Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2024

French architecture practice TVK has completed a neighbourhood in Paris made up of limestone buildings surrounding a garden and designed as a sustainable development that aims to increase biodiversity. We chose to use mainly limestone from the Paris region – it's the same one used to build the Haussmann buildings."

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The 82,305 square foot (7,646 square metre) addition extends outwards from the college's main academic building and consists of buildings and courtyards encased in a large, elevated concrete terrace. The mass-timber buildings showcase an exposed, "eccentric" black-toned bracing system, which encircles the buildings in a cage-like skin.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

A crematorium clad in ribbed concrete and a geometric university bell tower feature in this roundup of 10 brutalist buildings photographed by Simon Phipps for his Brutal Wales book. I'm interested in the sculptural qualities of each building and the ways in which light and shade articulate them," he continued.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Gehry Partners has created a building for Warner Bros in Burbank Second Century Burbank is divided into two large blocks connected by a two-storey volume that is topped by a landscaped courtyard. These are used across the building's highway-facing elevations and have an "icy white appearance" intended to evoke the form of icebergs.

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Deezen

JUNE 18, 2024

Polycarbonate , steel and concrete are among the resilient materials used to form a pair of industrial buildings at Fulldraw Vineyard, designed by American studio Clayton Korte. The team designed three buildings for the site. The winery is known for its production of Rhone-style wines.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco , California. The use of modular construction reduced the project's timeline from the average five to seven years to three. Only the necessities are included in the compact units.

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BD+C

JUNE 20, 2024

2024 Timber-Strong Design Build Competition: Small Buildings, Big Educational Opportunities 1 kcichowicz Thu, 06/20/2024 - 12:14 Student-led teams have 90 minutes to erect attractive, durable, engineered wood structures. APA – THE ENGINEERED WOOD ASSOCIATION MFPRO+ Blog Some designed playhouses.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2024

US studio Olson Kundig Architects has shaded a boxy, glass office complex with aluminium screens near Atlanta's BeltLine and included a glass-clad volume to connect to buildings and frame the pedestrian paths. We wanted to make the building porous, which in turn helped to drive the form," said design principal Kirsten Ring Murray.

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SW Oregon Architect

DECEMBER 5, 2021

Having a very good, broad knowledge about design and construction is obviously helpful, but being a generalist rather than a specialist means I am a Jack of All Trades and a master of none. I’ve seen building codes become more voluminous, expectations grow unreasonably, and litigiousness rise to worrisome levels. What thickness?

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Local studio Hopson Rodstrom Design placed a sawtooth roof on top of this black-clad apartment building with an interior courtyard in southern California. Since The Jagger began design and construction, another 10 or so projects have sprung up on that same stretch of boulevard."

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Santa Cruz Architect

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Architects are in charge of design and project planning, and they are also responsible for the visual appearance of buildings and structures. Architects work hand-in-hand with other professionals such as civil and structural engineers to deliver qualified designs. Roles of Architects in Construction.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2024

Located at the centre of the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) Sumner Houses campus, the 11-storey block is wrapped around a full-height central atrium that gives the building its name. I hope this project serves as a powerful example of how good design can positively impact society, especially for those in need."

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2022

Structural plywood was used to help reduce the carbon footprint of an Oregon office building designed by Lever Architecture for a nonprofit organisation. Located in Portland 's Albina neighbourhood, the building serves as the headquarters for Meyer Memorial Trust , a charitable foundation focused on racial, social and economic justice.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

UK architecture firm Studio Egret West has shared its plans to create housing within two concrete 1960s buildings in London , which were formerly the headquarters of food company Heinz. Studio Egret West has received planning permission to create 124 apartments across the two office buildings while preserving their external concrete frames.

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2024

Prefabricated steel modules were used to create Fire Station 67, which was designed by architecture studio Wittman Estes to be durable, adaptable and quick to construct and reconfigure. The building is made of steel modules that were prefabricated in a factory, trucked to the site, and put into place using a telescopic forklift.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. The low-lying building is located just south of Iowa City's downtown district, near a recreational area and a future housing development. Contractor: Merit Construction.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2022

American studio Eskew Dumez Ripple has used features of vernacular architecture in creative ways to form a sustainable multipurpose school building. The Home Building is part of the Thaden School, a private school in Bentonville, Arkansas , that serves students in grades six to 12. The building has a number of sustainable features.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2022

At the centre of the site, the smallest structure is a circular building that contains the theatre's main foyer along with a restaurant and bookshop. The final building in the trio encloses an open-air amphitheatre that can accommodate 1,440 spectators with 965 seated. It was constructed from concrete. Building economist: BMF.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2022

A type of flooring that uses 75 per cent less concrete than the current standard has been invented by researchers at the universities of Bath, Cambridge and Dundee, who say it could make a "major difference" to the construction industry's carbon footprint. ACORN aims to reshape use of concrete in construction.

