Archinect
APRIL 29, 2024
If you're looking for exciting architecture and design events to add to your calendar this May, check out our curated selection of recommendations, including exhibitions, festivals, conferences, and symposia taking place across the U.S. and abroad. For the complete roster of ongoing and upcoming happenings listed on Bustler, head to our Events section.
Deezen
MAY 1, 2024
In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a selection of brutalist and modernist churches captured by photographer Jamie McGregor Smith in his book Sacred Modernity. With 139 photographs of 100 churches, McGregor Smith created the book to showcase the sculptural and unique forms of some of the churches built across Europe in the post-war period.
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designboom
APRIL 28, 2024
baldridge architects builds a contemporary home for a sustainable bison and turkey ranch in texas hill country. The post roam ranch: baldridge architects designs modern home for rural texas appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
APRIL 29, 2024
Steven Holl Architects has won an international competition for the design of a new expo center in Tirana, Albania. Titled ‘Expo Albania,’ the project will also see the construction of an adjacent wine hotel and demonstration vineyards with the potential for wine trade festivals to be held in the expo hall.
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SW Oregon Architect
APRIL 27, 2024
The interior of the main dome of the Selimiye Mosque in Edirne, Turkey (photo by Dosseman, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) Architecture is a field where the physical and the metaphysical converge, providing opportunities for profound exploration into concepts of beauty, order, and meaning. Among the metaphysical concepts that can influence architectural thought, the notion of implicate order stands out.
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Chaos
APRIL 29, 2024
Building “Foundation:'' The Apple TV+’s show’s overall VFX supervisor, Chris MacLean, talks about bringing its world to life both on-set and in post-production.
Archinect
MAY 2, 2024
The tides are changing for women in architecture schools in surprising ways. Female deans currently lead Harvard, Yale, Princeton, NJIT, Cornell, Syracuse, NYIT, CCNY, Cooper Union, and Boston Architectural College, among others. Despite the difficulties some of them have faced, no doubt, their impact has been felt in architectural education across the U.S. and around the world.
Deezen
MAY 2, 2024
Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has extended the National Swedish Museum of Technology with Wisdome Stockholm, a timber building topped by a curving roof that bulges over a dome inside. Made from 277 pieces of triangular cross-laminated timber (CLT), the spherical structure, which the designers refer to as a "visualisation dome", contains tiered seating surrounded by 3D screens.
ArchDaily
APRIL 28, 2024
© LIN Yongchen architects: Protoscapes Location: Motan Village, Dawei Town, Hefei City, Anhui Province, China Project Year: 2023 Photographs: LIN Yongchen Area: 756.
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designboom
APRIL 27, 2024
KOSMOS architects’ multifunctional wooden piece of furniture ‘DICE’ is also portable, as the compact design object can fit in a handbag. The post multifunctional furniture ‘DICE’ is a wooden stool, coffee table, leg bench and lamp at once appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
MAY 3, 2024
Located in the -El Bercial- neighborhood, with garages, sports facilities (swimming pool and paddle tennis), a children's play area integrated into a common interior space of green and living areas. In this project of single-family homes in Getafe we have applied the project concept that is born from the natural phenomenon Jameos del agua; a natural space and an art, cultural and tourism center designed by César Manrique.
Deezen
APRIL 29, 2024
AIME Studio's interiors for the latest outpost of The Hoxton hotels, in a renovated marble-clad 1950s office building in Vienna , celebrate arts and crafts and post-war modernism. Creative studio AIME Studio has converted the former administration building of the Chamber of Commerce in Vienna, which was originally designed by architect Carl Appel, into The Hoxton Vienna.
ArchDaily
APRIL 30, 2024
© Shengliang Su architects: line+ studio Location: Li Shui Shi, China Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Shengliang Su Photographs: DONG Image Area: 13738.
