Archinect

MAY 26, 2022

BIG has been selected as winners of an international invited competition for the design of a new food tech hub in San Sebastian, Spain. The scheme was selected over four other entries from OMA , Snøhetta , 3XN , and Toyo Ito & Associates. Officially named the Basque Culinary Center, the new 9,000-square-meter (97,000-square-foot) hub will bring start-ups, researchers, and chefs under one roof with the goal of advancing food sciences.

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Avontuura

MAY 24, 2022

Low Energy House Architect: Architecture for LondonLocation: London, EnglandType: RenovationYear: 2022Images: Lorenzo Zandri, Christian Brailey The following description is courtesy of the architects. An Edwardian terrace in Muswell Hill was extended and refurbished to create a comfortable, low energy house. The original structure of the house was revealed, its modest beauty celebrated.

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ArchDaily

MAY 27, 2022

© Jeremy Bitterman. architects: Skylab Architecture Location: Portland, OR, United States Project Year: 2017 Photographs: Jeremy Bitterman Area: 7769.0 ft2. Read more ».

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MAY 24, 2022

Residential architects love renovations. Most of them suggest that the best home renovations are those that respect the original structure and enlighten it from a modern and contemporary perspective. Old houses offer the inhabitants glimpses into the past, stability, and character. So, it’s fair to retain some of those features during renovation. Architects for renovation tend to get creative when it comes to modern designs.

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Archinect

MAY 25, 2022

The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects ( AIA|LA ) has announced this year’s winners of the annual Architectural Photography Awards. Fifteen individual artists and photographers working locally and around the world were recognized across three separate categories of Best Image, Rendering, and Instagram feed. Individual winners like the UK’s Marcus Peel were commended for their “interplay of the monochromatic colors and the shadows that almost sets this a

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ArchDaily

MAY 24, 2022

© David Grandorge. architects: Feilden Fowles Location: Homerton College, Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 8PH, United Kingdom Project Year: 2022 Photographs: David Grandorge Photographs: Jim Stephenson Area: 1665.0 m2. Read more ».

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MAY 21, 2022

Ida H. and Frank L. Chambers House (my photo) 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. My selection criteria for each will be threefold: The building must be of architectural interest, local importance, or historically significant.

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Archinect

MAY 24, 2022

New York-based architecture and design firm ODA-Architecture has released renderings of its Ombelle project, a pair of mixed-use towers in Ft. Lauderdale , Florida. Developer Dependable Equities tapped ODA to design the architecture, interiors, and landscape for the 1.5-million-square-foot structure. Image courtesy ODA The development, which comprises two mirrored 43-story towers, will offer 1,100 rental units, 11,217 square feet of retail space, and 27,837 square feet of indoor amenities.

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Avontuura

MAY 25, 2022

The Royal College of Art unveiled its new campus in Battersea, London on 23 May 2022, the most significant campus development in its history. . The post The Royal College of Art unveils new London campus designed by Herzog & de Meuron appeared first on Åvontuura.

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ArchDaily

MAY 24, 2022

© Steven Neyrinck. architects: BRUT Architecture and Urban Design Location: Halle, Belgium Project Year: 2019 Photographs: Steven Neyrinck Area: 1750.0 m2. Read more ».

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designboom

MAY 27, 2022

how do you solve the issue of land scarcity without encroaching on our natural environment? build on existing rooftops says MVRDV. The post MVRDV’s bright orange rooftop walk opens to the public in rotterdam appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 23, 2022

Austria-based architecture office querkraft has completed an IKEA furniture store in the country’s capital Vienna , whose exterior was inspired by bookcases. Designed as a car-free venue, the scheme was developed with the vision of being a “good neighbor” for the surrounding community through a blend of public spaces and an active streetfront.

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Avontuura

MAY 27, 2022

Feilden Fowles has completed a striking new faience-tiled dining hall at Homerton College, University of Cambridge. The post Feilden Fowles completes striking new faience-tiled dining hall at Homerton College appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Deezen

MAY 27, 2022

From an artist's cabin perched above a tidal salt marsh to an entire elevated apartment block in Italy, here is a roundup of 10 homes on stilts from the Dezeen archives. Hoisting buildings up on pillars allows them to occupy otherwise uninhabitable sites such as lakes, steep slopes and craggy coastal outcrops, bringing inhabitants closer to nature while treading lightly on the surrounding environment.

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designboom

MAY 27, 2022

sixty percent of the museum is underground, extending the adjacent park and respecting the historic skyline with its low height. The post the ‘museum of ethnography’ is built underground to expand a park in budapest appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 26, 2022

New York-based SHoP has completed work on the Uber Headquarters in San Francisco. The 423,000-square-foot project is divided into two buildings ranging between six and eleven stories, linked by two suspended walkways. Photo © Jason O'Rear Photo © Jason O'Rear The scheme’s star attraction is its active “breathing” façade composed of full-height windows.

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Avontuura

MAY 23, 2022

Site Verrier de Meisenthal is a publicly funded active cultural center in a historic glass factory dating back to the 18th century. The post SO-IL & FREAKS design cultural center in historic glass factory in France appeared first on Åvontuura.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 26, 2022

On the main east-west drag in Marfa, Texas, the Art Blocks house/gallery sits between an upscale prix fixe restaurant and a church. With four bedrooms, three baths, a large yard, [.]. Read More. The post As conversations about NFTs proliferate, lessons about algorithmic collaboration abound appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

MAY 27, 2022

'magdala' installation levitates above the flooring and glides into its ethereal form, creating a cloud of golden aura. The post golden dried plant installation meanders within former french chapel appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 25, 2022

When it premiered last fall, LEVER ’s new building for the Adidas North American Headquarters in Oregon was talked about as a potential game-changer for an industry still struggling to find answers about the future of workplace design. Celebrated as one of the most inspiring corporate office concepts in recent memory, the effort was included in the 2022 Wood Design Awards and recently got the profile treatment from FastCompany.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2022

A Heatherwick Studio -designed sculpture containing 350 trees, which is being erected to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee, is nearing completion outside Buckingham Palace in London. Shaped like a giant tree, the 21-metre-high sculpture was designed by the Thomas Heatherwick-led studio to draw attention to a tree-planting campaign to mark 70 years of the Queen's reign.

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Dwell

MAY 24, 2022

Architect Sigurd Larsen teams up with Raus to build an off-grid escape near Berlin. Founded in 2021 by schoolmates Christopher Eilers, Johann Ahlers, and Julian Trautwein, Raus seeks to entice city dwellers to venture into nature by offering stays at secluded cabins—but there’s a twist. Each escape is located one to two hours away from a city center, and its location is only revealed after a stay is booked.

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designboom

MAY 27, 2022

‘‘the new, ideal, easy-to-drive half-track fox that lets you safely and comfortably master all difficult terrain,’ its then designer said. The post volkswagen restores quad-axle, all-terrain ‘half-track fox’ appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 23, 2022

Big news today as Herzog & de Meuron’ s anticipated expansion of the Royal College of Art has officially opened in the Battersea district of London. Characterized by a fusion of seven separate facilities into one combined structure, the new £135 million ($169 million) complex entails the creation of new social and educational spaces for the Sculpture, Contemporary Art Practice, and Moving Image departments as well as for the RCA’s School of Design.

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2022

An apartment in the middle of Berlin and a home overlooking the Devon countryside feature in this lookbook , which spotlights 10 studies with open-plan layouts. Studies are often relegated to the stuffiest corners of the house, but a more flexible layout means there's plenty of opportunity to play around with arrangement, privacy and light, often resulting in a boost in creativity and focus.

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