Construction

Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital Hord Coplan Macht Project Details Project Name Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital Location Summerville , SC Architect Hord Coplan Macht Client/Owner Roper St. Francis Healthcare Project Types Healthcare Shared by Madeleine D'Angelo Team Jim Albert, Principal In Charge Project Status On the Boards/In Progress Project Description FROM THE ARCHITECTS: In response to increased capacity demands in the rapidly growing Berkeley County region, Hord Coplan Macht worked with Roper St. Francis Healthcare to identify strategic growth opportunities for inpatient, emergency, surgical, and ambulatory services.A four-story expansion will house a first-floor expansion and renovation to the emergency...

Sandton Residence Nico van der Meulen Architects Project Details Project Name Sandton Residence Location Sandton , SOUTH AFRICA Project Types Multifamily Project Scope Interiors , New Construction Year Completed 2022 Shared by Nico van der Meulen , Nico van der Meulen Architects Project Status Built Project Description This new 1400 sq.m. 3 storey residence located on a fairly sloped 4100 sq.m. site overlooks Johannesburg East. The design was conceptualised as stacked and intersecting perforated ‘boxes’, which rest on top of each other and intersecting monolithic concrete clad walls. The architectural material palette reflects this monolithic language through the use of...

Oyamadai House View all images (14) Project Details Project Name Oyamadai House Location Oyamadai Setagaya-Ku Tokyo , JAPAN Project Types Single Family Project Scope New Construction Size 110 sq. meters Year Completed 2016 Shared by will galloway , frontofficetokyo Team Will Galloway, director Koen Klinkers, director Misuzu Yoshikawa, architect Consultants Structural Engineer: Low Fat Structure Project Status Built Style Modern Project Description With a flag shaped site, bound on every side by close neighbours, the understandable instinct might be to step away from the city, retreat behind walls where privacy is better assured. The family that purchased the site saw...

Torres Bioparque Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos View all images (23) Project Details Project Name Torres Bioparque Location Mexico City , MEXICO Architect Serrano Monjaraz Arquitectos Project Types Multifamily , Office Project Scope New Construction Size 22,235 sq. meters Year Completed 2020 Shared by Madeleine D'Angelo Project Status Built Style Modern Project Description FROM THE ARCHITECTS: At the edge of Mexico City's west area, a lot —on the brink of a very well located light industrial area— is recycled into a mixed used building formed by 2 housing towers and one for offices, with a retail space on the ground floor. Three...

Connected city streets mean healthier residents and communities Authors Chris Barrington-Leigh Associate professor, Health and Social Policy and the School of Environment, McGill University Adam Millard-Ball Associate professor, Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, cities around the world are rediscovering the value of walkable and bikeable streets. From Oakland, Calif., to Amman, Jordan, cities have restricted driving on certain streets in order to create space for socially distanced physical activity. Other cities, like Bogotá and Berlin, have scrambled to convert car and parking lanes into bike lanes in response to the precipitous drop...