Dan Howarth

JustDesign certificate accredits architecture firms that champion diversity and gender equality

May 15, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

A team of US architectural advocacy groups has launched an initiative that aims to endorse architecture studios that treat their staff well and provide equal opportunities for women. The JustDesign.US certificate was created as a collaboration between organisations The Architecture Lobby, Yale School of Architecture’s Equality in Design, and Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Women in

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James Corner Field Operations adds circular landscaping to Philadelphia Navy Yards Central Green

May 15, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

A+Awards: landscaped circles accommodate different activities at the centre of the redeveloped Navy Yards in Philadelphia, designed by James Corner Field Operations and a winner at the 2016 Architizer A+Awards. The Central Green sits at the heart of the former boat-building docks in the south of the city, which have undergone extensive regeneration into a

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First apartment in Tadao Ando’s 152 Elizabeth Street revealed

May 11, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

A model residence has been completed inside Tadao Ando’s apartment block in New York, offering a glimpse inside the Japanese architect’s first residential building outside Asia. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s 152 Elizabeth Street development – also his first project in the city – is nearing completion in the Nolita district of the US city. Developers Sumaida

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Five of the best houses in Costa Rica on Dezeen

May 10, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Costa Rica is slowly gaining recognition for its contemporary architecture, so here are five residential projects that demonstrate the small Central American country’s particular style of tropical modernism. Casa Flotanta by Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture A series of pillars raise the interconnected rooms of this house by Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture above the tree tops

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Hand-glazed tiles cover Savile Row office building by EPR Architects

May 9, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Ten thousand ceramic tiles make up the facade of this office building on London’s Savile Row by EPR Architects, which is shown in a movie by photographer Jim Stephenson. The seven-storey structure is situated on the corner of Conduit Street and Savile Row, the street synonymous with London’s tailoring history, and home to the city’s

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FOG Studio’s Cooley Landing centre provides facilities for Bay Area wetland reserve

May 8, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

A+Awards: California firm FOG Studio worked with the residents of East Palo Alto to design this bayside community centre and exhibition space, another winner at the 2016 Architizer A+Awards. The Cooley Landing Education Center is located on a peninsula at the southern end of San Francisco Bay. It sits on a former landfill site, which was

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Five of Mexico’s best new museum buildings

May 5, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

Mexico and the US celebrate Cinco de Mayo today, commemorating the Mexican Army’s victory over the French in 1862. To mark the occasion, we’ve pulled together five of the country’s best contemporary museum buildings, including projects by Toyo Ito and David Chipperfield. Museo Soumaya by FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE FREE Fernando Romero EnterprisE completed this

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Obama Presidential Library concept design unveiled in Chicago

May 3, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The first images and models of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects’ plans for the Obama Presidential Library in Chicago have been revealed. Former US president Barack Obama and wife Michelle presented the concept design and site plan for the library set for the city’s Jackson Park at an event earlier today. The proposal includes a

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Weathering steel clads “pop temple” in Leiden by Ector Hoogstad Architecten

May 1, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

A+Awards: this concert venue in the Dutch city of Leiden is clad with panels of weathering steel and was awarded a 2016 Architizer A+Award. Rotterdam firm Ector Hoogstad Architecten inserted the Gebr. De Nobel among buildings the city’s 19th-century ring. Described by the architects as a “pop temple”, the venue includes a main hall that

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IM Pei’s Grande Louvre receives AIA 25-year award

April 28, 2017 Dan Howarth 0

The American Institute of Architects has honoured IM Pei’s renovation of the Musée du Louvre in Paris with an award during the organisation’s national convention, the same week that the Chinese-American architect is celebrating his 100th birthday. The project, which includes the steel and glass pyramids in the central courtyard of the former palace, received

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