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designboom
MAY 1, 2024
available in two sizes, kettal's insula allows various personalized configurations with a roll backrest that gives the sofa its horizontal orientation. The post patricia urquiola reinterprets traditional arabic majlis with modular sofa ‘insula’ for kettal appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
APRIL 30, 2024
Look below for Archinect's latest curated selection of architecture and design firms currently hiring on Archinect Jobs. This week's featured employer highlight includes openings in Santa Barbara , Portland , Bridgehampton , Brooklyn , and Franklin, Massachusetts. For even more opportunities, head over to the Archinect job board and explore our active community of job seekers , firms , and schools.
Deezen
APRIL 30, 2024
Architecture studio Unknown Works has renovated a terraced London house called Oasis, adding a side and rear extension to create a flexible interior and maximise natural light. The Victorian home in Kentish Town is owned by Unknown Works ' co-founder Theo Games Petrophilos, who wanted to update its interior with a large open-plan living area suitable for cooking, working and entertaining guests.
ArchDaily
APRIL 29, 2024
La Pinta Chalets / Ramoni Balestro Arquitectura. Image © Ezequiele Panizzi Acquiring diverse expressive possibilities within interior design, the use of wood in regions with a wide range of climates and temperatures such as Mexico , Brazil, Argentina , Uruguay , Chile , Colombia , or Ecuador enables the creation of attractive and captivating spaces that capture the attention of their users by contrasting, blending, or integrating with their surrounding environment.
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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?
designboom
MAY 3, 2024
the exhibition at the tchoban foundation features 40 drawings of the renowned architect showcased in europe for the first time. The post lina bo bardi’s drawings compose concrete poetry at tchoban foundation exhibition in berlin appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
MAY 2, 2024
Ten major companies in the construction equipment industry have formed a coalition to promote sustainability in the sector. The France-based organization, named the Community of Sustainable Equipment Players (CAMD), includes Bouygues Construction, Colas, Eiffage, Haulotte, JCB, Kiloutou, Manitou Group, NGE, Salti, and Volvo. The group has set out five key objectives for member companies.
Deezen
APRIL 29, 2024
Mexican architecture practice HW Studio has created a hillside house outside of Mexico City consisting of a vertical volume that houses circulation and a horizontal volume containing its living spaces. Located in Morelia, HW Studio created the 4,735 square foot (439 square metres) Casa Shi to strike a balance between the "natural and artificial". HW Studio has created a home in Mexico comprised of a vertical and horizontal volume The house is made up of a rectangular, vertical stone-clad volume
ArchDaily
APRIL 29, 2024
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Aerial imagery has emerged as a necessary tool for architecture, engineering, and construction firms seeking to improve pre-construction site analysis, make more informed planning decisions, and ensure all stakeholders have access to an accurate visualization of the site to keep the project moving forward. Download our guide and take a deeper look at how aerial imagery can be leveraged to drive project efficiency by reducing unnecessary site visits and providing the accurate details required to
designboom
APRIL 27, 2024
snøhetta's newly completed 'vertikal nydalen' achieves net-zero energy usage for heating, cooling, and ventilation. The post snøhetta’s mixed-use building in oslo performs with net-zero energy usage appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
MAY 1, 2024
Manica Architecture has released renderings related to a late bid to lure the Kansas City Chiefs NFL franchise across the state border to Wyandotte County, Kansas. The design has been made public for the first time a week after the firm’s plans for a new Bears lakefront stadium in Chicago were panned by critics. Rendering courtesy Manica Architecture The proposed new dome-enclosed stadium was presented to Kansas lawmakers this week as part of a pitch to bring its first-ever major American
Deezen
MAY 1, 2024
UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has been granted planning approval for office and residential development 18 Blackfriars Road, which the studio claims will be net-zero carbon. Located on a two-acre brownfield site in London 's Bankside, 18 Blackfriars Road will contain two residential blocks and a 45-storey office skyscraper. Foster + Partners claimed the project would have the lowest whole-life carbon of any London high-rise development when it submitted its application, which has rece
ArchDaily
MAY 1, 2024
Completed in 2024 in Karuizawa, Japan. Images by Masahiro Ohgami, Takumi Ota. A private residence in Karuizawa, Nagano. Situated along the road lies the distinctive triangular property extending 110m in length. A creative.
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