The clients had lived in an older home on a magnificent, private hillside lot in Tiburon, California for many years. They dreamed of one day transforming their low, one story 1970’s home into a new home worthy of their spectacular site, perched above San Francisco Bay. Their dreams began to be realized in 2005 with the design of a 2000 square foot addition, coupled with a complete renovation of the existing 3,200 square foot house.
Sasaki’s addition to the student recreation center at the University of Arizona in Tucson cuts an impressive silhouette against the Sonoran Desert landscape. The 54,000-square-foot addition doubles the amount of space for cardio-fitness and strength conditioning and diversifies the center’s recreational program offerings. The structure is a genuine expression of the student body’s commitment to health, wellbeing, and sustainability—inspired and informed by the very people whom the center is intended to engage. Since opening in 2010, participation has increased 91%, general use of fitness equipment has increased 150%, wait times have been eliminated, membership has increased 10.5%, and 10 new programs have been initiated. The building is LEED® Platinum Certified—the first collegiate recreational facility to be designated as such.
The design of the new MODERNISM Gallery seeks to honor both the history of the existing structure and the origins of MODERNISM itself. The new façade of the gallery was inspired by the lithographs of El Lissitsky, one of the first artists to be shown in the revered thirty year history of the Gallery. A series of steel frames, planes, and lines are sculpted to create a large street front viewing portal and the primary entry into the gallery.
Designed as an intimate sanctuary for quiet, individual prayer, the new adoration chapel on the St Pius campus is a subtle sculptural addition to the landscape.
In meetings prior to the start of design, congregants were clear that the new chapel should complement the formal character of the adjacent 1960s church and its striking, monumentally-scaled copper roof, which rises in orchestrated planes from ground level to more than 75 feet above the church floor.
The new chapel is a delicately-placed, quiet counterpoint to the adjacent church, contrasting in scale but similar in form and material. The tall, angled shape of the chapel ties the building to its neighbor and creates a soaring space for worshippers within—a cathedral for one. The sculpted form is carefully carved on two sides and at the roof, allowing light to leak in from above the ceiling, along the floor, and adjacent to the sacred tabernacle.
The “prospect and refuge” theory explores the human desire to have opportunity before them (Prospect) while also being safe (Refuge). What does a house look and feel like that follows this theory? With a beautiful natural site to build on, our client wanted a low-maintenance structure that would age into the forest. Every material should be solid, authentic, and develop a rich patina. As for the interior, the instruction was that nothing should be coded. What you see is what it is.
A restaurant concept derived from the famous Barcelona market housed under a single great roof structure, inspired us to create an all-encompassing atmosphere, not dissimilar to the market.
Article source: luis vidal + architects + Gensler + HDR
As part of a special board meeting and the annual State of the Airport event on Wednesday, Feb. 20, the Allegheny County Airport Authority Board of Directors approved a visionary concept design for the Terminal Modernization Program at Pittsburgh International Airport.
The concept design for the new terminal to be built adjacent to the current Airside facility between Concourses C and D and scheduled to open in 2023, was unveiled to airport employees and the public on Wednesday.
It is based on a unique philosophy of nature, technology and community – NaTeCo – developed over the past seven months by the design team joint venture of architectural and engineering firms Gensler and HDR in association with luis vidal + architects.
A canopy of angled ceiling planes radiate out towards the expansive city and mountain views while defining the various volumes of the home. These richly pigmented roofs also condition the exterior and interior living spaces from the sun while contrasting against the sandy tones of the exterior which blend naturally with the backdrop of Camelback Mountain.
Dynamic volumes of space define the separate zones of the great room and expand seamlessly into the front yard and lush garden backyard—heightening the feeling of living intentionally within nature.
The NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center, designed by Brooklynbased nARCHITECTS, was opened to the public in a ceremony on November 13th with State and City officials, and members of the Auburn community. Commissioned by the City of Auburn, NY and the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, nARCHITECTS designed the new 7,500sf building and outdoor space, transforming a former municipal parking lot into the new civic and cultural heart of historic Auburn, NY, home of Harriet Tubman. The ribbon cutting ceremony for the building and a new statue of Harriet Tubman was attended by Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul, Pauline Copes Johnson (Harriet Tubman’s great-great-grandniece), NY State Parks Commissioner Rose Harvey, Auburn Mayor Michael Quill, and others.
Project: New York State Equal Rights Heritage Center
Location: Auburn, New York, USA
Photography: Brett Breyer, James Ewing OTTO
Design Lead / Prime Consultant / Architecture: nARCHITECTS, PLLC Eric Bunge (Principal-in-Charge), Mimi Hoang (Principal); Amanda Morgan (Project Manager), Thomas Heltzel, David Mora
Exhibition Design: MTWTF and nARCHITECTS
Structural Engineer: Silman
MEP Engineer: OLA Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineer/Landscape Design: Environmental Design and Research
Built in 1907, Ludlow Mill 10 was originally part of the larger Ludlow Mills industrial complex and home to one of the world’s largest producers of jute cloth, rope and twine. Once a powerhouse of manufacturing, the building remained derelict for nearly a decade prior to its rehabilitation and adaptation. The design team’s work included a complete restoration of the structure and facade, as well as artfully adapting the building’s 108,000 square feet to 75 modern apartments for seniors with amenities including a fitness center, resident lounge, reading book nook, and computer lounge.
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