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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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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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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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 26, 2024

Courtesy of Christo and Jeanne-Claude Foundation The Lindau Art Museum is hosting an exhibition titled “ Christo and Jeanne-Claude - A Lifelong Journey.” Running from April 13th to October 13th, 2024, this display marks the first comprehensive museum exhibition on Christo and Jeanne-Claude in southern Germany , created in collaboration with the Christo and Janne-Claude Foundation.

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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 24, 2024

atrium at sumner provides 190 affordable apartment units, unfolding around a central green public space on the second floor. The post studio libeskind’s contorting affordable senior housing complex opens in brooklyn appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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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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 21, 2024

In the second part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure , we chart the origins of licensure in the United States. We explore how a combination of safety concerns, technological advances, and insecurity among architects over their own relevance led to the protection of the title 'architect,' legislation which remains in force in every jurisdiction of the United States today.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 21, 2024

In Portland, Maine, the city council ruled to declassify 142 Free Street as a historic building. The locally designated structure is sited adjacent to the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) The post Portland, Maine city council declassifies landmarked building to make way for its demolition as part of Portland Museum of Art expansion appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

MAY 23, 2024

conceived as a contemplative living room that hovers above the landscape, the library gathers its guests beneath its grand tree bookshelf. The post tree-shaped bookcase emerges from protoscapes’ horizon library in china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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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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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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

MAY 23, 2024

Niall Patrick Walsh wrote the final (of 26 features) chapter of Archinect In-Depth: Artificial Intelligence. Therein “ New contributions on the topic from Autodesk's Mike Haley and Superusers author Randy Deutsch are joined by earlier reflections from throughout the series by Richard Saul Wurman, Carlo Ratti, Bjarke Ingels, and Molly Wright Steenson.

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The Spaces

MAY 23, 2024

Clerkenwell Design Week is underway in the heart of central London, bringing together creative talents from the worlds of architecture and design. To mark the festival, Artefact Studio has created a temporary pavilion using bricks made of reclaimed stone—said to emit 75% less greenhouse gases than traditional fired bricks. Dubbed Brick from a Stone, the shelter is located at Clerkenwell Green.

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designboom

MAY 21, 2024

the modular, mass timber pavilion 'sycamore & oak' is designed to provide opportunity and support for minority entrepreneurs in washington DC. The post mass timber ‘sycamore & oak’ designed as catalyst for minority businesses appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

MAY 23, 2024

A vaulted ceiling clad in wooden slats features inside Harriet's House, a cottage in Tasmania extended by local studio So Architecture. Located in the city of Launceston, the 50-square-metre addition replaces two dated extensions previously added to the rear of the Georgian-style dwelling. So Architect has extended a cottage in Tasmania As the site of the cottage is overlooked on both sides, So Architecture designed the extension as a "sanctuary" sandwiched between thick walls of pale brick.

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