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JANUARY 14, 2025

Hiroyuki Oki architects: Sanuki Daisuke architects Location: Thu Duc City, Vietnam Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Hiroyuki Oki Area: 139.

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Archinect

JANUARY 14, 2025

The fires, in their destructive rage, have highlighted the spectacular architectural legacy of Los Angeles — one that is often taken for granted, or even ignored. They remind us that the city has long been one of the world’s great laboratories for residential architecture, and that its best buildings are vaunted pieces of art, and equally vulnerable to the ravages of nature.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

Los Angeles fire map, January 12, 2025 (Google Maps) As I write this, firefighters are making determined progress toward containing the devastating wildfires that have ravaged large swaths across the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Palisades Fire is 11% contained, while the Eaton Fire is 15% contained. However, at least 153,000 residents are still under evacuation orders, and the situation remains precarious.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2025

Projects by architects Ray Kappe, Martin Fenlon, and John G Wallis are among nearly 10,000 structures destroyed as deadly fires burn large swathes of Los Angeles in an "unprecedented, city-changing moment". Fires that started Tuesday in Los Angeles continued to burn through the past two days, causing the evacuation of as many as 180,000 people and the deaths of at least ten people across multiple fires.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

the roof by cristin nanzer extends over the north and south facades, creating transitional spaces between indoors and outdoors. The post airy vaulted roofs crown robust concrete base of cristin nanzer’s residence in argentina appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2025

As sprawling fires continue to devastate Los Angeles , the latest reporting estimates that more than 12,000 structures (including houses, cars, and outbuildings) have been damaged or destroyed. Since the first fires erupted on January 7th, 2025, social media timelines have become saturated with images and videos showing warzone-like destruction across Pasadena, Altadena, Pacific Palisades, and beyond.

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Architizer

JANUARY 14, 2025

The latest edition of Architizer: The Worlds Best Architecture a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe is now available. Order your copy today. The grey tsunami. A demographic timebomb. The aging crisis. Alarmist headlines like these make it sound as though one of humanitys greatest achievements people living longer and healthier lives is some sort of disaster waiting to happen.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha , Qatar, by IM Pei , the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". This austere stack of limestone-clad blocks perched atop its own man-made island was in many respects the original template for the now hugely familiar and multi-billion-pound narrative of starchitects designing museums in the Middle East.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 10, 2025

The Pasadena Waldorf School, Pierson Playhouse, Andrew McNally House. These are just a few places reportedly destroyed by the fires sweeping through Southern California. More than 10,000 structures have been The post More architectural landmarks lost in Southern California fires with relief and mutual aid efforts underway appeared first on The Architects Newspaper.

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JANUARY 12, 2025

Carlo Calma Consultancy Inc. The Philippines has unveiled the design of its pavilion for Expo 2025 in Osaka , Japan. Designed by Carlo Calma Consultancy and titled "Woven," the pavilion reflects the country's connections to nature, its cultural heritage, and its community values. With the theme "Nature, Culture & Community: Woven Together for a Better Future," the pavilion aims to highlight the Philippines' creativity, diversity, and aspirations for sustainable development while inviting vi

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Archinect

JANUARY 10, 2025

Architects looking to help in the disaster relief and civil response for the ongoing fire situation in Los Angeles County have been asked to contact local chapters/state disaster coordinators who actively are seeking to mobilize their expertise and structural knowledge to aid the public, state, and city agencies. Those certified through the pre-existing AIA Safety Assessment Program (SAP) are encouraged to check in with the status of anticipated building assessment deployments across California.

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designboom

JANUARY 10, 2025

other historic architectural sites have been engulfed by the wildfires, including charles moore's palisades branch library and the pasadena jewish temple and center. The post eames house, getty villa and richard neutra case study home at risk amid los angeles wildfires appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2025

Irish studio O'Donnell + Tuomey has completed a brick-clad dance theatre in London that houses a 550-seat auditorium and six studios. Located in Stratford, London, Sadler's Wells East is the latest addition to the East Bank development at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which hosted the London 2012 Olympics. O'Donnell + Tuomey has completed Sadler's Wells East in Stratford, London O'Donnell + Tuomey designed the building, which is Sadler's Wells ' fourth venue, to celebrate dance as an art for

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 10, 2025

The jurors who will evaluate submissions from architects interested in exhibiting their work in the U.S. Pavilion at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia have been The post U.S. Pavilion co-commissioners announce jury that will evaluate submissions for the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia appeared first on The Architects Newspaper.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 12, 2025

scar Caballero architects: Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos Location: Tulum, Mexico Project Year: 2023 Photographs: scar Caballero Photographs: Area: 14185.

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Archinect

JANUARY 11, 2025

The acclaimed Dutch architectural studio Mecanoo excels at crafting renderings of unbuilt projects that faithfully convey the design and atmosphere of the project ultimately constructed. As modern rendering engines offer architects unprecedented capabilities to create dynamic imagery of design proposals from every angle, the firm is acutely aware of the dangers of overpromising and underdelivering, choosing instead to champion restraint and careful consideration.

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designboom

JANUARY 10, 2025

in this three-story building, EA research and design office combines reinforced concrete, steel, and wood. The post gin distillery in japan appears to float with arched openings by EA research and design office appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Salford City Council has approved the demolition of the University of Salford's Centenary Building, which won the inaugural RIBA Stirling Prize in 1996, despite Twentieth Century Society objection. Completed by British studio Hodder+Partners in 1995, the university building will be razed as part of a major redevelopment project named Adelphi Village.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 12, 2025

Courtesy of Alberto Esponda, Mayra Flores architects: Rama Estudio Location: Yelapa, Mexico Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Courtesy of Alberto Esponda, Mayra Flores Area: 300.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2025

Allied Works has shared details of a new college art museum project on the campus of Middlebury College in Vermont. The design, which follows their superlative effort on the Palmer Museum of Art at Pennsylvania State University with Reed Hilderbrand , forms a pivotal component of the reconfiguration of the north side of the school's campus and will become part of a new 'arts agora' in unison with four other existing adjacent buildings.

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2025

a spiral staircase adds a sculptural element to the itana house while connecting the terraced pavilions. The post itana house: siqueira+azul brings lush addition to oscar niemeyer home in brazil appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

JANUARY 14, 2025

Houses by Richard Neutra and Ray Kappe are among more than 12,000 structures lost in the ongoing fires in Los Angeles. Here, we roundup five of the most significant to have been destroyed. The Palisades and Eaton fires are the two largest of the several fires that have caused at least 24 deaths and the destruction of more than 12,000 buildings in Los Angeles since they began early last week.

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Enscape

JANUARY 14, 2025

Chaos Envision gives you effortless storytelling and unmatched realism. The real-time 3D assembly and animation tool takes your Enscape visualizations further by allowing you to create cinematic presentations with advanced animation capabilities.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 11, 2025

Wu Qingshan architects: THAD Location: Zhuhai, China Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Wu Qingshan Photographs: Zhan Changheng Area: 13762.

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