ArchDaily

JUNE 26, 2024

Restaurant & Grocery Store in Monteiro Lobato / Metamoorfose Studio. Image © Maíra Acayaba Anyone who lives in a big city may have dreamed of moving elsewhere and living isolated, in a house among the trees or on a deserted beach. During the pandemic and the endless months of quarantine, many more may have had this same idea. As romantic and seductive as this may seem, however, living deep in nature comes with some important practical challenges.

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JUNE 23, 2024

Lane Community College Health Professions Building nearing completion. The violet-blue stucco panels are where the intended murals will be located. It is my privilege to be a member of the selection jury tasked with identifying the artist or team of artists who will create large-scale murals for the new Lane Community College Health Professions Building (HPB).

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Archinect

JUNE 24, 2024

On May 18, 2024, the University of Pennsylvania awarded Lin Huiyin (林徽因) with an architecture degree, exactly 100 years after they refused to admit her into their undergraduate program because she was a woman. [.] With the news of Lin’s belated degree quickly going viral on Chinese social media, her name is again in the public eye.

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Deezen

JUNE 25, 2024

Architecture studios working on Saudi giga-project Neom are maintaining their silence over human rights concerns despite mounting pressure from campaigners. Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft reports. Following recent reporting by the BBC alleging that Saudi forces permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for the project, human rights organisations told Dezeen that architecture studios "can't ignore" abuses connected to Neom anymore, and must "urgently reflect" on their involvement in the proj

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ArchDaily

JUNE 24, 2024

© Chalermwat Wongchompoo | Sofography architects: Ayutt and Associates Design Location: Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Chalermwat Wongchompoo | Sofography Area: 900.

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Archinect

JUNE 28, 2024

Foster + Partners and Arup have announced the first four designs for the hotly anticipated California High-Speed Rail as part of a series of open house sessions currently being undertaken with key stakeholders across the state’s Central Valley region. The first set of designs will stand as models for all future nodes in the 500-mile linkage that connects San Francisco to Los Angeles/Orange County.

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Deezen

JUNE 25, 2024

Architecture studios involved in Neom should either campaign for the release of people imprisoned for protesting against the Saudi mega-project or walk away, says human rights campaigner Lina Alhathloul in this interview. Speaking to Dezeen as part of a wider feature exploring whether architecture studios should reconsider their involvement in Neom , Alhathloul questioned the motives behind the multi-region development.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 23, 2024

© Rory Gardiner architects: PPAA Location: Valle de Bravo, State of Mexico, Mexico Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Rory Gardiner Area: 10376 ft2 Read more »

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JUNE 28, 2024

the central courtyard acts as a source of light and thermal radiation, optimizing the energy performance of the house by bernardo cerrato. The post natural light shapes room functions in bernardo cerrato’s passive residence in spain appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JUNE 26, 2024

Following our previous look at an opening for a Signage & Wayfinding Project Manager at Pentagram , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an opening on Archinect Jobs for the Exhibition Design Internship at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. The paid internship, based in New York City, runs from October 2024 to March 2025, with applications closing on Friday, July 5th.

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Deezen

JUNE 25, 2024

A series of staggered, multi-level courtyards animate the plan of In-between Gardens, a house in the town of Tiptur, India , designed by architecture studio A Threshold. The courtyards accompany each of the main living areas, functioning as semi-public meeting places in the home that A Threshold said help to "breathe life" into it. This design is informed by the local old town in which it is located, where communal gathering spaces are considered an important part of the urban fabric.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 26, 2024

Completed in 2024 in Tepoztlán, Mexico. Images by Mariana Achach. Under the cliffs of Tepozteco emerges LL House, where its monoliths settle as if the weathered stones of the hill had been sculpted to inhabit them.

