The penthouse features a fifth loft bedroom, with operable skylight, custom built-in millwork, and steel windows imported from England, opens to a mature landscaped garden with serviceberry, crabapple, and juniper trees, rhododendron, blueberries, roses, and mycanthus grasses.
Project name
Tribeca Loft
Architecture firm
Baird Architects
Location
New York City, New York, USA
Photography
Elizabeth Felicella
Principal architect
Matthew Baird
Design team
Bob Estrin, Cassie Speiler
Interior design
HCO INTERIORS LLC
Structural engineer
Severud Associates
Lighting
Baird Architects
Supervision
Baird Architects
Visualization
Baird Architects
Tools used
AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D
Construction
Perspective Construction
Typology
Residential › Penthouse Loft Apartment
Our site this semester will be in the Wynwood Arts District, a former industrial neighborhood that has emerged as the creative hub of Miami. Attracting visitors from around the world to explore and photograph its internationally renowned street scene, this edgy part of the city is home to the highest concentration of street art in the U.S.
University
California College of Arts
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, V-Ray. 5 Ft physical Model: Laser cut-Birch plywood, painted, glued
Project name
LIFE_ IN BETWEEN
Semester
Second Semester, 2nd year
Location
Wynwood Walls, Miami
Status
Academic Project Proposal
Typology
Public and Private Building
3D Modeling Helps Transform Former Muscle & Fitness Office Into a Modern Research Lab. The former Los Angeles epicenter of global bodybuilding is now a leading biotech laboratory devoted to regenerative medicine and therapeutic drug delivery.
“Content is not going anywhere. There is still a market for sound stages. New, more technologically advanced ones, along with legacy stages, are eventually going to be filled,” said Tima Bell, Assoc. AIA, founding partner of Relativity Architects, to a group of developers and Hollywood executives recently.
Written by
Julie D. Taylor, Hon. AIA, Taylor & Company
Photography
Canadian Studios, Canada, designed by Relativity Architects. Rendering courtesy of Relativity Architects
Rosecrans is a substantial adaptive reuse project that sought to breathe new life into a nondescript 85,000sf two-story concrete building in El Segundo from the 1960s. The original building lacked a sense of entry point, natural light, and communal spaces. Our mission was clear: transform Rosecrans into a beacon of well-being and connection.
Architecture firm
ShubinDonaldson
Location
El Segundo, California, USA
Photography
Fotoworks / Benny Chan
Principal architect
Russell Shubin & Mark Hershman
Design team
Ilya Kozin, Jay Fukuzawa, Edward Anastas, Marcos De Leon
Lighting
Oculus Design Studio
Construction
Turner Construction
Material
Concrete, Glass, Steel, Plywood, Wood Ceiling, Screens, Biophilia
Client
Continental Development Group
Typology
Commercial › Office, Adaptive Reuse, Repositioning
Located at 7,300 feet, high above the city of Boulder, Colorado, the Sunshine Canyon Residence accentuates its dramatic site by juxtaposing a simple form with the steep contours of a landscape scarred by wildfire. The house floats above the harsh terrain to provide spectacular views of Sunshine Canyon to the south, Sugarloaf Mountain to the west, a...
Project name
Sunshine Canyon Residence
Architecture firm
Hacker Architects
Location
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Photography
Jeremy Bittermann
Principal architect
Hacker Architects
Design team
Corey Martin, Design Principal. Scott Mannhard, Project Manager. Alexander Lungershausen. Amanda Petretti
Collaborators
Sustainable Design Consultant: Populus Sustainable Design
Structural engineer
Ascent Group
Construction
Cornerstone Homes
Typology
Residential › House
Located in San Francisco’s Dolores Heights neighborhood, this home was a collaboration between Jones | Haydu and Kevin Sawyers of Sawyers Design, who is also part owner of the residence. Kevin and his husband wished to remodel and expand their existing earthquake cottage that had been added onto piecemeal over the years, transforming these awkwardl...
Project name
Dolores Heights Residence
Architecture firm
Jones | Haydu, Sawyers Design
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Photography
Matthew Millman
Design team
Hulett Jones, Design Principal in Charge. Paul Haydu, Principal. Grace Leung, Project Architect. Sawyers Design team: Kevin Sawyers
Collaborators
Historic: Left Coast Architectural History
Interior design
Sawyers Design
Structural engineer
Strandberg Engineering
Environmental & MEP
Mechanical Engineer: Design/Build; Electrical Engineer: Design/Build; Geotechnical Engineer: Rockridge Geotechnical
Construction
Jeff King and Co
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
The wonders of architecture span the nation, and when you want to take a road trip to see these places, there are certain stops you must see.
Photography
Sean Pavone Photo
