* Architecture: Crescent House by Andrew Burns Architect

Architecture: Crescent House by Andrew Burns Architect: “..‘Crescent House’ is the first in an annual series of temporary pavilions to be installed at Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation in Paddington, Sydney, Australia. The aim of this ‘Fugitive Structures’ program is to engage a wide audience with architectural thought..Two arcs are set within an apparently simple rectilinear form. The arcs bisect, creating a pair of infinitely sharp points and a threshold to the space beyond. This combination of fragility and robustness seeks to charge the conversations within the space with a particular quality..The structure has an ambiguous presence; between architecture and art object. Through framing, it transforms an ordinary rose apple hedge into a landscape of beauty. The pavilion responds to elemental themes; darkness and light, the wonder offered by the night sky and the burnt quality of yaki-sugi (charred cedar) recalling the presence of bushfires on this continent..The pavilion and has been initiated and supported by Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, BVN Donovan Hill, Andrew Cameron Family Foundation and the Nelson Meers Foundation..”

See our post on other work by Andrew Burns Architect: Architecture: Australia House Gallery and Studio by Andrew Burns.

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image: © Brett Boardman; article: ”Crescent House / Andrew Burns Architect” 17 Apr 2013. ArchDaily

* Design: Milan Design Week 2013 Map

Design: Milan Design Week 2013 Map: “..Milan 2013: the design world descends on Milan next week. To help you navigate the hundreds of events around the city we’ve compiled a map with our pick of the best exhibitions, parties and talks..”  Once again the excellent Dezeen helps guide us through the events of, perhaps, the most important design event of the year..

image: Dezeen, Google; article: Dezeen

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* Architecture: Zaha Hadid: Changsha Meixihu International Culture & Art Center

Architecture: Zaha Hadid: Changsha Meixihu International Culture & Art Center: “..the capital of the south central chinese province of hunan is in the midst of incredible population growth and rapid urban development.  at the center of a stimulus worth 130 billion USD is the idyllic meixihu lake, now primed for an ambitious set of cultural projects. zaha hadid’s winning design for the ‘changsha meixihu international culture and art center’ broke ground in october after distinguishing itself as a composition of serpentine curves forming a complex that contains a contemporary art museum, a multipurpose hall, a hotel, and various ancillary facilities. the central plaza emphasizes the pedestrian urban experience by helping to create incidental meeting areas and generating cultural capital in form of a sculpture garden and expansive exhibition space. views of the lake are framed by the museum’s three-petal form, unfurling around a central atrium. outward views are afforded by ribbons of glazing and balconies that serve the dual purpose of admitting daylight into the galleries. the multipurpose hall is a pointedly variable space, with public access to retail areas and restaurants nestled in a sunken courtyard. the focal point of the plan comes by way of the grand theater, slated to be the largest performance venue in the city with an 1800 seat capacity. new zealand-based acoustic engineers at marshall day won a december bid to optimize sound performance in the central auditorium. the three major programs, while discrete buildings, are linked by sinuous passageways, curved white planes and an architecture of baroque intonations..”

See some of our other posts on work by Zaha Hadid Architects:

• Architecture: Zaha Hadid Office Tower Citylife Milano
• Architecture: Miami: America’s Next Great Architectural City?
• Architecture: Galaxy Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects
• Architecture: Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects
• Architecture: Pierres Vives by Zaha Hadid Architects
• Architecture + Design: Z Boat by Zaha Hadid Architects
• Architecture: Awards: Zaha Hadid’s Riverside Museum wins European Museum Academy Micheletti Award 2012

image: © zaha hadid architects; article: Designboom

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* Architecture: Campbell Sports Center of Columbia University by Steven Holl Architects – Review – ‘A Sports Complex Shows Its Brains and Brawn’ by Michael Kimmelman in The New York Times

Architecture: Campbell Sports Center of Columbia University by Steven Holl Architects – Review – ‘A Sports Complex Shows Its Brains and Brawn’ by Michael Kimmelman in The New York Times: “..The center, designed by Steven Holl and Chris McVoy, of Steven Holl Architects, the New York firm, is a trifle beside Mr. Holl’s mega office and residential projects in China and elsewhere. And it’s not a beauty. But it is a tough, sophisticated and imaginative work of architecture for a devilish site..Mr. Holl took on something vaguely similar a few years ago for the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, inserting an addition to its architecture school into a tricky, dissonant space connecting two 19th-century buildings. In this case the challenge is a neglected hilly corner..its facade a mix of irregular blocks and voids, quasi-Cubist, crisscrossed by exterior stairways. All sorts of cuts, setbacks, overhangs and terraces animate the design..”

See some of our posts on other work by Steven Holl Architects:

•  Residential Architecture: Video: Daeyang Gallery and House by Steven Holl Architects
• Architecture: Maggie’s Barts by Steven Holl Architects
• Residential Architecture: Daeyang Gallery and House by Steven Holl Architects
• Architecture: Institute for Contemporary Art by Steven Holl Architects
• Architecture: Knut Hamsun Centre by Steven Holl Architects
• Residential Architecture: Sun Slice House by Steven Holl Architects
• Architecture: Hangzhou Music Museum by Steven Holl Architects
• Architecture: Museum of Ocean and Surf by Steven Holl Architects in collaboration with Solange Fabiao
• Architecture: Cornell Reveals the Architects Competing to Design the First NYC Tech Campus Building
• Architecture: In China: Linked Hybrid by Steven Holl Architects
• Architecture: In China: Sliced Porosity Block by Steven Holl Architects
• Architecture: Sustainable Architecture: Vanke Center by Steven Holl Architects
• Architecture: In China: Horizontal Skyscraper by Steven Holl
• Architecture & Civic Engagement – Steven Holl & Chris McVoy
• Architecture in China – Linked Hybrid to the Bug Dome – Design Observer

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image: Richard Perry/The New York Times; article: Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times