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APRIL 26, 2024

Arts District Warehouse / Sheft Farrace. Image © Mike Kelley Many major cities in the United States are grappling with large industrial buildings that have fallen into disuse. These buildings hold historical and architectural significance and are often protected from demolition. Consequently, architects face the challenge and responsibility of adapting these buildings to contemporary functionalities.

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Archinect

APRIL 29, 2024

Steven Holl Architects has won an international competition for the design of a new expo center in Tirana, Albania. Titled ‘Expo Albania,’ the project will also see the construction of an adjacent wine hotel and demonstration vineyards with the potential for wine trade festivals to be held in the expo hall.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 24, 2024

Modular house proposal. Image Courtesy of Han Kuo Housing is a diverse architectural typology whose configuration is determined not only by those who design it but also by the use of those who live in it. Therefore, homes are fundamentally adaptable structures that evolve in line with their time and users, undergoing constant changes manifested in the ways of living.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Planted balconies surround open living spaces at this house in Bangalore , designed by Indian studio 4site Architects for a nature-loving family. Named House of Greens, the four-bedroom home is informed by Bangalore's history of green spaces and parks, which have earned it the moniker of the "garden city" of India. Planted balconies surround House of Greens "As a tribute to Bangalore, the theme of the house is to reflect the garden and abundance of green spaces," 4site Architect 's founder Chand

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designboom

APRIL 24, 2024

the two tapered volumes will be clad in white glazed ceramic bricks, resulting in a glimmering facade. The post shimmering modern architecture by luca poian & frade arquitectos to arrive in alicante appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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World Architecture Community

APRIL 15, 2024

Henning Larsen has completed an experience centre for the acclaimed Swedish brands, Volvo Cars and Volvo Group in a Swedish landscape with a striking "forest-like canopy".The project, named World of Volvo, is situated in the heart of Gothenburg’s event distric.

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Archinect

APRIL 22, 2024

Kaleidoscope in Tianshui is a kindergarten located in Tianshui City, Gansu Province, China. The first fascinating feature is using ten different colors that apply to a total amount of 438 pieces of colored glass as the main design element. The team adopts the color elements on the places above the glass doors and windows, including the handrails of corridors and stairs.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 14, 2024

© Márton Mogyorósy Joining Copenhagen and Rio de Janeiro , Barcelona has been named the UIA’s 2026 World Capital of Architecture by UNESCO. This title recognizes the city’s commitment to promoting the values of architecture, urban planning, and sustainability. Outshining Beijing as the other contender for the 2026 title, Barcelona won the bid with its proposal titled “One today, one tomorrow,” with a plan to host a series of transformative events across all its districts and become a research la

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APRIL 12, 2024

Creative agency Uncommon Creative Studio has made "boring" versions of UK landmarks including Buckingham Palace and Edinburgh Castle for Thomas Heatherwick 's Humanise campaign. Created to demonstrate how UK landmarks would look if designed in modernist styles, the agency used artificial intelligence to reimagine the landmarks. Along with Buckingham Palace and Edinburgh Castle, Uncommon Creative Studio created alternative versions of the Tower of London, Royal Liver Building, Palace of Westminst

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designboom

APRIL 7, 2024

peter haimerl shapes the 'cluster living honeycomb house' as an array of stacked hexagonal tubes, resembling a giant beehive in munich. The post honeycomb apartments by peter haimerl bring sloping homes to munich appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Architonic

APRIL 10, 2024

<a href="[link] target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Aeris</a> has been creating healthy and energised offices for over 25 years. The mission of the German active seating furniture manufacturer is to break through old ways of thinking and create ergonomic solutions. As a pioneer in the field of New Work, Aeris not only promotes movement and flexibility, but also demonstrates through its product portfolio that the balancing act between functionality and sophisticated

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World Architecture Community

APRIL 4, 2024

The satellite practice of Stefano Boeri Architetti in China has won a competition for the Culture CBD Modern Technology Experience Center, a technology museum designed to become a large scientific and cultural hub for the city and its visitors.Stefano Boeri Architetti was inspire.

