Archinect

MAY 31, 2024

Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill has announced a new partnership with the Swiss energy storage company Energy Vault Holdings that will produce a series of prototype designs for deployable structures and vertical energy storage units up to 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). Led by SOM Partners Adam Semel and Scott Duncan in collaboration with Burj Khalifa ’s structural engineer Bill Baker, the initiative will be the first such technology to integrate gravity-based energy storage technology within the

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ArchDaily

MAY 31, 2024

© Fidel Gallaga As dwellers of big cities, we tend to be dragged into a very fast-paced lifestyle. Surrounded by monumental buildings and infrastructure, we can easily lose sight of key spaces that connect us with our neighborhood and provide us with rare moments of peace and enjoyment. Appropriation of the environment we inhabit becomes an uncommon circumstance.

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Archinect

MAY 31, 2024

The latest survey of landscape architects released Wednesday by the American Society of Landscape Architects includes updated information on incumbent design trends and project valuations, indicating a further shift in priorities nationwide under the looming threat of climate change. According to the survey, significant (10% or more) increases in the demand for climate-based solutions have been recorded by at least 70% of all respondents.

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Avontuura

MAY 31, 2024

The challenge was to create a sustainable vacation home on Terschelling, seamlessly integrating into the dune landscape of West Aan Zee. The post Escape to this breathtaking vacation home integrated into the dune landscape of West Aan Zee appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

MAY 31, 2024

Reflecting upon her activities during the recently passed Architecture Week in Detroit, AIA President Kimberly Dowdell outlined the need to engage with the key K-12 demographic in order to cultivate and better prepare the next generation of American architects to match the challenges they and the country will face tomorrow. "If we want to engage the best young talent to help us grow our profession in the future, we must start now.

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Archinect

MAY 31, 2024

Following our previous look at an opening for an Exhibition Designer at the Philadelphia Museum of Art , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for an Architect at Shigeru Ban Architects. The role, based in New York City, calls for an individual with 6 to 10 years of experience, working to develop documents for cultural, community, and residential projects.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2024

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have devised a way of cheaply producing low-carbon concrete at scale by making use of waste cement and the steel industry's electric arc furnaces. The method developed by the engineers involves recycling old cement from demolished buildings by heating it up and reactivating the compounds within it. Key to the innovation is how this process is executed: by piggybacking off the existing electric-powered furnaces used to recycle steel.

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Archinect

MAY 31, 2024

This edition of Bustler's curated picks of noteworthy architecture and design competitions features four calls seeking talented architecture students in need of support towards the costs of education, progressive designs for the new Gangbuk-gu office complex in Seoul, South Korea, modular systems capable of retrofitting existing structures and enhancing public spaces in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and exceptional projects that reflect the best possibilities of building with structural steel.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2024

American studios SOM , Ross Barney Architects, Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects and Arup have unveiled designs for a "satellite concourse" at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Named Satellite One, the terminal will provide additional gates for airlines that operate out of Chicago and space for layover passengers. It will service international and national flights.

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Archinect

MAY 31, 2024

With 2024's halfway mark quickly approaching, it's a good time to look ahead at some of the exciting festivals, conferences, and exhibitions the architecture and design community has in store for June. From the roster of ongoing and upcoming events listed on Bustler , here is our curated selection of recommendations worth checking out.

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Architizer

MAY 31, 2024

Architects: Want to have your project featured? Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Amsterdam is a city where water and architecture intertwine. Renowned for its picturesque canals, Amsterdam has embraced its aquatic identity to inspire a new wave of modern architecture. These innovative structures, often perched along the city’s waterways, reflect a harmonious blend of historical reverence and futuristic design.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 31, 2024

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri, is slated for a major expansion. Museum officials announced this week that Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) has been tapped to manage The post Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art announces competition for major expansion appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2024

Dezeen Showroom: following the 2024 edition of Clerkenwell Design Week in London, we've compiled 12 designs that UK -based studios have listed on Dezeen Showroom. Among the products is a lighting collection that draws on railway infrastructure by design studio Novocastrian , a modular sofa system by furniture company Isomi and designer Paul Crofts with parts made from offcuts of cork , and a chunky solid oak coffee table by furnishing brand Dare Studio.

