Architecture: What's Hot Now: Sun Life Stadium, the Dolphins Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida

Thursday, 27 October 2011 0 意見
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Sun Life Stadium, the Dolphins Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida
Oct 27th 2011, 10:03

Home of the Miami Dolphins and the Florida Marlins, Sun Life Stadium has hosted several Super Bowl games, and is the site for the 2010 Super Bowl 44 (XLIV)

Sun Life Stadium, formerly known as Dolphin Stadium, in Miami Gardens, Florida

Sun Life Stadium, formerly known as Dolphin Stadium, in Miami Gardens, Florida

Photo courtesy of Dolphin Stadium / Miami Dolphins
Sun Life Stadium is a football stadium that also accommodates soccer, lacrosse, and baseball. Sun Life Stadium hosts the Miami Dolphins, the Florida Marlins, and the Miami Hurricanes. Several Super Bowl games and the annual Orange Bowl college football games are played at Sun Life Stadium.

Other Names for Sun Life Stadium:

  • Joe Robbie Stadium
  • Pro Player Stadium
  • Pro Player Park
  • Dolphins Stadium
  • Dolphin Stadium
  • Land Shark Stadium

Location of Sun Life Stadium:

  • 2269 Dan Marino Blvd., Miami Gardens, FL 33056
  • 16 miles northwest of downtown Miami
  • 18 miles southwest of Fort Lauderdale

Construction Dates of Sun Life Stadium:

  • Opened August 16, 1987
  • Renovated and expanded in 2006 and 2007

Dimensions of Sun Life Stadium:

  • Stadium Size - 648 feet x 736 feet
  • Left Field - 330 ft
  • Left-Center - 361 ft
  • Center Field - 404 ft
  • Right-Center - 361 ft
  • Right Field - 345 ft
  • Backstop - 58 ft

Seating Capacity at Sun Life Stadium:

  • Up to 76,500 seats for football, and about half that amount for baseball.

Design Team for Sun Life Stadium:

  • Architect: Populous
  • Structural Engineer: Bliss and Nyitray, Inc.
  • Renovation and Expansion: HOK Sports Facilities Group (Kansas City, MO)

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Kazuyo Sejima

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Kazuyo Sejima
Oct 27th 2011, 10:03

Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima is best known for her collaborative projects with architect Ryue Nishizawa. Their firm, Sejima + Nishizawa and Associates (SANAA), is praised for designing powerful, minimalist buildings using common, everyday materials. Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa share the 2010 Pritzker Architecture Prize. Sejima and Nishizawa also maintain separate practices, which usually focus on smaller commissions.

Born:

1956 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Education:

  • 1981: Master's in Architecture, Japan Women's University

Selected Works:

Projects by Kazuyo + Sejima and Associates include:

Selected Awards:

Kazuyo + Sejima and Associates has won numerous awards, including:
  • 1998: The Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2000: Erich Schelling Architecture Prize, Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2002: Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, American Academy of Arts and Letters New York, New York
  • 2002: Architecture Award of Salzburg, Austria
  • 2006: The Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2010: Pritzker Architecture Prize. Kazuyo Sejima is the second woman to receive a Pritzker Prize. (Zaha Hadid of Iraq won the prize in 2004.)

Career Highlights:

  • 1981: Kazuyo Sejima joined the firm Toyo Ito & Associates
  • 1987: Kazuyo Sejima formed Kazuyo Sejima & Associates. Ryue Nishizawa joined the firm
  • 1995: Kazuyo Sejima and her employee, Ryue Nishizawa, formed Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates (SANAA)
  • 2010: Sejima directed the Architecture Sector for the Venice Biennale

Teaching:

  • Tama Art University
  • Keio University in Tokyo, 2007-
  • Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, 2005-2006
  • Jean Labatut Professorship at the School of Architecture at Princeton University, USA (shared with Ryue Nishizawa), 2005-2008
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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Mark Twain House - Billard Room

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Mark Twain House - Billard Room
Oct 27th 2011, 10:03

Built in 1874 by Edward Tuckerman Potter, architect. Interior design in 1881 by Louis Comfort Tiffany and Associated Artists.

The third floor Billard Room in Mark Twain's house was a gathering place.

The third floor Billard Room in Mark Twain's house was a gathering place for friends and also a private retreat where Mark Twain wrote many of his books.

Photo courtesy of The Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford CT
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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, Germany

Wednesday, 26 October 2011 0 意見
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Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, Germany
Oct 26th 2011, 10:03

With towering white turrets, Neuschwanstein Castle is a fanciful 19th century palace built for Ludwig II of Bavaria.

The fanciful Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, Germany

The fanciful Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, Germany

Press photo © 2000-2006 NewOpenWorld Foundation
About Neuschwanstein Castle
Although it is called a castle, this building in Schwangau, Germany is not a medieval fortress. With towering white turrets, Neuschwanstein Castle is a fanciful 19th century palace built for Ludwig II of Bavaria. Ludwig II died before his romantic home was completed. Eventually the graceful building was named Neuschwanstein, which means new swan stone.

In 2007, Neuschwanstein Castle was named a finalist in the campaign to designate New 7 Wonders of the World.

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: The Renzo Piano Building Workshop at Punta Nave in Genoa, Italy

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The Renzo Piano Building Workshop at Punta Nave in Genoa, Italy
Oct 26th 2011, 10:03

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano designed and built his architecture "workshop" in collaboration with UNESCO.

The Renzo Piano Building Workshop at Punta Nave in Genoa, Italy. Renzo Piano, architect. 1991

The Renzo Piano Building Workshop at Punta Nave in Genoa, Italy. Renzo Piano, Pritzker Prize-winning architect. 1991

Photo © Fregoso & Basalto, courtesy the Pritzker Prize Committee
Piano and his brother Ermanno's firm collaborated with UNESCO to establish a research station that would study the ways plant fibers can be used for architecture. They constructed the Renzo Piano Building Workshop on a steep cliff between the mountains and the sea on the Ligurian coast. The surrounding land is used by UNESCO scientists to grow bamboo, agave, and cane.

The Workshop building resembles a giant butterfly. Glass and louvre roofs flood the interior spaces with natural light. This environment has made the Renzo Piano Building Workshop an inspiring retreat for architects and engineers.
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Architecture: Study Architecture Online

Tuesday, 25 October 2011 0 意見
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Study Architecture Online
Oct 25th 2011, 09:30

Anyone can go back to school, thanks to free online architecture classes offered by big name universities. The courses run the gamut, from historic preservation to modernist theory.

This week I have my eye on Nature and the Built Environment, a University of Notre Dame seminar that explores concepts such as:

The course is over, but the readings, assignments, and project presentations are archived and you can download everything for free.

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Architecture: What's Hot Now: Salem Queen Anne House

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Salem Queen Anne House
Oct 25th 2011, 10:03

Patterned shingles and a turret make this Salem, Massachusetts house a classic Queen Anne Victorian.

Queen Anne house with patterned shingles and a turret

Queen Anne House in Salem, Massachusetts

Photo: Spencer
Built in 1892, this Queen Anne house is in Salem, Massachusetts.

Learn more about the Queen Anne style:
Queen Anne: Reigning Style of the Industrial Age >>
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