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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Dozen Doors Coliving / gon architects. Image © Imagen Subliminal (Miguel de Guzman + Rocio Romero) Amid a significant global housing shortage and an increase in urban growth, the residential phenomenon of co-living is expanding, fostering a community-based lifestyle where socialization becomes a fundamental principle. Resources, values, interests, and experiences are shared, creating new ways of living.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

While big architectural gestures commonly feature glass and steel, those building with the material hope to show that hemp can be grand in its own right. The Guardian points out Public Realm Lab’s Powerhouse Place, the recently named winner of the National Award for Sustainable Architecture at the 2024 National Architecture Awards , as an example of Australia’s embrace of hempcrete and other hemp products as alternative building materials.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

the sculptural riyadh metro station by zaha hadid architects (ZHA) is a key link in the world’s longest driverless transit system. The post with an undulating lattice facade, zaha hadid architects’ metro station opens in riyadh appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

A social housing project in Barcelona by local studio Peris + Toral Arquitectes has been named the winner of this year's RIBA International Prize. Named 85 Social Dwellings in Cornellà , the project was selected as the winner of the biannual award by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) from a three-strong shortlist. Peris + Toral Arquitectes was praised for its design that centres on a modular timber framework designed to promote flexibility for its residents, which the jury said "

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The Cleveland Browns have played professional football on the tempestuous shores of Lake Erie since 1946. The franchise has always insisted on its lunch pail aesthetic: No cheerleaders, no mascot, The post A new stadium proposal by HKS Architects and Jimmy Haslam in Cleveland is an architectural and cultural failure appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Modulus matrix -85 social housing in Cornellà, Barcelonaby Peris + Toral Arquitectes. Image Courtesy of RIBA The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) awarded its 2024 International Prize to Modulus Matrix , an 85-unit social housing development in Cornellà, near Barcelona. Designed by Peris + Toral Arquitectes , the six-story timber-framed building is a notable example of innovative social housing design.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Tadao Ando ’s close three-decade building relationship with the Benesse Art Site in western Japan will celebrate a new milestone next spring with the opening of the Naoshima New Museum of Art, his tenth contribution for the cultural destination on Naoshima Island. The scheme sighted the more than 34,000-square-foot museum to carefully integrate its hilltop surroundings, at the peak of which begins a progression down toward the structure that's finished externally with black plaster materia

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designboom

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

MIA design studio explores how urban functionality can coexist with a spacious, nature-centric atmosphere. The post cascading gardens flow into open hilltop spaces by MIA design studio in vietnam appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Expo 2025 Osaka is a valuable opportunity for countries around the world to come together at a time of global instability and conflict, says its masterplanner Sou Fujimoto in this interview. Despite being "not so interested in Expos" prior to his commission, Japanese architect Fujimoto now believes that they can have a role in being a space of "unity" in the modern world.

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Snøhetta has created a new home for the Far Rockaway branch of the Queens Public Library (QPL). Located at the point where the Rockaway barrier island meets the mainland of The post Snøhetta drapes Far Rockaway Library in yellow-tinted glass appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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World Architecture Community

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled photographs of the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) Metro Station, which is set to open on December a in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Named King Abdullah Financial District Metro Station, with the opening of its Blue, Yellow, and Purple lines (Li.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

© A Lookbook Studio production; Photographer Elsa Young architects: Malan Vorster Architecture Interior Design Location: Cape Town, South Africa Project Year: 2024 Photographs: A Lookbook Studio production; Photographer Elsa Young Area: 365.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The New York Times recently outlined some of the facts underpinning NYC’s housing crisis ahead of an upcoming final City Council vote on Mayor Eric Adams ’ amended ‘City of Yes’ zoning overhaul plan for 80,000 new residential units on December 5th. Among the interesting takeaways: only 10% of zoned residential lots allow for the construction of high- or moderate-density buildings through "as of right" development.

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designboom

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

architect alberto kalach designs the hotel 'castillo de arena' within three brick towers arranged around a central courtyard. The post castillo de arena: design-minded boutique hotel opens on mexico’s pacific coast appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Design practice Jorge Urias Studio has added three brick blocks with notched corners to an apartment complex in Ciudad Juárez, México. Known as the DVS 03 Apartments, the three-buildings were an addition to the Villa Serena complex, which features low-rise brick apartments surrounded by common areas, gardens, a gym, pool and business centre. Jorge Urias Studio has expanded an apartment complex in Mexico Jorge Urias Studio , which is based in New York, USA, and Ciudad Juárez, México, completed th

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

On Sunday mornings Elizabeth Street Garden bustles with energy. Residents of the surrounding Nolita neighborhood go for morning walks, newcomers awe at the maze of hidden corners and sculptures, some The post What does the future look like for Elizabeth Street Garden? appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The Main Entry Deadline for Architizer's 13th A+Awards is Friday December 6th ! This season we're spotlighting the talent of architects who expertly balance global challenges with local needs. Start your entry. This year marks the 15th anniversary of the opening (and a 20th anniversary of the conception) of one of the world’s most famous adaptive reuse projects: the New York High Line.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Turkey. Images by İbrahim Özbunar. In their design brief, the Good Job Games team emphasized the importance of creating a vibrant workspace featuring a variety of casual working areas.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

The renovation of Helmut Jahn ’s fought-over Thompson Center building in Chicago for Google has provided an updated pair of renderings for the $280 million project. The update follows last December’s release of the initial images for the reimagining. Google is pledging to deliver a LEED Platinum-certified project in line with the late architect's post-modernist vision.

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designboom

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

'bamboo gate' rises from the levee that fell during the 2018 floods as two circular volumes bridged by an undulating roof. The post local bamboo shapes kengo kuma’s disaster prevention and community facility in mabi, japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

British designer Tom Dixon has collaborated with Greek studio A31 Architecture on Aimasia Residence, a villa in Mykonos built around an existing stone wall. Located in the Elia region, the 850-square-metre home was designed by A31 Architecture , with interiors led by Dixon's interior design arm Design Research Studio. Aimasia Residence was built around an existing stone wall Nestled on a hill overlooking the Aegean Sea, the surrounding rocky landscape informed the teams' design for Aimasia Resi

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Finally, after 15 years of speculation and variety of architectural proposals, a plan is in place to transform Houston’s beloved Astrodome. Dubbed Vision: Astrodome, the new plan from Gensler and The post Gensler unveils $1 billion redevelopment plan for Houston’s Astrodome appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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World Architecture Community

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The World Architecture Festival (WAF) ”Öö has named the Darlington Public School in Australia, designed by fjcstudio, the World Building of the Year. The first practice in WAF history to win the award twice was fjcstudio, which had previously won Build.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Urban Glen by Ole Scheeren. Image © Büro Ole Scheeren Büro Ole Scheeren has revealed their design for an 800,000 sq ft development following the concept of live-work-lay in Hangzhou , China. Titled Urban Glen, the project situated between West Lake and the Qiantang River comprises two towers connected by a central plinth. This feature, inspired by Hangzhou's hilly landscapes, becomes a built topography of terraces and exterior environments, aimed at optimizing natural light and the quality of bo

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The UK’s Architects Registration Board (ARB) has published research finding widespread discrimination and sexual misconduct within the UK architecture profession. The study, resulting from a survey of almost 900 individuals, reveals that architecture professionals experience higher rates of discrimination and sexual misconduct compared to other sectors such as academia and healthcare.

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