Archinect

MARCH 6, 2024

The sixteen-story tower broke ground in late 2021 and represents MAD’s first residential rental building in the United States, expected to contain 187 units. The opening will contain a network of footpaths and planting.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The resort sees a landscape of rice terraces enclosed by several buildings containing public functions, a bathhouse, guest rooms, and villa suites. Photo credit: Hoshino Resorts Exterior. Photo credit: Hoshino Resorts Rice Terrace.

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Archinect

APRIL 16, 2024

Housed under an expressive timber canopy, the 237,000-square-foot building will serve as an experience center for the car brand Volvo, designed around “Scandinavian values of freedom of movement, access to nature, and openness and inclusion.” The Henning Larsen -designed World of Volvo has opened in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

LACMA ’s Unframed blog recently profiled the work of contractor Clark Construction to build the concrete structure for the Peter Zumthor -designed $750 million new David Geffen Galleries extension. The building has no columns!," Chris Bell, the project executive for Clark Construction, shared with Unframed.

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Archinect

JUNE 13, 2024

Photo by Tim Long, courtesy of Taliesin Preservation Aspects of the restoration work included adding a new HVAC system, repairing subgrade water damage, ADA-compliant accessibility enhancements, adding two new green rooms to the basement, and issuing major repairs to the building's roof and interior/exterior finishes.

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Deezen

AUGUST 28, 2024

Opting for black on a facade can increase heat absorption and certain types of materials, such as charred wood as opposed to painted, can reduce maintenance and the need to refinish exteriors. To clad a building in a single material, the form needed to be strong enough so that the end product didn't read as one-note," said Tall Architects.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2024

Metal cladding and an asymmetrical roof define the exterior of the South E8 housing block by architecture firm LOHA in Raleigh, USA. Rectangular in plan, the 5,000-square-foot (465-square-metre) building rises two levels and is topped with an asymmetrical, multi- gabled roof that has a sculptural appearance.

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2022

Last week, the Planning Commission denied an appeal claiming the proposed design ruins the historic integrity of the East Torrey Pines building. The proposed project, located at 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, increases the East Torrey Pines building from 94,200 to 97,140 square feet, while decreasing the future Salk Community Center.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The 30-meter-long structure with pitched roof rests on the masonry plinth, inserted into the landscape and points towards the mountainous view. In the lower part, the application of Norwegian Oppdal slates differentiates the plinth from the rest of the building.

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Deezen

JULY 23, 2024

Local timber-framed buildings influenced the geometric form of Water Farm, a house that architecture practice Studio Bark has added to a family farm in Sussex. To complement these natural surroundings, the home is almost entirely coated in locally sourced sweet chestnut cladding.

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Archinect

JULY 6, 2023

From courtyard to roof terrace, the complex is characterized by community-based and sustainable solutions and by the building-integrated art, which adorns walls, corridors and stairs throughout. The 130 units are organized in four clusters forming an L-shaped building that embraces the shared courtyard.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

The canopy of a custard apple tree grows through the roof to offer a fair amount of protection from any drips. The result is an immersive experience that brings the elements into the core of the building. "We They added more office space on the margins of the building, which allowed them to incorporate the existing trees.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Each section has curved edges that wrap inwards where the two volumes meet, creating an opening that serves as the entrance to the building. The facades are made up of long bars of pigmented concrete – meant to reference the "domed roofs of the city's cathedrals and old colonial buildings covered with local tiles", the developer said.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Texas Limestone found throughout the majority of the exterior and interior of the home was sourced from a local quarry. Natural cedar siding, aged to a beautiful silver-gray patina, was used on secondary facades as a contrasting material to the stone and metal roof.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The Wilhelmina chapel in Maarssen is part of the build local heritage and dates from 1901. The building is transformed into al lofty and spacious residential house. An important part of the design was to maintain the special character of the of the chapel, both on the interior and exterior.

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Architizer

JULY 19, 2024

From awe-inspiring stadiums to temporary structures designed for quick assembly and disassembly, all these buildings truly aimed to capture the spirit and history of the Olympics. While as an architect you may not be expected to remember who won which medal, brushing up on your knowledge on famous buildings is never a bad idea.

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Architizer

MAY 20, 2024

Utah’s native tribes, including the Navajo, Ute and Paiute, have long inhabited the region, leaving behind a legacy of buildings that reflects their close relationship with the land. This LEED Gold building celebrates natural light with a sky-lit atrium and a sculptural glass art installation by James Carpenter.

