ArchDaily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

© Studio IKSHA architects: Earthscape Studio Location: Anaikatti, Tamil Nadu, India Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Studio IKSHA Area: 1800.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2023

A new project from this year’s Pritzker Prize laureate, David Chipperfield , was announced recently as the architect of a new western expansion plan for the Design District in Miami. Local developer Craig Robbins made the news public in earlier December via Instagram. The plan will reportedly include a high-end luxury hotel, a residential component, and an undisclosed total of retail spaces.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

© Yumeng Zhu architects: People's Architecture Office Location: TANKO Park, Mentougou, Beijing, China Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Yumeng Zhu Photographs: People’s Architecture Office Area: 300.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2023

A team from Drexel University has published their research into a self-healing system for concrete. The team, operating in the University’s College of Engineering, embedded bacteria in their concrete system that, when activated by water, can repair cracks in the concrete. Named ‘BioFiber,’ the Drexel system sees a polymer fiber encased in a bacteria-laden hydrogel and a protective, damage-responsive shell.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

© André Mortatti architects: Pablo Lanza Arquitetura Location: Itu - Estado de São Paulo, Brazil Project Year: 2020 Photographs: André Mortatti Area: 887.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

© Eron Costin architects: Estúdio 41 Location: São José do Rio Preto, Estado de São Paulo, Brazil Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Eron Costin Area: 230.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The Department of Architecture and Design at MoMA recently announced its slate of Spring 2024 programming, highlighted by an exhibition that retraces the development of modernism in Latin America from the pre-war outset to its critical demise as the movement in the early 1980s. Beginning in March of next year, ‘Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940–1980’ will look closely at the growth of modernism through an industrial and entrepreneurial lens using a selection of

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Courtesy of Horomystudio architects: Horomystudio Location: Russia Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Courtesy of Horomystudio Area: 284.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2023

If you're in search of new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. Featured below are four calls inviting short films expressing innovative ways of analyzing architecture, design schemes for a badminton and fitness complex in Shenzhen, student-led projects that reimagine the boundaries of wood construction in the urban environment, and the best in hand and digital architectural delineation.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2023

A "mountainous" zigzag roofline and bright yellow balconies define the ParkLife apartment block in the Brunswick neighbourhood of Melbourne , designed by local studio Austin Maynard Architects. The block is located within Nightingale Village, a collection of six apartment buildings by different architects for housing not-for-profit Nightingale Housing that all demonstrate its development model, aiming to create housing which is "environmentally, socially and financially sustainable".

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2023

UCLA has purchased the former Westside Pavilion shopping mall near its campus, reports The Real Deal. The 580,000-square-foot office known as One Westside was formerly been leased to Google for a 14-year term, but was left vacant as the company’s staff reductions began in January of this year ended the deal. The Gensler project was partially completed in 2022 at a cost of $475 million.

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designboom

DECEMBER 29, 2023

each line on cemento sol's cement sidewalk tiles indicates a specific business such as a bank, grocery store, hospital, accommodation, and more. The post sidewalk tiles with numbered lines let the visually impaired know the shop they’re passing by appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2023

New research from two U.S. universities has drawn a link between socially vulnerable populations and urban heat island effect. The team, drawn from the University of Texas at San Antonio and Pennsylvania State University , used Philadelphia as a case study to summarize how more vulnerable people live in neighborhoods that are “less green and that get hotter.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Architect Patty Hopkins and lighting designer Michael Anastassiades have been awarded OBEs in King Charles III's New Year Honours list. Also recognised in the list were designers Samuel Ross and Frances Mary Sorrell, along with architect Audley English and Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith. Patty Hopkins (above) and Michael Anastassiades (top) were awarded OBEs Architect Patty Hopkins, who founded Hopkins Architects with her husband Michael Hopkins, was made an Officer of Order of the B

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Just three large office towers — of more than 500,000 square feet — are being built across New York City, with two expected to open in 2024 or 2025 and nothing else projected to go up for years. Normally, a handful of sites that size would be in various stages of construction, with at least one opening every year since 2018, according to JLL, a real estate services firm.

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The Architect's Newsletter

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Developer Scot Matteson has revealed plans to build a whopping 1,750-foot supertall smack dab in the middle of Oklahoma City. If built, Matteson’s ambitious Oklahoma City tower would be second The post A 1,750-foot supertall designed by AO may be coming to Oklahoma City, marking the country’s second tallest building appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2023

2023 proved to be eventful for architects, landscape architects, educators, and design professionals as we reflect on the exciting wins and recognitions of the year. The past twelve months have featured an exemplary group of professionals changing the industry. From individuals championing sustainability, DEI efforts, social justice, and academia, to those recognized for their work and contributions to the field of architecture and the built environment.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2023

American architecture studio Far + Dang has created Linear Cabin in the Woods for multiple families, using black metal to help the elongated building disappear into its natural setting. Tucked into a forested site, the project is located in Broken Bow, a town in southeastern Oklahoma that sits within the foothills of the Kiamichi Mountains. Far + Dang created a long Oklahoma cabin for three families The cabin was designed to serve as a nature retreat for three families from Dallas.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Rounding out our look back at the highlights of 2023 on Archinect and Bustler , we have compiled a countdown of the year's most popular competitions. From the hundreds of architecture and design contests listed here , these were the top 10 competitions based on reader popularity.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2023

As part of our review of 2023 , Dezeen readers have voted Casolare Scarani by Studio Andrew Trotter the best house of 2023. After more than 500 votes, the renovation of an abandoned 19th-century school in Puglia was the clear winner, with a third of readers picking it from the poll that ran throughout December. Readers picked Casolare Scarani as this year's best house.

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designboom

DECEMBER 29, 2023

federico babina imagines thirty chairs through the lens of thirty artists with his latest illustration series of 'artchairs.' The post illustrator federico babina imagines 30 ‘artchairs’ by 30 iconic artists appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 29, 2023

This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter examines the arguments supporting and opposing the recent proposals for an MSG Sphere in London and features an interview with French fashion designer Christian Louboutin. In recent weeks, a pressing question has emerged: should London build a Sphere ? Dezeen takes a closer look at both sides of the debate. Madison Square Garden Entertainment, the creators of the venue, wanted to build a Sphere in Stratford, east London, but encountered resistance from cr

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designboom

DECEMBER 29, 2023

at CES 2024, LG reveals a two-legged AI robot that can also converse with the users, patrol their homes, and analyze their voice and facial expressions. The post LG unveils two-legged AI robot that controls home appliances and devices on its own appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Dwell

DECEMBER 29, 2023

In 2023, the co-living landscape was all about "mommunes," "boommates," and "co-buying." It’s estimated that by 2030, about nine percent of the world’s total population will live in just 41 megacities, and that by 2050, two out of every three people will live in cities or urban areas. Housing costs continue to skyrocket, with U.S. single-family rents rising an estimated 30 percent since February 2020.

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designboom

DECEMBER 29, 2023

xiaomi’s self-driving SU7 is the tech brand’s first electric sedan which can achieve a 0 to 100 acceleration in 2.78 seconds using the self-developed engine and battery. The post xiaomi debuts SU7, its first self-driving electric sedan made of die-casted alloy appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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