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32 projects, products and concepts
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36 Et Cetera Jean-Marie Massauds new Toyota;

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Objet dArt Clevelands jewel-like Museum

of Contemporary Art, by Farshid Moussavi
33 Sun Blockers Five curtain and shade options

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and at lighting speed. Taking stock with a peer review especially one where
all six jurors are internationally renowned and at the top of their game
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While the 677 submissions to this years AZ Awards came in from around
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emerged that revealed what is on the minds of practitioners, no matter
where they are based. One jury member, New York landscape architect Ken
Smith, noted after a long day of viewing hundreds of images that we are
clearly on the crux of two distinguishable eras. A kind of postmodernism,
he remarked, has begun to seem dated, even a little bombastic. Instead,
the projects and products that caught the jurys attention tended to have a
social and economic agenda, and were driven more by problem solving than
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Opened in October 2012, Clevelands Museum
of Contemporary
Art is flourishing inside its new home, a shining black block at
the edge of a plaza, in the cultural district of University Circle.
Foreign Office Architects originally won the selection process to
design a building with a strong identity as the institutions first
ground-up home, and Farshid Moussavi, director-in-charge at FOA,
carried the project to completion after the firm split up in 2011.
Constructed for $18.7million, MOCA revels in the frugality of its
exposed steel frame and raw concrete floors.
What catches the eye at once is the skewed geometry.
Hexagonal in plan and rectangular at the top, the four-storey,
3,160-square-metre structure has a multi-planar facade of
tilted triangles and trapezoids, which is clad in a running bond
pattern of Rimex panels, made of black stainless steel with a
mirror finish. This material, along with the long diagonal bands
of windows and the one fully glazed wall, catches the changing
light, reflects the surroundings and refracts sunlight across
the public plaza, designed by James Corner Field Operations.
Within, the frame that supports the walls is painted midnight
Groundbreaker
The Cleveland MOCA finally gets
its first permanent home inside a
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blue, subverting the conventional white cube of the standard

art museum. Contributing to this sense of dynamism, the cafs
glass wall opens up to the plaza, and its counter, as well as the
caster-mounted sales units in the museum store, roll back to
make space for receptions, complementing the double-height
event space.
Surprisingly, the interiors most striking gestures are its most
utilitarian. Astaircase with a balustrade of white steel plates
zigzags upward within a void, taking museum-goers on a vertical
promenade through the building, with views over the classrooms,
offices and workshop. The long-span fourth-floor gallery, whose
sharply angled geometry resembles a suspended sculpture,
doubles as a social condenser. Fully enclosed and tucked beneath
it, the obligatory fire stair provides an alternate route up and
down, its yellow interior immersing visitors in a colour field. Public
buildings need to offer a multiplicity of choices, says Moussavi.
Good architecture has an artistic dimension, and the staircases
deliver an aesthetic experience beyond their functional purpose.
farshidmoussavi.com
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Give the AC a rest and block the sun
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1 Ochiba
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In Roman fold or roll-up versions,
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metallic copper filigree) is made
of rapidly renewable banana fibres,
a better eco-option than synthetics
for those aiming to earn LEED points.
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2 Ready Made Curtain
by Kvadrat
Leave it to the Bouroullecs to create
an ingenious yet simple DIY kit. To
install their minimalist window covering, one only has to mount two fittings
to the wall or ceiling; wind the cord to
create tension; attach the pegs; and
hang the fabric, which comes in a red,
white or blue wool or a non-woven
textile. readymadecurtain.kvadrat.dk
3 Tex Glass
by Nya Nordiska
In this collection, textiles in 21
patterns are laminated between two
layers of glass. Protected by a UVresistant film, the product can be
installed as light-filtering partitions
and retail windows in malls. Other
applications include doors, balustrades, tabletops and shelves.
nya.com
4 Efalda
by Cration Baumann
Accordion-like folds define this
whimsical curtain made of flameretardant polyester. The pliss,
available in stripes or florals, provides
glare protection and an attentiongrabbing focal point in hospitality,
health care and office environments.
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5 Edsviken
by Almedahls
Claesson Koivisto Rune has given
this flame-retardant shade (which
contains no harmful substances)
a cheerful leaf motif. The range of
fabrics, in widths up to 235centimetres, can be used as roller blinds and
curtains in commercial spaces such
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Calendar
Summer follies Four outdoor works of art and design that bring whimsy to the city
TO OCTOBER 27
HOMAGE TO ALEXANDER CALDER

NICE, FRANCE
Evoking a tangle of raw spaghetti, Homage to Alexander Calder,
a massive structure by Belgiums Arne Quinze, at Nices Museum
of Modern and Contemporary Art, exists somewhere between
architecture and sculpture. Its made up of sustainably harvested
irregular wooden beams arranged haphazardly and secured to
concrete bases by metal brackets. The swirling, peaked stacks
of orange and white components construct (or deconstruct)
a relationship between the museum, the landscape and one of
Calders massive steel sculptures, which crouches nearby. The
70-metre-long installation will give museum-goers respite from
the sun all summer long. mamac-nice.org
TO OCTOBER 27
CIRCLE OF ANIMALS/ZODIAC HEADS

TORONTO
upcoming fairs
The visages of tigers, snakes, dragons and other creatures

towering over Nathan Philips Square, though imposing, are not
malevolent. Created by artist Ai Weiwei, the bronze statues
representing the animals of the Chinese Zodiac perch atop threemetre-high pedestals and encircle the squares reflecting pool.
Theyre on view in Toronto thanks to the Art Gallery of Ontario,
which presents them in conjunction with its exhibit of Weiweis
work, opening in August. The colossal heads, inspired by stone
sculptures from the Qing dynasty that were looted by French
and British troops, are on an international tour with stops in
NewYork (shown), Cleveland and Miami. zodiacheads.com
August 24 to 27
tendence, frankfurt,
GERMANY
Halls of tabletop acces
sories, home furnishings and
seasonal decor. tendence.
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MONTREAL
From Claude Cormier + Associs, whose installations are a
fixture of Montreal summers, this eye-catching tableau consists
of 6,000 custom-fabricated plastic pixels in red, green and
white affixed to the roadway. Taking over a 56-metre stretch of
Avenue du Muse that runs adjacent to the Muse des Beaux
Arts de Montreal, the mini-landscape recalls the Impressionist
canvases by Van Gogh (especially his Field with Poppies) that
line the museums walls. Yet the original inspiration was some
thing far more utilitarian: the traffic markers used to outline
temporary lanes during highway construction. mbam.qc.ca
TO NOVEMBER 3
THE ROOF GARDEN COMMISSION: IMRAN QURESHI

NEW YORK
Vivid splatters of red acrylic paint are reworked by hand into orna
mental petals and leaves for Imran Qureshis sprawling work on the
concrete tiles of the Metropolitan Museum of Arts rooftop. The
layered motif, which exemplifies the artists unique interpretations
of Islamic art, conjures visions of a battlefield and expresses the
artists reaction to decades of man-made disasters. The work draws
inspiration from the walled gardens at the Mughal court of Qureshis
native Lahore, Pakistan, and echoes the surrounding foliage of
Central Park. metmuseum.org
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maison&objet, paris
Exquisite furniture, ceramics
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september 12 to 15
macef, milan
Home decor with a retail
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100% Design, London
Quirky home furnishings and
eye-catching installations.
100percentdesign.co.uk
september 19 to 22
ids west, Vancouver
Interior design with a West
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september 23 to 27
cersaie, bologna, ITALY
Aisles of the finest European
tiles and bath fittings.
cersaie.it
september 26 and 27
iidex canada, toronto
Contract furnishings,
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iidexcanada.com
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greenbuild,
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The latest in sustainable
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1 hotello by das konzept
2 new medieval by make
3 me.we by toyota
With the workplace moving toward

mobile environments, Daz Konzept,
a Swiss think tank that focuses on
innovative office design, called on
Zurichs Antonio Scarponi and visual
artist Roberto de Luca to devise a
portable dwelling, cleverly packed
into a trunk. The Hotello prototype
measures four square metres when
installed and contains the basics
for work and sleep: a bed, a desk, a
lamp, a stool, a shelf and a locker.
For privacy, a metal structure supports a translucent, sound absorbent
curtain. daskonzept.ch
Volcanic eruptions and other natural

phenomena inspired the emboldened
shades in a new cosmetics line from
Faye Toogood (pictured) and makeup
artist Ayami Nishimura. We See
Beauty, the charity that carries the
collection (from $18), is donating a
third of sales to aid co-ops owned by
women. weseebeauty.com
Toyota invited designer Jean-Marie

Massaud to come up with ideas
for a fuel-efficient electric car. The
resulting concept is an aluminum
cabriolet with recyclable polypropylene panels in such eye-grabbing
finishes as the wavy texture shown
here. Me.We also sports bamboo
for the flooring and hood, plus a
retractable windshield for temperature control. The trunk folds down
to accommodate larger cargo to
boot. massaud.com
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Maarten De Ceulaer
For the past four years, Maarten de
Ceulaer has turned what looks like
piles of suitcases into furniture. His
latest includes this low-lying coffee
table. maartendeceulaer.com
5 jugs by vano alto
Ceramicist Paola Mariani and sculptor Vittorio Cavallini premiered these
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AWARDS OF MERIT
These 32 projects, products and concepts, chosen from 677 entries,

made this year's competition one of the toughest yet. Here, we present
the outstanding Merit Award winners for the third annual AZ Awards
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE
PROJECT: OLS HOUSE, STUTTGART FIRM: J. MAYER H.
ARCHITECTS, BERLIN TEAM: JRGEN MAYER H. AND
MARCUS BLUM, WITH PAUL ANGELIER, JULIAN BLMLE,
SEBASTIAN FINCKH AND HUGO REIS
Everything about this house is exuberantly sculpted,

starting with its dinosaur head form. Rendered in
the digi-architecture style of Jrgen Mayer H.
which varies from all-white curves (the Sarpi Border
Checkpoint in Georgia) to high-tech rudimentary (the
Metropol Parasol in Seville) this audacious house
still fits comfortably in its residential neighbourhood
outside Stuttgart. The 488-square-metre building is
also sinuous on the inside, with an open floor plan of
rooms flowing from one to the next. At its core, a
staircase unfurls like a ribbon through the three-storey
reinforced concrete interior. jmayerh.de
RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE
PROJECT: D HOUSE, BRITTANY, FRANCE
FIRM: LODE ARCHITECTURE, PARIS TEAM:
ARNAUD LACOSTE AND JRME VINON,
WITH GUILLAUME CHOPLAIN, HLNE
GASNIER AND STPHANE SALTZMANN
Set into the bank of an estuary, this

weekend home achieves that elusive
combination of rustic charm and contemporary elegance. The 250-squaremetre structure is made of steel,
concrete and cross-laminated timber
panels, with stone and cork floors
warmed by geothermal heating. On the
first floor, where the kitchen and living
room are located, full-height glazing
outlined in a fluorescent beam of light
slides away completely, opening up
the interior to the wooded lot. The top
floor where vertical chestnut louvres
enclose the bedrooms as well as outdoor spaces cantilevers effortlessly
above it all. lode-architecture.com
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CHOICE
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residential architecture
Project: Casa Alta II, Huixquilucan
de degollado, Mexico Firm:AS/D
Associacin de Diseo, teca
machalco, mexico Team:Paola
Morales and Fernando Velasco, with
santiago garca deletona, natalia
gomez, piergianna mazzocca and
fernando polidura
Situated on a steep wooded slope in

