SW Oregon Architect
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
The Hult Center for the Performing Arts (photo by Cacophony via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5, [link] ) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. Many of these will be familiar to most who live here but there are likely to be a few buildings that are less so.
Aric Gitomer Architect
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Windows are the openings to the outer world. Encompassed within your home is the niche of comfort, warmth, and safety that get their aesthetic touch through windows. Windows act as catalysts of a functional yet visual completion of a home. Along with distributing load, windows promote natural ventilation and light. Deciding which windows are correct for your home begins with understanding to identify some of the common types.
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Architonic
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Infinitus Plaza is the new global headquarters of Infinitus China. Incorporating work environments designed to nurture connectivity, creativity and entrepreneurship, the new headquarters also includes the group’s herbal medicine research facilities and safety assessment labs as well as a learning centre for conferences and exhibitions. The 185,643 sq. m Infinitus Plaza defines a gateway to the new Baiyun Central Business District.
A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
OMA NY: Search Term by Shohei Shigematsu, Jason Long Rizzoli , October 2021 Paperback | 8 x 11 inches | 676 pages | 5,565 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9780847869206 | $95.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : Well into its fourth decade, the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), founded by Rem Koolhaas in 1975, remains one of the most influential and successful practices of its kind.
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Life of an Architect
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
For the 12th consecutive year, Life of an Architect presents THE definitive holiday gift guide for architects. The post 088: Holiday Gift Guide for Architects (2021) first appeared on Life of an Architect. Continue reading 088: Holiday Gift Guide for Architects (2021) at Life of an Architect. For the 12th consecutive year, Life of an Architect presents THE definitive holiday gift guide for architects.
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Architonic
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
The ‘specificity’ of the new location for the Islamic Religious and Cultural Centre is precisely its complete lack of ‘specificity’ – an area that is near the city centre, but abandoned and forgotten, in a fragile undeveloped state, with an uncertain urban future. Much like its historical predecessors – the case of Sarajevo mosques during 19th century being a nearby example, where mosque complexes – built by rich donors – were the starting points, the ‘seeds’ for the development of the new parts
A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Sandfuture by Justin Beal The MIT Press , September 2021 Paperback | 5-1/2 x 8-3/4 inches | 257 pages | 22 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9780262543095 | $24.95 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : Sandfuture is a book about the life of the architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912–1986), who remains on the margins of history despite the enormous influence of his work on American architecture and society.
Chicago Architecture
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Earlier this week, we predicted that the paperwork for a new skyscraper at 210 North Morgan Street in West Town would hit City Hall, and now here it is. October, 2021 rendering of 210 North Morgan. 210 is a project from Newcastle Limited , designed by Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture , that will reach 380 feet into the sky a half-block north of the CTA Green/Pink line — you guesed it — on North Morgan Street.
Dwell
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
The prefab design by Wiercinski Studio looks right at home tucked into its lush surrounds, but it was born to roam. In a community garden near Szelagowski Park in Poznan, Poland, architect Adam Wiercinski of Wiercinski Studio installed a shipping container home in a matter of a day. Portable Cabin, as it’s aptly named, is made up of two prefabricated units that were hauled to the site, where Wiercinski went about finishing the interiors.
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Architonic
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
EXPO 2020 takes place in Dubai. The exhibition territory is divided into three thematic districts: Opportunity, Mobility, and Sustainability. Russian Pavilion’s moto is ‘Creative mind: driving the future’. Situated in the Mobility district, the Russia Pavilion develops precisely this theme. In embodying the image of the national pavilion, Sergei Tchoban, the architect of the project, set out to convey in the building’s compositional design the idea of constant movement as the prerequisite for un
A4 Architects
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
Generally, if given a choice, most movie directors would prefer to shoot movies or TV shows on a set because that way they can control every aspect of the design and not be constrained in their shooting by the realities of life. But in some situations, the cost to create or recreate a setting is beyond even the lavish budgets that are allocated to movie production.
Young Architect
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Patricia Ashleigh. Patricia feels like she always knew that she wanted to be involved with design. As a child, she was always drawing, usually pictures related to clothes, and she also sewed quite a lot with her grandmother. This originally prompted her to pursue apparel design. However, Patricia had what she calls a “mid-college crisis” and had to take some time off.
