Archinect

JANUARY 24, 2022

A new landmark on the European cultural scene is now on view in Hungary. Sou Fujimoto ’s House of Music has now officially opened in the country’s capital city after almost six years of construction. The 97,000-square-foot performance venue is the centerpiece of the Liget Budapest Project , a €1 billion ($1.13 billion) development billed to be one of the biggest in recent European history that includes the music hall, new national art gallery , cultural building, and landscaped

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JANUARY 26, 2022

The House will provide a unique artistic experience combining landscape, architecture and exhibition to offer visitors new perspectives. The post Sou Fujimoto Architects set to open new cultural landmark in Budapest appeared first on Åvontuura.

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JANUARY 24, 2022

Centre for Sustainable Energy Technologies / Mario Cucinella Architects. Image Cortesia de Mario Cucinella Architects. Unlike the air, the temperature in the subsoil varies very little during the year or according to geographical position. A few meters below the surface, the ground temperature is between about 10 to 21°C (50 to 70°F) depending on the region.

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JANUARY 30, 2022

If the 2022 Projects in the Pipeline program was any indication, the breadth and volume of projects we can look forward to seeing take shape in here in Lane County over the next few years is impressive. The large amount of work hardly surprises us anymore, as the design and construction industries have proven remarkably resilient despite the economic and social turmoil we have endured since early 2020.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

When you intend to build a new home, the floor plan is a treasure trove promising the result. Trying to read a floor plan with dimensions and furniture layout gets you imagining the home of your dreams, and you start to wonder how the spaces will appear. But the language of a floor plan goes way beyond shapes and measurements. Sometimes experienced residential architects even surprise themselves by how different a finished home feels from their earlier concepts.

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Archinect

JANUARY 24, 2022

Lloyd's of London (SOLYD.UL) is considering whether to remain in its flagship City of London headquarters and may make a decision this year, the commercial insurance market said on Tuesday. The news comes just over a month after the death of its Pritzker-winning architect in London at the age of 88. A Lloyd’s spokesperson pointed to the shifts in workplace culture brought on by the Coronavirus as significant factors behind the potential change.

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Avontuura

JANUARY 13, 2022

Establishing a hinge point in the College estate, the Anniversary Building reinforces the relationship between existing structures. The post Gort Scott Architects complete transformative development for St Hilda’s College in Oxford appeared first on Åvontuura.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 14, 2022

© Mohammed Ashkanani. architects: Rawan Muqaddas Location: Kuwait Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Mohammed Ashkanani Area: 98.0 m2. Read more ».

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JANUARY 23, 2022

This past Thursday evening, representatives from three AIA Oregon firms presented projects currently in design for scrutiny by University of Oregon architecture students in the 2022 Reverse Crit. Organized by the Oregon chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS), the online event attracted a healthy (virtual) turnout comprised of a mix of Department of Architecture students and AIA Oregon members.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

German-Chinese architecture practice Büro Ziyu Zhuang has completed a church in Qingdao , China, featuring walls and a tower made from dozens of spaced-out aluminium ribs. Büro Ziyu Zhuang designed the Chamber Church as part of Chinese property developer Sunac 's Aduo Town project in the Qingdao Zangma Mountain Tourism Resort. The church stands out against a mountainous backdrop.

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Portland Architecture

JANUARY 5, 2022

Michelle Black and Brian Carleton ( KLiK Concepts ). . BY BRIAN LIBBY. For quite a while now, I've been meaning to check in with Carleton Hart Architecture , and for a variety of reasons. I first met co-founder Brian Carleton just over 20 years ago, when I was working at the local American Institute of Architects chapter and he was the chapter's president for a year.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2022

An update to one of the most significant projects in a spate of recent high-profile Canadian luxury residential developments as Heatherwick Studio has unveiled its upgraded designs for the 1700 Alberni towers complex. The revised proposal follows community feedback taken from Vancouver’s Shape Your City public web forum. Marked by its intricate latticework and gentle lines, the towers make up a distinctive silhouette contrasted against the city’s rezoned West End skyline.

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Avontuura

JANUARY 23, 2022

The climate in the area is extremely pleasant, allowing the design of open spaces, with cross ventilation and great natural lighting. The post This residential development in Mexico is inspired by the forest and local vernacular appeared first on Åvontuura.

