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Ralph Rapson in Otaniemi, Paimio, & Myyrmaki

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-05-15 12:00:00
Otanemi Technical University, in Otanemi, Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto, 1949 to 1964.Sketch by Ralph Rapson, from Ralph Rapson Sketches and Drawings from Around the World, courtesy of the Afton Press."The arts, including architecture, have always played a basic role in Finland's cultural history. The harsh Nordic climate demands special awareness of materials, energy, and light. Nature is central and buildings are placed into the …

Tony Fretton Architects in Den Helder, Netherlands

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-05-09 12:00:00
The Monplein housing development by Tony Fretton Architects has been completed in Den Helder, Netherlands. Photo: Christian RichtersA 3,200-square-meter (34,000-square-foot) multiunit mixed-use residential development has been completed in Den Helder, Netherlands, on a site between two canals and overlooking a former Napoleonic naval yard.Commissioned by Dutch developer Proper-Stok, the Monplein development comprises two- and three-story dwellings designed by Tony Fretton Architects …

Ralph Rapson in Istanbul, Turkey

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-05-07 12:00:00
Hagia Sophia, in Istanbul, Turkey, designed by Isidoros and Anthemios, 532 to 537.Color sketch by Ralph Rapson, from Ralph Rapson Sketches and Drawings from Around the World, courtesy of the Afton Press. "I may be one of the few people who have seen Istanbul and the Straits of Bosporus from atop a minaret. I'd long wanted to see the Hagia Sophia, once a mosque, a …

Robert M. Gurney Architect in Lewes, Delaware

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-05-06 12:00:00
308 Mulberry Street in Lewes, Delaware, by Robert M. Gurney Architect. Photo: Maxwell MacKenzieRobert M. Gurney Architect redesigned and significantly expanded the house at 308 Mulberry Street in Lewes, Delaware, to create a luxury residential compound that emphasizes outdoor living. The original one- and three-story shingled home has neoclassical proportions and detailing that has been meticulously restored. Four outbuildings are located …

Thomas Phifer and Partners at Clemson University

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-05-03 12:00:00
Thomas Phifer and Partners designed an addition to the Lee Hall College of Architecture at Clemson University. Photo: Scott FrancesLocated in upstate South Carolina, on the Clemson University campus in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a new steel-and-glass addition to the Lee Hall College of Architecture provides generously daylit spaces for students and faculty.The 55,000-square-foot (5,100-square-meter) building was designed by Thomas Phifer …

Wilmotte & Associates at St. Pancras Square

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-05-02 17:56:00
King's Cross Central, a mixed-use development by Wilmotte & Associates is now under construction. Image: Wilmotte & AssociatesConstruction has begun on King's Cross Central, a 50,000-square-meter (540,000-square-foot) mixed office and retail development adjacent to London's recently renovated St. Pancras and King's Cross railway stations. The London office of Wilmotte & Associates, designed the �80-million-project for BNP Paribas Real Estate UK.The building is …

Ralph Rapson in Quito, Ecuador

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-05-01 12:00:00
Ralph Rapson's unbuilt competition design for a legislative building in Quito, Ecuador, 1941.Color sketch by Ralph Rapson, from Ralph Rapson Sketches and Drawings from Around the World, courtesy of the Afton Press.I was more than eager to travel to Quito, once the center of an advanced Indian civilization and Ecuador's current capital. Some years previously, with my friend, architect Robert Bruce Tague, I had …

Aga Khan Award Shortlist Projects Announced

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-30 21:50:00
The Mapungubwe National Park Interpretation Centre, designed by Peter Rich Architects is shortlisted for the Aga Khan Award. Photo: AKAA / Jean-Charles TallThe stone-domed Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre, in Limpopo, South Africa, post-tsunami housing in Kirinda, Sri Lanka designed by Shigeru Ban Architects, and The Met residential tower, in Bangkok, Thailand, along with several school and medical buildings are among the new-built structures shortlisted …

Harpa wins 2013 Mies van der Rohe Award

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-29 18:53:00
Harpa is the winner of the 2013 Mies van der Rohe Award for contemporary architecture. Photo: � Nic LehouxHarpa ? Reykjavik Concert Hall and Conference Center ? in Reykjavik, Iceland, is the island nation's first purpose-built concert hall, designed by a collaboration between Copenhagen, Denmark-based Henning Larsen Architects and several Icelandic firms: Batter�id architect, Att Arkitektar, and Studio Olafur Eliasson.Harpa plan drawing. …

