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JANUARY 18, 2024
Completed in 2022 in Thailand. Images by DOF Sky | Ground. This project, “ARQ” is designed to be a house for a small modern family, where all of the spaces need to serve the functions efficiently. As all of.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
The shortlist for the 2024 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture — Mies van der Rohe Award has been announced, with 40 works selected from 362 nominated projects. The shortlisted projects are spread across 20 European countries, with Spain leading the list with six projects. Belgium and Germany each have four projects, meanwhile. The award, operated on a biennial cycle , recognizes projects completed within the last two years, chosen to "highlight and disseminate today’s
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JANUARY 18, 2024
© R. Hjortshoj - Kaktus Towers Status In 2017, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) unveiled its designs for a project in central Copenhagen. The project features an urban IKEA store, a budget-friendly hotel , and residential apartments connected by green spaces. As a significant part of the development, BIG designed two high-rise residential towers known as “KaKtus Towers,” which are linked by a raised public park connecting them.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
Dive into this week's curated job roundup as we spotlight eight architecture firms on the lookout for architects and designers experienced or interested in passive house design. To learn more about previous coverage explore our 2017 op-ed piece from Zack Semke " How Passive House Design Can Propel the Clean Energy Transition in Architecture " and a previous interesting job piece highlighting how passive house design can shape one's career.
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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.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
Opt Oog Column / Blast Studio. Image Courtesy of Blast Studio In architectural design, our interactions with non-human organisms have predominantly involved creating barriers to exclude them from the human realm. What if we were to adopt a different approach? Interspecies design is a movement that puts non-human organisms—fungi, insects, and various animals—on an equal footing with humans.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
© Agostino Osio and Alberto Moncada, courtesy OMA and Prada For the Fall/Winter Prada 2024 menswear show, AMO has designed a space that draws inspiration from two contrasting elements of modern life: office interiors and the natural landscape. Transforming yet again the space of the Deposito Hall at Foundation Prada in Milano , the designers have chosen to create a contrasting image of seemingly opposite elements: rows of office chairs illuminated by the white glow of LED lights, standing over a
Archinect
JANUARY 18, 2024
The latest satellite development of Saudi Arabia’s NEOM project, a new mountainside resort destination called Aquellum, has been launched, along with other initiatives meant to promote sport, leisure, and tourism in the Gulf of Aqaba region. The coastal development, which appears to feature the same concept for a self-styled "zero gravity urbanism" that defines The Line megacity’s internal layout, is slated to include luxury retail and hotel amenities along with art galleries and a s
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JANUARY 18, 2024
© Steven Bingler This article was originally published on Common Edge. The Healthy Cities movement is a strong but sometimes underappreciated planning concept with its roots in the complex structure of the human body. Formed in the 1970s, it transcends the current paradigm of building, roadway, and open space planning to address a more complex and systemic view of community life.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
The notion that factory-built modular homes can serve as the salvation to America's vexing housing crisis has increasingly come under scrutiny, a report summarized recently in Business Insider. A crippling lack of widespread success for modular housing startups can be attributed to state and federal manufacturing regulatory barriers, a lack of builders’ experience, investors’ overconfidence, local building codes, persistent social stigmas about prefabricated homes, and an overall lac
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JANUARY 18, 2024
© Fran Parente architects: Gui Mattos Location: Boa Vista Farm, Porto Feliz, SP, Brazil Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Fran Parente Area: 2429.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
Get Lectured is back for another semester with a look at the different events and programs being offered this spring at the University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Vancouver. Events begin on Monday, February 12 with a panel discussion on local political obstacles to affordable housing featuring professors Cameron Murray, Mark Roseland, and Thomas Davidoff.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
Cathédrale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Douala. Image © Alain Fokou Cameroon boasts a rich architectural heritage of Catholic Christian worship buildings. These buildings encompass various styles, including contemporary designs, Terracotta brick explorations, and Gothic , and Byzantine architectural influences. Since the arrival of missionaries and colonial communities in 1890, numerous religious buildings have been constructed with the involvement of local communities.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
