ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 388
ArchitectureWeek Editors
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Fri Jul 18 09:57:17 PDT 2008
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LIVING STEEL 2008
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For its third annual steel housing competition, Living
Steel challenged architects to design affordable,
energy-efficient housing prototypes for Cherepovets,
Russia, where temperatures can climb to 34 degrees
Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit) in the summer and dive
as low as -49 degrees Celsius (-56 degrees Fahrenheit)
in the winter.
Peter Stutchbury Architecture of Sydney, Australia, won
the top prize with its design for a wedge-shaped home
built into the landscape. Two firms received honorable
mentions in the 2008 International Architecture
Competition for Sustainable Housing: Bligh Voller Nield,
also of Australia, and RVTR of Toronto, Canada.
The Challenge
Sponsored by a consortium of steel companies, the
competition called for innovative use of steel in the
design of detached single-family houses of one or two
stories, with usable floor areas of 120 to 150 square
meters (1,300 to 1,600 square feet), including two or
more bedrooms. The target construction cost per house
was €80,000.
The program suggested that energy consumption be kept to
under 100 kilowatt-hours per square meter per year. The
architects were asked to design multiple housing styles
based on a single construction technology, using a
readily adaptable building methodology.
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Art in Beijing
by Brian Libby
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With Beijing hosting the 2008 Summer Olympic Games, the
Chinese government has sought, like a typical Olympic
host, to make a statement about the country's progress.
In China's case, this has included some ambitious and
high-profile architecture projects, such as Herzog & de
Meuron's spectacular bird's-nest-like National Stadium.
... full story continues online (16 images, four free):
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People and Places
by Nancy Novitski
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Heery International in Riverside, California -
Ruscitto/ Latham/ Blanton Architectura PA with FTL
Design Engineering Studio in Sun Valley, Idaho - Rees
Associates, Inc. in Atlanta, Georgia - Burt Hill in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - IA Interior Architects in
Seattle, Washington...
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