Modern German House. This well crafted cuboid generates spectacular light. The development, constructed out of prefabricated high insulation timber panels and energy-efficient glazing, is articulated as a classic modernist intervention.
Rafael Viñoly Architects announces the official “Groundbreaking” of The New Stanford Hospital, as part of the Stanford University Medical Center: Project Renewal
Emergency Shelter Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia, organised by Jun Sakaguchi: Melbourne public event, Australian design: Victoria architecture exhibition
Battersby Howat Book – edited by Brian Carter – architecture practice book, architectural publication Monograph highlighting the contemporary West Coast designs of Vancouver’s BattersbyHowat Architects with an in-depth review of ten projects.
The key architectural aspect of this kibbutz are the houses by Moshe Safdie from the 1980s, located north of the centre. We ate lunch in the Dining Hall – or Eating Room – then saw a brief presentation on kibbutz designs – before touring the northern parts of the community.
It is located on a small hill east of Be’er Sheva. When we visited it there was a group of soldiers ahead of us that climbed the hill and then sat down in the shade. The feel of the place is stark with sun-bleached brutal concrete twisted and warped, clutching to the dusty top of this barren hill.
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Juvia Restaurant, Miami, Florida, USA – design by Alejandro Barrios-Carrero – James Beard Foundation Award, Miami development: USA interior architecture
Ian Shaw was educated at the University of Liverpool, UK, and the University of Oregon, USA, with his internship spent at the highly respected Swiss practice, arb Architects.
The Museum of the History of Tel Aviv-Yafo opened in 2009 in what was the old Tel Aviv Municipality building in Bialik Square. This is an elegant piece of city planning, humble, axial and successful as a place where people like to linger.
The building shows exhibitions about Israeli design, and on our visit was showing bathing suits and related designs. The structure is located on the edge of the traditional city centre, in a cultural quarter which is yet to complete.
Architecture Whispers was launched at the Silencio Club in Paris. The theme for the evening was: Digital submission or Architectural Domination.
DuPont Tyvek FireCurb breakthrough technology contributes to safety, protection and sustainability of Crumlin Children’s Hospital, in Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland.
The Hansen Compound, a sensitive refurbishment and redevelopment project in an affluent area of Jerusalem. An old leper colony run by German nuns had closed in the year 2000 and there was a proposal to convert the old stone building into a hotel.