Deezen
APRIL 20, 2023
Buildings embellished by decorative brick facades are the focus of this roundup , which includes houses, a winery and a mausoleum. Bricks are a common building material used all around the world, typically for constructing walls. However, their small rectangular-block shape means are also an easy way to decorate a building by creating facades with colour variations, complex forms, patterns and perforations.
Architizer
APRIL 19, 2023
Judging for the 11th A+Awards is now underway! While awaiting the Winners, learn more about Architizer's Vision Awards. The Early Entry Deadline on May 5th is fast approaching. Start your entry today > While experience can help guide architects to excellence, it is not a prerequisite. Fresh perspectives are the fuel that makes the industry evolve — interrogating traditional approaches can be a catalyst for extraordinary change.
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ArchDaily
APRIL 17, 2023
K House / AIM Architecture. Image © Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen, Noah Sheldon Tropical architecture, a term widely used in architectural discourse, lacks a consistent definition. The adjective ‘tropical’ relates to the zone between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, which covers more than 40% of the earth’s surface. Heat is possibly the only shared characteristic of this belt.
Contemporist
APRIL 16, 2023
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The Spaces
APRIL 18, 2023
A 200-year-old townhouse in Mahón has been restored and transformed into an eight-room hotel , and it still bears the traces of its storied past. Architect Emma Martí oversaw the building’s renovation, preserving as many of the historic details as possible. Wooden beams and patterned tiles are, mostly, completely original, with modern counterparts chosen to replace any missing elements that couldn’t be rescued.
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Avontuura
APRIL 21, 2023
The project holds much importance due to the contribution of the ‘Pir’ in spreading Islamic knowledge and practice in the locality. The post Sthapotik design ancestral mausoleum for the ‘Pir’ of Uwaisi Tariqa in Bangladesh appeared first on Åvontuura.
designboom
APRIL 21, 2023
natura futura attends to the insertion and support of unemployed women through 'las tejedoras' project. The post round teak wooden posts uphold natura futura’s community center in ecuador appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
APRIL 19, 2023
PJCArchitecture has completed a micro-home in Napoles, Ecuador with two brick forms connected by a glass bridge that relies on passive heating and cooling. New York City-based PJCArchitecture leveraged Make Estudio, its design-build division in Ecuador, to construct the 700-square-foot (65-square-metre) weekend getaway on the corner of a quarter-acre lot.
Archinect
APRIL 18, 2023
Apple’s first flagship store in India, designed by Foster + Partners , is now open. It is located in the Bandra Kurla Complex, a business and residential district in Mumbai. Employing many design elements synonymous with Apple stores around the world , Apple BKC attempts to blur the boundaries between inside and outside: A 26-foot-tall glass façade highlights the double-height volume within and the outdoor areas.
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Avontuura
APRIL 18, 2023
Around a central space, designed as a public theatre, a ring of five houses was planned to accommodate the different functions. The post Nestled in a rural village in Nepal stands a new School for Social Development appeared first on Åvontuura.
designboom
APRIL 21, 2023
the whimsical installations crafted from recycled plastic bring city life and a sense of community into the river. The post floating fantasies inflates bustling social spaces amid the river seine using midjourney appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
APRIL 17, 2023
Architecture studio ByOthers has completed its own studio in the garden of a home in Peckham, south London , clad in finned panels of weathered steel. Called Garden Studio, the building sits behind the home of ByOthers founder Richard Keys and was designed to showcase the young practice's approach and ethos. ByOthers designed the garden office behind the founder's home "This project is really a representation of how we engage with architecture and design," Keys told Dezeen.
Archinect
APRIL 18, 2023
A comprehensive overhaul of Montreal’s Esplanade Place Ville Marie by Sid Lee Architecture and Menkès Shooner Dagenais LeTourneux Architectes (MSDL) is now complete, marking the end of a $200 million revitalization project that’s brought much-needed civic life back to a busy section of the city’s downtown commercial core. Originally constructed in 1958 and designed by I.M.
