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APRIL 30, 2023

An undulating concrete roof topped with grass covers this house in the Czech Republic, designed by local architecture studio RO_AR. Located alongside a wildlife corridor at the edge of the Hlubocepy district in Prague, the family home is designed to be a "bridge between the urban and the natural". To achieve this, RO_AR designed the house as a "clash of two geometries": a rectilinear form facing the city that is clad in thin oak slats and a hill-like, grass-topped form facing the garden and natu

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MAY 3, 2023

The Forest Lab for Observational Research and Analysis (FLORA) is a mass timber structure located in Valldaura. The post FLORA: IAAC build an observatory in Barcelona’s forest to monitor nature from within appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

MAY 3, 2023

Beijing-based SYN Architects has offered a look inside their recently-completed Tiangang Village ‘Living Room’ in Baoding, China. The project saw the renovation and expansion of an existing village committee building, as well as the reactivation of surrounding buildings and outdoor spaces. Image credit: ArchiTranslator Image credit: ArchiTranslator The original committee building was comprised of five single-story arches and porches, as well as sloping roofs and brick walls, all of w

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 2, 2023

Last night celebrities descended on the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its annual Met Gala, donning costumes and get-ups inspired by the looks and work of the late fashion designer The post Architect Tadao Ando designs decor for Met Gala and upcoming Karl Lagerfeld exhibition appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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MAY 1, 2023

© Dianna Snape architects: Bird de la Coeur Architects Location: South Yarra VIC 3141, Australia Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Dianna Snape Area: 2935.

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Archinect

MAY 5, 2023

The competition to design a monument to victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre in Los Angeles has selected a winner three months after publishing a six-finalist shortlist to envision what is by rights one of the most significant public memorials in the United States in recent memory. Artist Sze Tsung Nicolás Leong and writer Judy Chui-Hua Chung’s proposal for a chilling assembly of petrified banyan trees will take hold along the 400 block of North Los Angeles Street, near the site of

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2023

Hawaii-based company WAVR has developed a prototype for a modular technology that floats on top of the ocean waves to gather energy from the motion of the water. Called the WAVR Wave Energy Converter (WEC), the system uses a hinged floating device to constantly capture energy from the motion of the waves. It was developed for places such as Hawaii, with small landmasses and a significant connection to the ocean.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 30, 2023

Dallas Museum of Art. Image Courtesy of EQRoy | Shutterstock The Reimagining of the Dallas Museum of Art International Design Competition has revealed its shortlisted entries. Announced by the Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), the six finalists selected from a total of 154 submissions worldwide are David Chipperfield Architects, Diller Scofidio + Renfro , Johnston Marklee , Michael Maltzan Architecture, Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos, and Weiss/Manfredi.

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designboom

MAY 4, 2023

a contemporary intervention within the cycladic terrain, weaving together traditional architecture and natural environment. The post interview: A31 carves arid mykonian landscape with subterranean latypi residence in greece appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 5, 2023

3XN is celebrating the topping out of Cobot Hub, a timber office park that will serve as the new joining home of robotics companies Universal Robots (UR) and Mobile Industrial Robots A/S (MiR) in Odense , Denmark. Photo by Rasmus Hjortshøj The approximately 215,000-square-foot campus was designed to enhance collaboration and employee well-being while offering specialized environments that foster robotics research and development.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

The United Nations Human Rights Council has issued a statement denouncing the planned executions of three people for reportedly opposing the Neom mega project in Saudi Arabia. In a statement published this week , a group of independent United Nations Human Rights Council experts urged the Saudi authorities not to carry out the executions. "UN experts today expressed alarm at the imminent risk of execution of three members of the Howeitat tribe in Saudi Arabia and urged authorities to halt the

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Dwell

MAY 2, 2023

The second Tampa Bay development by home builder Escape promises city living at a fraction of the area’s living costs—and folks are buying in. Tiny homes are often escapist fantasies , with small footprints in larger-than-life settings. For others, they’re an opportunity at a more dignified life. But tiny home builder and developer Escape has its own big idea: that going smaller can provide a means of homeownership in a metropolitan area, even within a housing market that’s heating up.

