Archinect - News 2024-05-03T10:06:02-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/75543626/editor-s-picks-320 Editor's Picks #320 Nam Henderson 2013-06-19T12:19:00-04:00 >2013-06-20T17:02:57-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ty/tyb6y928ffsfk8hp.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> For the latest edition of the <strong>Student Works</strong>: series Archinect featured <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/75126636/student-works-singapore-university-of-technology-and-design-library-pavilion" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) library pavilion</a>, located on a sloping lawn on the temporary Dover Campus.&nbsp;The gridshell structure designed by City Form Lab had to accommodate three mature trees and forms a noise barrier toward the Ayer Raja Expressway in the north. Especially noteworthy we read "<em>The pavilion is designed to be dismantled and recycled after two years</em>". For his part&nbsp;<strong>TED</strong> liked what he saw writing "<em>Nice stuff - well done</em>"...</p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/gc/gce5v09ujiyin138.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <strong>News</strong><br> American Public Media&rsquo;s Marketplace examined the resurgence of Midtown, <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/75058322/a-small-pocket-of-detroit-is-thriving-but-it-s-not-a-comeback-city-yet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a small pocket of Detroit that is thriving</a>.<br><br><strong>observant</strong> believed "<em>There is such a dichotomy between Bloomfield Hills et. al. and the decaying part of the core...The city is probably more in need of urban designers, planners, sociologists, and economists at this point than it is starchitects producing concepts for individual buildings</em>".</p> <p> The NYT reported that <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/75258357/pritzker-jury-will-not-revisit-decision-to-exclude-denise-scott-brown" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Pritzker Pr...</a></p> https://archinect.com/news/article/75249917/vitra-diogene-a-cabin-designed-by-renzo-piano-and-rpbw-for-vitra Vitra | Diogene: A cabin designed by Renzo Piano and RPBW for Vitra Archinect 2013-06-14T15:41:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/87/871a6903d495df69eef34ebd97e5a529?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>In June 2013, a further element will be introduced on the Vitra Campus. On a hill between the VitraHaus and the Dome, the Italian architect Renzo Piano and the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has developed &ldquo;Diogene&rdquo;, which to date is Vitra&rsquo;s smallest building &#8213; but largest product.</p></em><br /><br /><p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/6c/6ce960afa4d93843be24f60e65836544.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/74/746e0d98301bf43906c500d847afe7dd.jpg" title=""></p> <p> <img alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/2e/2ea92507516b6a7741a6218c30c4f36d.jpg" title=""></p>