Archinect

MAY 3, 2023

In its site placement and silhouette, the structure evokes the passage of a ship through the harbor. The building’s ground floor is made transparent by a glass curtain wall that showcases two site-specific works by Richard Wentworth and Olafur Eliasson while offering visitors a panoramic view of the ongoing $1.8

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ArchDaily

JUNE 24, 2023

The art of landscaping is the arrangement of nature’s raw material elements, like vegetation and planting, combined with nonliving elements, such as exterior structures, paving, and decking, in order to create site-specific solutions that enhance the exterior spaces of a project. Read more »

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ArchDaily

MARCH 26, 2024

Image © Fitria Ramli via Shutterstock Renowned sculptor Richard Serra , known for his monumental steel structures that reshaped the landscape of contemporary art, passed away at the age of 85 at his residence in Orient, N.Y. The ‘7’ Sculpture by Richard Serra located at the Museum Of Islamic Art Park pier in Doha, Qatar.

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Archinect

APRIL 11, 2022

Echoing the surrounding desert landscape, the design incorporates two interconnected dune-like structures that house the company’s main offices with a central courtyard and an oasis-like water feature in between to aid in the overall ventilation of the structures.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The project prioritised cost-effective and reusable materials like wood, soil, and forest leaves to minimise environmental impact," it added. Among them is an existing, lofty structure, repurposed to accommodate additional classrooms and services, supported by a framework of tall logs. The photography is by Javier Callejas.

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ArchDaily

MAY 5, 2024

© Marc Goodwin | Expo 2020 Modular construction is a process in which a building is constructed away from its actual site, within controlled factory settings, using identical materials, and adhering to a set of codes and regulations.

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Archinect

APRIL 3, 2024

based architecture firm EHDD , the tool “enables designers to better understand the carbon impacts from primary material choices and building form during site feasibility and massing studies at the beginning of a project planning process,” Autodesk says. Powered by the C.Scale data model developed by U.S.-based

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 7, 2023

© Scott Shigley Beautiful sites with stunning views along the waterfront of major cities often go unused due to the industrial remains of a past economy based on shipping and manufacturing. The move away from these economic sectors and the potential of these sites has contributed to a move to adapt these spaces into public amenities.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2024

British studio Foster + Partners has added a vaulted timber hall to Bodegas Faustino winery in Spain , which features an earthy material palette and overhanging roof. As part of the project, Foster + Partners has also refurbished existing facilities on the site.

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Archinect

MAY 27, 2022

Frank Lloyd Wright ’s iconic 87-year-old Fallingwater historic site is getting a very necessary modern upgrade according to a press release issued last month by Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, the organization responsible for its stewardship. Image courtesy Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC).

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Image © Helene Binet As cities grow and evolve, the question of preserving, rehabilitating, or adapting historic sites arises. They then create modern extensions that either harmonize or contrast with the original structure. Antwerp Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects.

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Archinect

MAY 11, 2023

Ando says the pavilion will be "eternal, not in material or structure, but in the memory of a landscape that will continue to live in people’s hearts." "To To reflect the lively nature of the site, like a blank canvas, I imagined an architecture of emptiness," his statement to the press continues. "To

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Archinect

APRIL 5, 2024

Responding to the theme of ‘Rethinking Home — Adapt and Reuse,’ entrants were asked to create new homes using recycled materials and/or retrofitting existing structures. The 2024 longlist for the £25,000 (USD $31,600) Davidson Prize has been announced for its third edition.

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Archinect

JULY 18, 2024

Tenberke , in collaboration with Ballinger , has revealed designs for a new center for quantum science, engineering, and materials initiatives at Yale University. The structure is designed to fit the topography of its urban and natural surroundings.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Tadao Ando ’s close three-decade building relationship with the Benesse Art Site in western Japan will celebrate a new milestone next spring with the opening of the Naoshima New Museum of Art, his tenth contribution for the cultural destination on Naoshima Island.

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Archinect

JANUARY 27, 2023

More than 5,500 tons of fire-damaged material was removed from the site, and a thorough evaluation of the building was undertaken. Shortly following a devastating fire that caused widespread damage to the historic structure in June of 2018, work began to dismantle parts of the building that were at risk of sudden collapse.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2025

Adaptive reuse refers to avoiding building from scratch due to its environmental impact, and instead choosing to reuse existing structures and assigning them new purposes. The project involved designing auxiliary structures that enhance the preexisting ruins on the site, without tampering with them too heavily.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Sited on the grounds perpendicular to Quismondo’s existing L-shaped main museum building from 2017, the Robert Olnick Pavilion repeats the scale, cornice lines, layout, and materiality of the older structure while adding much-needed room for educational and events programming in time for the start of the fall arts season.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2025

