Archinect

APRIL 27, 2023

The RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner for 2023 has just been announced as Pakistani architect and activist Yasmeen Lari. The 82-year-old star designer of projects as far ranging as the Angoori Bagh Social Housing and Pakistan State Oil House was commended for her contributions to sustainable design and the built environment of her native country. Known as the “barefoot architect,” Lari began her career in the mid-1960s as the first female architect to register in Pakistan.

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APRIL 23, 2023

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Avontuura

APRIL 24, 2023

The footprint of this vacation home by Takeshi Hirobe Architects dances around the complex conditions of the site. The post Takeshi Hirobe Architects design angular vacation home overlooking the ocean in Japan appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Deezen

APRIL 28, 2023

Chicago-based architecture firm Studio Gang has designed the Gilder Center in Manhattan to prioritize connectivity, creating a massive cavernous atrium meant to provoke a sense of exploration and discovery. The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Innovation, and Education is a new addition to the American Museum of Natural History off Central Park that unites, visually and functionally, the 26 buildings constructed there since its opening in the late 19th century.

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Archinect

APRIL 25, 2023

Marvel Architects has unveiled their proposal for a new research facility in the rural Puerto Rican community of Ceiba. The plan for the island’s Maritime, Business, Research, and Innovation Center (MBRIC) calls for the addition of a new landmark building at the site of a former U.S. Coast Guard-operated pier looking out over the Straight of Vieques.

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Avontuura

APRIL 28, 2023

Its perfectly triangular geometry, in juxtaposition to the wilderness, emphasizes the contrast between nature and man-made. The post Ivan Bravo Architects design rural home near a lagoon in southern Chile appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Deezen

APRIL 27, 2023

London practice Of Architecture has used a fuss-free colour and material palette to create this understated home for a young couple in the town of Newquay in Cornwall. House by the Sea belongs to an artist and a surfer, who told Of Architecture that they wanted a home without extravagant finishes, instead preferring a living space that appears "simple, robust and utilitarian".

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Archinect

APRIL 25, 2023

UNStudio has just unveiled plans for another new mixed-use development project in the Chinese city of Nanjing. Dubbed K.Wah G72, the scheme will enact what they call a “lifestyle waterfront community” space along the city’s Qinhuai River, with the new home of the UCCA Centre for Contemporary Art serving as its base surrounded by green terraces, a hotel, apartments, and office tower blocks that create a new hub for socializing and commercial activity.

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designboom

APRIL 28, 2023

tetro completes ‘casa café’ in the scenic minas gerais In the tropical Cerrado region of Brazil, within Minas Gerais, a rural painting of red earth and twisted tree trunks defines the landscape, framing and inspiring the design for Tetro’s latest residential project — ‘Casa Café’ However, beyond the characteristic Brazilian nature, the South American territory is also […] The post nestled in rural brazil, ‘casa café’ recalls the ear

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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 24, 2023

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has acquired the MIT Press colophon, designed by Muriel Cooper, as part of its permanent collection. Designed in 1965 and now widely celebrated as The post The Museum of Modern Art acquires Muriel Cooper’s MIT Press colophon appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2023

Zaha Hadid Architects is using AI text-to-image generators like DALL-E 2 and Midjourney to come up with design ideas for projects, studio principal Patrik Schumacher has revealed. At a recent roundtable discussion on how artificial intelligence (AI) could change design, Schumacher delivered a presentation about Zaha Hadid Architects ' (ZHA) use of image-generating technology.

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Archinect

APRIL 25, 2023

The shortlist has been announced for the inaugural Architectural Book Awards. The awards were open to any book published in 2020, 2021, or 2022, with genres spanning history, biographies, buildings, practice, typologies, technical, and guides. The shortlist has been organized into three categories: Monographs, Reference Books, and History, each of which will ultimately crown its own winner.

