Architect Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Location Gainesville, Florida Associate Architect Walker Architects Structural Engineer Walter P Moore Glazing Manufacturer Viracon (curtain wall); SageGlass (electrochromatic window glazing) Prefabricated Panel Manufacturer N-RG Cladding Panel Finish Manufacturer PPG In early August 2021, before the University of Florida in Gainesville commenced fall classes, a construction crew erected provisional elements of
With 71 facades articles published in 2021, it’s time to take a look at a few of AN ’s most popular and some whose projects feature unique materials and construction methods. Ranging from large dormitory projects by well-known firms to a projects that utilize local cork, thatch, and brick, the following list covers the full
Architect ELASTICOFarm Location Turin, Italy Completion Date 2020 Structural Engineer Arching Srl Mechanical Engineer Projema Engineering Srl Construction Company Ruscalla Renato SpA Prefabricator Alciati Srl Installations Paolin Impianti Srl Using prefabricated concrete panels, Italian studio ELASTICOFarm was able to embed hidden messages on the facade of S-LAB at the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Architect Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Location Shenzhen, China Completion Date 2021 Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Structural Engineering Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill Contractors and Curtain Wall Jangho Group Construction Manager Shenzhen Vanke Real Estate Featuring a ‘breathable’ facade, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) Shenzhen Rural Commercial Bank headquarters achieves energy efficiency while allowing occupants to modify
Architect moss Design Location Buchanan, Michigan Completion Date 2019 Structural Engineer Rockey Structures General Contractor Holladay Construction Group Window Systems Tubelite Structural Insulated Panels Thermocore Truss Manufacturer Big C Lumber Light Fixtures Halo, Lithonia, Kichler Plumbing Fixtures: American Standard Evoking the rural Midwest’s industrial architectural vernacular, moss Design’s River Saint Joe Brewery is a contemporary
Architect Sameep Padora and Associates Location Hyderabad, India Completion Date 2019 Brick Uma Brick Mangalore Aluminum Frame Windows Technical Windows Granite Sadar Ali Granite Looking out over the city and an adjoining park, the Mumbai-based Sameep Padora and Associates’ Sienna offers a novel apartment experience in Hyderabad, India’s Jubilee Hills neighborhood. A four-story building with
W&W Glass is expanding their market by offering their own Glass Engineered Solutions. Following the closing of Pilkington Architectural’s Planar™ system production in the United Kingdom at the end of 2021, W&W will be expanding their portfolio in order to offer “larger structurally glazed solutions with greater flexibility.” W&W will honor Pilkington’s warranty on existing
Architect Leckie Studio Architecture + Design Facade Contractor Powers Construction Glazing Siber Façade Group General Contractor Powers Construction Location Ontario, Canada Completion Date February, 2021 Reflecting the deciduous forest around them, the Arcana cabins by the Vancouver, Canada-based Leckie Studio Architecture + Design intend to connect inhabitants to the landscape of rural Ontario. The exact
Architect Olson Kundig Glazing Manufacturer Fleetwood Location San Juan Island, Washington Completion Date 2010 Facade Products Exterior Siding: 16 gauge hot rolled steel; Window/Door: Fleetwood thermally broken aluminum windows Structural Engineer MCE Structural Consultants, Inc. General Contractor Lowe Construction Shutter Decks Turner Exhibits Steel Fabrication Gem Welding Landscape Architect Island Gardens Interior Design Sara Steinfeld
In August of 2020, John Wheaton, CEO of Wheaton Sprague Building Envelope, launched a podcast featuring wide-ranging conversations with leaders spread across the AEC industry. The Creating Structures podcast brings together personalities from all corners of the building and design world to celebrate the energy and ideas that drive our practice forward. From publishing, manufacturing,
Glorya Kaufman’s name is far from an unfamiliar one within the performing arts world of Los Angeles. From the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance to the future Glorya Kaufman Theater at the Actors Fund’s Hollywood Arts Collective, to the Los Angeles Dance Center’s long-running Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance series, the Detroit-born philanthropist and dance
Architect Zaha Hadid Architects Facade Engineer Buro Happold Engineering Facade Contractor Jangho General Contractor Guangdong No.1 Construction Engineering Local Design Institute GDAD Structure RBS MEP Engineer BIAD, GDAD MEP Contractor Shijian Landscape Zaha Hadid Architects, Pubang Location Guangzhou, China Completion Date November 2021 Just days ago on November 9, Infinitus China inaugurated Infinitus Plaza, the
