Deezen

JUNE 2, 2024

Local studio PGM Arquitectura has completed a series of garden suites on top of the podium of the St Regis hotel skyscraper in Mexico City , originally designed by Argentine-American architect César Pelli. The hotel wanted to update them to keep pace with the growing tourist industry in the city.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The year Watercube, the Aquatics Centre for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics , was completed. Now LAVA employs about 100 people in four offices in Ho Chi Minh City, Sydney , Stuttgart , and Berlin. Bosse led the design of Watercube when he worked at PTW Architects in Sydney.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

He made the decision to move to Brazil in 2008, settling in the city of Manaus. Image © Maíra Acayaba Laurent Troost is a Belgian architect with a vast history of projects in the Netherlands, Spain, and Dubai.

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2024

The liquidation order, made by the city’s High Court on Monday, comes after the embattled Chinese real estate giant and its overseas creditors failed to agree on how to restructure the company’s massive debt during talks that lasted for 19 months. Overseas creditors are currently owed a reported $25 billion.

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ArchDaily

AUGUST 14, 2023

Image © César Béjar The city of San Miguel de Allende is located within the state of Guanajuato, in the central-northern region of Mexico, geographically bordering the states of Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Michoacán, and Jalisco. It covers an area of 43.6 hectares and is one of the most populated regions in its state. Read more »

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Archinect

OCTOBER 9, 2023

It is the first scheme in the city to utilize the Visual and Performing Arts bonus included in a comprehensive 2008 rezoning plan, expanding on the late National Black Theatre founder Barbara Ann Teer’s vision for “an artistic ecosystem that uplifts the community,” according to Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Located in the heart of the Netherlands, the city of Ede has a population of almost 120,000 and is famous for its proximity to the Veluwe National Park – a 55 km² natural haven of heathlands, sand dunes, and woodland.

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Archinect

JUNE 12, 2023

The Mosul Cultural Museum was targeted and almost destroyed by the so-called Islamic State (Isis) when the terrorist group took over the Iraqi city in 2014. The Art Newspaper also reports that the World Monuments Fund has signed on to oversee the museum project, which will at least partially undo changes made to the museum in 2008.

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Archinect

JULY 29, 2022

Inaugurated in 2008, the award recognizes outstanding applications of the material in restoration projects and new construction on the continent. The Copper Development Association (CDA) in unison with the Copper Alliance has named the eleven 2022 winners of the annual North American Copper in Architecture Awards (NACIA).

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2024

But after Airbnb caught on in more in more cities since its debut in 2008, acts of bonhomie have given way to a profit-driven short-term rental industry that has created a complex love-hate relationship between city dwellers, property owners, and municipal actors. Below is a non-exhaustive list of the ones specific to your city.

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

The HASTINGS Architecture Principal moved to Nashville in 1991 in order to pursue a simultaneous career in country music and architecture, ultimately settling on the latter before joining the firm in 2008.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Lazar also has previous experience with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and received his MBA from the University of Michigan in 2012. “I’ve worked with Jesse Lazar on and off at the Center for Architecture since 2008,” AIA New York’s 2023 President Matthew Bremer said in a statement.

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ArchDaily

MAY 25, 2023

Similarly, the 2008 recession gave rise to the sharing economy and coworking spaces. Nowadays, the climate crisis is transforming the way we conceive architecture, seeking to reduce the carbon footprint of buildings and cities to achieve the Paris Agreement objectives.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The Düsseldorf-based firm has earned a reputation for ecologically-sensitive high-rise design since first being chartered in the city in 1985, adding recent projects like the Marina One and Toranomon Hills developments to an impressive portfolio of international designs that includes 2008’s Breezé Tower in Osaka and Sydney’s (..)

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Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2022

He also stated that he does indeed support the city’s plan to replace the existing glass with trachyte stone, which he said matches the both the bridge and the city's existing aesthetic.

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Archinect

JUNE 22, 2022

Bernard told ARTnews she wants the 19-acre TWBTA -designed library and parks complex to “serve as an example” for other developments in the city. People will begin to see the construction coming out of the ground beginning in the summer.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Their selection marks the first time in history that a binational urban region will share the honor that was first established in 2008.

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Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2022

He also stated that he does indeed support the city’s plan to replace the existing glass with trachyte stone, which he said matches the both the bridge and the city's existing aesthetic.

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Archinect

JULY 26, 2023

Gehry, whose family left Toronto for Los Angeles in 1947, also detailed his misgivings at the city’s contemporary development. It’ll become apparent over the years. You’ll see it and you’ll say: Oh, that’s what he was doing.

