Archinect

APRIL 14, 2022

Québec City -based architects Bourgeois Lechasseur have completed a set of contemporary cabins in the woods near the Canadian metropolis. Titled Reflection , the two identical cabins sit on a flat clearing close to Massif Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, a popular ski resort. Photography by Adrien Williams + Maxime Brouillet Despite the far-reaching scenic views, the cabins seek to engage guests with a close, intimate relationship with nature, creating lodgings that would &ldq

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Avontuura

APRIL 14, 2022

The building is located to the east of the River Garonne, directly opposite France's largest cathedral, which marks the centre of Bordeaux. The post MVRDV complete Future of the City in Bordeaux appeared first on Åvontuura.

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APRIL 12, 2022

© Yongjoon Choi. architects: Burdifilek Location: Seoul, South Korea Project Year: 2021 Photographs: Yongjoon Choi Area: 9552.0 ft2. Read more ».

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Deezen

APRIL 15, 2022

Responding to floods and weather caused by climate change , Florida-based Brillhart Architecture has raised a residence in southern Miami on galvanized steel stilts. Brillhart Architecture designed the home for a man whose prior residence had sustained significant damage during the storm surges of Hurricane Irma in 2017. Brillhart Architecture designed this home in a high-risk flood zone in Miami.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

Zaha Hadid Architects has officially ushered in what it says will become a “new benchmark for future workplaces” in the form of a brand new high-tech headquarters for the sustainably-minded BEEAH Group in Sharjah, UAE. Echoing the surrounding desert landscape, the design incorporates two interconnected dune-like structures that house the company’s main offices with a central courtyard and an oasis-like water feature in between to aid in the overall ventilation of the structures

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designboom

APRIL 15, 2022

the project takes cue from the Nusantara Architecture principle of blurring boundaries between opposites. The post andyrahman + cipta hadi front indonesian boarding house with interwoven bricks appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

APRIL 14, 2022

23o5studio has designed a three-storey red home and yoga suite in Vietnam , with geometric cutouts that take cues from the country's traditional housing and architectural forms. Located in Ho Chi Minh City, the studio looked to the traditional architectural forms of village housing to inform the design of Red Cave, a private residence dedicated to fitness and wellness.

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Archinect

APRIL 12, 2022

Following five years of construction and planning, the LEGO Group is celebrating the official opening of the new corporate campus at its headquarters in Billund, Denmark. Designed by C.F. Møller Architects , LEGO Campus spans 54,000 square meters (581,000 square feet) and accommodates approximately 2,000 employees. Offering a playful, inclusive, and collaborative environment, the campus was designed to reflect the company's values of “Imagination, Fun, Creativity, Caring, Learning,

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Architizer

APRIL 11, 2022

Browse the Architizer Jobs Board and apply for architecture and design positions at some of the world's best firms. Click here to sign up for our Jobs Newsletter. A television, a reel-to-reel tape deck, an integrated sound system, a personal refrigerator and an alarm clock by the bedside were all radical features of an individual capsule within the Nakagin Capsule Tower when the properties of the iconic structure became available to the residents of Tokyo and beyond in 1972.

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designboom

APRIL 14, 2022

Deconstructing beauty Dutch ceramicist Bouke De Vries told Designboom that he looked at perfection versus imperfection, beauty in damage, and the place of ceramics in world history. By inquiring about the depth of flaws, he restores ceramics by breaking them into pieces and cramming the shards into a transparent urn. He intends not to […]. The post homo faber: ceramicist bouke de vries constructs ‘the beauty of destruction’ appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

APRIL 13, 2022

A pavilion designed by the late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has opened at the Château La Coste vineyard in southern France. Designed in 2010, two years before Niemeyer's death aged 104 , the curved white pavilion was created to sit comfortably within the landscape. Oscar Niemeyer's final project has been completed. "The location is very beautiful and a pleasant, peaceful environment," said Niemeyer while designing the project.

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Archinect

APRIL 13, 2022

This post is brought to you by Enscape. Architects and designers can enjoy a more refined design workflow thanks to the creators of the popular real-time visualization plugin, Enscape. New features including Site Context and Alpha Channel Export plus support for SketchUp 2022 have just been released with the latest version, Enscape 3.3. A recognized leader within the AEC industry, Enscape is renowned for being a fast and simple rendering plugin for modeling software such as Revit and Rhino.

