Architizer

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Architizer's A+Awards Best Firm categories allow design firms of all sizes to showcase their practice and vie for the title of “World’s Best Architecture Firm”. Start an A+Firm Award Application today. Housing defines us. At a time when there is a critical need for both affordable housing and greater stock worldwide, there’s also a strong push to find more streamlined construction methods.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

the recently released book 'brutalist paris' documents the movement's most significant examples in and around the french metropolis. The post ‘brutalist paris’: a book that explores the post-war concrete architecture in the french capital appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

At the end of a road, an existing house built by the grandfather of three grandchildren punctuates the street by its position in the plot. The post Madeleine architectes and Studio François Nantermod design community housing project in the hills of Switzerland appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The 18th Venice Architecture Biennale officially announced its 89-strong slate of participants for this year’s exhibition titled “The Laboratory of the Future,” curated by the Scottish-Ghanaian architect and academic Lesley Lokko. Opening May 20th, the Biennale will run through November 26th and feature an even 50-50 gender parity and the representation of more than half of this year’s participating artists identifying with the African diaspora.

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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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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

798CUBE Art Museum, a renovation project, is located inside 798 art district adjacent to Pace Art Museum and Minsheng Museum of Modern Art. The post Studio Zhu Pei designs sheltered art museum in Beijing appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Snøhetta has revealed its design for a new large-scale mixed-use development in Bangkok. Designed in collaboration with A49 Architects and SHMA Landscape Architects , the 2.7 million-square-foot Cloud 11 development is described by the team as “a hub for innovation and tech companies in the city and provides the area with a large, green public space” as well as a node for “artists, makers, and tech entrepreneurs.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Palm House, Kew Gardens, London. Image © kentaylordesign via Shutterstock The greenhouse is a commonplace architectural typology, a frequent fixture in a host of cities, built to shield plants from the elements — from excess heat or cold or to prolong the growing season of crops. Evidence of the presence of greenhouses in some form stretches as far back as the 1450s during the Korean Joseon dynasty , but it is in the 1700s that the greenhouse was born as a specific architectural form.

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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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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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Archinect

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Architecture licensure and running a practice are topics widely discussed on Archinect. While everyone's path is different the experiences of firm leaders, regardless of their firm size, offer a look into the realities of being an architect, leader, and entrepreneur. "Having my own practice has allowed me to use the business as a platform to create more than just architecture.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

© Tom Ferguson architects: J Mammone Architecture Location: Megalong Valley NSW 2785, Australia Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Tom Ferguson Area: 347.

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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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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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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

MVRDV has shared photos of its just-completed “ambitious architectural experiment” wholesale produce market project in Tainan, Taiwan. The firm’s second foray into the country, open-air Tainan Market features a publicly-accessible green roof, punctuated at one end by an office structure, that can be further adapted for agricultural use while providing users a stepped vista onto the market floor and surrounding landscape beyond.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

© Ksymena Borczynska architects: Ksymena Borczynska Location: Costa Rica Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Ksymena Borczynska Area: 150.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

'moriyama house' is a residential cluster that stretches horizontally, letting the architecture unfold seamlessly into the outdoors. The post ryue nishizawa’s volumes & voids recall memories from tokyo’s nostalgic neighborhoods appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Brooklyn studio Elizabeth Roberts Architects has completed a cedar alpine house in the Catskills Mountains that connects two gabled forms underground. Located on a mountainside in Windham, New York , the 3,500-square-foot (325-square-metre) house sits on a 1.4 acre site with a steep drop-off. The two pitched structures connect on an underground floor level Completed in 2020, Elizabeth Roberts Architects used the grade to embed part of the plan and maximize views of the mountains.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Virginia-based Bushman Dreyfus has been named a winner of the Small Architecture category of the 2022 Architecture MasterPrize for their Heirloom Farm Studio. Located in a sustainable residential community on a working farm at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Central Virginia , the 565-square-foot building functions as both an art studio, exercise room, and music rehearsal space.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

© John J. Macaulay architects: Johnsen Schmaling Architects Location: Madison, Wisconsin, United States Project Year: 2021 Photographs: John J. Macaulay Area: 3000.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

with its rusticated stone walls and interior vaulting preserved, 'casolare scarani' sees a sensitive transformation. The post historic farmhouse in idyllic italian countryside revitalized by andrew trotter appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

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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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Buildner Architecture Competitions has announced the results of its Las Vegas Affordable Housing Challenge. Part of the organization’s Affordable Housing series, the competition challenged participants to propose a “flexible, innovative, pilot-phase concept for affordable housing within Greater Las Vegas.” “There is no one right answer to making housing affordable,” the organizers say in their summation of the competition results.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

© Fernando Alda architects: Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra Location: Seville, Spain Project Year: 2019 Photograph: Fernando Alda Area: 100.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

the sculptural desert reaches 12 meters high and patches over 26,000 viúva lamego ceramic tiles and pieces around the three-tier garden architecture. The post joana vasconcelos bakes three-tier ceramic wedding cake pavilion at waddesdon garden appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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