Avontuura
JULY 20, 2022
The bushy mountain and mirror-like lake provide a natural barrier to noise, which attracts the owners a lot. The post KiKi ARCHi design geometric red brick house in Beijing appeared first on Åvontuura.
Architecture Here and There
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Capital Square, in Richmond, with the original Life Insurance Co. of Virginia under construction to next to city hall to the center left of the Virginia State Capitol, designed by Thomas Jefferson. It grows ever more difficult and hence ever more depressing to construct these annual roundups of traditional architecture. I feel a bit of guilt arising from the headline “Best trad buildings of 2022,” because so many of them are obviously not “the best.” I think I have reason
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Archinect
DECEMBER 29, 2022
Arata Isozaki is dead. The famed designer of many of post-war Japan’s most significant public buildings and cultural commissions and winner of the 2019 Pritzker Prize passed away peacefully on Wednesday at his home in Okinawa, according to the New York Times. Born in Ōita Prefecture in 1931, Isozaki studied at the University of Tokyo before working in the office of Kenzo Tange and then setting out to form his own practice in 1963.
ArchDaily
NOVEMBER 20, 2022
© Kyungsub Shin. architects: Society of Architecture Location: 35-17 Tongui-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Kyungsub Shin Area: 996.0 m2. Read more ».
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designboom
DECEMBER 28, 2022
residents can customize and modify the modules according to their needs using a cartridge sliding system. The post modular housing in south korea explores flexible living in minimum spaces appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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The Spaces
NOVEMBER 17, 2022
Rudy Ricciotti converted an old post house in Marseille to create this glazed, timber-framed loft home with a pool at its heart. The French property has beach house vibes thanks to its vaulted interior, weathered textures and sunny outdoor spaces. The Algeria-born Italian architect arranged its living spaces around a triple-height central void, retaining the post office’s original layout.
Dwell
NOVEMBER 11, 2022
Marta Brandão and MIMA Housing reinterpret a former store house using slatted wood, ample glazing, and a slate-tile roof. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Project Details: Location: Arouca, Portugal Architect: Marta Brandão and MIMA Housing Year: 2022 Footprint: 1,185 square feet Builder: Castelo Soberano Photographer: José Campos / @ josecamposphotographer From the Architects: "Imagine falling
Archute
AUGUST 30, 2022
Do you follow Fox News? If yes, then you must have watched Tucker Carlson once or twice. He is one of the most famous television personalities to grace the screen across America and even has his own show on the channel called Tucker Carlson Tonight. But, when he is not discussing his conservative political opinions, The post Where Does Tucker Carlson Live?
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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Architizer
SEPTEMBER 24, 2022
The Fourth Annual One Drawing Challenge is open for entries! Architecture’s most popular drawing competition is back and bigger than ever, including larger prizes. Get started on your submission. Architectural drawing is an act of communication. Creating both a vision for what could be and detailing the technical relationships of design and construction, architects use drawings as a way to explore, express and share their ideas.
Brandon Donnelly
AUGUST 28, 2022
This might seem like a fairly benign tweet by Clive Doucet, a former Ottawa City Councillor. I mean, Paris is wonderful. It is livable, walkable, and my favorite city in the world after Toronto. But as I have argued many times before on the blog, there is a tendency to look at Paris’ uniform mid-rise buildings and then incorrectly try and translate it over to a North American (or other) context with opinions that we should simply cap building heights.
Archinect
DECEMBER 27, 2022
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has named a rural office and café by Moxon Architects as its Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award winner for 2022. Completed in 2020, Quarry Studios serves as the firm’s new headquarters while also providing a perky public reprieve for tourists and visitors staggering in from nearby Balmoral.
Archinect
DECEMBER 21, 2022
Snøhetta is nearing completion on a trio of clubhouse designs set in the densely populated center of Hong Kong ’s Pavilia Farm residential development in Tai Wai. As a space for social interaction and shared experiences, the project serves residents of Pavilia with a vital piece of communal infrastructure while also providing urban farming capabilities and a contemplative connection to nature in what can otherwise be considered a hyper-urban environment.
