SW Oregon Architect
OCTOBER 9, 2022
Mugsum mud hut, Cameroon (file licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license). This is another in my series of posts inspired by 1000 Awesome Things , the Webby Award winning blog written by Neil Pasricha. The series is my meditation on the awesome reasons why I was and continue to be attracted to the art of architecture.
Archinect
OCTOBER 11, 2022
A new solution to America’s multifaceted housing frustrations is blowing up in New York’s Hudson River Valley thanks to a startup called Automatic Construction. The company says it has invented a new technique named the Inflatable Flexible Factory Formwork (or IFFF), which, with the help of an air pump and compressor, can inflate first the unrolled PVC formwork for the residential structure before a concrete mix reinforced by drop-stitch fibers is poured inside to settle.
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ArchDaily
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Former Union Carbide Building Lobby. Image © Ezra Stoller. On January 21, 1958, three women sat down as contestants for an episode of the popular television show “To Tell the Truth” , a quiz game in which a panel tries to guess which of the three contestants is who they say they are by asking them a series of questions. The announcer reveals the true identity of the person is a registered architect, has so far designed a Hilton hotel, and is a married mother of four.
Avontuura
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The plot is located on a steep slope, so the houses have been arranged to give the impression of freely scattered boulders. The post Escape to these small vacation cottages with a view of the Karkonosze Mountains appeared first on Åvontuura.
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designboom
OCTOBER 14, 2022
drawing from bird nests, the project envisions a fusion of nature and architecture, an 'archi-nature' as DNA calls it. The post suspended nest villas cluster around a ‘tree of life’ in DNA’s nature-oriented resort in mexico appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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ArchDaily
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Les Étoiles d’Ivry-sur-Seine. Image © Flickr user federico novaro / (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0). A few months ago, French architect Renée Gailhoustet was awarded the 2022 Royal Academy Architecture Prize. As housing challenges continue to embattle Paris and other French cities today, Gailhoustet was a timely choice, her body of work in the Paris suburbs – stretching back to the 1960s – still functioning today as compelling case studies to a social housing approach that concurrently embraces community and
Avontuura
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The project is a small cultural and tourism building that integrates a tourist center and spaces for displaying the local history. The post UAD design tourist center in Zhejiang Province inspired by terracing fields appeared first on Åvontuura.
Deezen
OCTOBER 14, 2022
Danish maritime architecture studio MAST has developed Land on Water, a system for constructing floating buildings that aims to be more flexible and sustainable than traditional methods. The system designed by Copenhagen-based MAST consists of modular containers that can be filled with various floatation elements, similar to how gabion cages are used in the construction industry.
Archinect
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Work has been completed on the 80 M office building in Washington DC. The project, which saw a three-story timber extension added atop an existing seven-story concrete building, is described by the design team as “the first commercial office building in Washington DC to feature a vertical extension constructed using mass timber.” The 108,000-square-foot addition was designed by architects Hickok Cole with Arup providing mass timber and sustainable building engineering services.
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ArchDaily
OCTOBER 13, 2022
Playtime movie (Jaques Tati 1967). Image via screenshot. Architecture criticism and journalism are often expected to announce “the good, the bad, and the ugly” in architecture and the built environment. Its purposes go however further than that. As Michael Sorkin put it , “seeing beyond the glittering novelty of form, it is criticism’s role to assess and promote the positive effects architecture can bring to society and the wider world”.
Avontuura
OCTOBER 10, 2022
A regular grid of brick chimneys supports the floors and bookstacks and carries warm air up to ventilate the building. The post Níall McLaughlin Architects design new library at Magdalene College in Cambridge appeared first on Åvontuura.
designboom
OCTOBER 14, 2022
as part of the brand's new collection for autumn winter 2022/23, the adjustable bag series can grow in size to suit different occasions. The post ISSEY MIYAKE’s ‘spiral grid’ bags unfolds into mesh-like design with adjustable sizes appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
OCTOBER 13, 2022
The Archinect Job board features new job opportunities for architects and design professionals at various stages in their careers. For our latest round-up, we highlight nine firms that are seeking to hire Project Architects in LA. Thinking of applying but curious about the role of a project architect and its distinctions from a project manager? Check out Archinect's Guide to Job Titles where we discuss the roles of a Project Architect and Project Manager. dub studios seeks a Project Architect.
Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network
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ArchDaily
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Sesc Pompéia / Lina Bo Bardi. Image © María González. Although there is more of a balance between women and men in architecture today, the landscape was quite different a few decades ago. Pioneering women architects have been resistant in a profession dominated by men, and have faced skepticism in challenging contexts, such as construction sites itself.
Avontuura
OCTOBER 11, 2022
The site occupies a pivotal waterfront position alongside the Øresund crossing, just north of Copenhagen International Airport. The post Foster + Partners’ Ferring Pharmaceuticals A/S opens its new home in Copenhagen appeared first on Åvontuura.
Deezen
OCTOBER 13, 2022
A brick and timber library that Niall McLaughlin Architects created for the University of Cambridge has been revealed as the winner of the 2022 RIBA Stirling Prize. Hailed by the jury as "solid and confident", The New Library at Magdalene College is the 26th recipient of the prestigious award, which is the most significant in UK architecture. The New Library at Magdalene College has won the RIBA Stirling Prize for 2022.
Archinect
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The transformation of a derelict London building into a thriving community hub that teaches children how to grow, cook, and enjoy food has been awarded this year's Stephen Lawrence Prize. Announced yesterday by the Royal Institute of British Architects ( RIBA ) in conjunction with the grand reveal of the 2022 Stirling Prize winner for the UK's best new building, the annual award recognizes standout architectural projects with a construction budget of less than £1 million.
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ArchDaily
OCTOBER 14, 2022
© Ossip van Duivenbode. architects: MVRDV Location: Rennes, France Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Ossip van Duivenbode. Read more ».
designboom
OCTOBER 12, 2022
the angular roofline rises in two planes, lending a sensation of floating lightly over the seascape and woodlands. The post ‘boathouse’ straddles the threshold between the salish sea + orcas island’s woodlands appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
OCTOBER 12, 2022
Maine studio Elliott Architects has created a seaside house that includes a dramatic, cantilevered volume on stilt that stretches towards the ocean and the tree line. Completed in the spring of 2021, the 6,060-square-foot (563-square-metre) House on a Bay is composed of two distinct bars that sit atop a steep site overlooking a bay in Southport, Maine.
Archinect
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road by Henley Halebrown as the winner of the 2022 Neave Brown Award for Housing. This award recognizes the best new affordable housing schemes in the UK. The winning project merges a community-led school with 68 apartments. Located on a compact site in East London, the building features 68 rented homes, half of which are offered below market rates.
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Dwell
OCTOBER 13, 2022
SAN Architektura cantilevered the retreats on stone bases to give guests the sensation of hovering above the landscape. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Project Details: Location: Radomice, Powiat lwówecki, Poland Year Built: 2022 Architect: SAN Architektura / @ san_architektura Footprint: 870 square feet Construction : AM Projekty Konstrukcje HVAC Engineer: Micha?
designboom
OCTOBER 12, 2022
'kyoto wand' is more than just a typical café. The post craftsman’s handiwork plays with industrial touches within cozy stopover in kyoto city appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
OCTOBER 11, 2022
Mexican architecture firm Estudio IPA has completed a house on an abandoned lot in San Miguel de Allende with calming interiors that make the most of a "narrow and uneven" property. The project was completed earlier this year and is located near the city's historic centre, an area that is well-known for its Spanish colonial architecture. "[The project] is an adaptation to a historic centre so beautiful that it is part of the context," said the Estudio IPA founder Ian Pablo Amores.
Archinect
OCTOBER 14, 2022
The two first-place winners of Inspireli’s Beirut Port Renewal student competition have been named following a ceremony held recently at the city’s Sursock Museum. The contest is part of the 7th annual Inspireli Awards and was organized to help Beirut as it looks to create a rehabilitation plan for the port following the devastating August 4th, 2020 explosion that caused 218 deaths while amassing a total of $15 billion worth of structural damages.
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