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Not only do they look great but they help control temperature and light within the house. What am I talking about? Why the screens that clad this reworked extension to a heritage house in Melbourne by Wolveridge Architects .A contemporary extension with heritage overlays. It's what Australian architects excel at. Photography by Derek Swalwell , midcenturyjo , via desire to inspire http://bit.ly/2yjyGqz

Along with the 2017 Stirling Prize winning announcement , RIBA also revealed the Houseboat by Mole Architects and Rebecca Granger Architects as the 2017  Stephen Lawrence Prize winner, and the Bedales School as  Client of the Year .  Established by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation in 1998 in memory of aspiring young architect Stephen Lawrence, the prize recognizes the best UK-based projects designed by emerging talent and were built with a construction budget of less than £1 million.  The Client of the Year Award honors notable clients and their role in the creation of fine architecture and the positive impact that they can help create for their local communities.  Keep reading for more about the winning projects. 2017 Stephen Lawrence Prize winner: Houseboat by Mole Architects and Rebecca Granger Architects Justine Testado via Archinect - News http://ift.tt/2z2s6So

Along with the 2017 Stirling Prize winning announcement , RIBA also revealed the Houseboat by Mole Architects and Rebecca Granger Architects as the 2017  Stephen Lawrence Prize winner, and the Bedales School as  Client of the Year .  Established by the Marco Goldschmied Foundation in 1998 in memory of aspiring young architect Stephen Lawrence, the prize recognizes the best UK-based projects designed by emerging talent and were built with a construction budget of less than £1 million.  The Client of the Year Award honors notable clients and their role in the creation of fine architecture and the positive impact that they can help create for their local communities.  2017 Stephen Lawrence Prize winner: Houseboat by Mole Architects and Rebecca Granger Architects Justine Testado via Archinect - News http://ift.tt/2ijE8Pr

The American Architecture Prize is a global platform that honors innovation and creativity in architecture. The mission of AAP is to celebrate and endorse creativity, design excellence, innovation and exceptional achievements across architectural fields. With entries from all over the globe competing for excellency, the AAP winners represent some of the greatest contemporary architectural achievements. In addition to the American Architecture Prize this year, the AAP has introduced a new award program: the AAP - Firm of the Year Award, which allowed the AAP to honor firms for their total body of work, considering their specializations and respective resources. Small, medium and large companies each are recognized on their own terms. Sponsor via Archinect - News http://ift.tt/2zm4KdB

Yale has just completed two new residential colleges near the heart of campus: a superblock of neo-Gothic fantasy. This reversion to an archaic visual language exemplifies a troubling trend. With their new architecture, universities all too often abdicate leadership in promoting artistic innovation as they pander to plutocratic donors. Columnist Belmont Freeman takes a critical look at Yale 's RAMSA -designed Benjamin Franklin College and Pauli Murray College in his latest piece for Places.  While Freeman marvels at their extraordinary evocation of tradition, he argues that their historicism represents a missed opportunity to reinvent the residential college for the 21st century — as Saarinen did on the same campus in the middle of the 20th.  Places Journal via Archinect - News http://ift.tt/2iQ1nV4

The verdict is out! drMM Architects' Hastings Pier has won the 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize for the UK's best new building. Regarded as the UK's most prestigious accolade in architecture, the Stirling Prize is awarded to the building that has “made the biggest contribution to the evolution of architecture in a given year.”  The Hasting Pier was selected out of six shortlisted projects . Recent recipients of the prize include Damien Hirst's Newport Street Gallery by Caruso St John,  the Burntwood School  by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Haworth Tompkins'  Everyman Theatre , and the  Astley Castle  by Witherford Watson Mann Architects. Read on for more about the winning project. Justine Testado via Archinect - News http://ift.tt/2zmgZqe

When the holiday season arrives (it's almost here, believe it or not), “Flatiron Reflection” will be a festive display in New York's Flatiron District for all to enjoy. Designed by  Future Expansion Architects , the playful installation was announced last week as the winner of the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership and Van Alen Institute's fourth  Flatiron Public Plaza Holiday Design Competition , which seeks the best proposal for a fun, temporary installation in the heart of the Flatiron District. The other teams who were invited to compete this year were Annie Barrett/BAS; FIRM a.d. with Marman and Borins; Hive Public Space; Kyle May, Architect; Practice; The Principals; and Schaum/Shieh. Located on the North Flatiron Public Plaza at Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and 23rd Street, Flatiron Reflection will serve as a centerpiece for the Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership's holiday festivities....

Danish firm  3XN has just been awarded their second project as part of the Bayside development on Toronto’s waterfront. Headed by real estate developer Tridel, the $1.1 billion dollar (CAD) redevelopment of the 13-acre former industrial site seeks to establish a vertical neighborhood along Lake Ontario. Announced April of last year, the first project for the site designed by 3XN is for Aquabella, a stepped L-shaped residential condominium building. Following that win, 3XN has yet again been tapped for the site, winning their second competition to design another condominium complex located next to the first.  Mackenzie Goldberg via Archinect - News http://ift.tt/2zUQVPe

LOT-EK: Objects + Operations by Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano with Thomas de Monchaux The Monacelli Press, 2017 Hardcover, 400 pages [Cover via LOT-EK ] If one architecture firm deserves credit for sticking to its guns, it's LOT-EK. The duo of Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano has incorporated industrial detritus – primarily shipping containers – into their built and unbuilt projects for around a couple decades. Other architects have exploited the potential of inexpensive shipping containers, but none have done it so thoroughly and repeatedly. Projects like the 2008  Wiener Townhouse  in the West Village, which I included in my book  Guide to Contemporary New York City Architecture , look to have abandoned the reuse of industrial parts, only to subtly reveal they are built with truck containers and ducts. About ten years later, LOT-EK has just completed Drivelines  in Johannesburg, a live-work building made from dozens of "upcycled ISO shipping containers." ...

Spurred by concerns over climate change and the negative impacts of concrete manufacturing, architects and developers in France are increasingly turning to wood for their office towers and apartment complexes. Concrete was praised through much of the 20th century for its flexibility, functionality, and relative affordability. [...] Today, however, wood is lauded for its smaller environmental footprint and the speed with which buildings can be assembled. Alexander Walter via Archinect - News http://ift.tt/2z8lwMn

Relaxing, vivacious, polished, timeless. I really love every project Los Angeles based interior designer Kate Lester has worked her magic on. This is just a sample from various homes that caught my eye. I adore the chair in the photo above.  , KiM , via desire to inspire http://ift.tt/2z8I92X