Archive for the ‘DesignBelt’ Category
The Bertram and Judith Kohl Building 2010 Jonathan Kurtz of Westlake Reed Leskosky Cleveland Architecture Coloring Book The Bertram and Judith Kohl Jazz Studies Building is a dynamic interplay of planes, concealing and exposing use at key moments. The rhythm of the skin sets the building apart from the conservatory’s three neo-Gothic structures by Minoru Yamasaki (a,b,c), [...]
University Center Don Hisaka 1974-2008 Cleveland Architecture Coloring Book Don Hisaka’s University Center at Cleveland State stood as a very bold, human response to Brutalist architecture in the 1970’s. The building’s scale and proportion on Euclid Avenue bring the campus, sitting on a plinth, down to the street level, while mass and material highlight monumentality beautifully in [...]
ASM World Headquarters John Terence Kelly + R. Buckminster Fuller 1959 Cleveland Architecture Coloring Book In the late 1950’s, Cleveland Modernist architect John Terence Kelly and visionary R. Buckminster Fuller collaborated on the ASM World Headquarters, just 20 miles east of Cleveland, to create an iconic statement of earth and sky. Characterized by some as [...]
Park Synagogue Erich Mendelsohn 1953 Cleveland Architecture Coloring Book Erich Mendelsohn’s Park Synagogue combines simple geometric forms and Judaic symbolism to create a flexible religious environment where, depending on the size of congregation, three sanctuaries can be dissolved into one great hall. Massive, full height glass walls open to a courtyard, allowing the community to [...]
How do we grow and sustain the emergent design culture in Cleveland? Two effective ways that come to mind are keep doing stuff (events / competitions / built work) and educate youth about architecture in an inspiring way. The Cleveland Architecture Coloring Book aspires to fill an educational void by conveying historically good work with an appropriately playful undertone… [...]
Meet The Circles Pittsburgh, PA (2010) Abrahamson + Smith entry text from Pittsburgh Civic Minded Design Competition We propose to create a new signature neighborhood, The Circles, up the hill from the Arena on the edge of Upper Hill. The Circles are the most distinctive neighborhood in Pittsburgh. This neighborhood is composed of walk-up buildings [...]
Lower 9th Ward House New Orleans, LA (2010) Jeremy Smith Design This hypothetical design investigation of a house in the Lower 9th Ward aimed to explore restraints and sustainable guidelines set forth by the Make It Right Foundation in their call to a select group of architects following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The house attempts to integrate [...]
Road D Shelter Table Mountain, Washington Workshop for Architecture l Design… (go to article)
Liftspace Cleveland, Ohio (2009) Jeremy Smith Design Perspective Liftspace aims to explore the boundaries of programming, gesture and attitude in real context. This perspective captures that condition in a manner while adding a layer of specificity in a playful manner. It welcomes influences from Agents of Change and Wes Jones in the continued effort to refine [...]
Liftspace Cleveland, Ohio (2009) Jeremy Smith Design Design Diagram Liftspace transforms and underutilized site in downtown Cleveland into a unique space ripe for social experience. Digital culture has reformatted the way we perceive and interact with the urban environment, reducing architecture to sound bytes along a path. Liftspace responds to this notion not with noise, [...]
Queensland Gallery of Modern Art Queensland, Australia (2001) jones, partners: architecture The previous set of entries all exude an attitude toward work and collaborative practice, but few have been as consistent and rigorous as Wes Jones in message. This project (admittably the first one I thumbed to in el segundo this morning) captures the spirit of [...]
Holmenkollen Ski Jump Game IPhone + IPod Touch (2009) Julien De Smedt Architects JDS effectively adapts architecture and delight to technology through this gaming app available through the architects blog. The game highlights Holmenkollen’s iconographic design as part of the animated intro sequence, capturing the spirit of the project as play… (go to article)
Yes is More Evergreen (2009) Bjarke Ingels Group BIG is a unique practice that exudes a positive attitude about big ideas and design. Yes is More is their first monograph, formatted as “an archicomic on architectural evolution,” aspires to be a catalyst for work and thought… (go to article)
Southwark Triangles Southwark, London, England (2006) AOC This competition entry suggests new uses for public toilets on triangular sites in the Borough of Southwark, London. The project’s language offers an uplifting vision of city ammenities and locators of urban experience… (go to article)
Cebra Toons Denmark (2003) Cebra Mikkel Frost believes that if you can’t describe a project’s design intent on an A4 sheet you must be “trying to do too much or too complicated stuff.” This series of beautiful watercolors or “toons” illustrates a number of Cebra’s projects in a playful manner… (go to article)
Palisades Glacier Mountain Hut Big Pine, California (2003) KBAS This competition entry tests provocation and specificity through a nation-wide collaboration of architects and graphic designers. Here, attitude balances well with intent and convention to successfully convey the intent of collaborative practice… (go to article)
The Nelsons ANY (1994-2001) Wes Jones Offering unique commentary to ANY publication themes; Wes Jones effectively used the comic format to subtly highlight architecture and culture, while exploring craft in the advent of technology… (go to article)
Student Housing Cleveland, Ohio (2010) Jeremy Smith Design Wall Section This wall section describes design intent, scale and construction at a schematic level. The aesthetic potential of this convention needs to be explored further, but in an effective manner which does not sacrifice construction intent and detail. The section cut is through a typical living unit where the wood finish on [...]
Student Housing Cleveland, Ohio (2010) Jeremy Smith Design Programming Diagrams This initial study locates program in response to orientation and context, describing how design responds to existing forces… (go to article)
Student Housing Cleveland, Ohio (2010) Jeremy Smith Design This student housing study looks at how group residence can be integrated into a historic neighborhood surrounding a private high school. Boarding is not uncommon at large prestigious schools such as this one, yet the appropriate housing component does not exist. Here, the residential typology is manipulated to [...]
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