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Synthesizing Idiosyncrasies to Mend a SiteDrawing on the power of parametric scripting, the design of the Phare Tower gathers disparate programmatic, physical, and infrastructural elements from the requirements of the building and its surrounding context, and synthesizes these into a form that seamlessly …
Emerson College, located in Boston, Massachusetts, has maintained an internship program in Burbank, California, for approximately 20 years. The new Emerson LA Center, located on Sunset Boulevard amidst the studios of Hollywood, provides a permanent location for the program, both for its instructional/admi…
Embassy architecture serves as a powerful symbol that provides an instantaneous and indelible impression of a country. Public buildings project the identity of a country’s peoples, culture and aspirations. American public buildings convey the collective identity of our rich, culturally diverse, and inc…
The FLOAT House is a new kind of house: a house that can sustain its own water and power needs; a house that can survive the floodwaters generated by a storm the size of Hurricane Katrina; and perhaps most importantly, a house that can be manufactured cheaply enough to function as low-income housing.
Emerging Organically from Complexity The Giant Campus is a compact village that accommodates diverse programmatic functions in a flexible framework of architectural forms that move into and out of a sculpted landscape. An undulating office building and an augmented ground plane marry architecture to la…
A stacked vertical piazza, organized around a central atrium to encourage social exchange
The design embodies a series of contrasts and counterpoints to become the “great theater” that is “the outward and visible sign” of Taipei
An Integrated Cultural and Ecological Vision for Seoul The new Performing Arts Center is poised to become the universally recognized icon for Seoul, one that is synonymous with Seoul’s dynamic identity. The Center serves as a powerful symbol—one that evokes an instantaneous and indelible impression of …
The new King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) is a tangible symbol of environmental innovation. Our proposal redefines the traditional campus into a three dimensional master plan of interconnected built form and planted landscapes that accommodate discrete zones of public and priva…