Mexicos Huixquilucan township, this
three-storey getaway glories in its
surroundings. It is cloaked in a rain
screen made up of black Trespa panels,
perforated with thousands of tiny holes
that conjure an abstract tree from a
distance. It also features a roof deck
and an outdoor platform (accessed by a
set of concrete stairs leading to the
back) with a pool, a lounge area and a
dining table. Ample glazing brings light
and gorgeous valley views into the sixby-six-metre concrete shell.
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Commercial Architecture
> 1,000 Square Metres
Project: Soumaya Museum, Mexico City Firm:FR-EE Fernando
Romero Enterprise, mexico city Team:Fernando Romero,
with mauricio ceballos
A silver swell rising from the ground, this shapely art museum
has effectively transformed a former industrial site in the
Polanco district on the outskirts of Mexico City into an inter
national showpiece. The six-storey structure, formed by 28
vertical steel columns encircled with seven steel bracings, is
clad in hexagonal aluminum modules, evoking fish scales or
the floor tiles in a Parisian bistro. Some 6,000 square metres
of exhibition space, connected by a series of ramps and brightened by a dramatic skylight, houses billionaire magnate Carlos
Slims vast collection, including an impressive group of Rodins
and other artworks that span six centuries. free.org
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Project: RMIT Design Hub, Melbourne, Australia Firm: Sean
Godsell Architects, melbourne Team: Sean Godsell, with
hayley franklin
Like thousands of eyes staring back at you, the 17,000 sandblasted glass disks that comprise the eight-storey facade of
the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Design Hub have
ulterior motives. The operable modules pivot on a complex
framework to filter the sunlight that enters the building, where
students from a variety of disciplines, including fashion and
aeronautical engineering, commingle in warehouse-type classrooms. But the windows are also a testing ground. The school
will retrofit or replace them as solar energy technologies
advance, boosting the buildings energy efficiency and enabling
it to adapt to future sustainability needs. seangodsell.com
Project: Barclays arena, Brooklyn, New York
Firm: SHoP Architects, new york Team: Nadine
Berger, Christopher Lee, Adam Modesitt
and Ayumi Sugiyama of SHoP Architects, and
John Cerone and Brian Sweeney of SHoP
Construction
Its remarkable what an inventive facade can do

for a building. SHoP Architects rescued the
Barclays Center in Brooklyn from a ho-hum fate
when the other project architects, sports arena
experts Ellerbe Becket, designed it as a big box
after Frank Gehrys original scheme was discarded
for its colossal price tag. Wrapped in 11,500 unique
metal panels with a pre-weathered finish, the
facades swooping, nine-metre-high canopy an
otherworldly ring hovers above the broad civic
plaza, which was designed to allow passersby a
glimpse into the sunken 18,000-seat arena bowl.
Home of the Nets and, beginning in 2015, the
Islanders, the Barclays feels as tough and brash
as itsneighbourhood. shoparc.com
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< 1,000 Square Metres
Project: Boulevard Brewing Company Cellar1
Expansion, Kansas City, Missouri Firm:El
Dorado, kansas city Team:Josh Shelton, with
chris burk, brandon froelich and steve salzer
To expand this brewery, which required new production facilities to make hops beer, El Dorado had
to design a home for eight 12.2-metre-tall fermentation tanks in a century-old building. It needed to
be accessible at all hours so staff could check on
the ales. The solution: a steel-framed glass box
perched on top of the original building and shaded
by a perforated screen of corrugated aluminum.
Besides accommodating the increased output, it
acts as a light funnel, ushering daylight into the
brewing area below. eldo.us
Project: Kindergarten, Samedan, Switzerland
Firm: Gredig Walser, chur, switzerland
Team: Joos Gredig and Peter Walser, with lea
condrau
From the outside, it may look like a modern

museum, but this bold rectilinear building in rural
Switzerland is in fact a kindergarten. In contrast to the white concrete exterior, made with
locally quarried gravel, the interior walls, rafters
and change benches are crafted out of goldenhued Swiss stone pine. The architects selected
this material as a homage to the homes in the
surrounding Engadin Valley, whose interiors are
warmed up by this knotty species with a calming
scent. The natural aroma is also meant to foster
warm memories in the children who learn their
ABCs in the three classrooms. walserarchitekt.ch
Commercial architecture
Project: Trail Center at Camp Prairie
Schooner, Kansas City, Missouri
Firm: El Dorado, kansas city Team:
Douglas Stockman, with sean slattery
A new pair of peaked-roof volumes

nestles graciously into the milieu of
Camp Prairie Schooner, on the bluffs of
Little Blue River, 30 kilometres from
downtown Kansas City. While the 670square-metre corrugated metal buildings,
which house bunkhouses and washrooms, seem as grown-up as can be, they
also exude playfulness, as seen in their
translucent polycarbonate glazing, with
bursts of orange and green, and their
vibrant custom furnishings. eldo.us
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LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Project: Troost Bridge, Kansas City, missouri Firm:
ElDorado, kansas city Team: David Dowell, with chris burk
Spanning Brush Creek on the south side of Kansas City, the

Troost Bridge dramatically enhances an otherwise drab,
utilitarian structure, transforming it into something far more
purposeful and socially relevant. Local firm El Dorado retooled
the concrete bridge to handle both pedestrian and vehicle
traffic. Three-metre-tall glass panels coated in an anti-graffiti
film stand together to form the guardrail; and mirrored stainless steel panels line the concrete barrier between cars and
pedestrians, reflecting daylight onto the glazing. The result
is an airy interplay between reflection and refraction highly
symbolic, since the bridge runs along Troost Avenue, the
traditional dividing line between the citys black and white
neighbourhoods. eldo.us
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE
Project: Hariri Memorial Garden,
Beirut Firm: Vladimir Djurovic
Landscape Architecture, Broumana,
Lebanon Team: Vladimir Djurovic,
with salim kanaan and rafi
karakashian
This elegant urban garden, on a flatiron

footprint terraced with a solemn series
of reflecting pools, honours former
Lebanese prime minister Rafic Hariri,
who was assassinated in 2005. The
triangular block sits in the shadow of
the Grand Serail, Hariris former office,
its long slabs of dark grey granite symbolizing the incremental rebuilding of
the capital. The mechanical equipment
that operates the reflecting pools is
hidden beneath manicured lawns, and
a row of jacaranda trees frames this
simple and serene monument to peace
and resiliency. vladimirdjurovic.com
TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Project: Swarms Pavilion, Kwangju,
South Korea Firm: NADAAA, boston
Team: Nader Tehrani, with Sarah
Dunbar and Ryan Murphy
How do you create an urban folly

that stands out on a chaotic streetscape? Nader Tehrani responded
to Kwangjus call for such an installation by constructing this dramatic
temporary pavilion inspired by the
neighbourhoods messy energy.
Propped on five funnel-like legs, the
thick framework of steel rods is
seemingly arranged at random but
is in fact a precise geometric cloud,
with openings to accommodate
two existing trees. nadaaa.com
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TEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE
Project: Imagination Playground exhibit, National Building
Museum, Washington, D.C. Firm: Rockwell Group, newyork
Team: David Rockwell and barry richards, with lab at
rockwell group
The Rockwell Groups Imagination Playground has transformed

childs play. The foam blocks, in various mix-and-match shapes,
allow for child-directed, open-ended play, their uniform blue
ensuring that there is no wrong way to build a slide, a fortress or
a robot. Since debuting a few years ago, the concept has been
installed in 700 locations. It has had its biggest moment at the
Play.Work.Build exhibition (on until 2014 at the National Building
Museum in Washington, D.C.), which traces the history of interactive architectural toys to the present day. In one section, kids
studiously stack small sections into architectural models, and
in another they let their imaginations run wild by arranging larger
modules into a fun-filled wonderland. rockwellgroup.com
Residential Interiors
Project: Inhabitable Sculpture,
Montreal Firm: inpho architecture, montreal designer: JeanMaxime Labrecque
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The brief: transform an apartment

to make it feel like an art gallery,
so austere that the owners guests
would find it unflinchingly cold.
Architect Jean-Maxime Labrecque
met this ostentatious challenge
by gutting the 74-square-metre
space to its original concrete shell,
and devising a sophisticated raw
aluminum system measuring 4.5 by
7.5metres and equipped with sliding
doors attached only at the top. This
supports multi-functional modules,
including a bed, a generous closet,
kitchen cabinetry and seating. The
bathroom, finished entirely in black
tile, is housed in an old concrete
vault. inpho.ws
Residential Interiors
Project: Ebell Loft, Long beach, California Firm: HongKong
Stunt Team, santa ana designer: Hing Yeung
Vintage furnishings, along with a collection of Qing dynasty

Buddha figures, originals by graffiti artist Banksy, and Chinese
ad posters from the 20s, are energetically arranged in this
167-square-metre California loft. While respecting the owners
eclectic taste, Hing Yeung of Hong Kong Stunt Team (which
has produced athletic fashions for Reebok, Puma and Kappa)
inserted several custom touches. In the kitchen, the powder
blue MDF cabinetry is routed with grooves, creating a cohesive,
cheery tile motif against the raw concrete shell. In the bedroom,
the carved walnut bed frame, drilled with 3,000 holes, evokes a
traditional Chinese floor screen. hongkongstuntteam.com
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Commercial Interiors
Project: Shopbop headquarters, New York Firm: SHoP
Architects, new york Team: KimberlyJ. Holden, GreggA.
Pasquarelli, Christopher R. Sharples, CorenD. Sharples
andWilliamW. Sharples
For the headquarters of online boutique retailer Shopbop,

NewYork firm SHoP sought to conjure a trendy loft with decidedly feminine accents. Starting with a two-storey space, the
designers stripped the interior down to its original raw concrete
flooring and exposed vents, then assembled a refined palette
of colours, materials and details that mixes rustic elements with
urban sophistication. Throughout, they interspersed a punchy
tangerine hue (the brands signature colour), on shelves, choice
pieces of furniture, and as a highlight on the reclaimed wood
panelling in the reception area. Private offices are screened off
with translucent white walls framed, shoji-like, in a black grid;
and in one meeting room, ladders along the shelves proffer their
rungs to display Shopbops designer duds. shoparc.com
Commercial Interiors
Project: Momofuku restaurant, Toronto Firm: The Design
Agency, toronto Team: Allen Chan and Anwar Mekhayech,
with matt davis, lorelei lucas and shady wanis
Momofuku is a new outpost for the ever-expanding empire of

celebrity chef David Chang. This partially glazed stack of four
separate dining environments, located inside the Shangri La
Hotel in downtown Toronto, is cohesively connected by a jigsaw
puzzle of horizontal oak slats that covers some of the feature
walls, from the main floors ramen restaurant to the second
level, where a more intimate bar and dining area can be rented
out for private events. On the top level, a ribbed oak cube
floats dramatically above the spacious third restaurant, where
custom seating and chandeliers by Rich Brilliant Willing anchor
the dining experience. Just as Chang mixes culinary highs with
such workaday street food as ramen, the Design Agency has
orchestrated sophisticated comfort in a series of intimate, inviting
interiors. thedesignagency.ca
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FURNITURE
PRODUCT: minuscule Designer: Cecilie Manz, copenhagen
Manufacturer: republic of fritz Hansen
Leave it to a Danish designer to embrace minimalism with a

contemporary edge. Cecilie Manz crafted this sleek, unfussy
line of tables and chairs for Fritz Hansen after much workshopping to hone in on the right materials. The chairs polypropylene shell is upholstered in a wool-nylon fabric and finished
with natural leather piping, while the tabletops are made of
compact laminate or Oregon pine. The seats and tables have a
matching base: a grey-toned frame in glass-filled nylon, with
smoothed edges like that of a pebble washed up on the
seashore. fritzhansen.com
FURNITURE
PRODUCT: Street Football Seat
Ball Firm: Fbrica, guatemala city
Team:Ana Claudia Gonzlez and
Hubert Schoba
To create this quirky seat, the

designers at Fbrica combined two
disparate sources of inspiration:
aneighbourhood soccer game and
the springs in a torn-apart sofa.
Thirty-two radial springs were
grafted onto an old soccer ball at the
centre to hand-make child and adult
versions. The chairs are harnessed
with metal buckles and galvanized
wire, then loosely upholstered with
guaipe, colourful rags fashioned out
of scraps from Guatemalas clothing
industry. fabricaatguatemala.com
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choice
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INTERIOR PRODUCTS
collection: Chillida rugs
Designer: Nani Marquina, barcelona
Manufacturer: Nanimarquina
To celebrate 25 years of excellence in

