Translucent Sandwich Panels: Producing Healthy Buildings with an Abundance of Natural Light archdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Benefits of Co-Location for Affordable Housing
David Block of Evergreen Real Estate on how dual-purpose developments can serve multiple needs of low-income residents and communities. May262021
David Block
The U.S. is short more than 7 million homes for extremely low-income renters, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition. And this gap, calculated using data from the 2019 American Community Survey, has only grown over the past year due to the economic hardship created or, in many cases, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Cities need more affordable housing, and while there’s no single solution to the problem, co-location has emerged as a strategy that has proven successful in getting new projects financed and built.
The best new building in Dallas hits all the right notes
Architecture critic Mark Lamster says the Singing Hills Recreation Center is a welcome new icon for southern Dallas.
A view of the windows and columns on the back portion of The Singing Hills Recreation Center in far south Dallas.(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
10:04 AM on May 6, 2021 CDT
Like raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, the new Singing Hills Recreation Center is one of my favorite things, and the finest work of public architecture produced in this city during the pandemic. An unapologetically modern design, it joins the rigid discipline of an Austrian naval captain and the optimistic warmth of a nun-turned-governess with a taste for the outdoors.
The Women of Perkins&Will Designing the Architecture of Tomorrow archdaily.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from archdaily.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Lisle Elementary School by Perkins and Will: 2020 Best of Year Winner for Early Education
January 21, 2021
Photography by James Steinkamp.
Talk about green learning. By almost any calculation, Perkins and Will’s elementary school west of Chicago would qualify as a mini arboretum. The tally around the 105,200-square-foot, two-story building includes 26 species of trees, six species of shrubs, plus a lushly planted covered terrace on the second floor. At the heart of the project lies the double-height library media center, which welcomes not only students but also parents, tutors, and social workers in an environment providing a range of settings for individual or group study. This hub boasts a bank of stadium seating and a ceiling that projects up through the roof, allowing in natural light and views of the sky through clerestory glazing. Throughout the school, uniquely scaled spaces adapt to various teaching styles and community uses. Open floor plans and collaborative classroom