From a Brazilian Chapel to an Arkansas office building to a New York concert hall, the six projects in this month’s portfolio show designers revisiting, updating, and rethinking existing structures from a range of perspectives..
Plus, view past Project Portfolios, with multimedia features including videos and interactive walk-throughs, and links to the people and products behind the projects.
We examine nine Private School projects, including the Oslo International School in Norway, the Wheeler School in Rhode Island, and the Saint Matthew's Parish School in California.
Lighting for office environments: A trio of egalitarian and sustainable work places in Madrid, New York, and Dallas efficiently lit by an abundance of daylight, along with an energy-wise mix of electric options.
Three firms devise transitions for their clients’ spaces—a Chicago furniture showroom, a Washington, D.C. office, and an Arizona yoga studio—via unique spatial arrangements, material choices, and contextual references, as well as the subtle integration of light and color.
Engineering News-Record, RECORD’s sister publication, recently published a special feature on “Progressive Project Delivery,” including an opinion piece observing that “Architects Move Belatedly to the Light” and another column, “Could Big Change Happen here?” that warns: “new methods of project acquisition [in Britain]… should send shudders down the spines of American architects and engineers.”