Archinect
JANUARY 30, 2025
The Planet City project by director and speculative architect Liam Young has been acquired by MoMA for the museum’s permanent collection. As we described in our 2021 coverage of the project’s launch , Planet City is centered on an imaginary city for 10 billion people, the entire planetary population, allowing the world beyond the city’s borders to re-wild and rejuvenate.
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JANUARY 30, 2025
Villa Verde Housing / ELEMENTAL. Image Suyin Chia From May 10 to November 23, 2025, a carbon-neutral housing project designed by Elemental , the firm led by Pritzker Prize winner Alejandro Aravena , will be showcased at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The project aims to combine the Chilean office's expertise in social housing with the construction products of Holcim (the company behind the Holcim Foundation ) to create a prototype for resilient and affordable housing.
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Archinect
JANUARY 30, 2025
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has concluded its new National Housing Survey with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the results of which indicate a larger-than-anticipated shortfall of between 4 and 7 million units that is only expected to grow over the next five years. "It is estimated that 69% of Americans are very concerned about the rising cost of housing," the Conference’s CEO and Executive Director Tom Cochran said.
ArchDaily
JANUARY 30, 2025
Cdric Dasesson architects: Martino Picchedda Location: Simala, Sardinia, Italy Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Cdric Dasesson Area: 500.
Speaker: Dylan Secrest
Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.
Archinect
JANUARY 30, 2025
This week's edition of our curated career roundup from the Archinect Job board features 11 architecture and design firms in the New York City area currently in search of interior designers. To look up specific job titles from the architectural profession, consult Archinect's Guide to Job Titles series. Also, follow our Archinect Tips series to improve your portfolio, resume, interviewing skills, and increase your overall chances of getting that next job.
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Archinect
JANUARY 30, 2025
Omar Gandhi Architects has offered insight into their completed White Rock retreat in Nova Scotia’s Gaspereau River Valley. Built atop a steep rocky incline, the scheme responds to its surrounding context which is both the unceded territory of the Mi’Kmaq indigenous community and an active agricultural community. Image credit: Ema Peter Image credit: Ema Peter Designed as a retreat rather than a conventional cottage, White Rock is intended to provide a remote setting with minimal env
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JANUARY 30, 2025
Willem Pab architects: Dominic Spalt Architektur Location: Schaan, Liechtenstein Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Willem Pab Area: 182.
Archinect
JANUARY 30, 2025
The arts funding organization United States Artists has awarded grants to five architects and designers as part of the 2025 United States Artists Fellowship. As with previous years , each fellow will receive a $50,000 grant to support their “boundary-pushing work and contributions to their respective fields.” The five fellows from the Architecture and Design category join recipients in eight other fields, namely Craft, Dance, Film, Media, Music, Theatre & Performance, Traditional
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JANUARY 30, 2025
Kim Fohmann architects: super future collective Location: Frther Strae, Nuremberg, Germany Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Kim Fohmann Area: 150.
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Kryton International leads the way in integral waterproofing solutions for concrete, helping architects, engineers, and developers protect their projects from moisture-related damage. With Kryton's Krystol Internal Membrane (KIM) technology, concrete becomes inherently waterproof, extending the lifespan of structures while minimizing maintenance. This proven technology is trusted worldwide for its ability to self-seal micro-cracks, protect against water ingress, and withstand harsh conditions.
Archinect
JANUARY 30, 2025
A new project from UNStudio in Chongqing , China, that has gained attention as the first WELL Platinum-certified residential project in the country’s Southwest region is being shared by the firm along with photos detailing its ability to deliver a high quality of living for inhabitants of the city’s dense urban environment. Photo: © Kris Provoost/UNStudio The 18T Mansion is so-named for a historic 18-step well located on its site footing the Yuzhong peninsula.
ArchDaily
JANUARY 30, 2025
Vinay Panjwani and Ishita Sitwala architects: Hiren Patel Architects Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Vinay Panjwani and Ishita Sitwala Area: 20000.
Deezen
JANUARY 30, 2025
Chinese studio Muda Architects has added a series of glazed commercial spaces topped with snaking rooftop walkways to the Lujiatan Wetland Park in Chengdu. Located in the city's Wenjiang district, the Lujiatan Wetland Park Commercial Service Center also features a double-helix observation tower that overlooks the surrounding natural landscape. Sinuous accessible roofs top the Lujiatan Wetland Park Commercial Service Center.