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Archinect

APRIL 2, 2024

Büro Ole Scheeren has announced the completion of their latest high-rise design in Shanghai, called The Axiom. The 918-foot, 49-story tower is the first of two that will eventually form the heart of a mixed-use corporate campus known as The Springs on a central site in the Yangpu district for developer Tishman Speyer. The design is punctuated midway by a striking offset structural core, which, according to the firm, is unique to just 3% of the 500 tallest buildings in the world.

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

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ArchDaily

APRIL 8, 2024

Rural House in Puebla. Image © Onnis Luque Modular homes are houses either partially or fully constructed in a factory. This process involves creating a series of three-dimensional 'modules' delivered to a site in a predetermined spatial pattern and assembled into a complete product. These homes have become popular solutions to housing crises as they can be produced 50% faster and emit half as much pollution.

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Deezen

APRIL 8, 2024

The Line mega-city, which is the flagship development for Saudi Arabia's Neom project, will allegedly house fewer than 300,000 people by 2030, down from an original goal of 1.5 million. News agency Bloomberg has reported that officials expect The Line – a 170-kilometre-long linear city consisting of two parallel, 500-metre-high, linear skyscrapers – to house fewer than 300,000 people by 2030.

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designboom

APRIL 2, 2024

the apartments shift positions from floor to floor so that rooms in the vertical shafts belong to different owners. The post christian kerez’s house okamura unfolds as a cluster of circular brick volumes in czechia appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Architizer

APRIL 2, 2024

The judging process for Architizer's 12th Annual A+Awards is now away. Subscribe to our Awards Newsletter to receive updates about Public Voting, and stay tuned for winners announcements later this spring. Folks, today I’m here to tell you that “adaptive reuse” and “renovation” are not interchangeable terms and the apparent confusion (or conflation) between the two matters.

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World Architecture Community

APRIL 15, 2024

The design of the FLoating Glass Museum, where pink-colored glasses are integrated with an amorphous form, has been unveiled by Italian architecture studio Luca Lurci Architects.Designed as a response to climate change, the museum is described as a "ground breaking project&q.

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Archinect

APRIL 12, 2024

The Barbican has debuted a new large-scale public art installation from Ghanaian-born artist Ibrahim Mahama. His site-specific piece Purple Hibiscus, named in reference to the 2003 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is installed on the facade of the Barbican’s central Lakeside Terrace. It uses approximately 21,500 square feet of fuschia-hued cloth that contrasts dramatically with the rough concrete exterior and overcast London sky.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 16, 2024

© Salva Lopez architects: Jordi Veciana architects: Juan Gurrea Rumeu architects: Skye Maunsell Studio Location: 43895 L'Ampolla, Tarragona, Spain Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Salva Lopez Photographs: Simone Marcolin Area: 420.

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APRIL 15, 2024

The Vessel viewpoint by Thomas Heatherwick is expected to reopen in New York this year, shrouded by steel netting to prevent people from jumping from its platforms. It follows the closure of the structure in Hudson Yards in August 2021, after a 14-year-old boy became the fourth person to die there by suicide. Related Companies , the developer behind Hudson Yards, has revealed that the Vessel is now due to reopen with more stringent suicide-prevention safety measures in place.

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designboom

APRIL 11, 2024

complementing these floating units are low, horizontally oriented land villas with gently curved roofs, mirroring the natural sand dunes. The post kengo kuma turns wood and clay into offshore red sea villas in saudi arabia appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 22, 2024

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has released its vision for a new mass timber building that will host the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design. Makers’ KUbe will serve The post BIG and BNIM unveil Makers’ KUbe, a new diagrid structure made of mass timber for the University of Kansas appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

America’s most famous architect inspires legions of fans. But taking on one of his projects is a big, big commitment. Sixty five years after his death, Frank Lloyd Wright has sustained quite the fan club. His admirers congregate in Facebook Groups, like the 120,000-member Frank Lloyd Wright Nation , to share photos of his structures and discuss his brilliance on the daily.

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Archinect

APRIL 19, 2024

The College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley has opened an exhibition on the BART’s architectural history. Titled Along the Line: Designing and Planning BART, 1963-1976 , the show features the work of architects, landscape architects, and planners involved in the system’s initial design. The exhibition centers on the desire of BART designers to encourage middle-class passengers commuting from Bay Area suburbs to use public transport to downtown San Francisco.

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