ArchDaily

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Courtesy of Soane Museum | Hanif Kara Sir John Soane's Museum has announced Hanif Kara, a celebrated structural engineer and co-founder of AKT II , as the recipient of the prestigious 2024 Soane Medal.

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Archinect

MARCH 27, 2023

A total of 22 projects were selected in ten categories by a jury panel that included Hacker Architects Principal Corey Martin, Cheung Chan of the Iowa-based firm Neumann Monson Architects , and Arup Senior Structural Engineer Lauren Wingo.

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Archinect

APRIL 27, 2023

Teams were required to employ at least one architect licensed to practice in the state of Texas and were given honorariums totaling $50,000 for their efforts. The DMA shares that the competition’s first stage drew some 154 submissions from around the world.

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Archinect

APRIL 22, 2024

Related on Archinect: Woods Bagot's LAX Midfield Satellite Concourse South expansion has broken ground Buro Happold , structural engineer, sustainability consultant, lighting and acoustical designer on the project, in partnership with architects Woods Bagot and RAW International , says: "Each segment was designed with an independent lateral system (..)

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Archinect

MAY 3, 2024

Today, the Webuild group advanced a proposal designed in collaboration with architect and MIT professor Carlo Ratti and French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux for a new bridge in Baltimore that would replace the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. The extension features a window seat overlooking the rear courtyard Oliver Leech Architects was founded in 2016.

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Home Architect Structural Engineering Windows 141

Deezen

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Local studio Miró Rivera Architects has clad the lakeside River Hills Residence in weathering steel , complemented by a delicate two-storey dock and guest house. Completed on a reservoir of the Colorado River, the complex sits on a seven-acre site that slopes gently from a berm and is shaded by native pecan and bald cypress trees.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. Situated within a conservation zone, the home has been updated by Sam Crawford Architects to brighten its dark interior and transform it into an urban "sanctuary".

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Deezen

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Selldorf Architects has completed two skyscrapers along the Williamsburg waterfront The two skyscrapers sit on top of a six-storey triangular podium located in a furthermost lot along Domino Park , an outdoor park designed by Field Operations. I think this is all tying itself together very nicely as a riverfront."

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2024

A "classical" two-storey colonnade characterises this family home in the South Downs National Park , completed by London studio Sandy Rendel Architects. Sandy Rendel Architects is a London studio founded by Rendel in 2010. The photography is by Ståle Eriksen.

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Deezen

JANUARY 8, 2024

California studio AO Architects has put forward plans for a supertall skyscraper as part of a development in Oklahoma City that, if completed, will be the second-tallest building in the United States. AO Architects said the height was a response to the city's growing population. The images are by AO Architects.

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Deezen

JULY 9, 2024

Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area's traditional wooden villas. The photography is courtesy of AOR Architects. It is a fascinatingly simple way of building.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Local studio Amit Upadhye Architects added a guest house and updated Polaris House in Arizona to capture the "diurnal journey of the sun". Amit Upadhye Architects added a guesthouse to the home The team chose to continue sourcing materials for the addition with the same priorities to reduce the environmental impact and cost.

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Home Architect Civil Engineering Engineering 122

Deezen

MAY 6, 2024

Japanese studio Kooo Architects has designed the skinny Hotel Rakuragu in central Tokyo to have a "unique shape", with cut-out balconies that help to preserve privacy. This inspired Kooo Architects ' unusual design, which features large balconies and terraces that are inverted, creating gaps in the facade.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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aasarchitecture

JULY 3, 2024

Image © MCA – Mario Cucinella Architects The tower background The form of the building, a 124-meter elliptical tower in the Porta Nuova quarter in the heart of Milan, was derived from careful analysis of the special characteristics of the physical context, the local climate, and sun exposure. could be analyzed as a whole.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2024

US studio Tall Architects has created a cabin that has two stacked gabled forms that are rotated into an X-shape and clad in corrugated metal near a river in southern Alabama. Project credits: Architecture: Tall Architects Interiors: Jill Dupre Structural engineer: Simpkins & Costelli, Inc. Contractor: C.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Jackson Hole Airport dates back to the 1930s Around 2009, it received a major update by the Denver office of global studio Gensler , with Jackson-based CLB Architects serving as the local associate architect. In more recent years, CLB has served as the design architect for a series of renovations and additions spanning five phases.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2024

