Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
2021 proved to be another gripping year filled with moments of triumph and challenge. However, as the architecture industry attempted to regain a sense of 'stability,' architects, academics, and designers persevered. Reflecting on the year, our Bustler editorial team has curated a few highlights featuring award-winning architects and designers of 2021.
Avontuura
DECEMBER 30, 2021
The site is located in an upscale residential area with lush greenery, with Nagoya University and Nanzan University walking distance. The post This house in Nagoya by Tomoaki Uno Architects utilizes traditional field masonry techniques appeared first on Åvontuura.
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Aric Gitomer Architect
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Source: Houzz. Your precious bathroom may be out of other people’s sight. But it doesn’t mean that you get a free pass of carelessly buying any plumbing fixtures. Choosing the right plumbing fixtures needs as much effort as designing a bedroom or a living space. The end goal is not only aesthetics but comfort and functionality. Plumbing fixtures are critical elements of a bathroom.
SW Oregon Architect
DECEMBER 26, 2021
Photo by Matt Barrett on Unsplash The flight of time never seems as fast as when we prepare to turn the calendar at each year’s end. Despite passing in what seems a blink of an eye, 2021 bore more than its fair share of virus angst, fear, division, fire, and flooding. The past twelve months have been strange, disorienting, and full of monumental events with global repercussions. 2022 will undoubtedly bring us more.
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Archinect
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Solitics is a technology company that brings a robust, customizable marketing platform that allows companies to better their engagement and streamline their marketing strategy to improve customers’ experience. In an effort to design an office space that mirrors Solitics’ creativity and drive for progress, Switchup created an office that is clean, bright, and highly collaborative.
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designboom
DECEMBER 31, 2021
kurokawa's digital explorations are translated in different formats such as concert pieces, multiscreen installations, prints, VR, and a screening version. The post ryoichi kurokawa superimposes 3D data of architecture + nature into mind-bending installations appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
DECEMBER 31, 2021
A twisted, stacked form clad in black timber creates both terraces and cantilevering canopies at this holiday home in the Cotswolds , designed by prefab specialists Koto. Falcon House is the first two-storey modular house completed by the British studio , which designs and manufactures prefabricated cabins. Koto has designed a prefabricated cabin in the Cotswolds.
Archinect
DECEMBER 29, 2021
The successful entries of the 16th Eurasian Prize edition, an international award for architecture, urban development, and design, have been announced. A selection of winners, commendations, and special prize recipients was chosen from a field that included entries from firms from around the globe. The month-long event culminated in the three-day ArchEurasia summit in mid-December and concluded with the annual awards ceremony.
The Architect's Newsletter
DECEMBER 29, 2021
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and Mayor’s Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) today announced the release of the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan, a [.]. Read More. The post New York announces a multibillion climate resiliency plan for South Street Seaport and Financial District appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
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designboom
DECEMBER 31, 2021
borrowing the defense mechanism of a pufferfish, the proposed structures inflate / deflate in response to water and weather conditions. The post sajjad navidi proposes a system of smart houses that adapts to rising sea levels appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
DECEMBER 29, 2021
British architecture studio Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt has completed a Hampshire house that aims to makes life easier for a wheelchair user, while not compromising on design quality. Every room in Claywood is designed to be both accessible and functional for retiree Jo Wright, who became a wheelchair user after suffering a spinal cord injury. Rather than creating a building that looks like a disabled person's home, Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt has produced a family home that embraces contemporary archite
Archinect
DECEMBER 31, 2021
Continuing with our year-in-review, Bustler's editorial team highlights the winning projects of 2021. From victorious competition entries, academic research accolades, and building awards, here is our collection of the year's top projects. In case you missed our roundup of Bustler's top prize-winning architects and designers of 2021, click here. The selected projects appear in chronological order.
The Architect's Newsletter
DECEMBER 29, 2021
Since at least late November, the press office of outgoing New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has released a flurry of major end-of-year and end-of-administration announcements including, but certainly [.]. Read More. The post A $40 million restoration will kick off next year at Prospect Park appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
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designboom
DECEMBER 31, 2021
the initiative proves how animal waste can be upcycled in a way that fosters cultural and economic values for local communities. The post boonserm premthada, THE DESIGN PRIZE 2021 social impact winner, creates elephant dung bricks appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
DECEMBER 28, 2021
The first section of the plant-covered 1,000 Trees development, designed by British designer Thomas Heatherwick 's studio, has officially opened in Shanghai , China. Described as "Shanghai's Hanging Gardens of Babylon", the mixed-use development features up to 1,000 pillars, each with a tree planted on top. It was designed by Heatherwick for developer Tian An.
Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
What can be said of a world where one billionaire wants to build a giant tulip-shaped tower of little practical use and another wants to house thousands of students in windowless rooms in a block with all the charm of an Amazon distribution centre? The Observer critic further continued his contrasting of Foster + Partner ’s failed Tulip Tower with the Munger Hall development in California, claiming that each was the vanity project of a wayward billionaire.
The Architect's Newsletter
DECEMBER 30, 2021
During his final week presiding over City Hall, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has revealed the six teams in the running to design and build a quartet of [.]. Read More. The post Here are the six design-build teams competing to build the Rikers Island replacement jails appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
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designboom
DECEMBER 31, 2021
the filmmakers hut by pirinen & salo was designed for a client who wanted a secrete place of imagination, dreams and new ideas. The post pirinen & salo clad the filmmakers hut in finland with tar-coated shingles appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
DECEMBER 28, 2021
Polish practice Wiercinski Studio has converted two shipping containers into a portable house , which is currently located in a garden next to the Szel?gowski National Park in Pozna?. The clients, described by Pozna?-based Wiercinski Studio as "a couple of brave people interested in searching for difficult to adapt spaces", wanted a structure that would serve as both a home and office that could be relocated.
Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
If there’s one thing that 2021 has shown us, it is that, for better or for worse, the world is evolving faster than ever. While this is a natural phenomenon, it’s apparent that the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the level of uncertainty the world faces. Sociopolitical and economic issues as well as the increasing threat of climate change have also been added to the mix, intertwining to shape our collective consciousness.
Architectural Record
DECEMBER 31, 2021
Two public schools converge in a building by Rogers Partners—part of an emerging boomtown.
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designboom
DECEMBER 30, 2021
tom hegen sometimes isolates the artificial salt flats from any obvious semblance of human contact, suggesting an abstract painting. The post tom hegen creates uncanny fields with aerial photography of utah’s great salt lake appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
DECEMBER 27, 2021
Australian firm Koichi Takada Architects has completed a mixed-use apartment block on Queensland 's Gold Coast featuring retractable slatted wooden screens and thin balconies that reference the form of a pine cone. Located on Goodwin Terrace, a strip of coastline at the southern end of Burleigh Heads Beach, the 1,012-square-metre seafront site has been developed for property developer FORME.
Archinect
DECEMBER 27, 2021
“竹科书院”位于四川省宜宾市长宁县珠海镇甬江村，毗邻著名的蜀南竹海风景区。该项目位于甬江村黄觉滩的一个小村庄，四周是竹林、水ஸ
Dwell
DECEMBER 28, 2021
A (mostly) DIY reno by an English family and MAP Architecture fulfills the destiny of a timber-frame "self-build" home in Lewisham. In a sense, this house was made to be broken. When architect Walter Segal developed 13 homes in London’s southeast Lewisham neighborhood back in 1977, his intention wasn’t to cement his singular design vision forever. Rather, the timber-frame homes were created specifically to be self-built and infinitely redesigned and customized by the homeowners.
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