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2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition – What next?

Life of an Architect

The 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition has officially come to a close – and from my side of the screen, the work is really just starting to kick into high gear. So now that we’ve set the parameters, let’s meet the judges for the 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition!

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Doubletalk on Double Site

Landscape Architecture Magazine

A court case against the Des Moines Art Center to protect one of Mary Miss’s major pieces, Greenwood Pond: Double Site, bears out how severely this blind spot could affect the legacy of an important sculptor who uses terrain as her material. That lack of cognizance matches the decade of neglect Double Site suffered after 2015.

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BDR Architekci clads columbarium in Poland with pale sandstone

Deezen

The site is accessible from all directions in the cemetery, with paved routes weaving between each of the chambers and around curved areas of planting. Sandstone was chosen for the cladding due to its locality to the site BDR Architekci was founded in 2015 by Basan, Paweł Dadok and Maria Roj and is based in Warsaw.

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Project Mingde uses "cascading" roofs on Chinese nursery to recycle rainfall

Deezen

Taking into consideration the site's topography, airflow, landscape views, and culture, the building adopts a cascading form, culminating in a series of tiered roofs," the studio said. The solution was three buildings of varying heights with roofs that channel rainfall into a lotus pond.

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Peter Pichler Architecture encloses geometric office block with pleated facades

Deezen

Located in Bonfigliolo 's industrial site in Calderara di Reno, the building has a rectangular form punctured by a central outdoor courtyard and a series of terraces on the sloping roof. The photography is by Gustav Willeit.

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World's largest museum captured ahead of opening in Egypt

Deezen

The world's largest museum has been captured ahead of opening in Egypt Heneghan Peng Architects ' design for the museum encompasses 90,000 square metres of a 50-hectare site, making it the world's biggest museum. The studio completed the concrete shell of the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2015 and, at the time, opening was projected for 2018.

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Land Morphology and Olson Kundig update Oregon botanical garden

Deezen

Above: Leah Botanical Garden is in Portland, Oregon In 2015, Land Morphology – a Seattle-based landscape architecture practice – embarked on developing a strategic master plan for the botanical garden, established nearly a century ago by a local couple, John and Lilla Leach, who once lived on the property. The site has a storied past.