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AUGUST 7, 2024

Your architecture portfolio is one of your most powerful tools when searching for a new career opportunity. Whether describing your work at a networking event or presenting your previous projects in an interview setting, the ability to clearly and succinctly pitch your portfolio has the potential to evoke intrigue and excitement in the listener and influence the lens through which your prospective employer will read your wider work.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that Hip Hop Architect Michael Ford will design the city’s new Bronzeville Center for the Arts for 2028. The 50,000-square-foot, $54.9 million project is set to take shape at a 3.4-acre former state Department of Natural Resources office with design and technical support from HGA. The project, which follows Ford’s collaboration on the S9 Architecture -led Universal Hip Hop Museum in the South Bronx, New York, is meant to serve as the first

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AUGUST 4, 2024

Tiffany Building, view from the southwest (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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AUGUST 5, 2024

According to reports, the city of Balneário Camboriú in Brazil has approved plans for the world's tallest residential tower, which will reach over 500 metres in height. Led by Brazilian developer FG Empreendimentos , Triumph Tower will reportedly have 100 floors and reach 544 metres tall (1,785 feet), approximately 72 metres (236 feet) higher than the world's current tallest residential tower, Central Park Tower in New York.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Another museum project in China from BIG , the 646,000-square-foot Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, topped out recently ahead of its scheduled 2025 opening. The project, a "tribute to the rich garden heritage of Suzhou," includes 12 separate small pavilions, which are united by walkways covered by a sheltering envelope of ribboned roof eaves to form a village-like concept.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

followers are buzzing on instagram, speculating about the meaning behind the animal-themed works. The post why is banksy covering london with animal murals? appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

Athens-based architecture firm BlockÜ’ has designed an eco-resort that pairs earthy and soft beige tones on Folegandros island in Greece.Named Gundari Resort, the low-lying resort, located in Folegandros, Greece, was designed to blend in with its pristine, priceless sur.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Mathieu Lehanneur 's designs have played a starring role at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In this interview , the French designer explains why his "flying" Olympic cauldron may become a permanent Parisian landmark. Lehanneur , who is known for his playful and often thought-provoking product designs, began work on the cauldron and the Olympic torch in early 2023 and says he was given free reign over the designs.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

A new video depicts the world’s largest wildlife crossing taking shape in Los Angeles ’ Santa Monica Mountains. The long-awaited $92 million Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing, which broke ground in 2022 , can be seen sitting above eight lanes of traffic within the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills. Video courtesy Caltrans D7/YouTube As noted by the Los Angeles Times , the first stages of construction for sound walls and concrete barriers on both sides of the bridge can be seen.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

kaew boutique is designed by mobius studio with a circular organization and a slat facade, strategically planned for optimal airflow. The post mobius studio designs building like an ‘egg yolk’ to mimic the mountains of thailand appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

In case you hadn’t noticed, Baltimore’s Inner Harbor is teeming with new development. This week, its newest feature, a 10,000-square-foot floating wetland by Ayers Saint Gross, opens to the public. The The post On Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, a new floating wetland by Ayers Saint Gross opens at the National Aquarium appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

A retrospective of architect IM Pei at the M+ Museum in Hong Kong , aims to examine his architectural projects in social, cultural and political context. Named IM Pei: Life is Architecture, the exhibition , which according to the museum is the first full-scale retrospective of the Chinese American architect, documented Pei's seven-decade long career.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

The Chicago Tribune is reporting on the successful effort by Windy City preservationists to save the landmarked vacant Century and Consumers buildings, the “last vestiges of the Chicago School of Architecture” after two years of fighting. Their owners, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), have decided in favor of an adaptive reuse scheme that will save them from the wrecking ball, albeit with a list of 15 restrictions pertaining to any future redevelopment.

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AUGUST 4, 2024

a modular approach and open floor plans allow for reconfigurable interiors. The post albert brito arquitectura’s catalan ‘casa 1404’ glows through timber screens appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Preservationists have staved off the demolition of three historic buildings in the Chicago Loop. The Consumer Building by Jenney, Mundie & Jensen (1913); Century Building by Holabird & Roche (1915); The post GSA opts to preserve Century & Consumer Buildings in Chicago, saving the trio from demolition appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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AUGUST 6, 2024

Local architecture studio CookFox Architects has unveiled plans to renovate a former women's prison in Chelsea into "100 per cent" affordable housing. Located just blocks away from the One High Line luxury residential towers by BIG, the building once served merchant marines as the Seamen's House YMCA before it was converted into the Bayview Correctional Facility.

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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?

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AUGUST 8, 2024

New York City’s floating and self-filtering +POOL attraction will open next summer at Pier 35 on the Lower East Side. The selection of its location was announced yesterday by Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams. Arup will be supplying the project’s key water filtration system, which is being demonstrated on-site this month, along with a 2,000-square-foot sample pool.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

instead of a solid barrier, the walls feature a complex pattern of interwoven layers for increased ventilation and natural light. The post HASSELL reveals 3D printed earth building design in tanzania’s hope village appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

In New York’s West Village, preservationists are ringing alarm bells over two community staples currently under threat. In July, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) The post A beloved Keith Haring mural and historic recreation center face an uncertain future in New York’s West Village appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

Japanese architecture studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has designed a boat -informed structure for Qatar 's national pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka. Driven by an appreciation of the strong coastal relations that benefit both Qatar and Japan , Kengo Kuma & Associates and Qatar Museums Authority took inspiration from the traditional Qatari dhow boat construction as well as Japanese wood joinery for the pavilion's design.

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AUGUST 3, 2024

The International Union of Architects this week revealed the theme for this year’s World Architecture Day. Held annually on the first Monday of October since its creation in 1985, the day occurs parallel to the United Nations ’ World Habitat Day, aligning the architecture community’s efforts with global urban development goals. This year’s World Habitat Day theme is “Engaging youth to create a better urban future,” which closely relates to the World Architectu

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AUGUST 8, 2024

nghia-architect unveils an inward-looking residence that includes living, working, and leisure spaces, with an emphasis on maximizing garden space. The post red facade by nghia-architect reflects hanoi’s urban contours through ramdomized patches appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

The Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art, featuring curved roofs, has topped out in Suzhou, Jiangsu, China. The new museum, designed by BIG, engineering firm ARTS Group, and architecture studio Font, spans Üâ,âââ square meters and off.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing plans revealed by Heatherwick Studio for a glass shopping centre in Seoul with volumes that resemble "rippled hourglasses". According to the proposal, the existing Hanwha Galleria shopping centre on the site will be replaced with two near-identical volumes made of curved glass. Heatherwick Studio unveils plans for rippled-glass shopping centre in Seoul "Gorgeously original" Readers drew parallels between the design and various decorative hou

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