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White Arkitekter’s Våga water tower stuns in coastal Sweden

2024-12-11T11:26:00-05:00

Våga, a new modern water tower designed by White Arkitekter has sprouted in Varberg, Sweden. The stunning concrete structure is designed to stand for hundreds of years and serve the surrounding villages with a vital connection to drinking water without ever "diminishing in beauty."

Photo: courtesy of Anna Kristinsdóttir

Photo: courtesy of Anna Kristinsdóttir and Joacim Winqvist

Architects Per Hultcrantz and Agnes Orstadius explained this is meant to create a monumental spectacle. It spans 187 meters (613.5 feet) while being just 9 meters (29.5 feet) wide to take full advantage of the site’s hillside placement and loom over the landscape surrounding Träslöv.

Photo: courtesy of Anna Kristinsdóttir

Across are nine pillars, each supporting concave cast-in-place panels. The design’s shape, repeated wave motif, and looming mass on the hill’s crest create a landmark impression allowing it to be "perceived differently" from up close or the far off E6 motorway depending on your vantage point an...

Four civic and justice projects by DLR Group: Your Next Employer?

2024-09-16T07:45:00-04:00

Following our previous visit to California-based Koch Architects, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Dallas this week to explore the work of DLR Group.

An employee-owned firm of over 1,500 design professionals, the practice describes its mission as to “elevate the human experience through design.” The firm, which offers architecture, engineering, interiors, and planning services, operates dozens of offices across the United States alongside international offices in Dubai and Shanghai.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the firm’s Justice + Civic team is currently hiring for several positions in architecture, interiors, and project management, to join the firm’s hybrid work model. For candidates interested in applying for the position or anybody interested in learning more about the firm’s output, we have rounded up four justice and civic projects by DLR Group that exemplify the firm’s ethos.

Pinellas County Family Courts Annex. Image credit: Rich Montalbano - RiMO Photo LLC

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Sou Fujimoto's Ishinomaki Cultural Center offers a poetic space to a community looking to heal and remember

2023-06-22T14:48:00-04:00

Sou Fujimoto Architects has shared photos of the firm’s recent Maruhon MakiArt Terrace design in Ishinomaki, Japan.

The project sought to rebuild an important piece of the region’s cultural infrastructure that was destroyed by the devastating earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of more than 3,000 local residents there on March 11th, 2011.

Image: © Masaki Iwata and Sou Fujimoto Architects

Responding to a brief that called for a revitalizing centerpiece for the city of 147,000, the design team created a 140,000-square-foot building that plays host to two 1,254- and 300-seat theaters, exhibitions areas, a public gallery, and learning spaces for a variety of different users.

Image: © Masaki Iwata and Sou Fujimoto Architects

A poetic linear arrangement is created as repeated gable ends combine with alternating “chimney-like” rectangular forms connected by a 170-meter (557-foot) long entrance lobby along the south orientation.

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Take a look inside Seoul's National Assembly Communication Building

2023-06-21T13:55:00-04:00

South Korean firm Haeahn Architecture, alongside New York-based H Architecture, has shared a video and photographs of their National Assembly Communication Building project in Seoul, South Korea.

The nearly 255,686-square-foot structure is located inside the National Assembly complex, the home of South Korea’s national legislature.

Image: Namsun Lee

The complex was planned as an open space that reflects a pluralistic ideology, while also staying in touch with the existing components of the site. To meet the needs of multiple user groups, the architects say the building’s design prioritizes flexibility and expandability.

Image: Namsun Lee

The project site was described as a green space surrounded by lush trees. The firms aimed to preserve this identity by making the building low and on a human scale, ensuring its height would not exceed four stories and be set amongst the trees. The rooftop also reflects these surroundings through the featured green zone.

Image: Namsun Lee

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Your next role could be to support the future of New York City’s publicly-owned architecture

2023-01-04T11:57:00-05:00

Following last week’s look at an opening for a Project Manager at site design group, we are using our first Job Highlights series of 2023 to explore an open position on Archinect Jobs for an Architect at the NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS).

The role, sitting within the department’s Real Estate Services (RES) division, will help support the management of New York City’s public buildings portfolio. Responsibilities for the position, which calls for a registered architect with at least two years of experience, will include evaluating the new space requirements for New York City’s 80 public agencies, assisting in the planning and design of new projects, and updating existing floor plans of City-owned buildings.

Why the role interests us

While a large majority of architects find employment in the private secto...

Meet radical pragmatists LMN Architects: Your Next Employer?

2022-06-13T11:13:00-04:00

Following last week’s visit to New York’s Lang Architecture, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series westwards to Seattle, where we find civic design specialists LMN Architects.

The encounter isn’t our first with LMN. Back in 2018, we spoke to the firm’s partner Stephen Van Dyck as part of our How To Get A Job At ____ series. In the conversation, Van Dyck emphasized the importance of speaking thoughtfully about one’s design process, noting “we want to learn about their approach to, and thoughts on design, and how they demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving skills.”

Now counting over one hundred members, the firm is currently hiring for four positions on Archinect Jobs: a Specifications Strategist, Project Manager, Project Architect, and Interior Designer.

Since their founding in 1979, LMN has adopted what they call a “radical pragmatist” approach to design. By begi...