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Archinect
DECEMBER 14, 2022
One of Frank Lloyd Wright ’s final Usonian designs is now on the market in central California. Real estate firm Crosby Doe Associates recently listed Wright’s Fawcett Farm in Los Banos for a cool $4.25 million and is beginning to take offers on the 7-bed, 6-bathroom home that was completed just two years after his death in 1959. Image courtesy TopTenRealEstateDeals.com Image courtesy TopTenRealEstateDeals.com The house was built by local football legend Buck Fawcett and his wife usin
Archinect
DECEMBER 2, 2022
The final day of this year’s World Architecture Festival in Lisbon has culminated in 3XN ’s Quay Quarter Tower named the World Building of the Year during a special ceremony at the city’s historic converted Convento Do Beato. The 46-story Sydney tower provides a remarkable example of adaptive reuse to the industry, having retained some 65% of the original 1976 structure and a reported 95% of its core in the construction process that was completed in April of 2022.
Archinect
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
Foster + Partners have been granted approval for the construction of a new mixed-use cross-laminated timber development in London. Named The William , the scheme will become one of London’s largest timber developments, and Foster + Partners’ first timber office building in the city. Image courtesy of Foster + Partners As reported by The Architect’s Journal , the process will see the demolition of a four-story 1950s housing block to be replaced by a pair of new seven-story mixed
Archinect
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) has unveiled details of an upcoming exhibition featuring the work of media artist Refik Anadol. Titled Refik Anadol: Unsupervised , and open from November 19th, 2022 through March 5th 2023, the installation will feature three new digital artworks by the artist. Image © Refik Anadol Studio, courtesy of The Museum of Modern Art, New York Anadol’s three new pieces will use artificial intelligence to interpret more than 200 years of art from Mo
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Archinect
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
The third round of projects in the mix for the title of RIBA House of the Year has been released by the organization in advance of tonight’s third episode of the BBC Channel 4’s Grand Designs: House of the Year program. Home designs from Surman Weston and Haysom Ward Miller are the next two to compete for the now nine-year-old title, which, this year, features "Hard to Build" residential structures across the country.
Archinect
OCTOBER 24, 2022
A conceptual design from international hospitality specialists OBMI has taken home the top prize as part of this year’s Radical Innovation Award. The firm’s "Aera Vertical Resort" proposal beat out two other finalists named earlier in the month for the award’s 16th edition. Featuring a porous, glass-canopied volume that encases a vertical garden and program of seven distinct districts set aside for dining, art, fashion, drama, garden, wellness, and family, respectively, the sch
Archinect
OCTOBER 17, 2022
Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects (EYRC) has completed their adaptive re-use of an abandoned Los Angeles Times print facility in Costa Mesa, Orange County. The 430,000-square-foot scheme titled ‘The Press’ saw the three-story complex converted into flexible office spaces. Photo credit: Matthew Millman The grounds surrounding the facility see an existing rail line reincorporated as a bike and pedestrian trial to link with a wider pathway network.
Archinect
OCTOBER 18, 2022
Construction has commenced on the Zaha Hadid Architects -designed Jinghe New City Culture & Art Center in China, following a ground-breaking ceremony on September 16th, 2022. Zaha Hadid Architects won the international competition to design and deliver the scheme in June, which will serve as a new cultural and arts destination for the burgeoning Jinghe New City tech hub.
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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.
Archinect
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled their competition-winning design for the Hangzhou International Sports Center in China. The complex will be anchored by a 60,000-seat football stadium, while also holding a 19,000-seat indoor arena, an aquatics center with two 164-foot-long pools, and practice pitches. Image credit: Brick Visual The 1.45 million-square-foot stadium is connected to the indoor arena and aquatics center via a central podium.
Archinect
SEPTEMBER 2, 2022
UNStudio has emerged as the winner of an international competition to design what it says will stand as one of the most sustainable office buildings in German history once complete. Developers Groß & Partner recently selected the studio’s 45,000-square-meter (484,400-square-foot) NION office tower scheme to be located in a vibrant mixed-use district in Frankfurt called the Europaviertel West that has been under constant development since 2005.
Archinect
SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
Prolific, self-taught, and Pritzker Prize -winning Japanese architect Tadao Ando has been announced today as the recipient of the Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement award. The recognition is presented by the Créateurs Design Awards, a program that highlights extraordinary work in architecture, interior design, product design, photography, journalism, and curation.
Archinect
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Continuing their work to recognize the valuable contributions of academics and researchers to the architectural field, the Royal Institute of Architects (RIBA) has announced its annual winners of the President’s Medal and Awards for Research. The 186th edition of the program saw UCL Bartlett School student Annabelle Tan taking home the RIBA Silver Medal for her investigation into notions of ‘tropicality’ in the context of Singapore titled 'A Journey through Past, Present and Po
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