Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

A £10 billion ($13.4 billion USD) master plan for London’s Earl’s Court district has been submitted to planning officials in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea before the commencement of construction on its first phase in 2026. The plan covers 7.5 million square feet and includes 4,000 new residential units plus a 4.5-acre park and 2.9 million-square-feet office component.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Centro Comunitario Productivo Las Tejedoras by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba. Image © JAG Studio The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) has announced the winner of the fifth MCHAP.emerge award: the Community Production Center Las Tejedoras in Guayas, Ecuador, designed by Natura Futura architect José Fernando Gómez and architect Juan Carlos Bamba.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Neri Oxman , the former MIT professor and winner of the 2018 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award , has launched a new operation called OXMAN Lab and based in New York City. Promising a "radical new species of design practice," Oxman, who is collaborating with Foster + Partners on the realization of its 36,000-square-foot space on 11th Avenue in Manhattan, described it as a "design and innovation company that creates new technologies, products, and environments across a range of scales and applic

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

© Zhi Xia architects: SHUISHI Location: Zhong Wei Shi, China Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Zhi Xia Photographs: Yuan Xie Area: 6866.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The winner of the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) Cycle 5 Emerging Practice Award has been announced as the Community Production Center Las Tejedoras in Chongón, Ecuador. Architects José Fernando Gómez Marmolejo (of Natura Futura ) and Juan Carlos Bamba are credited to its design and say their architectural partnership has “continuously explored how architecture can respond to the unique needs of Latin America’s smaller cities and communities.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Work on the first-ever LEED Platinum theater in the United States has commenced in New York’s Hudson River Valley. By summer 2026, the new 14,850-square-foot permanent home for the Hudson Valley Shakespeare company from Studio Gang , the Samuel H. Scripps Theater Center, will welcome guests to open air performances on its donated 98-acre campus in Garrison.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

© Andrey Avdeenko architects: Architectural team of Dmytro Volyk and Ksenia Donetska Location: Dnipro, Ukraine Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Andrey Avdeenko Photographs: Yevhen Savchenko and Oleg Melnikov Area: 14500.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

But for Mr. Ive, Jackson Square also represents personal reinvention. Few people walk away from their profession’s premier job. Even fewer start over again. A self-professed control freak, Mr. Ive decided that he had fretted enough over the snugness of each iPhone box, the layout of every Apple Watch component and the curve of every iPad corner.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

© David Foessel architects: Laure Friès Architecture Location: Val de Chaise, France Project Year: 2024 Photographs: David Foessel Photographs: Read more »

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In September 2024, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut the target range of interest rates for the first time in four years. The move was long anticipated by AEC commentators, who hoped that the lower cost of borrowing would begin to pull the sector out of a two-year stagnation in business conditions. We explore what the interest rate cut means in the context of 2024’s architectural business conditions with input from Phillip Ross, partner at the AEC division of financial firm Anchin.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

© Marina Lima architects: CLUBE architects: Marc do Nascimento Location: Centro Histórico de São Paulo, Brazil Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Marina Lima Photographs: Javier Agustin Rojas Area: 60.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Neri Oxman , the former MIT professor and winner of the 2018 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award , has launched a new operation called OXMAN and based in New York City. Promising a "radical new species of design practice," Oxman, who is collaborating with Foster + Partners on the realization of its 36,000-square-foot space on 11th Avenue in Manhattan, described it as a "design and innovation company that creates new technologies, products, and environments across a range of scales and applicatio

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

© Juha Ilonen architects: Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects Location: Rufisque, Senegal Project Year: 2001 Photographs: Juha Ilonen Area: 330.

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Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we are highlighting four briefs seeking student-led designs of a new multi-modal transit center for West Baltimore, multi-disciplinary projects exploring alternative modes of cohabitation with all living things, student design plans for commercial spaces incorporating color, and exceptional urban design projects by students that focus on improving areas in Philadelphia.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

© Katie Kutuzova architects: STUDIO SHOO Location: Northern Avenue, Yerevan, Armenia Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Katie Kutuzova Area: 144.

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Avontuura

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Danish energy giant Norlys recently inaugurated its first ev charging park, soon to be followed by double-digit locations across Denmark. The post ADEPT completes EV charging park for Danish energy company Norlys designed for disassembly appeared first on Åvontuura.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

broken stone-filled wire mesh formwork defines the lodge's main wall, blending with the landscape. The post repurposed metal pipes elevate bamboo lodge emerging from ecuadorian rainforest appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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World Architecture Community

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Danish architectural practice ÖXN has completed a new sports arena in Munich&#Öü;s Olympic Park, Germany. Named Sportarena Olympiapark Munich – SAP Garden, the ÜÖ,öââ-square-metre building unites sports and the local community i.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

unfolding like a wooden ribbon, collection architectes' walkway mirrors the soft curves of the surrounding hills. The post belvedere’s wooden promenade by collection architectes floats above vineyards in france appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Smack dab in the middle of Seattle is a freshwater lake known as Lake Union. The South Lake Union neighborhood has lived multiple lives: It was originally home to the The post Miller Hull led the renovation of Seattle’s Lake Union Piers, making it the firm’s first EMission Zero project appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Hotel Designs

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Hotel Designs GROHE to open its first UK Specification Hub GROHE to open its first UK Specification Hub GROHE has announced its plans to open its first UK Specification Hub at the iconic Business Design Centre in Islington, London. Here’s what we know… Set to open by the end of 2024, GROHE will join a number of renowned names in design and interiors at the exhibition centre.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has completed an all-electric, affordable housing complex in Santa Monica called 1819 Pico, which departs from the area's typical "defensive apartment buildings" with their solid walls and fences. Located across the street from Santa Monica College, the residential complex – also known as Brunson Terrace – was designed for a half-acre corner site.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

basalt, a volcanic rock, makes up 30% of the facade, adding a rugged elegance to the house's cubic forms and sharp lines. The post rugged basalt and aging steel intertwine to shape YODEZEEN’s sierra house near kyiv appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a residential skyscraper in Downtown Manhattan created by Rafael Viñoly Architects using an "unconventional approach". The Greenwich is a 274-metre high, 88-storey skyscraper containing 272 residences, comprised of a glass tower with curved corners with two I-beam-shaped structural supports running through the centre of the tower.

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The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In the past 72 hours, Tropical Storm Helene has killed at least 22 people. Houses, infrastructure, and roads in Florida have been decimated. Sanderling Beach Club, a 1952 building designed The post Paul Rudolph’s Sanderling Beach Club destroyed by Tropical Storm Helene appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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