contemporary rug making, Barcelona
manufacturer Nanimarquina looked
westward, from Catalonia to Basque
country, for inspiration from one of
Spains most notable abstract artists,
Eduardo Chillida. Collaborating with
the late artists son Ignacio, managing
director Nani Marquina crafted seven
rugs inspired by works spanning 47
years. From an early sketch of the
feminine form, Figura Humana (1948),
to a textured reproduction of a lateperiod sculptural work, Gravitacin
(1994), the hand-knotted rugs are
personal tributes to a celebrated
master of texture and line.
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collection: Sento Design firm:
angeletti ruzza, rieti,italy team:
Silvana Angeletti, with daniele
ruzza Manufacturer: Graff
The name of this exquisite line of

bathroom fixtures, Sento, translates from Italian as I feel, and
the collection, by Angeletti Ruzza
Design of Lazio, Italy, feels as
though no gesture has been wasted.
Manufactured by Wisconsin-based
Graff, Sento evokes lightness in
its five sink fixtures and two tub
fillers, without sacrificing solidity or
strength. The slender brass faucets
can be outfitted with flow restrictors
that cut output to as little as two
litres per minute. They come finished
in chrome, or matte powder coated
in black or white. grafffaucets.com
lighting
Collection: Aim Designers: Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec,
Paris Manufacturer: Flos
Elegant, dramatic and animated, these varnished aluminum and

polycarbonate pendants, conceived by the infinitely creative
Bouroullec brothers, can be positioned in unlimited ways, their
bulbous heads seemingly in conversation with one another.
The fixtures come with nine-metre cords that enable them to be
theatrically entangled or easily moved around a room like
plants, according to the designers. Available in black and white,
the lamps are powered by a dimmable LED. flosusa.com
lighting
Collection: DR700 retrofit bulb Designers: David ODriscoll,
with nathan moffat, collingwood, australia Manufacturer:
Brightgreen
Despite its unassuming aesthetic, DR700 is an exceptional

bulb. It emits a warm white light at 720 lumens (the output of a
50watt halogen) but uses just 10 watts. Its also compatible
with AC transformers and dimmers, so it can replace halogens
in commercial interiors, boosting overall energy efficiency.
Perhaps the coolest detail is the thermal monitoring system,
which automatically dims the bulb if it gets too hot, ensuring that
it achieves its 70,000-hour lifespan. Free of mercury and lead,
DR700 is made from completely recyclable components. We hope
this Australian product will be lighting up North America in no
time. brightgreen.com
FURNITURE SYSTEMS
System: Meccanica kitchen
Design firm: dmod, Pordenone, Italy Designer:
gabriele Centazzo Manufacturer: Valcucine
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Valcucines kitchens are renowned for two things:

their impeccable design and their sustainability.
Now comes Meccanica, a system so pared back its
defined by its empty spaces. The characteristic
framework, in rustproof, recyclable iron, supports
an array of modules, including countertops in
Re-y-Stone (a composite of recycled paper and
resin) and super-slim doors in metal, multi-layer pine
or washable elastic leather. You can specify it
without doors or side panels, opting instead for
visible shelves and jumbo drawers. The result is a
bright, modern and customizable kitchen with a
small eco-footprint, at the lowest price point
offered by the high-end Italian manufacturer.
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concepts
Project: National Music Centre of
Canada, Calgary Firm: Allied Works
Architecture, portland, oregon
Team: Brad Cloepfil, with chelsea
grassinger, dan koch, kyle lommen
and daniel richmond
With its scooped-out volumes and its

embrace of a historical building and
a main city thoroughfare, the National
Music Centre is monumental on every
scale. Nine glazed terracotta towers
inspired by grain elevators, organ pipes
and Albertas phenomenal hoodoo rock
formations will house a museum, a
performance venue, a recording studio
and a broadcast facility. The architects,
Allied Works Architecture of Portland,
also restored the adjacent 1905 King
Edward Hotel and incorporated it into
the 14,865-square-metre scheme.
Under construction and slated for a
2015 completion, the centre has already
earned some rock n roll cred by buying
the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, which
is parked on site. alliedworks.com
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Concept: Tensegrity Space Frame
Light Designer: Michal Maciej
Bartosik, Toronto
Buckminster Fuller may have popularized tensegrity (the structural

integrity achieved by the interplay of
compressed and tensioned building
components), but lighting designer
Michal Maciej Bartosik gives the
principle an exciting and luminous new
form with his modular lighting system,
configurable as columns, beams and
walls. Made up of fluorescent lights,
electrical wiring and a custom-built
connector just three parts that serve
both structural and electronic functions the Tensegrity Space Frame
Light employs a minimum of material for a maximum surface area. The
possibilities are endless, running the
gamut from single pendants to trippy,
glowing mosaics that span entire
facades. mmbartosik.com
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unrealized CONCEPTs
Concept: Thonet concept bike Designer: Andy Martin
Studio,London, U.K.
Evoking a Thonet bistro chair unfurled and refashioned into a

bike, this concept was initiated by the German chair manufacturer to see what else could be done with its distinguished
steam bending process, which dates back to the 30s. To build
the prototype, British designer Andy Martin hand-bent the
beech frame, then adjusted its final contours and joints using a
CNC machine; he also custom-crafted a series of connectors
and sprung rod supports. While he went high-tech with a pair
of fixed wheels in carbon fibre, he eschewed a brake system
altogether. No worries this bike is sure to stop traffic.
andymartinstudio.com; thonet.de
A+ STUDENT WORK
Project: Thalie Student: Julie Richoz, cole cantonale dart
de Lausanne (ECAL), Switzerland
Rendering stainless steel as delicate as a textile, Julie Richozs

masterful tableware collection, consisting of a plate and two
decorative bowls, is fabricated by chemically etching ultra-thin
sheets of spring steel. The cut pattern forms a wheel of tendrils
that Richoz threads together, turning the 2D plane into a
usable volume, one that speaks elegantly about the merging of
industrial and artisanal craft. The pieces are now available
through Artecnica. julierichoz.ch
A+ STUDENT WORK
Project: Essentials Team: Carl Emil Jacobsen and Daniel
Kowal, Kolding School of Design, denmark
Like two chefs preparing a sumptuous feast, masters students

Carl Emil Jacobsen and Daniel Kowal paid meticulous attention
to detail in designing this collection that elevates the ritual of
cooking. From the gunmetal cleaver and sickle to the stoneware
bowl, they employed various innovative approaches to achieve
a hybrid between ancient and modern techniques. They based
their shapes on the Fibonacci series; chose such materials as
food-certified bronze and porcelain; and realized some models
with 3D printing. This fusion is exemplified by the steel knives,
with their laser-cut blades treated for corrosion using acid from
young apples, an ancient Viking method. carlemiljacobsen.com
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Project: X-Scape Team: Aaron Choi and Diego Valencia,
with brett berger, christine phu, kim stevenson and faculty
member Philip Horton, Arizona State University
Stained a deep fuchsia and topped in faux turf, this easy-toassemble landscape of outdoor loungers provides respite
from the hot sun for art and design students at Arizona State
University in Tempe. The lumber elements were shaped into
gentle topographies and unique geometries and clad in oak plywood wedges CNC cut and hand finished to form a variegated
surface. The courtyard setting incorporates planters for such
desert trees as paloverde and mesquite and doubles as a
performance space should someone wish to stage a modern
twist on Shakespeare in the Park.
A+ STUDENT WORK
Project: Food and Energy Team: Arina
Agieieva and Dmytro Zhuikov, Dessau
Institute of Architecture, germany
A+ STUDENT WORK
In this ultimate farm-to-table utopia,

two students seek to revive an industrial
corner of Frankfurt with a symbiotic
system of energy and food production.
At its centre: a lush terraced greenhouse,
which houses a restaurant that serves
traditional cuisine. An energy-producing
tower (a pyrolysis gasification plant
with cogeneration micro-turbine) powers
the restaurant; enveloped in a latticelike metal frame, it features an observation deck so visitors can view how this
symbiosis works. Its fuelled by wood from
continuously replenished willow parks
public places with such amenities as
basketball courts and fountains. This
sustainable approach to urban planning
would make eco-farming and green
energy a highly visible part of the city,
in a big and beautiful way.
Project: Vclav Havels Monument designer:

Libor enekel, Technical University of Liberec,
czech republic
Submerged in the Vltava River, a 75-metre-long

trough would pay poetic homage to Vclav Havel,
the Czech playwright and politician who spent
many of his 75 years battling Communist oppression. Installed at a point triangulated between
three Prague landmarks intrinsic to Havels life (the
parliament, the theatre and his home), the volume
would be drained by concealed pipes. Intrepid
visitors could hire a boat, row over to the monument and step down into it, walking along the grate
flooring to be at eye level with the rivers surface.
Fourth-year student Libor enekel proposes
cladding it in green quartz so the water appears
evenly hued, rather than frothy white, as it
cascades over the edges.
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FirmS: Schneider + Schumacher, Frankfurt; and Licht Kunst Licht,

Bonn Team:Tanja Baum, Till Schneider and Michael Schumacher,
with Thomas Mritz, Alexander Rotsch, Andreas Schulz and Mieke
Vander Velden
what the jury said:
There is a logic and beauty to the

idea of taking sunlight and allowing
it not forcing it into a gallery
space, and letting the time of day
and seasonal changes be part of
the experience.
Todd Bracher, Todd Bracher Studio
BEST LIGHTING DESIGN

STDEL MUSEUM
STDEL MUSEUM, FRANKFURT, GERMANY

THE LAST THING YOU MIGHT EXPECT from a museum seeking to build a new wing
and draw in crowds is a building that cant be seen. Yet thats what Schneider
+ Schumacher proposed for a new 3,000-square-metre gallery at the Stdel
Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. Rather than erecting another structure,
the firm suggested preserving the museums green courtyard and tucking the
gallery below it. The main element that ties it all together is a grid of circles,
installed into the gardens domed concrete slab, which ushers sunlight into
underground spaces. Dazzled by the illuminated concept, the museum
rightly chose this ambitious scheme over proposals by such big-name firms
as Sanaa and UNStudio.
Beyond creating dramatic graphic effects inside and out, the 195 skylights
serve a multitude of functions. Working with Bonn lighting engineers at
Licht Kunst Licht, the firm designed them in two diameters: 1.5metres for
the quads outer edges, and 2.5 metres on the central hill. Each skylight is
topped in anti-slip ceramic frit, so visitors can walk all over them, and recessed
to house sensor-activated mechanisms. On bright days, louvres block direct
rays or go pitch black, to protect the artworks, while hanging spotlight fixtures
draw attention to particular pieces, and a stretch fabric diffuser scatters the
light evenly. As well as giving one of Germanys most prized museums a new
gallery and conserving green space in the heart of Frankfurt, this project has
turned the museum itself into a daring work of art.
THE FIRMS Till Schneider and Michael Schumacher of Schneider +
Schumacher have produced a stellar portfolio of public and private works
since launching their firm in 1989. They now operate three offices, in Frankfurt,
Vienna and Tianjin, China. Licht Kunst Licht, formed in 1991 with offices in
Bonn and Berlin, has illuminated over 300 projects around the globe with
both artificial and daylight plans. schneider-schumacher.de, lichtkunstlicht.com
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WINNER
BEST
FURNITURE
SYSTEM
SIDEWISE
THE LAYOUT OF OPEN CONCEPT workplaces
tends to follow a familiar scheme: a vast,

wall-free desk environment surrounded
by boardrooms and offices with doors for
private confabs. What happens, though,
when you need something in between
for those one-on-one consults or a quiet
moment to yourself?
To address this issue, Teknion brought
in designers Christopher Wright and
Steve Tsai of Figure3, a Toronto firm that
has already designed a handful of products
for the Canadian office furniture manufacturer. Their latest line, Sidewise, is a
brilliantly compact office system geared
toward smaller, less formal workspaces
for up to three in-house workers or freelancers on the go.

