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Newsletter #11/12	28. May 2012

Building Review (Photo: Toshihiro Sobajima) Earth Bricks, Oyumino, Japan - Developed out of Atelier Tekuto's Earth Project, Earth Bricks is the first house in contemporary Japan to use soil as its primary structural element. The project brought together a team of academic and industry experts to create and test a strong building material made from earth and natural additives that could be assembled in masonry walls.   more New Profiles   Architects Ruprecht Architekten, Zürich Architects Herbert & Mason, Melbourne   Architects PLANT Architect, Toronto Architects Blocher Blocher Partners, Stuttgart   Interior Designers LIN, Tokyo Engineers ZPF Ingenieure, Basel   Agenda 1 June, Kensington Gardens, London Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012, Opening more   1 June, SCI-Arc Gallery, Los Angeles Ball-Nogues Studio: Yevrus 1, Negative Impression, Exhibition Opening more   1 and 2 June, various locations, Austria Architekturtage 2012 more   7 June, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London Takeshi Nagasaki – Rebuilding the Roots: A Garden Recovery Project in Tohoku, Lecture more   7 June to 20 July, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich Brick Award 2012, Exhibition more   until 5 July, Aedes am Pfefferberg, Berlin FutureCityLab, Exhibition more   until 15 August, MOCAD, Detroit Vertical Urban Factory, Exhibition more   more Lectures, Exhibitions, Events Updated Profiles   Architects Amateur Architecture Studio, Hangzhou Architects Marte.Marte Architekten, Weiler   Architects Handel Architects, New York Architects Tonkin Liu, London   Engineers Knippers Helbig Advanced Engineering, Stuttgart Architects Beat Rothen, Winterthur   Jobs Senior Architect / Team Leader Beijing Rheinschiene GmbH, Beijing more   Bauleiter mit Einkaufserfahrung Daniel Swarovski Corporation, Männedorf more   Trainee Architect B(A)ª Balthazar Aroso arquitectos, Cagliari more   ProjektleiterIn Ott Architekten, Augsburg more   Interior Designer Haynes-Roberts, New York more   LandschaftsarchitektIn Beglinger + Bryan, Landschaftsarchitektur, Zürich more   more Jobs Architecture by Numbers Share of the worldwide 106 skyscrapers taller than 250 meters or 50 floors under construction that are being completed in India: 35 By René Ammann For any kind of feedback, please contact the editor in charge: Sarah Mai. If you wish to cancel our Newsletter, please click the following link: cancel.     Join us on Facebook     Follow us on Twitter      Media Partners:

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eMagazine #03/12	21. May 2012

Found Photo: Tomás Saraceno Cloud City - Last week artist Tomás Saraceno completed the installation of Cloud City on the roof of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Argentinian's first major U.S. commission is comprised of polygonal, three-dimensional modules that fit together into a complex assemblage that visitors can move through. The steel-and-acrylic structure also includes a web of polyester, further linking it to the artist's other large-scale installations. Cloud City is on display until November 4 and is weather permitting.  jh   Headlines Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center Opens On May 16, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden opened its new Visitor Center, designed by Weiss/Manfredi with landscape architects HM White. More   London's Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 Design Unveiled The Serpentine Gallery has unveiled the design of its 2012 Pavilion, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei. More   Paul Rudolph-Designed Government Building Saved—For Now The Orange County (New York) Legislature defeated a bond that would have funded the demolition of the Orange County Government Center, designed by Paul Rudolph and completed in 1970. More   Building "Form Follows Mountain": Niklaus Graber & Christoph Steiger Architekten have completed the panorama gallery on Mount Pilatus, Switzerland. Christoph Steiger supplied us with some drawings and photographs for the project, also answering a handful of questions. More Insight Photo: Ningbo History Museum © Lv Hengzhong Wang Shu: From "Craft Contemplations" to the Pritzker Prize - In February the Pritzker Architecture Prize—regarded as architecture's highest honor—was awarded to Wang Shu (b. 1963), whose firm, Amateur Architecture Studio, is based in Hangzhou, China. On the eve of the formal ceremony in Beijing, Eduard Koegel explores the themes of tradition and modernity in the work of Wang Shu.   More Film The Guardian ArcelorMittal Orbit Tower: The Guardian's Jonathan Jones takes viewers on a video tour of the ArcelorMittal Orbit tower in East London's Olympic Village. The red-steel maelstrom is the product of artist Anish Kapoor and engineer Cecil Balmond. More Product Photo: ©SCHOLLGLAS, Photographer: Adam Mørk Schollglas, The Crystal: Schollglas provided glass for the aptly named "Crystal", the headquarters for Nykredit Bank in Copenhagen, Denmark designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects. The double-walled façade of insulated and patterned-laminated glass gives the building its distinctive, layered transparency. More For any kind of feedback, please contact the Editor-in-Chief, John Hill. If you wish to cancel our Newsletter, please click the following link: cancel.     Join us on Facebook     Follow us on Twitter      Launch Partners: