Milwaukie Way reconsiders the potential for an urban infill development to respond to its context, creating a lively public space while also preserving the existing built fabric.
Sited on a central commercial avenue in a Southeast Portland, the clients saw potential to add leasable space in the form of retail, cafes and office to their corner lot. The biggest challenge was how to integrate the existing 1929 Spanish Colonial style building that was to stay. Housing a restaurant below and office space above, the historic building sat squarely at the center of the lot, greatly limiting available street frontage and the opportunity to engage passing shoppers.
Article source: PAUL MICHAEL DAVIS ARCHITECTS, PLLC
This is a study of a house in its true context, instead of its idealized context—real nature instead of romantic nature.
It is a conceptual project that started out as a real one. A great client in California found our Seattle firm online, and hired us to design him a new house to replace one that had burned down in one of the increasingly frequent wildfires here in the West.
Transart is a multifaceted platform for the creative activities of an artist and independent curator in Houston, Texas. Designed by SCHAUM/SHIEH of Houston and New York, the new building will house visitors, art, exhibitions and performances, and will host conversations that spark broader community dialogue about the role of art in our lives, providing a space for the critical intersection between art and anthropology.
KPMB Architects and Boston University have announced plans to build the Data Sciences Center, a 17-floor tower on Commonwealth Avenue in the heart of BU’s Charles River Campus. It’s the first major teaching center on the Charles River Campus in a half-century and will be BU’s tallest building.
With data sciences booming from an educational and employment perspective, the construction of the new Center will provide a new space to educate the next generation of creators, inventors, critical thinkers and problem solvers. The new Data Science Center will bring together the mathematics and statistics and computer science departments under one roof, as well as house the interdisciplinary Rafik B. Hariri Institute for Computer and Computational Science & Engineering. Highlights of the building’s features include:
“The owners were quite generous with the design of their home – they built it for themselves, but also to support the larger art community of which they are a part.” –Jim Olson, Design Principal
An interest in community and a love of art defines this couple and their Lake Washington home. Passionate art patrons, the clients requested that their extensive collection of glass, sculpture and two-dimensional art, mostly by Northwest masters, inspire their home’s design. The collection takes center stage and fills the home. The main floor is organized with a long spine from which the living, dining, family and kitchen areas flow. Art also links the indoors and outdoors, as exterior sculptures and custom glass pieces that delineate the home’s entrance draw visitors inside, through the home and to the waterfront terrace and lawn on the other side. Windows throughout offer sweeping views of Lake Washington from the inside, while also framing exterior views of the artwork within. This transparency creates a sense of openness and unity that balances the couple’s densely displayed art collection with nature, lake and sky.
The Southwestern College in Chula Vista, CA has opened a new Allied Health Sciences building at its satellite campus Higher Education Center (HEC) in National City, CA. Located at the corner of Plaza Boulevard and National City Boulevard, the 22,500 SF building designed by Culver City-based architecture and urban design firm Johnson Favaro includes classrooms and labs in support of the college’s health sciences program.
Article source: WICK ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN + LAND DESIGN STUDIO
Wick Architecture & Design + LAND Design Studio recently completed Sake Dojo located in the city’s popular Little Toyko neighborhood. Deemed the largest Japantown in the United States, the National Historic Landmark District boasts scores of traditional Japanese specialty-food restaurants. As Little Tokyo’s latest dining and drinking hot spot, Sake Dojo captures the vibe of a modern Tokyo establishment, while exploring the ancient art of Japanese tattooing as its dominant design motif.
The John J. Sbrega Health and Science Building is as a shared resource occupied by multiple disciplines within the Sciences and Health Professions disciplines at Bristol Community College. The facility represents the translation of basic science to its application in the health professions. For the sciences, the building accommodates flexible instructional labs and support space for field biology, biotech, microbiology, and general chemistry. The health professions are represented by nursing skills and simulation labs, clinical laboratory science and medical assisting labs, dental hygiene labs and teaching clinic, which provides care to underserved populations.
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The Social, a new 16,300 SF public gathering space and food hall at Hilton’s global headquarters in McLean, VA, designed by CORE, is a vibrant and bustling gathering space with food and beverage at its heart, balancing functional work and teaming spaces with the sensibilities of a restaurant. The design is modern and warm with refined details and natural materials – a spacial interpretation of the Hilton Worldwide global brand.
Overland Trail Cabin is a 4,200-SF luxury estate located in the world-renowned Sugar Bowl Ski Resort in California. BCV Architecture + Interiors designed the property so homeowners could take advantage of mountain living year-round; the home is close to several hiking and mountain bike trails for warmer months and offers direct chair lift access during colder months.
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