Today, Krueck+Sexton Architects principle Thomas Jacobs, AIA, testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce in an effort to urge Congress to eliminate two impediments facing small architecture firms as they compete for government contracts. Jacobs argues that high design-build fees and lengthy “final teams lists” are prohibiting small firms from competing. Continue after the break to read more. The average firm spends o
© Steve King Architects: Anonymous Architects – Simon Storey Location: Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA, USA Completion: March 2011 Building Area: 960 sqm Contractor: Armex Construction, Los Angeles Photographs: Steve King © Steve King Eel’s Nest Echo Park, California The name Eel’s Nest is often given to very narrow lots in Japan, those typically 3 meters or 15 feet in width. The width of this lot in Echo Park is exactly 15 feet and architect Simon Storey felt it was the perfect site to e
Courtesy of Thomas Phifer and Partners New York practice Thomas Phifer and Partners have unveiled their design for the new 100,000 square foot North Wing expansion at the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York. The state of the art, “energy smart” building will provide the ideal interior environment for preserving the Museum’s unparalleled collection of glass art through natural lighting, an intelligent building envelope and sophisticated temperature and air quality controls. The $64 mill
Courtesy of Rocha Tombal Architects Architects: Rocha Tombal Architects Location: Delft, The Netherlands Project Architects: Ana Rocha, Michel Tombal, Paul Ketelaars Project team: Tjerk Boom; Volker Goldstein; Iwona Wozniakowska; Enrique Otero Neira ; Enrique Abad Monllor Client: Anne-Marie Wegh en Werner Bremer Gross floor area sqm: Ca 400 sqm Photographs: Courtesy of Rocha Tombal Architects Courtesy of Rocha Tombal Architects On the outside nothing seems to have changed. The Water tower
Crea International designed the most challenging retail-banking-design project, designing the most progressive Shariah compliant islamic bank of the future, showcasing either modernity and coolness strongly rooted with the tradition of the country. Project description: The objective was to propose an environment aimed to customers more and more familiar with most innovative technologies, a bank thought where people would feel comfortable and welcome in an retail environment close to the fashio
Watch Profile of Robert A.M. Stern on PBS. See more from Architect Robert A.M. Stern: Presence of the Past. PBS producer and host Geoffrey Baer tells the story of Robert A.M. Stern – a Brooklyn boy who grew up to be self-proclaimed Modern traditionalist architect who has not only significantly impacted the streets of Manhattan but the architectural profession as a whole. Many of his close friends and colleagues describe “Bob” as an intelligent, witty, sarcastic provocateur who is warm, gi
© Gürkan Akay Architects: Mimari Studio Location: Gunesli, Istanbul, Turkey Customer: Philip Morris SabanciPazarlama ve Satış A.S. Built Area: 4,300 sqm Completion: 2010 Designers: Onder Kul & Ayca Akkaya Kul General Contractor: Menderes Dilek (TashanArchirtecture& Construction) Electrical Contractor: Yesan Mechanical Contractor: Tesyap Photographs: Gürkan Akay © Gürkan Akay Philip Morris SA Güneşli D.C. Office project, is the first realization of the concept design selected in a li
© Gustavo Frittegotto Architects: Rafael Iglesia Location: San Luis 470, Rosario, Argentina Collaborators: Andrés Lombardo, Mariano Fiorentini Client: Conystar SRL Area: 147 sqm Years: 1998-2001 Photographs: Gustavo Frittegotto © Gustavo Frittegotto In this project I intend to highlight two aspects above the others: First, questioning what a dwelling apartment is, and the way it works. Second, solving the structural matter. © Gustavo Frittegotto The Program The Modern Movement did not only
The gut renovation of the Stanley Beach House by davidclovers resulted in four immaculate apartment units and a newly restored exterior. The ground and first floors feature the same floor plan while the lower ground floor and penthouse have layouts all their own. Located in Stanley Beach, Hong Kong, the structure is connected by a common staircase that is covered in a combination of restored and new woods. The wood spills over into each unit’s entryway and continues onto the kitchen cabi
© Florian Hafele, Innsbruck In less than two weeks, Austrian practice soma will be celebrating the grand opening of their new extension to the Building Academy in Salzburg. The extension will serve as a new foyer that acts as the school lobby and as a public space for various cultural events. Using a strategy of a “viscous” affiliation, the new atmosphere is generated through a simulation of viscosity that blends with the existing building geometry yet develops its own presence. Continue readin
Courtesy of 314 Architecture Studio Architects: 314 Architecture Studio Location: Athens, Greece Photographs: Courtesy of 314 Architecture Studio Courtesy of 314 Architecture Studio This building is located at the suburbs of Athens in the area next to the golf court in Glyfada, and consists of three one floor apartments of 250m2 each. Each apartment has two small and one master bedroom. Inside the building there is an atrium that provides light to secondary areas of the apartments while als
Located in Ibiza, Spain, and designed by Juma Architects of Belgium, the Dupli Dos residence features jaw-dropping views of the Mediterranean. The house actually began as two separate duplexes that they merged together to form the four-bedroom, four-bathroom house that it is today. Originally outfitted with two external staircases, they demolished those and created one staircase inside helping to make one cohesive space. This also opened up the exterior and allowed them to create various outd
