Archinect

APRIL 18, 2024

MAD Architects has completed its latest installation for Milan Design Week. The resulting finish offers varying visuals under different lighting conditions while, during the night, lights and mist blur the edges of the materials to give the illusion that the pavilion is floating. Titled ‘Amazing Walk.’

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ArchDaily

JUNE 10, 2024

View this post on Instagram A post shared by JACQUEMUS (@jacquemus) Beyond serving as mere backdrops for fashion shows, architecture often influences fashion collections , contributing spatially to their storytelling, offering material inspiration, and showcasing the connection between structure and shape.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Multidisciplinary designer Jozeph Forakis has unveiled the concept for a luxury superyacht, christened Pegasus, that he described as “invisible both in design and in her environmental impact.” The yacht is distinguished by its reflective façade and its multi-tiered glass wings.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Despite the utilization of technical knowledge, architecture, and interior design also incorporate artistic concepts into their processes. In the context of contemporary society, many of our activities are carried out digitally, from booking accommodation for travel to manufacturing materials and creating art exhibitions.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 30, 2024

The design for Casa Emma was inspired by the space inside Eduardo Souto de Moura 's pyramid design for the Paula Rego Museum in Lisbon. Photo credit: Cesar Bejar Its small 431-square-foot plot restraints necessitated the inclusion of the skylight to resolve both space and ventilation concerns.

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ArchDaily

JULY 21, 2023

Image © Mujib Ojeifo In Lagos , a city with a complex urban fabric that includes historical buildings and vast interpretations of contemporary architecture, lies PatrickWaheed Design Consulting (PWDC). These projects brought the Laterite finishing technique to life and now help build the case for a Nigerian architectural language.

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designboom

OCTOBER 22, 2024

caneplexus blends tradition with modern design, offering sustainable architectural and décor solutions crafted from natural materials. The post smart, eco-conscious architecture and décor inspired by nature’s finest materials appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Image Cortesia de Cosentino Whether through small samples of materials or a digital collage, a moodboard is a valuable project tool for architects and designers; an inspiration board with colors and elements to guide choices. Parisien Blue.

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Archinect

MAY 26, 2023

For this installment, we're featuring a term central to current conversations on how architects can use artificial intelligence in the design process. Generative design" is a technology-driven design process that employs algorithms and/or artificial intelligence (AI) to develop optimized design solutions.

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Archinect

JULY 19, 2022

Ennead Architects and Kahler Slater , together with the Milwaukee Public Museum, have unveiled the design for a new five-story, 200,000-square-foot museum building atop a 2.4-acre acre site in Milwaukee ’s Haymarket neighborhood. It is on track to be the largest cultural project to date in the city.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

© Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO Every year, design competitions unwittingly push the creative envelope, setting new benchmarks for architects and designers worldwide. These contests don't just celebrate innovation—they fuel it, inspiring the next wave of boundary-breaking projects. Read more »

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Archinect

JUNE 2, 2022

Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a nine-story, timber -structure department store in Tokyo , presenting an elegant retail space that features several green-building practices. Its design ensures the maximization of daylight and passive thermal comfort while using natural materials.

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Archinect

MARCH 27, 2023

WoodWorks has announced the winners of the 2023 Wood Design Awards, an annual showcase of the industry’s most inspiring applications of mass timber and wood in building designs across the United States. Investing in a more sustainable future deserves to be recognized.

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Archinect

JANUARY 25, 2023

World-renowned Australian industrial designer Marc Newson has revealed his contribution to the Nippon Foundation’s ongoing The Tokyo Toilet public design project. Photo: Satoshi Nagare, courtesy of The Nippon Foundation The design for the public restroom was inspired by elements central to vernacular Japanese architecture.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Image © MVRDV MVRDV has revealed its design for Monaco, a six-story office building situated in Munich's transforming Werksviertel neighborhood. MONACO building. This region, previously known for its industrial past and later as a cultural hotspot, has been evolving into a dynamic work-and-leisure district since 2016. Read more »

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Photo credit: Design team The three predominant materials to be used in the scheme’s construction are concrete for the primary form, local larch for the inner railing, and stainless steel for the outer railing.

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Archinect

JULY 25, 2024

The concept blends material inspiration and creative spatial configuration together with form. Photo: Metipat Prommomate The team of four architectural designers explains their work: “By us. Today, we’ll highlight a new coffee shop in the country's third-largest city, Nakhon Ratchasima, called French Kitsch III.

