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Junya Ishigami 'excavates' concrete cave for restaurant and residence in Japan

Archinect

Asked by the client for a space that "has to look as if it has been there and will continue to be there for the longest time," Ishigami responded with a cave-like structure punctured by three courtyards. Junya Ishigami + Associates has completed a residence and restaurant for a French restauranter in the city of Ube, Japan.

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An Architect Couple Turn Their Apartment Into a Venn Diagram of Iconic Design

Dwell

It includes an experimental space used to present their aesthetic to clients. Project Details: Location: Olkusz, Poland Architect: Furora Studio / @furora.studio Photographer: ONI / @onistories From the Architect: " Cornflowers is a 70-square-meter apartment and the home of Diana ?urek urek and Bartosz Girek, founders of Furora Studio.

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Integrating Services and Environmental Control

SW Oregon Architect

Diagramming the essential disciplines of each system; that is, diagramming their controlling characteristics vis-à-vis organization of spaces. CLIENT: Well, now that we have the general form, we have to put in all the guts and see if we can fit them in. Selecting appropriate systems.

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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine

Deezen

Its circular form spans land and water and is designed by Muda Architects as a giant Taiji diagram, or yin-yang symbol, to represent the philosophy of holistic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

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Don’t Let the Internet Design Your Project

Life of an Architect

Since I tend to sketch when I talk, drawings and diagrams are created in real-time, right in front of the client, that reflect our conversation. As I was drawing, I kept saying “This isn’t architecture … this is a diagram. Your house will not look like this.”

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Biosphere by BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group

aasarchitecture

Diagram. Image © BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group. Image © BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group. Image © BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group. Image © BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group. Image © BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group.

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ODA reveals design for 633 SE 3rd Avenue in Fort Lauderdale

aasarchitecture

Diagrams. Image © ODA. Image © ODA. Image © ODA.

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