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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

With our Get Lectured series, showcasing upcoming public lectures at architecture schools, well into the current Spring academic term , it's a great opportunity to take a look back and let the Archinect audience be the judge of the graphic prowess the 32 poster designs we presented during the Fall 2023 term had to offer. In our most recent poll last September, the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture took the top prizes for their Fall '22 and Spring '23 lecture poster designs, wh

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

© Clemens Poloczek architects: Atelier st architects: Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH Location: Moränenweg 14, 04349 Leipzig, Germany Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Clemens Poloczek Area: 265.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In this week's curated employer highlight from Archinect Jobs , we are featuring five architecture and design firms with current openings in New York City/Brooklyn , Los Angeles , and San Francisco/Sausalito. For even more opportunities, head over to the Archinect job board and explore our active community of job seekers , firms , and schools. Foster + Partners is seeking two Architects, one in the firm's San Francisco office and the other in Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Relámpago House / h3o architects. Image: © José Hevia Often associated with an industrial aesthetic, metal has become more prevalent in residential and commercial architecture. Its reflective quality has broadened the scope of texture and color combinations, giving rise to a fresh aesthetic for interior design. Consequently, architects and designers increasingly incorporate metallic surfaces to define floors, benches, and other furniture elements, thereby defining spatial layouts and infusing th

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Harvard Graduate School of Design has opened a new exhibition titled FOREST FUTURES aimed at examining the historical relationship between human settlement and forestry practice with an eye toward the mutual concerns and extraordinary risks shared by each in our present-day Anthropocene. The exhibition was organized by Professor of Landscape Architecture Anita Berrizbeitia and was born out of the FORESTS: History and Future Narratives seminar taught by Berrizbeitia at the GSD in the Fall of

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The winners have been announced for the 2023 International Design Awards (IDA). Founded in 2007, the annual program seeks to “recognize, celebrate, and promote exceptional design visionaries” in the fields of architecture, interiors, graphics, fashion, and product design. The 2023 edition of the awards attracted thousands of submissions from almost 80 countries.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The recently released “ Abijo Mosque Documentary ” explores the journey of designing and building the Abijo Mosque in Lagos , Nigeria. The documentary provides a detailed narrative of the design process and the cultural context around the new structure. Designed by Patrickwaheed Design Consultancy (PWDC) , the mosque is a testament to the integration of traditional materials and contemporary architecture.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

LACMA ’s Unframed blog recently profiled the work of contractor Clark Construction to build the concrete structure for the Peter Zumthor -designed $750 million new David Geffen Galleries extension. The concrete will be left untreated to match its architect’s long-established aesthetic and elevate the "hand of the craftsman." Work will now commence on the installation of the 347,500-square-foot gallery’s interior walls, plus its exterior facade glazing, MEP systems, and roof-lev

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

© Yadnyesh Joshi architects: amoeba design Location: Pune, Maharastra, India Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Yadnyesh Joshi Area: 2600.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The building seems simple : a mineral terrace architecture extending mainly over a single floor, in the hollow of the valley which protects like a mother. The post Amelia Tavella Architectes create a fossil building for the Piton de Cabriès School appeared first on Åvontuura.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

© Pedro Mascaro architects: Nitsche Arquitetos Location: São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Pedro Mascaro Area: 194 ft2 Read more »

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

A renovation of the historic Paul Revere Williams -designed Blind Children’s Center (BCC) is underway in Los Angeles. The 80-year-old structure that preceded Williams’s seminal St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis and other hospital designs in Southern California by twenty years is now being remodeled and modernized to match the expanded needs of the BCC community for a new century.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Completed in 2022 in Klatovy, Czech Republic. Images by Honza Zima. The authors approached the complete reconstruction of a spacious apartment in Klatovy, Czech Republic, with care worthy of the treatment of family.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The name “Casa Libre” is the choice of the owners who worked with our team and who shared their dreams and desires for their permanent home. And why this name for the house? The “house” as a home, around a cosy patio and “Libre” for its transparency, lightness and space of freedom, both architecturally and in actual living.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

© Kawasumi・Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office architects: Nikken Sekkei Location: Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Kawasumi・Kobayashi Kenji Photograph Office Area: 21775.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

NEOM has recently announced Norlana, an ultra-modern active lifestyle community, as the latest addition to the evolving regional development in northwest Saudi Arabia, created by 10 Design. Situated on the Gulf of Aqaba’s coastline, Norlana creates a unique environment where an exclusive community of 3,000 residents will enjoy contemporary luxury fused with advanced technology, setting a pioneering standard for sustainable modern living.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

House MF / alarciaferrer arquitectos © Federico Cairoli Is it possible to assert the existence of a timeless material in architecture from an aesthetic standpoint? Undoubtedly, wood and concrete emerge as strong contenders, not only due to their representation of the solidity, volume, and mass of buildings but also because they provide a broad range of aesthetic possibilities in projects.

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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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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Japanese brand Karimoku Case has redesigned an apartment on a hilltop in Tokyo , using wood and a neutral colour palette to create a "calm and serene atmosphere". Named Azabu Hills Residence, the project was designed by Karimoku Case – a studio developed by Karimoku Furniture in collaboration with design studios Keiji Ashizawa and Norm Architects. The studio used the project as an opportunity to optimise the use of local zelkova wood which is increasingly underutilised.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

© Till Schuster architects: Atelier. Schmelzer. Weber architects: Fitschen + Partner Location: Salzwedel, Germany Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Till Schuster Area: 300.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

FGMF arquitetos sculpts its casa subtração using cut-outs in concrete planes, infusing interiors with native plant-life. The post FGMF arquitetos revamps brazilian modernism with house of voids ‘casa subtração’ appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

© Chao Zhang architects: Daxing Jizi Design Location: Tai Ping Qiao Gong Yuan, Huang Pu Qu, China Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Chao Zhang Photographs: UCCA Area: 300.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

South African architecture studio SAOTA has completed an angular residence in the Los Angeles hills meant to provide privacy while drawing in the "calmness and serenity" of the surrounding landscape. The Stradella Ridge house sits on a steep, triangular property in Bel Air, an affluent neighbourhood in the foothills of the Santa Monica mountains. The elevated site provides sweeping views of the undulating terrain and the distant ocean.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Cortesia de SolarLab, Photo by doublespacephoto.com Autonomy and freedom during the design process are invaluable resources for architects, especially when defining a volume and choosing materials, systems, and solutions for a building. The flexibility of these elements must not only promote their harmonious integration within a structure but, above all, allow architects to incorporate them without the need to change their initial concepts.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

British studio RSHP has unveiled plans to overhaul the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, France , adding an extension to exhibit the 70-metre-long, historic tapestry. RSHP 's design will involve restoring the existing 17th-century museum and extending it to better display the embroidered cloth that depicts the lead-up to William I's conquest of England in 1066.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

© Matilde Viegas architects: fala Location: Porto, Portugal Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Matilde Viegas Photographs: Francisco Ascensão Photographs: Rory Gardiner Photographs: Giulietta Margot Photographs: fala Read more »

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