ArchDaily
JANUARY 30, 2025
Jang Mi (Courtesy of the Architect) architects: one-aftr Location: Sokcho-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Jang Mi (Courtesy of the Architect) Area: 17.
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Deezen
JANUARY 30, 2025
More than two decades after the retirement of the Concorde, American aircraft company Boom Supersonic has achieved supersonic flight with its XB-1 prototype in a test flight above the Mojave Desert. Tuesday's test saw the aircraft fly faster than the speed of sound, accelerating to Mach 1.122 (860 miles per hour) in three high-speed runs over the course of 35 minutes.
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JANUARY 30, 2025
Stphane Chalmeau architects: Guine et Potin Architects Location: La Roche sur Yon, France Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Stphane Chalmeau Area: 1150.
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JANUARY 30, 2025
It's been a year since Oklahoma City's Legends Tower was first announced. Here we outline the key facts about the supertall skyscraper that is vying to be the tallest building in the United States. The Legends Tower by architecture studio AO Architects (AO) has fascinated readers, provoking disbelief and curiosity from critics and the public alike. If completed, it would be the tallest building in USA and the sixth tallest in the entire world.
ArchDaily
JANUARY 30, 2025
Cortesia de Moderna Buenos Aires At the intersection of the inevitable influence of the international modern movement and Argentinian architectural tradition , the Austral Group emerges, a collective of architects proposing a reinterpretation of Le Corbusier's rationalism, adapting it to the particularities of the local context. In this framework, we can speak of an international architecture that is not merely incorporated but can be considered "appropriated" architecture, meaning it is rooted
Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network
In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.
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JANUARY 30, 2025
« Erwan Bouroullec asked the LVA architectural studio, founded by Guillaume Le Dévéhat and Charlotte Vuarnesson, to carry out his project to rehabilitate an old farm in Burgundy (France). A long and meticulous project under the sign of benevolence, respect and collective intelligence, with the aim of respecting the existing, enhancing the traces of the past, ancestral gestures and giving this place a character that is both versatile and longlasting.
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JANUARY 30, 2025
Completed in 2024 in Belgium. Images by Olmo Peeters.
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JANUARY 30, 2025
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced a major renovation of the Muse du Louvre in Paris, which will add a second entrance and dedicated exhibition space for the Mona Lisa. Named the New Renaissance project, the major renovation of the world's most visited museum was announced by Macron during a visit there earlier this week. According to the French president, an international competition will be launched to find a team to carry out the work.
ArchDaily
JANUARY 30, 2025
Leonardo Finotti architects: Metro Arquitetos Location: Masp, So Paulo, SP, Brazil Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Leonardo Finotti Area: 82,667 ft2 Read more
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A new industry study conducted by Architizer on behalf of Chaos Enscape surveyed 2,139 design professionals to understand the state of architectural visualization and what to expect in the near future. We asked: How are visualizations produced in your firm? What impact does real-time rendering have? What approach are you taking toward the rise of AI?
Archinect
JANUARY 30, 2025
Designing in suburban housing developments is, in general, an urbanistic challenge of considerable scale: their layouts rarely stem from overarching strategic intentions for the city, limiting its ability to consolidate its identity and urban characteristics or enhance them, both in terms of urban performance and the quality of life it provides. The result is, in most cases, the construction of buildings that do not establish relationships with their surroundings, fail to create meaningful place
designboom
JANUARY 30, 2025
inspired by the spa's original peat-processing mechanism, the hall functions as a musical transformer' to adjust its spatial and acoustic properties to various events. The post petr hjek transforms historic spa into concert hall with retractable shell in czech republic appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
JANUARY 30, 2025
The need for the burgeoning ADU market in the Southern California market is commanding a closer look. As such, here’s an interesting project from Michael Matthews Studio, which was just named a Citation Award winner at the AIA Los Angeles Design Awards in December. Image courtesy Michael Matthews Studio Working for a relocated client on a sloping 0.6-acre parcel in the San Diego area, Matthews’ Barrel Cactus ADU is a 1-bed/1-bath 1,050-square-foot design attached to a one-story midce
Deezen
JANUARY 30, 2025
Maggie's CEO Laura Lee may have commissioned more starchitects than anyone else. In this interview , she explains the cancer support charity's approach to picking designs for its buildings. Named after its co-founder Maggie Keswick Jencks, a Scottish writer, artist and garden designer who died of breast cancer in 1995, Maggie's is known for using quality architecture to create welcoming spaces in its support centres, which are always located on the site of cancer-specialist hospitals.
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