ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 331

Thu Apr 26 11:30:42 PDT 2007

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HOUSING TANGO
    by Michael Webb
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	Eight vibrantly colored steel and glass towers dance
	around a landscaped courtyard, exposing most of the
	living rooms to the outdoors, with a wall of bedrooms
	wrapped around three sides of the block. Each of the 27
	apartments has a unique character, the block is
	self-sufficient in energy, and many functions - from
	heating to door locks - can be individually controlled by
	personal computer.

	According to Moore Ruble Yudell, who partnered with the
	Swedish firm of SWECO FFNS Arkitekter AB to design a
	project called Tango, as their contribution to the 2001
	housing exposition in Malmo, the project was named for
	its brilliant hues and dynamic body language.

	The collaboration between the two architecture firms
	began in 1987, when an enlightened developer, MKB
	Fastighets, brought them together to design PotatisÂkern,
	an upscale complex of 320 apartments, a fusion of
	California informality and Swedish tradition.
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Australian Gold for Taglietti
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	The Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) has
	awarded its Gold Medal for Architecture to Italian-born
	architect Enrico Taglietti. For 50 years, he has lived in
	Australia and influenced the course of regional
	architecture in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT),
	most notably in the capital city of Canberra.
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Components Home
    by ArchitectureWeek
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	Bell Travers Willson, a London-based architecture and
	design studio, has launched a method that harnesses
	digital design technology and low-volume custom
	production methods to build a sustainable alternative to
	traditional housing.

	Through FACIT, the house-manufacturing company they
	founded, the architects produce the "Digital House" using
	a detailed 3D computer model. This information is
	transferred to a computer numerically controlled (CNC)
	router, which rapidly cuts components from sheets of
	plywood in a controlled factory setting.
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