Every inch of this all-in-one system has
been retooled to maximize functionality
while taking up minimal real estate. It
consists of four main components: desks
that can be adjusted to different heights; a
vertical console that slides out, providing
hidden storage for coats, bags and files;
and a technology bridge that connects
every bit of work surface while tucking
cables out of sight.
The standout feature, however, is a
soft yet tailored recliner with integrated
power and data access, which allows
workers to recharge both electronically
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and emotionally. Flexible and aesthetically

pleasing, Sidewise delivers a sophisticated
option for fitting in some downtime while
hard at work.
THE DESIGNERS Christopher Wright is one
of six principals who head up Figure3 in
Toronto. The busy multi-disciplinary studio
provides one-stop shopping expertise, from
case goods design and consumer behaviour
research to punchy retail environments,
most recently seen in the new Simons store
at the West Edmonton Mall. Steve Tsai
is a senior team leader with the firm and an
expert in 3D visualization. figure3.com,
teknion.ca
what the jury said:
Offices are an evolving landscape,

and they are getting smaller, but
Sidewise manages to do the opposite, giving staffers a place where
they can comfortably take a break
or interface with colleagues. That
combination makes perfect sense.
designers: Christopher Wright

and Steve Tsai of Figure3, Toronto
manufacturer:Teknion
WINNER
BEST
FURNITURE
DESIGN
DESIGNERS: Bruno Fattorini and Robin

Rizzini of Bruno Fattorini & Partners, Milan
MANUFACTURER: Extremis, Belgium
MARINA TABLE
AT FIRST GLANCE, Marina might not look that
special. After all, a picnic table is one of the most
primal dining options ever nailed into existence.
But by harnessing the capabilities of contemporary
manufacturing, designers Bruno Fattorini and
Robin Rizzini have produced a table like no other.
Made from pultruded fibreglass with powdercoated steel supports, Marina can in theory be
produced to any length, so it can support outdoor
parties on an epic scale. Because pultrusion
manufacturing is a continuous process, wherein
glass fibres are pulled through a bath of polyester
resin, the only length limit is the size of the
delivery truck: as the tabletop grows longer, more
supports are simply added underneath.
The innovative Belgian outdoor furniture
company Extremis offers Marina in 20 standard
lengths, from 1.65 to 12.1 metres. To maximize
functionality, it comes with built-in benches or
as a stand-alone table paired with matching
captains chairs, also by Bruno Fattorini& Partners.
For more seating options, a long table with shorter
benches leaves space for a handful of chairs,
including wheelchairs. Corrosion resistant and
easy to wipe clean, Marina is now produced in
white only, although Extremis plans to introduce
five new colours later this year.
THE DESIGNERS Bruno Fattorini, founder of
the furniture company MDFItalia, and Robin
Rizzini, an industrial designer who previously
worked with Keilhauer and MDFItalia, formed
Bruno Fattorini & Partners in 2009. Since then,
the Milan studio has designed furniture for a range
of top European companies, including Zanotta,
Poliform and Desalto. Its signature is simple
forms combined with intelligent construction.
brunofattoriniandpartners.com, extremis.be
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
We liked Marinas flexibility: you can

use it in many different situations,
indoors and out. Its an honest product,
which is something the market needs
right now.
Giulio Cappellini, art director of Cappellini
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BEST PRODUCT
DESIGN
ARIA COLLECTION
NOT ALL CARPETS ARE CREATED EQUAL. Some can
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
The most important thing in

design today is finding the right
raw materials worldwide and
using them in a contemporary
fashion, and Amala Carpets
is doing this in a fantastic way.
Giulio Cappellini,
art director of Cappellini
PEOPLES
CHOICE
WINNER
serve as catalysts for social change (but more on

that later). Aesthetically, the Aria Collection is
beautiful on multiple levels. First is its inspiration: the stunning complexity of a butterfly. When
magnified multiple times under a microscope,
the insects metallic-hued wings are in fact
comprised of endless rows of organized scales
filled with iridescent pigments. That vision
inspired Shan Shrestha and her team at Amala
Carpets to find a way of replicating the wings
colour, depth and structure and make these
elements visible in the form of a carpet. To do
that, they explored dyeing techniques; devised
a particular weaving process to simulate
the arrangement of the scales; and employed
an environmentally sound washing process to
preserve the products integrity.
They also came up with their own silk. Called
Zee silk, it is purely organic and uses a method of
hand-reeling that retains the sericin, the protein
coating that gives silk its strength. They also used
a tie-dye process called Mudmi, where different
selections of the silk are dyed multiple times to
give it a subtle range of hues.
The result is a carpet where the pile doesnt
lean whichever way it likes; here, it is slightly flat,
and all of the strands bend in a singular direction.
The shimmer created in the bend reflects light
just as would if it were a butterfly wing. And yes,
it is exquisitely soft to the touch.
But the Aria Collection is an award-worthy
accomplishment on another level. Amala Carpets
invested eight years to train a group of women
in a rural community outside Bangkok in how
to farm, harvest and weave silk skills that have
enabled them to stay at home rather than leave
their families to make a living in the city.
THE COMPANY Founded by Shan Shrestha,
Amala Carpets of Toronto is a family business
committed to crafting luxury carpets using
centuries-old weaving techniques. They
ensure that their products are ethical, both
economically and in terms of sustainability.
amalacarpets.com
FIRM: Amala Carpets, Toronto

TEAM:Shan Shrestha and family
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BEST ARCHITECTURE
> 1,000 SQUARE
METRES
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
The minute I saw this building,

I knew it was world class. Its a
laboratory, but its very playful and
refreshing. I havent seen anything
like it for a long, long time.
Todd Saunders, Saunders Architecture
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FirmS: Saucier+ Perrotte Architectes, Montreal, and Hughes Condon
Marler Architects, Vancouver Team:Roger Hughes, Andr Perrotte

and Gilles Saucier with Craig Lane, David Moreaux, and Bill Ulrich
UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,

vancouver
the university of british columbia is an
academic jewel, though it has lacked a
visually captivating campus gateway that
embodies its ambition as a world leader
in cutting-edge research. The new Faculty
of Pharmaceutical Sciences building, by
Saucier+ Perrotte and Hughes Condon
Marler Architects, has filled that void with
stunning clarity and style. Bold, beautiful
and photogenic from every vantage point,
the six-storey facility appears to hover
above a largely transparent ground floor,
with the bulk of the upper level defined by
stacked cubes that look as though theyve
exploded into the world. Each module
sports tinted glass in six shades, from clear
to black to mirrored, giving the facades
their Ray-Ban coolness.
Conceptually, the architects started
with a canopy of branching trees,
abstracted into geometric components
that dont read overtly as trees. In place of
thick trunks, two voids reach to the rooftop, creating shafts for natural light
to filter deep into the interior. Offices
are located largely around the perimeter,
where 820 students and close to 200
staff have access to light and air through
operable windows. Meanwhile, the
laboratories on the upper floors, where

temperature control is restricted, are
clustered around the atriums.
The site happens to include a busy
pedestrian pathway, which the design takes
full advantage of, with concrete risers doubling as outdoor bench seating and entry
points from each side of the building.
The main level, enveloped in glass, is what
entices most people to wander inside,
where they find themselves in a dramatic
space defined by asymmetrical walls clad
in rich cedar planks, and elevator blocks
cloaked in black. Built with a focus on
sustainability, the project is expected to
earn LEED Gold certification.
THE FIRMS Founded by Gilles Saucier
and Andr Perrotte in 1988, Saucier+
Perrotte Architectes is among the most
decorated and internationally recognized
firms in Canada. In addition to projects
across Canada, the Montreal firm is working in Japan, China, the Middle East and
Africa. Hughes Condon Marler Architects
of Vancouver focuses on sustainable
design. Most of its 45 staff members are
LEEDaccredited professionals.
saucierperrotte.com, hcma.ca
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ARCHITECTURE
HYGGE HOUSE, WINNIPEG
EVERY YEAR, IN AN EFFORT to fight the fierceness of winter and bring people closer
together, the worlds longest naturally
frozen skating trail is constructed on the
Red and Assiniboine rivers in Winnipeg.
Warming huts are installed enroute,
and last year, as part of an international
competition that invites designers to
reinterpret the traditional hut, Hygge
House won a spot on the frosty riverbank.
The fluorescent yellow half-house was
a team effort by local architects Plain
Projects and Pike Projects, along with
graphic design studio Urbanink.
Pronounced hoo-guh, the Danish word
hygge translates roughly as cozy, as in
gathering to create a feeling of warmth
and happiness. The three Winnipeg firms
took their reference from this polysemous
word, along with a traditional cottage
vernacular mounted antlers, snowshoes,
arocking chair, and half of a cottage then
gleefully subverted the rustic scene by
painting everything an iridescent yellow.
The effect says both warm comfort and
sunshiny brightness.
Luminescent as it was, Hygge House

really came alive when in use. Skaters
gathered to shelter from the icy winds,
musicians held gigs on the cottage stage,
and people came to wrap themselves in
blankets and warm up by the wood stove,
or sit around the table over a game of
crokinole. The team used their varied skills
to create the ultimate ber-Canadian
cultural clich.
THE FIRMS Before launching Plain
Projects, landscape architect Liz Wreford
Taylor worked for firms in Washington
state and Perth, Australia. Her environmental design team is working on such
diverse projects as Winnipegs Living
Prairie Museum and the Devon Energy
headquarters in Oklahoma City. Winnipegs
Urbanink specializes in graphic design.
Architect Colin Grover founded his practice, Pike Projects, in 2012, after moving
from BIOS Architecture, which he also
co-founded. plainprojects.ca, urbanink.net,
pikeprojects.ca
FIRMS:Plain Projects, with Urbanink and Pike Projects, all of

Winnipeg TEAM:Liz Wreford Taylor with Colin Grover, Marcelle
Lussier, Evan Marnoch and Shawn Stankewich
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what the jury said:
Too much architecture has no

local reference and could be
placed anywhere. But this is very
Winnipeg. Its smart and funny, and
it has a strong identity. I like it.
Todd Saunders, Saunders Architecture
WINNER
BEST RESIDENTIAL
ARCHITECTURE
74 JUL AUG 2013
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Firm: El Dorado, Kansas City, Missouri

