GROVE AT GRAND BAY RESIDENCES BY BIG

The Grove at Grand Bay residences, located on the former site of the Grand Bay Hotel and just minutes from key areas including the airport, downtown Miami and Coral Gables shall leave an imprint on the South Bayshore Drive community, redefining luxury and breathing new life into Coconut Grove for decades to come.

Developed by Terra Group, Miami’s leading real-estate development company, the construction is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2012, completing end of 2014. Upon completion, the project seeks LEED Certification Silver designation, the first such structure in Coconut Grove.

“Grove at Grand Bay’s impressive aesthetic and unparalleled service are tantamount to the evolution of Coconut Grove and raises the bar to Olympic heights,” Pedro Martin, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Terra Group.

Rising 20 stories over the bay-front, Grove at Grand Bay will showcase 96 expansive residences with panoramic views from every angle as the two towers take off from the ground and clear the surrounding buildings, readjusting their orientation to capture the full breadth of panoramic views from sailboat bays and the marina to the Miami skyline.

The interactive movement of the two towers creates a new dancing silhouette on the Grove’s skyline. “Miami has developed a contemporary condominium vernacular that combines brise soleil style balcony shading with floor-to-ceiling windows in order to best enjoy the panoramic water views of the area. We propose to elaborate on these indigenous elements and continue the evolution of the local condominium architecture.” Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner, BIG.

Whether in the shade of the buildings’ twisting facades or inside, residents of the Grove at Grand Bay will fully experience and relish living amid the open air. The gardens and architecture will fuse seamlessly at the amenity levels, maximizing indoor outdoor living experiences that are unique to the South Florida climate. Views down into the gardens, towards the surrounding canopied neighborhoods, and beyond Sailboat Bay will offer peaceful, verdant backdrops to elegant residential interiors and vast balconies.

The interior design of the individual units are refined towards minimalism and luxury. With an open flow-through floor plan, each residence will showcase 12’ ceilings and 12’ floor-to-ceiling windows, first among Florida developments, and spacious outdoor terraces with wraparound balconies that create a continuous indoor/outdoor living environment.

Raymond Jungles, the landscape architect renowned for his creative and ecologically sensitive landscape architecture, captures the natural beauty of the neighborhood and magnifies it with ample green spaces. The two glass towers in a pas de deux appear to float over Raymond Jungles’ lush, canopied oasis, beckoning to Biscayne Bay and beyond.

MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART BY HGA ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS

The new Museum of Wisconsin Art (MOWA) in West Bend, Wisconsin, achieves a subtle balance between architecture as art and architecture as a neutral setting for art.

The new building takes on the triangular shape of the site as its major form. This property was created when the Milwaukee River meandered through the rectangular grid of West Bend, cutting the lot into a triangle. The building fits this site specifically, even recording a slight curve of the river into a slight curve of the façade.

From the triangular solid, a series of apertures are cut, which serve the internal needs of the building and help to accommodate the building to its site. At the acute tip of the triangle an aperture is cut and enclosed with glass, exposing a major stairway to views upstream. This glass-enclosed area creates a glowing glass lantern at night.

At the southwest corner another aperture creates the entrance to the building, allowing views of the city and river from an atrium balcony. There is also a long aperture of glass that allows direct views of the river from a linear corridor that serves as a community gallery. The building is luminescent with approximately 5,100 square feet of windows.

Inside the entrance is a soaring multipurpose atrium and event center. A sweeping, glass-paneled grand staircase leads to the second-level galleries, where a series of two-foot-thick partitions divide the space into five connected galleries that progressively taper within the triangular form.

Adjacent to galleries for works from the permanent collection is a gallery for temporary exhibitions that has a balcony overlooking the atrium below. Inside, visitors enter a multipurpose atrium and follow a glass-paneled grand staircase to the second-level permanent-collection galleries.

Adjacent to the main galleries is a rotating-exhibit gallery, which includes a balcony overlooking the atrium and activity below. The striking new structure resolves several issues the museum has faced for years.

The 31,000-square-foot, two-level museum includes 12,000 square feet of gallery space, multipurpose atrium, gift shop, two education studios, administrative offices, archives for works-on-paper, and visible painting storage.

In its former home, the museum lacked square footage and museum quality space; energy efficient mechanical systems safe for artwork; storage for artwork; and the ability to tell the story of Wisconsin art.

The museum was also faced with building a new facility during the recession on a challenging site. HGA's Milwaukee office met these challenges, transforming the regional gallery into a major state attraction and destination museum.

Location: West Bend, USA

Architects: HGA Architects and Engineers

Principal: James Vander Heiden, AIA, PE

Project Manager: Russ Drewry, AIA

Project Lead Designer: James Shields, FAIA

Project Architect: Peter Balistrieri

Project Team: Joe Tarlizzo, David Lang, Pao Yang, Ron Burns

Structural Engineer: Matthew Mikolainis

Mechanical Engineer: Steve Mettlach, Jill Schuette, Kevin Pope

Electrical Engineer: Ryan Kannass, Scott Wheaton

Landscape Architect: Graef

Interior Designer: Jane Dedering

Lighting Designer: HGA

Year: 2013

Owner: Thomas Lidtke, Executive Director

Client: Museum of WisconsinArt

Photographs: Darris Lee Harris

PERKINS+WILL WINS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH BUILDING COMPETITION

The project integrates with Streeterville’s vibrant urban setting and creates space for synergy and collaboration, builds a seamless physical connection to Northwestern’s existing facilities.

In its sculptural design, it reinforces Chicago’s progressive modern-architecture heritage and advances sustainable practices with green technology and design features that support environmental and personal health.

Perkins+Willdeveloped the building form and exterior in response to various internal and external drivers, including the creation of laboratory neighborhoods, access to daylight and views, connection to existing buildings and an acknowledgement of Superior Street as the main corridor for the research campus.

In its flexible conferencing suites and break/lounge areas, as well as collaborative spaces in lab neighborhoods, our design creates a dynamic, collegial environment in which important scientific discoveries will take place. The new Biomedical Research Building will anchor the University’s research facilities and be the hub of a world-class research and development enterprise.

EXPANSION NORTON MUSEUM OF ART BY FOSTER + PARTNERS

The first stage of Foster + Partners’ masterplan will establish its key principles: the sympathetic setting of a ‘museum in a garden’, with the original axial arrangement re-established to unify the visitor experience, and the creation of new public facilities.

The new masterplan restores the clarity of Wyeth’s plan by reinstating the main entrance on a new street frontage on South Dixie Highway, in West Palm Beach Florida, to the west – visitors will once again be able to see through the entire building via a new, transparent grand hall and refurbished glass and iron courtyard doors. The new entrance is signalled by three new double-height pavilions, unified with the re-worked existing wing by a shared palette of white stone.

The pavilions house a state-of-the-art auditorium, event space and a ‘grand hall’ – the social hub of the museum. The design also includes a new museum shop and a new restaurant with al-fresco garden seating which, like the new pavilion spaces, can operate independently of the museum to activate the campus throughout the day and at night. A metal roof canopy floats above the pavilions and projects to shade the entrance plaza.

The structure is gently tapered to visually reduce its profile, while providing stability to withstand hurricane winds. The canopy’s gentle lustre is designed to cast diffuse patterns of light in an abstracted reflection of people and flowing water below. Linear pools create a tranquil setting for the entrance plaza, masking the sound of traffic, which is visually set apart by a hedge. A curved opening in the roof accommodates the branches of a mature ficus tree and a further light well above the lobby illuminates and defines the new entrance.