After hitting bottom in 2009, the multifamily housing market has shown steady improvement. Since 2010, construction starts in the sector have grown by double digits in each of the four regions of the U.S. Click the image above to view a full presentation of these stats [PDF].
Allied Works Architecture’s tasting room for the Sokol Blosser Winery, nestled in Oregon’s Willamette Valley, is a low-profile building with a complex flavor profile. Architect Brad Cloepfil set the low-slung, 5,000-square-foot structure into a hillside and clad the interior and exterior walls in earthy-hued bands of tight knot cedar, Douglas fir, and hickory. Large windows frame vistas of the landscape, while large, striated skylights cast shadows that evoke the grape trellises of the surrounding vineyards. The Allied Works addition gives the winery, which opened Oregon’s first tasting room in 1978, a new centerpiece. It serves as a point of orientation
Colombia Transformed: Architecture=Politics features work by six designers including Felipe Mesa, Planb Arquitectos. His Orquidorama pavilion in Medellín’s Botanic Garden is shown here. Last Thursday, July 11, the exhibition Colombia Transformed: Architecture=Politics opened at AIA New York’s Center for Architecture. The show examines 11 recent works by six of the Latin American country’s leading architects: Daniel Bonilla, Giancarlo Mazzanti, Felipe Mesa, Juan Manuel Pelaez, Felipe Uribe, and Orlando Garcia. The featured projects—from libraries and community centers, to sports arenas, to schools—reflect the wave of innovative design that has been driving social transformation across the country (most notably in Bogotá and
Installation view of Cut 'n' Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City. Cut 'n' Paste: From Architectural Assemblage to Collage City, a small and intriguing exhibition at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, open until December 1, investigates the overlooked but important influence of photomontage, assemblage, and collage on architecture. The show, curated by Pedro Gadanho, features examples from the early 20th century to the present, ranging from photomontages by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe dating to the 1920s to illustrations from the 1978 book Collage City by Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter to the near ubiquitous use of superimposed
Solar panels and micro-turbines enable an art museum to reduce its electrical usage 79 percent. This article first appeared on Building Green. Toledo Museum of Art More than 2,000 solar panels cover 60 percent of the museums roof, making the system one of the largest solar installations in Ohio. After 20 years of green initiatives, the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio has seen energy savings of hundreds of thousands of dollars and can now boast that its 101-year-old Beaux Arts building recently went off the grid—in a temperate climate. Toledo Museum of Art Flickering LED lights are more energy
Citing the Chamber's alliance with the chemical industry against LEED, Skanska resigns in protest. This article first appeared on Building Green. International construction giant Skanska USA has terminated its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce due to what the firm views as attempts to “halt progress in sustainable building.” The move reportedly came after failed talks with the U.S. Chamber about its policies, and it follows on the heels of a pro-LEED op-ed in the Washington Post penned by Michael McNally, president and CEO of Skanska USA. Related links LEED v4 Approved by USGBC Members Energy Reforms Threatened by
A screenshot of the Dynamo interface running inside Revit. Over the past few years developers of software for the architecture, engineering, and construction industries have called into question the role of the desktop computer in design. They have either produced software that exploits the desktop’s computational power or have abandoned it as a design tool entirely. This marks a significant change in focus—from software that facilitates the production of digital versions of traditional architectural documentation to the expansion of design capabilities through advanced computational modeling or desktop-free design production reliant on mobile devices and cloud computing. Recognizing this trend, Autodesk
Helsinki Library ALA Architects On June 14, a unanimous jury named ALA Architects the winner of the city of Helsinki’s open, international competition for the design of the new Helsinki Central Library. The announcement was made at a well-attended ceremony at the Helsinki Music Center, adjacent to the library building site in the Helsinki Töölö Bay cultural district. With the award of first prize and 50,000 Euros to ALA Architects, the jury also recommended that the building commission proceed with the Finnish partnership, known for the dramatic forms of their recently opened Kilden Performing Arts Center in Kristiansand, Norway. ("Käännös,"
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