a+u 2011:03 50 Architects Offices
Content
Cover: Photo collage of office floor plan of Michael Maltzan Architecture. Collage: Michael Maltzan Architecture.
Feature: 50 Architects’ Offices
Currents:
UNStudio’s Design Chosen for the Singapore University of Technology and Design / Hiroshi Nakamura Designs Launch Event Stage for “LEXUS CT200h” / Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas Win Guosen Securities Tower Competition
RDAI
Hermès, 17 rue de Sèvres
Interview: Dominique Hebrard, RDAI
The Lights and Colors of the New Hermès Store on rue de Sèvres
Feature:
50 Architects’ Offices
Architects’ offices are environments where new architecture is born. Especially now, many architects are trying new approaches in response to developments like environmental requirements, improved construction technology, and the acceleration and diversification of communication and design technology, all of which have led to a search for new design styles. An architect’s office, where these trends can be seen in concentrated form, is an expression of an attitude taken toward architecture.In this issue, we introduce 50 architectural offices and the results of a survey about work styles, sustainability, and the their office in th next 10 years. We also interviewed eight architects. Bijoy Jain of Studio Mumbai talked about a design process rooted in Indian sensibilities. Yoshiharu Tsukamoto of Atelie Bow-Wow, which has attracted worldwide attention for its unique perspective on the city of Tokyo, talks about how he thinks the 21st century will inherit and renovate the architectural framework of the 20th century.These questions to architects around the world may provide a hint about what lies in store for architecture. (a+u)
Interviews: Bijoy Jain, Studio Mumbai
Tapping into the Source
Peter Märkli
Architectural Life Lessons
Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, Atelier Bow-Wow
Modifying and Recreating the Framework of the 20th Century
Richard Hassell, WOHA Architects
Living, Breathing Architecture
Bjarne Mastenbroek, SeARCH
Building the Fabric of a City
Bjarke Ingels, BIG
The Architecture of Inclusivism
Michael Maltzan
Architecture as a Microcosm of a City
Masaki Nakasono, MHS Planners, Architects & Engineers
The Ability to Interpret Given Conditions Appropriately
Offices:
Studio Mumbai Peter Märkli Architects Atelier Bow-Wow WOHA Architects SeARCH Import.Export Architecture Marcel Meili, Markus Peter Architekten junya.ishigami+associates Adolf Krischanitz Mass Studies Matharoo Associates Triptyque R&Sie
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Kerry Hill Architects MAD Architects Sangath/Vastu-Shilpa Consultants Sou Fujimoto Architects Claus en Kaan Architecten dmvA architecten Antón García-Abril & Ensamble Studio RDAI BIG Michael Maltzan Architecture MHS Planners, Architects & Engineers
Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk, nendo, Mangado y Asociados, S.L., Eduardo Souto de Moura, Schemata Architecture Office, Helen & Hard, Sebastian Mariscal Studio, Paulo David, Caruso St John Architects, Tatiana Bilbao, Architecture Research Office (ARO), dRMM, EM2N, Baumschlager Eberle, Elding Oscarson, Jacques Ferrier, LOT-EK, MOS, Stefano Boeri Architetti, b720 Fermín Vázquez Arquitectos, HHF architects, Kengo Kuma and Associates, Sergison Bates Architects, JKMM Architects
