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Three creative New York City interiors by Michael K. Chen Architecture: Your Next Employer?

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Chen, the firm describes its mission as to provide “innovative and superbly crafted work for clients seeking thoughtful and well-considered design.” Following our previous visit to nARCHITECTS , we are keeping our Meet Your Next Employer series to New York City this week to explore the work of Michael K. Chen Architecture.

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OSD updates JFK Hilton supportive housing remake

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The once 350-room hotel is being renamed Baisley Pond Park Residences, a 318-unit development for formerly houseless persons for a nonprofit client called the RiseBoro Community Partnership. This is the first case study for New York state’s $200 million HONDA hotel conversions program, a COVID-era program that was launched in 2021.

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Where modular housing meets digital client processes, new job opportunities emerge for architects

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In a 2021 feature titled For Affordable Housing, The Revolution Will Be Modularized , we explored one architect’s vision for an industrial-scale solution to the affordable housing crisis; one which centered on shipping-container-sized modules configured as various combinations of housing options.

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Winners of the Office 2021 Design Challenge respond to the 'new normals' of post-pandemic work life

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The Office 2021 Design Challenge has released the winning and shortlisted entries. As stated by the competition organizers: “The fixed office space and the need for physical proximity to colleagues or clients have been put in question and, in certain industries, altogether eradicated.

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Cut and Morph House / Ahron Best Architects

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Completed in 2021 in Croydon, Australia. The client, a young couple, purchased the dilapidated property with the intention of restoring the existing building and converting it into a modern. Images by Tom Ferguson.

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What does a career as a graphic designer look like within the architecture realm?

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Communication is also key to both roles, including communicating ideas to a client, or communication as a function of the end-product. Meanwhile, from our academic sphere, 2021 saw our team hold a contest to find the best poster for architecture school events as part of our Get Lectured series. Our core editorial pl.

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Retreat Villa V / Time Architects

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Completed in 2021 in Vietnam. In the context of COVID, the client wants a space where they can return and renew their spirit, be close to nature, and do personal activities: Images by Paul Phan.

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