Team:Josh Shelton with Steve Salzer
echo ridge duplexes, topeka, kansas
what the jury said:
The composition of these volumes

is wonderfully dynamic. It completely overturns any negative paradigm surrounding social housing, in
a beautifully executed way.
Shirley Blumberg, KPMB Architects
plenty of wealthy clients plow money

into building their own personal nirvanas. The Echo Ridge duplexes in Topeka,
Kansas, represent a different type of
dream home: attractive low-income
residences built on a shoestring budget,
as green as they are affordable. Designed
by El Dorado of Kansas City, Missouri,
the four-unit prototype for the Topeka
Housing Authority was completed with
grant money from the U.S.Department
of Housing and Urban Development. It
adheres to Enterprise Green Communities Criteria, which address such noble
concerns as energy efficiency, green
materials and construction practices,
and healthy living.
While all of that offers valid reasons
for the projects award-worthiness, what
makes Echo Ridge such a stellar example
of smart residential building is the firms
application of modest gestures that
dramatically alter living conditions for
the occupants. By rotating the top storey
of each unit 90degrees, the architects
realized numerous benefits:
cross-ventilation for all major interior

spaces, a shared courtyard, and an elevated
terrace for each family.
Completed at two-thirds of what an
average residential construction would
cost, the two-bedroom duplexes, each
measuring 114square metres, contain a
host of sustainable attributes, including a
highly insulated envelope, geothermal
systems, and green roofs that extend off
each terrace. The vibrant results put some
of the areas more expensive neighbourhoods to shame. Heres hoping we see more
of these housing units soon.
THE FIRM With a head office in Kansas
City and a satellite office in Wichita,
Kansas, El Dorado has been busy changing
the look and feel of middle America since
1996. The firm began as an architecture
and metalworking studio, and now offers
comprehensive design-build services and
an extraordinarily diverse portfolio of
work, from urban planning and innovative industrial facilities to community
projects. eldo.us
WINNER
BEST LANDSCAPE
ARCHITECTURE
PEOPLES
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WINNER
76 JUL AUG 2013
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Place des festivals, montreal
PHOTOs BY marc Cramer
occupying a large SITE in the heart of
Montreal, Places des Festivals is among the

most welcoming redevelopment projects to
emerge in North America, comparable with
NewYorks High Line or Battery Park City.
Its success rests not just on well-appointed
features, such as rows of new and mature
trees, refined street furniture and a vivid
white-black hardscape, but also in its ability
to assume multiple identities. On any given
day, 235 high-pressure water jets pierce the
pavers underfoot with an interactive show of
illuminated water, while a central fountain
shoots over three storeys high. Programmed
to respond to movement, light and sound,
the plazas computer-controlled geysers
have become a favourite spot for impromptu
refreshment on sweltering summer days.
Stop by when the citys renowned Inter
national Jazz Festival is happening, and
youll see performances of a different sort.
Suddenly, the squares grassy plains and
plazas are transformed into an urban theatre
that can host 25,000 music fans, all beneath

a series of sculptural light towers. As the
architects themselves like to say about their
open-air venue, which can handle concertgrade wiring and lighting, It magnifies the
stage to the scale of the city.
Place des Festivals is a key component
of the Quartier des Spectacles, an ambitious urban redevelopment that began in
2002 and has since transformed the citys
former red-light district into an impressive
cultural hub. After a decade of planning
and construction, its completion has given
Montrealers a stunning environment
where they can revel in public life and
crowd-swelling culture.
THE FIRM Principals Rene Daoust and Ral
Lestage are critically acclaimed for their
ambitious and sophisticated master plans.
The firm is also fully engaged in commercial
interior design, residential architecture and
street furniture design. daoustlestage.com
Firm: Daoust Lestage, Montreal

Team:Rel Lestage with Caroline Beaulieu, Lucie
Bibeau, Rene Daoust, Marie-Jose Gagnon,

Marie-Pier Marchand, Franois Mnard, Stphane
Savoie, Eveline Simard, Catherine St-Marseille
and Nathalie Trudel
what the jury said:
This space is part green and part hard,

which means during the course of a year
it can have many different lives. Daoust
Lestage has built an environment out
of the whole cloth, and we should all be
doing a lot more of that.
Ken Smith, Ken Smith Workshop
WINNER
BEST ARCHITECTURE
< 1,000 SQUARE
METRES
FIRM: Daoust Lestage, Montreal TEAM:Rene
Daoust and Ral Lestage with Caroline Beaulieu,

Jean-Franois Bilodeau, Marc Duchesne, MarieJose Gagnon, Franois Mnard, Stphane Savoie,
Catherine St-Marseille and Nathalie Trudel
VITRINES HABITES, MONTREAL
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WINNER
THEY MAY BE RELATIVELY MODEST IN SCALE, just 160

square metres each, but two restaurant vitrines
located along Montreals Place Jean-PaulRiopelle have dramatically enriched the areas
urbanscape and nightlife. The concept, of
dropping self-contained rooms onto an existing
boulevard, was hatched by Daoust Lestage, a
veteran firm that understands two fundamental
truths about its beloved city: Montrealers adore
food, and for most of the year its cold outside.
These all-season botes now house F Bar and
Brasserie T!, each with a 60-seat capacity. That
doubles during the warmer months, with sliding
doors on one side that open up to allow tables
and chairs to spill out onto a sidewalk terrace.
Punctuated by wide glass bands along the
walls and ceiling, the white aluminum volumes
give diners a sense of commingling with the
outdoors, providing clear views of the vibrant
fountains and gardens in Place des Festivals
(a recently developed urban playground also
designed by the firm, and winner of this years
AZAward for landscape architecture).
To keep the gesture as simple as possible,
the narrow vitrines take up less than half of
the sidewalk, so they dont impede foot traffic,
and all of the mechanical systems have been
hidden underground.
European cities figured out the economic,
cultural and community benefits of streetside
terraces eons ago, but Daoust Lestages Vitrines
Habites offer an inspiring architectural typology for any city one that can reinvent public
space simply, brilliantly and almost instantly.
THE FIRM Since 1988, principals Rene Daoust
and Ral Lestage have been bringing together
their sensibility for precise architecture and
intelligent urban design, which has been roundly
praised by clients and the public. One of their
hallmark projects is La Promenade Samuel-De
Champlain, a monumental 2.5-kilometre riverside park in Quebec City. daoustlestage.com
A city starts with the quality of its

public realm, and this is a brilliant
example of how great city building
can animate streets. The vitrines
are a terrific way, too, of leveraging
Montreals love for cafs.
Shirley Blumberg, KPMB Architects
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WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Winner
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commercial
Interior
Hafencity University Subway Station,

Hamburg, GERMANY
raupach architekten of Munich cites two
elements of Hamburgs local vernacular

the iridescent bricks used to construct many
of its buildings, and the freight containers
stacked in shipyards as important starting
points for the design of the Hafencity
University Subway Station.
Descending from the street, travellers
are met with an extraordinary kaleidoscope
of colour that emanates from 12 massive
light boxes suspended along the platform,
which replicate the size of actual shipping
containers. Weighing six tonnes each, they
are framed in steel with translucent glass
panels covering hundreds of internal LEDs.
Lighting effects of this scale can easily
morph into pulsating rock concerts, but the
intention here is to create gradations that
gently transition in tune with, say, the trains
as they come and go, or the changing of the
seasons. From the designers point of view,
you could be listening to classical music and
still appreciate the radiant space.
Pfarr Lighting Design and D-Lightvision
worked with Raupach Architekten to
illuminate and program the volumes, which

serve as the central character of a station
that in every other way takes on a sleek
industrial mood. Walls and escalators are
clad in reflective materials to catch the light,
and glazed partitions are held in the most
slender of frames.
What could have been a sterile environment, meant to be entered and exited as
quickly as possible, has been transformed
into a welcoming underground space
worth missing a train or two to linger in.
THE FIRMS Headed up by Christian and
Philipp Raupach, the mid-size studio
Raupach Architeken is renowned for its
intelligent design style, which integrates
optimum usability and advanced sustainability. For the Hafencity project, they
collaborated with Germanys premier firms
Pfarr Lighting Design and D-Lightvision
along with Design Stauss Grillmeier, which
engineered the light volumes.
raupach-architekten.de, lichtplanung.com,
d-lightvision.de, stauss-grillmeier.com
FirmS: D-Lightvision, Design Stauss Grillmeier,

PfarrLighting Design and Raupach Architekten,
all from Munich Team:Christian Raupach, with
Erwin Dring, Gerd Pfarr and Kilian Stauss
what the jury said: Its thrilling to

see a space like this invested with such
creativity. It shows a true understanding
that there is a tangible return in beautiful
infrastructure.
George Yabu, Yabu Pushelberg
WINNER
BEST
RESIDENTIAL
INTERIOR
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
You look at the outside structure,

and you immediately know the
inside is basically the skin. Theres
nothing else required. I love the
sheer simplicity of that gesture.
George Yabu, Yabu Pushelberg
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choice
winner
Firm: Frente Arquitectura, Mexico City
Team:Juan Pablo Maza with Estefana
Hoth and Daniel Nava
Mini-Studio, Mexico city

the mini-studio in Colonia del Valle, a
south-central neighbourhood in Mexico

City, is an unlikely candidate to take the top
honour in a category where contemporary
shapes and expressive finishes are expected
to reign. However, the ethereal emptiness
of its fractal form made this all-white space
without furniture a standout.
Originally a storage room, the brick and
concrete space is nestled into a backyard
and surrounded by three existing buildings.
Measuring a mere 27square metres on
the main level, the workshop is defined by
twists and folds that prevent any direct
sunlight from entering the interior a
request from the client, who also wanted
to maintain clear views to the garden.
The transformation was achieved via
a mezzanine that halves the volume and
gives the interior added floor space, as well
as access to the roof. Punctuated by a row
of windows, the sloped ceiling indirectly
draws light into the second level, and only
subtly brings natural light to the main

level, projecting angled shadows across the
concrete floor. Meanwhile, foldaway glass
doors face directly onto the greenery.
With such careful articulation and
poetic control of perspectives and vanishing points, this gem project is just as
resolved in its expression as any building
10 times its size.
THE FIRM Founded by Juan Pablo Maza
in 2002, Frente Arquitectura has completed many residential projects, and has
collaborated with such well-known
Mexican architects as Derek Dellekamp
and Fernando Romero. At the 2008 Venice
Architecture Biennale, the firm presented
an intriguing concept that sought to
densify Mexico Citys Obrera neighbourhood, by building residential property
above existing structures and topping
the new development with recreational
public space. frentearq.com
WINNER
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UNBUILT
COMPETITION ENTRY
PEOPLES
CHOICE
WINNER
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2 Shop
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4 Office
5 Cristal core
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8 Bar
9 Restaurant
10 Reception
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what the jury said:
We were looking for an economy

of means, a conceptual clarity and
something that could really have an
impact on the culture. Cristal has
this in spades.
The pavilions perforated metal frame, installed at the

edge of the Dead Sea, would slowly be consumed by crystals,
a natural phenomenon that makes the worlds saltiest body
of water so exceptional.
Firm: Sitbon Architectes, Paris

Team:Emmanuel Sitbon with Selma Feriani
cristal, dead sea, israel

taking as inspiration the smallest yet most
poignant element of the landscape, Sitbon

Architectes has, quite literally, distilled within
this site-specific project the pure essence of its
location. Called Cristal, the 19,720-square-metre
information centre is designed to inhabit a tourist
destination on the southern tip of the Dead Sea,
and every element of it mimics the rigid, linear
form of a salt crystal. The two-storey pavilion,
square in shape, draws attention to the rapidly
shrinking Dead Sea, the lowest elevation on
land (approximately 420metres below sea level),
which is losing up to one metre of depth each year.
The simple clarity of Sitbons design ensures
that Cristal appears monumental amid its vast

wilderness location, even though the proposed
interior includes such touristy standbys as a restaurant, amud bath spa, boutiques and a bar.
The real master stroke, though, is how swiftly
Cristal could be constructed, without damaging
the natural wonder of its surroundings. Prefabricated metal panels would be erected on
site in less than a week. Nature would take care
of the rest, as windblown salt water dries and
crystallizes, cloaking the entire structure in
solidified salt, so the pavilion slowly becomes an
embodiment of the very crystal that inspired it.
Its unfortunate that a design like this,
with such vivid imagination, will not be realized.

