Mound, hearth, enclosure, roof, and column. The way we see it, Gottfried Semper and scholars already figured out what makes honest tectonic form. We're looking for the element that satisfies our primitive urge to value architecture that's good.

March 29th 2011

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melbourne street
by: tridente architects
in: north adelaide, australia

It seems to be an unfortunate norm that when a designer/developer/owner builds a new multi-story commercial building in 100+ year old one-story residential neighborhood, someone is bound to get pissed.  We wonder if Tridente Architects saw that coming, as their response to the problem seems both thoughtful and elegant.  The three story building (1st floor parking, 2nd/3rd floor commercial) has a glazed public facade wrapped by a large wood screen.  The light colors and translucency create a porous structure that otherwise might have read as a bulky mass.  Remarkably, to us, the yellow door sticks out more than the screen. We just hope the neighbors welcomed the project with the same admiration.

Posted at 3:27pm and tagged with: enclosure, commercial, architecture, design, tridente architects, australia, wood, screen, yellow door,.

melbourne streetby: tridente architectsin: north adelaide, australia It seems to be an unfortunate norm that when a designer/developer/owner builds a new multi-story commercial building in 100+ year old one-story residential neighborhood, someone is bound to get pissed.  We wonder if Tridente Architects saw that coming, as their response to the problem seems both thoughtful and elegant.  The three story building (1st floor parking, 2nd/3rd floor commercial) has a glazed public facade wrapped by a large wood screen.  The light colors and translucency create a porous structure that otherwise might have read as a bulky mass.  Remarkably, to us, the yellow door sticks out more than the screen. We just hope the neighbors welcomed the project with the same admiration.

March 17th 2011

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alibaba headquarters
by:hassell architects
in: hangzhour, china

Inspired by Chinese window screens, a web-like enclosure turns into a latticed roof which cools both indoor and outdoor spaces passively.  It’s a bit too porous for year round application at our rainy Pacific Northwest campuses, but we’d almost suggest using an umbrella if something similar was implemented here. Almost.

Posted at 1:23pm and tagged with: enclosure, roof, alibaba, hangzhou, china, campus, commercial, architecture, design, sustainable, web, solar shading,.

alibaba headquartersby:hassell architectsin: hangzhour, china Inspired by Chinese window screens, a web-like enclosure turns into a latticed roof which cools both indoor and outdoor spaces passively.  It’s a bit too porous for year round application at our rainy Pacific Northwest campuses, but we’d almost suggest using an umbrella if something similar was implemented here. Almost.

February 1st 2011

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pixel building
by: studio 505 architects
in: carlton, australia

a carbon neutral office building with colorful recycled aluminum shading panels enclosing an otherwise standard, almost typical green building design>

(Source: theage.com.au)

Posted at 12:44pm and tagged with: enclosure, australia, commercial, sustainable,.

pixel buildingby: studio 505 architectsin: carlton, australia a carbon neutral office building with colorful recycled aluminum shading panels enclosing an otherwise standard, almost typical green building design>