ArchDaily
JULY 15, 2024
Building Energy Saving Retrofit in Liu Lian Primary School / FORWARD STUDIO. Image © Tianpei Zeng Evolving urban conditions call for an evolving builtscape, and retrofits have been a key mechanism to allow buildings to adapt and respond to new needs. Amidst global environmental concerns, climate retrofits have become a popular strategy to upgrade buildings based on improved operational efficiency.
Archinect
JULY 15, 2024
The winners of this year’s World Architecture Festival WAFX Awards have just been announced, featuring a group of more than 30 future projects. Each seeks to shape the world, facing the major architectural issues plaguing both society and the planet today, while evoking the WAF's future-forward theme of 'Tomorrow.' Many proposals highlight ideas whose social benefit was intended for a diverse and wide-ranging global community beset by wars and struggling with the changing environment.
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ArchDaily
JULY 15, 2024
© Francisco Ascensão architects: fala Location: Porto, Portugal Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Francisco Ascensão Photographs: Ivo Tavares Studio Photographs: Giulietta Margot Area: 50.
Archinect
JULY 15, 2024
UK mainstay Grimshaw has announced the launch of a new online platform that will help accelerate the decarbonization of buildings. It follows a two-year development phase that relied on the support of 20 other industry organizations, including the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, RIBA , Architecture 2030 , and the World Green Building Council.
Speaker: Dylan Secrest
Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.
designboom
JULY 15, 2024
emerging from the lush forests of mexico's valle de bravo, a home titled copas has been completed by PPAA. The post mexican studio PPAA curates minimalist ‘copas’ house to open onto lush treetops appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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Deezen
JULY 15, 2024
Australian practice SSdH has completed Stewart House, the renovation of a home in Melbourne that preserves the brick-clad building's original 1970s character. Located in the Brunswick suburb, the single-storey home has a brown-brick exterior and tiled roof typical of an era of rapid development in the area. Despite not being listed, SSdH saw the home as having future heritage value and approached its renovation based on the principles of the Burra Charter – the standard for heritage conservation
Archinect
JULY 15, 2024
Construction input prices fell by 0.3% in June, according to the latest Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index. For the month, Nonresidential construction input prices declined by 0.4%. Overall construction input prices are 1.1% higher than year-ago levels, while nonresidential construction input prices are 0.7% higher.
Deezen
JULY 15, 2024
Porcelain lions, nine-tiered pagodas and a lotus-shaped chandelier feature in Buckingham Palace 's newly refurbished east wing, which has opened to the public for the first time in its 175-year history. The east wing at London's Buckingham Palace , which opened this month, houses a series of decadent interconnected rooms including the centre room, which leads to the palace's famed balcony overlooking the Mall.
Archinect
JULY 15, 2024
A new exhibition inspired by the rise of the creator economy amongst builders and tradespeople has taken over the Canadian Centre for Architecture this summer. Curated by Hester Keijser, madskills: Self-Documenting Construction on Social Media investigates popular worker-made social media posts documenting unique construction skills on-site and in a viral manner.
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Deezen
JULY 15, 2024
Making our buildings more colourful would be an easy and effective way to achieve the aims of Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign, writes Laura Guido-Clark. When Thomas Heatherwick launched his Humanise campaign in 2023, skepticism came fast and furious. Decrying the negative psychological and public-health effects of what the designer calls "boring buildings", the campaign issues a well-meaning cry for interesting, soulful buildings that are better for people.
Archinect
JULY 15, 2024
The Queens Botanical Garden is a nexus of botanical and cultural exploration for one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the United States, Queens County. The Visitor & Administration Center is a built extension of the Garden’s mission: to demonstrate environmental stewardship while celebrating the cultural connections between people and plants.
Avontuura
JULY 15, 2024
ÅVONTUURA is excited to introduce the most visual architecture guide to Sydney ever published – more than 60 stunning buildings. The post G’day! Welcome to ÅVONTUURA’s Architecture Guide to Sydney appeared first on Åvontuura.
Archinect
JULY 15, 2024
The Royal Institute of British Architects has just announced a slate of 26 winners for the 2024 edition of the RIBA National Awards. Projects were selected following in-person site visits from RIBA's select panel of judges. The Awards Group 2024 chair, Simon Henley, added that each winner "reflect[s] the breadth of contemporary practice and how architecture itself is an inclusive medium that addresses many of society’s challenges.
