https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/2618 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17184 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:14:18 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17184-nadaaa-and-hdr-model-mass-timber-excellence-at-the-university-of-nebraskalincoln http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16666 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 06:40:53 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16666-mits-new-campus-gateway-doubles-as-a-subway-headhouse http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15956 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15956-nader-tehrani-reveals-redesigned-galleries-at-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art Designing-Met-2.webp Nader Tehrani in conversation with Met curators Kim Benzel and Sean Hemingway. Photo by Paula Lobo, courtesy The Metropolitan Museum Designing-Met-1.jpg Nader Tehrani of NADAAA revealing designs for the Ancient Near East and Cypriot Art galleries. Photo by Paula Lobo, courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art Designing-Met-4.webp Met director Max Hollein introducing the lecture. Photo by Paula Lobo, courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art Designing-Met-3.webp Nader Tehrani of NADAAA revealing designs for the Ancient Near East and Cypriot Art galleries. Photo by Paula Lobo, courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15838 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15838-the-cooper-hewitt-national-design-awards-honor-architects Cooper-Hewitt-2.jpg Rural Studio Farm, a year-round functioning produce farm, located on the Rural Studio campus in Newbern, Alabama. Photo © Timothy Hursley, courtesy Cooper Hewitt Cooper-Hewitt-1.jpg Rural Studio's Newbern Library, renovated and expanded from the old Bank of Newbern building by a team of four 5th-year students to accommodate its new function as a library. Photo © Timothy Hursley Cooper-Hewitt-3.webp Nader Tehrani's Entrelac, an installation for Amman Design Week in Jordan (2016) with collaborator Raya Kassisieh. Photo © Roland Halbe Cooper-Hewitt-4.webp Nader Tehrani's Interfaith Spiritual Center, a center for people of all faiths to gather at Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts, 1998). Photo © Dan Bibb Cooper-Hewitt-5.webp Nader Tehrani's RISD North Hall, a new dormitory and studio for the Rhode Island School of Design (2019). Photo © John Horner Cooper-Hewitt-12.webp David Hertz's WEDEW generates renewable energy, heat, cooling, biochar, and water inside a 20-foot modified shipping container while sequestering atmospheric carbon into useful applications (Malibu, California, 2021). Photo © Laura Doss Photography Cooper-Hewitt-10.webp Hertz's WEDEW system operates in Malibu under a post-Woolsey Fire grant from California Energy Commission in Malibu, California (2019). Photo © Laura Doss Photography Cooper-Hewitt-11.webp WEDEW water pod set up at the 2019 XPRIZE Visioneering Conference at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles (2019). Photo © Laura Doss Photography Cooper-Hewitt-8.webp Rural Studio's 20K Dave’s Home, one of the firm's first in affordability research that would later become the first model home in the Front Porch Initiative’s product line. Photo © Timothy Hursley Cooper-Hewitt-7.webp Rural Studio's Greensboro Boys & Girls Club, an extension to the existing armory compound designed and constructed by a team of four 5th-year architecture students. Photo © Timothy Hursley, courtesy Cooper Hewitt Cooper-Hewitt-9.webp Rural Studio, Thermal Mass & Buoyancy Ventilation Research Project, part of a multi-institutional research project to investigate how to create a more responsible building system. Photo © Timothy Hursley Cooper-Hewitt-6.webp Newbern Town Hall, designed and built seven years after the Newbern Firehouse by 5th-year students. Photo © Timothy Hursley The firm's Boston branch library draws on its surrounding context and historic precedents.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15539 Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15539-adams-street-branch-library-by-nadaaa goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15367 Mon, 01 Nov 2021 00:05:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15367-mit-site-4-by-nadaaa-with-perkinswill MIT-Site-4-01-B.jpg Its distinctive copper skin, and its height, make the Site 4 tower stand out on the Kendall Square skyline. Photo © John Horner http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14488 Mon, 02 Mar 2020 00:02:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14488-risd-north-hall-by-nadaaa Several projects currently underway at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, institution aim to engage with their surroundings.