Brought to you by: From terra-cotta to rammed earth and mass timber assemblies, AN has gathered its top facades highlights from 2022. Marking a year in which environmental standards continued to push the evolution of the building envelope, architects responded to energy concerns with a wide range of material palettes that offer envelope solutions across climate zones.
Brought to you by: In Uppsala, a city north of Stockholm, architecture duo (and brothers) Erik and Tore Ahlsén proposed a four-building municipal complex in the early 1960s. The scheme consisted of a series of five-story, bar-like buildings that formed a rectangular perimeter, with an interior courtyard left open. It was largely realized, but construction
Brought to you by: Catalan architecture, landscape, and planning firm Batlleiroig has realized the first blackened timber facade in Spain. Its design for the Entegra building marks the first use of the material on an exterior in the country. Located within Barcelona’s 22@ district, a product of urban renewal within the city’s Sant Martí neighborhood,
Brought to you by: Studio Bright’s project at 8 Loftus Street has attempted to reinvigorate a city block in Sydney, Australia’s Circular Quay. Capped with a rooftop garden, and street-level arcade that connects the interior courtyard to the street, the building, part of a larger precinct named Quay Quarter Lanes, houses two floors of retail
Brought to you by: While Scandinavia already has a reputation for mass timber construction, including what was, until this year, the world’s tallest timber building, Oslotre’s St. Olavs vei 18 shows a continued innovation of timber projects in the region. Located in Kristiansand, on the southern tip of Norway, St. Olavs vei 18 is the
Brought to you by: Taking inspiration from the massing of clouds, MAD Architects’ forthcoming public art space in Aranya Community, Qinhuangdao, China, is nearing completion. Called the Cloud Center, the building will include a grand hall, gallery, and theater across a footprint of 2,500 square meters (26,000 square feet). Aranya is a coastal town east
Brought to you by: Nori Architects’ renovation of the Asanuma Corporation’s Nagoya Branch Office has given a 30-year-old, nearly all-glass office building in Aichi, Japan a new facade with primarily recycled natural materials. The Tokyo-based architecture firm was tasked with revamping the 8-story tower into a modern office space. As the firm described, “this project
Brought to you by: The newest contribution to Singapore’s reputation as a city engaging in biophilic design is Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) CapitaSpring. The new 51-story, 920-foot-tall tower was designed in collaboration with Carlo Ratti Associati and follows a plan of “vertical urbanism.” Realized for the Singaporean real estate investment and development firm CapitaLand, the
Brought to you by: Architect: Candalepas Associates Location: Sydney, Australia Completion Date:September, 2022 Located a block from Sydney, Australia’s Hyde Park, 116 Bathurst Street has brought a facade of apses and arches to the city. Also known as The Castle, the 37-story tower contains retail and residential spaces, in addition to a hotel. The design
TimberCon, presented by The Architect’s Newspaper in partnership with the Mass Timber Institute, returns virtually on September 28. This year’s edition features leading projects and practitioners from across the U.S. and Canada sharing advances in timber design, engineering, and construction. Mass timber is of growing interest across North America as firms and clients seek to
BROUGHT TO YOU BY: Architect Safdie Architects Location São Paulo, Brazil Opening August, 2022 Programmer, Interior Planner, and Executive Architect Perkins&Will Landscape Architect Isabel Duprat Skylight Sub-Contractor Seele Structural Engineer Thornton Tomasetti, Avila Engenharia, BRZ Experts Facade Thornton Tomasetti, Crescencio Environmental Atelier Ten, Ca2 Horticulture Sue Minter General Contractor Racional Engenharia Exposed Concrete Beams Peri
Brought to you by: Architect Mario Cucinella Architects Location Milan, Italy Completion Date January, 2022 Structural Engineer Ballardini Studio di Ingegnaria Service Engineer Deerns Italia Contractor Itinera Facades Aza Aghito Zambonini Glass Sentire AZA Facades Profile Schüco Italia Sunscreen Blades Laminam REI Doors AGEZE Italia Lighting iGuzzini Mario Cucinella Architects’ San Raffaele Hospital breaks down
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Architect Kengo Kuma & Associates Location Geneva, Switzerland Local Architect CCHE Structure 2M Ingénierie Civile SA Landscape EMF Paisatge Lighting Design Light IQ Facade Consultant Sottas SA Contractor Complex Bau MEP Weinmann Energies Electricity DSRG Engineering – Scherler SA Featuring a stepped promenade that cuts through an otherwise uniform grid of operable screened windows, Kengo
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