Jenna McKnight

Former industrial site in Queens transformed into Hunter’s Point South Park

November 19, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

A salt marsh and a cantilevered viewing platform are among the features in an extensive new park that stretches along the East River in Long Island City, Queens. Encompassing 11 acres (4.4 hectares), the Hunter’s Point South Park was constructed on a post-industrial, waterfront site that looks toward Manhattan. The project was a collaboration between

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Photographs by Denise Scott Brown on view in New York

November 15, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Photographs by architect Denise Scott Brown that helped inform the development of the seminal postmodernism book she wrote with late husband Robert Venturi, Learning From Las Vegas, are part of an exhibition on view at a Manhattan gallery. The show, Denise Scott Brown Photographs 1956–1966, is being presented at Carriage Trade in Chinatown. Running until 22

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Colourful louvres animate Johnsen Schmaling’s Oak Park Housing in northern California

November 14, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Johnsen Schmaling Architects has completed an urban infill project near downtown Sacramento that consists of six modest-sized homes with multi-coloured facades. The Oak Park Housing complex was built on a long-vacant property in Oak Park, a diverse neighbourhood that struggled for decades with economic stagnation and disinvestment. The area also experienced social unrest.

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Sasaki unveils plans for giant Panda reserve in southern China

November 13, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Global studio Sasaki are masterplanning the Chengdu Panda Reserve to protect the animals, while also accommodating growth in the rapidly expanding Chinese city. The 27-square-mile panda reserve, planned for Chengdu – the capital of the Sichuan Province in southern China – will be deigned by Sasaki following a government-sponsored design competition. One of the main aims of the project is

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Allied Works completes National Veterans Memorial and Museum in Ohio

November 11, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Allied Works has created a building to honour military veterans in downtown Columbus, which appears as a circular form crisscrossed by large concrete arches. The National Veterans Memorial and Museum was built on a seven-acre (three-hectare) site that sits alongside the Scioto River in Ohio’s capital city. Encompassing 53,000 square feet (4,924 square

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Ecological Living Module is a UN-backed, off-grid tiny home

November 7, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

A “micro-farming wall” and a roof covered in photovoltaics are among the features incorporated into a prefabricated micro dwelling created by US studio Gray Organschi Architecture, in collaboration with researchers at Yale University. The Ecological Living Module, or EDM, was conceived by Gray Organschi Architecture and Yale’s Center for Ecosystems in Architecture – both based in

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Smitharc Architects situates Blue Dog Residence on wooded property in North Carolina

November 6, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Smitharc Architects has designed a family dwelling in Durham that features cypress cladding and ample windows, reaching out into the natural landscape. Built for a family of four, the Blue Dog Residence sits on a wooded property in the northern part of North Carolina. The gently sloping site, which features a pond, totals

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Craig Steely surrounds Roofless House in Silicon Valley with sinuous wooden wall

November 5, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm Craig Steely Architecture has encircled this California dwelling with a curvy wall, which keeps views focused upward rather than outward. The Roofless House is located in Atherton, a Silicon Valley town that sits just down the road from Stanford University. The suburban community is characterised by mature trees and large homes tucked behind fences.

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Behnisch Architekten overhauls business school at Portland State University

November 1, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

German firm Behnisch Architekten has renovated a 1970s urban academic building in Oregon, and created an addition that consists of “shifting” wood-clad boxes and a glazed atrium. The Karl Miller Center houses the School of Business at Portland State University. The building is located within the University District in downtown Portland, just a few blocks west of

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Slats shade LOHA’s San Vicente 935 apartment building in West Hollywood

October 30, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

American firm Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects has completed a housing block in Los Angeles that features a central courtyard and open-air stairwell lined with wooden slats and white wire mesh. Situated in the heart of West Hollywood, the San Vicente 935 apartment complex is located on San Vicente Boulevard, between Santa Monica and Sunset Boulevards. Occupying a

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