ARCHITECTURE SUNDAY: Top 50 Breaking News, Headlines & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share

• Dalarna Media Library by ADEPT
  July 20, 2014 from I Like Architecture
  Dalarna Media Library is organized as a ’spiral of knowledge’ identifying a new library culture that stages a wide spectre of experiences and inspiration. The natural terrain of the surrounding[...] The post Dalarna Media Library by ADEP...
• Saul E Méndez menswear store features doors and windows pulled out from the walls
  July 20, 2014 from Dezeen » Architecture
  Doors and windows have been stretched out from the facade of this shop and cafe in Guatemala City by local studio Taller KEN (+ slideshow). Taller KEN wanted to incorporate local cultural references into its design for the Saul E Méndez ...
• How Chinese Urbanism Is Transforming African Cities
  July 20, 2014 from Arch Daily
  This article from Metropolis delves into China’s urban development of many African cities, and the effect this has had on the architectural quality of those cities. Chinese contractors and architects are able to propel a city’s growth at...
• House in Nishimikuni / Arbol Design
  July 20, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: Arbol Design Location: Nishimikuni, Yodogawa Ward, Osaka, Japan Area: 92 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Yasunori Shimomura Detail Design: FLAME Builder: Sumaisekkeikoubou Corporation Landscape: Toshiya Ogino Landscape design Sit...
• Jagged brick artwork by Boris Tellegen extends over Haarlem housing by Heren 5 Architects
  July 20, 2014 from Dezeen » Architecture
  Dutch architecture office Heren 5 has collaborated with artist Boris Tellegen to integrate a seven-storey brick artwork into the facade of this housing complex in Haarlem, the Netherlands (+ slideshow). Heren 5 and Boris Tellegen used ye...
• Maitres Vignerons / Vincent Coste
  July 20, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: Vincent Coste Location: Gassin, France Project Manager: Jérôme Garzon pour Vincent Coste Design Studio et associés Year: 2014 Photographs: Florent Joliot From the architect.… Situated to Gassin, to the crossroads of roa...
• Radical Cities Latin America's revolutionary housing solutions
  July 20, 2014 from Architecture | The Guardian
  Justin McGuirk's fascinating study shows that Latin American cities have much to teach the world's architects The Venice Architecture Biennale is usually a grand gathering of the biggest names in architecture, where they can display thei...
• Schuurman Group / Bekkering Adams Architects
  July 20, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: Bekkering Adams Architects Location: Alkmaar, The Netherlands Project Architect: Juliette Bekkering, Monica Adams Design Team: Perry Klootwijk, Esther Vlasveld, Frank Venhorst, Vincent Hector, Lukas Heiniger, Michel Leunis, P...
• Profile of an Architectural Intern – Part One
  July 20, 2014 from Life of an Architect
  I typically don't think architectural interns add a whole lot of value, but I might have been wrong about that. I let the interns take over the blog and describe their experience and the value of being an architectural intern
• The Working Drawing: The Architect’s Tool
  July 20, 2014 from I Like Architecture
  The Working Drawing: The Architect’s Tool by Annette Spiro and David Ganzoni Large-scale working drawings are one of the fundamental tools in architecture, crucial from the early stages of creation[...] The post The Working Drawing...
• Dashun Pavilion / Pro-Form Architects
  July 20, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: Pro-Form Architects Location: Shanghai, China Design Team: Wang Fangji, Yin Wei, Song Zhuoer, Xiao Xiao, Nie Xin Year: 2011 Photographs: LV Hengzhong From the architect.… Dashun Pavilion stretches along the curved road ...
• Long Island City, Land of Storage
  July 20, 2014 from A Daily Dose of Architecture
  