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Avontuura
JULY 15, 2024
Third Space is a discovery centre for all ages, that offers world-class facilities for learning, socialising and performing arts. The post Studio Saar completes new discovery centre for local community in Udaipur, India appeared first on Åvontuura.
Archinect
JULY 15, 2024
WOOD WORKSHOPS IN THE HEART OF A POPULAR NEIGHBORHOOD In January 2024, the DREAM AGENCY inaugurated the Lozaits-Seguin Work Assistance Establishment and Services (ESAT) in Villejuif (Grand Paris - France). A social and solidarity-based project, the 3,570 m² facility welcomes over 150 people with disabilities in a comfortable, bright, and adapted environment.
Deezen
JULY 15, 2024
British-Ghanaian designer Giles Tettey Nartey has used welded aluminium to craft his Serwaa chair , which reinterprets the traditional wooden Lobi stool native to West Africa as an "industrial product". Referencing well-known industrial -style chairs such as the Barcelona Chair by Mies van der Rohe , the piece by Tettey Nartey aims to platform the common yet "overlooked" Lobi chair by reframing it in a modern context.
Archinect
JULY 15, 2024
This post is brought to you by D5 Render In today's fast-evolving architectural design landscape, advanced tools like D5 Render are essential. This leading software offers powerful real-time rendering, built-in AI capabilities, extensive asset library, and high-quality image/animation renderings, now free for students and educators to enhance their skills and innovate.
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Deezen
JULY 15, 2024
US studio PJC Architecture has collaborated with local studio Juan Pablo Ribadeneira Mora Arquitecto on a two-toned house with a brick base in Quito , Ecuador. The 450-square meter (4844-square foot) Cumbaya House was completed in 2023 on a sloping 1,000-square metre (10,800-square foot) lot for a family with a penchant for entertaining. PJCArchitecture and Juan Pablo Ribadeneira Mora Arquitecto collaborated on Cumbaya House New York City-based PJC Architecture employed its design-build division
The Architect's Newsletter
JULY 15, 2024
It wasn’t long ago when more than 125,000 people of Japanese descent were rounded up across the U.S. and herded into concentration camps. The purges started in 1941 and continued The post MASS Design Group is creating a memorial for Japanese-Americans imprisoned in concentration camps during World War II appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Deezen
JULY 15, 2024
Swiss brand On has unveiled the Cloudboom Strike LS trainer, which is topped with a lightweight, low-carbon upper created by spraying filament using a robotic arm and will debut at the Olympics. The Cloudboom Strike LS is On's first shoe that incorporates an upper made using its sprayable technology, which the company has named LightSpray. The trainers can be produced in three minutes with the upper sprayed onto a foam-rubber and carbon fibre sole.
The Architect's Newsletter
JULY 15, 2024
Amid COVID-19, the World Health Organization (WHO) made an alarming discovery: Anxiety and depression rates skyrocketed by 25 percent during shutdown. Later, Dr. Anthony Fauci lamented over the pandemic’s longterm The post NBBJ’s Montage Health Ohana Campus connects children in recovery to light, air, and nature in California appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
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Deezen
JULY 15, 2024
Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed the redesign of the Blanton Museum of Art campus in Austin , installing massive "petal"-shaped sculptures at its centre. First announced in 2021 , the 200,000-square-foot (18,580 square metre) project includes an update to the museum's entryways, a central courtyard, and landscape design to create a "bold new presence" for the museum, according to the team.
Architizer
JULY 15, 2024
Ema is a trained architect, writer and photographer who works as a Junior Architect at REX in NYC. Inspired by her global experiences, she shares captivating insights into the world’s most extraordinary cities and buildings and provides travel tips on her blog, The Travel Album. In the world of architecture, the iterative process is often hailed as a crucial phase of design development.
The Architect's Newsletter
JULY 15, 2024
This article updates reporting by AN about AIA published on June 4, 2024. In response to concerns raised by 22 former AIA presidents in a letter dated April 4, and The post AIA leadership addresses misconduct claims with independent investigation by Miller & Chevalier, a Washington D.C. law firm appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Dwell
JULY 15, 2024
Dubbed Mossy Hill, the two-bedroom home sits on five wooded acres and comes with a detached studio and outdoor kitchen. Location : 489 Mossy Hill Road, Catskill, New York Price : $895,000 Year Built : 2020 Footprint : 983 square feet (two bedrooms, two full and one half baths) Lot Size : 5.07 acres From the Agent : " Mossy Hill stands on 5 acres of woodland with mountain vistas.
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