Dwell
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
The Australian designer and stylist expounds on a range of nature-inspired gifts that celebrate the philosophy of her own practice. Kim Kneipp is down to earth. In each of her projects, the stylist and interior designer performs what she refers to as "design acupuncture," the idea that the key elements we need to maintain beauty and balance in our homes—and ourselves—are right in front of us, but simply need rearranging.
Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network
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Architonic
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
This house, located in a gated community in the municipality of Xangri-Lá, on the south of Brazil, makes use of its privileged position (a corner lot on the border of a lake) to explore the visuals and the relations between private and social areas. The briefing is standard for a beach house: generous social area to entertain family and friends and an intimate area for resting.
A Daily Dose of Architecture Books
NOVEMBER 13, 2021
Theoretical Practice by David Chipperfield Artemis London Limited, 1994 Hardcover | 6 x 8-1/4 inches | 191 pages | English | ISBN: 9783760884233 | $45.00 FROM THE FLAPS : "As architects we are privileged to work with the physical world — with materials, brick, stone, wood, glass, metal, with forms and with light. We do not deal in speculation about or observation of the physical world but with the very stuff itself.
Life of an Architect
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
So I have been having conversations with my colleagues about this idea of what I will call Architectural Resolution. This is not exactly about the image resolution like in pixels or dots, but I could make that connection in another post. What is that exactly? Well, allow me to paint a vague picture in an attempt to describe this concept. The post Studio Lessons 101: Architectural Resolution first appeared on Life of an Architect.
Architectural Record
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Herzog & de Meuron’s long-awaited M+ museum in Hong Kong is designed to embrace a wide range of art and global ambitions.
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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?
Architonic
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Family businesses in the design sector have weathered recent storms well. It makes sense when you think of the advantages of family firms - stability, shared values, authenticity, quick decision-taking resulting in short lead-times, the capacity to be adaptable and flexible. These are all things that have become pillars of successful trading through the pandemic and beyond.
Community Architect Daily
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
The first installment of the new Rash Field design at the InnerHarbor is now complete. Intended to to reduce barriers and turn a, in the designer's words, "mono-activity site" into a multi-activity site and in the making for at least 5 years not counting earlier incarnations of Rash Field designs that included an underground parking deck. (For public input meetings and other resources regarding this project see here ) Even though the project was conceived somewhat more in isolation than an overh
Archeyes
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Completed in 2021 by Italian architects Degli Esposti Architetti, Casa Selene is a residential project that uses asymmetrical compositions to play with scale and relate the building to typical elements. The post Casa Selene / Degli Esposti Architetti appeared first on ArchEyes.
Ronen Bekerman
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
The Animation GRAND PRIZE winning entry by Jamie Holmes for the CONVERTED Challenge. An exercise at complete world-building and storytelling to boot! Jamie Holmes is no stranger to such a challenge as we’ve seen him doing it previously during the CABINS challenge. Enjoy this one as he takes us for a spin in his process of making of Red Barn. First, I just want to thank Ronen Bekerman for putting on another excellent competition.
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Architonic
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Shenzhen has a reputation as China's Silicon Valley, a once sleepy fishing village turned global tech hub, but it also the focal point for the country's creative and design industries, a home to both TikTok and the V&A’s first international gallery. Unesco says the city is home to 6,000 design firms with 100,000 employees generating over $1.5bn in income every year.
Landscape Architecture Magazine
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
The things our art director, Chris McGee, hated to leave out of the current issue of LAM. Photo by Timothy A. Schuler. From “The Bridge Builder” by Timothy Schuler in the November 2021 issue, about fourth-generation Arkansas Delta native Martin Smith, whose vision of an outdoor recreation-led reinvigoration of the delta is becoming a career-defining capstone.
Archeyes
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Completed in 2018 by architecture firm Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA, the Friendship hospital is arranged around a series of intimate courtyards, which bring in light and natural ventilation. Friendship Hospital Technical. The post Friendship Hospital in Bangladesh / Kashef Chowdhury / URBANA appeared first on ArchEyes.
Westeck News
NOVEMBER 19, 2021
Photo: Peter Welch. OP-ED November 19, 2021. Published in MACLEAN’S (November 18, 2021). by By Nathan Sing. The BC and Washington floods are a mere hint of what climate change could do to the food supply. Closed gas stations and barren store shelves will refill, and farmers will rebound in the short term, says food security expert Lenore Newman.
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