Remove 2008 Remove Development Remove Foundation
article thumbnail

Concept to Completion: A Tale of Tenacity in Small Community Architecture

SW Oregon Architect

The modest mid-century Modernist design was originally constructed in 1953 in accordance with a design developed by Max P. The City identified another development option in March of 2004. We updated the project’s cost estimate in 2006 and once more in 2008. I developed a connection with the folks there over the years.

Concept 220
article thumbnail

Norm Architects references Japanese temples for Sjöparken retreat in Sweden

Deezen

"Rather than competing with the external landscape, it serves as a balanced foundation, offering warmth and coolness, softness and hardness, tactility and smoothness." Glass corridors link the buildings Sjöparken is complete with greenery and green roofs, which are designed to visually soften the development and help it blend in over time.

Architect 139
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Sponge Evangelist

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In awarding the second biennial Oberlander Prize to the Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, FASLA, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and its 2023 jury sent an unmistakable signal about the future of the field. His village had been destroyed, paved over with concrete.

article thumbnail

The Architect's Questionnaire: Daniel Toole

Portland Architecture

Toole received his bachelor’s of architecture degree from the University of Oregon in 2008, and his master’s in urban design from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2016, with a year-long research grant at the Technical University of Berlin in between. Mentorship has been incredibly important to me and my development.

Architect 236
article thumbnail

Estudio Hidalgo

ArchiDiaries

Alvaro did his architecture at the University of Guadalajara in 2008. Abraham did his architecture at the University of Guadalajara 2008. He currently resides in Baja California Sur, where he accompanies his practice with developing research projects in architecture and academic teaching. (“Text as taken from the website”).

article thumbnail

Ten buildings that became embroiled in legal battles

Deezen

Soon after it opened, a number of people sued the developers and operators of the slide for injuries, including one woman who claimed to have broken her ankle sliding down the attraction at speed. million settlement paid to homeowners, who had reported water leaks, black mould and problems with foundations soon after moving in.

article thumbnail

“Yposkafo:” Digging Deeper Into Greece’s Wildly Popular Undercut Architectural Typology

Architizer

Aloni by Deca Architecture , Antiparos, Greece | Built in 2008, this site-sensitive yposkafo design was constructed four years before the government passed legislation promoting this approach. Architizer is thrilled to announce the world' best architecture firms in 2024, all winners of the 12th Annual A+Awards !