Archinect

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Japan-based Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has offered a look inside their recently completed Library of the Earth. Situated in the Japanese city of Kisarazu, and completed in November 2022, the library is described by the firm as “the library for the farmers, plowing the fields on sunny days and reading books on rainy days.” Image credit: Koji Fujii / TOREAL Image credit: Koji Fujii / TOREAL Located in the corner of an active agricultural site, the scheme saw Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

All 50 Dezeen Awards 2023 winners have been announced at this evening's ceremony in central London. The winners were revealed at a party at Shoreditch Electric Light Station attended by shortlisted studios along with Dezeen Awards judges past and present including Nelly Ben Hayoun , Omar Gandhi , Patricia Urquiola , Sumayya Vally and LionHeart. All Dezeen Awards 2023 winners revealed The winning projects have been selected from more than 4,800 entries from 94 countries.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

© Arnau Rovira Arnau Rovira is a photographer who found himself in Turkmenistan by accident. From Barcelona, he recalls the story of how he found himself in its capital, Ashgabat , accompanying sports journalists for the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. This Central Asian country, a former colony of the USSR, is known not only for its strict access and control restrictions but also for its white and golden structures that create a futuristic city near the border with Iran.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

plat asia's fog installation enhances the experience, contributing to a dynamic interplay between the virtual and real. The post cloud tea room emerges from chinese hillside along with white steel poles infusing fog appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Paris-based architecture firm PietriArchitectes has wrapped a residence with white concrete vaults that reference to the Mediterranean and to its color of limestone.Called La Porte Bleue, the öÖ-meter-high building, located in Marseille, France, is a tourist residence and accommo.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

© Solo Studio architects: Criteria Group Location: Ab-o Atash Park, QC49+4CG District 3, Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Solo Studio Area: 1100.

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Avontuura

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

An “architectural forest” of 32 trees has been built to serve as an evolving space and symbol of a future that returns nature to our cities. The post Koichi Takada Architects completes marketplace inspired by architectural forest in Shanghai appeared first on Åvontuura.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Vast swathes of London 's social housing continue to be demolished in the name of estate regeneration, but Anna Minton believes things could be about to change. Estate regeneration schemes have seen more than 100 of London's council estates demolished and replaced with developments of predominantly luxury apartments, redefining the British capital and fuelling the housing crisis.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Henning Larsen has been announced as the winner of a draft design competition to transform Prague Central Station into a modern rail hub for the capital region named Nový Hlavák. The project will increase passenger capacity for an existing Hlavni Nadrazi terminal and train hall while enhancing a connection to Vrchlického Sady Park, forming an optimized destination at the heart that’s based around principles of micro-mobility and pedestrianism.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Completed in 2023 in Shanghai, China. Images by Eiichi Kano. An “architectural forest” of 32 trees in Shanghai, designed by Koichi Takada Architects, has been built to serve as an evolving retail space and a.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Colorful and dreamlike: this is how Morocco’s architecture and built environment could easily be described. Located between the edge of the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean, Africa’s most “Western” country is fascinating and full of contradictions. Also known as The Kingdom of the Western Place, Morocco has a diverse array of landscapes and rich architecture, thus becoming one of the most famous cultural destinations as well as film sets in the world.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Indian studio The Grid Architects has created a curvilinear office in Ahmedabad that is constructed from white ferrocement. Informed by the Sanskrit word for "flow", the 200-square-metre workplace is located at a prominent road intersection in a densely populated area surrounded by ongoing construction work. It is defined by white undulating walls, which are formed from ferrocement – a low-tech form of reinforced concrete – and help it to stand out in this busy urban environment.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Heatherwick Studio has released a new batch of project images along with an announcement of the long-awaited completion of their Azabudai Hills mixed-use district in Tokyo. The multi-billion dollar project for Mori Building Co. Ltd. culminates a 30-year regeneration process in the heart of the city’s Minato ward with a new 20-acre design that features two temples, office and retail components, residential buildings, a school, and 5.9 acres of open green space for public use.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Completed in 2023 in Hungary. Images by György Palkó. Hiding in plain sight - Hello Wood’s newest CLT house blends natural and built environment with sustainable materials. Tucked away in the lush rural.

