ArchDaily

MAY 27, 2024

478 Badaevskiy Brewery / Herzog & de Meuron. Image © Herzog & de Meuron A groundscraper is essentially the opposite of a skyscraper - a large building that sprawls outward horizontally instead of soaring vertically into the sky. Though no strict definition exists, groundscrapers are generally described as extremely long but low-rise buildings with over 1 million square feet of space, sometimes called sidescrapers or landscrapers.

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Archinect

MAY 27, 2024

Work is progressing on the Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) design for the Navi Mumbai International Airport in India six years after construction began on the $2.1 billion project, which is the firm’s second ongoing aviation project with the Western Sydney International Airport outside Australia’s largest city. ZHA says construction is now 60% complete and on track for passenger operations to begin in 2025.

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Avontuura

MAY 27, 2024

The site is located on the mountainside with a view of the ridge in the distance, and the mountain terrain in the front with the sun behind. The post Todot Architects design mountainside home with beautiful views of the South Korean landscape appeared first on Åvontuura.

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SW Oregon Architect

MAY 26, 2024

It’s time to make it official. I just posted the following notice on my LinkedIn profile: **Retirement Announcement** Dear colleagues, clients, and friends, After 36 endlessly rewarding years at Robertson/Sherwood/Architects pc, I am excited to announce my retirement from active practice, effective Friday, May 31. I am filled with gratitude for the incredible opportunities I’ve had with RSA and the truly meaningful work I have been a part of.

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designboom

MAY 27, 2024

the only existing copy of the wu-tang clan album will not be released until the year 2103, but will be played publicly at MONA in australia. The post wu-tang clan’s legendary one-copy album loaned to MONA museum for first public debut appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 27, 2024

Overall, across Europe and the US, stuff is still built in a pretty manual fashion - not very different to the way it would have been built 100 years ago [.] Construction is a bit of a digital laggard compared with many other industries. It's been slow to adopt digital in the widest sense Consultant Sam O’Gorman and other experts speak to the BBC about the confounding gap between digital technology and the analog process for delivering residential architecture.

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Deezen

MAY 24, 2024

Architecture firm Studio Libeskind has completed The Atrium at Sumner Houses, an affordable housing block with 190 apartments for seniors in Brooklyn , New York. Located at the centre of the New York City Housing Authority's (NYCHA) Sumner Houses campus, the 11-storey block is wrapped around a full-height central atrium that gives the building its name.

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Architonic

MAY 26, 2024

<p>We talk a lot about designing for the senses these days; about human engineering, ergonomics, people-centric products. It’s particularly a hot topic when it comes to looking at the modern working environment. If today’s office is to compete with home, it needs to bring similar feelings of comfort, but promote productivity and collaboration at the same time.

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designboom

MAY 26, 2024

seattle-based architecture firm GO'C completes 'tinyleaf,' a minimalist cabin embedded into the scenic methow valley of washington. The post GO’C completes ‘tinyleaf,’ a compact outpost embedded into the northwestern woods appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 21, 2024

Chontay House / Marina Vella Arquitectos. © Gonzalo Cáceres Dancuart Organizing, shaping, stacking. Transforming raw materials from the soil into architecture. This is a challenge that many Latin American architects embrace, demonstrating that scarcity can be daunting but also a rich opportunity to unleash creativity. The use of materials extracted from the local soil serves a dual purpose.

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Archinect

MAY 24, 2024

Studio Libeskind has inaugurated its new social housing development in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, called The Atrium at Sumner, after a three-year, $132 million construction. The 11-story, 132,418-square-foot development yields 190 total units, with an 8,309-square-foot community space located on the ground floor along Marcus Garvey Boulevard. Image: Hufton+Crow The building’s design features a dramatic interplay of opening and solids in a folding form finished in distinct optic white EIFS facade

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2024

Portuguese studio Alarquitectos has used walls of pink and blue to brighten São Sebastião 123, an apartment converted from a 20th-century office in Lisbon. Tasked with revitalising the old workspace's dark and poorly ventilated interiors, Alarquitectos opened it up by removing the existing partitions and adding a courtyard. Along with an existing outdoor space that has been reorganised, this courtyard doubles as a lightwell for the 167-metre-square apartment.