The "ruin-like" concrete frame of a former chemistry laboratory has been transformed into a series of workspaces for the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands , in this project by Civic Architects and VDNDP. It repurposes an abandoned 1970s structure to house bright interiors organised around courtyard gardens.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. Instead, the studio "planned a new independent structure outside the existing structure," Unemori Architects team member Keita Komori told Dezeen.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2024

US studio Boyd Architects has wrapped a house in standing seam metal and pine boards and articulated each form with a vernacular hip roof in Summerville, South Carolina. Based in Charleston, Boyd Architects completed the 3,611-square foot (335-square metre) Summerville House in 2023, as a "process of form-making".

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Local studio Delve Architects has added rear and side extensions to a pair of semi-detached houses for next-door neighbours in Surrey , UK. Delve Architects added two-storey extensions across both homes, replacing what it described as "dark, cramped kitchen spaces" with bright open-plan living areas, plus additional bedroom spaces above.

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Housing Architect Windows Contract 119

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. Other recent projects by the studio include a metal-clad dance centre and an extension to a 1980s library. The photography is by Tuomas Uusheimo.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2024

Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London , which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. Voysey House stands as the only commercial building designed by the renowned architect. The photography is by Jack Hobhouse.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Deezen

APRIL 16, 2024

US architecture Ross Barney Architects has completed a NASA laboratory for deep-space technology testing in Cleveland , USA, which includes a tower made of pre-cast concrete panels for testing antennas. AIA Gold Medal-winning architect and founder of RBA Carol Ross Barney said that the building is an expression of its function.

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Deezen

AUGUST 15, 2024

American studio ZGF Architects has completed an expansion to the main terminal at Portland International Airport, installing a massive mass-timber roof that was prefabricated to keep the airport operational. The project's sustainable design sets a new standard for airports worldwide," ZGF Architects said. metres) – and 5,000 plants.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

US studio Kadre Architects has converted two rundown motels in Los Angeles County into The Sierra, a supportive living complex that serves as a "new housing prototype" for people experiencing homelessness. The Sierra brings an "upgrade to the neighbourhood" The project's landscape architect was Terremoto , and the builder was Ford EC.

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Deezen

AUGUST 19, 2024

A co-founder of the firm Design, B **s and her architect husband have completed the latest iteration of their family home in California , which features ample daylight and the "feeling of being in the trees". The house belongs to architects Rebecca Rudolph, a principal at local studio Design, B **s , and Colin Thompson, who works at Gensler.

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Dwell

JULY 16, 2024

Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. A Brutalist approach of exposed, self-finished materials on the ground floor includes painted brick, spruce panelling and a concrete frame—with joinery subdividing the spaces."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. Called Burnet Road Offices, the project involved the adaptive reuse of a small commercial complex along a main street in Austin.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2024

Libeskind, who is now one of the world's best-known architects, lived in the housing cooperative when he was a teenager in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Libeskind spoke to Dezeen earlier this year as part of our Social Housing Revival series to urge architects to create more creative affordable housing.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Chinese architects have told Dezeen they are regularly working through the night while their pay plummets as the country 's property industry deals with a severe crisis. Architects' pay based on bonuses "Sometimes the project had already been delivered but the contract was never signed," said Wei. "It

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2024

London studio Knight Architects has completed the Küstrin-Kietz Rail Crossing bridge , which is framed by white steel arches and a tensile lattice of carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. The Küstrin-Kietz Rail Crossing has white steel arches with a tensile lattice Knight Architects was founded by architect Martin Knight in 2006.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Portland-based studio Hacker Architects has replaced an outdated lodge with a blackened wood -and-glass structure featuring elements informed by the volcanic landscape of Sisters, Oregon. We wanted the experience of the new lodge to evoke memories of the original while connecting people to the site in more meaningful ways."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

SOM has completed the Schwarzman College of Computing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) "The college provides a dynamic and flexible hub for teaching, learning, research and collaboration in this growing field," said SOM , which served as the building's architect and engineer.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Structural engineer and AKT II co-founder Hanif Kara has been named the winner of this year's Soane Medal for "realising some of the most recognisable architectural projects across the globe". The engineer worked with Grafton Architects on a university building.

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