Cristal would be a fitting epitaph for the Dead
Sea, a three-million-year-old geographical
wonder loved by Cleopatra, which could vanish
as early as2050.
THE FIRM Formed in 2011 by Emmanuel Sitbon,
with Selma Feriani, a fellow graduate of the cole
Spciale dArchitecture, Sitbon Architectes is
bursting with confidence. Cristal rose from their
work with such architectural luminaries as Peter
Cook and Odile Decq. In just over a year, the Paris
studio has been nominated for numerous awards
and its works exhibited around the world.
sitbonarchitectes.com
WINNER
BEST
UNREALIZED
CONCEPT
PEOPLES
CHOICE
WINNER
cultural district
leisure district
sports district
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
This is the kind of densification

plan that, at its core, benefits people
enormously. Its ideal for the Middle
East, but it could also work in
California or Toronto. Its agreat
model for future cities.
landscaped park
sports and cultural hubs
FIRM: MZ Architects, Lebanon

TEAM:Marwan Zgheib
VALLEY CITY QATAR, QATAR

THIS THREE-MILLION-SQUARE-METRE master plan in
the heart of Qatars desert is an ambitious attempt

to design a city from scratch and yet enliven it
with an urban fabric based on traditional Islamic
cities. The idyllic town, called Valley City Qatar,
would offer its citizenry some 60,000 middleincome Qataris and a growing population of
expatriates an energy-efficient oasis of livability
and easy access to generous swaths of parkland.
The plan consists of urban fingers that run
parallel to one another and form narrow streets
lined with low-rise residential buildings. The
fingers then split apart at the centre to reveal a
meandering valley of greenery. Punctuated with
sports and cultural hubs, the green ribbon would

be virtually car-free, with bus transit routes
supplementing pedestrian pathways. To benefit
from the natural trajectory of the desert winds,
the urban grid would run perpendicular to the
air currents, letting them circulate through the
valley and act as a natural cooling system. Narrow
roads would provide shading to lessen the effects
of the hot climate, and living roofs and solar
panels would lighten energy loads.
Masterminding a sustainable environment in
a desert and one that appeals on such a human
scale is ambitious in its own right. But, more
importantly, MZ has tapped the cultural heart
of the region and elevated its plan well beyond

the usual high-rise schemes now in the works
throughout the Middle East. Valley City Qatar
is remarkable for engaging the areas rich urban
history rather than imposing westernized ideals.
THE FIRM Founded in 2002, MZ Architects is
an award-winning office led by Marwan Zgheib.
Initially based in Qatar but now with headquarters in Lebanon, the team of 50 has a satellite
office in Abu Dhabi. MZ came to prominence with
a series of winning international competitions
and distinctive buildings, including the AlDana
Tower and the WDoha Hotel and Residences in
Doha. mz-architects.com
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BEST STUDENT
PROJECT
ELEVATOR B,
BUFFALO, NEW YORK
THE DEMISE OF BEES MAY BE avoidable if ingenious
projects such as Elevator B start to populate
fields and barren lands. The 6.7-metre-tall
hexagonal tower, made of perforated stainless
steel panels, is home to a colony of honeybees
that is busily making thick honeycombs inside
a cypress box nestled within the top portion
of the structure. Finished with a laminated glass
bottom, the bee cab can be observed by
walking into the base of the tower and looking
up. It can also be lowered via a pulley system,
giving beekeepers access to check in on progress
and, presumably, gather the harvest.
The project was born when Rick Smith, the
owner of a cluster of disused grain elevators
in Buffalo, New York, discovered a massive hive
wedged between windowpanes in one of the
sites vacant buildings. Rather than destroy it,
he challenged architecture students from the
University at Buffalo to come up with a new
home for the colony that would also enlighten
visitors to the frailty of bee culture. Using
parametric software, the students came up with
a shimmering hexagonal form that provides
protection from the wind while allowing for
solar gain in the winter and shade in the summer. The bees enter and leave through three
small holes drilled into the side of the cab.
To populate Elevator B, a local apiarist was
brought in to gently extract 5,000 bees and their
queen from the original combs, using a standard
industrial vacuum, and then inserting the combs
into the tower. The bees quickly went to work
building up their new domicile, which has been
open to the public since June 2012. They remain
unfazed by the countless visitors, including
schoolchildren and nature photographers, who
now drop by for a look.
THE DESIGNERS Elevator Bs success can be
credited to a winning collaboration between
the sites owner, Rick Smith, and graduate
students from the University at Buffalo School
of Architecture and Planning: Courtney Creenan,
Kyle Mastalinski, Daniel Nead, Scott Selin and
Lisa Stern. Assistance was provided by faculty
advisers, structural engineers, beekeepers, and
Rigidized Metals, manufacturer of the perforated panels. hivecity.wordpress.com
DESIGNERS: Courtney Creenan, Kyle Mastalinski,

Daniel Nead, Scott Selin and Lisa Stern
WHAT THE JURY SAID:
Design is often about your own

interpretation of something, but this
project is not about the designers;
its all about the bees. Its wonderfully selfless and executed perfectly.
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less is
more
MILAN
FURNITURE
FAIR
a leaner salone del mobile

offered fewer new products,
but excellence still prevailed
By catherine osborne
various media outlets have been quick to note that the biggest event of the year for designers
around the world wasnt quite as mega as years past a sign of lean economic times in Italy and
across Europe. Its true, attendance at Salone del Mobile dropped slightly, and many notable
manufacturers scaled back to one or two new product launches rather than 10 or 12, opting
instead to push variations on familiar lines. Edra, for instance, invited the Campana brothers to
expand on their well-known sofas and cabinets with a new line of matching beds; and Dedon
proffered new colourways for already successful collections, such as Stephen Burks Dala series
of outdoor seating, adding smaller complementary objects like planters.
But lower volume is too easy a target of criticism. Salone del Mobile has not lost its top-ranking position just yet, and in many ways it was refreshing not to have so many newfangled pieces
trotted out just for noveltys sake. It was also clear that some manufacturers have not slowed
down. One only had to visit the Moroso booth to take in a number of impressive new pieces by the
likes of Benjamin Hubert, Werner Aisslinger, and Nendo. Off site, Dutch furniture company
Moooi put on one of the most talked-about exhibits in years, filling a cavernous warehouse space
with dozens of stunning in situ living quarters that showed off products old and new, by Studio
Job, Neri& Hu, Nika Zupanc, Joost vanBleiswijk and seven others, including Moooi creative
director Marcel Wanders. Titled Unexpected Welcome, the display was a spot of optimism that
broke through the economic doldrums.
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1 made from water bottles

The Pet Lamp, by Studio Alvaro
Cataln de Ocn of Madrid and
Colombian artisans, takes water
bottles out of the trash vortex and
weaves them into beautiful pendants, sold individually or in festive
clusters. petlamp.org
2 can we talk?
Cartoon voice bubbles inspired
designers Oki Sato and Luca
Nichetto to produce their N=N/01
Shelves in a Comic Shelf, part of a
series of prototypes they launched
with help from Glas Italia, among
others. lucanichetto.com, nendo.jp
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7 functional shapes
For his first solo show, at Milans
Project B Gallery, rising star Philippe
Malouin presented containers made
from concrete; fire-like pendants; and
these desktop pieces shaped out of
polished and waxed MDF.
philippemalouin.com
3 island living
5 mutant structure
8 hooked on music
10 Mad style
Werner Aisslingers Bikini Island

for Moroso is a nod to Louis Rard,
who invented the two-piece
swimsuit. The furniture designers
multi-purpose sofa is also made of
mix-and-match parts, just like a
bikini top and bottom. moroso.it
When unpacked from its shell, this

Campeggi seating system transforms from a sofa to separate chairs
and pouffes that fill a living room.
French designer Matali Crasset is
the genius behind the piece, named
Concentr de Vie. campeggisrl.it
Lievore Altherr Molinas Song coat

rack for Arper looks like a tree lifted
from a Dr. Seuss book, though it
was actually inspired by music notes.
Available as a free-standing tree with
8, 16 or 24 arms, or in a wall-mounted
version. arper.com
Sporting retro wooden spindle legs,

Marcel Wanders one-armed seat
for Poliform is named the Mad Chair,
presumably because Don Draper
would look right at home lounging in
it. Upholstery available in leather or
fabric. poliform.it
4 twists and tubes
6 into the reeds
9 marble never dates
11 baskets made from trash
Made by Emeco with an aluminum

tube frame and a wooden seat pan,
Konstantin Grcics Parrish chair was
originally conceived for the Parrish
Art Museum, a recently completed
project by Herzog& deMeuron in
Long Island, New York. emeco.net
Working once again with Porro, the

Sweden design trio Front has crafted
a seductively airy cupboard called
Mikado. The two rows of blond
wooden slats that make up its doors
resemble swaying bamboo grasses.
porro.com
Milans Carlo Colombo designed

Clarke, a sophisticated table topped
with marble, launched by Flexform.
The collection includes round side
tables, and oval dining tables in two
lengths: two metres and 2.6 metres.
flexformny.com
Dedon has expanded its popular

Dala collection of outdoor furniture
made from recycled food packaging
to include planters and lanterns,
all designed by New Yorks Stephen
Burks. dedon.de
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12 old meets new
Lucid Peveres Raphia chair for
Casamania represents a perfect
material combination: a strong
metal frame coupled with delicately
woven rattan. Base colours include
black, white, bordeaux and azure.
casamania.it
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13 climb all over me
16
One of many beautiful new designs

by Milans own Luca Nichetto,
Plantrellis for Berga offers an
elegant option for potted climbing
plants. Made of fibre cement and
coated steel in black, white, green,
mint green or orange. berga-form.se
14 capturing the light
Composed of dichroic-filter glass
embedded into movable frames,
this room divider by Camilla Richter
bathes interiors in colourful patterns
as the sun hits it. The piece is part
of Cappellini Next, a series of four
prototypes from young designers
hand picked by Giulio Cappellini.
cappellini.it
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15 welcome back, bauhaus

Does this seat look familiar? Walter
Knoll has just relaunched the tufted
Bauhaus classic Haussmann310,
which Trix and Robert Haussmann
originally designed in 1962.
walterknoll.de
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16 leaves of leather
18 outer softness
20 hanging out with books
Switzerlands Atelier O used leather

scraps found on the workshop floors
of B&B Italia to form the 3D upholstery that covers Hive Ottoman, a
metal-framed hexagonal side table
that doubles as a seat. bebitalia.it
Patricia Urquiolas super-soft

modules one square, the other
rectangular match up with a new
line of cross-shaped rugs. The
cozy seating expands on her Mangas
rugs series for Gan. gan-rugs.com
Londons Raw Edges designed this

unique bookcase without shelves for
Lema. Called Booken, it supports
the volumes on a series of horizontal
wooden slats set within the frame.
lemamobili.com
17 the upside down chair
19 bold alignments
21 box seating
For Living Divani, Milan studio
With a slightly skewed geometry

and a glossy reflective interior,
the DS9011 table by Angie Anakis
turnsan ordinary square into an
eye-catching form. Available from
De Sede. desede.com
Piero Lissonis Rodwood for Living

Divani consists of sink-into-me
down-filled cushions nested within a
wood panel frame. The system incorporates a side table that doubles
as an additional seat for impromptu
conversations. livingdivani.it
[A+B] decided to turn a chair upside
down just to see what it would look

like. They saw Mate, a ladderback
seat and coat valet that makes an
impressive entrance piece, available
in white or black. livingdivani.it
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When it comes to the works of Ron

Arad, the line between sculpture
and design is very thin. Folly, his
latest objet dart for Magis, is an
indoor-outdoor bench formed with
rotational-moulded polyethylene.
It comes in one colour: rusty metal
brown. magisdesign.com
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23 SITTING ON A CLOUD
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Mooois off-site exhibit, Unexpected

Welcome, was the talk of the town
during Milan Design Week. Among
the Dutch studios range of new
products: Marcel Wanders inviting
Cloud sofa. moooi.com
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24 STITCHED INTO SHAPE

To make Textile, six galvanized steel
panels are stitched together with
braided rope to evoke conspicuous
clothing seams. Designer Ana Llobet
came up with the concept in 2010,
and Gandia Blasco now produces it
with nine rope colour options.
gandiablasco.com
25 TINY FURNITURE
For a while now, Ron Gilad has been
crafting furnishings that rest on tiny
metal Thonet chairs for Adele-C.
The miniature chairs have turned up
again in two new cupboards made
of Italian walnut. adele-c.it
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26 BENT INTO SHAPE
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Launched as a prototype in 2012,

the Dream chair by Tadao Ando is
now in production by Carl Hansen&
Son. Made from a single plywood
sheet, it pays tribute to Andos
favourite designer and master of
bentwood furniture, Hans J. Wegner.
carlhansen.com
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27 50 shades of blue
Oki Sato of Nendo always imbues
his objects with a visual lightness.
For Deepsea, a low table for Glas
Italia, he incrementally intensified
the blue of the glass elements as
they decrease in distance from one
another, a strategy that heightens
the chromatic effect. glasitalia.com
28 rems turn with knoll
The signature piece of Tools For Life,
Rem Koolhaass debut collection for
Knoll, is 04Counter, a three-tiered
stack of boxes joined by internal
bearings and rails, which allow it to
swivel into position as a bar and
bench. knoll.com
29 the dress chair
Patricia Urquiola fashioned rope into
upholstery for her all-natural, steamcurved wooden chair, Zantilm.
Its manufactured by Very Wood in
beechwood and ash. verywood.it
31 living on a sofa
Philippe Starcks all-in-one My World
lounger for Cassina has multiple
built-ins, including a work surface, a
bookcase, and a privacy screen. The
cushions are down filled for extreme
comfort. cassina.com
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32 lumber slumber
Leave it to Brazils Campana
brothers to change up the bedroom
in a sensational way. Favela Bed,
made of wooden boards glued into
place as if haphazardly, is one of
five sleepers they launched with
Edra. edra.com
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33 Im not as simple as i look

