What #39;s the role of architects and building designers in BIPV?
In this third video interview, Technical Scientific Commitee member Antonella Trombadore (Professor at the University of Florence) illustrates the important role of architects in in Building-integr...
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The San Dieguito Lagoon master plan won a special award for urban solutions.
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Winding up San Diego's first "Archtoberfest" celebrating local architecture, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects handed out 31 Design Awards Thursday, ranging from grand monumental landmarks like the new downtown Central Library to a modest infill lawyer's office.
Three outside jurors looked over 67 entries before bestowing five honor awards, five merit awards, three citations and 16 special category awards. The awards were announced at the Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union at San Diego State University.
Two individual awards also were announced -- the young architect of the year, J. Antonio Garcia, and the patron of the year, JMI Realty, which oversaw the development of Petco Park and the ballpark district downtown.
Brian Dougherty , an architect with offices in Costa Mesa and Oakland and this year's president of the AIA California Council, said the jury focused on how projects adhered to the "program" or purpose dictated by the builder or owner.
Sources: ESRI; American Institute of Architects
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"I was very impressed with the quality of design," Dougherty said. "I loved the diversity of scale and types of projects, and overall I thought especially the sensitivity to sustainability and creating buildings appropriate to their site was very high."
The awards come at a time of slow but steady improvement in the development climate after several years in the doldrums following the financial meltdown of 2008.
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Architects are claiming proposed planning rules requiring all new homes in Christchurch to be energy and water efficient could add $15,000 to the cost of home building.
The new rules are included in the Christchurch City Council's Proposed Christchurch Replacement District Plan (PCRDP) and stipulate that all new residential dwellings in Christchurch should be built to a minimum HomeStar 6 rating.
The New Zealand Institute of Architects (NZIA) is challenging the proposed rule change, saying it will add unnecessary costs to the building process. It is also questioning whether the council has the authority to require homes to be built to a higher standard than required under the Building Act.
Homes built strictly according to the standards of the Building Act would only achieve a HomeStar 4 rating.
''We do not consider introducing special rules just for new housing within the Christchurch city limits is the right way to go,'' the NZIA said in a written submission.
''We have had some of our highly experienced branch members . . . consider the potential cost implications associated with complying with the increased insulation Homestar requirements and based on a typical budget house we estimate the proposed District Plan requirements will add in order of $15,000 per dwelling.''
When another proposed rule change requiring new homes to include ''adaptive design'' features - features which make it safe and easy for older people and people with disabilities to live in the homes - was added into the equation, the additional costs could be as high as $25,000 for a typical budget house, the NZIA said.
Christchurch architect Andrew Evans has also lodged a submission against the proposed rule changes.
''They haven't been well though out and certainly no cost benefit analysis has been done. From rough estimates we calculate it would add around $26,000 to a budget house.
That's a good chunk of someone's house deposit. So much for housing affordability,'' Evans said.
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HEREFORD RFC are now waiting for architects to submit their final plans to the local authority after the appeal process on their move ended.
Local residents in the Hampton Bishop area of the city had appealed the plans which include residential properties to be built by Bloor Homes.
The important thing is to have a rugby legacy for the city," said club chairman Ivan Powell.
We respect that the residents of Hampton Bishop wanted to challenge but as a rugby club we can now move forward.
It is in the hands of the architects now and we are just waiting for them to submit the plans.
The new site will have five rugby pitches on the site and will also have mini pitches for youth teams and will also incorporate a wheelchair side.
Powell said: Were fortunate that we have just teamed up with the Hereford Harriers rugby wheelchair team.
Captain Ali McColl believes the move will be important in attracting players to the club and to keep their best players at the club.
He said: It will be really good up there and to make this club part of the city should be good.
Hopefully playing in a posh new ground will entice players.
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ILLINOIS (KFVS) -
Architects in Marion, Illinois announced their top 10 haunted buildings for 2014 just in time for Halloween.
The list covers most of southern Illinois, with some locations dating back to the early 1800s.
Most of the buildings are public landmarks on the National Register of Historic Places, and others are currently private residences with a deep local history.
The list is not ordered to reflect the degree of paranormal activity, but rather a collection of historic buildings that have a spooky story to tell.
Choate Mental Health Center - Anna, Ill.
The Choate Mental Health Center, formerly Anna State Hospital, was built in 1869 and opened in 1875.
This Victorian-era structure was built after the Kirkbridge plan of design. Kirkbridge buildings typically have long, staggered wings to allow for sunlight and fresh air to enter, with large grounds surrounding the structure.
There have been numerous cases of people claiming they've seen faces in the windows, or heard sounds of footsteps or voices. There has been one case of a "devil dog" that attacked a patient.
Orderlies heard sounds of commotion from the room, entered the room, and the victim had unexplainable scratches all over his body.
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CHARLES CITY | Architects presented a schematic design for a new Charles City Middle School that includes learning spaces of various sizes, an outdoor classroom and an amphitheater to the school board on Monday evening.
