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BIG completes Quito's tallest building with pixelated facade

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The 32-storey high-rise , now the tallest in the Ecuadorian capital, comprises 220 apartments alongside a mix of commercial and office spaces designed for developer Uribe Schwarzkopf. According to the developer, the completion of Iqon and Safdie Architects' neighbouring building reflect the boom of contemporary architecture in Quito.

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Beijing Chang’an Huijing Twin Towers Renovation by CLOU

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Originally built in 2005 for South Korea’s LG Group, the landmark twin towers that characterize the Yong’anli stretch of Beijing’s Chang’An Avenue were purchased in 2020 by GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund and held by Grandjoy. The towers will be upgraded to become a new international Grade A office complex. Image © CLOU.

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Dynamic Range: 10 Architectural Photographers Who Dominate the Field

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Benny Chan lives in Los Angeles and works as both an art and commercial photographer. Iwan fell unexpectedly into the subject of architecture in 2005 when he proposed to document a project by OMA to Rem Koolhaas, leading to his first major project, the documentation of the construction of OMA’s China Central Television (CCTV) building.

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Places in Time III

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

For example, chapter five, "Daley's City: Commercial Construction, 1955-1972," tackles the most powerful political player the city saw in the half-century covered by the book, Mayor Richard J. It's a sobering end to a sobering but excellent book that shows how the unfortunate flip side of American progress is erasure and forgetting.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Indonesia

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dpavilion architects Photo: Ganny Gozaly - © dpavilion architects Dpavilion Architects is an innovative architecture, landscape and interior design firm specializing in service for themed entertainment projects for theme parks, resorts, water parks, museums, zoos, commercial retail, pub, live music, night club and restaurant.

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Mya and The Shop SLC, Salt Lake City, Utah

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The exterior responds to a challenging urban site and programmatic changes within the building through gradual massing changes and subtle interior shifts. A standalone ground-up commercial project with no direct subsidies like The Shop would have been challenging to finance on its own. The Shop (version 2.0

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Greece

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This vocabulary has influenced countless architects of later periods, from Vitruvius to today’s contemporary designers. The 20th century also birthed one of the most romanticized aesthetics of contemporary design: the whitewashed seaside home, otherwise known as Cycladic architecture.