• The Stirling prize should go to
  July 19, 2014 from Architecture | The Guardian
  The shortlist for the architecture award sets out to compare what can't be compared. Rowan Moore has a go anyway As often, this year's Stirling prize shortlist sets out to compare what can't be compared as if one had to decide what is be...
• Wooden Haus M by Exit Architects is a skiing and hiking retreat in Austria
  July 19, 2014 from Dezeen » Architecture
  This cube-shaped holiday home in Austria's mountainous Vorarlberg region was designed by Spanish studio Exit Architects to contrast with its more traditional neighbours (+ slideshow). Exit Architects designed Haus M as a holiday home for...
• Emerging Practices in India: SPASM Design Architects
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Indian Architect & Builder, through a two-part series titled ‘Practices of Consequence’ (Volumes I and II) delves deeper into contemporary Indian practices that have carved a unique identity and place for themselves in the country to...
• Robert Dye Architects extends a London mews house by pushing out a wall
  July 19, 2014 from Dezeen » Architecture
  Robert Dye Architects has shifted the entire end wall of a mews house in London's Primrose Hill neighbourhood, as part of a renovation and extension designed to bring in more natural light (+ slideshow). Having previously completed the r...
• Penda’s Low-Impact Modular Bamboo Hotel Reconnects Visitors with Nature
  July 19, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
  To satisfy the competition's three principles, Penda used locally sourced and fast-growing bamboo as the primary building material. Inspired by the minimalist teepees of the nomadic Native American tribes, the temporary and elevated bamb...
• Fossilized Retreat: Log Cabin Remnants Recast in Concrete
  July 19, 2014 from WebUrbanist » Architecture
  Using the existing logs from a previous cabin structure as formwork, this retreat manages to retain the scale and textures of its predecessor in a ...
• Lyceum Schravenlant / LIAG Architects
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: LIAG Architects Location: Hugo de Grootstraat, Schiedam, The Netherlands Design Team: Thomas Bögl, Erik Schotte, Carina Nørregaard, Wouter Oostendorp, Peter Donkers, Thomas Witteman, Arie Aalbers Area: 6,150 sqm Year: 2013 Ph...
• Herzog & de Meuron unveils plans for drug research centre in Cambridge
  July 19, 2014 from Dezeen » Architecture
  News: Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron has designed a research and development facility and corporate headquarters for pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca in Cambridge, UK (+ slideshow). Plans for the site on the existing Cam...
• What Urbanists Can Learn From Low-Income Neighborhoods
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  "For the most part, the way  urbanists  view black neighborhoods (and other low-income neighborhoods and communities of color) are as problems that need to be fixed. At the heart of what I want to say is  what can we as ur...
• Carre Seine by Pietri Architectes
  July 19, 2014 from I Like Architecture
  In the space of fifteen years, Issy-les-Moulineaux has become a leader in the field of HEQ in the inner suburbs of Western Paris. This distinction strengthens its status as a[...] The post Carre Seine by Pietri Architectes appeared first...
• World Expo Pavilion Competition Announcement [MILAN 11] by [AC-CA]
  July 19, 2014 from Archiscene - Your Daily Architecture & Design Update
  [MILAN 11] is the latest competition coming from [AC-CA], the aim of this International competition is to design a World Expo Pavilion in Milan, Italy. To get additional information about the aim of this competition read more after the j...
• Smiljan Radic’s Serpentine Pavilion / Images by Hufton+Crow
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Photography studio Hufton+Crow is the latest to capture the 2014 Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radic. Step inside this glass-fibre reinforced plastic shell with Hufton+Crow’s photos after the break. S...
• GRAN – Passive House Skatchkoff / HUB
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: HUB Location: Kortrijk, Belgium Design Team: Futureproofed, BAS Area: 140 sqm Year: 2007 Photographs: Sarah Blee Commissioner: Ms. Skatchkoff From the architect.… The Skatchkoff Residence is a detached passive-solar hou...
• Mayor of London Unveils Three Visions for the Future of Heathrow
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has unveiled three proposals to redevelop Heathrow Airport into ‘Heathrow City,’ a new town occupying the site that according to one study “could provide 90,000 jobs and 80,000 homes ...
• House in Peñalolén / Planmaestro
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: Planmaestro Location: Peñalolén, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile Area: 150 sqm Year: 2008 Photographs: Alejandro Galarce, Mathias Jacob Structure: Pedro Bartolomé Contractor: Alejandro Galarce From the architect.… T...
• Tropical Casa Flotanta Hovers Lightly Above the Pacific in Costa Rica
  July 19, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
  Casa Flotanta is a two bedroom home built on a hillside overlooking the jungle near Puntarenas. Initial designs for the vacation home considered digging into the steep slope and putting up retaining walls. This was deemed too costly and ...
• JA 94: Learning from the Neighborhood
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  From the publisher.… Since the mid-20th century, Japan’s postwar capitalism promoted home ownership, and extensive residential areas were developed around every major city for 70 years. Each area is an aggregation of individu...
• House M / Estudio Aire
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: Estudio Aire Location: Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina Architect In Charge: Juan Germán Guardati, Román Renzi, Virginia Kahanoff Area: 320 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Walter Salcedo Collaborators: Gustavo Sattler, Damia...
• Landsdowne House by Affleck de la Riva Architects
  July 19, 2014 from I Like Architecture
  Landsdowne House is located in Westmount, a privileged inner-city suburb of Montreal, Lansdowne Avenue is remarkable for both its heritage architecture and its particular topography. The street negotiates a series[...] The post Landsdown...
• Competition: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  The  World Health Organization  (WHO, the Commissioning Organization) is the directing and coordinating authority for health within the United Nations system. On 23 June 2014, WHO launched an international, two-stage architectu...
• The Santi Cosma e Damiano Parochial Centre / SCAU
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: SCAU Location: Via Provinciale Santa Maria Ammalati, Acireale Catania, Italy Architect In Charge: Angelo Vecchio Year: 2014 Photographs: Moreno Maggi Collaborators: Perla Maria Fiamingo, Caterina Piro, Koncita Santo, Antonell...
• Critical irony in Russia’s special mention “Fair Enough” pavilion in 2014 Venice Biennale
  July 19, 2014 from Archinect.com Feed
  
