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Editor's Picks #430

2015-09-29T13:21:00-04:00

Amelia Taylor-Hochberg, Editorial Manager for Archinect, reviewed "Shelter" the debut exhibition at the Architecture and Design Museum’s new location in Los Angeles' Arts District. Despite what you might assume

"Shelter isn’t about designing for the 21st century family, or the millenial, or the homeless, in Los Angeles – it’s about forming new expectations of how housing and the city should interact...housing imagined in Shelter is about merging L.A.’s residential spaces with its civic topography, forming a less privatized residential existence in the city".

The winners of Archinect's Dry Futures competition were selected. In the "Speculative" category "Grassroots Cactivism" by Ali Chen took first place. While "Liquifying Aquifers by Lujac Desautel won first place in the "Pragmatic" category.

Deane Madsen was impressed "A timely and relevant competition with thoughtful responses. Well done, all around!"

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Dame Zaha Hadid was announced as winner of 2016 Royal Gold Medal. Sir Peter C...

Hufton + Crow named as Arcaid Images Architectural Photographer of the Year 2014

2014-10-07T15:27:00-04:00

Every year, Arcaid Images honors the very best architectural photographers and their expertise and creativity in the unique medium of architectural photography. Nick Hufton and Al Crow of Hufton + Crow were announced as the 2014 overall winners of the Arcaid Images Architectural Photographer of the Year award at the end of World Architecture Festival in Singapore on October 3.

Hufton + Crow won the prestigious award for their interior photograph of Zaha Hadid Architects' well-known Heydar Aliyev Centre in Baku, Azerbaijan. (pictured above). Interestingly enough, Hufton + Crow also received a runner-up spot for their exterior photograph of the same building.

The three additional runners-up announced were:

↓ Victor Romeo for the Cayan Tower by SOM

↓ Inigo Bujedo Aguirre for the Encants Flea Market by B720 Arquitectura

↓ Joao Morgado for Outdoor Swimming Pool by Alvaro Siza Vieira

Find more details on Bustler.

Editor's Picks #375

2014-07-09T19:31:00-04:00

Inspired by the 2014 Venice Biennale curated by Rem Koolhaas, Esther Sperber penned the Op-Ed in which she argues that contemporary architecture must shift From (EX)CITE to (IN)CITE.

In response Thayer-D wrote "There's no rule that says architects can't stimulate both the senses and the intellect, as many great architects have done in the past, yet it's architecture's public nature that makes it imperative to not lose sight of how most people engage with it, and that is not through words".

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Justine Testado posted the news, Zaha Hadid wins the D esign Museum’s Designs of the Year Award 2014. Despite (or perhaps due to?) some critics, Donna Sink commented "I think all the criticism Zaha is getting for her stance on human rights is totally appropriate and deserved. And I have very mixed feelings about her body of work. But I find this building in particular hard to resist - it's just gorgeous. Perfectly balanced".

The Creators Project interviewed David Benjamin, creator of MoMA PS1's...

Zaha Hadid wins the Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Award 2014

2014-06-30T18:17:00-04:00

Zaha Hadid is the first woman to win the Design Museum's Designs of the Year Award 2014 with her Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. Another first in this year's competition is that the Heydar Aliyev Center is the first architectural project to win the widely recognized award.

The competition began with 76 nominations in the categories Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product, and Transport, followed by the selection of the seven Category winners.

Any thoughts on the jury's selection? Share 'em in the comment section below.

Who’s Winning the Architecture Arms Race?

2013-10-14T13:20:00-04:00

Answer: Baku, Azerbaijan, where the government is spending an estimated $6 billion a year on architecture projects. As we wrote in February, Azerbaijan’s leaders want to make their capital city a destination for the rich and fabulous. The latest example: the Heydar Aliyev Center designed by Zaha Hadid, for whom it offered the rare opportunity of nearly total design freedom. Every roof and ceiling panel is different, Hadid says.