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APRIL 21, 2024

"Rachel de Queiroz Park / Architectus S/S. Image © Joana França Every year, Earth Day , celebrated on April 22, presents us with an opportunity to contemplate the conditions of our planet and our impact upon it. Generating around 37% of global carbon emissions , the construction industry has an important, often detrimental, role to play, thus placing an increasingly urgent responsibility on architects and builders to devise strategies for reducing this number.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Taiwan. Images by Shao Chi Ho. Creating the connection between people & nature and people & people. Faced with a community park, the design was focused on the connection.

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Archinect

APRIL 22, 2024

Chris Pratt has drawn ire from architecture aficionados after news broke that the actor and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, had razed a historic, mid-century modern home to make way for a sprawling 15,000-sq-ft mansion. Architect Ken Ungar, whose portfolio largely features high-end modern farmhouse-style residences, will design a home for the couple, Architectural Digest reported.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 21, 2024

LIC Housing / Vastu Shilpa Consultants. Image © Iwan Baan In a nation grappling with a severe housing shortage for its economically weakest sections, the concept of "low-cost housing" has surprisingly faded from public consciousness and policy discourse. A crisis impacting millions of the nation's poorest, the need for affordable housing has become even more pressing as India's population overtakes China to emerge as the most populous nation.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Planted balconies surround open living spaces at this house in Bangalore , designed by Indian studio 4site Architects for a nature-loving family. Named House of Greens, the four-bedroom home is informed by Bangalore's history of green spaces and parks, which have earned it the moniker of the "garden city" of India. Planted balconies surround House of Greens "As a tribute to Bangalore, the theme of the house is to reflect the garden and abundance of green spaces," 4site Architect 's founder Chand

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Archinect

APRIL 22, 2024

Kaleidoscope in Tianshui is a kindergarten located in Tianshui City, Gansu Province, China. The first fascinating feature is using ten different colors that apply to a total amount of 438 pieces of colored glass as the main design element. The team adopts the color elements on the places above the glass doors and windows, including the handrails of corridors and stairs.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 26, 2024

Arts District Warehouse / Sheft Farrace. Image © Mike Kelley Many major cities in the United States are grappling with large industrial buildings that have fallen into disuse. These buildings hold historical and architectural significance and are often protected from demolition. Consequently, architects face the challenge and responsibility of adapting these buildings to contemporary functionalities.

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APRIL 22, 2024

We need to end our use of plastics for the sake of the planet and human's health, writes the director of Earth Day 's end plastic initiatives Aidan Charron. Plastics have become ubiquitous in our lives, they are everywhere and unavoidable but it hasn't always been like that. They are relatively new materials and while they do have some benefits, they are overused!

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APRIL 24, 2024

the two tapered volumes will be clad in white glazed ceramic bricks, resulting in a glimmering facade. The post shimmering modern architecture by luca poian & frade arquitectos to arrive in alicante appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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APRIL 26, 2024

If you're an experienced architecture professional looking for a new career opportunity, check out this week's edition of our curated jobs roundup from Archinect Jobs. Below, we highlight 17 employers offering senior positions with a starting salary of over $100K per year. Our selection was based on jobs that have publicly disclosed the annual salary range in their job listings on Archinect Jobs.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 24, 2024

Modular house proposal. Image Courtesy of Han Kuo Housing is a diverse architectural typology whose configuration is determined not only by those who design it but also by the use of those who live in it. Therefore, homes are fundamentally adaptable structures that evolve in line with their time and users, undergoing constant changes manifested in the ways of living.

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APRIL 21, 2024

Walls of exposed concrete define this skinny house in Saitama, Japan , which local studio IGArchitects designed with a width of just 2.7 metres. Named 2700, the home is designed for a young couple on a long and thin site left over following a road expansion in the city, which is close to Tokyo. To maximise usable space, IGArchitects created a series of layered living spaces across two storeys, with flexible spaces on the ground floor and private spaces on the first floor.