The Mosoni-Danube estuary water facility was built at the eastern end of Szigetköz in Hungary, in the area of Vének, at the mouth of the Mosoni-Danube, at the middle of the waterway connecting the North and Black Seas, in the 1794 km section of the Danube Originally the flood gate was envisaged as a strictly engineering facility on Torda Island opposite the Gönyű fluvial harbour, at the confluence of the Mosoni-Danube and the Danube.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
© Alexandru Fleșeriu architects: TEKTUM Location: Házsongárd Cemetery, Avram Iancu street nr 26-28, Cluj-Napoca, Romania Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Alexandru Fleșeriu Area: 317.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
Climate fatalism stands in the way of a sustainable future but designers and architects are in an ideal position to overcome it, writes Katie Treggiden. The mainstream media is finally waking up to the realities of climate change. As wildfires, floods and storms wreak havoc across the world, journalists and activists far braver than me are speaking truth to power to make sure we all know just how serious this thing is.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
© Tatjana Plitt architects: BENT Architecture Location: Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Tatjana Plitt Area: 451.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
the entrance to the interior is achieved through a suspended staircase that leads to a semi-open gallery encircling the living spaces. The post zayat arquitectura encases ‘house in the clouds’ with perforated panels in argentina appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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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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JANUARY 18, 2024
Completed in 2021 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Images by Matej Hakár. Café Výklad is located in Banská Bystrica, on the ground floor of a house that has been rebuilt several times in the past. The very last renovation.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
casa sabater has been designed by fran silvestre arquitectos to descend gradually down a grassy hillside in alicante, spain. The post fran silvestre shapes this casa sabater by its sloping coastal site in spain appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
Casa Tijolo / AZL architects © Iwan Baan A considerable part of architectural innovation involves the use of materials. Technical development and new formal languages utilize them to "announce" the "next" architectural era. Of course, materials are essential for construction and significant for the consolidation of languages. Glass, steel, concrete, or brick convey messages about buildings.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
A private roof terrace enclosed by greenery features in Hidden Garden House, a Sydney home reconfigured by Australian studio Sam Crawford Architects. Situated within a conservation zone, the home has been updated by Sam Crawford Architects to brighten its dark interior and transform it into an urban "sanctuary". An open-tread staircase has been added to the hallway Alterations to the 198-square-metre home's interior are first seen in its entrance, where a stair with open treads and a white-steel
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Aerial imagery has emerged as a necessary tool for architecture, engineering, and construction firms seeking to improve pre-construction site analysis, make more informed planning decisions, and ensure all stakeholders have access to an accurate visualization of the site to keep the project moving forward. Download our guide and take a deeper look at how aerial imagery can be leveraged to drive project efficiency by reducing unnecessary site visits and providing the accurate details required to
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JANUARY 18, 2024
© Qiang Zhao architects: UAD Location: Sanqing Mountain Scenic Area, Yushan County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province, China Project Year: 2019 Photographs: Qiang Zhao Photographs: Ke Yang Area: 6425.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
From the JPMorgan Chase headquarters in New York designed by UK architecture studio Foster + Partners to be "all-electric" to Miami's first supertall skyscraper, we round up eight skyscrapers coming to the United States. In various stages of development, the projects below are underway, with Jahn Studio 's 1000 M in Chicago and SOM' s Two Manhattan West already at full height in their respective cities.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
Poetic Daylight / Louise Grønlund. Image Courtesy of VELUX The International VELUX Award for Students of Architecture returns in 2024, offering students the opportunity to innovate the concept of daylight in the built environment. The award has grown considerably since its launch and attracts competitors from all around the world, spanning 800 schools, 130 countries and amassing over 6,000 projects to date.
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JANUARY 18, 2024
British studio Tikari Works has completed an outbuilding for a south London residence that is framed by a latticed timber roof structure and configured to weave around a Lebanese cedar tree. Tikari Works crafted the project, named A Room Around a Tree, to have a minimal impact on the woodland setting while accommodating a versatile internal space and adjoining terrace for the client's family.
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