Archinect
AUGUST 10, 2022
HWKN has shared photos of its latest addition to the skyline of Jersey City, New Jersey, called 351 Marin. The building, designed in partnership with executive architect HLW , topped out last fall and has recently achieved full tenancy, something developers KRE Group shares is a bellwether for increased demands for an “elevated lifestyle experience” in the city’s luxury real estate market post-Covid.
Avontuura
AUGUST 9, 2022
In the beginning there was a vision of a house made of renewable raw materials like hemp in the Homolje Mountains. The post Hemp House is a manmade artifact that hovers above the Serbian landscape appeared first on Åvontuura.
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ArchDaily
AUGUST 8, 2022
© Andrés Flajszer. architects: Sau Taller d’Arquitectura Location: Manlleu, Osona, Barcelona, Spain Project Year: 2021 Photography: Andrés Flajszer Area: 410.0 m2. Read more ».
The Architect's Newsletter
AUGUST 12, 2022
There is a new craze in town. Recently, designers have been typing prompts into a diffusion-based artificial intelligence (AI) platform and waiting for images of never-before-seen buildings, logos, products, and [.]. Read More. The post Artificial intelligence can now make convincing images of buildings. Is that a good thing? appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
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Archinect
AUGUST 10, 2022
This year’s winners of the SIA Architectural Design Awards 2022 have been announced by the Singapore Institute of Architects (SIA). The SIA shares that it is "the Institute’s strategic intent that the Awards will motivate architects to strive for higher standards of architectural excellence and imbue them with the relentless mindset of continually achieving great heights, leading to the vision of Singapore architecture being accepted as world-class standards.
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ArchDaily
AUGUST 11, 2022
View of a high-speed train crossing a viaduct in Purroy, Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. AVE Madrid Barcelona. Image © Pedrosala via Shutterstock. Spain pushes to promote cleaner transportation by offering free seasonal tickets for suburban and regional trains, which translates into roughly 48 million journeys per month. The initiative hopes to help citizens reduce fuel consumption and reduce the cost of living during the economic uncertainties and the rising energy prices.
Deezen
AUGUST 11, 2022
Irish social enterprise Common Knowledge has teamed up with hemp producer Margent Farm to design a low-carbon micro home that it claims can support people affected by the housing crisis. Designed in-house by Common Knowledge , the Tigín Tiny Homes take the form of oversized caravans built from natural materials that include Margent Farm 's corrugated hemp cladding panels, cork insulation and natural rubber linoleum floor tiles.
Archinect
AUGUST 8, 2022
The new Taipei Performing Arts Center by OMA has opened to the public in the city’s Shilin Night Market. Led by Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten , the project comprises three theaters: a spherical 800-seat Globe Playhouse, a 1,500-seat Grand Theater, and an 800-seat Blue Box, connected to a central cube. Previously on Archinect: OMA's role-defying new theater design debuts in Taipei The cube houses the stages, backstages, and support spaces of the theaters, which allows the Grand Theater a
Avontuura
AUGUST 8, 2022
An organically shaped community shelter has opened at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum in Gloucestershire. The post Invisible Studio and Xylotek design timber shelter for Westonbirt, The National Arboretum appeared first on Åvontuura.
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ArchDaily
AUGUST 6, 2022
© Tatsuya Tabii. architects: TEKI Design Location: Hiroshima, Japan Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Tatsuya Tabii Area: 23.0 m2. Read more ».
The Architect's Newsletter
AUGUST 11, 2022
Edited By Jan Cigliano Hartman | The Women Who Changed Architecture | Princeton Architectural Press | $50.00 Edited by Marcia F. Feuerstein, Paola Zellner Bassett, and Jodi La Coe | [.]. Read More. The post For advancement in today’s world, women architects need more than books appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Archinect
AUGUST 9, 2022
Snøhetta has shared designs for its largest structure in Japan to date with the Shibuya Upper West Project. Made for Tokyu Corporation, L Catterton Real Estate, and Tokyu Department Store, the roughly 1.26 million-square-foot mixed-use development will add a cultural complex, retail, a luxury hotel, and rental residences to Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district.
