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Zaha Hadid Architects design new seaside community for Qatar

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Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) is behind a newly announced seaside neighborhood in Qatar called The Grove. A passive design strategy will inform the development, which is styled as a waterfront promenade and calls for 293 total units of one- to four-bedroom apartments peering out into Qetaifan Bay.

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The fundamental 'BIM mismatch' between architects and contractors discussed at Harvard roundtable

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After all, contractors and sometimes clients want and need 3D models of buildings that can directly inform how buildings should be constructed. In the conversation, McGuffin notes that many contractors in-fact discard architects’ digital models, opting to rebuild them from 2D drawings to minimize risk.

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OEB Architects adds Italian-informed loft extension to south London house

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London-based OEB Architects has completed Lewisham Loggias, a colourful loft extension that takes cues from Italian palazzos and paintings. The gable end wall features a round window Italian art and architecture was a recurring theme, prompting OEB Architects to develop a dormer with an ornate, symmetrical facade.

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How Do You Design for Informality?

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Image © Emmage/Shutterstock Informal architecture is the dominant mode of urbanization in rapidly growing and industrializing cities worldwide. In Delhi , the city with the largest population in India has half of its residents living in informal settlements. Read more »

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Zaha Hadid Architects and Bureau Cube Partners selected to design the new Nikola Tesla Museum with restoration informed by the inventor's studies

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Zaha Hadid Architects , alongside Serbian architectural studio Bureau Cube Partners, has been selected as the winner of the Nikola Tesla Museum design competition. The anonymous design contest sought architectural and urban conceptual designs for a new museum dedicated to celebrating visionary engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla.

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Chetwoods and J&A unveil beach-informed metro station in Shenzhen

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Chetwoods and J&A have completed Dameisha station in Shenzhen The station's design was informed by its beachside location and integrates elements of the surrounding topography. The post Chetwoods and J&A unveil beach-informed metro station in Shenzhen appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is bySheng Lin Ye.

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Zaha Hadid Architects references magnetic forces for Serbian mill conversion

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UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects and local studio Bureau Cube Partners are set to transform a paper mill in Belgrade , Serbia, into a museum with an elliptical roof informed by the scientific work of Nikola Tesla. The museum will be located in a former paper mill.

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