Archinect

JULY 4, 2023

In celebration of July 4th , Archinect recognizes the work of U.S.-based architecture firms by bringing attention to a selection of emerging studios establishing themselves as changemakers and design leaders within the industry. From coast to coast, we've explored several architecture practices that are making their mark in their respective cities. For this special feature, what better way to highlight the growing talent of U.S.

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ArchDaily

JULY 2, 2023

The 18th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale , inaugurated on May 20th, is truly embodying its theme: " The laboratory of the future ". Presented by the main curator Lesley Lokko, it invited "architects and professionals from an expanded field of creative disciplines to draw examples from their contemporary practices that would pave a path for the audience to move forward, imagining for themselves what the future may hold.

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designboom

JULY 4, 2023

FELT added a wedge shaped extension for a retired art books publisher, against the side of an existing building, clad in metal. The post FELT extends traditional flemish home with wedge-shaped, metal-clad library in belgium appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Avontuura

JULY 6, 2023

The design references Californian rock formations, and features a landscaped public “canyon” that cuts through the building’s plinth. The post Geology-inspired sustainable tower “The Canyon” by MVRDV is completed in San Francisco’s Mission Rock appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

JULY 7, 2023

Polish firm SLAS architekci has injected an eye-catching multifunctional public space into a university campus in the southern Polish city of Chorzów. Called “Activity Zone,” the project was a nominee in the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. Image © Michał Kopaniszyn The park was completed in 2019 for the University of Silesia.

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Deezen

JULY 7, 2023

A larch-clad extension defines Pen y Common, a 17th-century longhouse overhauled by Nidus Architects and Rural Office that sits on a hillside in rural Wales. The dwelling, which is located on a hill overlooking the market town of Hay-on-Wye, contains a new living space, master bedroom, and entrance lobby in its extension. Pen y Common is located on a hill It was created by Nidus Architects and Rural Office for a family who wanted a generous home that could meet the current and future needs of fa

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designboom

JULY 7, 2023

housing now by blue temple explores the wonders of bamboo Housing NOW is a residential typology project launched by architecture studio Blue Temple in Myanmar in 2019. The proposed initiative is implemented in a series of completed constructions that explore the wonders of bamboo design and construction, actively taking part in the transition from a vernacular […] The post blue temple develops interlocking bamboo frames for low-cost building in myanmar appeared first on designboom | archit

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Archinect

JULY 6, 2023

A team comprising Mecanoo , Meng Architects, and Lora Landscape has been named as winners of an international competition to design the Shenzhen Guangming Scientist Valley in China. The project seeks to create “the first comprehensive national science center in the Greater Bay Area, attracting researchers and innovative talents from around the world to create a world-leading research and innovation hub.

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ArchDaily

JULY 3, 2023

Depiction of relocation of Ise temple. Image © Utagawa Kuniyoshi The conception of architecture, understood since modernity, emphasizes permanence. The durability of tectonic construction can be manifested in various ways. However, what does it mean to associate architecture with ephemerality? And what happens when the idea of permanence is connected to transience?

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Deezen

JULY 4, 2023

A roughly-hewn stone trough and a traditional mill for pressing olive oil were repurposed by interior designer Pilar García-Nieto within this farmhouse-turned- hotel near Mallorca 's Serra de Tramuntana mountain range. The Lodge is the latest boutique hotel from Único Hotels , tucked away inside a 157-hectare estate filled with centenarian almond and olive trees, lavender fields and 20 kilometres of hiking trails.

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designboom

JULY 3, 2023

located in barcelona, a newly opened 'miners café' has been completed by interior designer isern serra. The post miners café: a barcelona coffee shop opens with interior design by isern serra appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JULY 3, 2023

The AIA Los Angeles chapter has announced the winners of their 2023 Residential Architecture Award. Twenty projects were recognized for the annual series ranging from affordable and supportive housing to single-family and multi-family housing. In addition to the twenty honored projects, two additional projects received the Climate Positive Award sponsored by Southern California Edison.