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14134 Wed, 03 Jul 2019 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14134-mits-building-boom-brings-new-slate-of-major-architects-to-campus Graduate student housing building by NADAAA in collaboration with Perkins + Will Rendering courtesy NADAAA MIT-Construction-02.jpg Building with academic and commercial office space by Weiss/Manfredi Rendering courtesy Weiss/Manfredi Building with academic and commercial office space by Weiss/Manfredi Rendering courtesy Weiss/Manfredi Building with academic and commercial office space by Weiss/Manfredi Rendering courtesy Weiss/Manfredi The MIT Museum’s lobby, designed by Boston firm Höweler + Yoon Rendering courtesy Höweler + Yoon The new undergraduate dormitory on Vassar Street, designed by Los Angeles–based firm Michael Maltzan Architecture Rendering courtesy Michael Maltzan Architecture The new undergraduate dormitory on Vassar Street, designed by Los Angeles–based firm Michael Maltzan Architecture Rendering courtesy Michael Maltzan Architecture The new undergraduate dormitory on Vassar Street, designed by Los Angeles–based firm Michael Maltzan Architecture Rendering courtesy Michael Maltzan Architecture Old Metropolitan Storage Warehouse, which Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DSR) will redesign   Photo © Bryce Vickmark, courtesy MIT Department of Facilities An architecture school in Toronto forcefully combines two vocabularies in one structure.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13738 Thu, 01 Nov 2018 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13738-daniels-building-by-nadaaa In expanding the Daniels Faculty from the south-facing Knox College, NADAAA reoriented the main entrances to the east and west elevations, and brashly emphasized the juncture. Photo © Nic Lehoux In expanding the Daniels Faculty from the south-facing Knox College, NADAAA reoriented the main entrances to the east and west elevations, and brashly emphasized the juncture. Photo © Nic Lehoux A serene glass curtain wall extends across the north side. Photo © Michael Muraz 1811-NADAAA-Toronto-Daniels-Building-04.jpg The 1875 Knox College Photo © Nic Lehoux In expanding the 1875 Knox College, NADAAA filled in a rear courtyard to create a polychromed central hall. Upper-level spaces provide visual access to its activities. Photo © Nic Lehoux On the ground floor, a “street” with angular openings connects east and west entrances. Photo © Nic Lehoux A triangular stepped seating area spills down to the second level’s passage bordering the hall. Photo © Nic Lehoux A triangular stepped seating area spills down to the second level’s passage bordering the hall. Photo © Nic Lehoux The third-level design studio is a column-free space topped by four scissor trusses; between the ceiling’s warped surfaces, the cat’s-eye clerestories admit daylight. Photo © Nic Lehoux Along with ERA, the preservation architects, NADAAA renovated Knox College for the library, study rooms, and offices. Photo © Nic Lehoux On the ground level, the Knox hallway can accommodate informal crits. Photo © Nic Lehoux On the lower level, V-shaped braces help support the bleachers in the main hall above. Photo © Nic Lehoux Image courtesy NADAAA Image courtesy NADAAA Image courtesy NADAAA Image courtesy NADAAA Image courtesy NADAAA A pedestrian bridge gracefully navigates the landscape to connect a popular sporting precinct to the city center.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12873 Tue, 01 Aug 2017 08:09:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12873-tanderrum-bridge-by-john-wardle-architects-and-nadaaa Poured-in-place concrete pylons support the walkway, which splits in places. Photo © Kristoffer Paulsen The bridge rises gently over a fern-covered berm. Photo © Kristoffer Paulsen The Tanderrum is one of three bridges forming a network that connects the once cutoff tennis center to the city center. Photo © Peter Bennetts The main path is 32 feet at its widest. Photo © Nils Koenning The filigree produces a moiré effect in the trees. Photo © Peter Bennetts A lookout hovers toward Speaker’s Corner. Photo © Nader Tehrani Parts of the balustrade extend overhead as points of light. Photo © Kristoffer Paulsen Image courtesy John Wardle Architects and NADAAA Image courtesy John Wardle Architects and NADAAA Image courtesy John Wardle Architects and NADAAA Image courtesy John Wardle Architects and NADAAA Image courtesy John Wardle Architects and NADAAA Image courtesy John Wardle Architects and NADAAA