The design for the $17.6 million building to be constructed at the current high school campus also includes a competition gym with seating for 1,800 people that could be used for high school athletics and a commons area with a "treehouse" -- a series of glass-enclosed areas on either side of the staircase between the first and second floors.
Sam Johnson from BLDD Architects cautioned the board the schematic design phase "is the honeymoon phase" and some hard choices will need to be made before bids are taken.
The building design includes a lot of glass to let in natural daylight, even in the gym.
The learning spaces range from 150 square feet for a semi-enclosed "cave," where up to three students can work together, to 2,800 square feet for the collaborative commons area. There also are 1,200-square-foot exploratory and design labs and smaller lecture spaces and labs, including a media lab.
Jeff Johnson of BLDD said the treehouse could be a "hangout spot" for students but it also could be another learning space.
He said teachers have been involved in the design from the beginning.
Jean Underwood of BLDD noted students also gave the firm their ideas in May.
Jeff Johnson said the design lends itself to exciting learning projects, such as having students do their own talk show in which they would be producers, presenters, stage designers and technicians.
He said the overall design concept for the new school "reinvents education as you know it."
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More than 5 years of experience would be required before an architect or engineer can work in other Southeast Asian countries
A Filipino construction team are seen on an upper level of a building site in Manila, Philippines. Photo by EPA
MANILA, Philippines Newly licensed Filipino engineers and architects need years of experience first before they could find a job in other Southeast Asian countries once the regional economic bloc integrates next year.
Thousands of engineers and architects pass the government-regulated licensure examinations every year. In October, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced that 1,532 passed the electronics engineer licensure examination, while 2,502 passed the electronics technician examination. Earlier in January, 793 passed the Architect licensure examination.
But for them to be accredited to work in another Southeast Asian country under an integrated ASEAN economy, architects would need to have at least 10 years of experience, while engineers would need 7 years of minimum experience, according to Angeline Chua Chiaco, acting PRC chairperson.
They need to have a substantial involvement in projects during the years of their experience, Chiaco said during the congressional committee on ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) integration hearing on Tuesday, October 28.
PRC has already signed mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) with some of its regional counterparts to allow Filipino professionals to practice their occupations in other Southeast Asian countries once the ASEAN integration begins to take off end 2015.
ABS partylist representative Catalina Leonen-Pizarro, chairperson of the House committee on ASEAN integration, has already drafted a resolution urging President Benigno Aquino III to implement the MRAs signed by the Philippines.
For Pizarro, the MRAs serve as safety nets to protect the Philippines professional workforce from tight competition with its neighbors, as the same minimum years of experience would also apply to ASEAN professionals who would opt to practice in the Philippines.
ASEAN member-states agree to a free flow of skilled labor within ASEAN, as included in the economic blueprint, one of the 3 blueprints adopted for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC).
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TULSA, Oklahoma -
About 4,000 earthquakes have rattled Oklahoma this year, and Tuesday at the capitol, lawmakers discussed a legislative study on earthquakes and fracking.
In Tulsa, first responders, educators and architects went back to class Tuesday to get a lesson from FEMA on earthquake preparedness.
The experts said whether it's a tremor, a rattle or the big one, buildings can easily be damaged. Tuesday's lesson was about spotting that damage and preventing injuries.
FEMA says they look at everything from the foundation to the way the lights are hung.
Most of Oklahoma's quakes have been minor, but nearly ten percent were a three-magnitude or greater.
Even the slightest shake can affect the structural soundness of buildings.
People need to know what kind of building they are in. Is it masonry? Is it concrete block, is it steel structure? And what resiliency does it have an earthquake event," Roger Jolliff, with the Tulsa Emergency Management Agency asked.
FEMA says knowing the basic facts will help first responders, educators, architects and builders.
Garfield, Grant, Logan, Oklahoma and Payne counties in central Oklahoma have been hit by two-dozen 4.0 or greater quakes, but seismologists call eastern Oklahoma's quakes light.
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With its red, perforated aluminum "rain screen" and elongated oval shape, this quirky office building for a large "outdoor advertising" company in New Delhi, India, was intended to resemble a thumbprintthough it actually looks more like a watermelon. Or maybe a half-gutted fish. Designed by local firm Anagram Architects, "The Digit" building has a swirling ceiling in the lobby that evokes a thumbprint, and, according to the architects, a faade with "the split second impact of a roadside billboard." It's hard to disagree.
In the holes of the building's face are tiny, colorful "pixels" that rotate as the wind blows. The overall effect is probably meant to resemble an artisanal LED screen, though it makes the screen look full of melon seeds. As such, the high-design approach to a pixelated thumbprint inadvertently makes this watermelon-like building a piece of literal architecture. But, hey, who needs buildings that actually look like the random objects they were supposed to resemble, anyway?
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Image by Andr Fanthome via Anagram Architects
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Image by Andr Fanthome via Anagram Architects
Image by Andr Fanthome via Anagram Architects
Image by Andr Fanthome via Anagram Architects
Image by Andr Fanthome via Anagram Architects
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