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Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

Concrete blocks provide seating at the building's front "Many wars and struggles for freedom are commemorated, all designed and built in a very solid manner with the intention of preserving these sacrifices for eternity," added Panhuysen. This inspiring concept has set the tone for the design of this building for us," he continued.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The building partly cantilevers over the site The guesthouse was designed to serve as a flexible space that could accommodate extended stays by family and friends. The rectangular building holds a main living area and two bedrooms. Many of the building's components were prefabricated.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2023

Mass timber will not become a mainstream building product because it uses too much wood, construction material expert Benjamin Kromoser claims in this interview for the Timber Revolution. "If But while mass timber can be used for taller buildings than conventional timber-frame construction, it uses much more wood.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Promotion: French engineering school École des Ponts ParisTech offers a master's degree that gives students and practitioners a comprehensive knowledge of parametric architecture, robotics and digital manufacturing. Launched in 2016, the Digital Building Design master's degree is 16 months long and is taught in English.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

International studio Snøhetta has completed Beijing City Library in China , a glass-lined building filled with towering tree-like columns and rooms disguised as hills. According to the Snøhetta, it is one of three new major cultural buildings in Tongzhou that are hoped to transform the district into "a lively arts and cultural destination".

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Deezen

MAY 28, 2024

Weathering steel characterises the facade Other projects by Lever Architecture include an Oregon winery building with angled roofs and cedar-clad walls and an office building for a charitable foundation that was partly constructed of mass plywood. The house also has an energy-recovery ventilation system.

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Santa Cruz Architect

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

One of the most exciting applications of 3D printing technology is in the construction industry. 3D printing is now being used to construct entire homes, office buildings, and other structures. 3D printing employs large-scale machinery into which an engineer inputs floor plans and building designs.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

LA studio Kevin Daly Architecture has created a headquarters for a Houston foundation that has a latticed canopy suspended over a white building that was created using steel and cross-laminated timber. Much of the flooring was constructed using prefabricated elements. MEP engineer: CMTA. Structural engineer: ARUP.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Dutch studio OMA has completed its first major public building in the UK , Aviva Studios, designed to provide flexible event space for Manchester-based arts and music company Factory International. It is a space that can create multiple opportunities and endless configurations and environments." "It

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2022

After Seratech's carbon-neutral cement won the 2022 Obel Award , Dezeen has rounded up six ways in which researchers are working to decarbonise concrete – the single most polluting building material in the world. Below, we've rounded up six of the most innovative projects across both approaches: Photo is by Helene Sandberg.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

New York architecture studio REX has completed the "most automated" performance building in the world at Brown University's campus in Providence, Rhode Island. I feel like the building is a bit of a holy grail. It has a "fractal" aluminium facade "It was effectively like building five buildings in one," said Ramus.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Google has opened a building serving its North American operations in New York City that is housed in a 1930s rail terminal restored and adapted by architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler. The building's original rail beds were left exposed on the facade and then covered in plantings, creating a linear overhang at its entrance.

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Deezen

JUNE 25, 2024

US studio Susan T Rodriguez Architecture & Design has incorporated local materials and energy-saving features into a Maine building that is meant to be "a new benchmark for academic buildings in northern climates". The structural system is made primarily of wood In plan, the two-storey building takes the shape of a wide V.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2022

American firm Frederick Fisher and Partners has completed a trio of hilltop buildings for a California school that was partly destroyed by a wildfire. The project is a trio of hilltop buildings. The buildings are interspersed with walkways and gardens. Photos top and above by Logan Hall. Photos top and above by Logan Hall.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2022

American studio Marlon Blackwell Architects has completed a series of asymmetrical, angular buildings for an Arkansas school backed by the founders of retail giant Walmart. The photo shows Wheels Science and Fabrication Building. The Wheels Science and Fabrication Building is dedicated to bicycle repair and construction.

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Deezen

MAY 6, 2022

Global firm Henning Larsen Architects prioritised openness and connectivity to create a Minnesota government building that is part of a "new coalition of civic architecture across the United States". The Minneapolis Public Service Building sits within the city's Government District in the downtown area, right next to bus and light rail stops.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The revamp of the 354,000-square-metre station is MAD 's first station and the studio hopes it will "redefine transportation infrastructure buildings in China". The glass facade and skylights allow natural light into the building, while allowing a clear view of the reconstruction of the old station front from inside the building.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Three people can build the shelters in just five minutes. Find out more about Bot lifejacket › Photo courtesy of Ramboll Template Houses, Indonesia, by Ramboll Civil engineering company Ramboll worked with locals in Lombok, Indonesia to develop three earthquake-proof housing prototypes made of bamboo.

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