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INABA Completes Red Bull Music Academy New York

2013-05-13T20:18:00-04:00

Jeffrey Inaba’s firm INABA was commissioned by Red Bull Music Academy to transform four floors of a vacant building in New York's Chelsea neighborhood into a model learning environment. INABA has used dramatic walls and lighting to create unique collaborative work areas in place of the traditional classroom.

Curving walls throughout the 38,000 square foot forum give shape to the distinct spaces. On the ground level the walls extend far into the former warehouse allowing passersby and users unrestricted views across the floor. They reveal a cross section of the types of activity taking place which include performances, private workshops, music production and broadcasting, aimed at making a statement that the space is different in its use from the shops, galleries, and cafés of the area. Below, on the cellar level, the arcing walls of the capsule-shaped lounge are interrupted only to establish long views from the recording studio located at the south end to the open-air patio ...

Ten Top Images on Archinect's "Color" Pinterest Board

2013-02-08T17:04:00-05:00

In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles.

Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Color.

↑ Van Meter Hall Renovation, UMass Amherst in Amherst, MA by HMFH Architects Inc. (Photo: Ed Wonsek)

↑ Central St. Giles in London, GB by Renzo Piano (Building Workshop); TERRART(r) Facades: NBK (a Hunter Douglas Company)

↑ MediaVision in Cleveland, OH by studioTECHNE

↑ Lazika Municipality in Lazika, Georgia by Architects of Invention (Photo: NakaniMamasakhlisi Photo Lab)

↑ Comfort Stations in New York, NY by RZAPS

↑ City of Westminster College in London, GB by schmidt hammer lassen architects (Acoustic ceilings: Troldtekt A/S; Photo: Adam Mørk)

↑ CZ Insurance HQ in Tilburg, The Netherlands by BARCODE Architects

↑ Annie Residence in Austin, TX by Bercy Chen Studio

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Ten Top Images on Archinect's "Color" Pinterest Board

2012-10-26T14:42:00-04:00

In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles.

Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Color.

↑ Maximiliano in Los Angeles, CA by FreelandBuck

↑ BAMScape in Berkeley, CA by Faulders Studio (team member: Sean McGuire)

↑ WV Apartment in New York, NY by Rodriguez Studio Architecture PC (team member: Jose Jimenez)

↑ Incheon Children Science Museum in Incheon, South Korea by Haeahn Architecture (Photo: Park Youngchae)

↑ Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center in Lafayette, LA by TEG Architects (Photo: Will Crocker)

↑ SMRLDA in Guadalajara, Mexico by JAPI Estudio de Arquitectura

↑ Rooms and Sports Facilities in a Park in Vélez-Málaga, Spain by GANA Arquitectura

↑ Arterra in San Francisco, CA by Kwan Henmi Architecture Planning

↑ Hudson Valley Country House in Cold Spring, N...

Spaces Spanning the Color Spectrum

2012-09-24T13:15:00-04:00

"Around the world, architects and designers are finding innovative ways to evoke emotion through bold use of color," says Jackie Jordan, director of color marketing, Sherwin-Willilams. "From climbing gym to concert hall, the eight projects below demonstrate how vivid, playful hues will serve as crowning jewels for a truly unique space."

This story is brought to you by Sherwin-Williams.

RED: Young Disabled Modules and Workshop Pavilions by José Javier Gallardo ///g.bang///

This psychiatric center in Zaragoza, Spain, uses a bold red as the exterior, contrasting the stark white interior spaces.

The red color is a symbol that makes them visible… that robs us of prejudice… that emphasizes the social work… makes us more sexy! The material… the shape of this whole “scene” had to be modeled nobly!

Get this color: SW 6871 Positive Red *

ORANGE: El 'B' by Selgascano Arquitectos

This auditoriu...

Granada Store Reform by A-cero

2012-07-18T14:59:00-04:00

Spanish architects A-cero have sent us photos of one of their latest projects: a catchy store design with bold colorblocking for the footwear brand Camper's first store in Granada, Spain.

Ten Top Images on Archinect's "Color" Pinterest Board

2012-05-18T14:08:00-04:00

In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles.

Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Color.

↑ Auditoriums A, B, C at Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland by ZALEWSKI ARCHITECTURE GROUP

↑ Avant Chelsea in New York City by 1100 Architect (Photo: Eduard Hueber/ArchPhoto)

↑ VIVANTA WHITEFIELD in Whitefield, Banglore, India by WOW Architects | Warner Wong Design

↑ Condorcet School in Évry, France by Jean Baptiste PIETRI

↑ Haxi Town Plaza Building in Harbin, China by Zeybekoglu Nayman Associates

↑ Social Center in Mesoiro, A Coruña, Spain by Estudio de Arquitectura NAOS

↑ Villa Overgooi in Almere Overgooi, the Netherlands by NEXT architects

↑ Jean Lurçat School in Saint Denis, France by Mikou design studio

↑ House on Lake Okoboji in West Lake Okoboji, Iowa by ...

bracket [goes soft]: Buoyant Light

2012-04-16T18:24:00-04:00

In anticipation of this week's event, Publish Or... bracket [GOES SOFT], we will be showcasing a piece from the book each day this week. We hope to see you this Thursday!

Buoyant Light
by Claire Lubell and Virginia Fernandez

The Canadian Arctic is a vast landscape, dotted with remote communities whose lives depend on natural cycles for subsistence. While imagining widespread distribution, Buoyant Light is sited in Igloolik, an Inuit community of 1600 at 70 degrees North with active creative and research programs. Like much of the Arctic, Igloolik is witness to acute changes in permafrost, sea levels and ice. As an island, it is particularly vulnerable to unreliable freeze-thaw cycles of the sea which directly affects safe hunting and traveling.

Image: View of Igloolik at night, illuminated on land and water by a distributed series of buoyant lights.

Buoyant Light consists of a balloon and a buoy which serve a dual function: to harvest solar energy, providing Iglooli...

An architect speaks out for cities in colour

2011-09-26T20:31:00-04:00

Our first commissions were conversions and residential renovations with no budget. We were looking at how to convert an 1890s Victorian terrace house into something that suits a more modern spirit. Many of these spaces were tiny. But if you coat a wall in a certain colour, the visual experience of the space suddenly changes. You can use the effect of colour... to make spaces that look generous, but are actually quite restricted.