Kolos Data Center |
Ballangen, Norway
Alluvial fans, vast glaciers, and towering mountains informed the design of this remote data center, which features a series of modules organized along a central spine. Overlooking an icy fjord, the campus entrance is articulated with a copper-clad building that draws upon the area’s mining heritage.
HDR Ottawa Studio Ceiling |
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
New milling technologies were used to create this distinctive ceiling installation, which depicts shifting transportation systems in Ottawa over the course of 150 years. The abstracted graphic traces the arrival of the railroad and the automobile — and their profound influence on the rural and urban terrain.
Focal Point Community Campus |
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Envisioned for an underserved neighborhood in Southwest Chicago, this urban healthcare campus aims to be a change agent. Deep research into socio-economic factors helped shape the community-centric design of the complex, which includes medical facilities, shops, schools, daycare, and ample green space — all of which will help bolster the quality of life for local residents.
Rodney Cook Sr. Park |
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
A pond capable of holding 10 million gallons of stormwater sits at the heart of this 16-acre park in Vine City, a neglected urban neighborhood with aging infrastructure. In addition to flood alleviation, this critical green space will offer community amenities such as a sports court, a playground, and a great lawn.
Black Hills Wine Experience Centre |
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada
Black Hills Wine Experience Centre |
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada
At this winery tasting room, glazed walls provide sweeping views of the vineyards and surrounding peaks. Deep roof overhangs shelter the building from the intense summer heat, while a pool terrace offers visitors a place to cool off while taking in the picturesque scenery.
CONTEXT: Architecture that honors and embraces its milieu
Alluvial fans, vast glaciers, and towering mountains informed the design of this remote data center, which features a series of modules organized along a central spine. Overlooking an icy fjord, the campus entrance is articulated with a copper-clad building that draws upon the area’s mining heritage.
Read more about the project.
Ballangen, Norway
Kolos Data Center |
CONTEXT: Architecture that honors and embraces its milieu
New milling technologies were used to create this distinctive ceiling installation, which depicts shifting transportation systems in Ottawa over the course of 150 years. The abstracted graphic traces the arrival of the railroad and the automobile — and their profound influence on the rural and urban terrain.
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
HDR Ottawa Studio Ceiling |
CONTEXT: Architecture that honors and embraces its milieu
Envisioned for an underserved neighborhood in Southwest Chicago, this urban healthcare campus aims to be a change agent. Deep research into socio-economic factors helped shape the community-centric design of the complex, which includes medical facilities, shops, schools, daycare, and ample green space — all of which will help bolster the quality of life for local residents.
Read more about the project.
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Focal Point Community Campus |
CONTEXT: Architecture that honors and embraces its milieu
A pond capable of holding 10 million gallons of stormwater sits at the heart of this 16-acre park in Vine City, a neglected urban neighborhood with aging infrastructure. In addition to flood alleviation, this critical green space will offer community amenities such as a sports court, a playground, and a great lawn.
Read more about the project.
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Rodney Cook Sr. Park |
CONTEXT: Architecture that honors and embraces its milieu
At this winery tasting room, glazed walls provide sweeping views of the vineyards and surrounding peaks. Deep roof overhangs shelter the building from the intense summer heat, while a pool terrace offers visitors a place to cool off while taking in the picturesque scenery. Read more about the project.
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada
Black Hills Wine Experience Centre |
CONTEXT: Architecture that honors and embraces its milieu
At this winery tasting room, glazed walls provide sweeping views of the vineyards and surrounding peaks. Deep roof overhangs shelter the building from the intense summer heat, while a pool terrace offers visitors a place to cool off while taking in the picturesque scenery. Read more about the project.
Oliver, British Columbia, Canada
Black Hills Wine Experience Centre |
CONTEXT: Architecture that honors and embraces its milieu
Mimi Zeiger is a Los Angeles-based critic, editor, and curator. She was co-curator of the U.S. Pavilion for the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale and the recent Soft Schindler exhibition at the MAK Center for Art and Architecture. She has written for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Architectural Review, Metropolis, and ARCHITECT, where she is a contributing editor, and is an opinion columnist for Dezeen. Zeiger is the 2015 recipient of the Bradford Williams Medal for excellence in writing about landscape architecture. She teaches at SCI-Arc and within the Media Design Practices MFA program at the Art Center College of Design.
at SCI-Arc and within the Media Design Practices MFA program at the Art Center College
of Design.
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At this winery tasting room, glazed walls provide sweeping views of the vineyards and surrounding peaks. Deep roof overhangs shelter the building from the intense summer heat, while a pool terrace offers visitors a place to cool off while taking in the picturesque scenery.