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BNIM in Des Moines, Iowa

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-05 13:00:00
BNIM designed its new satellite office in Des Moines, Iowa. Photo: � Farshid AssassiThe new Des Moines, Iowa office of Kansas City, Missouri-based BNIM are located in a former bank building lobby.The space is divided in two zones by a north-south wall clad in cork panels, and used for pinning up work. One zone is a studio space, while the other …

Eskew+Dumez+Ripple in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-15 13:00:00
The new Lamar Advertising Company headquarters building in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was designed by Eskew+Dumez+Ripple. Photo: Timothy HursleyNew Orleans, Louisiana-based firm Eskew+Dumez+Ripple designed the Lamar Advertising Company headquarters, an adaptive reuse project that transformed an existing 1970s Brutalist Modern data center building into an office space for a billboard advertising agency. The 115,000-square-foot (11,000-square-meter) building is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.Exterior …

ZGF in Seattle, Washington

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-01 01:30:00
The Federal Center South Building 1202, located on a brownfield site in Seattle, Washington was designed by ZGF Architects for the Army Corps of Engineers. Photo: Benjamin Benschneider/ Courtesy ZGFThe Federal Center South Building 1202, a General Services Administration building in Seattle, Washington, has been completed. ZGF Architects was part of the 209,000-square-foot (19,400-square-meter) project's design-build team, along with Sellen Construction.The metal panel-clad building, which is targeting …

Balthazar Korab - 1926 to 2013

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-01-17 21:35:00
A photograph by Korab of the Yale Hockey Rink, by Eero Saarinen. According to the Detroit Free Press and other news outlets, noted architectural photographer Balthazar Korab has died. A long-time resident of Troy, Michigan, Korab was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1926. He fled the country under cover of darkness in 1948 with his brother Anton�, and good friend L�szl� Koll�r. Following their escape, …

Richard Meier & Partners in Hamburg, Germany

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-01-18 13:00:00
The 15-story competition-winning design, by Richard Meier & Partners Archtiects, for a new Engel & V�lkers headquarters in Hamburg, Germany (northwest view). Image: Richard Meier and Partners ArchitectsNew York City-based Richard Meier & Partners Architects has won an international design competition to design a new headquarters building in Hamburg, Germany for the international luxury real estate company, Engel & V�lkers.The firm's winning proposal …

Menil Collection - AIA 25 Year Award 2013

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-01-29 21:03:00
A day-lit gallery of the Menil Collection museum, designed by Renzo Piano. Photo: Hester Paul / � Renzo Piano Building WorkshopThe Menil Collection (1986), located in Houston, Texas and designed by Renzo Piano, has been selected for the 2013 AIA Twenty-five Year Award.In 1981, Dominique de Menil, president of the Menil Foundation, decided to build a museum in Houston to house one of the world's …

Tod Williams Billie Tsien in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-01 13:00:00
The new Barnes Foundation building, designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects is located on a site along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo: Michael Moran / OTTOThe recently completed Barnes Foundation building, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was designed by 2013 AIA firm of the year Todd Williams Billie Tsien Architects.A three-part scheme was used to organize the building, comprising: …

New Hampshire Design Awards 2013

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-01-24 13:00:00
Hillsborough County Superior Court North, in Manchester, New Hampshire, designed by Lavallee Brensinger Architects. Photo: Joseph St. PierreThe two recipients of honor awards from the AIA New Hampshire chapter are a city public works building and a county superior-court building, both designed by Manchester, New Hampshire-based Lavallee Brensinger Architects. Five additional buildings received merit awards, while an additional three projects were awarded commendations. …

Mies van der Rohe Award Shortlist 2013

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-04 13:00:00
Lar de Idosos em Alc�cer do Sal, in Alc�cer do Sal, Portugal, is a finalist for the 2013 Mies van der Rohe Award. Photo: FG+SGFive European projects are finalists for the 2013 Mies van der Rohe Award, also known as the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture.The five projects are:Stadshal Gent, in Ghent, Belgium, by Robbrecht en Daem architecten and Marie-Jos� Van Hee architectenSuperkilen, …

Kohn Pedersen Fox in Iselin, New Jersey

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-11 13:00:00
Kohn Pederson Fox Associates designed the Centra Metropark office building, located in Iselin, New Jersey. Photo: Michael MoranThe glass-clad LEED Platinum-certified Centra Metropark office building, in Iselin, New Jersey, was designed by Kohn Pederson Fox Associates. The 110,000-square foot (10,000-square-meter) building combines a rectangular, cantilevered fourth floor, supported on one corner by an irregular branching column and resting atop a re-skinned …

Ralph Rapson in Chantilly, Virginia

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-13 13:00:00
Eero Saarinen and his Dulles Airport building in Chantilly, Virginia, 1958 to 1962. Watercolor sketch by Ralph Rapson, from Ralph Rapson Sketches and Drawings from Around the World, courtesy of the Afton Press."Eero Saarinen followed in his father's tradition to become a leading architect of the modern era. Like his father; who designed the Helsinki railway station, Eero made his most memorable remarks in …

Foster+Partners in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-14 13:00:00
The Aleph Residences apartment building, designed by Foster + Partners, is located in the Faena Arts and Technology District of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo: Nigel Young/ Foster + PartnersFoster + Partners has completed the nine-story Faena Aleph Residences, in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Berdichevsky-Cherny Arquitectos were co-architects for the project. The mixed-use building comprises 50 apartments on the upper floors, ground-floor retail …

Jerde Partnership in Moscow, Russia

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-07 13:00:00
Kuntsevo Plaza, a mixed-use development in Moscow, Russia, designed by The Jerde Partnership. Image: Courtesy The Jerde PartnershipConstruction has begun on Kuntsevo Plaza, a full-block mixed-use development in the central area of Moscow, Russia. The Jerde Partnership designed the project, which combines living, working, shopping, and entertainment functions in a pedestrian-oriented complex.Kuntsevo Plaza will be an ensemble of sharply irregular forms that …

Robin Monotti Architects in Foros, Ukraine

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-12 13:00:00
The Yacht House, in Foros, Ukraine, was designed by Robin Monotti Architecs. Photo: � Ioana MarinescuLondon-based Robin Monotti Architects designed the Yacht House, a mixed use building on the shores of the Black Sea in Foros, Ukrain. The modern white building combines a water-level yacht-storage space with upper-floor residential spaces. The 875-square-meter (9,420-square-foot) building's details recall nautical motifs.View of the sea …

Ralph Rapson in San Francisco, California

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-06 13:00:00
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, designed by Joseph B. Strauss, 1933 to 1937. Watercolor sketch by Ralph Rapson, from Ralph Rapson Sketches and Drawings from Around the World, courtesy of the Afton Press.Contribute your sketch for consideration.

AIA Young Architects Awards 2013

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ArchitectureWeek People and Places 2013-02-08 13:00:00
As an associate director and studio head for SOM, Lucas Tryggestad has led projects all over the world, including Trump International Hotel and Tower (2008), in Chicago, Illinois. Lucas is one of 15 recipients of the 2013 AIA Young Architects Award. Photo: SOMFifteen architects are the 2013 recipients of the AIA Young Architects Award.Alissa D. Luepke Pier, AIAAndrew Caruso, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP …

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