ArchDaily
| Web address | archdaily |
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Type of site
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Architecture Website |
| Available in | English, Spanish, Portuguese |
| Owner | ArchDaily |
| Created by | David Basulto, David Assael |
| Editor | David Basulto |
| Launched | 2008 |
ArchDaily is a weblog covering architectural news,[1][2] projects,[3][4] products, events, interviews and competitions,[5] opinion pieces,[6] among others, catering to architects, designers and other interested parties.
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Description
ArchDaily is one of the most visited architecture websites worldwide,[7][8][9] with over 500,000 daily readers and about 160 million page views per month as of 2016.[10][11] Founded in March 2008 by David Basulto and David Assael, ArchDaily includes three regional websites in Spanish (Plataforma Arquitectura, ArchDaily México, ArchDaily Colombia and ArchDaily Perú) and Portuguese (ArchDaily Brasil).[10] It has a partnership with the Pritzker Architecture Prize[10] and was one of five finalists for the Best Online Magazine prize on Mashable's 2009 Open Web Awards.[12]
Staff and contributors
The site's editor-in-chief is David Basulto, while David Assael serves as the group's CEO.[10]
Building of the Year Awards
Annually, ArchDaily organizes the Building of the Year Awards.[13] The winners of these awards are chosen by a vote of the 60,000 architects who are members of the site, and the results are widely covered in the media.[14][15]
Building of the Year Awards 2014
The 2014 edition of the Building of the Year Awards included over 3.500 candidate projects in 14 categories. The election of the winners was made in two phases: first a nominating stage selecting 5 finalists for each category from the 3.500 projects pool and then the election of a final winner for each category.
With over 60.000 votes, the 2014 results were as follows:
- Commercial Architecture - Fuel Station + McDonalds by Giorgi Khmaladze
- Cultural Architecture - Danish National Maritime Museum by BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group)[16]
- Educational Architecture - Braamcamp Freire by CVDB arquitectos
- Healthcare Architecture - Alcacer do Sal Residences by Aires Mateus Arquitectos
- Hospitality Architecture - Tree Snake Houses by Luis Rebelo de Andrade + Tiago Rebelo de Andrade
- Houses - Binh Thanh House by Vo Trong Nghia Architects + Sanuki + Nishizawa architects
- Housing - Tete in L'air by KOZ Architectes
- Industrial Architecture - Antinori Winery by Archea Associati
- Interiors - Walmart São Paulo by Estudio Guto Requena
- Offices - 48 North Canal Road by WOHA
- Public Architecture - Newbern Town Hall by Auburn University Rural Studio
- Refurbishment - Three Cusps Chalet by Tiago do Vale Architects[17]
- Religious Architecture - Saint John Baptist Chapel by Alejandro Beautell
- Sports Architecture - Archery Hall & Boxing Club by FT Architects
References
- ↑ "Mexican president under fire as mansion claims fuel protests". Financial Times. (subscription required)
- ↑ "China's President Wants To Ban Weird Buildings -- And That's A Huge Mistake". Gizmodo. Alissa Walker 22 October 2014
- ↑ "This Stunning Woodland Office In Madrid Is The Most Popular Building On ArchDaily". Business Insider. Hayley Hudson Mar 18 2014
- ↑ "This Living, Sustainable Mushroom Building Could Be The Future Of Green Architecture". The Huffington Post Priscilla Frank July 2 2014
- ↑ "How Minecraft may make bitcoin the ‘official currency of virtual worlds’". VentureBeat.
- ↑ "Round-Up: Gaza video game, Ferguson's architecture, L.A. art hotbed". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "In Honor Of The 'Patron Saint Of Architecture,' Here's a Gaudi Guide To Barcelona". Huffington Post.
- ↑ "Super skinny houses taking over the block". Vietnam.net Bridge.
- ↑ " Vietnamese architect to be featured on CNN as next big name". Tuoi Tre News.
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- ↑ " Famed Vietnamese architect’s work named Archdaily's 'Building of the Year'". Tuoitrenews. 04/09/2014
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- ↑ "The people have spoken: These are the 14 best new buildings of the year". The Journal, Ireland.
- ↑ "Danish Maritime Museum wins DETAIL Prize 2014". Copenhagen Post.
- ↑ "ArchDaily's Building of the Year - Best Refurbishment: Three Cusps Chalet, a renovated palace in Sé, Portugal". Business Insider, US.
