
2013
La Ascensión del Señor Church / AGi Architects
AEC Hackathon

A first for the AEC Industry, the AEC Hackathon is a non-profit event that brings together teams of Silicon Valley technologists and industry stakeholders to help shape the future of our built environment. Formatted as a traditional "hack", the AEC Hackathon provides a playful, exploratory environment where disruption, innovation, and creative ideas are brought to life.
IIDA NY: Design for Learning

This course will discuss the principal changes in pedagogy and how it affects institutional design. The evolution of pedagogy can be summarized by the following four principals: Learning is at its best constructivist, experimental, connected, and lifeline and informal. Using these principals we will explore different case studies of contemporary institutional design (k-12 and higher education), and see how these changes in pedagogy affect the way students learn , teachers teach, and architects and designers design.
Starchitecture Comes to Miami: Chad Oppenheim & Bjarke Ingels in a Roundtable

Starchitecture has come to Miami — in a big way. Developers are using the name recognition of some of the world’s star architects to bring in buyers for their posh towers.
A>T Designs Parametric "Cloudbridge"

Though the fastest way to get from point A to point B is a straight line, architects Arturo Tedeschi and Maurizio Arturo Degni of Arturo Tedeschi (A>T) also believe it is the most boring way. Inspired by Sou Fujimoto’s 2013 Serpentine Pavilion and formed by a specific algorithm, A>T’s “Cloudbridge” seeks to heighten the experience of footbridges by creating a non-linear path that slows users down and connects them with the surrounding nature. According to the architects, the cloud-like bridge, made of a cubic steel modular frame and supported by a main beam, could easily constructed in any major mountain range.
Izzy’s Ice Cream Kitchen & Retail Shop / Salmela Architect

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Architects: Salmela Architect
- Area: 7500 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Bust Out Solutions, South Side Electric, Streeter & Associates, Braun Intertec, Colberg Tews, +3
Badger Mountain House / First Lamp Architecture and Construction

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Architects: First Lamp Architecture and Construction
- Year: 2013
M Residence / Shinichi Ogawa & Associates

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Architects: Shinichi Ogawa & Associates
- Area: 182 m²
- Year: 2013
"Fangda Business Headquarters" Winning Entry / Huasen Architects

Huasen Architects (HSA) have been announced winners of the Fangda Headquarters competition. The winning proposal, located in Shenzhen, China, reshapes the existing site into a 300,000 sqm vortex of retail, office, entertainment and recreation spaces, stemming off a high-tech research and technical development hub. Competition requirements called for the integration of a bus terminal predicated on government officials’ calculations that 55% of users would arrive by bus.
Prince Housing Sales Center / Lab Modus
James Cook University / Wilson Architects + Architects North

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Architects: Architects North, Wilson Architects
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Flanagan Consulting, McNab Construction, Wilson Landscape Architects
Orillia Public Library / Perkins&Will
Les Trois Mondes School Group / Joly&Loiret
Architecture on the Frontline at The Battle Of Ideas

The Battle of Ideas is an annual, weekend-long series of panel discussions hosted at the Barbican in London, ranging across subjects from neuroscience to music and everything in between. With a strong thread of architecture and urbanism, this year offered a spectacular chance to probe the popular trends and fads in today's design culture.
Read on after the break for the highlights of the event.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory / SmithGroupJJR

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Architects: SmithGroup
- Area: 182500 ft²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: Construction Specialties, Hamilton Laboratory Solutions
Cascades Academy of Central Oregon Campus / Hennebery Eddy Architects

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Architects: Hennebery Eddy Architects
- Area: 38500 m²
- Year: 2013
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Professionals: Interface Engineering, Walker Structural Engineering LLC, Angelique Nossa, Mayer/Reed
Onion Skin / Olivier Ratsi

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Architects: Olivier Ratsi
- Year: 2013
Fonda Windsor / Techne Architecture + Interior Design

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Architects: Techne Architecture + Interior Design
- Area: 310 m²
- Year: 2013










