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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14014 Wed, 17 Apr 2019 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14014-moshe-safdies-jewel-changi-airport-in-singapore-opens-to-the-public The airport’s skytrain travels through the Jewel, providing a glimpse of the rain vortex to passengers in transit between terminals. Photo © Jewel Changi Airport Devt A bridge suspended 25 feet above ground level connects some of the attractions of the building’s top floor, known as the canopy park. Photo © Petra Loho Smaller water features are included in the terraced landscape of the forest valley. Photo © Petra Loho Architect Moshe Safdie gives journalists a tour of the Jewel in early April. Photo © Petra Loho The rain vortex at the center of the Jewel is the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. Photo © Jewel Changi Airport Devt Jewel-Changi-Airport-Singapore-Moshe-Safdie-Architects-01.jpg Singapore’s new Jewel Changi Airport is enclosed by a toroidal glass-and-steel roof that spans 650 feet at its widest point. Photo © Darren Soh The canopy park has features that include a hedge maze and a bouncing net (shown). Photo © Jewel Changi Airport Devt http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13595 Tue, 14 Aug 2018 09:41:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13595-salesforce-transit-center-by-pelli-clarke-pelli-architects-opens-in-san-francisco San Francisco’s new transit center stretches for four blocks at the edge of the city’s financial district, but its lacy facade makes the immense building appear to float.  Photo © Tim Griffith Daylight streams into the station’s main hall, emphasizing a terrazzo floor by artist Julie Chang that features local flora and fauna. The space also includes a piece by Jenny Holzer featuring scrolling LED text (around the skylight's elliptical opening). Photo © Tim Griffith The lacy aluminum veil encloses the bus deck. Photo © Jason O’Rear The perforations of the aluminum veil (seen here from the bus deck) are based on a fractal pattern devised by mathematician Roger Penrose. It is made up of a grid of diamonds reassembled to create radiating circles. Photo © Tim Griffith The building’s 5.4-acre public park atop the station cleverly integrates exit stairs, elevator overruns, and mechanical vents into its rolling landscape.  Photo © Tim Griffith The living roof includes more than 600 trees and 16,000 plants, and filters graywater and rainwater for non-potable uses. Photo © Tim Griffith The design partner at PWP Landscape Architecture creates landscapes at vastly different scales, from the pastoral beauty of Glenstone to an unusual elevated urban park, tucked above the dense downtown of San Francisco.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13572 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13572-interview-with-adam-greenspan 1808-On-the-Record-Interview-with-Adam-Greenwald-01.jpg The Pavilions at Glenstone Photo © Iwan Baan, courtesy Glenstone Museum 1808-On-the-Record-Interview-with-Adam-Greenwald-02.jpg The Pavilions at Glenstone from the air with Richard Serra’s Contour 290 (2004) at bottom and Tony Smith’s Smug (1978/2005) in the middle. Photo © Iwan Baan, courtesy Glenstone Museum Salesforce Park, which stretches out above the new transit center, 70 feet up, next to San Francisco’s tallest skyscraper offers a verdant respite for urbanites. Photo © Steel Blue Salesforce Park, which stretches out above the new transit center, 70 feet up, next to San Francisco’s tallest skyscraper offers a verdant respite for urbanites. Photo © Tim Griffith The approach to the Gallery at Glenstone is part of the choreography through the landscape to get visitors to slow down and slip into a quieter contemplative world. Photo © Iwan Baan Image courtesy PWP Landscape Architecture Image courtesy PWP Landscape Architecture A recent visit to the museum in Potomac, Maryland, offered a glimpse at a constellation of new structures, set to open in October.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13420 Mon, 21 May 2018 10:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13420-sneak-peek-of-thomas-phifers-glenstone-expansion The Pavilions at Glenstone, by Thomas Phifer and Partners Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record The Pavilions at Glenstone, by Thomas Phifer and Partners Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record The Pavilions at Glenstone, by Thomas Phifer and Partners Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Glenstone Museum, by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Louise Bourgeios's "Cells" series includes intimate rooms constructed of found objects. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-06.jpg Louise Bourgeois. Cell (Choisy), 1990-1993. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-07.jpg Louise Bourgeois. The Destruction of the Father, 1974. © The Easton Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record A selection of mixed media works hangs in galleries of Glenstone's original Gwathmey Siegel building. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-09.jpg Richard Serra. Sylvester, 2001. © 2013 Richard Serra / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-10.jpg Andy Goldsworthy. Clay Houses (Boulder), 2007. © Andy Goldsworthy. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record Thomas-Phifer-Glenstone-Expansion-12.jpg Tony Smith. Smug, 1973/2005. © The Estate of Tony Smith/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Collection: Glenstone Museum. Photo by Deane Madsen, © Architectural Record