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Design: Lehrer Architects – The greenest act of all: Take dank, old throwaway building set in a precious sensitive riparian, environment- apply a tiny budget, save it, let nature-air, view, space, and light-in and make it the campus center.
Design: Bercy Chen Studio, Architects – The house design results from a subtractive process. The original volume, a perfect cube of 38′×38′×38′, was deconstructed with subtle level changes, carefully placed windows, and outdoor terraces shaded by cantilevered louvers, which open up the space as one ascends towards the sky.
Architects: MASS Design Group – The Equal Justice Initiative unveiled design for the Memorial to Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama. The building is intended to acknowledge victims of lynching throughout American history.
Design: Tomas Rossant of Ennead Architects, with Jones Studio – a north-south “slice” through the building’s social center invites the City of Phoenix into the heart of the institution, exposing the public to its three grand double-height spaces.
Design: Andrea Zittel – the Wagon Station Encampment consists of twelve A-Z Wagon Stations, a communal outdoor kitchen, open air showers, and composting toilets. It is open to anyone who feels an affinity with Andrea’s mission in the high desert.
Design: Atelier Berne Architecture – as children living in the sleepy Southern California town of Hermosa Beach, architect Luc Berne and photographer Shanden Brutsch were surrounded by surfboards and beach cottages which were built in the early 1900s.
Design: Matt Fajkus Architecture. Started as an empty commercial shell, this is a full interior-finish out that includes a relaxing front of house with display area for 800 frames, a casual lounge in ample natural light, and dispensing areas for trying on and comparing various frames and brands.
Design: Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects – the result of careful allocation of resources and rigorous design decisions is a solid, secure, energy-efficient example of living well without excess.
Design: Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects. The house was built to be both a place to gather for large dinners with friends and family as well as a cozy home for the couple when they are there alone.
Architecture for Humanity news – court-appointed trustee filed a complaint against the group’s founders: the suit accuses AFH founders and board members of improperly using restricted funds and violating agreements with donors.
Design: Richard Meier & Partners Architects. The Douglas House receives recognition of its historical and architectural significance by the National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior
Specifically, the suit accuses the AFH founders and board members of improperly using “restricted funds”—charitable contributions with specific requirements—and violating agreements with donors.
Design: Matt Fajkus Architecture – Hill Country Apothecary is a compounding pharmacy in Lakeway, TX. It features a central compounding lab which is glazed to allow for viewing of prescriptions as they are crafted by hand on-site.
Poised on the ridges and rolling fields where the Beartooth Mountains touch Montana’s big sky, this new building will open to the public on June 17, offering a “uniquely resonant experience of great classical music, nestled among sculptures and buildings that hug the land like natural formations.”