Senior Housing in Oakland Pushes the Building Envelope
Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects pursued both LEED and GreenPoint ratings for their Merritt Crossing senior housing complex. (Tim Griffith) Sustainability and high design meet in Leddy Maytum Stacy...
View ArticleAlexander Gorlin Wraps Supportive Housing in a Binary Skin
Located in the Bronx, The Brook provides housing and support services for the formerly homeless and individuals living with HIV/AIDS. (Courtesy Alexander Gorlin Architects) An aluminum rain screen and...
View ArticleAllied Works Carves a Winery Out of Cedar
Allied Works Architecture wrapped Sokol Blosser Winery’s new tasting room in grey-stained cedar. (Jeremy Bittermann) Textured wood envelope draws on the history and landscape of Oregon’s Willamette...
View ArticleMarlon Blackwell Puts on a Clinic with Vol Walker Hall
Marlon Blackwell Architect’s Steven L. Anderson Design Center embodies the recent history of architectural technology in its massing and materials. (Timothy Hursley) University of Arkansas addition...
View ArticleBiomimetic Pyramid by Burkett Design/Studio NYL
Burkett Design/Studio NYL’s Science Pyramid houses the Denver Botanic Garden’s research and conservation efforts. (Scott Dressel-Martin) Plate tectonics, honeycombs inspire new Denver Botanic Gardens...
View ArticlePassive House Laboratory by GO Logic
The University of Chicago’s Warren Woods Ecology Field Station is the first Passive House-certified laboratory in North America. (Trent Bell Photography) Architects deliver a North American first with...
View ArticleGould Evans Rewraps Kansas Library
Rather than adding on to one end of the existing structure, Gould Evans wrapped a new reading room and terra cotta facade around the old Lawrence Public Library. (Courtesy Gould Evans) Terra cotta rain...
View ArticleJaklitsch/Gardner’s Three-Part Ode to Tokyo
Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects’ flagship Tokyo store for Marc Jacobs features a lantern-like, non-occupiable top story sheathed in punched aluminum. (Liao Yusheng) Marc Jacobs flagship store features a...
View ArticlePerkins+Will Builds a Sustainability Beacon
Perkins+Will designed UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability to communicate net positive building strategies. (Martin Tessler / Courtesy Perkins+Will) Building technology research...
View ArticleGruen Associates Clad Utility Plant in Flowing Steel
Gruen Associates wrapped the new LAX Central Utility Plant in a sleek envelope of stainless steel and corrugated aluminum. (Courtesy Gruen Associates) Curved metal facade embodies spirit of mobility at...
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