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Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

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Architectural Record

MAY 31, 2024

Painstaking material restoration guided the landmark building’s transformation—from a symbol of urban blight to the heart of a forward-looking innovation district.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a project questioning the shape of chairs is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Also included is a project investigating the impact of technology and data on the environment and another consisting of interactive objects that aim to spark conversations around childbirth. Oslo National Academy of the Arts Institution: Oslo National Academy of the Arts School: Design Department Course: Master in Design, Interior Architect

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 31, 2024

Brought to you by: Architect: Arquitectonica Location: Palm Springs, Florida Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info Arquitectonica’s latest work, a residential development in Palm Springs provides a tenable model The post Arquitectonica constructs Palm Springs development from interlocking block system appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2024

Dezeen Showroom: office furniture brand Bene worked with London-based studio Pearson Lloyd on a modular furniture system designed to foster flexible and adaptable workplaces. Points intends to enhance both collaborative work and focused individual tasks, as well as overall wellbeing. The system helps to zone open-plan office interiors The aluminium structures are freestanding and flexible, meaning they are not constrained by being attached to the building and can be reconfigured as needed, inclu

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 31, 2024

On the altar of an 1850s gothic revival church, 12 students and a small team of instructors dress a rough wood-stud-and-drywall construction with tape and mud. The next day, the The post From a repurposed church in Buffalo, artist-architect-educator Dennis Maher leads the Society for the Advancement of Construction Related Arts appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2024

Design Shanghai , New Designers and NeoCon are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this June. Other events taking place during the month include design festivals London Festival of Architecture and 3 Days of Design. Above: The Craft Not Carbon pavilion at the 2023 London Festival of Architecture. Photo by Agnese Sanvito.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 31, 2024

Brought to you by: Architect: DXA Studio Location: New York City Completion Date: 2024 View More Project Info DXA Studio, a New York–based practice, has added a 20-story residential tower The post DXA Studio fronts Maverick Chelsea with a faceted precast concrete facade appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2024

A full-size home interior installed inside the Triennale Milano showcases furniture and homeware by French designer Inga Sempé alongside dirty dishes, hanging laundry and personal trinkets. The Imperfect Home is a retrospective exhibition showcasing over 100 objects developed by Sempé since she founded her Paris-based studio back in 2001. The Imperfect Home features over 100 objects designed by Inga Sempé Designed with interiors office Studio A/C , the installation is a 1:1 scale home with seven

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MAY 31, 2024

In Ketchum, Idaho, it’s common to see dogs chasing after balls in a field that was once a golf course. The 65-acre Warm Springs Preserve was acquired by the city The post In Idaho, Superbloom is restoring a natural floodplain into a public park on the site of a former golf course appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Hotel Designs

MAY 31, 2024

Hotel Designs Saudi’s Hottest Hotels 2024 Saudi’s Hottest Hotels 2024 Deputy Editor Megan Christopher dives into Saudi’s hottest hotels, discovering how these hotels are pushing the design boundaries and redefining luxury hospitality in the Kingdom… With Saudi Arabia remaining as one of the top travel destinations in 2024, as stated in Wego’s Top Destination List , the country is undergoing a phenomenal transformation and at the heart of this evolution lies a surge

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Dwell

MAY 31, 2024

Joshua Bell and his dad have plans to expand their Ontario contracting company by creating custom homes that start at $155K CAD. Welcome to Tiny Home Profiles , an interview series with people pushing the limits of living small. From space-saving hacks to flexible floor plans, here’s what they say makes for the best tiny homes on the planet. Know of a builder we should talk to?

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designboom

MAY 31, 2024

the concrete facades still preserve a sense of visual continuity, evoking a connection to the vast mexican landscape The post latticed stone motifs punctuate casa que da’s folded concrete body in cerritos, mexico appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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