The Big U, one of ten proposals presented today as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Rebuild by Design competition, aims to protect New York from "the next Hurricane Sandy" with a network of gardens, knolls, and parks. This berm, designed by Bjarke Ingels Group, would slow storm surges with the help of a flip-down flood gate. [Rebuild by Design]
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Are you happy now, Park City? After a planned addition to the Kimball Art Center sparked public outrage over the design—an awesome, spiraling log cabin from space—the architects behind the proposal, Bjarke Ingels Group, have unveiled an austere new design.
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Danish architects Bjarke Ingels Group has won a competition to build a Museum of the Human Body near Montpellier, the French town whose medical school dates back to the 12th century. Ingels compares the design to interlocking fingers—though it seems more intestinal, to us. Construction is due to begin in 2016. [BIG]
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