ArchDaily
MAY 27, 2024
The Phoenix will be built at about half the cost, time, and carbon footprint of a typical multi-family building in the San Francisco Bay Area. Image Courtesy of Autodesk At the turn of the century, architects embraced 3D parametric modeling through building information modeling (BIM), and in the last 10 years connected BIM to the cloud to improve coordination and productivity.
Archinect
MAY 25, 2024
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Archinect
MAY 27, 2024
Overall, across Europe and the US, stuff is still built in a pretty manual fashion - not very different to the way it would have been built 100 years ago [.] Construction is a bit of a digital laggard compared with many other industries. It's been slow to adopt digital in the widest sense Consultant Sam O’Gorman and other experts speak to the BBC about the confounding gap between digital technology and the analog process for delivering residential architecture.
ArchDaily
MAY 27, 2024
478 Badaevskiy Brewery / Herzog & de Meuron. Image © Herzog & de Meuron A groundscraper is essentially the opposite of a skyscraper - a large building that sprawls outward horizontally instead of soaring vertically into the sky. Though no strict definition exists, groundscrapers are generally described as extremely long but low-rise buildings with over 1 million square feet of space, sometimes called sidescrapers or landscrapers.
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Archinect
MAY 27, 2024
Work is progressing on the Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) design for the Navi Mumbai International Airport in India six years after construction began on the $2.1 billion project, which is the firm’s second ongoing aviation project with the Western Sydney International Airport outside Australia’s largest city. ZHA says construction is now 60% complete and on track for passenger operations to begin in 2025.
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Enscape
MAY 28, 2024
Following the launch of Enscape 4.0, where macOS users can now enjoy the same real-time visualization experience as their Windows counterparts, we’ve added 168 new static people assets to the Enscape Asset Library. These 3D assets are part of the AXYZ library , which is known for its state-of-the-art people assets.
ArchDaily
MAY 28, 2024
SJCC Glamping Resort / Atelier Chang. © Kyungsub Shin Camping , as defined in dictionaries, involves temporarily staying outdoors, setting up makeshift accommodations, and settling in natural surroundings. In architecture, tents symbolize these aspects, representing a typology that has endured across centuries and cultures , often linked with notions of impermanence and vulnerability.
Archinect
MAY 29, 2024
Is your bookshelf ready for Summer? If not, we have you covered. Continuing a recurring tradition , Archinect has reached out to notable figures across the architecture community who have been featured in our editorial over the past year, asking them what books they believe should be on your radar. The resulting list, in its own way, encapsulates the most important conversations taking place within architecture, design, and academia today, from inequality and conflict to labor and technology.
SW Oregon Architect
MAY 26, 2024
It’s time to make it official. I just posted the following notice on my LinkedIn profile: **Retirement Announcement** Dear colleagues, clients, and friends, After 36 endlessly rewarding years at Robertson/Sherwood/Architects pc, I am excited to announce my retirement from active practice, effective Friday, May 31. I am filled with gratitude for the incredible opportunities I’ve had with RSA and the truly meaningful work I have been a part of.
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Avontuura
MAY 27, 2024
The site is located on the mountainside with a view of the ridge in the distance, and the mountain terrain in the front with the sun behind. The post Todot Architects design mountainside home with beautiful views of the South Korean landscape appeared first on Åvontuura.
ArchDaily
MAY 29, 2024
© Roberta Gewehr architects: Studio Bloco Arquitetura Location: Xangri-lá, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Roberta Gewehr Area: 4047 ft2 Read more »
Archinect
MAY 28, 2024
As the Spring 2024 academic term has wrapped up, let's take another look at the best architecture school lecture poster designs we have presented in our popular Get Lectured series. And as always, we'll let the Archinect audience pick their favorite graphic creations. In our last reader poll for the Fall 2023 term , the David R. Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte poster won the top prize, followed by the Pratt Institute School of Architecture poster in second place and UCLA's School o
designboom
MAY 29, 2024
the nest house is perched above a lush, multi-story garden, creating the illusion of a floating residence. The post ‘nest house’ floats in vietnam with breezy, minimalist design by architect ho khue appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network
In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.
Deezen
MAY 31, 2024
A curved wall of rammed earth made from local soil has been added to the gridded interior of Curvilinear Serenity, a house in Iceland renovated by local practice ARG Architects. ARG Architects was tasked with updating the single-storey family home built in the 1970s in Garðabær, a rapidly growing area of Iceland. According to the studio, the renovation is intended to honour the existing modernist building as well as the surrounding landscape.
ArchDaily
MAY 26, 2024
© Vivek Eadara architects: 23 Degrees Design Shift Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Vivek Eadara Area: 11126.
Archinect
MAY 30, 2024
Details for a new luxury superyacht marina and residential community designed by Zaha Hadid Architects , the largest in North America, have been announced, along with an anticipated 2027 completion date. Slated for the Bahamian South Abaco island, the project will also feature a casino and nightclub from ZHA as part of the development’s "social epicenter," according to a press release from client Habacoa.
designboom
MAY 30, 2024
with its spiraling bookstore and luminous floating galleries, the intervention by TAO brings modern design to ancient china. The post modern architecture comes to ancient china with luminous bookstore by TAO appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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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?
Deezen
MAY 29, 2024
Design studio Tutto Bene drew on "the sombre elegance of theatre and museum lobby cafes" when creating the interiors for the Nightingale restaurant in London. The 60-square-metre space, which opens to a courtyard in London's Mayfair neighbourhood, references Viennese coffee houses, known locally as Kaffeehäuser. "We thought London is missing spaces with the atmosphere that we know Kaffeehäuser for," Tutto Bene co-founder Oskar Kohnen told Dezeen.
ArchDaily
MAY 29, 2024
© INSPACE architects: F.O.G. Architecture Location: Hang Zhou Shi, China Project Year: 2023 Photographs: INSPACE Photographs: Courtesy of F.O.G. Architecture Area: 18.
Archinect
MAY 28, 2024
SO – IL ’s next NYC residential project is wrapping up for client Tankhouse. Their design for the 14-story, 53,820-square-foot Nine Chapel residences features a perforated metallic facade system that reflects both seasons and the sun’s position while creating a permeable veil for the loggias and front porch entrances for each home on Chapel Street in Downtown Brooklyn.
designboom
MAY 30, 2024
the project blends into the terrain, creating a series of overlapping volumes. The post thyta house’s curvilinear silhouettes run along the mountainous landscape of lefkada, greece appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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Deezen
MAY 27, 2024
London practice Commonbond Architects has designed and built its own studio at the end of a garden in Abbey Wood using a combination of hempcrete and timber. Named Gardenhide Studio, the workspace in southeast London is intended to showcase the potential of hempcrete – a bio-composite material made from hemp and lime – as a building material. Commonbond Architects has self-built Gardenhide Studio In addition to hempcrete, Commonbond Architects used reclaimed materials and a timber frame to creat
ArchDaily
MAY 26, 2024
© Ossip van Duivenbode architects: MVRDV Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Ossip van Duivenbode Area: 2700.
Archinect
MAY 30, 2024
A topping-out ceremony was held recently for the new BIG -designed 135,000-square-foot Robert Day Sciences Center at Claremont McKenna College in California. The new campus gateway — one of the first projects of BIG's new Los Angeles office — seeks to enhance the college's research aims into neurology, genealogical studies, and climate change in preparation for an institutional turn towards its "next chapter.
designboom
MAY 29, 2024
it took HFA-studio weeks to create their glitter monobloc chair with over a thousand mosaic mirror tiles The post monobloc chair but make it disco-ready and sparkly as HFA-studio adds mosaic mirror tiles appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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