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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Ocean Grove Surf Life Saving Club takes inspiration from the nature of Victoria’s sandstone coastline to guide its form and materiality. The post Wood Marsh design a dune-like clubhouse near Melbourne appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

APRIL 12, 2023

has announced the launch of an interior design service that offers “professional, one-on-one interior design at an affordable price.” ” The service sees customers schedule an appointment online to connect with an IKEA interior design expert and embark on virtual sessions to establish a design for their space.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Plasterwork influenced by Mallorcan villas lines the walls of this home in Los Angeles that designer Rob Diaz custom built himself. The brief for the four-bedroom, five-bathroom property in Studio City "was to design a home using all natural materials", according to Diaz, who has developed several single-family homes across the city.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Its reflective quality has broadened the scope of texture and color combinations, giving rise to a fresh aesthetic for interior design. To inspire this trend, we explore various methods for incorporating aluminum or similar materials into your space.

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Archinect

JUNE 9, 2023

A four-bedroom home in midtown Toronto designed by Dubbeldam Architecture + Design, Garden Circle House is a response to the client’s desire for a sustainable home inspired by nature, connected to the outdoors and awash in daylight. It also uses spatial s.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Established in 2018 as a collaborative venture after working for large, established firms, the small studio of five seeks inspiration in the rugged beauty and self-reliant spirit of its Pacific Northwest environment.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The Paris-based architect will be the 22nd designer of a Serpentine Pavilion, an annual event that began with Zaha Hadid’s commission in 2000. Ghotmeh’s work sits at the intersection of architecture, art, and design, with particular consideration given to social conditions, environments, and materials.

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ArchDaily

JULY 10, 2024

© Rory Gardiner | Chowdhury Walk - Al-Jawad Pike The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has unveiled the 26 winners of the 2024 RIBA National Awards for Architecture, recognizing the finest examples of UK architecture and showcasing the country’s design and social trends. Read more »

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Deezen

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The realities of climate change have driven another big year in material innovation in 2024. One of the first textile-to-textile recycled polyesters is Kvadrat 's Ame, which was developed with designer Teruhiro Yanagihara. Remli reimagines waste materials from Tokyo as new vernacular materials," said We+.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The office interior was designed to be demountable , with visible screws used in place of glue. Colours, materials and biophilia have been used to enhance wellbeing and connectedness with nature within the studio," said Tengbom. The studio placed meeting rooms in the centre of the plan In the open-plan areas, everything above 2.6

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2024

This extension is designed using raw materials such as stamped concrete and stone on the ground. The extension aims to offer a living space more closely linked to the garden. The project is the composition of simple vertical and horizontal planes freeing up a significant length of glazing.

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ArchDaily

JULY 16, 2023

Dubai is not only a thematic focus but also the final destination of the international contest, for which the winners will be announced during the Dubai Design Week. These are questions that inspired the contest. Read more »

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Mallet-Stevens' design merges Modernist ideals with a luxurious, functional aesthetic that breaks sharply from traditional styles, creating a space defined by clean lines, balanced proportions, and innovative materials. Read more »

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

At its heart, Architizer’s A+Product Awards celebrates products and materials that redefine the possibilities of design, technology and sustainability within architecture. As Stantec ‘s Hamidreza Khademi noted, “The finalists and winners embody sophisticated design, blending ingenuity, aesthetic appeal, and tangible impact.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Similarly, the way of materials science is to produce new materials from all things nature with an eye for the future. The designer Fang Lei is inspired by the Daoist idea of "Dao giving birth to all things".

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ArchDaily

JULY 6, 2023

The relationship between architecture and fashion can also be seen in the shared design principles, such as form, proportion, human scale, and materiality. More than a simple background for runway shows, architecture can contribute to setting the atmosphere, becoming a source of inspiration, and orienting the movement through space.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

The design of a new pedestrian and cycle bridge in a major park in Sydney by Australian firm Sam Crawford Architects (SCA) was inspired by the shape of ‘bara’ eels and their migration to the Pacific Ocean from the very pond it traverses.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

lotus theory 1 debuts 3-seater, wedge-shaped, reverse-doored concept car made from only 10 materials. The post esprit-inspired lotus theory 1 conceptualizes robotic skin 3-seater supercar appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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designboom

OCTOBER 3, 2024

from the case to dial and lugs, the watch brand carves the rock material into their recent timepiece, set to be auctioned as a one-off model in december 2024. The post toledano & chan carves meteorite as b/1m watch prototype inspired by brutalist architecture appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image © Iwan Baan The ICONIC AWARDS 2023: Innovative Architecture –awarded by the German Design Council – honors the best achievements in architecture, pioneering interior and product design, outstanding brand communication and a particularly innovative use of materials in the architecture sector.

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