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The soon to be opened Media-ICT building is a project by Cloud 9, the studio founded by Enric Ruiz-Geli. In 2005, the studio won the public competition organized by the Barcelona Zona Franca Consortium and the 22@ District to design a home for the TIC (Information and Communication Technologies) community. This new facility is intended to act as a point of contact between media companies and institutions.

Each façade of the Media-ICT is different, maximizing their efficiency by taking into account their orientation with respect to the sun. The decision was taken to cover the south glass ... (Read more...)

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“Splash” was designed by Joel Cullum and it was the runner-up in judges’ voting in last month’s DesignByMany Building to Building Bridge Challenge. The aim was to explore the creative ways of connecting two neighboring buildings, while trying to implement the principles of modularity, adaptability to various conditions, quick assemblage, etc.

Structurally, it is “a bridge caught within a single frame of explosive velocity. The tensional lattice work is integral to the structure of the suspended deck, whilst providing the chaotic, yet ordered network of cables and compression rods working to freeze the fragments in mid air.”

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I don’t usually post art up on here, but thought this was pretty awesome. Back in February Viktor Hertz released a set of minimalist movie posters that he had done, which turned out to be a crowd pleaser. Well, he’s back, but this time taking on the music world and cleverly incorporating images with song [...]

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Herzog & de Meuron’s project for the new Bordeaux stadium is an expression of fundamentally new architecture. The pure shape of the volume, by contrast to its light and open structure, creates an at once monumental and graceful architectural piece elegantly suited to the grand landscape of Bordeaux.

Stadium architecture combines three constitutive elements: the bowl containing the game and its spectators, the concourse as the transitional element between the playing field and the outside surroundings and, finally, the overall appearance. Herzog & de Meuron’s approach is to reinterpret these three elements in light of the site-specific characteristics: the ... (Read more...)

Challenge Winner

We are pleased to announce that the “DSSH Bridge / sanzpont [arquitectura]” project by Sergio Sanz Pont + Victor Sanz Pont has won the latest DesignByMany challenge: “Building to Building Pedestrian Bridge” The challenge asked professionals and students in the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) community to submit a proposal to design a pedestrian bridge between to two existing buildings.

DSSH Bridge / sanzpont [arquitectura] was chosen by a select group of judges, including:Andrea Graziano from DigitAG&, Ezra Groskin from Wilkinson Eyre Architects, and Robert Mencarini from SOM. We’d like ... (Read more...)

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FreelandBuck is an architectural design practice based in New York and Los Angeles whose work assumes that “fabrication and construction can enhance the spatial and sensual qualities of digitally designed form rather than compromise them”. Affiliated with Yale and Woodbury Universities, the team’s work exploits both formal undulation and graphic variation – of pattern, color and material – to synthetically enrich surface and space.

Stack Pavilion is a non-modular construction system, cut and assembled from flat plywood sheets that produce ornate detail and lush pattern directly from its logic of assembly and structure. Here, it is manifest as a ... (Read more...)

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The International Highrise Award is offered every two years by the City of Frankfurt, Germany, and it is jointly curated by the Deutsched Architekturmuseum DAM and Dekabank. Based on six fundamental criteria including pioneering design, integration into the urban setting and sustainability, 27 high-rises from 16 countries were nominated for the 2010 award.

From the five finalists, the international Jury will select the winner which is accompanied by EUR 50,000 prize money. The announcement of the winner will be made on November 5, 2010.

The five finalists are:

Aqua Tower. Chicago. Studio Gang Architects.

Burj Khalifa. Dubai. Skidmore Owings ... (Read more...)

The proposed Solar Tower for Chicago by Zoka Zola Architects features an active solar array mounted to the façade which maximizes solar gain throughout the day. The spherically based design takes advantage of the large surface of a building by mounting the panels on the vertical plane. By incorporating tracking arms that the solar units mount to, summer electrical production can be improved by as much as 40% compared to a static mounted solar array, and even more compared to traditional vertically mounted solar facades. The array’s full potential is then realized, creating the greatest kWhrs production per square foot of any ... (Read more...)

© Alessandro Liberati

Alessandro Liberati‘s Efficient Living Machine project transforms a building into an infrastructure able to improve and expand the lifestyle of the metropolis.  Liberati proposes that the skyscraper become a system of overlapping grids upon the existing environment as a way to read the city differently.   These grids contain different layers of programmed activities, ranging from recreational areas to farms, and from public parks to areas of commerce.

More details about the project, by architects Alessandro Liberati, Roberto Straccali in partnership with Roberto Salvatelli, Simone Pirro, Luca Tappatà, and Roberto Turtù, after the break:

© Alessandro Liberati

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© Alessandro Liberati

Alessandro Liberati‘s Efficient Living Machine project transforms a building into an infrastructure able to improve and expand the lifestyle of the metropolis.  Liberati proposes that the skyscraper become a system of overlapping grids upon the existing environment as a way to read the city differently.   These grids contain different layers of programmed activities, ranging from recreational areas to farms, and from public parks to areas of commerce.

More about the project and more images after the break.

© Alessandro Liberati

“Our skyscraper can offer citizens different lifestyles depending on the level where you are. You can switch it ... (Read more...)