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

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JANUARY 30, 2022

'I'm letting myself be guided by the movement of the fiber itself, all at once shaping matter into an architecture of the body in movement,' hoegy shares. The post ‘rattan is definitely alive’ – aurelie hoegy on using movement as an artistic medium appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 2, 2022

St. Benedict Chapel, Sumvitg, Graubünden, Switzerland, designed by Peter Zumthor (photo by p2cl, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) Like 2020 before it, 2021 was hardly a banner year. Many people continued to suffer from stress and anxiety wrought by too many, now familiar issues: the COVID-19 pandemic, a toxic level of political divisiveness, social injustice, the accelerating impacts of climate change, and more.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2022

Our latest lookbook features ten home interiors with snug sunken lounges and conversation pits, proving that the retro architectural feature is making its comeback. Peaking in popularity in the mid-twentieth century, conversation pits are lounge areas embedded within the floor of a larger room to create intimate spaces for people to gather. Accessed by a small set of steps, they are traditionally lined with custom built-in sofas.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 26, 2022

Docomomo US has shared the news that Geller House I, a widely celebrated and vastly influential early residential project of Marcel Breuer in Lawrence, New York, is gone. It was [.]. Read More. The post Marcel Breuer’s Geller House I demolished on Long Island without warning appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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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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Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2022

The Datong Art Museum has opened to the public in northern China , having recently been completed by Foster + Partners. The firm describes the new museum as a “landscaped terrain with a series of interconnected pyramids emerging from below the earth.” Image by Yang Chaoying for Foster + Partners The scheme’s four interconnected roof pyramids increase in height and fan outwards towards the four corners of the surrounding plaza.

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Avontuura

JANUARY 10, 2022

Wutopia Lab transformed an abandoned water tower into a memorial to all the ordinary people who performed heroic acts in desperate times. The post Wutopia Lab create halo effect with new lookout and memorial to everyman appeared first on Åvontuura.

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designboom

JANUARY 29, 2022

the design highlights the contrast between the public and private realm, as well as between tradition and contemporaneity. The post residential complex in spain puts contemporary twist on traditional andalusian architecture appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 16, 2022

This is another in my series of posts inspired by 1000 Awesome Things , the Webby Award winning blog written by Neil Pasricha. The series is my meditation on the awesome reasons why I was and continue to be attracted to the art of architecture. One of the aspects of being an architect I find most enjoyable is the opportunity to see a project take concrete shape during construction.

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Aerial imagery has emerged as a necessary tool for architecture, engineering, and construction firms seeking to improve pre-construction site analysis, make more informed planning decisions, and ensure all stakeholders have access to an accurate visualization of the site to keep the project moving forward. Download our guide and take a deeper look at how aerial imagery can be leveraged to drive project efficiency by reducing unnecessary site visits and providing the accurate details required to

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JANUARY 29, 2022

The buzzing ambience of Chengdu 's Kuanzhai Alley has set the tone for this cafe by BLUE Architecture Studio , which is centred on a water-filled courtyard for people-watching. Kuanzhai Alley is the collective name for three parallel roads running through downtown Chengdu, encompassing Kuan Alley, Zhai Alley and Jing Alley. The % Arabica cafe is set in Chengdu's Kuanzhai Alley district.

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The Spaces

JANUARY 26, 2022

Nature is the greatest architect, and its influence is felt keenly in contemporary design. Sometimes, organic silhouettes and biophilic ideas are translated directly from nature to the built world by architects, while others take ‘looser’ inspiration when crafting their designs. As children, we turn trees into clubhouses and play imaginary games beneath their branches; we climb them, build from them and fashion them into new structures.

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Archinect

JANUARY 4, 2022

Officials in Venice are finally caving to local demands to author significant changes to Santiago Calatrava’s Ponta della Costituzione bridge following years of protest and a rash of recent injuries. The New York Times is reporting that glass from the pedestrian bridge is going to be removed and replaced with more trachyte stone that will avert any possible future spills which have befallen users thanks to the 94-meter-long structure’s slippery surface.

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Avontuura

JANUARY 6, 2022

The new hub is in harmony with the unique tropical ecology of the site and is conceived as a micro-village of three pavilions. The post Adjaye Associates complete library & events center based on site’s unique tropical ecology appeared first on Åvontuura.

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