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Artist Janet Echelman ’s soft-fiber Current installation premiered over the weekend in Columbus, Ohio, adding the city to a list of others to have showcased her experiments with site-specific sculptures and computational design since 2009. Stretching to a total of 126 feet at its zenith, the 229-foot-long sculpture is made from 78 miles of twine strewn into more than 550,000 individual knots and cast from the facades of buildings located at the intersection of Gay and High Streets.

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© Christoph Panzer architects: Ostertag architects: Schuberth und Schuberth architects: Stadler Prenn Location: Vienna, Austria Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Christoph Panzer Area: 12000.

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Lina Ghotmeh ’s 2023 Serpentine Pavilion design makes its official debut this week in London. For the 22nd Pavilion, Lebanese-born Parisian-based architect showcases a design that highlights aspirations towards community gathering in a manner that speaks to the importance of building relationships while "inviting us to convene, sit down, think, share and celebrate exchanges.

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Weekend House in Downtown São Paulo / SPBR Arquitetos. Image © Nelson Kon As awareness of water scarcity, water stress and environmental sustainability grows around the world, the concept of "water footprint" is becoming increasingly relevant. Unlike its more popular cousin, " carbon footprint ", which focuses on greenhouse gas emissions, the water footprint (WF) provides a holistic view of water used throughout the life cycle of a product, process, or activity.

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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?

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Apple has publicly unveiled the Apple Vision Pro , which the company describes as a “revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world.” The device is set to be available for purchase in the U.S. early in 2024, with a starting price of $3,499. Image credit: Apple A series of demonstration videos released by Apple show users navigating through a three-dimensional interface using eyes, hands, and voice, with the Vision Pro’s “infi

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The Memory of Garden” Apartment The project was designed and constructed on Qasr o Dasht Street in Shiraz, Iran. This street is known as a green and pleasant neighborhood due to its proximity to Qasr al-Dasht gardens. Due to the increase of construction in these old green areas, a significant portion of the vegetation has been destroyed. In the northwest of the building, there is an alley with a 6 meters width, which is the only access of the project to the neighborhood.

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Blue House / Studio MK27. Image © André Scarpa There is something very attractive about the combination of lush vegetation and exposed concrete roughness. This is what the book Concrete Jungle: Tropical Architecture and Its Surprising Origins , published by Gestalten, proposes to investigate. The publication offers a reading on modern "tropical architecture", presenting houses located between the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and their relationships with their cultural, constructive, and envir

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In this week's curated employer highlight , we present four architecture and design firms with current job openings in New York City , Los Angeles , and Chicago. For even more positions, visit the Archinect job board and browse our active community of job seekers , firms , and schools. Globally-active firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is currently looking to add an Architect with 1–8 years of work experience to their Chicago team.

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Cave Urban Working with Community. Image Courtesy of Jed Long, Cave Urban The UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 is an invitation for architects from around the world to meet in Copenhagen July 2 – 6 to explore and communicate how architecture influences all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For more than two years, the Science Track and its international Scientific Committee have been analyzing the various ways in which architecture responds to the SDGs.

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New York’s Institute for Public Architecture (IPA) has announced its 2023 Summer Fellow cohort, featuring six projects that span a range of the various elements (materials, accessibility, community, and space) which form the basis for great public design. This year’s cohort is comprised of Universidad de las Américas Puebla instructor Alicia Escamilla; Alfred State College professor Kevin Hofmann; Pratt Institute School of Architecture undergraduate Emmet Sutton; Liminal Creat

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Asiat-Darse Pedestrian Bridge. Image Courtesy of Counterspace Sumayya Vally , a renowned architect and Principal of the Johannesburg/London-based studio Counterspace , emerged as the winner of the competition to design the new Asiat-Darse pedestrian bridge in Vilvoorde, Belgium. Counterspace's design concept delved into the history and impact of Paul Panda Farnana, a significant yet under-appreciated figure in the city, who studied the intricate connections between past and future generations of

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Following last week’s look at an opening for an Intermediate Architectural Designer at Seed the North , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for the Director of Making Studio at Columbia University. Reporting to the Dean of Columbia GSAPP , the role calls for an individual who will promote the GSAPP’s pedagogy and student engagement in digital fabrication.

