ArchDaily
OCTOBER 30, 2023
Songzhuang Micro Community Park / Crossboundaries. Image © Yu Bai Violent cities result from social and economic inequality, which also affects the urban landscape and the way we live. In honor of International Cities Day, we have selected a series of projects to reflect on non-violent ways of using public space.
Architizer
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Architizer's new image-heavy daily newsletter , The Plug , is easy on the eyes, giving readers a quick jolt of inspiration to supercharge their days. Plug in to the latest design discussions by subscribing. Considered one of the fastest-growing cities in the region, the capital of Jordan is striving to find its place in the modern world while holding on to its heritage and culture.
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Deezen
OCTOBER 29, 2023
Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has revealed plans for a mass-timber logistics hub on Flevopolder island, the Netherlands , that will be the largest of its kind in the world. Designed by Henning Larsen , the 155,000-square-metre hub will contain offices, shuttle storage and pallet shuttle, as well as a restaurant and roof garden. Trees will provide shaded seating on the roof Expected to be completed by 2026, the Logistics Center West will be built largely from glued laminated timber (g
Archinect
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The design of KPF’s Tower 36 has been approved by the Miami Urban Development Review Board. Developed in collaboration with architect of record ODP Architecture & Design , the 922,000-square-foot tower will hold both office and retail functions. Image credit: Atchain, courtesy of KPF Externally, the 635-foot-tall tapered tower is defined by a glass facade containing terraces on all office floors.
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Avontuura
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The project was built with the intention of developing craft villages and preserving the traditions of pottery craft more than 500 years old. The post 1+1>2 Architects design community center in Hanoi intended to a preserve pottery craft more than 500 years old appeared first on Åvontuura.
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Deezen
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Architecture practice BABELstudio has completed Aralar Cottage, a black wooden cabin in the Basque Country with a hinged side that opens the interior to the surrounding forest. Surrounded by the lush vegetation of Sierra de Aralar, the cabin was designed by BABELstudio for a couple based in Bilbao who enjoy carpentry and hiking. It has a deliberately simple design, intended to echo the form of an old 20-square-metre tool shed that previously occupied the site.
Archinect
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Located at 7,300 feet, high above the city of Boulder, Colorado, the Sunshine Canyon Residence accentuates its dramatic site by juxtaposing a simple form with the steep contours of a landscape scarred by wildfire. The house floats above the harsh terrain to provide spectacular views of Sunshine Canyon to the south, Sugarloaf Mountain to the west, and the Flatirons to the east.
Avontuura
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Originally built as a museum dedicated to the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, the building has been dramatically transformed by MVRDV. The post The people reclaim the monument: MVRDV’s Pyramid of Tirana inaugurated appeared first on Åvontuura.
ArchDaily
OCTOBER 31, 2023
© Ashish Sahi architects: Architecture BRIO Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Ashish Sahi Photographs: Randhir Sing Photographs: Courtesy of Architecture BRIO Area: 1200.
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Deezen
OCTOBER 28, 2023
Our latest lookbook focuses on quiet luxury and features projects including a French hotel and a Swedish Grace apartment that exemplify the trend for discrete, yet sumptuous interiors. Classic, hardwearing materials and simple, neutral colour palettes characterise these eight quiet luxury interiors, which convey an elegant feeling without being over-the-top.
Archinect
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
SGA has unveiled details of its proposed mass timber life sciences building, which seeks to demonstrate the potential of the construction method in future research buildings. Taking an urban site in one of Boston’s leading life sciences clusters as a test case, the team believes their concept offers “the true potential for the first mass timber research development in New England.
Dwell
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
Woodland views take center stage in this backyard office crafted from cedar, glass, and concrete. Our Focus series shines the spotlight on the details: the extraordinary materials, spaces, and ideas that take great projects to the next level. Sharon and Mike Matas’s backyard studio in Healdsburg, California, feels less like an office and more like a tree house.
ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
© Sergio Grazia architects: Calmm architecture architects: archi5 Location: 91700 Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Sergio Grazia Area: 4872.