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designboom

APRIL 27, 2023

AI transports the labyrinthine levels and earthen materiality of the mesopotamian temples to the modern urban context. The post midjourney reinvents ancient ziggurat pyramid as modern cultural landmarks appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 27, 2023

36 American artists and scholars have been awarded the 2023-24 Rome Prize. Beginning in September 2023, the cohort will work at the American Academy in Rome (AAR) at its campus The post The American Academy in Rome announces its 2023-24 prize winners and a new president appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2023

Seattle firm Olson Kundig Architects has created a studio attached to a primary residence in Washington , which sits on railroad tracks that allow it to completely detach. Called Maxon Studio, the project comprises a two-storey weathering-steel structure constructed as an office for the client's branding agency in Carnation, Washington. Olson Kundig designed a studio attachment on rails in Washington The studio was built on top of 15-foot-gauge railroad tracks so that it can either be a "nested"

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Archinect

APRIL 27, 2023

As the hit HBO series Succession reaches the midpoint of its final season, viewers of episode five’s Norwegian negotiations were treated to an architectural backdrop worthy of the show’s millions-strong audience. The Nordic eco-resort featured in the episode is in fact a seasoned pro in the film world, having previously been used as a prominent location in Alex Garland’s 2014 sci-fi thriller Ex Machina.

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designboom

APRIL 27, 2023

the 'long house with an engawa' creates a welcoming environment where aging is integrated with everyday life. The post a ‘place of belonging’: yamazaki kentaro builds breathable senior daycare center in japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Brandon Donnelly

APRIL 26, 2023

Today was a fantastic day for the development manic meter. This was finally installed at Junction House : If you happen to find yourself in the area, check it out at 2720 Dundas Street West. And if you’d like to know a little bit about how this placemaking art came to be, click here.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2023

New Zealand studio Bergendy Cooke took cues from Moroccan architecture to create Maison Brummell Majorelle, a sculptural boutique hotel in Marrakech. Located next to Marrakech's famous Majorelle Gardens, the hotel was designed in collaboration with Moroccan architect Amine Abouraoui to reflect local architecture and celebrate the site's history with a contemporary twist.

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Archinect

APRIL 25, 2023

The five best examples of library projects from across the country have been honored as part of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and American Library Association (ALA) 2023 AIA/ALA Library Building Awards. “Award recipients must demonstrate design achievement, including a sense of place, purpose, ecology, environmental sustainability, and history,” the Institute shares.

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designboom

APRIL 25, 2023

with its tiny footprint, lofty interiors, and circular pivot window, the home resembles a 'birdhouse' in austin. The post north arrow studio builds corrugated sheet metal ‘birdhouse’ in austin appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Spaces

APRIL 26, 2023

David Thulstrup’s deft design doesn’t shout, but you’ll know it if you’ve eaten at Noma , visited any of the Vipp hospitality projects or shopped the JLindeberg flagship in Stockholm. People tend to gravitate toward the Danish designer’s work – in such numbers that he’s collaborated on his first monograph, deconstructing his special Scandinavian-modern language.

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Deezen

APRIL 28, 2023

Local architecture practice FMT Estudio has completed two concrete houses on either end of a narrow plot in Mérida , Mexico, connected by a central courtyard. FMT Estudio designed the El Tirón residential project to have a minimal footprint, aiming to reduce the amount of resources needed in construction while creating a tranquil home. FMT Estudio designed two concrete homes separated by a swimming pool courtyard The studio preserved the existing trees on the site and designed the home's indoor

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Archinect

APRIL 24, 2023

A new 400,000-square-foot climate campus scheme for New York City’s Governors Island has been unveiled by SOM and Mayor Eric Adams at the close of a two-year competitive bids process for a project that is expected to support cutting-edge environmental research while creating green jobs and educational opportunities for future generations. Image: SOM/Brick Visual, courtesy New York Mayor's Office.

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designboom

APRIL 25, 2023

the orbicular shape increases the circumference along the 'sea view' edge. The post resort air’s ring volumes take up natural hill cascades in cyprus appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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