Avontuura
AUGUST 11, 2022
The shape of the buildings and their gable roofs echo the vernacular architecture of the historical fishermen’s dwellings. The post Open AD designs new holiday home on existing foundations along Latvian coastline appeared first on Åvontuura.
Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network
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Deezen
AUGUST 12, 2022
An enormous thatched roof structure with open sides covers the communal areas of this home perched on a rocky cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Mexico by Zozaya Arquitectos. The 775-square-metre Casa Acantilado is located in the bay of Zihuatanejo, an area in which local studio Zozaya Arquitectos has completed several projects. Zozaya Arquitectos completed a cliffside home in Zihuatanejo.
designboom
AUGUST 9, 2022
the project fills the site with a continuous horizontal wooden structure built around traditional shops, notable restaurants, and galleries dating back to 1920. The post herzog & de meuron weaves mixed-use timber development into existing austin street front appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
AUGUST 12, 2022
Chicago’s steel-framed architectural identity may be about to change thanks to the reintroduction of mass timber as the primary building material in a new 9-story tower designed by local studio Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture for developer Sterling Bay. Noted in a report from Chicago YIMBY , the new project "will be the tallest proposal of its kind in the region.".
The Architect's Newsletter
AUGUST 8, 2022
In April, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its Working Group III’s Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. The report’s contents strengthened the case made [.]. Read More. The post After the latest report on climate change issued by the United Nations, architects weigh in on next steps appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
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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
AUGUST 9, 2022
Japanese studio Kiki Archi has redesigned an existing home in Changping District, China , with pared-back volumes clad in red brick and a landscaped garden. The large site north of Beijing was originally occupied by a 200-square-metre European-style home, which has been stripped back to create the simple and geometric form of the Anna Garden House. Anna Garden House has been redesigned by Kiki Archi.
designboom
AUGUST 8, 2022
telosa will eventually house 5 million people and is planned to be built 'from scratch' on a 150,000-acre site in the US. The post bjarke ingels teams up with american billionaire to plan utopian city of the future appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
AUGUST 9, 2022
Through the doldrums of America’s pandemic-triggered office downturn, the nation’s capital is quickly turning into a case study for the conversion of former commercial spaces into residential housing and mixed-use development. The Washingtonian magazine recently did a survey of different office conversions in and around the District. Vacancy rates in the area climbed to an all-time high last quarter, and the city is predictably feeling the same housing crunch as nearly every other me
Dwell
AUGUST 9, 2022
Junta Arquitectas worked magic with a limited footprint by incorporating a sunny courtyard, verdant patio, and green roof to top things off. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Project Details: Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina Architect: Junta Arquitectas Footprint: 936 square feet From the Architect: " Ph Superí is located in the City of Buenos Aires on the border of Coghlan and Saavedra neighbor
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Deezen
AUGUST 9, 2022
California studio Eric Owen Moss Architects has completed a three-storey home that changes shape as it rises and features an industrial-strength rubber coating. Designed for founder Eric Owen Moss and his two teenage children, the A+M House is located in a beachfront neighbourhood in Santa Monica Canyon, just a block away from the Pacific Ocean. The area is known for having experimental work by architects such as Richard Neutra , Eero Saarinen and Charles and Ray Eames.
designboom
AUGUST 9, 2022
the roof presents an eye-catching folded shape, with many comparing its form to an iceberg, a crystal, a flower, or a tent. The post david altrath captures brutalist ‘mariendom’ church with crystal-like roof in neviges, germany appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
AUGUST 10, 2022
Los Angeles' historic Hollyhock House will reopen to the public on Aug. 18, city officials announced. LA City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell and the Department of Cultural Affairs will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony that day to celebrate the return of in-person, self-guided tours. The Frank Lloyd Wright -designed home closed its doors at the start of the pandemic in early 2020.
Dwell
AUGUST 8, 2022
With its high-end solar-powered amenities, the Volterra promises to take you wherever you want to go, forever. For more than a century, RVs have given adventure seekers the freedom to roam. Now, one California company is bringing wanderlust into the future—and it’s looking luxe. Bowlus’s latest is the Volterra, what it claims is the world’s first all-electric RV.
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