Bullitt Center Opens in Seattle, Washington

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-22 16:47:00
A 242-kilowatt photovoltaic roof with deep overhangs shelters the Bullitt Center, opening on April 22, 2013, in Seattle, Washington. Photo: Benjamin BenschneiderThe Bullitt Center is a new six-story building in Seattle, Washington, conceived and built as a forward-looking model of building sustainability. Equipped with a deeply overhanging rooftop photovoltaic array, the building is expected to generate 100% of its energy needs …

Ralph Rapson at Machu Picchu

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-22 12:00:00
Machu Picchu, in Peru, through 1500.Color sketch by Ralph Rapson, from Ralph Rapson Sketches and Drawings from Around the World, courtesy of the Afton Press.]"Few memories can compare with my recollections of Machu Picchu. Stopping in Peru on our way to Ecuador and Chile, Mary and I boarded a small train from Cuzco with just two passenger cars headed to the ancient mountain city. …

Ralph Rapson at the Spanish Steps

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-19 12:00:00
Piazza di Spagna, in Rome, Italy, designed by Alessandro Specchi, 1721 to 1725.Color sketch by Ralph Rapson, from Ralph Rapson Sketches and Drawings from Around the World, courtesy of the Afton Press."I was fortunate to be able to spend a fair amount of time in Rome both as a tourist and a working architect. Full of history, energy, and architecture ? it still seems …

MoMA to Demolish American Folk Art Museum

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-15 17:59:00
The American Folk Art Museum by Tod Williams Billie Tsien and Associates projects a bronze glow onto West 53rd Street in Manhattan. MoMA?s Act of Vandalismby Martin Filler, New York Review of Bookshttp://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/20 ... vandalism/"When in 2011 the American Folk Art Museum was compelled to sell the decade-old building to its next-door neighbor?because the worldwide economic crash had caused it to default …

OMA in Tokyo

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-12 12:00:00
A new flagship store for Coach, Inc. in the Omotesando shopping district of Tokyo, Japan, designed by OMA. Photo: Iwan BaanA two-story shopping space on a busy corner in Tokyo's Omotesando district is home to the ninth flagship store of the Coach retailer. The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) designed the complete space, from curtain wall to product shelving, which happen …

Ralph Rapson on Le Corbusier

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-11 12:00:00
Notre Dame du Haut, in Ronchamp, France, designed by Le Corbusier, 1955.Color sketch by Ralph Rapson, from Ralph Rapson Sketches and Drawings from Around the World, courtesy of the Afton Press."The opportunity to experience firsthand some of the early work of Le Corbusier was indeed memorable. Le Corbusier was and remains one of the greatest modern architects, and he was one of my early …

National Small Project Design Awards 2013

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-10 19:05:00
Johnsen Schmaling Architects designed the Nexus Home, located in Madison, Wisconsin. Photo: John J. MacaulayA compact home in Madison, Wisconsin is one of the stand-out winners of the national-level 2013 AIA Small Projects Awards. Designed by Johnsen Schmaling Architects, the three-level home occupies a small, sloping lot in one of Madison's historic residential districts. Angular and modern, the Nexus Home is clad in …

CO Architects in Escondido, California

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-09 12:00:00
The new 11-story Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, California by CO Architects. Photo: Tom BonnerCO Architects designed the Palomar Medical Center (PMC), which recently opened in Escondido, California. The 740,000-square-foot (69,000-square-meter) hospital was conceived as a functional and flexible vertical garden facility, set within a campus configuration. The 360-bed tertiary care facility, was developed using an evidence-based design process in which individuals …

KieranTimberlake Upgrade Saarinen's Yale Dorms

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-05 12:00:00
KieranTimberlake designed a major renovation of Eero Saarinen's Morse and Stiles Colleges dorms at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Photo: Peter Aaron/ OTTOEero Saarinen originally designed the Morse and Stiles Residential Colleges dormitory buildings at Yale University, completed in 1962. As the final part of the university's phased plan to modernize its twelve student-housing colleges, KieranTimberlake designed a series of respectful …

Patrice Bideau in Baden, France

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-04 17:12:00
Patrice Bideau designed this new single-family residence in Baden, France. Photo: Armel IstinWhen it became evident that the metal framed, concrete panel construction of an existing 1970s home would make it impossible for the building to comply with 2005 French regulations for energy efficiency and windproofing, architect Patrice Bideau designed a new low-energy house with a total annual energy consumption of 47 …

Ralph Rapson's Glass Cube

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-04-03 15:35:00
The Glass Cube, in Amery, Wisconsin, designed by Ralph Rapson,Color sketch by Ralph Rapson, from Ralph Rapson Sketches and Drawings from Around the World, courtesy of the Afton Press."In 1972 my wife and I purchased forty acres near Amery, Wisconsin, on which to build a vacation house. Every time I suggested a scheme, however, Mary complained that the views of the meadows, the bluffs, …

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