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is the country’s highest-volume transit link: it supports a whopping $3 trillion economy by connecting Boston; Providence; New York City; Newark; Philadelphia; Baltimore; Washington, D.C.; and The post Amtrak has a $176 billion plan to upgrade the Northeast Corridor and double the amount of trains between New York and Washington by 2038 appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Informed by the greenhouses that once occupied the site, local architecture studio Hayhurst and Co added bamboo planting behind polycarbonate screens to the facade of a family home in London. Named Green House, Hayhurst and Co created the home as an example of low-cost, low-energy housing, with a cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure and repurposed materials used for cladding and flooring.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Vancouver-based Omer Arbel Office (OAO) has completed work on their award-winning project 75.9 , a new construction of a private home located adjacent to a hayfield in rural British Columbia. The design scheme won in the 'Future Project House' category at the 2019 World Architecture Festival. Image courtesy Omer Arbel Office (OAO) Image courtesy Omer Arbel Office (OAO) The complex was completed this year at an undisclosed cost and features a monumental column resembling a lily pad, produced via

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

© Kim Yongseong architects: ATELIER KOMA architects: Lee Eunseok Location: 1970-34 Haeannam-ro, Hwado-myeon, Kanghwa, Incheon, South Korea Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Kim Yongseong Photographs: Urban Azit Area: 142.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Architects: Want to have your project featured? Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Front porch living is a staple activity in many parts of the world; this culture of chatting with passersby, catching a fresh breeze and watching over the neighborhood was long viewed as a cultural mainstay of the southern United States.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The UK's levelling up secretary Michael Gove is believed to be considering calling in the planning application for the MSG Sphere London in Stratford after mayor Sadiq Khan blocked it earlier this month. Gove has the right to overrule the decision made by Khan , which was to block the application for the Populous -designed music venue on the edge of the Olympic Park.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

MVRDV is behind a newly commenced mixed-use housing tract called La Serre, to be located in the Paris region’s ZAC Léon Blum eco-district at Issy-les-Moulineaux. The firm’s project announcement details an 18-story development defined by its open facade with a landscaped vertical village provided by landscape architect Alice Tricon.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio - Zhejiang University of Technology Engineering Design Group Co.,Ltd_Huizhen High School by Approach Design Studio. Photo Courtesy of WAF23 The ultimate accolades of World Building of the Year, World Interior of the Year, Future Project of the Year and Landscape of the Year were announced today as hundreds of delegates from across the world convened at a grand finale Gala Dinner at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The impressive two-story penthouse in Manhattan’s Cast Iron House offers a luxurious retreat from city life—and the perfect escape for the holiday season. Cast Iron House has been an iconic landmark in the heart of Tribeca since it was designed by W. Wheeler Smith in 1881—and it made headlines in 2017 when it was transformed into a luxurious boutique condo by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

London's former City Hall, which was designed by British studio Foster+ Partners , is set to be renovated and extended as part of an overhaul by US architecture studio Gensler. The vacant building, renamed as 110 The Queen's Walk, is being transformed into a mixed-use scheme by Gensler for its owner – the Kuwait-owned developer St Martins. Gensler's current plans include the extension of its floors and the introduction of ground floor retail facilities, while landscape architecture studio LDA De

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Following yesterday's announcement of Day One winners, we continue with our World Architecture Festival coverage by sharing the next round of award winners for the Completed Buildings, Future Projects, and INSIDE categories from Day Two. Explore the Festival's latest batch of award-winning projects and stay tuned also for the grand announcement of the main category awards of World Building of the Year and World Interior of the Year.

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