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Transcending Typology: 6 Ways Architects Are Transforming New Spiritual Spaces

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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. The result is a versatile place of worship that utilizes humble materials and honors the structure’s environmental context.

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Beijing International Horticultural Exposition- Hong Kong Garden // Architectural Services Department

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Instead of deconstructing the sensation into a formal structure, the deployment of urban fragments resembles a cohesive form of impressionable memory. The Horticultural Garden features edible and medicinal planting that are rarely used in contemporary public space design. © Architectural Services Department.

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PURE NFTEA Tea House, Shenzhen, China

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First, the designers utilized the existing conditions by adding beams, which are parallel to the triangle, to the existing columns and creating new decorative columns at the joints. In this way, an asymmetrical yet balanced frame was constructed on the horizontal plane, defining a new space in a deconstructive manner.

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8 Ways Architects Served Up Spectacular Hospitality Spaces in 2022

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The white monolithic forms are a contemporary iteration of the traditional vernacular native to the island’s rural areas. The internal temperature is naturally regulated by the homes’ thick stone walls, which have a high thermal capacity, and age-old shading resources such as reeds and climbing plants are utilized throughout.

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“God Is in the Details”: 7 Architectural Moments to Make Mies Proud

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Given the complexity of contemporary architecture, the list of details that can define the success or failure of a building goes on forever. The project began with the careful deconstruction of administrative buildings that pre-existed on the site.

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Zhejiang Private Penthouse | YuQiang & Partners+EK Design

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Considering functions and environmental protection, the designer did not reorganize the apartment’s structure but divided the functional layout of the space utilizing deconstructionism while proceeding from the perspective of creativity and art. A generally light-colored wooden veneer forms the bedside background wall.

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The Arbor House, Aberdeen, Scotland

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Designed for a mature couple relocating from a rural village into suburban Aberdeen, The Arbor House is a contemporary, cantilevered home organised over two floors with slim Larch batten cladding punctuated by expansive glazing. The Arbor House replaces a dilapidated stone steading that extended the length of the tree-lined plot.

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