Archinect

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The American Institute of Architects has unveiled the winners of the 2023 Architecture Awards. According to the AIA, the annual series “celebrates the best contemporary architecture and highlights the many ways buildings and spaces can improve lives.” Sixteen projects were honored for the 2023 edition, identified by a seven-person jury as submissions that “demonstrate design achievement, including a sense of place, purpose, history, and environmental sustainability.

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The Spaces

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The sandy landscape of Joshua Tree feels like the perfect backdrop for Bonita Domes – a sci-fi-style compound on the market for $2.1m. The California property looks like the love child of Star Wars and The Flintstones and was built using long sandbags of earth excavated from the site. Its structure is based on a design by the late architect Nader Khalili, who pioneered this form of earthbag construction called SuperAdobe.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

© Alison Brooks Timber is a natural, renewable material, easy to fabricate, and with low-carbon emissions. As a construction material, however, when put under enough directional force along its grain, sawn timber is structurally unstable, so deemed unsuitable under higher loads. In comparison, the manufacture of cross-laminated timber (CLT) involves simply gluing multiple layers of timber together at right angles.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

the sculptural amphitheater in xi'an takes shape with patterned red travertine. The post neri&hu crafts quijang museum extension as a luminous beacon in xi’an, china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

A larch-clad extension by Swedish practice Johan Sundberg Arkitektur adds a modern twist to this 1920s villa in an apple orchard in Lund. Named Timjan, the extension was designed by Johan Sundberg Arkitektur to contrast the style of the existing villa, which dates back to the 1920s but has been frequently renovated by the clients in the past. Johan Sundberg Arkitektur has extended a 1920s villa in Lund "The core aim of the extension was to create a low-slung modern addition that would work with

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This week, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) is debuting a new civic landmark for the Kansas City area they claim will also set a new benchmark for inclusive design in transportation architecture while bringing its 51-year-old airport “far into the future.” The new, 39-gate terminal comes with an adjacent 6,000-space parking garage designed by BNIM and importantly consolidates three smaller terminals into a single two-story structure.

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Brandon Donnelly

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Last week, Sierra Communities (developer) and my friend Gabriel Fain (architect of Mackay Laneway House fame ) submitted the above development proposal for 2760 Dundas Street West in the Junction. It is a beautiful proposal. So not surprisingly, the response has been overwhelmingly positive. Here are the first batch of comments from Urban Toronto : It also happens to be one block west of our Junction House project, so I definitely would have been annoyed if somebody proposed something ugly here.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

© Tom Bird architects: Michael Kendrick Architects Location: Hastings, United Kingdom Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Tom Bird Area: 49.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

the proposed 'crystal lake pavilion' is suspended from a single concrete pier to float over the mirrored water. The post marc thorpe designs a serene upstate pavilion suspended over a crystal lake appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Paritzki & Liani Architects has completed a pair of apartments in central Tel Aviv which are organised around a mini courtyard filled with trees. Located on a corner plot in the densely populated Kerem HaTeimanim neighbourhood, the four-storey Y/K Building contains two multi-level apartments that offer residents a connection with nature. Trees grow behind the building's facade Trees grow up through a four-storey void at the building's corner.

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Brought to you by: Architect: Alexander Gorlin Architects Location: Bronx, New York Completion Date: October, 2022 View More Project Info Continuing two decades of work on affordable housing in New [.] Read More. The post Alexander Gorlin Architects designs a modernist facade for affordable housing in The Bronx appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation has unveiled plans for an Adjaye Associates -designed Restoration Innovation Campus in Brooklyn. A re-imagination of the milestone corporation’s longtime Fulton Street home, the 840,000-square-foot campus will be dedicated to closing Brooklyn’s racial wealth gap. The project will include a significant expansion of Bed-Stuy’s cultural center and the Billie Holiday Theater, new public open space, and two commercial buildings serving priv

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

New digital tools help overtaxed early childhood educators envision nature-based play spaces. By Timothy A. Schuler Muntazar Monsur designed virtual walk-throughs to allow educators to access high-performing outdoor environments. Courtesy Muntazar Monsur. When Muntazar Monsur and his wife emigrated to the United States from Bangladesh in 2011, they enrolled their then 18-month-old daughter in childcare for the first time.

