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Sompo Museum of Art / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers

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architects: TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers Location: 1-chōme-26-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku City, Tokyo 160-8338, Japan Project Year: 2020 Photographs: SS Co.,Ltd. Photographs: Shinkenchiku-Sha Co.,Ltd. Area: 3955.0 m2 Read more »

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Adapt, Breathe, Regenerate: Envisioning a New Chapter in Architectural Materials

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The fine line between art and craft, creativity and functionality, personal expression and societal or industrial demands is one that architecture navigates with great care. This duality is increasingly shaped by the urgent need to address environmental challenges. Read more

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Who is the 2025 Pritzker Prize winner Liu Jiakun?

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Initially drawn to the creative arts, he found inspiration through drawing and literature. A teacher’s suggestion led him to consider architecture as a profession, and in 1978, he enrolled at the Institute of Architecture and Engineering in Chongqing (now Chongqing University ).

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Art deco Chrysler Airflow was "America's most talked-about car"

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The next art deco icon in our Art Deco Centenary series is the streamlined Chrysler Airflow a revolutionary car that pioneered aerodynamic automobile design. The carmaker had already made itself a major part of the art deco story with its development of the Chrysler Building in New York.

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Ill-fated art deco ocean liner SS Normandie was "too luxurious" for her time

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But it was long enough for her to be considered the ultimate ocean liner , profiled here as part of our Art Deco Centenary series. Richly appointed in metal, marble and gold leaf, the ship became a floating equivalent of the seminal Exposition Internationales des Arts Decoratifs, which first introduced art deco to the world in 1925. "The

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MoMA PS1 fellowship offers ‘launching pad for individuals in the arts’

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Following last week’s look at an opening for a Junior Architectural Engineer at Cover , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an opportunity on Archinect Jobs for a Program Production Fellow at MoMA PS1.

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Design for LA leaders share hopes for organizing process as community response grows

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As of right now, more than 300 architects, interior designers, landscape architects, engineers, and contractors from across Southern California have signed up to share their guidance.