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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

© Andrés Villota architects: PDG - Pata de Gallo Location: Sangolquí, Ecuador Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Andrés Villota Area: 320.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition for the design of a new harborfront district in the Chinese city of Sanya. Located on the southern tip of Hainan island, the area attracts 80 million tourists each year for its forests and beaches, a demand that is driving the development of the new harbor district.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

© Tim Hursley ; Michael Biondo architects: Eskew+Dumez+Ripple Location: 1 Museum Dr, Greenwich, CT 06830, United States Photographs: Tim Hursley ; Michael Biondo Area: 74500.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Archinect's latest curated jobs roundup from Archinect Jobs highlights 10 architecture and design firms across the country with exciting Landscape Architecture opportunities. To learn more about the various positions firms are offering, make sure to check out Archinect's Guide to Job Titles series. Also, consult our Archinect Tips collection for helpful guidance on how to get that next job.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

© David Grandorge architects: Henley Halebrown Location: Hackney, London, United Kingdom Project Year: 2022 Photographs: David Grandorge Photographs: Nick Kane Area: 2487.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

© Lucas Sager architects: Architectural Pioneering Consultants Location: Chamazi, Temeke, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Project Year: 2017 Photographs: Lucas Sager Photographs: Markus Lanz Area: 2505.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has debuted a new concrete alternative material as part of its participation in the fifth Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB 5) , which is taking place now through February 11th at multiple locations citywide. The firm’s Bio-Blocks technology is being presented as a replacement for traditional Concrete Masonry Units (or CMUs) and can reduce emissions on a project by up to 8% if used at scale.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Rayon. Image © Rayon Rayon , an innovative online design tool that aims to create a new collaborative approach to developing "mundane buildings" within the city , has been selected as part of ArchDaily's 2023 Best New Practices. Founded in 2021 by Bastien Dolla and Stanislas Chaillou, it is a collaborative design software that brings together professionals in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industries.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

A pair of Usonian-period Frank Lloyd Wright homes have hit the market in Galesburg, Michigan, for an asking price of $4.5 million, according to a combined listing posted last week by Christie’s International Real Estate. Located in The Acres, a Wright-designed subdivision that remained unfinished after the architect began work on the more successful Parkwyn Village nearby, both the Samuel & Dorothy Eppstein House and Eric & Pat Pratt House offer approximately 2,000 square feet of p

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Completed in 2023 in Beerseba, Israel. Images by Nimrod Levy. A. Lerman Architects presents the MIDBARIUM, an exceptional park dedicated to fostering environmental awareness on the desert outskirts ('MIDBAR' =.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

All-electric building projects have increased by more than 130% since 2020, according to new data from the American Institute of Architects. The figure is one of several findings from the latest AIA By The Numbers report which provides a detailed analysis of the energy performance of architecture and design firm signatories to the AIA 2030 Commitment. 428 companies reported data as part of the survey, with 23,276 projects reported from 107 countries.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Completed in 2023 in Hangzhou, China. Images by AOGVISION. The Hangzhou Asian Games Village is constructed for the 2022 Asian Summer Olympics, which will be held in Hangzhou, China. It includes the Technical.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

MVRDV has announced the completion of their Van Boven Architecten co-designed Gymnasium Beekvliet renovation project in the Netherlands. The alma mater of both Winy Maas and Theobert van Boven was once the nation’s leading catholic seminary and was later used as an internment camp for political prisoners of the occupying Nazi regime during Worl War II before being modernized into a new grammar school in the early 1970s.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

© Leonardo Giantomasi architects: Taguá Arquitetura Location: Itu - State of São Paulo, Brazil Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Leonardo Giantomasi Area: 650.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

If you're on the hunt for new, exciting architecture and design competitions, take a look at the latest curated picks of challenges listed on Bustler. Featured here are four calls inviting proposals for signature pieces of furniture, new temporary gardens, rural revitalization concepts in China's Shanxiabao Village, and adaptable furniture creations for neglected communities.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

© Mohammadhossein Hamzehlouei architects: Darkefaza Design Studio Location: Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Mohammadhossein Hamzehlouei Area: 450.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Central Saint Martins graduate Luke Talbot has created a portable charger that can be hooked up to rental bikes to allow people experiencing homelessness to charge their phones for free. On display as part of the Design Transforms exhibition at CSM during London Design Festival, MyPowerbank was designed to slot onto the chain of any Santander bicycle – rentable bikes provided by Transport for London – parked in one of the 800 docking stations across the capital.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

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The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Paved Paradise | Henry Grabar | Penguin Random House | $30 As I write these words, the clock is ticking. Just outside, a parking meter stands guard over my Prius, The post <em>Paved Paradise</em> is a useful survey on the state of parking appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Conservation groups including the Twentieth Century Society and World Monuments Fund have called for the 1960s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad , India, to be saved from demolition. The groups made statements following news that the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, which was designed by Indian architect Charles Correa , is set to be demolished as part of Ahmedabad's bid to host the 2036 Olympics.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

as bangladesh becomes the second-largest economy in south asia, a 150-meter-tall tower will stand with architecture by OMA. The post dhaka tower breaks ground to become OMA’s first project in bangladesh appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Dutch studio OMA has unveiled visuals of the geometric Dhaka Tower, its first project in Bangladesh , which "expresses the aspirations of a dynamic nation". The 150-metre-high skyscraper will house offices and be located on the shore of Hatirjheel Lake in a new commercial district at the edge of Tejgaon, Dhaka. Dhaka Tower was designed for developer Shaka Holdings by OMA partner Iyad Alsaka and will be the studio's first-ever project in the South Asian country.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

the practice used a grid of multicolored exterior frames to increase the facade depth to a full meter. The post MVRDV converts mixed-use tower into multicolored women & children’s center in shenzhen appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Palm Springs Art Museum has shared an update on the future of the Aluminaire House three years after acquiring the Albert Frey and A. Lawrence Kocher masterpiece to its permanent collection. The home, which had been lingering in a local storage space since 2017, will now be reassembled and displayed in the museum's south parking lot. ADA compliance mandates had postponed the project even further after the museum was forced to refabricate many of the materials used in its construction, an eff

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

This week on Dezeen , rental website Airbnb unveiled its latest themed holiday home , a grass-and-mud-covered hut underneath a tree hosted by Donkey from the movie series Shrek. Named Shrek's Swamp, the small house, which is being hosted by Donkey while Shrek is away for Halloween, was described as "a stumpy, secluded haven fit for a solitude-seeking ogre".

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