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APRIL 26, 2024

jim caumeron design engages in spatial continuity utilizing minimal materiality. The post light and air permeate through residence’s stacked concrete volumes in philippines appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

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APRIL 26, 2024

Three Pines is tucked along the edge of the Chesapeake Bay wetlands in Western Maryland. This 2,100 square foot home is comprised of six modular boxes arranged in a courtyard hybrid layout. Designed for a soon-to-be retiring couple, the home is sensitive to the clients wanting to age in place. The vast majority of the home was fabricated off-site at a modular manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 21, 2024

© Katherine Lu architects: J Mammone Architecture Location: Cobbitty NSW 2570, Australia Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Katherine Lu Photographs: Tom Ferguson Area: 1243.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

Ahead of this summer's Olympic Games in Paris , design offices Concepto and Studio 5.5 have installed 350 street lights made from salvaged scaffolding poles and lampposts in the athletes' village. The lighting project is part of a scheme overseen by the Olympic Games delivery authority Solideo with the aim to reduce carbon emissions by 47 per cent compared to a conventional project.

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APRIL 25, 2024

material selection by km architecture office balances harmonizing with surroundings and maintaining a modern aesthetic. The post perforated double-skin brick facade shields grand house in vietnam appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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?

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APRIL 26, 2024

The American Academy in Rome has announced the 31 recipients of the 2024–25 Rome Prize. Awarded each year and described as the gift of “time and space to think and work,” the fellowship is intended to “support advanced independent work and research in the arts and humanities.” “The Rome Prize is one of the most storied fellowship programs in the United States,” said AAR President Peter N.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 23, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Morelia, Mexico. Images by Cesar Béjar. The Shi House sits patiently on the slope of a ravine, awaiting each day for the sun to set behind the mountain. This project is comprised of a.

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

As numerous architects turn their hands to designing watches , we round up six designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winners including Tadao Ando , Frank Gehry and Álvaro Siza. LeBond Souto de Moura by Eduardo Souto de Moura Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura designed a minimalist watch for LeBond that has its face rotated by 30 degrees. According to the architect, he placed the 12 where the 1 would traditionally be to give a "new spin on familiar things" and create the optimal viewin

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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 22, 2024

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has released its vision for a new mass timber building that will host the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design. Makers’ KUbe will serve The post BIG and BNIM unveil Makers’ KUbe, a new diagrid structure made of mass timber for the University of Kansas appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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APRIL 25, 2024

Eric Owen Moss ’ first residential design in Los Angeles, the 1991 Constellation 167 home in Brentwood, has hit the market courtesy of Sotheby’s International Realty for a listed price of $10.95 million. The home had previously been listed by Compass and Sotheby’s for $12 million last fall before being put up again for the lower price, held exclusively by the latter.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 25, 2024

Lesley Lokko (left). Image © Murdo Macleod and Marina Tabassum (right). Image © Kaethe17 via Wikipedia under license CC BY-SA 4.0 Architects Lesley Lokko and Marina Tabassum have been selected in TIME Magazine’s ‘ 100 Most Influential People of 2024.’ Known as the TIME 100 , the list is an annual compilation of individuals who have made significant impacts on the world in various fields such as politics, technology, entertainment, and more.

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APRIL 26, 2024

London studio Mae Architects has created Harriet Hardy House in Southwark, a block of 119 social homes complete with a community centre and cafe. Commissioned by Southwark Council, the housing forms part of the Aylesbury estate redevelopment and is organised in a U-shape around a central courtyard. Harriet Hardy House contains 119 social homes According to Mae Architects , Harriet Hardy House is designed as a "21st-century almshouse", which is traditionally a type of low-cost sheltered housing p

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designboom

APRIL 24, 2024

with thatched rooftops and timber shutters, the breezy 'casas elilula' project brings a resort and creative hub to coastal brazil. The post breezy art hub and resort ‘casas elilula’ hides among palm trees of coastal brazil appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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