AIA Names 10 Housing Award Winners for 2016

AIA Names 10 Housing Award Winners for 2016

20.04.16| Aine O'Keeffe

The American Institute of Architects announced the winners of its 2016 AIA Housing Awards. Now in its 16th year, the program recognizes the best in housing design in four categories: One and Two Family Custom Housing, One and Two Family Production Housing (no winners in this category this year), Multifamily Housing, and Specialized Housing. Here's a list for you to check them out!

One and Two Family Custom Housing

Project: Hog Pen Creek Retreat

Location: Austin

Firm: Lake|Flato Architects

Project: Independence Pass Residence

Location: Aspen, Colorado

Firm: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Project: Island Residence

Location: Honolulu

Firm: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Project: Newberg Residence

Location: Newberg, Oregon

Firm: Cutler Anderson Architects

Project: Oak Ridge House

Location: Jackson, Mississippi

Firm: Duvall Decker Architects, P.A.

Multifamily Housing

Project: 1180 Fourth St.

Location: San Francisco

Firm: Mithun (initiated as WRT/Solomon E.T.C.)

Project: Cloverdale749

Location: Los Angeles

Firm: Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects

Specialized Housing

Project: Commonwealth Honors College

Location: Amherst, Massachusetts

Firm: William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc.

Project: Homeless Veterans Transitional Housing, VA Campus

Location: Los Angeles

Firm: LEO A DALY

Project: Whitetail Woods Regional Park Camper Cabins

Location: Farmington, Minnesota

Firm: HGA

Glass Staircase- Hong Kong

Printed Glass Staircase- Carpenter Lowings

20/01/16|Aine O'Keeffe

Hey guys, I am currently doing a project for college and I was looking through some laminated glass interior designs, I came across this amazing staircase which was designed by a British architect Luke Lowings of Carpenter Lowings and an American sculpter James Carpenter on the design for the stand-alone staircase, which forms the heart of the newly refubished apartment in Hong Kong.

At 5.5 metres tall, the staircase rises the full height of the two-storey space.

Above it, the four metres wide skylight in the roof helps to bring natural light into the interior, but also folds open to provide access to the roof.

The staircase is partially covered by two glass panels. These glass screens are printed with a linear pattern that is intended to be like falling rain. 

The staircase is made from heat-strengthened laminated glass, and its parts are joined together by minimal titanium fittings.

Each stair tread is made from three layers of glass and supported by just three fittings.

Looks pretty cool right? But could be scary if your afraid of heights!