Eleanor Gibson

Four Balkrishna Doshi projects exploring Hindu philosophy in India

November 13, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Sangath Architect's Studio, Ahemdabad, India, 1980

Chicago art space Wrightwood 659 is presenting a showcase of works by Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi. Curator Khushnu Panthaki Hoof selects four projects that show how the Pritzker Prize-winner interprets Hindu philosophy in architecture. Twenty Doshi projects from 1958 to 2014 are shown through drawings and models, artworks, sketches, video and photography at the exhibition,

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SOM’s National Museum of the United States Army opens in Virginia

November 12, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

National Museum of the United States Army by SOM

Monolithic volumes clad in stainless steel reflect the trees surrounding the National Museum of the United States Army, which architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has completed in Virginia. The National Museum of the United States Army (NMUSA), opened yesterday, on Veterans Day, as the first in America dedicated to to the country’s oldest military

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Photographs capture OMA’s Jewish temple extension taking shape in LA

November 11, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Audrey Irmas Pavilion by OMA under construction

These photographs by architect Alessandra Cianchetta capture the construction of the tilted and patterned walls of the extension OMA has designed for a Jewish temple in Los Angeles, California. The project, called Audrey Irmas Pavilion, will mark OMA’s first cultural building in California when it completes early next year. First unveiled in 2018, it will

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Bright white walls contrast historic facade of MM34 apartments in Mexico City

November 10, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Mexican architect Inca Hernández has renovated and refurbished a crumbling historic building to create apartments in Mexico City. Located in Tacuba neighbourhood, the Mar Mediterraneo 34 (MM34) building was originally completed in 1910 and had since fallen into disrepair. “At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Tacuba became one

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Bright white walls contrast historic facade of MM34 apartments in Mexico City

November 10, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Mexican architect Inca Hernández has renovated and refurbished a crumbling historic building to create apartments in Mexico City. Located in Tacuba neighbourhood, the Mar Mediterraneo 34 (MM34) building was originally completed in 1910 and had since fallen into disrepair. “At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, Tacuba became one

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BIG unveils The Village student centre for Johns Hopkins University

November 6, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture firm BIG has won a competition to design a village-like student centre for the John Hopkins research university in Baltimore, Maryland. BIG came up with The Village design proposal for the Hopkins Student Center in response to an international design competition. The winning scheme for the 150,000-square-foot (13,935-square-metre) building will provide a non-academic hub

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RISD launches Race in Art & Design cluster-hire for anti-racism initiative

November 4, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Rhode Island School of Design is hiring 10 faculty members that specialise in issues of race and decoloniality in the arts, architecture and design as part of its wider plan to tackle systemic racism in the school. RISD’s Race in Art & Design cluster-hire initiative includes four roles in the school’s Liberal Arts and Experimental

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David Adjaye and Aston Martin design five residences in New York skyscraper 130 William

November 2, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Aston Martin Residences by David Adjaye and Aston Martin

David Adjaye has partnered with luxury carmaker Aston Martin to design homes and limited edition SUVs for five residents who will live in the British-Ghanaian architect’s first New York skyscraper. Five Aston Martin Residences will be located on the 59th and 60th floors of 130 William – Adjaye’s 244-metre-tall residential tower under construction in Manhattan.

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Generate creates digital library of timber building systems to “revolutionise the construction industry”

October 30, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architecture studio Generate has developed the Tallhouse library of timber-based building systems to help architects build affordable housing and reduce construction-related carbon emissions by up to 50 per cent. The architecture, engineering and construction company developed the online catalogue to provide architects with pre-engineered, timber-based construction systems that they can adapt for large-scale projects. It

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Rojkind Arquitectos unveils Ummara resort with 28 villas embedded in Mexican hills

October 29, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Ummara by Rojkind Arquitectos and Amasa Studio

Mexico City-based studio Rojkind Arquitectos has revealed the design for a holiday resort in Mexico’s Valle de Guadalupe wine region with a curvilinear swimming pool. Located in Baja California, Ummara will be built in an area of the popular tourist destination called the Tres Cerritos, which translates as three small hills. Rojkind Arquitectos worked with

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