ArchDaily

APRIL 23, 2024

Courtesy of OMA and Luxigon | The Perigon OMA has just revealed The Perigon, a new residential tower in Miami Beach , United States. Situated in the vibrant Mid Beach Neighborhood, the project is a collaboration between Mast Capital and Starwood Capital Group. The Perigon offers dual-waterfront l iving, characterized by a series of tower strategically rotated to maximize views towards the Atlantic Ocean.

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Archinect

APRIL 23, 2024

From Archinect's active community of job seekers , firms , and schools , we are highlighting five hiring architecture practices with current openings in New York , Los Angeles , and Mexico City. Take a look at these opportunities below, and visit Archinect Jobs for the complete list of available positions. Global architecture, design, and planning firm Grimshaw is currently seeking a Senior Architect to join their Los Angeles office.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 21, 2024

"Rachel de Queiroz Park / Architectus S/S. Image © Joana França Every year, Earth Day , celebrated on April 22, presents us with an opportunity to contemplate the conditions of our planet and our impact upon it. Generating around 37% of global carbon emissions , the construction industry has an important, often detrimental, role to play, thus placing an increasingly urgent responsibility on architects and builders to devise strategies for reducing this number.

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Archinect

APRIL 22, 2024

Chris Pratt has drawn ire from architecture aficionados after news broke that the actor and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, had razed a historic, mid-century modern home to make way for a sprawling 15,000-sq-ft mansion. Architect Ken Ungar, whose portfolio largely features high-end modern farmhouse-style residences, will design a home for the couple, Architectural Digest reported.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Multi-talented director and VFX supervisor Hugo Guerra tells Chris how he balances his day job with running a YouTube channel and recording the VFX Notes podcast.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Researchers from Swiss design school ÉCAL have unveiled a range of flat-pack furniture at Milan design week that needs to be soaked in water to reach its final form. The collection, called Under Pressure Solutions or UPS, is constructed from thin, compressed sheets of cellulose sponge, allowing the objects to fit into flat parcels – some small enough to squeeze through a letterbox – for more efficient shipping.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 22, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Beijing, China. Images by Yumeng Zhu. The Beijing 798 Art Zone was originally a factory campus built in the 1950s with the help of the Soviet Union and East Germany, designed in the.

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Archinect

APRIL 19, 2024

The College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley has opened an exhibition on the BART’s architectural history. Titled Along the Line: Designing and Planning BART, 1963-1976 , the show features the work of architects, landscape architects, and planners involved in the system’s initial design. The exhibition centers on the desire of BART designers to encourage middle-class passengers commuting from Bay Area suburbs to use public transport to downtown San Francisco.

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Dwell

APRIL 18, 2024

The celebrity couple reportedly plan to build a 15,000-square-foot modern farmhouse on the lot to replace the midcentury—and the news has more than preservationists up in arms. It seems that L.A.’s thirst for massive modern farmhouses knows no bounds: last week, news broke that Chris Pratt and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger quietly bought then razed the 74-year-old Zimmerman House by Southern California modernist architect Craig Ellwood with plans to build a 15,000-square-foot residence in the in

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APRIL 23, 2024

tono mirai architects' TOILETOWA is an example of recycled, regenerative architecture in miyoshi city, japan. The post tono mirai architects sculpts rammed-earth TOILETOWA in japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Planted balconies surround open living spaces at this house in Bangalore , designed by Indian studio 4site Architects for a nature-loving family. Named House of Greens, the four-bedroom home is informed by Bangalore's history of green spaces and parks, which have earned it the moniker of the "garden city" of India. Planted balconies surround House of Greens "As a tribute to Bangalore, the theme of the house is to reflect the garden and abundance of green spaces," 4site Architect 's founder Chand

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ArchDaily

APRIL 21, 2024

Courtesy of RPBW Pritzker Prize Laureate Renzo Piano has just revealed designs for Boca Rotan’s new creative campus, The Center for Arts & Innovation in Florida. The Center seeks to transform Boca Raton into an internationally recognized destination for culture , arts, innovation, and technology. In fact, the three-story structure features functions that bridge creativity across the realms of arts, education, business, and community.