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designboom

MAY 2, 2023

the architecture revitalizes the former warehouses and effortlessly blends old and new elements on the cramped and compact site. The post taihang xinyu art museum organically grows out of its rugged topography in rural china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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MAY 3, 2023

The first dedicated museum of modern and contemporary art in Turkish history is finally opening its doors this week following the completion of the Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) -designed Istanbul Modern in the country’s most populous city. Clad in an “iridescent” envelope of aluminum paneling that aims to resemble the scales of a fish, the 110,000-square-foot facility overlooks Istanbul’s Karaköy waterfront at the confluence of the Bosphorus Strait and Golden

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Deezen

MAY 4, 2023

Local architecture studio Workshop Architects has renovated a Spanish colonial house in Mérida , Mexico, and added two concrete buildings in its garden. Named Casa Pulpo, the 235-square-metre residential project is characterised by lilac-hued exterior walls and traditional pasta floor mosaic tiling in the interiors. Casa Pulpo has three purple-coloured buildings "The traditional architecture of Mérida uses pasta tile for the floors, and usually, each room has a different pattern," said Workshop

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The Spaces

MAY 5, 2023

Berlin-based artists Petrit Halilaj and Álvaro Urbano have taken over a ninth-century church turned creative hub in Venice to create a universe of fantastic creatures. Co-commissioned by TBA21-Academy and Audemars Piguet Contemporary, Lunar Ensemble for Uprising Seas is Halilaj and Urbano’s first site-specific collaboration and takes visitors inside a multi-layered symphony of sculpture, performance and music within the hallowed walls of TBA21-Academy’s Ocean Space – formerly San Lor

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designboom

MAY 3, 2023

fair-faced concrete panels serve as the primary material for the facades, forming a consistent architectural image with a rustic texture. The post organic river forms prompt the design of tanghua architects’ exhibition center in china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 2, 2023

Last night’s Met Gala kicked off the museum’s annual Costume Institute blockbuster exhibition , which features a spotlight on the late iconoclast Karl Lagerfeld designed in tribute by his longtime friend and artistic collaborator Tadao Ando. Attendees were also able to see a special 25-foot-tall flamingo centerpiece and chandeliers created by Ando from 100% upcycled materials as they made their way into the second-floor Tisch Galleries, where they were greeted by a satirical juxtapos

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Deezen

MAY 2, 2023

Traditional Japanese materials and details are fused with contemporary finishes at C4L House in Tokyo , designed by local studio Cubo Design Architects. Informed by traditional Japanese construction, the home was designed by Cubo Design Architects to celebrate "the warmth of things made by hand". It was created in collaboration with several local artisans working with carpentry, paper and lacquer, and references Japanese author Junichiro Tanizaki's 1933 essay In Praise of Shadows as well as the

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Dwell

MAY 3, 2023

The open-plan kitchen, living, and dining area features a vaulted ceiling, timber cladding, and a long skylight that brightens the gauzy space. 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: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Architect: Carla Middleton Architecture / @ carlamiddletonarchitecture Footprint: 1,119 square feet Structural Engineer: ROR C

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designboom

MAY 2, 2023

AI-generated 'kinetic kingdoms' encapsulates nomadic lifestyles, united with the needs of modern day living. The post contemporary nomadic living made easier with surreal multi-decker caravans appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 1, 2023

This is a project developed under the TOC (transit oriented communities) standards. TOC is a City of LA program created as a result of Measure JJJ passed in 2016. It is intended to spur multi-family development near public transit by relaxing restrictions like required yards, parking and density maximums or floor area in exchange for setting aside some of those units for lower income households and tenants.

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2023

London-based studio Neiheiser Argyros has renovated a Victorian terrace named Steele's Road House, adding balconies and open spaces that connect the home to its garden. Located in west London, the extension is designed to refresh and brighten the terrace house that had a low-ceilinged ground floor and previously lacked natural light. Neiheiser Argyros has renovated Steele's Road House "The existing house was a proud but tired Victorian-era terrace," Neiheiser Argyros co-founder Xristina Argyros

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 5, 2023

Brought to you by: Architect: Clouds Architecture Office Location: Hakata Ward, City of Fukuoka, Japan Completion Date: December 2022 View More Project Info Japanese startup and developer Zero-Ten sought to create The post Clouds AO wraps a Fukuoka building in satin-finished stainless steel appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

MAY 2, 2023

the observatory allows a researcher to live and work in the forest and study the local biodiversity and effects of climate change. The post IAAC builds FLORA observatory in barcelona’s forest to research nature from the trees appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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