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Archinect

AUGUST 5, 2022

Luminaries, including Spike Lee and Mayor Eric Adams were on hand to inaugurate the museum, which was first announced by Major League Baseball and the Jackie Robinson Foundation to observe the 61st anniversary of his Dodgers debut in 2008.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

After years of delays, New York City finally has a shiny silver bean of its own. The $8 million freestanding sculpture has been teased since 2008 when renderings for Herzog & de Meuron ’s domineering 56 Leonard Street tower were first revealed to the public.

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Archinect

AUGUST 11, 2023

Located in the heart of the city, the competition of the Kayseri Inner Castle was aimed to turn the complex into a cultural and artistic building. Located in the heart of the city, the competition of the Kayseri Inner Castle was aimed to turn the complex into a cultural and artistic building.

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Architizer

JULY 25, 2023

How can cities have high urban standards and improve residents’ quality of life? The growing process of cities leads to transformations, and such transformations need to be associated with sustainable models to improve the social, economic and environmental conditions of cities, ensuring the quality of life of current and future residents.

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Archinect

APRIL 28, 2022

Two Row Architects will join Diamond Schmitt on the project that will give the institution an extended footprint for the first time since its last Frank Gehry -designed expansion opened in the fall of 2008. Plans are for a six-story tower to be constructed along the.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

When it opened in 2008, the loftily named Bronx Hall of Justice was billed as the crown jewel of New York’s court system — the biggest courthouse in the state, sheathed in glass and housing enough courtrooms to handle dozens of criminal and civil cases each day. “Our history with this building goes back to its opening.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Freeski big air opened its Olympic competition Monday at the world’s first permanent, city-based big air facility, a repurposed steel mill on the west side of Beijing that’s made a stunning backdrop for one of the Games’ newest sports.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

The project, however, was canceled following the onset of the 2008 recession. Previously on Archinect: 1,100-unit SOM towers in Chicago head toward construction The SOM -designed project received city approval in 2020 but was delayed due to the pandemic.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Designed by Atelier Bow Wow and built in 2008, the minimalist home opens to the Sierra Nevada with immense glass doors and an airy top floor. The 2008 Mountain House—which took nine years to complete—is the first and only home Atelier Bow-Wow has built in the U.S.

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Brandon Donnelly

MARCH 25, 2022

In fact, we’re only now returning to where prices were back in 2008. And it is interesting to consider how these impacts might be felt differently across different cities. Compact cities with higher densities and greater access to public transport, generally translates into people driving less.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The Kinetic City and Other Essays by Rahul Mehrotra ArchiTangle , August 2021 Hardcover | 6 x 9 inches | 352 pages | 300 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9783966800136 | €45 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : This book presents Rahul Mehrotra’s writings over the last thirty years and illustrates his long-term engagement with and analysis of urbanism in India.

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A Better Built Environment

MARCH 30, 2020

To kick-off this new series of Google Map City Guides, here my recommendations for visiting Berlin, Germany. I lived in Berlin for 2-years from 2006-2008 after graduating with a Master's of Architecture degree. I worked for a couple of architecture offices there while exploring the city and enjoying life in the vibrant German capital.

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Urban Realm

JANUARY 31, 2022

A long-standing Glasgow city centre gap-site is set to be plugged following its acquisition by Artisan Real Estate. The developer has instructed AMA Studio, authors of a 2008 hotel plan , to prepare initial proposals for the makeshift car park at 65-97 Ingram Street that would deliver low carbon homes above ground floor commercial space.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But Taipei is now one of the most expensive cities in the world and this creates a new attitude towards investment and development," he continued. "It was explained to me that for two generations uncertainty played a key role hence things were built with a provisional attitude," he added.

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Dwell

MAY 9, 2024

Back in November at BravoCon, the ultimate fan conference for all things Bravo reality television, former Real Housewives of New York City star Sonja Morgan shared an update on a piece of property that has become famous in its own right: her longtime Upper East Side townhouse. 2008: Morgan puts the home on the market for $12 million.

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SW Oregon Architect

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

This post marks my one thousandth entry since I started SW Oregon Architect back in 2008. Consider this an immodest list of SW Oregon Architect ’s “greatest hits” since I started the blog in 2008. Yes, it’s true! I embarked on my blogging journey with only modest goals.

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Architizer

MARCH 14, 2022

Since his comic debut in 1939, Batman has remained bound to the begrimed and lawless streets of shadowy Gotham City — the place where Bruce Wayne was orphaned and where Batman’s origin story began. Miller’s vast, imaginary city was the true beginning of the exploration into Gotham City as a fantasy architectural landscape.

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Deezen

MARCH 4, 2024

To help kick off our Social Housing Revival series, Peter Apps calls for a return to mass public house-building in cities around the world. What does the future hold for our major cities? Children are also departing from major US cities , and homelessness in cities like New York has reached levels not seen since the Great Depression.

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