• Bazan House / SMF Arquitectos
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: SMF Arquitectos Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Project Architect: Juan Martín Flores Project Area: 140 sqm Project Year: 2014 Photographs: Albano Garcia Collaborators: Matias Pecci, Rodrigo Fabrre, Juan Jose Seoane From th...
• PNEUMAD by Min|Day
  July 19, 2014 from Archinect
  
• FLOCK: Multifaith Sanctuary by Min|Day
  July 19, 2014 from Archinect
  
• Telegraph Hill Residence by NICOLEHOLLIS
  July 19, 2014 from Archinect
  
• Register now for 100%DESIGN 2014 this September
  July 19, 2014 from Archinect.com Feed
  
• Embedded Intelligence — AA Visiting School New York
  July 19, 2014 from Archinect
• Pulau Banding Rainforest Research Centre / C’ arch
  July 19, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: C’ arch Location: Muzium Darul Ridzuan, Jalan Panglima Bukit Gantang Wahab, 30000 Menglembu, Perak, Malaysia Architect In Charge: Chris Wong Chee Seng, Wilson Sng, Lina Ooi Area: 286.0 sqm Year: 2008 Photographs: 807Stu...
• AA SUMMER DLAB :: WHITE
  July 18, 2014 from Archinect
• Ten Top Images on Archinect's "Student Work" Pinterest Board
  July 18, 2014 from Archinect.com Feed
  
• Flaunting foam and function in An Insulation Installation at Makeshift Society Brooklyn
  July 18, 2014 from Archinect.com Feed
  
• Glasgow’s South Rotunda transformed into pop-up theatre space
  July 18, 2014 from Urban Realm Latest News
  Glasgow’s historic South Rotunda, one end of a former pedestrian foot tunnel beneath the River Clyde, has been transformed into a temporary theatre space ahead of its handover to Malin Marine Consultants for conversion into their n...
• Training Center in Cambrils / Víctor Pujol Hugas
  July 18, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Architects: Víctor Pujol Hugas Location: Tarragona, Spain Technical Architect: Aleix Sanz Capdevila Photographs: Mikel Muruzábal Building Facilities: C. Duart, X.Riveiro Construction: Construcciones Docampo From the architect.… The...
• Do your homework: The most required skills to work at the top 50 architecture firms
  July 18, 2014 from Archinect.com Feed
  
• WorldWide Storefront Winners’ Two-Month Program Begins September 19
  July 18, 2014 from Arch Daily
  Starting September 19th, the ten winners of WorldWide Storefront (WWSf) - an initiative by  Storefront for Art and Architecture  to create alternative spaces for the expression/exchange of art/architecture - will open acro...
• USGS raises New York City's earthquake threat but lowers risk for tall towers
  July 18, 2014 from Archinect.com Feed
  
• Norman Foster’s Grand Canary Wharf Crossrail Station in London is Almost Finished
  July 18, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
  London's Crossrail Station stands by the waters of Canary Wharf's North Dock, just steps away from the underground station -- also designed by Foster & Partners. Its unique design will feature a ticket hall and platforms below water ...