Batman Bridge in Context

Posted on January 25th, 2016 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Tanderrum Bridge, construction, Urban Design

Get a glimpse of the next phase of the Melbourne Park Redevelopment with a flyover of Batman Bridge.

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BEAVER COMPOSITE MODEL STUDY

Posted on January 14th, 2016 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _BEAVER R+D Center, Academic

Our Rice intern Sea Hoon made this to study material transitions on the three facades of our addition at Beaver Country Day.

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NADAAA COMING TO THE CLEVELAND SKYLINE

Posted on January 6th, 2016 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _The Beacon, Press

The secret is out! NADAAA is designing a new residential tower in the heart of downtown Cleveland in collaboration with Westlake Reed Leskosky. The tower will be perched above an existing parking structure at 515 Euclid Avenue and will target Cleveland’s Millennial generation and an emerging urban lifestyle. See the Plain Dealer’s article here for details. Stay tuned for more. Cleveland Rocks!

photo by Rick Harris

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Vote for the MSD!

Posted on January 5th, 2016 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards, Things We Like

Click here to vote for the Melbourne School of Design [#13] as American Architect’s Building of the Year!

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Rock Creek House wins Best of Design Award

Posted on December 30th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Rock Creek House, Awards

The recently completed Rock Creek House in Washington DC was selected as the Best Residential – Single Family Home in the United States in the 3rd annual Best of Design Awards.

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“The stair detailing was extraordinary and surprising, especially given the staid brick facade. The design respected the existing building but wasn’t beholden to it.”—Mimi Zeiger, AN

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ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

Posted on December 9th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Academic

The Faculty looks back on their first year in the new Melbourne School of Design and how the spaces have contributed to growing a student culture and a community that reaches out to the whole of campus.

Also, see a recap of some of the awards the project has won this year here.

 

 

 

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verloren in vertaling | lost in translation?

Posted on December 2nd, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Press

“Object lessons Powerful, expressive, insane, incoherent, brilliant – such a feeling words push them through you when you are in and around the building strides. Because you will not run on anything all demands of your admiration. Sometimes you think it’s still in scaffolding state, then again in the splintering Deconstructivism threatens to erupt.”

– Hans de Groot, Het Houtblad

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“God Is in the Details”: 6 Moments to Make Mies Proud

Posted on November 30th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Press

Architizer’s Paul Keskeys calls out the ceiling of Studio Hall at the MSD as part of his new mini-series on extraordinary detailing. See the other detail “moments” here.

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MSD wins top Interior Design Excellence Award

Posted on November 23rd, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design, Awards

The Melbourne School of Design is winner in the Public Spaces category and the Overall Winner in the 2015 Interior Design Excellence Awards of Australia. See the other winners here and photos of the awards party here!

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A VISUAL ESSAY OF THE MSD BY PETER HYATT

Posted on November 20th, 2015 by Nicole Sakr

Posted under: _Melbourne School of Design

[vimeo video_id=”120017936″ width=”576″ height=”432″ title=”Yes” byline=”No” portrait=”Yes” autoplay=”No” loop=”No” color=”ffffff”]

Filmed and directed by Peter Hyatt at: hyattgallery.com.au

 

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