A Tribute to Veterans on the Wisconsin Prairie
The Cold War Veterans Memorial Competition
Rendering: Oyler Wu Collaborative/Courtesy Pritzker Military Museum & Library
The Pritzker family is no stranger to good architecture; so it should come as no surprise that a project launched by the Pritzker Military Archives, including a competition for a Cold War Veterans Memorial in Wisconsin, would embrace this approach. Other major ...
Read more...The Architect of GSA’s Finest Hour
Edward A. Feiner, FAIA (1947-2022)
Nothing is a boon to architecture more than a knowledgeable patron. And one of the foremost “patrons” of architecture in modern societies is government—at its various levels. Our federal government’s role in this is carried out mainly by the General Services Administration (GSA), which oversees the design and construction of most ...
Read more...Ottawa Parliamentary Precinct’s Block 2
A Quest for that Elusive Connective Formula
First Place: Pedestrian perspective from Parliament – Zeidler Architecture in association with David Chipperfield Architects
How do you find a common thread that can connect an eclectic collection of buildings, visually as well as physically, all located within a one-block site, located just across from Canada’s Parliament building in Ottawa. ...
Read more...Infrastructure Hub as Urban Revitalization Catalyst
Vilnius Railway Station and Public Square Competition
Vilnius Station competition Image: ©Zaha Hadid Architects
Aerial view of Vilnius railway station (2021)
In European cities, recent history has seen their central railway stations become the subject of upgrades, or totally new projects, many of them springing up in Eastern Europe. In most cases, the focus on this phenomena occurred ...
Read more...Belgrade Philharmonic Concert Hall Competition
AL_A Prevails over a Star-studded Cast
After over a year of planning, the choice of a site, and the establishment of criteria for the staging an international competition for a new concert hall, the process recently culminated in the choice of an architect for the design of the new Philharmonic in Belgrade, Serbia. Once a rather ...
Read more...Gyo Obata: How a Broad Horizon Paid Dividends
Gyo Obata Photo: courtesy HOK
If there are milestones in the world of architecture, the passing of Gyo Obata certainly marked one. Obata, along with Cesar Pelli, Richard Rogers and Helmut Jahn, belonged to a group of designers that had strong international connections, sometimes based on family histories. A second generation American born to a Japanese ...
Read more...High Density in a Green Environment
Geneva Suburban Project as Urban Housing Model
©Bauen+Wohnen
An article, Trois tourettes et un jardin (Three Turrets and a Garden) by Swiss landscape architect, Valérie Hoffmeyer, in Werk, Bauen + Wohnen, is another recent example highlighting the value of green space in the design of mid-rise residential buildings. At a time when developers endeavor to maximize their ...
Read more...Taipei’s New Music Center as 24/7 Destination
From RUR’s Competition Winning Design to Final Realization
RUR Taipei Pop Music Center performance hall view with artwork ©Philip Colbert
Whether large or small, design competition or straight commission, projects from design phase to realization can stretch over extended periods of time. It was no different with Taipei’s Pop Music Center, which took over ten years from ...
Read more...Richard Rogers: Purveyor of the High-Tech Message
Richard Rogers (1933-2021)
Image ©faber & faber
Could you imagine that a person who is anything but adept at drawing, and also dyslexic, would become one of the world’s great architects? Meet Richard Rogers, who was full of ideas, but engaged collaborators to fully realize them. One might even assume that Rogers choice of architecture as a ...
Read more...Functionality to the Forefront
Winning entry – Timeless Corridor’ of Shinhan Architects & Engineers Co., Ltd. (principal, Kim Sanghoon) and D&B architecture design group (principal, Cho Doyeun
National Library of Korea Data Preservation Center Competition
Retrofitting existing buildings is nothing new. The abandonment of old factory structures, especially in the northeast of the U.S., has been occurring at a rapid pace ...
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