30 weightless wonder
To create the lightest possible armchair, Benjamin Hubert stretched a
3D-woven textile mesh over a CNCmilled frame. Made for ClassiCon,
Membrane can be easily picked up
and moved, even to a balcony when
the sun comes out. classicon.com
92 jul aug 2013
To manufacture Philippe Starcks

transparent polycarbonate Uncle
Jack sofa, Kartell created what it
claims is the most complex mould
ever attempted. The six-legged piece
is part of the Aunts and Uncles
indoor-outdoor seating collection.
kartell.com
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Material
Connections
These three installations on view
during Milan Design Week explored
materials old and new in inventive
ways By Nina Boccia
prefab wood
Internis Hybrid Architecture &

Design exhibit was all about material
explorations that paired manufac
turers with well-known architects
and designers. Using eco-friendly
prefabricated wooden panels by
Wolf Haus, Milans Luca Scacchetti
constructed the most outstanding
display: a 16-metre-long volume
that gave an elevated perspective
of the surrounding 17thcentury
architecture. wolfhaus.it
led-embedded textiles
Soft Cell, Patricia Urquiolas first

textile collection for Kvadrat, is the
Danish mills first media-integrated
product as well. Embedded with
Philips LEDs, the acoustic uphol
stery debuted in a festive display at
Morosos showroom, where it was
suspended at the entrance. Inside,
the main space featured revolving
panels clad in the fabrics, which also
appeared on the tectonic plate
inspired Rift sofa, in rusted orange
hues. kvadrat.dk
silent engines
BMWs eco-focused brand BMW i

asked Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec
to come up with a way of demon
strating how quiet the forthcoming
i8model will be when it finally hits
the road. The duo devised three
spinning carousels powered by the
sports cars silent electric engine. To
indicate that the engine was actually
running, the Paris designers hung
strips of carbon fibre textile from the
structures rooftop edges evoking
something of a super-chic car wash.
bmw-i.com
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Design File
storage
wall
stars
Elegant, adventurous wall-mounted systems

for displaying accessories and stashing books
by diane chan
1 Cube Play
by Interlbke
2 Free Kube
by Santarossa
4 DiagoLinea
by Lago
6 Z-Shelf
by Moroso
Made up of variously proportioned

units, with or without doors, Werner
Aisslingers wall-mounted wooden
shelving system matches his
previous Cube pieces (including the
floor console shown). Finishes
include matte and glossy lacquers,
as well as wood, stone and glass.
interluebke.com
From consoles sliced on a diagonal

to cabinets punctuated by open
shelving, this surprising line comes
in melamine, lacquer, oak or glass.
Bevelled interior edges make the
cabinets ultra-thin. santarossa.it
Flying off in all directions, this

lacquered wooden shelf is enhanced
by bookends that hold volumes at
various angles. lago.it
From his winding Bookworm for

Kartell to a shelving system in the
shape of the 48 contiguous states,
Ron Arads wall storage borders
on art. His latest: Zshaped bent
metal shelves in various sizes that
work together in virtually any
arrangement. moroso.it
3 Shelving System
by Carl Hansen & Son
In 1928, Mogens Koch designed this
bookcase for his Copenhagen home.
Carl Hansen& Son now makes the
solid oak or ash piece in various
configurations. carlhansen.com
94 jul aug 2013
5 Up & Down
by Bonaldo
In this high-drama bookcase, two
lacquered wood back panels in
varying degrees of thickness (as
well as a two-tone version) support
LED-lit shelves in etched glass.
bonaldo.it
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FRONT AND
CENTRE
These free-standing storage units

feature versatile components and do
double duty as dividers
1 Dalton
by Minotti
2 Infinity
by Flexform
4 Sound-Rack
by Kartell
5 Minima 3.0
by MDF Italia
Thick MDF shelves and pewter-hued

metal supports make up Rodolfo
Dordonis lacquered bookcase, which
doubles as a room divider. Dalton
comes with optional MDF back
panels and feet. minotti.com
A new palette updates Antonio

Citterios free-standing metal bookshelf. The epoxy powdercoated
frame comes in six new shades,
while the removable leather boxes
can now be specified in tobacco.
flexformny.com
For a new design collaboration

between Kartell and Laufen,
Ludovica and Roberto Palomba
developed a collection of bathroom
accessories, including this small
cabinet, available in clear, smoke,
tangerine, amber or blue. It can be
stacked to function as a divider or
attached to a wall. kartell.it
Vibrantly lacquered or veneered,

the boxes, drawers and doors that
animate this bookcase (available
in six heights), by Bruno Fattorini&
Partners, are set into light-as-air
aluminum shelves. mdfitalia.it
3 C Day
by Cesar
Cesars modular living room system
combines storage units, shelves and
wall panels in 48 vibrant and neutral
finishes, such as textured rough oak
and eco-cement. cesar.it
6 Selecta
by Lema
This constantly evolving system,
inover 40 vibrant finishes, appears
seamless, thanks to a new frame
that conceals all hardware.
lemamobili.com
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storage
easy
pieces
In contrasting finishes, these low-slung

consoles and sideboards enliven any space
1
2
1 Book & Look

by Ligne Roset
3 Dado
by B&B Italia
5 Paper Patchwork
by Moooi
6 Toshi
by Casamania
Pagnon & Pelhatres sideboard

balances open enclosures with
hidden nooks and drawers. It comes
finished in a combination of wood
and lacquer. ligne-roset-usa.com
The latest iteration of Studio Kaiross

Dado storage line is defined by
drawers and open compartments
(in wood fibre and MDF, finished
in melamine), making it ideal as a
nightstand. bebitalia.it
As the name implies, Studio Jobs

lacquered sideboard for Moooi is
composed of paper, cardboard and
honeycomb panels. Its part of a
larger line that includes a cabinet,
ahutch, a room divider and lamps.
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Toshi is Japanese for city, and,

Luca Nichettos pastel-hued modular
system takes its cues from Tokyo
architecture. It consists of differentsized sideboards and storage boxes,
each with a unique pattern milled
onto the MDF surface. casamania.it
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by Poliform
Jean-Marie Massauds sideboard, in
32 matte lacquers or in oak, can be
jazzed up with a contrasting interior
finish. It comes in varying heights
and widths, and in three lengths (up
to 2.5metres). poliformusa.com
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4 Dolmen
by Rimadesio
Available in any combination of clear
and lacquered glass from a palette
of 50 colours, this free-standing
display unit with drawers equally
suits the centre of a retail space or a
large bedroom. rimadesio.it
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for Nanotechnology, opening in November, New York architects
Weiss/Manfredi had to enclose a nano-fabrication clean room
(adust- and bacteria-free environment where scientists experiment with atomic and molecular matter) and isolate it according
to specific requirements that take into account vibration,
electromagnetic radiation and ventilation. Rather than build a
conventional bunker, the architects employed amber glass fabricated by Dlubak Corp. of Ohio to visually connect the room
with an adjacent public galleria.
The protective wall is assembled from two quarter-inch-thick
slabs of low-iron glass, laminated with four amber polyvinyl
butyral interlayers. To add a decorative element, the glazing is
treated with ceramic frit, in a gradient that conceals top secret
test zones while allowing sufficient transparency so scientists
and people mingling in the gallery can see each other. In addition
to drawing natural light into the clean room and affording
visitors a glimpse of its workings, the wall functions as a safety
feature, enabling an accident to be seen from the galleria and
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B+N Industries Iconic wall panels

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Enito makes decorative wall panels
from coconut shell, bamboo and
cinnamon and banana bark. Various
visuals and textures result, depending on how the material is cut.
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Interlams Super Rock gypsum wall

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COR Products Fast-growing aspen
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textures, in a palette of brown and
green hues.
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BDSR Design Stone Research

produces artisanal wall tiles in a
variety of surprising patterns and
textures. These include engineered
marble in a trompe loeil cubic motif;
and Tuscan terracotta treatments
inlaid with Murano glass.
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Annette Douglas Textiles airy
Silent Space curtains absorb sound
five times more effectively than
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Made of flame-resistant TreviraCS
fibres, with three weave patterns
in a range of subdued neutrals, they
can be installed on movable panels
or as wall or ceiling treatments.
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Chenel Smoke Out is a smooth
stretch knit ceiling covering made
of flame-resistant Trevira CS, with
hairline seams at measured intervals
that melt under high heat, so smoke
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micro-openings within the weave
for smoke and sprinklers.
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Hunter Douglas Contract

manufactures Techstyle, a series of
modular acoustic ceiling and wall
panels for institutional and commercial use. They come in translucent
or patterned fabrics and can be
integrated with lighting, HVAC and
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Laqfoil, a Toronto company, installs
stretch ceilings to jazz up the
aesthetics or enhance the functionality of existing drywall and stucco.
Available as ceiling tiles, digitally
printed canvas or sculpted PVC
panels, the product can be perfor
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Flexible and lightweight, these wall and ceiling products for commercial
projects absorb sound and accommodate lighting systems.
Eventscape engineers textile

ceiling panels in various shapes and
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curved trapezoids, and installs them
in dramatic three-dimensional geometric configurations. Suspended
using aircraft cable, the sheets
accommodate overhead lighting and
sprinklers. Recycled fabric panels
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metal panels
Wall and ceiling treatments in a range of luminous options lend crisp

visual focus as trims or wide expanses.
Bio-luminum wall tiles are made

from 100 per cent post-consumer
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side and straight on the other, for
two installation options, plus they
can be cut and waxed or sealed.
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Joel Berman Glass Studios

Glass Editions is an affordable line
of pressure-formed and textured
privacy glass made with up to 100
per cent recycled content from the
warehouse floor.
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Contrarian Metal Resources
For high-traffic interiors, such as airports and libraries, this Pennsylvania
company offers recycled content
stainless steel, titanium and zinc
wall and ceiling sheets in a range of
textures, finishes and sizes.
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Cymats Alusion is an aluminum-

clad foam panel for walls and ceilings.
Produced in Toronto, it wasrecently
used to cover the glittering interior
walls of the Vancouver Convention
Centre.
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Poliepo Termo poured epoxy resin
temporarily changes from rich purple
to a lighter hue with sunlight, body
contact, or any other heat source.
When the source of warmth (such as
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Interstyle manufactures glass tiles

and architectural surfaces with
pre-consumer recycled material, in
aprofusion of patterns, shapes and
textures. Multi-hued glass layers are
fused to produce crisp Barcode trim
tiles, as well as Ribbon slabs, which
come in lengths up to three metres.
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These magnetic, writable and otherwise interactive finishes can be easily

applied on walls to boost their functionality.
IdeaPaint turns almost any surface

