Architecture

JST Harrisburg Production Engineering Center Ryuichi Ashizawa & Associates, Arcari + Iovino Architects View all images (14) Project Details Project Name JST Harrisburg Production Engineering Center Location Harrisburg , PA Architect Ryuichi Ashizawa & Associates , Arcari + Iovino Architects Client/Owner J.S.T. Corporation Project Types Office Project Scope New Construction Size 79,394 sq. feet Year Completed 2021 Shared by Madeleine D'Angelo Team Arcari + Iovino Architects, Project Architects Project Status Built By Elizabeth Fazzare This article first appeared in ARCHITECT's November/December 2022 issue. Osaka, Japan-based architecture studio Ryuichi Ashizawa Architects & Associates begins every project with a commitment to improving...

Biological Sciences Building Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED) View all images (10) Project Details Project Name Biological Sciences Building Location 25555 Hesperian Blvd Hayward , CA Architect Harley Ellis Devereaux (HED) Client/Owner Chabot College Project Types Education Project Scope New Construction Size 19,863 sq. feet Year Completed 2021 Shared by Madeleine D'Angelo Project Status Built Room or Space Architectural Detail Project Description FROM THE ARCHITECTS: The new Biology Building at Chabot College provides five new instructional laboratories and support spaces for students and faculty. Designed as a free-standing structure adjacent to the existing Biology Building, HED’s careful planning and close collaboration...

The new banana garden of the El Tanque Cultural Space, designed by Fernando Menis Fernando Menis is the architect in charge of the new banana tree garden located in the Espacio Cultural El Tanque, an old oil tank 50 meters in diameter and almost 20 meters high that was represented in the industrial history of the Canary Islands and in the urban geography of the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife since the opening in 1929 of the CEPSA refinery, the first in Spain. The architect was also in charge, at the end of the 1990s, of the rehabilitation and...

What mirrored ants, vivid blue butterflies and Monstera house plants can teach us about designing buildings Author Aysu Kuru Lecturer in Architecture and Construction, University of Sydney Almost all buildings today are built using similar conventional technologies and manufacturing and construction processes. These processes use a lot of energy and produce huge carbon emissions. This is hardly sustainable. Perhaps the only way to truly construct sustainable buildings is by connecting them with nature, not isolating them from it. This is where the field of bioarchitecture emerges. It draws on principles from nature to help solve technological questions and address global challenges....

Architect Christopher Alexander mined mathematics to find patterns for good living Author Theodora Vardouli Assistant Professor, Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, McGill University Architect and mathematician Christopher Alexander died at age 85 on March 17. “The end of an era,” one of my colleagues remarked. She was perhaps referring to Alexander’s influential trajectory of over 30 years at the University of California, Berkeley. Obituaries about Alexander portrayed him as a fierce critic of modern architecture and chronicled his quest for buildings and cities that displayed qualities of warmth and aliveness. Alongside the production of numerous papers, books and buildings, Alexander’s...