ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Aerial perspective of the Luum Temple under construction, revealing the network of bamboo elements. Image Courtesy of CO-LAB design office In a world grappling with environmental challenges, forward-thinking architects and engineers are increasingly leaning towards more sustainable solutions. While steel and concrete have long dominated the construction industry, bamboo is now stepping into the limelight as a compelling alternative.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Continuing with our weekly job highlights , we focus on 16 architecture schools seeking associate professors, assistant professors, facilities staff, coordinators, and academic leaders. As a leader in architectural employment and professional practice, the Archinect Job Board provides professionals (at various stages of their careers) with a curated list of employment opportunities you shouldn't miss.

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Avontuura

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The adopted building configuration with its open angles and two intersecting saddle roofs reflects the distinctive character of the site. The post Delugan Meissl designs elegant house in Slovenia with wooden lamella facade appeared first on Åvontuura.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

signed by mareines arquitetura in the dominican republic, the one-story residence combines wood, steel, copper, and concrete to create a dynamic palette The post hurricane-proof casa punta cana’s organic body reaches for the caribbean landscape appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

© Inclined Studio architects: studio prAcademics Location: Khodiyar - Jaspur Rd, Gujarat, India Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Inclined Studio Photographs: Manan Surti Photography Area: 740.

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Avontuura

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Two hard, practically indestructible materials—concrete and chrome steel—preserve, in the form of an abstract base, the memory of winter. The post Marte.Marte design concrete and steel rest area in the foothills of an Austrian forest appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Central Saint Martins graduate Luke Talbot has created a portable charger that can be hooked up to rental bikes to allow people experiencing homelessness to charge their phones for free. On display as part of the Design Transforms exhibition at CSM during London Design Festival, MyPowerbank was designed to slot onto the chain of any Santander bicycle – rentable bikes provided by Transport for London – parked in one of the 800 docking stations across the capital.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

© Base Fotografia architects: Íntegra Studio Arquitetura Location: São Francisco de Paula, RS, 95400-000, Brazil Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Base Fotografia Area: 538 ft2 Read more »

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition for the design of a new harborfront district in the Chinese city of Sanya. Located on the southern tip of Hainan island, the area attracts 80 million tourists each year for its forests and beaches, a demand that is driving the development of the new harbor district.

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The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

What does it say about the United States that, until 2017, stained glass portraits of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson adorned Washington National Cathedral—one of the country’s The post <em>Now and Forever</em>, a stained glass piece by Kerry James Marshall, brings the civil rights struggle into Washington National Cathedral appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Australian studio Retallack Thompson has constructed a steel extension for a heritage-listed stone terrace in Sydney and added a second house on the same plot to create a multi-generational family home. Steel House/Stone House was designed to resemble a tiny village, with the original 1830s terrace house and the new freestanding steel-framed building positioned at either end of the narrow lot, bookending a communal courtyard.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

© Iwan Baan architects: Katie Paterson architects: Zeller & Moye Location: 10600 N Tantau Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014, United States Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Iwan Baan Photographs: Hunter Kerhart Area: 209.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Arquitectonica has been selected as the master planners and designers of a new $1 billion mixed-use healthcare development in Miami , the firm announced via a press release today. Site preparations will begin this year on the seven-acre Highland Park Miami development in the city’s Medical District. The plan for clients The Allen Morris Company and Black Salmon will increase the district’s total area by approximately ten percent, transforming it into the second largest such developme

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

in expanding china, patrick bergsma conveys that people and nature are one by creating bonsai trees that grow out of broken ceramic vases. The post patrick bergsma’s broken ceramic vases & crafted bonsai trees explore our bond with nature appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has created a prototype for a temporary house that he plans to roll out in Morocco following this month's devastating earthquake. The structure is the latest iteration of Ban's Paper Log House model, which he developed as a quick-to-construct and affordable shelter for victims of natural disasters.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

© Loes van Duijvendijk architects: NEXT architects Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Loes van Duijvendijk Area: 2970.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Archinect's latest curated jobs roundup from Archinect Jobs highlights 10 architecture and design firms across the country with exciting Landscape Architecture opportunities. To learn more about the various positions firms are offering, make sure to check out Archinect's Guide to Job Titles series. Also, consult our Archinect Tips collection for helpful guidance on how to get that next job.

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designboom

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

the mixed-use, mass-timber development 'sixth&blanco' will bring ten residences, a hotel, and public retail to austin. The post herzog & de meuron’s first project in texas will bring mass-timber to austin appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Dutch studio WillemsenU has completed a house that is partially buried underground to blend in with its rural surroundings in Eindhoven , the Netherlands. Appropriately called The House Under the Ground, the home is designed by WillemsenU to "enhance the beauty" of its site and act as a retreat for the couple who own it. WillemsenU has created The House Under the Ground Its design also offers privacy to its occupants, with the sleeping spaces lowered six metres into the ground and the protruding

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

© Virgile Simon Bertrand | Zaha Hadid Architects, Studio City One of the two hotels Zaha Hadid Architects designed in their Hollywood -Inspired “Studio City” Resorts has just opened to the public. Located in the Cotai district of Macau, the resort features leisure, entertainment, and hospitality facilities, including one of Asia’s largest indoor & outdoor water parks.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Paris-based Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects (ATTA) is moving forward with its plans for a major expansion of Frank Lloyd Wright 's beloved Imperial Hotel in Tokyo following their selection as the project’s winning design architect in November of 2021. The project will be the fourth such major overhaul of Yuzuru Watanabe’s original 1890 design and links Wright (who strove in his multiple renovations from 1923 onward to blend eastern and western motifs as much as possible) with the pr

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Citizen Robotics adapted the tech to print a two-bedroom cottage that serves as a concept for affordable housing in the city. Detroit has roughly 72,000 vacant lots according to the city’s Land Bank Authority, and some neighborhoods only have a few houses per block. Between them are wide open spaces, many of which have become meadows after a swath of landowners sold their property to the land bank and headed for the suburbs when times got tough during the deindustrialization of the automotive in

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Danish toymaker Lego has abandoned its pilot programme to make recycled plastic bricks from discarded bottles after projections suggested that, adopted at scale, the material would ultimately have a higher carbon footprint. The company introduced its first prototype bricks using recycled PET (rPET) in 2021 as part of the aim to have all of its products made from sustainable materials by the end of the decade.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Domino_s office buildings_ Ten Grand and The Refinery at Domino. Image © Max Touhey Two Trees Management announced the official reopening of The Refinery at Domino Sugar, one of Brooklyn’s most iconic buildings transformed into a modern workspace. The design of the adaptive reuse project, led by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) began in 2017 with the purpose of reimagining the monument to become a point of connection between the existing neighborhood and the recaptured waterfront.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This week's curated employer highlight features four architecture and design firms, alongside one university with current job openings in Cambridge , Aspen , New York City/Brooklyn , and Philadelphia. For even more positions, visit the Archinect job board and browse our active community of job seekers , firms , and schools. The Program in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor in th

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