FEATURES:

January 2018

↑ Le Corbusier’s first project

In January, we introduced From the Ground Up, the then new series that looks at the early works of prominent architects from Andrea Palladio and Claude Nicolas Ledoux to Lina Bo Bardi and Thom Mayne. For the inaugural iteration, we looked at Le Corbusier, whose first commission was a Swiss chalet-style house completed while still in school.

↑ Studio Visits: Hawkins/Brown, Manchester

“At Hawkins\Brown, people are at the heart of everything we do, from our design approach to the way our studio runs.” Ellen Hancock takes a look at the Manchester office of the internationally-renowned firm Hawkins/Brown.

↑ New Ground I: Advancing the Countryside

With the announcement of Rem Koolhaas’ upcoming exhibit “Countryside: Future of the World” planned for the Guggenheim, Hannah Wood & Christine Bjerke stepped away from the urbanized world this year to look at the contemporary countryside.

↑ Silent Walls: The Architecture of Historical Memory in Spain

At the end of last year, we announced the release of ED, Archinect’s hybrid print-digital publication. Silent Walls is an excerpt from our first issue focused on the architecture of architecture. From Marina Otero Verzier, this essay looks at the reopening of a controversial monument built under Spanish dictator Francisco Franco.

NEWS:

January 2018

↑ Controversial Dubai Frame opens to the public almost a decade after it was first designed

Early this year, the Dubai Frame finally opened up to the public after a decade’s worth of controversy surrounding its stolen design.

↑ This 100 sq. ft micro-living unit made from concrete pipes is Hong Kong's newest housing solution

This year saw many creative proposals for addressing housing crises across the globe, one of the more out there ones being this micro-unit made from concrete pipes.  

↑ Printing Architecture; A conversation with Ethel Baraona Pohl and Nicholas Korody about architecture and the print medium

Archinect’s Nicholas Korody and Ethel Baraona Pohl, who is the co-founder of Barcelona-based architecture publisher dpr-barcelona, joined our podcast to discuss the increasingly-niche industry of architectural print publishing.

↑ Snøhetta's much-discussed underwater restaurant breaks ground

For construction, the much-discussed structure has been built on a barge and will be lowered into the sea when finished next year.

↑ Excavate the hidden architecture models inside these unique note pads

January brought us these wonderfully unique note pads! Designed by Japanese architecture model company Triad, as you use them, they reveal an architectural miniature hidden inside.

↑ The Vatican picks Norman Foster, Eduardo Souto de Moura + others to present chapels at the 2018 Venice Biennale

The Vatican announced their participation for the first time at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Their pavilion, which featured 10 chapels designed by architects from around the world, ended up being a favorite at the biannual event.

↑ Founder of IKEA, Ingvar Kamprad, passes away, age 91

Ingvar Kamprad, the business magnate who grew a small mail-order company into the world’s largest furniture retailer, passed away at the age of 91.

↑ It’s now illegal to ask job applicants for salary history in NYC and California

Thanks to legislation passed this year, architecture job seekers in competitive markets like Los Angeles and New York City won't have to worry about the dreaded salary history question when applying for a job.