda: Butaro Hospital by MASS Design Group Burkina Faso: Secondary School by Francis K'r' Profile: Luyanda Mpahlwa of MMA Architects South Africa's Golden BowlsSpecial Coverage: Humanitarian Design In Kigutu, Burundi, New York architect Louise Braverman is helping bring modern health services to an impoverished area. Working with the nonprofit organization Village Health Works, Braverman has designed a master plan for an existing 40-acre medical campus, in which she plans to add a number of facilities, including a staff residential unit and women’s health pavilion. The
Photo ' 2011 Marcus Lam Once speeding ahead with major projects, Abu Dhabi has slowed development in recent months. Related Links: While Dubai Stumbles, Abu Dhabi Marches On Saadiyat Island Projects Finally Moving Forward KPF Tapped for Abu Dhabi Airport Expansion Masdar Institute by Foster + Partners Yas Hotel by Asymptote Architecture Eighteen months ago, Ross Ensor at Leo A Daly described the business climate in Abu Dhabi as “a bit like the California Gold Rush.” Backed by oil prices at relatively high levels, the capital of the United Arab Emirates had embarked on an ambitious program of new developments,
Photo courtesy First Run Features The DVD version of Eames: The Architect and the Painter was released on December 13. Photo courtesy First Run Features Ray Eames with an early prototype of The Toy, made of cardboard triangles. Related Links: Stamps Commemorate Charles and Ray Eames Under the California Sun, Architecture Blossomed Even without footing in the design world, the name “Eames” is instantly recognizable. The Eames chair was such a game-changer when it was unveiled in 1956 that it has found a place—either literally or through designs it inspired—in countless homes and offices in the United States and around
Boston, Massachusetts The architect’s turquoise copper complement to the revered institution is set to open next month. Pre-patinated copper cladding wraps much of the new building. Narrow balconies wrapping the performance space afford views of musicians below as well as other concertgoers. Six weeks before its scheduled opening, Renzo Piano’s addition to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has entered the final stages of construction, and on a recent visit it bustled with workers applying finishes in advance of the January 19th debut. Connected to the back of the museum’s original building by a 50-foot glass walkway, the addition only slightly
Photo courtesy Tina di Carlo Tina di Carlo, Founder of ASAP Tina di Carlo is on a mission for architecture: Having served as a curator in the architecture and design department at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) from 2000 to 2007, and as a contributing editor at LOG: Observations on Contemporary Architecture and the City, di Carlo is now launching an organization called Archive of Spatial Aesthetics and Praxis. The group’s acronym, ASAP, a riff on the phrase “as soon as possible,” was chosen to underscore the urgency di Carlo feels should be given to elevating and promoting
With installations by Bjarke Ingels and David Adjaye, dealers serving up Le Corbusier, and parties in prominent buildings, the design fair puts architecture in the spotlight.
Bjarke Ingels seems to be everywhere these days, so it's a surprise to learn that he had never been to Miami Beach before. "It's a lot like Tel Aviv," the Danish architect said, referring to the cities' white stucco expanses.
With a series of outdoor spaces oriented around a new building, the firm plans to create connections to San Francisco's Yerba Buena neighborhood. A rendering of Sn'hetta's new building shows its rippling fa'ade and outdoor terraces. SFMOMA director Neal Benezra watches as Sn'hetta principal Craig Dykers presents a model of the project at the firm's New York office.
AIDS Memorial Park, a coalition of individuals and groups committed to recognizing the ongoing AIDS crisis, has teamed up with Architectural Record and Architizer to host a design competition for a park, memorial, and small educational center in New York City’s West Village, across from the now-shuttered St. Vincent’s Hospital.