ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
© Dylan Perrenoud architects: Giona Bierens de Haan Architectures architects: Leopold Banchini Architects Location: Geneva, Switzerland Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Dylan Perrenoud Read more »
Archinect
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
In a year marked with highs and lows, the Archinect editorial team has spent another year watching, listening, and reporting on the events of 2023. With the holidays drawing near and the year coming to a close, we pause to extend our gratitude to our dedicated readership and collaborators. Join us as we reflect on the events of this year, from riveting breakthroughs in the industry to contemplative revelations in professional practice and academia and the moments that left us shaking our heads.
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ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Dansk Arkitektur Center - Changing Our Footprint. Image © Rasmus Hjortshoj In a bid to explore new materials and methods for more sustainable construction, Henning Larsen opens the “Changing our Footprint” exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center in Copenhagen. The initiative, open from November 17, 2023, until March 3, 2024, aims to showcase ideas for more climate-friendly architecture and to start conversations on architecture and construction’s role in mitigating the effects of climate ch
Avontuura
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Situated between The Royal Danish Opera and Paper Island, The Opera Park offers a green escape from the bustling life of the city. The post The Opera Park opens in Copenhagen, providing a green oasis amidst a bustling urban development appeared first on Åvontuura.
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ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Drawing. Image Courtesy of French 2D In Greater Boston's city of Malden, Massachusetts , an inter-generational community of thirty households hired an architecture firm and collectively designed their cohousing community. Responding to the cohousing community's request for collective living in an urban setting , French2D designed a typology-challenging building with individual residential units connected by a framework of shared spaces.
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ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Completed in 2022 in Viby, Denmark. Images by Mikkel Frost. Human-sized lily pads, rainwater, and preservation of ecosystems. CEBRA's design of Aarhus Vand headquarters celebrates natural water environments.
Deezen
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
International architecture studio NBBJ has proposed a conceptual design for lab buildings that features a modular interior layout as one solution to underutilized infrastructure in cities. The concept proposes a science building that can adapted to fit other use cases, such as residential, and then be converted back into laboratories if needed. "The Regenerative Lab is a springboard concept — a provocation intended to explore ideas rather than a design meant to be inserted into a city as is," sa
ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia While exploring the 18th International Architecture Exhibition , the ArchDaily team had a chance to engage in conversation with several curators of the national pavilions , along with Lesley Lokko , the curator of the entire exhibition. The discussions delved into the unique character of this year’s edition focused on an understanding of Africa as a “Laboratory of the Future.
Deezen
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Mexican architecture studio Lucio Muniain has created Casa HMZ, a brutalist house with raw board-formed concrete walls in San Luis Potosí, Mexico. Completed in January 2023, the 8,600-square foot (800-square metre) house – known as Casa HMZ – was designed as a sculpture that you can live in, and follows Mexican architect Luis Barragán 's approach of creating moments of mystery and discovery in addition to the traditional living spaces.
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ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Completed in 2023 in Geel, Belgium. Images by Johnny Umans. A private pool with a canopy and pergola creates a new ‘garden room’ at the back of the garden. The wooden structure gets a soft blue color. This.
Deezen
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Belgian architecture studios Mamout and Stéphanie Willocx have refurbished a 1960s home in Hoeilaart, stripping away previous extensions to celebrate the "spirit and quality" of its original design. Located in a wooded area, the Belgian home was originally designed in 1962 for a group of musicians. It comprises a brick and glass pavilion and a concrete blockwork garage, which step down its gently sloping site.
ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Aerial view of Saint-Louis Island, Senegal. Image © scholesphotography Located 270km north of Dakar , the capital of Senegal , and near the border with Mauritania, is the Island of Saint-Louis. It is a prominent colonial city in West Africa , known for its blend of Mediterranean architecture with a tropical climate. Saint-Louis was founded by the French Colony in 1659 as its first trading post on the Atlantic coast of Africa.
