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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Courtesy of SCAPE Focused in its fifth edition on Adaptation, the Obel Award has been granted to ‘Living Breakwaters’ in New York , a green infrastructure project off the shore of Staten Island. Awarded to SCAPE Landscape Architecture and its founder Kate Orff, masterminds behind ‘Living Breakwaters’, the yearly prize honors architectural contributions that positively impact both people and the planet.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A group of designers, artists, and technologists from MIT have unveiled details of a pavilion delivered by the team for Burning Man 2023. The Living Knitwork Pavilion is described by the group as “an architectural-scale interactive 3D knitted textile shade structure that leverages electrically and optically-active yarns and explores photochromism by day and light-movements interaction at night.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Benjakitti Forest Park / Arsomslip Community and Environmental Architect © Srirath Somsawat Modernity and globalization have significantly reduced geographical distances, transformed social interactions, and accelerated the flow of information across nations, which has, in a sense, made the world more accessible to people everywhere. However, it's important to note that when we say "everyone," we refer to a vast and diverse population.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A project overseer and estate guardian for Ye, previously recognized as Kanye West, claims he was dismissed for declining to eliminate all windows and electricity from Ye's Malibu residence, as per a legal complaint submitted recently in the Los Angeles County Superior Court and reported by NBC. The legal action points to breaches of several labor standards, encompassing hazardous work environments, unsettled salaries, and unjust retaliatory firing.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Courtesy of interplay+komy | Polish Pavilion Expo 2025 Interplay has just revealed the design for Poland’s Pavilion at the World Expo in Osaka , Kansai. Commissioned by the Polish Investment and Trading Agency, the project is responding to the theme of the upcoming Expo, “Designing Future Society for Our Lives.” The Polish Pavilion was born from the studio’s fascination with spirals, specifically the shape’s use in different scales, from “protein molecules to the structure of galaxies.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Superkilen / Topotek 1 + BIG Architects + Superflex. Image © Iwan Baan Copenhagen is a living testament to its architectural legacy, innovative urban development, and commitment to sustainability and liveability. The city inspires the whole world with its quality of urban life, made up of efficient and intelligent mobility systems, along with vibrant and interesting public and private spaces.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Chicago Architecture Center (CAC) has just announced an expanded slate of participants for this year’s Open House Chicago event, which takes place from October 13th to the 15th at various sites scattered across the Windy City. The event’s 13th overall edition will feature over 170 activated sites in 20 separate neighborhoods and communities.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Human public spaces for an informal city, the "Barrio Mío" experience in Lima. © Archive REP-BM A few weeks ago, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) named the recipient of the RIBA Norman Foster 2023 travel grant. Martha Pomasonco from Peru was awarded for her outstanding project titled "Barrios Mejorados." The research project that impressed the jury aims to explore the impact of highly successful informal settlement improvement initiatives implemented in various Latin Amer

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

RIOS has released details of a new 100-year master plan included as part of its participation in the 4th Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (SBAU) , which takes place through the end of October in the South Korean capital. The firm's concept for the 'Hyper-Abundant City' significantly alters the upscale Apgujeong district by incorporating the urban fabric of the adjacent Gangnam neighborhood while extending an existing connection to the Han River.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

© Hans Wilschut architects: Barcode Architects Location: Wijnhaven 65, 3011 WJ Rotterdam, The Netherlands Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Hans Wilschut Area: 22000.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Cornell University’s Design Tech Chair and Architecture Professor Jenny Sabin has been awarded the 2023 Matthias Rippmann Memorial Prize by DigitalFutures. The annual award is given to “a digital tool, body of research, written text or any other thing that revolutionizes architectural research of the Digital Future.” According to DigitalFutures, Sabin stands “at the forefront of a new direction for 21st-century architectural practice — one that investigates the inte

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Mosque and Shrine of Sahaba in Derna, 2009. Image © Syed Wali Peeran via Wikipdia under license CC BY-SA 4.0 Within the span of a week, two natural disasters hit North African nations. On Monday, 11 September, just days after a major earthquake hit Morocco's High Atlas Mountains , Storm Daniel made landfall in Northwest Libya , leading to the collapse of two dams, which released torrents of mud and water into the country’s coastline, killing thousands and destroying large parts of the port city

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a 330-metre-tall skyscraper as part of the Trojena ski resort at Neom in Saudi Arabia. On display as part of the Neom stand at the Cityscape conference in Riyadh, the 330-metre-tall skyscraper will form part of Trojena, which is being masterplanned by German studio LAVA architects. Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a skyscraper for Trojena It will stand on a mountain opposite the main ski area, overlooking an artificial lake that will form the centre

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

© Pedro Kok architects: Denis Joelsons Location: Cotia - Caucaia do Alto, Cotia - SP, Brazil Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Pedro Kok Photographs: Rodrigo Fonseca Area: 253.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The winners of this year's A+Product Awards have been announced. Stay tuned for the year's edition of the A+Product Awards ebook in the coming months. Lighting is often the unsung hero on many projects, whether artificial or natural; light is a subtle yet crucial element that transforms spaces from structures to experiences. But with many firms worldwide unveiling astonishing lighting design projects, who truly shines brightest?

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

© Hiroyuki Oki architects: NU architecture & design Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Hồ Chí Minh City, Vietnam Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Hiroyuki Oki Area: 300.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Landscape studio Scape has won the Obel Award for 2023 for its "visionary" coastal defence system in New York City that will grow in efficiency as oysters inhabit it. Named Living Breakwaters, the project was designed by Scape to reduce flood risk and boost ecology along Staten Island, serving as an alternative to traditional coastal barriers. It is the fifth winner of the Obel Award , which celebrates architectural contributions to people and the planet.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

While it is undeniable that the surrounding environment is changing due to human activity, the effects can be difficult to perceive directly, as they are often illustrated with unrelatable pictures of far-away places or overused graphics and statistics. Danish office Tideland Studio aims to change this. Through their work, they aim to bring forth a new type of sensible understanding of the changes happening around us.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Architecture studio Rex has revealed the translucent-marble-clad Perelman Performing Arts Center at New York's World Trade Center site. Located alongside One World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan, the Perelman Performing Arts Center by Rex comprises a cubic structure with thin marble cladding. Davis Brody Bond served as the executive architect on the project.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Completed in 2023 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Images by Peter Mann. Located in the eastern quays of Amsterdam, the striking 19th-century warehouse of the Geschutswerf sets the scene for this residential.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Electronics company Sony introduces its HT-AX7 portable home theatre speaker system in this exclusive video produced for the brand by Dezeen. HT-AX7 is a Bluetooth speaker system that can be configured to easily create surround sound wherever the user wants. The battery-powered and wire-free system comprises a base unit, which functions as a soundbar, and two smaller portable speakers that can be positioned around the listener to immerse them in sound.

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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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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

© Qingshan Wu architects: FMD Location: No. 7 Lane 395 Jinan District Shanghai, China Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Qingshan Wu Area: 860.

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The Architect's Newsletter

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It began its life as a computer chip warehouse facility off of Route 9 in Cold Spring, New York, a small town with a Metro-North train station and a few The post Magazzino unveils the Robert Olnick Pavilion, designed by Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

© Carlos Manuel González Baute architects: Sagristà-Simó Location: 07420 La Puebla, Balearic Islands, Spain Photograph: Carlos Manuel González Baute Area: 110.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

MVRDV breathes new life into the brutalist monument of tirana. The post MVRDV’s ‘the pyramid of tirana’ turns a former communist monument into a cultural center appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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