A team of two graduate students from Clemson University School of Architecture, Eric Laine and Suzanne Steelman, has won the international Dow Solar Design to Zero competition. The team’s proposal LiveWork was awarded the first place award, along with a $20,000 prize sponsored by Dow Solar.
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Co-sponsored by the AIA NY Marketing and PR Committee and the Oculus Committee, the Architecture & the Media Series – Architecture Criticism Today discussion will take place Monday, February 27, 6 pm – 8 pm at the Center for Architecture in New York City.
In the first of a four-part series, architecture critics discuss the role of criticism in the field of architecture and how it informs the general public’s understanding of design. They also answer a vital question: as a project comes to life, at what point(s) should critics weigh in? In this panel discussion, prominent editors and writers will discuss the overall trends and shifts in architecture criticism today. More information on the event after the break.
This four-part series will explore today’s media landscape, with panels featuring leading architectural and real estate writers, critics, and editors. The panels will address the differences between design criticism and reportage, how architecture is portrayed to the public, and how architects present themselves. The panels will consider how the digital revolution is radically changing the landscape of publishing.
Cost: $10 for member and students, $20 for non-members; or purchase a ticket for the 4-part series at $25 for members and students, $50 for non-members.
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'Architecture & the Media Series – Architecture Criticism Today' Discussion originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 09 Feb 2012.
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Yesterday we read about the ongoing “crisis of architecture.” Today, Fast.Co Design publishes an infographic video dissecting the student debt bubble. Education News, a blog dealing with student issues, produced the video to visualize the ideas set forth by dot-com venture capitalist (and noted libertarian) Peter Thiel in an April 2011 TechCrunch interview.
In April, Thiel convincingly argued that by taking out massive student loans to pay for higher education, we’re all contributing to a bubble, akin to the mortgage crisis of the late ’00s. His ideas weren’t particularly original (as anyone who’s been through the meatball maker of graduate school can attest), but they lent gravity to the burgeoning movement against student debt, since Thiel is famous for arguing contrary (and in come cases, correctly) to prevalent thinking on the national economy. ”You have to get rid of the future you wanted,” he said, “to pay off all the debt from the fancy school that was supposed to give you that future.” It’s worth noting that Thiel’s been beating this drum for some time, founding the 20 Under 20 program that grants twenty college students $100,000 to drop out of school and start their own company.
Is the movement against student debt starting to gain momentum? Or does the value exchange between debt and a prestigious degree still seem a fair one? I’m curious what current students think, feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section. In the meantime, take a look at Part 1 below, or head over to the Higher Education Bubble splashpage for the whole static infographic.
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Frank Lloyd Wright‘s 16-room, 6,100 square foot house built in 1897 for Isidore Heller was just placed on the market with an asking price of $2.5 million. Sitting on a large piece of land in Hyde Park, one of Wright’s more highly regarded house, is an architectural marvel with its high ceilings and and large rooms, which contrasts with the more well-known houses Wright is known for. The house also includes seven bedrooms, 33 stained glass windows, four fireplaces and an operational elevator. More images after the break.
Frank Lloyd Wright's Heller House on the Market for $2.5M originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 04 Feb 2012.
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Architect: Foster and Partners
Location: Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Project Design: Norman Foster
Structural Engineer: WSP Cantour Seinuk
Construction: Turner Construction
Project Area: 46 stories; 860,000 sq ft
Project Year: 2003-2006
Photographs: Chuck Choi
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The first “green” high rise office building to be completed in New York City, Hearst Tower accurately represents the talent and intellect that drives Foster and Partners toward innovative and ground breaking design.
The building’s symmetrically jagged silhouette is easily recognizable in its surroundings. The diagrid facade comprised of triangulated steel frame was designed to use 21% less steel than traditional buildings of it’s type. Also impressive is the statistic which states that 90% of the 10,480 tons of steel used is derived from recycled material.
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The glass and steel addition sits atop a six-story cast stone base, which was designed by Joseph Urban in 1928 at a cost of $2 million. Founded by William Randolph Hearst, the 40,000 square feet was designated a Landmark site during the initial designs of the addition. The new tower stands 46 stories tall, housing 80,000 square meters of office space.
Hearst Tower entered the scene at a very important historical moment in American history, as it was the first skyscraper to be built after September 11, 2011. Foster and Partners’ dedication to incomparable design becomes clearer with each project, with the Hearst Tower receiving the 2006 Emporis Skyscraper Award as the best skyscraper of the year in the world.
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Foster and Partners pushed the boundaries with their long list of environmental considerations which lead to the designation of Hearst Tower as New York City’s first LEED Gold certified skyscraper. Heat conductive limestone paves the atrium floor, covering polyethylene tubing that circulates water year round to help control the ambient temperature of the building. During the rain, water is collected on the roof and then stored in the basement. This becomes key in the floor tubing, irrigation, and the water sculpture in the lobby.
Icefall, the water sculpture that reaches three stories high, is constructed with thousands of glass panels and also contributes to the thermal conditions of the building by cooling and humidifying the air using the recycled rainwater. Hearst Tower remains at a comfortable temperature for a majority of the year by natural ventilation.
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Another obvious way to bring down the financial and environmental costs of the skyscraper is by optimizing the amount of natural light flowing through the building. To maximize the penetration of light, Foster limited the amount of interior walls so as to block less light. Light sensors are used to measure amounts of natural light and react automatically depending on what is needed.
Located at 300 West 57th Street, 959 8th Avenue enar Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan, New York, Hearst Tower is the world headquarters of the entire Hearst Corporation housing publications and communications companies like Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Marie Claire, Harper’s Bazaar, Good Houskeeping, and Seventeen.
Flashback: Hearst Tower / Foster and Partners originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 03 Feb 2012.
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About three-quarters of the people who spoke favored renovating the existing pier or picking a “Mediterranean-style” design for a replacement. The ultra-modern design of “The Lens” did not draw support from most of the people who spoke. “We are paying for $50 million for a sidewalk over the water,” one commenter said. “I wanted Mediterranean style. (I) feel we are being locked into (a design) that doesn’t have any local flavor.”
Its astonishing 6,100 sq ft of outrageous opulence – including 33 stained glass windows, four fireplaces, several wood panelled walls, seven bedrooms and its very own working elevator – has allowed its residents to live in spectacular splendour for almost 120 years. Now prospective home-owners have the chance to buy into bliss as Chicago’s luxurious Isodore H Heller House goes on the market for $2.5million.