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

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

via New York Engineers Almost two decades ago, in the downtown corridor of Columbus, Ohio, the century-old landmarked Lazarus Building underwent an extensive renovation to save the department store and restore it to its former glory. Sixty million dollars went into its restoration and transformation into a retail and office complex. During the construction, workers recycled nearly 5,000 pounds of steel, 2,000 pounds of concrete, and significant amounts of carpeting, ceiling tiles, and various wo

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designboom

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

an interpolation of old and new, surreal and mundane, investigates the novelty and longevity of contemporary architecture. The post hassan ragab’s AI-generated series questions the future of architecture in the digital age appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Local studio Ryan Leidner Architecture renovated a 1940s home in the Bernal Heights neighbourhood of San Francisco , resolving entry access with a bridge over the front garden. Ryan Leidner Architecture completed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square metre) Hosono House in 2021, cladding the house in charcoal-stained cedar siding with a copper, standing seam roof.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Fuse Architects shed the home’s dark shingles—including ones inside—and covered its ocean-facing facade with glazing that frames views and draws in light. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Project Details: Location: Watsonville, California Architect: Fuse Architects / @ fuse_architects_builders Footprint: 1,521 square feet General Contractor: Hagen Colbert Structu

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Zaha Hadid Architects is moving forward with a set of low-rise towers in Vilnius, Lithuania. Titled the Vilnius Business Stadium, the scheme is comprised of two towers of eight and nine stories connected at street level by a courtyard atrium and two floors of public amenities. Image credit: Frontop for Zaha Hadid Architects The 258,000-square-foot scheme is defined by its sweeping form, with both the curvature of the facades and cantilevered balconies facing toward the city’s historic Gedi

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At the start of a new year, I always find myself looking to re-orient perspective toward the near future. It’s not about behavioral resolutions or promises—I make those, but usually [.] Read More. The post Why is there a shrunken replica of a 2,000-year-old Roman temple on West 51st Street? appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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The Spaces

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Self-care is cemented in modern society like never before. Travelling to tranquil, tropical destinations for meditative experiences — opposed to fitting in a yin yoga class at your local studio — offers optimal escapism. Rooted in relaxation and mental health, wellbeing retreats took off post-pandemic and constitute the fastest growing trend in the travel industry.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

the trapezoidal cabins widen on the glazed side, offering guests secluded views of the forest. The post a set of wooden restroom cabins peeks through the treetops of native forest in são francisco appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The demolition of the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium in Japan by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Kenzo Tange has been announced, sparking a petition to save it. Completed by Tange in Takamatsu in 1964, the post-war landmark has been under threat of demolition since 2014 when it was closed due to a roof leak. It has now been confirmed by local governor Toyohito Ikeda that the iconic boat-like structure, which is in need of an extensive retrofit, will be torn down.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Architect João Mendes Ribeiro let the tree inform the courtyard plan and slanted rooflines that follow its branches upward. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Project Details: Location: Vale Flor, Portugal Architect: João Mendes Ribeiro / @ joaomendesribeiroarquitecto Footprint: 270 square feet General Contractor: Civifran Construções Engineer and Light Design: R

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The American Institute of Architects has just announced its slate of winners for the 2023 edition of the AIA Interior Architecture Awards. The group of eight projects was selected by a five-member panel for their demonstrated "design achievement, including sense of place and purpose, community access, ecology and environmental sustainability, and history.

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Brought to you by: Architect: Waugh Thistleton Architects Location: London Completion Date: November, 2022 View More Project Info Waugh Thistleton Architects’ Black and White building features timber inside and out. [.] Read More. The post Tulipwood louvers align on a carbon-conscious Shoreditch office building appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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