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Chalkboard Paint Available in the
full range of Benjamin Moore colours,
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1 ARCHIPELAGO
TOWN-LINES: NOTES FOR
A BARE URBANISM
E-BOOK BY PAOLO CONRAD-BERCAH
It is difficult to know what to call this downloadable

volume: it is presented as an e-book but operates
like an app, with embedded videos and navigation
options that allow readers to bounce around its
148 pages with ease.
That is the first intriguing thing about Archipelago Town-Lines: Notes for a Bare Urbanism, a
personal exploration of three cities with urbanscapes sculpted by rivers, canals and walls rather
than imposed grids. The author is an architect
based in Milan and a regular contributor to Abitare
and Domus magazines, though his writing style
here is delivered in the first person and in a manner
that is more blog than academic journal. As he
likes to put it, his writing presents big ideas in a
chaotic mode ofinquiry.
Venice, Berlin and Beirut are the three cities he
explores, all of which have channels or passages
partitioning areas into distinctive parcels. Venice
is the most obvious example, but to a lesser
degree the former Berlin Wall and the Green Line
in Beirut create similar segmentations. From
here, Conrad-Bercah suggests that the so-called
archipelago town, with its informally connected
networks, evolves into a more fluid and harmonious
urbanism, one that puts forth a fresh model for
building and revitalizing cities.
No doubt, some readers will find his paragraphlong sentences and travelogue details onerous
at times, but there is richness in exploring his
thoughts on urban evolution. For a conversational
romp through current trends in niche urbanism,
this downloadable volume fits the bill. YOUMAY ALSO
LIKE: Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic
Urban Places, by Sharon Zukin (Oxford University
Press), which explores the friction between
gentrification and the hunger for authenticity.
BYZAHRAEBRAHIM
Zahra Ebrahim is founder and principal of the

Toronto creative design agency archiTEXT, and an
instructor at OCAD University, where she teaches
the Think Tank program.
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100 JUL AUG 2013
BOOK BY BARBARA GLASNER AND STEPHAN OTT
Wonder Wood kicks off in Sweden with 24H

Architectures Accordion House, which is covered
in western red cedar shingles and resembles
a wrinkly elephant. This strong beginning leads to
some 100 other standout designs, all made of
wood and built within the past decade. While the
book contains profiles of such paradigm-shifting
structures as Waugh Thistleton Architects Murray
Grove tower in London, U.K., and Jrgen Mayer Hs
stunning Metropol Parasol in Seville, Spain, the
descriptions for most of what is shown constitute
little more than captions written in a tiny font.
Thankfully, the authors include interviews with
some of the architects, who flesh out their innova-
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tions, along with a useful material and technology

guide. youmay alsolike: The Case for Tall Wood
Buildings, a 240-page paper written by Michael
Green and available through his website,
mg-architects.ca. In it, the Vancouver architect
advocates for building wooden skyscrapers.
on the Discovery Channel. In eight episodes,

American designer and author Pete Nelson and his
team construct lofty retreats, including breweries, bridal suites, spas, and homes with multiple
bedrooms. By Tory Healy
ByElizabethPagliacolo
4 Light Show
book by Philip Ball, Cliff Lauson and Anne Wagner
3 TREE HOUSES: FAIRY TALE CASTLES

IN THEAIR
book by Philip Jodidio
From a nest-sized tea house in Japan to a sprawling reserve in the Amazon rainforest, the homes
presented in Tree Houses (Taschen) are all inspired
by the fairy-tale notion of living among the trees.
Tree houses, however, have a rich history. In
ancient Indonesia, for instance, they were built
to enable their occupants to evade predators,
pests and hostile tribes. The author, well known
for his monographs on such renowned architects
as Norman Foster and Tadao Ando, shows his
lighter side with this book that profiles 50 treetop
dwellings. Each chapter is introduced with eyegrabbing illustrations by Los Angeles artist Patrick
Hruby. The scope of the projects makes this
352-page book a joy to flip through, as it touches
on everything from cabin-style refuges to mirrored
lookouts high atop the forest canopy. Like each
tree, every house is unique. youmay alsolike:
Treehouse Masters, a reality television program
For those who didnt make it to the Hayward

Gallerys mind-bending Light Show exhibition
earlier this year, the London, U.K., institution and
MITPress have published this hefty compendium of the envelope-pushing light works displayed
and the talents behind them. Crafted by more than
20 artists, from pioneers Dan Flavin and James
Turrell to Olafur Eliasson and Leo Villareal, these
sculptural and colourful works whether using
incandescent bulbs, neon tubes or strips of LEDs
engage both spatially and sensorially. Brief
essays on the individual artists and their bodies
of work are accompanied by gorgeous spreads
of the illuminated installations. There is also an
overview of how experimental lighting technology
has evolved over the past 50 years. youmay
alsolike: The Light Pavilion, by Lebbeus Woods
and ChristophA. Kumpusch. From publisher Lars
Mller, this book documents the breathtaking light
installation by Woods (his first built project and
final creation) for Steven Holls mixed-use residential complex in Chengdu, China. ByNinaBoccia
5 Spirit of Space
Website by spiritofspace.com
Making movies about buildings has become a

popular way to document them, and this website
is among the more compelling versions of the
growing trend. The site, founded in Chicago in
2006 by five architects who also make films, now
contains an archive of close to 70, each running
between one and 15 minutes. Their diverse points
of view vary from architects speaking directly
about their work, to picturesque pans across buildings, set to a musical score composed to capture
each spaces unique atmosphere. One mesmerizing piece documents the massive residential
complex Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China,
by Steven Holl, who walks through the site with
cameraman in tow, explaining his approach and his
inspirations. Clearly, the team behind Spirit of
Space loves architecture and understands how
to get that across on film. youmay alsolike:
TheThird& the Seventh, a stunning animated
short by Spains Alex Roman, easily found on
Vimeo. It exists solely to glorify architecture, via
such projects as Tadao Andos Benesse House
Museum, in Naoshima, Japan; and Louis Kahns
Phillips Exeter Academy Library, in New
Hampshire. ByDavidDickAgnew
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and the winners are
The Smithsonian Institutions Cooper-Hewitt National
Design Museum has announced the honourees in its
annual awards program. In 10 categories, from architecture
to landscape, fashion and product design, accolades
went to trail-blazing corporations and thinkers who have
dedicated their careers to making design accessible
to all. James Wines, founder and president of NewYork
architecture studio Site, took home the lifetime achievement award; architect Michael Sorkin, president of the
non-profit Terreform, was presented with the design
mind award; and Chicagos Studio Gang Architects, led
by Jeanne Gang, clinched the top spot for architecture.
Other notable winners: renowned graphic designer Paula
Scher, a principal at Pentagram; and Margie Ruddick,
who did the landscape design for NewYorks Queens Plaza,
and Trenton Capital Park on the Delaware River in New
Jersey. For the entire list, visit cooperhewitt.org.
The American Institute of Architects named the winners
of its Small Projects awards. From pint-sized homes
to a cemetery marker, they include Johnsen Schmaling
Architects, which earned two awards, for intimate residences in Wisconsin; RobertM. Gurney, for a backyard
pool and garden pavilion in Delaware; Edward Ogosta
Architecture, for a weekend home in the Coachella Valley,
in southern California; and Kariouk Associates, for
the five cast bronze plates it created for a Pennsylvania
womans grave. For the full list, visit aia.org.
In other AIA news, the institute and the U.S. Committee
on the Environment selected 10 projects that demonstrate
excellence in sustainable architecture and green design
solutions. Among them were the net-zero YinYang house
in Venice, California, by Brooks+ Scarpa; the student
apartments on the cliffs of LaJolla at the University of
California, SanDiego, by KieranTimberlake; the oxbowshaped Seattle headquarters of the U.S.Army Corps
of Engineers, by ZGFArchitects; and a 94-square-metre
prototype house entirely illuminated with natural light,
by the Tennessee College of Architecture and Design.
Forthe full list, visit aia.org.
Last spring, Canadas Greenest Employers named 55
private and public sector organizations committed
to boosting environmental awareness in the workplace,
among them Keilhauer, Siemens Canada, Perkins+ Will
and Ikea Canada. Four post-secondary institutions the
University of British Columbia, the University of Northern
British Columbia, the University of Alberta, and York
University in Toronto were also recognized. For the full
list, visit canadastop100.com.
The International Association of Lighting Designers handed
out awards for this years top projects. Pfarr Lighting
received the Radiance Award for Excellence for its
colour-morphing, interactive installation at the Hafencity
University subway station (also a winner in the 2013
AZAwards; see page 79). Electrolight took a prize for
the sparkling, jewel-toned eastern facade it created at
the Crown entertainment complex in Melbourne, Australia;
and Lighting Design Collective won for transforming an
abandoned oil silo in Helsinki into an electric public space,
by perforating it with 2,012 holes and illuminating it from
within. For all of the winners, visit iald.org.
The Royal Architecture Institute of Canada awarded its
$5,000 Canada Green Building Council scholarship to
Sheida Shahi at the University of Waterloo for her masters
thesis proposal, Adaptable Tower Neighbourhoods.
Privacy, without
Sacrificing Style
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Venezuelan architect Alejandro Barrios-Carrero earned

the James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding
Restaurant Design for Juvia, a 930-square-metre eatery
on the penthouse level of 1111Lincoln Road, the raw con
crete parking garage Herzog& deMeuron built in Miami.
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Trumping concepts by Manuelle Gautrand and Snhetta,

the team of BIG, Transsolar, Tess, Base, Transitec
and Michel Forgue has secured the commission for
EuropaCity, an enclave being built from scratch just
outside Paris. The winning plan is carved into the
landscape, arranging retail, entertainment and cultural
programming along an internal circular avenue, with
an accessible green roof enhanced by hiking paths and
urban gardens.
The Setai Dining Chair
Zaha Hadid accepted the Veuve Clicquot Business

Woman Award, which was established in 1972 as a
tributeto champagne house pioneer Madame Clicquot.
The win recognizes Hadids contribution to the
international architecture scene, lauding her great
zeal as a businesswoman in a male-dominated field.
MOVERS AND SHAKERS

In August, Italian designer Elena Pacenti officially joins
SanDiegos NewSchool of Architecture and Design, as
director of the recently inaugurated Domus Academy
School of Design and its global programs. This follows
herseven-year stint at Milans award-winning Domus
Academy.
MaryAnne Gilmartin has been appointed president and
chief executive officer of Forest City Ratner Companies,
succeeding the Brooklyn firms namesake, Bruce Ratner,
an American real estate czar. His latest developments
include the New York by Gehry residential tower at
8Spruce Street, and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
Gensler, the multinational architecture and design consultancy, has joined the Urban Land Institutes Greenprint
Center for Building Performance in New York as an
innovation partner. The alliance, which includes Lutron,
Johnson Controls, Cisco and Deutsche Bank Group, seeks
to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.
lisataylordesigns.com
In a move that echoes the Gehry-MIT leaky roof fiasco

of 2007, Domecq is suing Spanish architect Santiago
Calatrava for a continual leak in the undulating wood and
aluminum roof of its Ysios winery in Spain. Unsatisfied
with the repair work done by Calatravas builders, Domecq
is seeking an unspecified portion of $2.6million, the cost
of a replacement roof by a new architect and engineer.
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has tapped Perkins+
Wills Manhattan office as a design adviser to the Carbon
Challenge task force, which has encouraged such
corporations as Google, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan
Chase to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by up
to 40per cent over the next 10 years.
UP AND RUNNING
This past spring, the SANAA-designed production facility for Vitra opened in Weil am Rhein, Germany. The
20,000-square-metre round structure provides flexibility
and reduces the flow of traffic within the building. The
exterior frame is made from prefabricated concrete and
steel components, wrapped in acrylic glass with a striking
undulating facade.
Bulthaup, the German manufacturer of exquisitely
engineered kitchen systems, has opened a showroom in
De Waterkant, Cape Town, marking its first stand-alone
location in Africa. Before the end of the year, the company
expects to debut showrooms in Mexico and Australia.
Following launches in Montreal, Singapore and Miami in
just the past six months, Italian bath fixture manufacturer
Boffi inaugurated another showroom in Sydney, Australia,
in May.
Avenue Road, the Toronto and New York purveyor of highend furniture by such designers as Christophe Delcourt
and Yabu Pushelberg, has opened a third location, in Miami.
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ings at Salone del Mobile are treated with the sort

of reverence usually reserved for fine art.
Canvas is made of spandex (like the leg tights,
says Ono) and stretched over a wood and aluminum
frame, then digitally printed with a life-sized photo
of Victorian seating in black and blue tones. Three
iterations exist: a dining chair and a wingback,
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fabrics tensile strength and a wooden bar under
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Storage Clever bookcases, shelving and

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