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Archinect

APRIL 19, 2024

Renzo Piano Building Workshop (RPBW) has released early concept designs for The Center for Arts & Innovation project in Boca Raton , Florida. The firm was announced as the winner of an international RFP process to imagine the Center in September of last year. As stated in an announcement today, the new campus aims to foster the convergence of arts, education, business, and community in order to develop a new approach to how the world designs, imagines, programs, utilizes, and embraces cultur

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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 22, 2024

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has released its vision for a new mass timber building that will host the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design. Makers’ KUbe will serve The post BIG and BNIM unveil Makers’ KUbe, a new diagrid structure made of mass timber for the University of Kansas appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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APRIL 22, 2024

designboom's earth day 2024 roundup highlights the architecture that continues to push the boundaries of sustainable design. The post happy earth day! designboom revisits this year’s top examples of passive architecture appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Architect Peter Markos has designed the Monocoque Cabin, an off-grid timber cabin defined by an organic, cocoon-like form, on a farm in Shropshire, UK. Nestled beside the surrounding woodland, the cabin is wrapped by an external skin or 'monocoque' – similar to an eggshell – that draws on structural systems used within the aerospace and automotive industries.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 22, 2024

Courtesy of Kilograph BIG , in collaboration with BNIM and the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design , has revealed a mass timber structure named the “Makers’ KUbe.” Designed for collaborative learning, the structure features a timber diagrid frame. The scheme was developed with students, faculty, and the university's board of directors to serve as a studio space and an educational showcase for sustainable practices.

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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 23, 2024

Chris Pratt, labeled “the worst Chris” of the many Hollywood actors he shares a name with, has seemingly made a couple of enemies in the niche architecture community. Pratt, alongside wife The post Chris Pratt demolishes Craig Ellwood’s Zimmerman home for new mansion appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

APRIL 21, 2024

rubens cortés arquitectos extends an historic tobacco drying shed with a contemporary timber reading room for an andalusian library. The post rubens cortés arquitectos renovates andalusian tobacco shed with luminous library appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

APRIL 23, 2024

Nendo founder Oki Sato broke two frying pans when creating the heated-up material for his colourful Hana-arashi furniture collection for Paola Lenti, which was shown as part of Milan design week. The designer, whose studio Nendo is known for its innovative but often pared-back and monochrome designs, created an unusually colourful collection for his collaboration with Italian design brand Paola Lenti.

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ArchDaily

APRIL 21, 2024

© Katherine Lu architects: J Mammone Architecture Location: Cobbitty NSW 2570, Australia Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Katherine Lu Photographs: Tom Ferguson Area: 1243.

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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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Archinect

APRIL 23, 2024

Henning Larsen has announced a new cultural project in Jeddah , Saudi Arabia. The Danish firm's plans for the new Jeddah Opera House entail a 1,500-seat opera, 750-seat theater, and 150-seat Rehearsal Hall to be constructed at a site that forms the new Opera Quarter and is included as part of the larger Jeddah Central master plan. In concept, the scheme presents a cluster of buildings along a central spine adhering to the Red Sea shoreline.

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Dwell

APRIL 17, 2024

Escape made a splash by launching a property in Tampa Bay filled with its trailers. But you don’t have to live there to own one. Welcome to Tiny Home Profiles , an interview series with people pushing the limits of living small. From space-saving hacks to flexible floor plans, here’s what they say makes for the best tiny homes on the planet. Know of a builder we should talk to?

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designboom

APRIL 22, 2024

the house comes to life through its patios, designed as specific settings for reading, writing, and reflection, which act as extensions of the couple's personal history. The post casa mixquiahuala by omar vergara invites reflections and writing amid mexico’s arid nature appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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APRIL 22, 2024

Danish architecture studio BIG , alongside faculty at the University of Kansas, has unveiled its design for the mass-timber Makers' KUbe in Kansas, USA. The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas ( KU ) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. BIG 's design was chosen as part of an open call, based on the "needs and wishes" of the students and faculty.

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