https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2291 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16124 Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:06:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16124-a-competition-winning-design-by-europarc-reimagines-the-european-parliament-building-in-brussels http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14972 Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14972-can-terra-by-ensamble-studio CaN-Terra-01-B.jpg Ca’N Terra’s spaces were shaped into rooms with concrete floors. A fireplace was even added to a crevice in the rock. Photo © Iwan Baan On a majestic landscape in Montana, Ensamble Studio creates a group of enigmatic sculptural works for Tippet Rise Art Center.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11807 Mon, 01 Aug 2016 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/11807-ensamble-studio-designs-monumental-works-for-tippet-rise-art-center Beartooth Portal is one of three completed sculptures by Ensamble Studio on the grounds of Tippet Rise. The piece is comprised of two giant slabs of site-cast reinforced concrete that appear to be balanced against each other. The interior surfaces of the piece are textured and rough, while the exterior is rounded and smooth. Photo © Iwan Baan Inverted Portal, like Beartooth Portal, is made of two balanced slabs. But here the rough side of the concrete is placed on the outside. Photo © Iwan Baan Like the Beartooth and Inverted portals, Domo is made of reinforced concrete cast on-site. The piece, which is 100 feet long and weighs more than 4 million pounds, has a cavernlike interior that is 16 feet high. Photo © Iwan Baan To build Beartooth Portal (shown), as well as Inverted Portal, Ensamble scooped out molds from mounds of gravel, built a rebar armature within each mold, then lifted the reinforcing out in order to line the mold with plastic membrane. The armature was reinserted once the concrete pour was under way. Photo Courtesy Ensamble Studio To build Beartooth Portal (shown), as well as Inverted Portal, Ensamble scooped out molds from mounds of gravel, built a rebar armature within each mold, then lifted the reinforcing out in order to line the mold with plastic membrane. The armature was reinserted once the concrete pour was under way. Photo Courtesy Ensamble Studio To build Beartooth Portal (shown), as well as Inverted Portal, Ensamble scooped out molds from mounds of gravel, built a rebar armature within each mold, then lifted the reinforcing out in order to line the mold with plastic membrane. The armature was reinserted once the concrete pour was under way. Photo Courtesy Ensamble Studio