Project Location: Fresno, California, United States Building Type:Museum/Gallery Project Descripton: archop is a response to the need for an improved built environment in Fresno.
Recognizing that we are at a critical point in shaping the future of this city and region, we extend an invitation to the design community and public to participate in....
Project Location: Prototypical design Building Type:Residential – 1 BR, Residential – Multi-Family Low Rise Project Descripton: Peterson Architects was initially asked to develop a 500 sq ft detached single-story ADU, using alternative materials and construction techniques, and these explorations have continued under the auspices of Public Architecture. The proposal makes....
Project Location: San Francisco, CA, United States Building Type:Urban Planning, Public Transportation, Public Space/Gathering Space, Landscapes/Parks/Outdoor Spaces, … Project Descripton: The need for public open space in urban places like San Francisco's South of Market is not new. SoMa, as a light industrial / warehouse district, has always been home to thousands of workers as well as residents who could have benefited from such....
Project Location: Northern Cheyenne Nation, Montana, United States Building Type:Residential - Single Family Project Descripton: An Ecological, Affordable Home Prototype
“The Northern Cheyenne Tribe faces a severe shortage of housing with over 800 heads of household currently enrolled on our list waiting for homes. We would like to thank Red Feather for its....
“I took the planner, surveyor and engineer from my office to see [the Hopi straw-bale home]. We all said, ‘I want one, too.’ We do have a housing problem here. We need homes, and this is....
Project Location: Ashland, OR, United States Building Type:Residential - Single Family Project Descripton: Portable, easily assembled, cheap, and beautiful shelter, intended for backyards and other marginal areas in town and country. We have begun with a geodesic dome with a revolutionary hub that makes all this possible and a fabric conic awning (see....
Project Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Building Type:Residential – 3 BR Project Descripton: This project has been added to the Open Architecture network in honour of photographer Edward Burtynsky for his contribution of a foreword to the book Shift:Positions.
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Project Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Building Type:Residential – 1 BR Project Descripton: This is a non-realized student project. It was proposed for an urban site in Toronto, off of Spadina Ave. On Bulwer St. The design consists of two L shaped spaces, one the reverse of the other. This mirroring serves to emphasize both the void....
