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APRIL 24, 2024

Bergeyre House. Image © Cecile Septet Whether rising to the highest room of the tallest tower in a Disney -esque castle , giving an admirer the chance to confess their love on an apartment building fire escape , or connecting a basement or attic room with a decorative period feature, there’s something unavoidably romantic about spiral staircases. But there’s more function behind these coiling forms than just their good looks.

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Archinect

APRIL 23, 2024

An international competition to deliver a brand new concert hall to the Norwegian city of Bergen has announced Henning Larsen ’s entry as the winning bid. The firm beat out four other shortlist finalists for the Grieg Quarter competition with their ‘Kontrapunkt’ vision, a 17,500-square-meter (188,000-square-foot) music hall and conference center that will feature both a theater and exhibition hall while restoring major portions of the corresponding space outdoors.

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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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APRIL 23, 2024

Common Thread is an immersive passage made from a 3D knit textile connecting a previously inaccessible monastery courtyard in Bruges. The post SO-IL design immersive passage made from 3D knit textile within 19th-century monastery courtyard in Bruges appeared first on Åvontuura.

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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 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 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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designboom

APRIL 22, 2024

the 'markers KUbe' will take shape with a mass-timber diagrid structure and draws from traditional japanese joinery techniques. The post bjarke ingels group takes to university of kansas with mass timber ‘makers KUbe’ appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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 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 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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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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designboom

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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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 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 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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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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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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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 22, 2024

Renzo Piano is known for only accepting two or three new commissions each year. In 2023, two of those commissions were located in Florida: one is to design the new Sarasota Performing The post Renzo Piano reveals Center for Arts & Innovation concept in Boca Raton, Florida appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

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 Carlo Ratti Associati | sunRICE Milan Design Week has long been one of the most significant events in the global design sphere, showcasing groundbreaking concepts and visionary talent and fostering critical discourse in the design community. From the expansive trade fair Salone Del Mobile in Rho Fiera to design districts scattered across the city, Design Week brings together diverse voices, perspectives, and talent.

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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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APRIL 22, 2024

OMA has broken ground on its new Miami Beach development called The Perigon. The project from partner Jason Long at 5333 Collins Avenue will reach a height of 17 floors when it first opens to residents in late 2026. A total of 73 one- and two-bedroom residences are included, oriented around creating ocean vistas and including about 20,000 square feet of amenities spaces highlighted by a speakeasy and the latest restaurant concept from celebrity chef Shaun Hergatt.

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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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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 22, 2024

Happy Earth Day! To commemorate, AN editors have scoured our archives from the past year to collate the stories, interviews, reviews, book excerpts, etc. that keep us hopeful about the The post Earth Day Digest: Stories keeping <em>AN</em> editors hopeful about the planet’s future appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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APRIL 22, 2024

UK architecture studio Foster + Partners has designed a tiered, 62-storey supertall skyscraper on Park Avenue in New York. Located at 350 Park, the supertall skyscraper will rise approximately 1,600 feet high (487 metres), holding office spaces and a public plaza at ground level. Foster + Partners has designed a tiered skyscraper in Midtown Manhattan Renderings show a tiered tower made up of rectangular volumes that increase in height across the tower's width, with the tallest sitting at 62 stor

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