Jenna McKnight

Lemay redesigns open-air theatre in Montreal’s La Fontaine Park

December 1, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Local architecture studio Lemay aimed to rethink the relationship between “the built and the natural” in its revamp of Théâtre de Verdure, which consists of a stage on an island and a fan-shaped seating area. The open-air theatre is located within La Fontaine Park, which encompasses 34 hectares in Montreal’s Le-Plateau-Mont-Royal neighbourhood. The Théâtre de

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Leddy Maytum Stacy revamps century-old university building in California

November 28, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Exterior louvres and faceted canopies are among the elements that US studio Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has added to a 1920s academic facility, helping it achieve net-zero energy consumption, according to the studio. The Walker Hall project involved transforming a “vacant, seismically unsafe building” on the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) campus in northern

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Baldridge Architects converts Austin commercial units into its own studio

November 24, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. Called Burnet Road Offices, the project involved the adaptive reuse of a small commercial complex along a main street in Austin. Dating to 1961, the complex,

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Textural metal skin wraps University of Washington building by Miller Hull

November 17, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio The Miller Hull Partnership has completed the Health Sciences Education Building in Seattle, which features corrugated metal cladding and a warm interior that departs from the “hospital-like environments found in most university medical buildings”. The academic building marks a new entrance to the University of Washington’s South Campus, which is focused on the

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PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos convert historic Detroit building into colourful school

November 10, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos have transformed a building at a former Catholic college into the School at Marygrove Elementary, filling it with colours and shapes that help spark “experimentation and exploration” among children. Located in northwest Detroit, the building is part of the School at Marygrove, a new educational institution that will eventually serve students

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Fredrik Nilsson clads his Los Angeles house in oiled cedar

November 7, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Sweden-born architect Fredrik Nilsson has completed a wood-clad residence for his family that incorporates Scandinavian modernism and the “bohemian experimentalism of the LA Eastside”. Located in the Echo Park neighbourhood, the Grafton House sits on a sloped site with views of the surrounding hills and city skyline. Architect Fredrik Nilsson – of local firm Studio Nilsson

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Alterstudio creates Falcon Ledge Residence on a challenging Austin site

November 4, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked “as a possible home site”. Built for a married couple in Austin, the house feels immersed in the wilderness but is, in fact, surrounded by “very ordinary, suburban conditions”. “The opportunity to live

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Linden Brown Architecture creates “live-work” building for Portland shoe designers

October 27, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Tall roof monitors lend a sculptural look to the Gradient House and Studio, which was designed by Oregon studio Linden Brown Architecture for the founders of a shoe design company. The project was envisioned as a “live-work campus” for the owners of Studio Noyes, a creative agency focused on footwear. The mixed-use building is located

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Prentiss Balance Wickline designs remote Michigan cabin for mountain bikers

October 26, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

A tough shell made of weathering steel clads the Copper Harbor house by US firm Prentiss Balance Wickline Architects, which is set in a “very remote destination with an industrial history”. The cabin is found on the rugged Keweenaw Peninsula and overlooks Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes of North America. The project

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Opsis Architecture “breaks with convention” for mass-timber Idaho arena

October 25, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Opsis Architecture has completed the Idaho Central Credit Union Arena, which features a mass-timber structural system and a swooping metal roof influenced by the region’s rolling landscape. Located in the city of Moscow in North Idaho, the arena acts as a gateway building for the University of Idaho. In addition to basketball games

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