Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2024

SOM has completed work on their Two Manhattan West tower project to culminate the shorter second half of its $4.5 billion mixed-use Manhattan West development in New York City. The four-year construction effort yielded a total two million square feet of new office space that was built above active railroad tracks in what the firm describes as an "extraordinary" advancement of the methods used in urban design, structural engineering, and architecture.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

© Ruben Beilby architects: Busch & Takasaki Architekten Location: 38 Braunschweig, Germany Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Ruben Beilby Area: 140.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2024

ZGF Architects has completed the installation of the decommissioned Space Shuttle Endeavour and orbiter system as a part of their Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center expansion at the California Science Center museum in Los Angeles. The unique project will culminate in a three-level level scheme that includes 150 different exhibitions, the largest of which, a 200-foot-tall central gallery space, is set to be used as a new permanent display for the 122-foot-long retired NASA orbiter.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2024

© Yongbaek Lee architects: Meier Partners Location: Gangneung-si, Gangwon-do, South Korea Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Yongbaek Lee Area: 3222.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Philadelphia ’s Center for Architecture and Design has revealed its rebranding as DesignPhiladelphia, according to an announcement the educational nonprofit made public recently. The name change heralds an expansion of services as an organization, which has been open to the public since 2002. AIA Philadelphia will continue as an anchor tenant, joined by the Community Design Collaborative, PhilaNOMA, Design Advocacy Group, Creative Mornings PHL, and eight new design associations as Residenc

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2024

The AIA’s chief economist Kermit Baker has offered reflections on the economic context facing architecture firms throughout 2024. Baker, who previously shared reflections with Archinect on the industry’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, says that “while 2024 may indeed end up looking a lot like last year, the reasons are likely to be very different.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2024

© Ali Gorjian, Deed Studio architects: Logical Process in Architectural Design Office Location: Jolfa, Isfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Ali Gorjian, Deed Studio Area: 760.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

A group of 11 AEC industry groups in the United Kingdom, including the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Chartered Institute of Building, and UK Green Building Council, have joined together in urging the government toward taking action on restricting embodied carbon emissions in the built environment ahead of an important national election that’s expected for November.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2024

© Oscar Moscoso architects: Ruptura Morlaca Arquitectura Location: Cuenca, Ecuador Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Oscar Moscoso Photographs: Ruptura Morlaca Area: 155.

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Avontuura

JANUARY 31, 2024

NORD Architects is designing a new dementia care facility for Willow Valley Communities which operates care facilities for elderly people The post NORD Architects’ design innovative dementia care home in Pennsylvania appeared first on Åvontuura.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Hangzhou, China. Images by Guowei Liu. Commencing its operations in September 2023, Daguan Primary School (Xiangfu Branch) is a significant component of the Xiangfu Bridge Historic.

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Avontuura

JANUARY 31, 2024

The Cantabrian Maritime Museum, located on Severiano Ballesteros Street in Santander, was conceived as part of an architectural complex. The post Zooco design new concrete structure for restaurant overlooking the Bay of Santander appeared first on Åvontuura.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2024

© Andreaswidi architects: SHAU Indonesia Location: Tasikmalaya, Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, Indonesia Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Andreaswidi Area: 1994.

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designboom

JANUARY 31, 2024

the cascading balconies of the verical development project mimic the dense canopy of an african forest. The post parabolic balconies sprout from sanjay puri’s ‘forest’ workplace in central africa appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2024

© Julien Lanoo architects: Valode & Pistre Location: 59200 Tourcoing, France Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Julien Lanoo Area: 18000.

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designboom

JANUARY 31, 2024

thirteen columns and ten beams form a reflective system, transforming the pavilion into an interactive element that transmits and receives light. The post polycarbonate panels reflect light within minimalist atelier industrial in argentina appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2024

© Natalia Krzisnik From 1987 to 1993, architect Pablo Tomás Beitía set out to transform the former housing complex and rental houses of Argentine artist Alejandro Xul Solar into a museum. The goal was to create a new space that would adapt to exhibition requirements and engage in avant-garde dialogue with the pre-existing structure. Situated in the Palermo neighborhood within the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires , the Xul Solar Museum was designed to serve as a space for cultural encounters.

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Dwell

JANUARY 31, 2024

Buying books for decor isn’t a novel concept, but the internet’s latest design buzzword has taken the popularity of BookTok and other trends and run with them. If you’ve been on social media in the past month, it’s unlikely you’ve evaded "bookshelf wealth." The interior design buzzword entered the canon late last year and by mid-January was crowned " 2024’s first major design trend.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2024

© Hoang Le architects: TRAN TRUNG Architects Location: Cẩm Lệ District, Da Nang, Vietnam Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Hoang Le Area: 100.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2024

New Orleans architecture studio Trahan Architects has designed the USA pavilion for Expo 2025 Osaka , which will include a suspended cube surrounded by LED screens showing American landscapes. The US Department of State and US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel revealed images of the project, which will serve as a "cultural outpost" for the US during the six-month World Expo to be held in Japan in 2025.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2024

© José Campos architects: ATA - Atelier Tiago Antero Location: Porto, Portugal Project Year: 2021 Photographs: José Campos Area: 1378.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2024

Royal Carribbean's near-10,000-capacity Icon of the Seas has set sail on its maiden voyage amid controversy over the environmental impact of its new fuel. The 20-deck-high Icon of the Seas , which is the world's largest cruise ship , set off from Miami on Saturday, headed on its first cruise in the Caribbean. Designed with contributions from Skylab Architecture , Wilson Butler Architects, 3Deluxe and RTKL, the ship weighs 248,663 gross tonnes – around five Titanics – and has room for 7,600 guest

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JANUARY 31, 2024

We live in San Francisco, a city once known for its counterculture, labor unions, hippie communes, and offering of sanctuary to those that felt like outcasts. But decades of cultural The post Lots Will Tear Us Apart is a call for reclaiming type as an architectural project appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2024

Local studio Atelier Hajný has created a charred timber-clad housing block near Prague that references a holiday cabin visited by the client since his childhood. Named Hut-Inspired House, the simple, 180-square-metre house in the town of Říčany is based on the gabled form of cabins near the site that are now being demolished due to the redevelopment of the area.

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Dwell

JANUARY 31, 2024

After a recent revamp, the 1920s Spanish-style home sports pink tile, sage-green accents, and a verdant backyard. Location : 1711 Ensley Avenue, Los Angeles, California Price : $3,995,000 Year Built : 1926 Footprint : 3,276 square feet (four bedrooms, four baths) Lot Size : 0.15 acres From the Agent : " Presenting casual elegance in Westwood’s hot Comstock Hills.

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