https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2217 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17829 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 07:24:26 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17829-in-denmark-dorte-mandrup-designs-exemplary-accommodations-for-apprentices-in-the-building-trades http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17645 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:23:12 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17645-snapshot-dorte-mandrups-center-for-health-offers-a-timber-clad-departure-from-the-norm http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15464 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15464-icefjord-center-by-dorte-mandrup Conceptual master plans by Dorte Mandrup, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, and Weiss/Manfredi take different approaches to unifying the disjointed museum campus.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14251 Fri, 30 Aug 2019 11:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14251-three-proposals-for-transforming-the-la-brea-tar-pits Concept by Dorte Mandrup Surrounded by Pleistocene fauna, a series of boardwalks connects all activities in the park and lead people curiously up towards the new, open foyer in the Page Museum. Rendering © Dorte Mandrup / Martha Schwartz Partners Concept by Dorte Mandrup In the open foyer, visitors passing through get glimpses of activities in the building – below, and above, the collection of spectacular creatures are presented in excavations, laboratories and exhibit spaces. Rendering © MIR Concept by Dorte Mandrup Exploratory wayfinding, active research sites, a megafauna playground, and prehistoric plants and trees throughout the site aim to spark creativity. Rendering © Martha Schwartz Partners Concept by Dorte Mandrup Visitors are invited into the world of science, as research activities are an integrated part of the new, daylit exhibition spaces. A new public roof top garden and the Tar Bar concludes the journey. Rendering © Dorte Mandrup / Martha Schwartz Partners Concept by Diller Scofidio + Renfro A new arrival plaza at the corner of Wilshire & Curson welcomes visitors to the Tar Pits and extends into a ramped museum forecourt, descending 12 feet and 20,000 years in the past. Rendering © Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept by Diller Scofidio + Renfro The reimagined Page Museum lobby is anchored by a hovering “Archive Block,” a glass enclosed repository for the museum’s collection and surrounded by public circulation and an ascending circuit of exhibition galleries. Rendering © Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept by Diller Scofidio + Renfro A publicly accessible dig site is supported by a new Mobile “Dig Rig,” designed to anticipate current and future digs anywhere in the park. Rendering © Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept by Diller Scofidio + Renfro Public engagement with science occurs throughout the masterplan, including new glass edge of the Tar Pit Lake, revealing this site feature to be a former asphalt mine since filled by rain water. Rendering © Diller Scofidio + Renfro Concept by WEISS/MANFREDI The La Brea Loops and Lenses form a triple mobius that links all existing elements of the park to redefine Hancock Park as a continuously unfolding experience. Rendering © WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism Concept by WEISS/MANFREDI Panoramic labs flank the exhibition pit, encouraging dialogue between the past and present. Here, the collection and active research are brought into sharp focus. Rendering © WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism Concept by WEISS/MANFREDI Within the Research and Revelation loop, renewed pit sites allow people to witness active excavation taking place under shaded canopies. Playgrounds throughout provide spaces for children to learn about site’s geology through play and tactile experience. Rendering © WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism Concept by WEISS/MANFREDI The existing terrace on the museum’s roof is doubled to become a new multi-purpose plateau for public events. Here, the fiber-glass frieze finds its crystalline counterpart in the expansion which reveals La Brea’s artifacts through a glass facade. Rendering © WEISS/MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism On the east coast of the Jutland Peninsula, Dorte Mandrup Arkitekter has created a striking landmark for Aarhus, the second-largest Danish city: a sculptural white tower cantilevered over the bay.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11708 Wed, 01 Jun 2016 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11708-salling-tower Photo © Quintin Lake Photo © Ben Eskerod Photo © Ben Eskerod Photo © Quintin Lake