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Team of Arkansas designers creates a ramped bikeable office building

May 17, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Arkansas has claimed its first bikeable structure – a ramped office building in Bentonville designed by Michel Rojkind, Callaghan Horiuchi and Marlon Blackwell Architects. Completed at the end of 2022, the 230,000-square foot (21,368-square metre) mixed-use office is known as The Ledger. A collaboration between Mexican architect Michel Rojkind and Arkansas-based studios Callaghan Horiuchi and

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Studio North adds wooden screen to Calgary residence

May 13, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian practice Studio North has wrapped a wooden screen around the curved corners and cantilevers of a Calgary house near a winding river. Studio North completed the 4,520-square-foot (420-square metre) residence – known as Elbow House – at the end of 2023 on an 8,050-square-foot (748-square metre), wedge-shaped property along the banks of the Elbow

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Studio North adds wooden screen to Calgary residence

May 13, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian practice Studio North has wrapped a wooden screen around the curved corners and cantilevers of a Calgary house near a winding river. Studio North completed the 4,520-square-foot (420-square metre) residence – known as Elbow House – at the end of 2023 on an 8,050-square-foot (748-square metre), wedge-shaped property along the banks of the Elbow

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Carlos Matos references Mexico’s “profound transformations” in secluded retreat

May 6, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Mexican architect Carlos H Matos has completed a concrete house designed to be an “ode to antiquity” and “futurity” in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Known as Casa Monte, the one-bedroom house was completed in 2023 with a rooftop terrace and a 150-square-metre (1,615-square foot) footprint. It is nestled between mountains and the Pacific Ocean and serves

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Ervin Architecture unveils expansion of Maine’s largest building

May 3, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

US studio Ervin Architecture has unveiled the latest phase of an open-air theatre in Bangor, Maine with wood-clad, sawtooth boxes that flank open-air seating. The Maine Savings Amphitheater is the largest single building in the state of Maine in terms of square footage, with a capacity of 16,500 spectators. It contains 100,000 square feet (9,290

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Manica Architecture designs glass-fronted stadium for Chicago Bears

April 29, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

American studio Manica Architecture and National Football League team Chicago Bears have unveiled the design of a football stadium along Lake Michigan in Chicago, drawing criticism from preservationists. Manica Architecture designed the multi-purpose recreational campus – featuring a stadium enclosed with a translucent roof – to bring a variety of concerts, community celebrations, and sporting

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Omar Gandhi Architects balances cedar house on rocky Nova Scotia coastline

April 25, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house “inspired by the scattered boulders” that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. Known as Rockbound, the 4100-square foot (380-square metre) home sits on a rocky, sloped three-acre site overlooking a bay that connects the property to Peggy’s Cove, a national historic site

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Page Southerland Page integrates “past and future” at Texas Capitol Complex

April 11, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

US studio Page Southerland Page has  worked to “cultivate a stronger sense of community” with the urban design surrounding the Texas State Capitol that integrates historical landmarks in Austin. The Texas Capitol Complex – designed for the Texas Facilities Commission – spans approximately 150 acres across 40 city blocks around the Texas State Capitol. Page

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Urlo Studio completes steel pavilion for Ecuadorian sports club

April 8, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Urlo Studio has completed an “aesthetic and functional” gym and multi-sport club with a glass and aluminium pavilion with a composite facade in Ecuador. Known as the Mocolí Sports Club, or Club Deportivo Mocolí, the 8,772-square metre (94,421-square foot) complex is located on Mocolí Island, a small landmass in the Babahayo River outside of the

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Populous unveils plan to revamp horse-racing track in New York

April 2, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Global architecture studio Populous has designed a renewed horse-racing track and sporting venue for Belmont Park in Nassau County, New York. The facility will redevelop the original Belmont Park, which first opened in 1905 and was renovated in 1968. The historic track has been home to the Belmont Stakes for over 155 years and has

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