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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

JUNE 3, 2024

French architecture studio Dream has completed an office building in Paris , which is clad with terracotta tiles to "evoke the history" of the industrial site in the Saint-Ouen district. One of nineteen buildings in the Saint-Ouen Olympic Village, it was strategically designed for its use beyond the event.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The building mass rests on a slab platform that interrupts the natural vegetation. The architectural object resulted in a contemporary interpretation of a gabled roof building, seeking a strong relationship between the interior and exterior areas, whether they are the garden, balconies, porches, or covered or open terraces.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

We've selected eight buildings in the western United States by architects in the American School that are featured in the Outré West exhibition in Oklahoma. The buildings never look like those around them" The exhibition features on originators Goff and Herb Greene and traces their unique style through the work of a number of their students.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Architecture studio Snøhetta has begun work on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library , releasing the first construction images as well as renderings of the building's green roof that appears to merge with the landscape. Above: Snøhetta's Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library is underway in North Dakota.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

"We were looking for an intervention that would not only provide a multi-purpose space but also create a new facade for the building when viewed from the road", said Marta Morelli, co-founder of K+M Arquitectura y Urbanismo. The strategy was to not touch the existing building, but instead to introduce a new contemporary structure.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Image courtesy BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group The project converts a former supermarket building by extending its footprint to almost 25,000 square feet and adding a roof canopy resembling a single sheet of folded paper that sweeps down to cover glass-enclosed public areas lining the perimeter.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Photographs have revealed the Casa de Vidrio greenhouse in Chile by architecture studio Max Nez Arquitectos , which hasvaulted roofs made of glass bricks. It's a subtle way of changing the relation between the horizons of the tropical plants compared to the exterior flora as visitors move around the perimeter."

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. has explored the viability of stone as a modern, low-carbon building material that could help the construction industry minimise its vast carbon footprint. To conclude our Stone Age 2.0

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Dwell

AUGUST 5, 2024

Designed by Murray Legge Architecture, the courtyard house is topped with a jagged roof that harvests solar energy and directs rain to a giant cistern, where it’s filtered to become potable. One concession the homeowners made to save money was downgrading the exterior retaining wall from a gabion design to native limestone blocks.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

California studio LOHA has completed a residential and retail building called Bellevue53, which features a rooftop swimming pool and stepped elevations clad in white metal. The building features a rooftop swimming pool Designed to "elevate the urban environment", the building's massing was influenced by the area's hilly topography.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Designed by a team led by Rowell Brokaw Architects (RBA) and built by Todd Construction , the project replaces one of the Bethel School District’s oldest buildings. The direct construction cost for the new building and site improvements totaled approximately $44 million. Exterior view of the classroom wing that faces Wilhi Street.

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Deezen

MAY 2, 2024

Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has extended the National Swedish Museum of Technology with Wisdome Stockholm, a timber building topped by a curving roof that bulges over a dome inside. Topping the rectangular building is an asymmetrical roof that bulges and curves over the visualisation dome inside.

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Deezen

JULY 5, 2024

Local studios Jørgen Tandberg Architecture and Vatn Architecture looked towards the simplicity of utilitarian roadside buildings when designing Brunstranda Service Building in Norway. It is topped by a roof structure that extends beyond the walls, providing covered outdoor areas where tourists can shelter from the rain.

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Architizer

MAY 17, 2024

Can Santacilia By OHLAB / oliver hernaiz architecture lab , Palma, Spain This 35,520 square foot (3,300 square meter) residential project in the heart of Palma de Mallorca old town is the result of a careful renovation of two buildings dating back from the 12th or 13th century.

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Deezen

AUGUST 20, 2024

Texas-based studio Moontower Design Build has constructed a "plant-based" cabin in Austin that features cross-laminated timber structural elements and a facade clad in cork. Flooring was finished in thermally treated larch The box has a single-sloped roof that stretches out to shade protruding windows, nooks and a large porch.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

The founders of Takk have created a mobile bedroom for their daughter Elevated on a wheeled base, the structure can be moved around the apartment to accommodate its constantly changing layout, which is the result of Luzárraga and Muiño designing and building a rotation of large-scale architectural works.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

There are countless reasons a building is described as “unusual,” and sometimes, if you’re lucky, it’s a compliment. These “anomalies” can become a building’s signature feature, providing a distinct visual identity and creating impact. Stay up to date by subscribing to our A+Awards Newsletter.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Chilean studio Hebra Arquitectos has completed an elevated home with steel pilotis and a V-shaped roof, aiming to create a building that "floats in the middle of the forest". Exterior walls consist of cypress wood screens and large stretches of glass. The roof is supported by reticular beams, which have a weblike composition.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

Slovenian studio OFIS Arhitekti has completed Frame House, a family home in Ljubljana clad in red-brick tiles that play on the area's pitched-roof buildings. Red brick is traditional material for the pitched 45 degrees-roof residential houses that mostly surrounds the area," said Oman. "Red

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