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ArchDaily

JULY 5, 2023

© Evelyn Muller architects: Padovani Arquitetos Location: Quinta da Baroneza – Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Evelyn Muller Area: 7535 ft2 Read more »

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Deezen

JULY 4, 2023

Glossy white-concrete panels clad this holiday home with a pentagonal plan in Italy , which has been designed by Milan studio JM Architecture. The dwelling is named Pinwheel after its distinctive shape, which was JM Architecture 's solution for the client's "only request" – that it offers views of both the nearby Lake Maggiore and surrounding alpine valleys.

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designboom

JULY 7, 2023

snøhetta takes to northern france with the design of orionis, a spiraling planetarium and observatory in douai. The post snøhetta brings ‘orionis’ planetarium and observatory to northern france appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JULY 3, 2023

The Nation, America’s leading source of progressive politics and culture, today named Kate Wagner (@mcmansionhell) to its masthead as architecture correspondent. Best known as the brains behind the brilliant and satirical architecture blog, “”McMansion Hell,” and following a wildly successful stint as a Nation guest columnist earlier this year, Wagner will contribute monthly commentary on architecture and the built environment—but not as always conventionally unders

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ArchDaily

JULY 3, 2023

© Divya Rajesh architects: NO Architects Designers and Social Artists Location: Kollam, Kerala, India Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Divya Rajesh Area: 48.

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JULY 2, 2023

Spanish studio Balzar Arquitectos has added a copper-toned family house named La Casa de los Olivos to an olive grove in Valencia , Spain. Aiming to blend into its site in the town of Quesa, the long and low-lying home has been finished with a red-hued lime mortar that mimics the surrounding soil. Balzar Arquitectos also preserved as much of the existing planting as possible by designing the house with a linear form that fits within a grid of trees.

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designboom

JULY 5, 2023

the new fiat topolino electric car gets two versions: one for city cruising with closed doors, and dolcevita with open doors and rollable sunroof. The post new fiat topolino electric car with rollable sunroof + open doors can be driven by 14 year olds appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JULY 7, 2023

July 6th marked the long-awaited public opening of New York City’s new Louis Armstrong Center in Queens, culminating a 17-year journey to properly honor the legacy of the man called 'Satchmo' in the neighborhood he proudly made his home from 1943 until the music finally ended in 1971. The small, 14,000-square-foot design from Caples Jefferson is located the directly across 107th Street street from the storied musician’s landmarked former residence (now the Louis Armstrong House Museu

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ArchDaily

JULY 2, 2023

© Manolo R Solís architects: Laura Lecué - Collectif COMO Location: 97730 Espita, Yucatan, Mexico Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Manolo R Solís Photographs: Diafragmas Area: 8450 ft2 Read more »

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JULY 1, 2023

German interior designer Peter Heimer and joinery studio Buchholzberlin used a restrained material palette of concrete , oak and aluminium when renovating this flat inside London 's brutalist Trellick Tower. The Grade II-listed building, designed by architect Ernö Goldfinger , originally opened in 1972 to provide social housing for the neighbourhood of Kensal Rise but has since become a landmark of brutalist architecture thanks to its distinctive lift tower.

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designboom

JULY 6, 2023

during its inaugural show, the sphere's exterior served as a canvas for a captivating display, showcasing animated fireworks, the american flag, and even a colossal eyeball. The post gigantic LED sphere illuminates las vegas skyline for the first time appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JULY 3, 2023

A new proposal from HOK and Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) has been unveiled as the competition to design a more modern and accessible update to Penn Station continues just days after New York State Governor Kathy Hochul officially scaled back the project due to economic concerns and pushback from local residents. The two firms’ split proposal would supposedly be delivered in six years and at a cost of $6 billion using a combination of grants, state, and federal money, in add

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ArchDaily

JULY 7, 2023

Completed in 2022 in Suchdol, Czech Republic. Images by PKučera Photography. The winning competition proposal for the new cemetery is based on existing qualities of the area – treetops of an elderly chestnut alley, horizons of.

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