The brick facade on the RISD residence hall is officially complete! Next up, the shingled facade — the installation of these lightweight cement fiber panels is 20% complete. The building is due to open to students by the end of August.
The Daniels Building has been selected as a finalist in the Architizer A+ Awards for the Climate Change category, and has also received a special mention for the Architecture + Ceilings category. It is now a contestant for the two most sought-after awards: The Architizer A+ Jury Award and the Architizer A+ Popular Choice Award.
You can help choose the Popular Choice Award by voting HERE!
The Summer 2019 edition of Arquine examines the ability of architecture to show and to teach by taking a look at architecture schools around the world. Among the works featured are the Daniels Building and the Melbourne School of Design, both schools that inspire their occupants through their form and integration.
“[The Daniels Building], in bringing together restoration, renovation, and reinvention, is a hub for education, research, and outreach focused on the creation of more environmental, beautiful, and socially sustainable cities.”
“The building itself is a laboratory for experimentation and research…. self-explanatory in its operation and architecture, revealing a logic of construction layers as a pedagogical tool.”
Alex Bozikovic describes “a new and more braggadocious spirit” in Canada’s largest city, fueled by the 20-year building boom. Among the featured works is the Daniels Building.
“The University of Toronto architecture school now has a home that speaks of serious creative ambition… An addition by Boston firm NADAAA with Toronto’s Adamson Associates echoes the whimsy of the older building with pointy concrete and steel.”
Learning by Design‘s Summer Issue features the Daniels Building and other Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) Award winners. Read on HERE.
Next Monday, June 3rd, Katie will share a case study on the Daniels Building’s Taktl façade system at the multi-day UHPC Interactive Symposium in Albany, New York. More information can be found on the Symposium’s website HERE. Register HERE.
NADAAA previously worked with Engine on a feasibility study for the Marble Block building in Biddeford, Maine and we are excited to now share that theMarble Block project is advancing into design. NADAAA will work with Engine, the City of Biddeford’s My Neighborhood Network, the Muskie School of Public Service, and the local community to design a center for art and design engagement for Southern Maine.
Learn more about EngineHERE, contributions to the Marble Block project can be made HERE.
A detailed look at both the courtyard and northern façade systems at the Beaver Country Day School is featured in an article by Matthew Marani in The Architect’s Newspaper today. More HERE!