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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 12, 2022

The results of a comprehensive new Zillow survey gauging the views of 12,000 adult residents in 26 major metro areas on the topic of neighborhood-densifying housing options show that a [.]. Read More. The post Millennials and Gen Z strongly support “missing middle” housing, Zillow survey says appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

APRIL 13, 2022

the work moves along with the passers-by, capturing their image which appears pinched, disappears, and then appears again. The post kinetic mirror totem by edoardo dionea cicconi distorts medieval fort surroundings in italy appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2022

The dismantling of the metabolist Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo has begun, with the interiors of its modular capsule homes already resembling a "demolition site". The iconic Japanese housing block, which was designed by architect Kisho Kurokawa , is being demolished due to the decay of its concrete and steel structure. Its interiors are in the process of being emptied out in preparation for asbestos removal, which will then be followed by the building's complete disassembly.

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Archinect

APRIL 14, 2022

Continuing with our weekly curated job picks, we head South to highlight six architecture firms with offices in New Orleans, Louisiana. From marketing managers to project architects and interior designers, here are 10 employment opportunities for those looking to work in Louisiana's largest city. Suppose you're searching for your next career move? In that case, Archinect Jobs , the industry's leading architecture job board, provides architects and design professionals from various backgrounds an

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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 11, 2022

Ahhh springtime, the season for throwing open long-shuttered windows, enjoying a zesty walk amid flowering trees, and emerging from winter hibernation to scope out a just-opened art or architecture exhibition, [.]. Read More. The post Four not-to-miss exhibitions on view this spring and beyond appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

APRIL 14, 2022

set to take place on may 12, 2022, the event continues with the maison’s architectural explorations. The post louis vuitton to present 2023 cruise collection at louis kahn’s salk institute appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2022

Laurent Troost Architectures has completed an office in Brazil for an archaeological consultancy, adding a garden courtyard and trellises for vines. The Tropical Shed project is located in Manaus , a city in the Amazon rainforest , where the Amazon River and Rio Negro converge. Though the city lies in the rainforest, the office was built in an industrial area.

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Archinect

APRIL 13, 2022

Portland, Oregon -based design firm LEVER Architecture has been selected to design a new space for Portland State University ’s School of Art + Design. LEVER was selected from a group of 11 firms competing for the project. The multiple-award-winning firm, which was recently named the Jury’s Choice winner in the 2022 Wood Design Awards for their work on the Adidas North American Headquarters, has designed an array of innovative projects that also include Meyer Memorial Trust, the Arti

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Brandon Donnelly

APRIL 10, 2022

I was driving to the office from the Junction last week, and I passed a brave individual waiting at this bus stop on Parkside Drive : I immediately thought to myself, “what an undignified and silly bus stop.” There’s a little bit of paving so you have a place to stand while you’re waiting, but how do you even get there? There are no sidewalks actually leading to said bus stop, and so you really only have two options: 1) jaywalk or 2) cross at some far away intersection an

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designboom

APRIL 13, 2022

the twelve timber chalets are clustered around a main restaurant building. The post twelve chalets scattered over the austrian alps become the peterhof alpe furx hotel appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

APRIL 12, 2022

UK studio Hudson Architects has built a house in a Norfolk coastal village with Corten steel , glass and flint walls. Located at the edge of a village on the English county of Norfolk, the Coast House was designed by Hudson Architects to replace a 1920s house within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Hudson Architects designed Coast House on the edge of a village in Norfolk.

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Archinect

APRIL 14, 2022

Why would the U.S. General Services Administration now raise a hind leg to this legacy by wrecking the Century and Consumers buildings, two early 20th Century skyscrapers at 202 and 220 S. State Street? The buildings’ demolition would create an economic and pedestrian dead zone on State Street, something neither the street nor the city can afford.

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Brandon Donnelly

APRIL 13, 2022

The big news this week for Toronto city builders is that the city has put forward a proposal to substantially increase development charges. Here’s a tweet storm that I published earlier today on the topic, and here’s a summary of what the new fees might look like: To translate this into a specific example, let’s assume that you’re building a 300 unit apartment building with 180 one bedroom suites and 120 two bedroom suites.

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