Deezen
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
The strength and availability of bamboo give it the potential to be as dominant in construction as concrete and steel, argues Atelier One engineer Chris Matthews in this interview. "This idea that we have a sheet of rigid, extremely polished buildings, built from all kinds of steel and concrete, it has to change," Matthews told Dezeen. "Bamboo has a real part to play as a low-carbon material, and it needs to be part of the toolkit that we have moving forward," he continued.
Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network
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ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
© Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma architects: Croxatto y Opazo Arquitectos Location: La Laguna, Zapallar, Valparaíso, Chile Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Cristobal Palma / Estudio Palma Area: 85.
Deezen
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
The process of using bacteria to colour textiles has been brought to a commercial scale by British company Colorifix, which hopes to cut the fashion industry's use of toxic chemical dyes. Shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award , Colorifix has brought several pigments to market since its founding in 2016 including indigos, mauves, pastels and beiges – all made by bacteria that was genetically engineered to produce certain colour-making enzymes.
ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Completed in 2022 in Brasília, Brazil. Images by Haruo Mikami. The project started from the demand for a house that could be built in the shortest possible time. All its modularity, finishing options and choice.
World Architecture Community
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
The second iteration of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial has kicked off on Ç November ”' in Sharjah, focusing on innovative design solutions emerged from the conditions of scarcity in the Global South. The ”' Sharjah Architecture Triennial is curated by Lago.
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ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
© Arch-Exist architects: Qu Peiqing Studio Location: No.23 Tangyan Road, Yanta District, Xi'an, China Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Arch-Exist Photographs: Zhang Xiaoming Camera Team Photographs: Aoge Jianzhu Brand Promotion Group Photographs: Leon Photography Studio Area: 78500.
Deezen
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
A new design trend prioritises the needs of bugs and animals above human beings. Rima Sabina Aouf finds out if "interspecies design" is the next step in creating more sustainable spaces and objects. An exhibition designed to invite in animals, a garden optimised for the senses of pollinators rather than humans and architecture designed with nooks in which birds and insects can nestle form part of the novel approach.
ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Courtesy of Terrazzo & Marble Initially conceived as a way to use fragments from marble construction waste , terrazzo is a material widely used around the world, with its modern roots dating back centuries to Venice, Italy. Its aesthetic is unmistakable, characterized by mottled patterns and a wide range of colors poured onto the floor. It is not surprising that this material is widely appreciated by architects in various types of projects due to its unique appearance.
Deezen
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
A brick, steel and timber structure is left exposed in this office interior in Sydney , which local firm Cox Architecture has revamped to house its own studio. Cox Architecture removed previous alterations to the structure, which occupies five floors of the heritage-listed Metcalfe Bond Stores warehouse in Tallawoladah, to highlight its original features and complement them with pared-back, flexible workspaces.
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ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
© Sreenag BRS architects: KSM Architecture Location: Vallam, Tamil Nadu 631604, India Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Sreenag BRS Area: 7600.
Deezen
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
London gallery Themes & Variations has opened an exhibition of furniture , lighting and sculpture by designer Tom Dixon that spans his over 40-year career, which he says is "like having a visual psychotherapy session". The Tom Dixon: Metalhead exhibition features 52 pieces, including the designer's 1986 welded metal chairs that were exhibited at Themes & Variations in 1987 in the early stages of his design career.
ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Courtesy of Foster + Partners The final steel beam on JPMorgan Chase’s new headquarters was placed this week, reaching a height of 423 meters. Designed by Foster + Partners , the project at 270 Park Avenue in New York takes up to 14,000 future occupants. The event was attended by Norman Foster, founded and executive chairman of Foster + Partners, JPMorgan Chase Chairman & CEO Jamie Dimon, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and local officials in the city.
Deezen
NOVEMBER 23, 2023
Dezeen School Shows: a San Francisco fish market transformed into a bathhouse is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the Academy of Art University in California. Also included is a foldable and portable bed that combines a sleeping surface with storage for people who lack safe and stable housing and a house in Palo Alto that has a living green roof.
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