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JUNE 4, 2023

© Takuji Shimmura Social Housing is a principal element for a more democratic city. These housing structures provide decent dwellings for all citizens in urban areas and connect them to the rest of the city and its services. Unfortunately, in many countries, the term "Social Housing" still has a negative connotation. It is often seen as a project that seeks to build the largest number of units with cheap materials, and little-to-no concern for the quality of life of its residents.

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Deezen

JUNE 6, 2023

Paris has reimposed a height limit for new buildings in the city, following the controversial construction of Tour Triangle tower designed by Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron. The height limit, announced yesterday , will limit new buildings in the French capital to a height of 37 metres or 12 storeys. It reinstates the same Parisian planning law that was introduced in 1977 following the construction of Tour Montparnasse, a 210-metre-tall office tower by architects Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cas

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JUNE 5, 2023

ste murray captures the nature-inspired pavilion with its leaf-like perforations and its distinctive pleated roof. The post an exclusive look inside lina ghotmeh’s serpentine pavilion through the lens of ste murray appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Taihang Xinyu Art Museum is inlaid in the streets of Shibanyan Town, Linzhou, with its back against Taihang Mountain and facing Cangxi River. The post This stunning new art museum in Henan Province repairs the “texture” of the surrounding village by activating old warehouses appeared first on Åvontuura.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Los Angeles-based Arshia Architects has completed RO54, a residential scheme perched on a hilltop in Bel Air. The team describes the project’s aesthetic as “directed by streamline automotive design,” with a split-level concept following the hilly topography of the site. Image credit: Paul Vu Image credit: Paul Vu The 6,700-square-foot home sought to minimize its perceived massing, with a “dynamic” building sitting atop a buried podium.

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JUNE 4, 2023

Bivalve mollusk fossils collected from the excavation for Phase 2 of Eugene Civic Park (my photo) Phase 2 of the Civic Park project in Eugene is underway. Upon completion, the facility will add a 2,500-seat grandstand, an elevated concourse, lockers/showers/toilets, a press box, and storage to complement the existing KIDSPORTS fieldhouse, artificial turf field, ticket office, and parking.

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Deezen

JUNE 9, 2023

Seattle architecture studio Hybrid and Mexico City-based Palma have created a hotel called NICO Loma Alta that features elements of brutalism and vernacular architecture. NICO Loma Alta is located in Sayulita, a bohemian surf town an hour north of Puerto Vallarta, in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Top: photo is by Alex Herbig. Above: NICO takes design cues from local Mexican architecture With its exposed concrete frame, NICO combines elements of local architecture and building techniques with nod

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Archinect

JUNE 9, 2023

An architectural team composed of Kuehn Malvezzi , Pelletier de Fontenay, and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architects has been awarded the Grand Prix d’excellence en architecture from the Ordre des architectes du Québec for their Metamorphosis of the Montreal Insectarium. Main façade and Pollinator. Photo credit: James Brittain — Kuehn Malvezzi / Pelletier de Fontenay / Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architectes in consortium The project underwent a seven-year design and construction p

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ArchDaily

JUNE 4, 2023

© Jim Stephenson architects: Brown & Brown Architects Location: Aberdeen, United Kingdom Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Jim Stephenson Area: 274.

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JUNE 9, 2023

yangnar studio embraces the raw natural textures of wood to meld the home with its engulfing forest valley landscape. The post yangnar studio repurposes local antiques and wood for compact home in thailand forest appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

JUNE 8, 2023

The ancient Acropolis of Athens is in full view from the rooftop of this boutique hotel , which design studio House of Shila has housed in a former factory building. Mona Athens is located in the city's lively Psirri district, within an eight-storey 1950s building that once served as a textile factory. The Mona Athens lobby features an eclectic mix of furniture and decor House of Shila , led by New York-based entrepreneur Shai Antebi and Greek photographer and creative director Eftihia Stefanidi

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Archinect

JUNE 8, 2023

Heatherwick Studio has revealed the design of a new public exhibition hall in Shanghai. Named the ‘Orbit’ and located along the city’s West Bund waterfront, the scheme has been designed to be “seemingly accessible from 360 degrees.” Image credit: Heatherwick Studio Outside, the center’s facade was designed to resemble a series of interwoven ribbons forming an undulating set of publicly accessible staircases, bridges, and terraces.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 4, 2023

© Masatomo Moriyama architects: New Material Research Laboratory Location: Tokyo, Japan Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Masatomo Moriyama Area: 313.