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designboom

JUNE 25, 2024

old mud houses and remnants of rammed earth walls were integrated with new concrete structures and modern technology to form the public space complex. The post villager’s home by UAD grows out of ancient mud house remnants in rural china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JUNE 25, 2024

The winners of eVolo Magazine ’s 2024 Skyscraper Competition have been unveiled. Three winners and 14 honorable mentions were selected from a total of 206 projects submitted. Established in 2006, the annual award "recognizes visionary ideas that through the novel use of technology, materials, programs, aesthetics, and spatial organizations, challenge the way we understand vertical architecture and its relationship with the natural and built environments.

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Deezen

JUNE 24, 2024

Architecture studio Proctor & Shaw has added a blocky extension with light, wood-filled interiors to a Grade II-listed villa in north London. Named Heath House, the home has been reconfigured to replace its awkwardly sized rooms and dilapidated conservatory with contemporary spaces suited to working and living. Proctor & Shaw added volumes both above and below ground, each with a cuboidal form designed to maximise light and a natural material palette of wood and white brick.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 27, 2024

Courtesy of LAVA LAVA Architects has just revealed their design for The German Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. Highlighting the theme of the circular economy, the pavilion is titled “Wa! Doitsu,” translating to “Wow! Germany.” Conveying enthusiasm, The Pavilion explores concepts around circularity , showcasing the “terminological culmination of the sustainability discussion.

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designboom

JUNE 23, 2024

the mountains' rugged contours pose dramatic backdrop for the earth-toned courts where players can enjoy a game while immersed in nature. The post AlUla’s sandstone canyons nestle basketball courts in norah alsuairy’s AI-generated series appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JUNE 27, 2024

In Toronto , Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has completed a new residence distinguished by projecting and retracting volumes and the way it offers occupants a meaningful relationship with the outdoors. Called Shift House, the 3,200-square-foot home’s façade is also highlighted by contrasting cladding. Western red cedar fills the voids left by the retracted volumes, providing a striking contrast to the predominantly charcoal gray exterior.

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Dwell

JUNE 28, 2024

Growing up, Black’s Beach was a fabled, taboo playground for public indecency in my mind. Visiting as an adult, I’ve found that the reality is quite different. Welcome to Beach Week , our annual celebration of the best place on Earth. Growing up in a Christian household where modesty was an enforced virtue, a naked body, to me, was as mythological as it was transgressive.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 25, 2024

Completed in 2024 in Ostuni, Italy. Images by Alex Reyto. Casa Roverella is a house located in Valle d'Itria, a lush area in the center of Puglia. The main intention was immediately to seek a dialogue with.

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designboom

JUNE 25, 2024

the station's lower part includes concrete foundations and entry bridges, while lightweight steel canopies adorn the upper part. The post continuous white steel arch trusses form new nanchang east station’s roof wings appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JUNE 24, 2024

“The city of Los Angeles has worked very hard to brand these as tiny homes as if they are a housing solution, which they absolutely are not,” said Shayla Myers, a senior attorney at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles. “In reality, these are tiny sheds.” Firsthand accounts of what it’s like to live inside one of the eleven tiny home villages scattered across parts of the San Fernando Valley and northeast LA often underscore their value as bulwarks against unshel

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Deezen

JUNE 25, 2024

An Egyptian-style, postmodern home designed by British architecture studio John Outram Associates in Oxfordshire has been Grade II-listed. Completed by the studio in 1999, Sphinx Hill house has now become the UK's youngest listed building and forms one of five of John Outram Associates' (JOA) buildings that have been listed. The Sphinx Hill house is the UK's youngest listed building The two-storey home was commissioned in 1994 by a couple with a shared interest in ancient Egyptian culture – fro

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ArchDaily

JUNE 22, 2024

Completed in 2022 in Kilifi, Kenya. Images by Iain Olivier. Nestled along the serene Takaungu Creek, UA House epitomizes the seamless blend of historical influence and contemporary architectural practices.

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designboom

JUNE 27, 2024

framed by large blocks of sawn local granite, the house, overlooking a stream slicing the mountains, represents reconciliation with nature. The post joão cepeda carves granite house into rugged cliffside in portugal appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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