Nestled into an existing vertical garden designed by Patrick Blanc, the 35 Green Corner Building by local firm Studio Anne Holtrop makes a monolithic statement in Muharraq, Bahrain. The space, which acts as art collection storage for the Sheikh Ebrahim Center, has a very simple and shallow plan—four stories each consisting of two identical rooms
Of the 40 or so buildings operated by Ryerson University, a rapidly growing public university in Toronto, no others reach as high as the Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex. The 28-story building spans roughly 300,000 square feet and accounts for a sizable chunk of the 800,000 Ryerson has added in the past decade as part
With a history spanning nearly a thousand years, the University of Oxford is the oldest English-speaking institution of its kind. One might not be surprised, then, that its campus architecture has over time been subject to the buffeting winds of fashion. While the overriding mood may be Merrie Olde Englande or Jacobean—the best bits of
Up until the mid-20th century, the incorporation of glazing into any project was an exorbitantly expensive decision and potentially fraught with error due to the irregularity of manufacturing processes. The development of float glass through the Pilkington process, which can be roughly described as rolling molten glass over a tin bath, has enabled continually growing
The first thing to notice about the new Le Monde headquarters in Paris’s 13th Arrondissement is what it does. Designed by Snøhetta, the building straddles a former rail yard along the Seine, not unlike the nearby Pont d’Austerlitz. In doing so, it hoists up enough office space for all the French news conglomerate’s 1,600 employees
Foster + Partners has completed a shimmering new headquarters for the Russian Copper Company, one of the world’s largest mining companies. The warm brown exterior echoes the building’s symbolic nature while reimagining the conventional office from the inside. In the small city of Yekaterinburg, the 15-story office tower sits on the landscaped bank of
Historic preservation in the United States has often been cast in absolute terms: Structures and monuments are either subject to campaigns of complete restoration (which may entail partial reconstruction) or maintained as sublime ruins stabilized to withstand the ravages of time. A novel conservation scheme for an 18th-century plantation house on Virginia’s Northern Neck
ArchitectsDiller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with FXCollaborative Construction ManagerTurner Construction Exterior Enclosure ContractorW&W Glass Curtain WallAZA-INT Corporation GlassSedak Glass, AGC Interpane Glass Germany, Cricursa Spain, Pilkington Glass GFRGIDA Exterior Systems and DKI/David Kucera Inc.–GFRG DoorsEllison doors and Crane revolving doors Facade ConsultantArup Columbia University’s Manhattanville Campus expansion has ushered in a crystalline district
ArchitectsThomas Phifer and Partners Structural EngineerSOM MEP EngineerCosentini Associates General ContractorCDI LocationBloomington, Indiana GlazingViracon Structural SteelMAK Steel WindowsWaltek LimestoneIndiana Limestone Fabricators TerrazzoSantarossa Mosaic and Tile Co. Indiana University (IU) is something of an architectural menagerie. The past century brought considerable change to its Romanesque-inflected Bloomington campus through the incursion of numerous modernist or Brutalist
Facade ManufacturerACME YKK Architects Studio 27 Architecture LEO A DALY Structural EngineerRobert Silman Associates General ContractorBlue Skye Construction LocationWashington, D.C. Date of Completion2020 Systembrick and window wall ProductsACME – 50% Steel Gray Utility, 50% Ridgemar Velour Utility YKK YCW Curtainwall In an effort to improve services for homeless families in Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser
Facade ManufacturerErie Architectural Products Centria Boston Valley Terra Cotta ArchitectsPBDW Architects Structural EngineerSeverud Associates Facade Consultant Heitmann General Contractor McGowan Builders Date of Completion2020 SystemsTerra-cotta Rainscreen and window wall with metal paneling Products Bendheim channeling Unusual among the sardined building fabric of Manhattan, PBDW Architects’ freestanding Cooke School & Institute takes full advantage of the
Adhering to their regenerative bioclimatic design ethos, Studio Ma has designed its own eco-conscious office in the desert to the same standards they uphold for their clients. The new 2,412-square-foot office transformed an undistinguished dentist’s office into a “net-zero energy and water” space that encourages walking and biking—an impressive feat considering the city of Phoenix averages temperatures over 85 degrees Fahrenheit seven
