Articles by Jenna McKnight

Nobu opens Japanese-influenced oceanside hotel in Malibu

May 9, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Studio PCH and Montalba Architects have converted a 1950s beachfront hotel into Nobu Ryokan Malibu, the first in a line of high-end, Japanese-inspired retreats. Stretching along a waterfront property in the affluent California city, the boutique hotel is the first in Japanese restaurant chain Nobu’s Ryokan collection of exclusive retreats in exotic settings and gateway cities.

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ISA creates hybrid housing complex for gentrifying neighbourhood in Philadelphia

May 8, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

The massing for this residential development by US architecture firm ISA was driven by its varied types of living units, from apartments and duplexes to three-storey townhouses. Called Folsom Powerhouse, the housing development occupies a full block in Francisville, a gentrifying neighbourhood between Philadelphia’s urban core and outlying areas. Constructed on a gently sloping site,

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Ecosistema Urbano envisions bioclimatic domes for West Palm Beach

May 5, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

Madrid studio Ecosistema Urbano has won first place in a competition to revamp the waterfront of Florida’s West Palm Beach, with a proposal for domed spaces that house an array of functions, from an aquarium to a yoga and meditation zone. Called Open Shore, the scheme is the winner of the Shore to Core competition

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Rowland + Broughton nestles rectilinear Black Magic house into mountainous Colorado site

May 4, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

This metal-clad rural dwelling in the American West by Rowland + Broughton is designed to tread lightly on the earth and to provide expansive views of the landscape. Called Black Magic, the family home is located in Snowmass, Colorado, on a rugged site blanketed with native grasses and fir, oak and aspen trees. A gravel

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Andersson-Wise assembles new and salvaged materials into rustic Austin boathouse

May 2, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

US firm Andersson-Wise Architects has created a modest boathouse in Texas, designed to blend with its site as if it were “in a state of natural decomposition”. The Bunny Run Boat Dock is located on the shore of Lake Austin, in the city of Austin. Encompassing 2,563 square feet (238 square metres), the enclosure contains

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Andersson-Wise assembles new and salvaged materials into rustic Austin boathouse

May 2, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

US firm Andersson-Wise Architects has created a modest boathouse in Texas, designed to blend with its site as if it were “in a state of natural decomposition”. The Bunny Run Boat Dock is located on the shore of Lake Austin, in the city of Austin. Encompassing 2,563 square feet (238 square metres), the enclosure contains

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Skyscraper competition proposal involves erecting towers within world’s largest trees

May 1, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

A conceptual scheme by a team of South Korean designers calls for inserting towers within the hollowed-out trunks of giant sequoias in the western US. Called Tribute: The Monument of Giant, the visionary scheme imagines buildings constructed within the empty trunks of giant sequoias, a type of redwood tree native to the Sierra Nevada mountains in California.

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Leers Weinzapfel completes America’s first cross-laminated timber academic building

April 28, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s new design school is the first academic building in the US to have a structural frame made of cross-laminated timber, according to its architects Leers Weinzapfel Associates. The Design Building is situated within the university’s campus in the city of Amherst, in central Massachusetts. It is the first cross-laminated timber

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Leers Weinzapfel completes America’s first cross-laminated timber academic building

April 28, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s new design school is the first academic building in the US to have a structural frame made of cross-laminated timber, according to its architects Leers Weinzapfel Associates. The Design Building is situated within the university’s campus in the city of Amherst, in central Massachusetts. It is the first cross-laminated timber

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Leers Weinzapfel completes America’s first cross-laminated timber academic building

April 28, 2017 Jenna McKnight 0

The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s new design school is the first academic building in the US to have a structural frame made of cross-laminated timber, according to its architects Leers Weinzapfel Associates. The Design Building is situated within the university’s campus in the city of Amherst, in central Massachusetts. It is the first cross-laminated timber

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