Ohio, United States
WEISS / MANFREDI has won an international competition to design a new $40 million College of Architecture and Environmental Design for Kent State University in Ohio. The New York-based practice, in collaboration with the local architect of record Richard L. Bowen & Associates, was one of four national finalists selected from a competitive list of 37 applicants.
Image: WEISS/MANFREDI
Courtesy Arch Daily
Kangneung, South Korea
SAMOO Architects have presented their design concept for the Kangneung Speed Skating Arena & Sports Complex. Designed with the concept of 'Ice Scape', the speed skate arena is intended to project the natural beauty of Kangneung through the glass curtain wall of the building facades. The design focused on fulfilling the requirements of the international speed skating association’s specification and is equipped with state of the art digital measurement equipment.
Image: Samoo Architects & Engineers
Courtesy World Architecture News
United States
The Pritzker prize jury is to consider recognising Denise Scott Brown's work following a petition on Change.org, which demands she be retroactively acknowledged for her contributions that led to her husband winning the architecture prize in 1991. Notable architects, including Farshid Moussavi, Hani Rashid and Zaha Hadid have added their signatures to the petition.
Photo: Frank Hanswijk
Courtesy of planphilly.
Moscow, Russia
Italian architects Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas have won a competition for the Moscow Polytechnic Museum and Educational Centre with a design consisting of four copper-clad elements that appear to have been "cut by the wind". The $180 million centre will be built at the Sparrow Hills district of the Russian capital.
Courtesy Dezeen
Cleveland, United States
Nonprofit PlayhouseSquare Foundation plans to spend $16 million over the next year to pepper Cleveland’s theatre district with bright new interactive signs, gateway arches and digital displays, big and small. The new elements will replace the current lighted vinyl banners and make the district’s artistic vitality visible day and night on its streets and sidewalks.
Image: Baryncz Group
Courtesy Cleveland.com