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JUNE 9, 2023

terracotta tones, iranian travertine marble, and brass, reflecting on water give the house its distinct appearance. The post balzar arquitectos plants valencian residence’s red steel volume in an olive grove appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Architecture studio Brown & Brown has married stone salvaged from a dilapidated farmstead with timber and board-marked concrete to create The Arbor House in Scotland. Located in a conservation area in Aberdeen, the home nestles in a dipped area at the north of its site and comprises cantilevering volumes clad in timber battens. The Arbor House is a home in Aberdeen Brown & Brown 's design involved demolishing the majority of the stone farmstead that previously occupied the plot, keeping

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Archinect

JUNE 8, 2023

Perkins&Will has just announced the opening of their new 30,000-square-foot plant research facility for The University of California, Riverside ’s College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences (CNAS). The two-story greenhouse design is billed as a state-of-the-art tribute to the “importance of plant research to the culture and character of UCR" and works by “placing a utilitarian research facility in a visible and approachable location,” according to the firm.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 7, 2023

© Simón Bosch architects: Palafito Arquitectura Location: Cra. 24 #63C-69, Barrios Unidos, Bogotá, Colombia Photographs: Simón Bosch Area: 68.

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designboom

JUNE 9, 2023

n-ark envisions ‘dogen city’ powered by a ‘new ocean’ model With climate change taking a turn for the worst, the earth is witnessing an alarming shift in rising sea levels, pushing countries to explore oceans and seas as new habitable ‘grounds’ As such, floating cities have taken center stage in recent years — take Estudio Focaccia Prieto’s ‘polimeropolis‘ or BIG’s floating […] The post can this floating and smart healthcare

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JUNE 6, 2023

Architect India Mahdavi has updated six rooms within Rome 's 16th-century Villa Medici to feature an array of contemporary and colourful furniture. The intervention comes as part of a three-year project called Re-enchanting Villa Medici , which was launched in 2022 to amplify the presence of contemporary design and craft within the Renaissance palace.

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JUNE 6, 2023

A crossover arts and manufacturing project from Herzog & de Meuron opened on May 19 following several years of construction that remade a former brownfield site into the new home of the non-profit Powerhouse Arts in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Coinciding with the ongoing cleanup of the Gowanus Canal , the project reused a Turbine Hall located at the site of Brooklyn's Rapid Power Transit Station from 1904 while adding new space in the shell of a reinstated Bolier House building that was semi-preserv

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ArchDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

© Rodrigo Daza architects: AGB Arquitectos Location: La Vega de Pupuya, Navidad, O'Higgins, Chile Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Rodrigo Daza Area: 50.

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designboom

JUNE 8, 2023

a combination of wooden volumes with metal and plastic elements shape up the digitally created play structures. The post vibrant AI series conceives children’s playgrounds as spaceships, boats, and zeppelins appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Mexican studio Colectivo C733 has created a brick music school in Nacajuca, Mexico that includes two structures and a lofty, cantilevered roof made of coconut wood. The Mexico City-based collective completed the 1,325-square metre (120-square metre) Casa de Música in 2021. Colectivo C733 added a soaring coconut wood roof to the music school The facility is part of the state's urban development program and "provides a space for social gatherings with warm materials and natural ventilation, while

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2023

Artist Janet Echelman ’s soft-fiber Current installation premiered over the weekend in Columbus, Ohio, adding the city to a list of others to have showcased her experiments with site-specific sculptures and computational design since 2009. Stretching to a total of 126 feet at its zenith, the 229-foot-long sculpture is made from 78 miles of twine strewn into more than 550,000 individual knots and cast from the facades of buildings located at the intersection of Gay and High Streets.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 5, 2023

The Stairs to Kriterion / MVRDV. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu To convey the might and prestige of their empire, the Romans constructed enduring architecture as symbols of their long-lasting reign. Emperors employed grand public works as assertions of their status and reputation. Conversely, Japanese architecture has long embraced ideas of change and renewal, evident in the ritualistic rebuilding of Shinto shrines.

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