Deezen

MARCH 13, 2024

London studio Woo Architects will employ the principles of a circular economy for its design of the UK Pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka , which will have a reversible gridded structure. It is being masterplanned by Sou Fujimoto Architects in collaboration with fellow Japanese studios Tohata Architects & Engineers and Azusa Sekkei.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2024

Architecture studio dMFK Architects has restored and renovated the Voysey House office in Chiswick, London , which was originally designed as a wallpaper factory by architect CFA Voysey. Voysey House stands as the only commercial building designed by the renowned architect.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Soil from across Thailand was used to create layers of colour and texture in the rammed-earth walls of Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building, designed by local studio Suphasidh Architects. For more examples, see Dezeen's recent round-up of rammed-earth buildings from around the world. The photography is by Jessica Tang.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Bright white plaster clads the exterior of a 1960s concrete building that has been turned into the self-designed studio of Baldridge Architects, which acted as the designer and contractor. Called Burnet Road Offices, the project involved the adaptive reuse of a small commercial complex along a main street in Austin.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 The structural use of stone is not new," said Blasi.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Turkey's vice-president Fuat Oktay said 131 contractors, architects and engineers linked to collapsed buildings have been identified following the tragic quakes, which struck parts of Turkey and Syria on 6 February. The contractor told prosecutors he did not know why it had collapsed, Reuters reported. "We

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Deezen

MAY 23, 2023

Local studio Atelier Guy Architects has completed an all-timber office and factory for engineering firm SmartMill in Lévis, Quebec. The regular frame of glue-laminated wood posts serves both as the main structural system and as support for the large windows."

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Japanese studio Unemori Architects has used cypress wood to create Father & Son House, an extension constructed above and around a self-built annexe in Saitama. Instead, the studio "planned a new independent structure outside the existing structure," Unemori Architects team member Keita Komori told Dezeen.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 15, 2024

Source by MCA Mario Cucinella Architects. Photo © Walter Vecchio Comfort for children Colours, light, dynamic and flexible spaces, courtyards, gardens, and contact with nature: these ingredients provide an ideally reassuring environment where younger children and middle school children can grow intellectually and physically.

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Deezen

APRIL 26, 2024

London studio Mae Architects has created Harriet Hardy House in Southwark, a block of 119 social homes complete with a community centre and cafe. Commissioned by Southwark Council, the housing forms part of the Aylesbury estate redevelopment and is organised in a U-shape around a central courtyard. The photography is by Tim Crocker.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 2, 2022

By Marika Snider, PhD, AIA, Principal Architect, Snider Architecture, LLC, Michael Bell, FAIA, Esq., The first AIA Contract Documents (ACD) of their kind, ACD’s new Custom Residential Documents streamline the contractual process for architects by tailoring them for the distinctive requirements of the custom residential construction market.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Seattle-based studio LMN Architects has created a university building in Santa Barbara, California , with two separate volumes connected by a series of walkways clad in perforated aluminium. However, according to the studio, the structure's organicism was also informed by the need for efficient classroom layouts.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2024

The "ruin-like" concrete frame of a former chemistry laboratory has been transformed into a series of workspaces for the University of Twente in Enschede, the Netherlands , in this project by Civic Architects and VDNDP. It repurposes an abandoned 1970s structure to house bright interiors organised around courtyard gardens.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 2, 2024

A series of undulating tectonic structures set against an aspen grove near Wilson, Wyoming, this mountain home serves as a creative retreat for a California based couple. A fourth, spiritually focused structure has yet to be built and will be sited further to the south. Source by CLB Architects.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2022

ERA Architects has refurbished a postwar social housing building in Hamilton, Ontario , making it the largest residential building in the world to achieve Passivhaus EnerPHit certification. ERA Architects was commissioned to renovate the tower by CityHousing Hamilton. Photo by DoubleSpace. Photo by DoubleSpace. Photo by Codrin Talaba.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2024

US studio Tall Architects has created a cabin that has two stacked gabled forms that are rotated into an X-shape and clad in corrugated metal near a river in southern Alabama. Project credits: Architecture: Tall Architects Interiors: Jill Dupre Structural engineer: Simpkins & Costelli, Inc. Contractor: C.

