Shigeru Ban talks to Architectural Record about his design for the new 30,000-square-foot building in central Colorado. Shigeru Ban is designing a new art museum for Aspen, Colorado. Related Links: Newsmaker: Shigeru Ban Ban Conceives Post-Disaster Solutions for Japan, New Zealand Metal Shutter Houses by Ban Ban Centre Pompidou-Metz At nearly 8,000 feet above sea level, Aspen, Colorado, is known for its mountain splendor. The ski slopes of Ajax Mountain rise from the heart of the resort town’s central business district, with its high-end shops and restaurants. It’s fitting, then, that Japanese architect Shigeru Ban brings up skiing when describing
Rapid population growth and a stable economy are fueling a construction boom in this Canadian metropolis. An aerial view of East Bayfront, one of several districts being redeveloped in Toronto. Click on the slide show tab to view images of a scheme by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates for the Lower Don Lands. Related Links: Toronto Waterfront Vision Focuses on Tourist Dollars The Royal Conservatory by KPMB Sherbourne Common Pavilion by Teeple Architects Toronto Public Housing Gets Green Makeover In most North American cities, active construction cranes are a rare sight these days. But in downtown Toronto, they’re ubiquitous, lifting up
Denver's Roth Sheppard Architects is launching seven new law enforcement and municipal projects to be completed over the next 18 months. Rendering courtesy of Roth Sheppard Architects Museum and Learning Center for the Colorado State Patrol The firm’s new projects include the city of Cherry Hills Village and South Metro Fire Rescue Authority’s Joint Public Safety Facility, the Arapahoe County Justice Center lobby expansion, a museum and learning center for the Colorado State Patrol, the Houston Police Department’s Fondren Station, a services building for the Erie Police Department, a public safety complex in Northern Chafee County and the town of
Photo courtesy NTA The first of seven lines will be 23 kilometers long and have 22 stations. Photo courtesy NTASet for completion in 2017, project construction is estimated to cost $2.5 billion. With about 400,000 residents and more than 3.3 million in its metropolitan area, Israel's second-largest city, Tel Aviv, is finally getting a mass transit system. After decades of false starts, work has begun on the first of seven planned lines of a combined light-rail and bus rapid-transit network. Estimated at $2.5 billion, it is the most expensive civilian transport project ever undertaken in Israel. The launch comes a
The new documentary marks the finale of filmmaker Gary Hustwit's design trilogy. Photo courtesy Gary Hustwit The film features scenes from Dharavi, a slum in Mumbai. Photo courtesy Gary Hustwit Hustwit critically assesses the Stuttgart 21 project, which calls for tearing down a landmark train station and handing over a large parcel of public land to private developers. The project has drawn considerable opposition. In the echo chamber of American documentaries, Gary Huswit’s films reverberate for all the right reasons. They are open explorations, not narrow screeds, that encourage insiders and philistines alike to robustly and respectfully debate the cultural
Determined to make interior design affordable for all, this 23-year-old Stanford graduate recently launched his own firm, 50 for Fifty. Photo courtesy Noa Santos Armed with a joint bachelor’s degree in architectural design and management science from Stanford, Noa Santos took his first job at a Madison Avenue interior design firm in New York shortly after graduating in 2010. Disenchanted with the work, the 23-year-old decided to launch his own company, 50 for Fifty. Established in August, the one-man firm charges a mere $50 for a 50-minute consultation (“It’s more like an hour,” he says). The service is geared toward
An aesthetic that mined the past gets a historical consideration of its own at a New York City symposium. Photo ' Alexander Gorlin Architect Alexander Gorlin snapped this photo of Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture dean Mark Wigley (left, foreground) watching New Urbanism impresario Andrés Duany speak at the two-day conference. “Postmodernism” entered the architectural discourse 36 years ago—in an essay by the British polymath Charles Jencks. Lately, Jencks said, he has been enjoying a holiday from the term he introduced. “I was sick and tired of it.” But his vacation has been interrupted by a spate of retrospectives,