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Living in a Post-Iconic World: Architecture in the Age of Localized Design

Architizer

Recently, I came across an article that criticizes, in the most innovative way, the use of the word “iconic” in architectural practice. An architecture that is deeply rooted in context. A hidden trap lies when writers (including myself) characterize a building as “iconic”: it implies a sense of excess, dominance and false idealization.

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Foster + Partners "restores the logic" of Transamerica Pyramid in San Francisco

Deezen

UK studio Foster + Partners has renovated the modernist Transamerica Pyramid skyscraper in San Francisco , USA, restoring elements from the original design and linking it to a redesigned adjacent park. The new masterplan restores the logic of Pereira's plan, reasserting its clarity and revitalising the ground plane."

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Urban Alchemy: 7 Magnificent New Masterplans Shaking Up City Skylines

Architizer

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. An extensive new masterplan is now overhauling this historically significant quarter and establishing a new cultural district for the city.

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Asif Khan adds sinuous public boardwalk to south London’s Canada Dock

Deezen

Asif Khan has designed a bridge crossing Canada Dock Along with being the focal point for the 53-acre development by British Land and AustralianSuper , the bridge allows the public to peer down at the newly restored wetland reserve below.

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Chatillon Architectes restores 1970s sports complex in Paris

Deezen

Chatillon Architectes has renovated Grande Nef of the Île-des-Vannes Chatillon Architectes ' goal for the overhaul was to preserve and celebrate the original architecture of Grande Nef of the Île-des-Vannes while meeting modern energy standards. Restoration is creation, you have to create things, but in a special way, not in the usual way."

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Sport Ireland Campus Dublin masterplan vision

e-architect

Sport Ireland Campus Dublin, Ireland National Velodrome and Badminton Centre building, Irish architecture design. FaulknerBrowns Architects’ masterplan vision for Sport Ireland Campus launched by Irish government. Sport Ireland Campus Dublin Masterplan. Sport Ireland Campus Dublin. 18 November 2022. image © FaulknerBrowns.

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Why are so many unusual skyscrapers being built in Tirana?

Deezen

Tirana is becoming an unlikely hotspot for offbeat architecture as politicians court high-profile foreign architects to transform the Albanian capital into a "world city". I think it's a very clear idea, which is to make a city that is really a world city," said Boeri, who was commissioned to develop the Tirana 2030 masterplan.

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