ArchDaily
MAY 21, 2023
Mjøstårnet The Tower of Lake Mjøsa / Voll Arkitekter. © Ricardo Foto Wood is the concrete of the future. As timber construction becomes increasingly popular, you have probably heard this phrase. However, we are not talking about traditional construction techniques using timber, but rather about this well-known material combined with cutting-edge technology.
Deezen
MAY 21, 2023
From a plant-enclosed terrace in Mexico to a large rooftop garden set beneath a metal pergola in Tokyo, Dezeen's latest lookbook highlights eight interiors with impressive balconies and terraces. Each of these balconies and terraces is accessed via glazed walls or floor-to-ceiling glass and provides their homes with not only a physical but also a visual extension of the interior that merges the in- and outdoors.
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Archinect
MAY 24, 2023
SWA has unveiled the design for a major urban infrastructure project which seeks to reconnect a historically Black neighborhood in South Dallas. The Southern Gateway Public Green comprises a five-acre park in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, built to reconnect a community that was divided by highway construction in the 1950s. Image credit: HKS The park will be delivered in two phases, with infrastructure currently under construction to ‘cap’ the highway to allow the landscape to
designboom
MAY 24, 2023
the pod is engulfed in a dynamic facade, continually transforming colors in sync with the shifting rhythms of the day. The post off-grid holiday pod fuses eco-conscious features with modern luxury in australia’s west bay appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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Dwell
MAY 24, 2023
What does it mean when the future-savvy family embraces such a seemingly nostalgic style? Soaring over the Pacific, then the hills of Southern California before descending over a backyard pool, a drone flies through musician Travis Barker’s legs and into a mansion in Calabasas. It’s the opening of Season 1 of The Kardashians , the Hulu version of the famous family’s flagship reality TV show.
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Archinect
MAY 26, 2023
Buildner has announced the results of their latest SKYHIVE Timber Skyscraper competition. The annual contest, now in its sixth edition, sought “iconic and unique designers for a high-rise structure,” with this year featuring the “added twist” of requiring a skyscraper that was primarily constructed out of timber. The competition did not set a defined site and instead called on participants to select any hypothetical site measuring 426ft x 262ft (130m x 80m), which could b
Avontuura
MAY 25, 2023
The cafe sits on an important paddy field which was inherited from the owner's grandmother and located in the community near Wat Sakae. The post BodinChapa Architects design brick cafe that co-exists with paddy field in Thailand appeared first on Åvontuura.
SW Oregon Architect
MAY 21, 2023
Photo by Daniel McCullough on Unsplash I’m not an attorney, nor do I play one on TV. That said, as an architect—particularly one whose professional obligations include endorsing my firm’s projects and assuming responsibility for the accuracy and adequacy of their documentation—it is important that I understand my obligation to (at a minimum) exercise the professional skill and competence ordinarily provided under the same or similar circumstances by other architects possessing the necessary know
ArchDaily
MAY 21, 2023
architects: Taliesyn Design & Architecture Location: Jayanagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Project Year: 2022 Area: 190.
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Archinect
MAY 26, 2023
This weekend marks the opening of the National Building Museum ’s special two-year Brick City exhibition, staged with the help of UK-based artist Warren Elsmore. The show includes a total of 37 reconstructions of iconic pieces of global architecture made using LEGO bricks, including a 12-foot-long centerpiece replica of London’s St. Pancras Station made using over 180,000 individual pieces.
Aric Gitomer Architect
MAY 22, 2023
Wood is a timeless material that has been used in construction and interior design for centuries. It brings a sense of warmth and character to any space, and its versatility allows it to be used in a wide range of styles, from traditional to modern. In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in using wood in home décor, with residential architects and homeowners alike finding new and creative ways to incorporate it into their living spaces.
designboom
MAY 26, 2023
the project by PLS architects + atelier MODS arranges a U-shaped volume along the site boundary. The post ‘in a little time café’ develops concrete promenade around central courtyard in korea appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
ArchDaily
MAY 20, 2023
© Koji Fujii｜TOREAL architects: moss. Location: 1-chōme-4-22 Jinnan, Shibuya City, Tokyo 150-0041, Japan Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Koji Fujii｜TOREAL Area: 881.
Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network
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Archinect
MAY 23, 2023
Toyo Ito has shared a video update at the conclusion of his firm’s monumental academic building project, titled "Gaia," for the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. The completed mass timber design is now reportedly the largest of its kind in Asia, topping out at six stories and a total of 468,000 square feet. It is the new home of NTU’s Business School and comes equipped with a 190-seat auditorium, 12 large lecture halls, seminar rooms, laboratories, graduate student
Deezen
MAY 26, 2023
Local studio EBBA Architects has designed a store for eyewear brand Cubitts that preserves and draws on the original 1930s interior of the traditional F Cooke restaurant on London's Broadway Market. The restaurant, which sold cockney dishes such as jellied eel and pie and mash, had been located on the east London street since 1900 but was given a modernist update in the 1930s.
designboom
MAY 26, 2023
the house is topped by vaulted ceilings and a green roof to express the owner's agricultural lifestyle. The post studio cochi architects builds ‘house in shikenbaru’ for an okinawa farmer appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
ArchDaily
MAY 24, 2023
Illustrations from the Icon, where large structures provide a context for an overlapping of physical and virtual experiences. Image Courtesy of John Marx/ Form4 Architecture This article is the fourth in a series focusing on the Architecture of the Metaverse. ArchDaily has collaborated with John Marx , AIA, the founding design principal and Chief Artistic Officer of Form4 Architecture , to bring you monthly articles that seek to define the Metaverse, convey the potential of this new realm as wel
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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?
Archinect
MAY 22, 2023
A small building for a single-family home forms the corner of one of the consolidated blocks of the historic center of Alaquàs. The volumetry, the buildability, the parameters defined by the particular urban regulations, together with the architects' premise of achieving a soft integration into the existing urban structure, result in a simple building, based on the traditional houses of town, with a very careful treatment of the facades facing the public thoroughfare and the interior pati
Deezen
MAY 26, 2023
British hotel chain Birch has opened an outpost in south London , with grounds rewilded by designer Sebastian Cox and interiors conceived by local studios A-nrd and Sella Concept. Birch Selsdon is housed in a 19th-century mansion in the borough of Croydon and accommodates 181 rooms alongside a wellness space and lido, co-working facilities and a medley of restaurants and bars.
designboom
MAY 26, 2023
'archimera' transforms still life architecture into an ensemble of vivid characters in a play, with stories to tell. The post federico babina’s architectural theatre transforms structures into vivid characters appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
ArchDaily
MAY 26, 2023
© Giaime Meloni architects: Hyper architects: Simon Henry Location: Paris, France Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Giaime Meloni Photographs: Area: 45.
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Archinect
MAY 25, 2023
A recently completed project from three alumni Snøhetta staffers at the University of Texas at Austin ’s Blanton Museum of Art has delivered an artistic intervention they say stands as a new gateway between the 51,000-student campus and its host city. Principal and co-founder Craig Dykers, Managing Director Elaine Molinar , and Director John Newman , each School of Architecture graduates from the late-1980s, collaborated to enact a new canopy-like intervention that’s meant as
Deezen
MAY 24, 2023
Robert Hutchison Architecture and Javier Sanchez Arquitectos include an extensive system for capturing and reusing stormwater for a family nature retreat in a mountainous region of Mexico. The Rain Harvest Home, or Casa Cosecha de Lluvia, is located in the rural town of Temascaltepec, which lies about 140 kilometres west of Mexico City. Top: The home is located in the mountains west of Mexico City.
designboom
MAY 25, 2023
omniview has carefully selected natural elements like stone and wood, which contribute to a soothing ambiance that aligns with the local architectural style. The post omniview’s summer venue nods to cycladic aesthetic through organic forms and nooks appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
ArchDaily
MAY 20, 2023
© Studio de Nooyer architects: BNLA Architecten Location: Zeeland, The Netherlands Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Studio de Nooyer Area: 225.
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