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Deezen
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The Quay Quarter Tower in Sydney by Danish studio 3XN and Australian studio BVN has won the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat's award for best new tall building. The 206-metre-high skyscraper, which is a refurbishment of the modernist 1970s AMP Center, was named the winner at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 's (CTBUH) annual awards for 2023.
Archinect
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Buildner has shared the results of the third edition of its Museum of Emotions competition. The brief challenged designers to show how architecture can be used as a tool to evoke emotion, resulting in a concept that displays juxtaposed positive and negative emotions in one two-hall design. The contest is one of several silent competitions, which asks participants to communicate their ideas using solely imagery and devoid of any text related to the proposal's scale or “cardinal directions.
Architizer
OCTOBER 30, 2023
The 12th Annual A+Awards have officially launched, and to help you get started on your entry, we’re delving into the anatomy of an award-winning architectural project. Earning SIX different merits in FIVE separate categories, the Komera Leadership Centre by BE_Design swept the 11th Annual A+Awards, making it a prime example for aspiring A+Awards entrants.
ArchDaily
OCTOBER 31, 2023
© Mario Wibowo architects: RAD+ar (Research Artistic Design + architecture) Location: Jakarta, Indonesia Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Mario Wibowo Area: 900.
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Deezen
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has designed an office with a gabled roof , along with two private residences, for mountain bike tour operator H&I Adventures on a sloping brownfield site in Scotland. Located in Inverness, northern Scotland, the two-story office building features a steep gabled roof and is defined by its charred timber cladding and black metal detailing – materials chosen to maximise its durability.
Archinect
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
And just like that, it's November! With plenty of holidays just around the corner, it's a great opportunity to venture out and explore exciting events for the architecture and design community. From the long list of current and upcoming events listed on Bustler , we have curated a few recommendations worth checking out this month, including biennials (one closing soon and one just starting) in Chicago and Venice, film and photo festivals in Toronto and London, industry gatherings dedicated to su
Architizer
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Poland is a country that has been through severe political, economic and social turmoil in Eastern European history. The constantly shifting borders, postwar destruction and the catalytic role of the communist party, played a major in shaping the country’s identity. Emerging from the post-war ruins, Polish architecture was mainly a series of Brutalist structures, symbolizing the power and dominance of the governing totalitarian regimes.
ArchDaily
OCTOBER 28, 2023
© Adria Goula The ample supply, durability, and affordability of brick makes it one of the most widely used and iconic materials in Spanish architecture, especially within the Mudejar tradition. Throughout history, they have added both beauty and function to the spaces that use them, offering protection from the elements while also permitting the entry of natural light and air flow.
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Deezen
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Danish architecture practice 3XN has been selected to create a stepped retail building located along Baltimore's Inner Harbor informed by sailboats. The winning design is part of the revitalisation of Baltimore's waterfront and is informed by similar redevelopment taking place in the studio's home city, Copenhagen. 3XN has been selected to create a retail building along Baltimore's Inner Harbor "For most of my life, Copenhagen's waterfront was a working harbour–a place of industry, not somewhere
Archinect
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Pentagram has released materials showcasing their new visual identity project undertaken for their clients at the Memphis Art Museum (formerly the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art) ahead of the completion of its Herzog & de Meuron -led expansion in 2025. The lettering and logo included in the kit derive from cross-section drawings of the new 122,000-square-foot building, which will grace the center of downtown at Overton Park.
World Architecture Community
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Shanghai’s leading architecture and design firm Neri&Hu has completed the Sanya Wellness Retreat inspired by the ancient Chinese walled city that is elevated on a heavy plinth.The new hotel, encompassing a total of üÖ,âââ-s.
ArchDaily
OCTOBER 31, 2023
The House of Silence / Natura Futura Arquitectura. Image © Lorena Darquea The world has just witnessed the hottest months in recorded history, and the outlook is far from optimistic. Rising temperatures are driving greater cooling demands, threatening to trigger a vicious cycle of higher electricity use and carbon emissions. In a planet simultaneously facing unprecedented urbanization and a climate crisis, the intersection of building energy efficiency and cooling technologies has never been mor
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