https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1428 en-us A British team recalls democracy's origins by integrating history and nature into their design.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13560 Mon, 06 Aug 2018 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13560-writ-in-water-by-mark-wallinger-and-studio-octopi Entering Writ in Water, visitors can choose to walk left or right to reach the inner chamber; small rectangular apertures illuminate the covered passageway. Photo © National Trust Images / Andrew Butler Entering Writ in Water, visitors can choose to walk left or right to reach the inner chamber; small rectangular apertures illuminate the covered passageway. Photo © National Trust Images / Andrew Butler Overhead, cantilevered dark-stained rafters tilt down toward the pool. Photo © National Trust Images / Andrew Butler goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) A string of proposed projects aims to reclaim urban waterways for people.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13561 Wed, 01 Aug 2018 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13561-continuing-education-urban-swimming-holes 1808-Continuing-Education-Urban-Swimming-Holes-01.jpg The walls of + POOL, a proposal for New York, will be made of a membrane that will filter river water. Though shown here near Brooklyn Bridge Park, the location of the pool is not yet determined. Photo © Family New York, courtesy of Friends of + Pool Flussbad would transform the canal running along Berlin’s Museum Island into a 2,700-foot-long swimming channel. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad Flussbad would transform the canal running along Berlin’s Museum Island into a 2,700-foot-long swimming channel. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad A 1,300-foot-long planted bioremediation zone will clean Flussbad’s water. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad Flussbad’s microbiological filter system will include reeds in a gravel-and-sand bed. Image © realities:united, courtesy Flussbad The team behind the Thames Baths has explored a number of Central London sites, including one near Westminster Bridge (above), but it is now evaluating an East London location. Rendering © Studio Octopi & Picture Plane A group behind a proposal for Boston’s Charles River is focusing on a spot adjacent to a Cambridge park. Rendering © Stantec Earlier this summer, a new harbor bath opened in Aarhus, Denmark. The triangular facility can accommodate up to 650 people and was designed by Bjarke Ingels Group. Ingels was also part of the team that designed the first of Copenhagen’s four harbor baths, completed in 2003. Photo © Rasmus Hjortshoj Delfina Entrecanales is an unusual cultural philanthropist, her Delfina Foundation in London is an unusual place, and the architectural concept underlying it was born of an unusual international collaboration.

]]> 1408-delfina-foundation-studio-octopi-and-shahira-fahmy-architects.asp Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7518-delfina-foundation Delfina Foundation A courtyard off the public gallery in the basement features artist Gayle Chong Kwan's WASTESCAPE, made of used and new plastic food packaging.   Photo © Julien Lanoo Delfina Foundation Its administrative offices are located behind a sliding door (at right) and next to the shared library (at left) on the second floor. Glass panels help to create a sense of connection between the various floors.   Photo © Julien Lanoo Delfina Foundation The foundation purchased two identical townhouses and combined them.   Photo © Julien Lanoo Delfina Foundation Image courtesy Studio Octopi and Shahira Fahmy Architects Delfina Foundation Image courtesy Studio Octopi and Shahira Fahmy Architects Delfina Foundation Image courtesy Studio Octopi and Shahira Fahmy Architects Delfina Foundation Image courtesy Studio Octopi and Shahira Fahmy Architects