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World Architecture Community

MAY 27, 2024

Vietnamese architecture practice Idee architects has designed a sinuous and reflective canopy for a pavilion on Hanoi hills in Vietnam. Named Quic Pavilion, the Öââ-square-metre pavilion is a serene retreat nestled amidst a small forest enclave for the campers.

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designboom

MAY 22, 2024

australian firm curious practice breathes new life into a classic early 20th-century weatherboard cottage with this aru house. The post australian studio curious practice renovates ‘aru house’ with brickwork and timber screens appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 26, 2024

Chroma Pool. Image Courtesy of Courtesy of Agrob Buchtal/photo: Rasmus Hjortshøj Tinnerbäcksbadet, a leisure center established in 1965 on the shores of a lake in Linköping, Sweden , was showing signs of aging. To revitalize the area and meet the ever-changing demands, the city launched an international architectural competition for a new facility. The winning design, conceived by the Danish firm 3XN , blends modernity and functionality.

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Archinect

MAY 22, 2024

University of Stuttgart professor Achim Menges has shared details of a new research-led observation tower project called Wangen Tower after its realization earlier this month at the regional garden showcase Landesgartenschau Wangen im Allgäu in southern Germany. The project is a collaboration between the university's Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the university.

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Deezen

MAY 21, 2024

French post office La Poste has introduced a stamp designed by Stéphane Humbert-Basset that gives off the scent of bread when scratched to celebrate the baguette. The stamp has a "bakery scent", which was achieved through the use of microcapsules that are embedded within the ink of the stamps to provide the bread-like fragrance, reported French newspaper Le Monde.

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Architonic

MAY 27, 2024

<p>‘Working as a designer these days isn’t [just] about doing cool things for different companies. It’s about working with people – passionate people that have the drive. That’s something that really connects us. It’s also about a rational way of producing it.’</p> <p>So explains <a href="[link] Fager</a> in the video presentation for his <a href="[link] lighting series, newly created with Dutch interiors brand <a href="[link] Vorm</a&#

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designboom

MAY 26, 2024

momo self-assembling lunar habitat is developed by mit's department of architecture, aeroastro, and the media lab. The post MIT’s modular momo habitat self-assembles on the moon appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 26, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Richmond, Australia. Images by Tom Ross. Built on Wurundjeri land, the new flagship Boarding House for the Melbourne Indigenous Transition School accommodates students from remote areas.

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Archinect

MAY 25, 2024

In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Rooftop Spaces. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles.

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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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Deezen

MAY 22, 2024

A balcony-turned-conservatory features in an apartment renovated by architecture and interior studio Modektura in Kyiv , Ukraine. Kyiv-based Modektura designed the interior to reflect the history of the apartment block, which was initially constructed in 1900. The one-bedroom apartment was renovated by Modektura "We wanted to tie it back to the house itself," Modektura founder Maksym Dietkovskyi told Dezeen.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 24, 2024

Twelve years ago, a reservoir called Folsom Lake, about 30 miles northeast of Sacramento, dried up. On the drought-cracked bottom lay a clay pipe, submerged since 1955, when the reservoir The post Architectural photographer Christopher Payne captures the timeless craft of terra-cotta fabrication at the historic Gladding, McBean factory in California appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

MAY 27, 2024

k10 studio chooses minimalistic industrial raw finishes, featuring concrete, steel, and teak wood, to create a striking contrast with the surrounding nature. The post low-tech industrial beach house with infinity pool overlooks ostional beach in costa rica appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 21, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Vietnam. Images by Trieu Chien. Quin Pavilion serves as a serene retreat nestled amidst a small forest enclave for the campers, offering a picturesque vista of the Ba Vi mountain.

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