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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As part of our yearly tradition, we have asked our readers who should win the 2024 Pritzker Prize , the most esteemed accolade in the realm of architecture. Established by Jay Pritzker and administered by the Hyatt Foundation in the United States, the Pritzker Prize honors living architects, irrespective of nationality, whose architectural contributions "have produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity through the art of architecture.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

SHoP Architects has designed a residential tower for Mercedes-Benz in Miami , the first branded real-estate project for the car company in the United States. Overseen by JDS Development Group , and designed in collaboration with a Mercedes-Benz design team, the scheme is centered on the theme: “Timeless Design, Inspired by Miami.” Image credit: JDS Development Group by the Boundary The tower adopts a cube-shaped profile comprised of interconnected geometric bodies.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Los Angeles Aerial. Image via trekandshoot / Shutterstock Cities in the United States are short of millions of housing units. Compounded by other factors, this shortage is radically increasing the cost of both renting and buying houses. Los Angeles is no exception; with 74% of its land zoned exclusively for single-family homes, multifamily housing construction is limited to an extremely small swath of the city, making the construction of new affordable housing difficult.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The former headquarters building was a stereotypical pencil building that merely met the legal requirement for evacuation. Now that it has grown into a global company, a "vertical rainbow" appeared on the facade to express its identity as a paint company offering an infinite variety of colors. Using a newly developed in-house paint for outdoor glass, we applied a gradient coating to tempered laminated glass.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

© Luis Barandiarán architects: Drei Arquitectura y Desarrollos Location: La Plata, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Luis Barandiarán Area: 741.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

CAH Dronten / BDG Architects Zwolle. Image Cortesia de BDG Architects Zwolle Greenhouses are elegant and ingenious structures that incorporate simplicity in design while creating light-filled spaces that shape indoor climates. With walls and roofs composed mainly of transparent or translucent materials, these structures harness solar energy to create a controlled environment.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The latest edition of our curated job highlights from Archinect Jobs features eight employers in the Boston area looking to expand with new, attractive career opportunities. For helpful guidance on how to get that next job, make sure to check out Archinect's Guide to Job Titles series and our Archinect Tips collection. Safdie Architects seeks a Marketing Specialist in Somerville "Safdie Architects is looking for a dynamic, versatile, and curious marketing professional to join our team in Somervi

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Tomito architecture. Image © Marc Goodwin Continuing his work exploring the office spaces of architecture studios from around the world , Archmospheres photographer Marc Goodwin has reached Japan , where he captured the workspace of architecture studios such as Kengo Kuma & Associates , Tato Architects , Akihisa Hirata , and Nori Architects. Collaborating with Marc Goodwin, architect, and writer Samuel Michaëlsson traveled to Japan in the autumn of 2019 to interview the participants, resulti

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A new 3D printed ADU prototype made of concrete and other fire-resistant materials is under construction as part of a demonstration taking place this month in Walnut, California. The first-of-its-kind project was born of a collaboration between the fire departments of both Walnut and Los Angeles. A local couple volunteered to give the host the design for general contractor Builtech Construction Group in the interests of applying lessons valuable for disaster prevention at a time when an influx o

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

© César Belio architects: Emiliano Domínguez architects: Santiago Martínez Location: Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico Project Year: 2023 Photographs: César Belio Area: 226 ft2 Read more »

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF)’s search for a new organizational leader has culminated in the appointment of Tizziana Baldenebro as its next executive director following a national search that began this fall. Baldenebro, who replaces the long-tenured and well-admired Cynthia Phifer Kracauer , has past experience as the director of SPACES , a 45-year-old nonprofit that was founded to encourage community engagement with the arts in northeast Ohio.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

© Matthew Millman architects: CLB Architects Location: Wilson, Wyoming, United States Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Matthew Millman Photographs: Aaron Kraft Photographs: Douglas Friedman Area: 8157.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Wilmington Waterfront Promenade in Los Angeles has opened to the public following an extensive public landscape project by Sasaki Associates. The park seeks to improve public waterfront access near the Port of Los Angeles and expands on the 30-acre Wilmington Waterfront Park that Sasaki completed in 2011. Image credit: Barrett Doherty Image credit: Barrett Doherty The new promenade, designed by Sasaki and Studio-MLA , is described by the team as “the first opportunity for the community

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

© Takashi Uemura architects: Tatsuya Kawamoto + Associates Location: Aichi, Japan Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Takashi Uemura Area: 193.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A new 3D printed ADU prototype made of concrete and other fire-resistant materials is under construction as part of a demonstration taking place this month in the Bay Area city of Walnut Creek, California. The first-of-its-kind project was born of a collaboration between the fire departments of both Walnut Creek and Los Angeles. A local couple volunteered to give the host the design for general contractor Builtech Construction Group in the interests of applying lessons valuable for disaster prev

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

© Shamanth Patil J architects: Design Kacheri Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Shamanth Patil J Area: 5800.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We’re not there yet. In an industry where the gender pay gap has widened in recent years, where all-male panels at conferences are not unusual, and where macho culture still prevails on building sites, a book like this, sadly, still has a place. Writing for The Guardian , critic Oliver Wainwright says he hopes RIBA’s new publication 100 Women: Architects in Practice , which we previewed in December , will encourage competition judges, academic panels, awards juries, exhibitions organ

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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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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

© Cécile Septet architects: COSA Location: 31 Rue du Fer À Cheval 1 a, 44100 Nantes, France Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Cécile Septet Area: 4584.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

From traditional modular cubicles to today’s open collaborative spaces, humans have never stopped changing the way they work. Designed by the One House team led by founder Fang Lei, the interior of the new office of Shanghai Transaction Succeed Industrial Investment, recently unveiled at Shanghai Yuejie Expo Park, is contemporary, minimalist, smart and efficient, incorporating multiple work scenarios to create a “borderless, parallel workspace” “To rethink the office spac

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

© Marcelo Donadussi architects: Mayresse Arquitetura Location: Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Marcelo Donadussi Area: 746.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Identified by its architectural “roots” and natural timber pergola, the form references the butress root system of the native Moreton Bay Fig The post Koichi Takada Architects design residential tower featuring a five-story indigenous artwork on its façade appeared first on Åvontuura.

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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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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

© Tsukui Teruaki architects: Shinsuke Fujii Architects Location: Kanagawa Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Tsukui Teruaki Area: 88.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

the report details the findings of a survey conducted with 500+ RIBA members about AI and what it means for practice and the profession. The post RIBA’s latest report shows 41% of architects are already using AI appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

© Masaaki Inoue / BOUILLON architects: SAKUMAESHIMA Location: Shibuya City, Tokyo, Japan Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Masaaki Inoue / BOUILLON Area: 480.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has unveiled plans for The Kyklos building, a mixed-use office building in Belval, Luxembourg , designed in collaboration with local studio HYP Architects. Aiming to create a building with the "smallest possible carbon footprint", the studios implemented a hybrid construction approach of concrete and 100 per cent recycled steel, using a sustainable-design framework developed by UNStudio to calculate and monitor the building's carbon impact.

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