Japanese studio IGArchitects has completed the Pyramid Hut, an angular, concrete home nestled into a sloping site in Okinawa. Influenced by the home's site, which backs onto a cemetery, IGArchitects designed the pyramidal home as a "closed structure" to distance the residence from its surroundings.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Chinese architecture studio Spactrum has repurposed construction-site tools and materials to furnish its own office in Shanghai. For one of them, Spactrum created a glass tabletop supported by a welded system designed as a structural span. The sacks used for building-material packaging also received a new look.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The building's structure relied on standardized parts, such as cast-iron columns and girders, which were quickly assembled on-site. Joseph Paxton, the architect, employed a modular design using prefabricated iron and glass components, which were mass-produced in factories.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

However, as industrialization untethered material from place, the balance shifted. The cost of transporting goods fell, the appetite for resources grew and suddenly, construction was no longer restricted by the availability of materials. Thankfully, architecture endeavors to correct itself when excess becomes unsustainable.

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Archinect

JANUARY 11, 2022

Renovated for Zhongcheng Space Holdings Group, the structure had been sitting empty for more than ten years before its renovation. It was determined that the building was dangerous and required structural reinforcement before reuse. The original building had no windows and was riddled with cracks. The original factory boiler building.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The new central library will link to the nearby Remai Modern Gallery and several small shops near the site to form a small new cultural hub along Second Avenue. Overall, some 45% of the site will include landscaped public spaces punctuated by the building's oval footprint.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

Cortesia de Kryton Concrete, second only to water, is the most consumed material worldwide due to its structural strength, ease of handling, and versatility. However, even this resilient material can deteriorate over time, necessitating maintenance or, in severe cases, demolition.

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Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2022

For 843 N Spring Street, this month continues the installation of what will be 82,000 square feet of CLT panels in the hybrid timber structure designed by LEVER Architecture , developed by Redcar LTD, and built by Shawmut Design and Construction. According to a press releas.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2025

Architecture studio PPAA has unveiled the first building in the country with a structure constructed predominantly of mass timber , claiming it is a "milestone in Mexican architecture". Prefabricated elements significantly reduce on-site waste and construction time, making it a practical and scalable solution for future projects in Mexico."

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Archinect

AUGUST 26, 2023

A new small library project on the northwest coast of Washington has garnered publicity thanks to its record-setting use of sustainable materials and the inspiring collaboration between Indigenous communities and non-Native architects who were indispensable in shaping its design.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 19, 2022

He told Milwaukee native Alby Gallun that the selection of the materials was driven perhaps unsurprisingly by aesthetics and marketing considerations, but that its ability to reduce on-site labor costs and the speed of the construction timeline were also deciding factors along with its proven sustainability and performance metrics.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Image credit: Binyan Both the form and materiality of the opera house respond to a vernacular style in the area known as Najdi, which historically saw mud-brick structures closely clustered to create constant shade.

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Deezen

JANUARY 27, 2025

Architecture studio Entorno y Contexto has led the redevelopment of a stretch of the Papaloapan River on Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, installing lightweight steel structures on stilts and landscaping to facilitate recreation. It includes four stilted steel structures and 11.8 The massive development stretches four kilometres along the riverfront.

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DECEMBER 11, 2024

The realities of climate change have driven another big year in material innovation in 2024. Christien Meindertsma aimed to rebrand linoleum and establish a new visual language for the misunderstood material with the Flaxwood tiles she created for manufacturer Dzek.

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Archinect

MAY 31, 2022

motifs and a combination of materials and palettes to distinguish its. Its location, on an elongated site, informed the structure of the building, generating an overlapping of forms to create a gentle. generous volumes but also serve to endow a sense of grandeur to the site and enhance visitor experie.

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Archinect

MAY 25, 2023

The six-story, 140,000-square-foot structure is the largest of seven buildings that now make up the Matrix Innovation Center, a site for scientists and entrepreneurs to develop sustainable solutions for current and future issues. In addition, its floors are made using prefabricated concrete slabs with no fixed connections.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Brussels-based architecture duo Brasebin-Terrisse have erected a bus shelter made using waste materials as part of this year's Tallinn Architecture Biennale. In the end, the pavilion turned out to be very close to the image we projected in the competition, which showcased one of many possible scenarios."

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Archinect

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Featuring a brilliant CLT auditorium, the building is sited on a slope along the River Lagan and is defined by a distinctive irregular shape and time-tested materials that respond to the area's contrasting brick streetscape and lush green parkland which surrounds the 54,100-square-foot structure on either side.

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Archinect

JUNE 28, 2023

The structure joins a collection of new and existing buildings for this family home. Drawing: Worrell Yeung The team employed a site strategy that shields the main house from the adjacent street and focuses views from each structure toward the landscape. acre triangular lot.

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