ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Future of Fifth - Typical Block. Image © New York City Hall The mayor of New York City, Eric Adams, along with the Future of Fifth Partnership, announced plans to transform Fifth Avenue, between Bryant Park and Central Park, into a pedestrian-centered boulevard. The project includes expanding sidewalks by 46%, reducing traffic lanes, improving pedestrian safety with shorter crosswalks, and adding greenery and lighting.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Bates Smart ’s new Embassy of Australia building in Washington D.C. has been announced as the winner of this year’s Australian Timber Design Award. The annual prize, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, highlights superlative timber designs and building products as a means of advocating for their various applications within a well-defined "ethos.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© 11h45 architects: Maignial Architectes & Associés Location: Montpellier, France Project Year: 2023 Photographs: 11h45 Area: 7300.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Look below for Archinect's latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs. This week's featured employer highlight includes openings in New York City , Los Angeles , and Boulder, Colorado. For even more opportunities, visit the Archinect job board and explore our active community of job seekers , firms , and schools.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Miyashita Park / Takenaka Corporation + Nikken Sekkei. Image © Nacása & Partners In recent years, Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have become a significant model for delivering large-scale infrastructure projects around the world. These partnerships bring together the strengths of both the public sector, represented by governments or municipalities, and the private sector, combining their resources , expertise, and investment power.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

From inked drawings on tracing paper, to highly detailed digital 3D models, the role of the architect has evolved, and next-gen design software is empowering today's architects with valuable data and design flexibility. In the past, the work was meticulous and required great manual effort, with every line and detail drawn by hand using rulers and other tools.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

HOK ’s Anica Landreneau, the chair of the U.S. Green Building Council ’s LEED Steering Committee, has sat down for an in-house interview published by the firm in a preview of the changes contained in the LEED v5 update. The new changes align with the Paris Agreement, AIA 2030, MEP 2040, SE 2050 and ASLA 2040 plans. "The top priority is rapid decarbonization to address the urgency of the climate crisis.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© Fotes In the Czech river valley of the Berounka near Prague, Stempel & Tesař Architekti have created an extraordinary private residence. The elongated structure is primarily made of steel and glass, featuring oversized air-lux sliding windows. The entire volume juts out into the landscape like a pier. Villa Sidonius embodies the purest form of view and overview.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The State of California has announced a new wave of grants through its Earthquake Soft-Story (ESS) program that will offer homeowners small $13,000 grants to be used in seismic retrofits. The grants apply to qualified homeowners in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles and could be a potential windfall for architects with expertise in such projects.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh architects: Tamouz Architecture & Construction Group Location: Tehran, Iran Project Year: 2018 Photographs: Mohammad Hassan Ettefagh Area: 4420.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A new study funded by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) using climate data to predict the cost of maintenance for military facilities threatened by extreme weather events has outlined new approaches for estimating condition loss and reduction of services. The findings, which can be applied to civilian organizations with similarly large building portfolios, aim to "understand the risks that may be present in certain buildings and building systems" with the aid of a specially-developed damage m

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© Eduardo Macarios architects: Michel Macedo Arquitetos Location: Pato Branco, Brazil Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Eduardo Macarios Area: 3369 ft2 Read more »

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Coinciding with World Mental Health Day earlier this month, Archinect launched a new edition of our Mental Health Survey to hear directly from YOU , our readers, and feel the pulse of the architecture community. How's the current stress level? What is helping you reduce anxiety? Is COVID still playing a factor? Has the overall mood improved, stayed the same, or worsened since last year's survey ?

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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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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© Tomoyuki Kusunose architects: Souta Yoriki Design Office Location: Goto, Japan Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Tomoyuki Kusunose Area: 119.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The results of the recent Kharkiv Housing Challenge have been shared by Buildner as part of the Kharkiv Masterplan project from the Kharkiv City Council, UNECE, the Norman Foster Foundation , Arup , and the Kharkiv Architects Group. Norman Foster , Farshid Moussavi , and seven other jurors representing both Ukraine and an international community of architects, NGOs, and academics met to choose three Prize Winners and six Honorable Mention designs that were built around civilians’ safety, e

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© Federico Farinatti architects: BDR bureau Location: Sforzacosta, Italy Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Federico Farinatti Photographs: Area: 530.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

White-painted brick is a characteristic of facades in Heerlen’s province of Limburg, and forms the cladding of the four-storey new Municipal Offices, penetrated by big square windows that echo those of architect Peutz’s City Hall (1942). The new volume floats above the ground on a glazed plinth. Entering at street level from the northern side, you can see right through to the lobby.

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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?

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© Stefan Leitner architects: LOVE architecture and urbanism Location: Wien, Austria Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Stefan Leitner Area: 43550.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Garden stair house is an extension to a 1960th vacation home on the south coast of Sweden. The house is situated alongside a garden stair that continues into the house becoming an amphitheater for socializing, watching movies or playing video games. Doing an extension in a quite complex terrain we decided to continue the expression of the existing building in materials and colors and let the local adaptions and shifts in heights become our main design opportunities.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© Kenta Hasegawa architects: 1110 Office for Architecture Location: Ueda, Japan Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Kenta Hasegawa Area: 101.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The results of the recent Kharkiv Housing Challenge have been shared by Buildner as part of the Kharkiv Masterplan project from the Kharkiv City Council, UNECE, the Norman Foster Foundation , Arup , and the Kharkiv Architects Group. Norman Foster , Farshid Moussavi , and seven other jurists representing both Ukraine and an international community of architects, NGOs, and academics met to choose three Prize Winners and six Honorable Mention designs that were built around civilians’ safety,

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© Simon Devitt architects: Parsonson Architects Location: Wellington, New Zealand Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Simon Devitt Area: 240.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Construction has begun on the 400-metre-high, cube-shaped Mukaab supertall skyscraper in Riyadh designed by AtkinsRéalis, which will be the world's largest building when it completes. Designed as the centrepiece of the 19-square-kilometre New Murabba development in northwest Riyadh, Mukaab is now officially under construction with excavations underway, according to its development company.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

© Ivo Tavares Studio architects: Tisem Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Project Year: 2022 Photograph: Ivo Tavares Studio Area: 200.

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designboom

OCTOBER 22, 2024

the house rises subtly from the hillside terrain before revealing its full circular structure, complete with solar panels and a green roof. The post fluid concrete residence by donaldson + partners emerges from california’s hillside terrain appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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