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© Simón Bosch architects: Palafito Arquitectura Location: Cra. 24 #63C-69, Barrios Unidos, Bogotá, Colombia Photographs: Simón Bosch Area: 68.

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“It’s less about e-commerce than it is about how people want to live and what they want to experience [.] People want to connect, they want to be social, so we’re trying to give them more reasons and more opportunities to do that.” The movement is not without its detractors, however, as planning experts like the University of British Columbia ’s Dr.

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Cortesia de Endicott Composed of very fine mineral particles and formed through the weathering and erosion of rocks over long periods of time, clay has properties that make it useful for a wide range of applications. When wet, it becomes extremely malleable and plastic, and can be molded into different shapes. When dry, it is hard and rigid, and is widely used for construction and ceramics.

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The third annual cohort of Diversity x Design Scholarships has been announced by HOK in continuation of its cultivation of talent through America’s network of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (or HBCU s). A total of 10 students who are currently enrolled in NAAB-accredited design programs were given scholarships equaling $100,000, including Florida A&M University , which was a new addition for the 2023 cycle.

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© Eric Tschernow architects: Christoph Wagner Architekten Location: Neue Bahnhofstraße 1A, 10245 Berlin, Germany Project Year: 2018 Photographs: Eric Tschernow Photographs: Christoph Wagner Photographs: Wenke Schladitz Area: 1200.

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Data from the latest Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) shows a slight decline of 2.0% to 180.5 for May, continuing a three-month downturn that follows April’s revised total of 184.1 and the 183.7 figure that was recorded in March. For the month, the DIM’s commercial component fell to 6.1%, while the institutional component improved to 5.6%. The Dodge Construction Network notes that the commercial sector was impacted by continued poor showings in hotel and office planning.

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Completed in 2021 in Westerlo, Belgium. Images by Pieter Rabijns. On the outskirts of Westerlo, a new social housing neighbourhood 'Laathof' is being pushed into an oversized allotment structure. Just a stone's.

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Adding new spaces to a mountain hotel without affecting the harmony with the landscape, creates a better integration with its surroundings. The post appeared first on Åvontuura.

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The project is located in a small village on the North-East coast of lake Balaton, an area with a unique topography. The plot is set atop the high.

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Speaker: Pedro Clarke – Principal Architect at A+ Architecture, In Loco Program Director

Sustainability begins with a conversation, and acquiring customer buy-in is entirely dependent on how the conversation is framed. Clients may not see sustainability as a priority out of fear of operational costs and quality. While these are legitimate concerns, it is our responsibility as architects to listen and foster a collaborative culture that answers client issues while also reducing our carbon footprint.

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The Kupferberg Center is comprised of five different arts venues scattered on the Queens College campus. The goal of this recently completed project, in addition to upgrading and improving the audience experience at each space, was to create an identifiable precinct for the arts on the campus from these visually disparate and disconnected buildings.

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Completed in 2020 in Shenzhen, China. Images by Yu Bai. Yumin Village, one of the earliest "ten-thousand yuan households" villages in Shenzhen, played a significant role in the city's reform and opening.

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The Seomjin River, which starts at Demi Sam(stream) in Jinan, North Jeolla Province, passes through Namwon and Gokseong province, and enters Gurye province, where it merges with the sea at Gwangyang Bay after a long journey. At the end of it sits a village with rocks everywhere. It is a village called Dosari, which is Gwangyang as an administrative district, but is actually close to Hadong across the river.

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Completed in 2022 in Japan. Images by Hirota Tatsuya. This project is a renovation plan for a house in the Kanto region that was inherited from the client's parents.& The client wanted to rearrange.

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