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Dwell
APRIL 20, 2023
ROAR Architects turned a confined site into a light-filled social space with a vaulted ceiling inspired by ship-building techniques. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Have one to share? Post it here. Project Details: Location: England, United Kingdom Architect: ROAR Architects / @ roar_architects Footprint: 1,700 square feet Structural Engineer: Derek LOFTY & Associates General Contractor: LM
designboom
APRIL 20, 2023
Louis Vuitton presents ‘nomad’ by MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY For Milan Design Week 2023, Louis Vuitton presents ‘Nomad’, an intricate pavilion designed by MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY. Serving as a fascinating example of the New York-based French architect’s signature coral-like designs, the project resembles a living entity that has organically bubbled up from the […] The post louis vuitton pavilion by MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY bubbles up at milan design week app
Deezen
APRIL 17, 2023
Brooklyn-based studio Worrell Yeung has updated a historic property in New York with a series of gabled buildings clad in various timber finishes and details. The studio run recently renovated and expanded the North Salem Farm house and studio on 8.7 acres in Westchester County, New York. The buildings were clad in timber The project totals 6,585 square feet (610 square metres) and "continues the studio's interest in expressing architectural volume through a simplification of the elements," Worr
Archinect
APRIL 18, 2023
MVRDV has designed what the firm describes as a “pointillist” master plan for a health and technology campus in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. The project aims to reimagine the Noviotech Campus by unifying the currently disjointed campus buildings and adding new buildings in the empty spaces between them while merging the site into the surrounding city.
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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?
The Spaces
APRIL 20, 2023
Kenzo Takada, late founder of the Kenzo fashion brand, was known for his bold use of colour. Yet his unique vision and vibrant style extended beyond the realm of fashion and into his personal life, as evidenced by his stunning Parisian home, in a quiet corner of bustling Bastille on the Rive Droite. Three years after the designer’s death, The Kenzo House is now on the market with Christie’s.
designboom
APRIL 19, 2023
as if balancing on one of its tips, ready to fall over, 'momentum' stuns visitors with its ever-changing skin and dramatic scale. The post MAD architects brings ethereal, AR-powered cube installation to milan design week appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
APRIL 17, 2023
Giant robots informed by South Asian temples and a "cyber-physical" sculpture are among the installations at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California. For the second year since the Covid-19 pandemic, the yearly festival returned to the Coachella Valley outside of Los Angeles, featuring newly commissioned large-scale artworks alongside works from past years.
Archinect
APRIL 21, 2023
Construction is set to begin on the Steven Holl Architects -designed Ostrava Concert Hall in the Czech Republic. Hall won the competition for the scheme’s design back in 2018 with a proposal that saw the concert hall “encased” in a case of zinc. Image credit: Steven Holl Architects The 1,300-seat concert hall was designed in collaboration with Prague-based associate architects Architecture Acts and is being developed in collaboration with the city of Ostrava.
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The Spaces
APRIL 21, 2023
An architect-designed house near upmarket Avenida da Liberdade and regal Parque Eduardo VII in Lisbon is currently on sale for €2,840,000 with Fantastic Frank. The five-bedroom family home is spread over two floors and surrounded by lush greenery. Custom-designed bookshelves line the deep wood staircase, which leads into luxuriously large rooms equipped with high ceilings and full-height windows.
designboom
APRIL 19, 2023
28'creative studio aims for a contemporary look that would still blend into the general context of the neighborhood. The post 28’creative studio smooths the edges of family residence’s interior in vietnam appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
APRIL 15, 2023
Australian studio Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has transformed a Victorian home in Melbourne 's suburbs with a faceted extension clad in black metal. Located in the suburb of South Yarra, the house on St Martins Lane has been expanded with a three-storey rear extension to better accommodate the needs of the family living there. Matt Gibson Architecture + Design has extended a Victorian home in Melbourne The house occupies a long, thin site at the end of a row of Victorian terraces that are
Archinect
APRIL 21, 2023
Frank Lloyd Wright 's historic 1929 Westhope home has just hit the market in Oklahoma. Sage Sotheby’s has the property listed for $8 million in Tulsa, with local real estate investor Stuart Price as the seller. According to the listing , the 5-bed, 4.5-bath home is 10,405 square feet, making it one of the largest residential projects designed by the architect.
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