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The Architect's Newsletter

AUGUST 19, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect Safdie Architects Location São Paulo, Brazil Opening August, 2022 Programmer, Interior Planner, and Executive Architect Perkins&Will Landscape Architect Isabel Duprat Skylight Sub-Contractor Seele Structural Engineer [.].

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

Local studio Oliver Leech Architects has extended a Victorian terrace house in south London, introducing a four-metre-wide skylight at its centre that offers views of a wildflower meadow roof. The extension features a window seat overlooking the rear courtyard Oliver Leech Architects was founded in 2016.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. It has a glued laminated (glulam) timber structure and was clad in black-stained spruce as a nod to the nearby timber buildings.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The Landmark Columbus Foundation has shared photos of Louis Joyner Architect 's completed tower restoration of the landmark First Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana, designed by Eero Saarinen and his father, Eliel , in 1942. The project took eight months to complete, wrapping up this past December.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Baldridge Architects has had many homes since its founding in 2005. Photo © Casey Dunn To fuel growth and to provide amenities lacking in prior space, new space was needed which led to the purchase of a set of structures on Burnet Road, a principal Austin commercial arterial. First, it was rented space on South Lamar.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The jury praised London studio Van Heyningen & Haward Architects for creating "a sense of belonging and community" while working in the "highly regulated worlds of both school design and building codes". Alongside these and a former water tower, Van Heyningen & Haward Architects added two brick teaching blocks and a sports hall.

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aasarchitecture

JANUARY 4, 2024

Image © Richard Beard Architects Marrying the program, including a Barn and Guest Cottage, with the terrain required a thoughtful approach to the sensitive habitat. Image © Richard Beard Architects The distinct volumes ensure separation between uses and the perceived size of the house expands or contracts depending on its occupants.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 12, 2023

Cortesia de Kryton Concrete, second only to water, is the most consumed material worldwide due to its structural strength, ease of handling, and versatility. Abrasion and erosion are factors that can adversely affect the appearance of concrete, remove its protective layer, create a rough surface, and potentially lead to structural issues.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JUNE 17, 2022

Architect LMN Architects Location Kirkland, Washington Occupied 2021 Structural and Civil Engineer Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc. Landscape Architect Hewitt Architects Lighting Design Fisher Marantz Stone MEP Engineer Rushing General Contractor [.].

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The Architect's Newsletter

JULY 8, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect Kevin Daly Architects; PRODUCTORA Location Houston, Texas Projected Completion October 2022 General Contractor W.S. Bellows Civil Engineering Brown & Gay Engineers Structural Engineering Arup Texas [.].

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2022

Cedar cladding and a rigorous structural grid feature in a winery tasting room by American studio GO'C that is designed to frame views of the terrain. A structural grid creates a focused entry. In response, the architects conceived a single-storey building that sits quietly in its cove-like setting.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 8, 2024

Møller Architects has advised the NHS Trust in the planning and phasing of the surrounding residential development and urban design around the hospital, including the conversion of the former golf course into a new public park. Møller Architects. Photo © Mark Hadden Location: Wandsworth, London, UK Architect: C.F. Source by C.F.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

US studio CCY Architects has clad a mountainside house in patinated copper panels and tilted the roof to adhere with the topography of its site in Colorado. Known as DNA Alpine, the 4,000-square foot (372-square metre) home was completed in 2022 and designed to "disappear into or somehow become" the 75-acre site in San Miguel County.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Danny Lim dons multiple hats as architect, contractor, and client as he transforms his Highland Park bungalow with a new ADU for his in-laws. At the front of the main house, architect Danny Lim framed one of the original windows with new trim to give it a more contemporary feel and installed limestone on the porch and steps.

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2022

Kariouk Architects has completed MORE Cabin, a dramatic cantilevered structure overlooking a lake in Québec meant to stand out from its natural surroundings. The holiday home features a cantilevered structure. The holiday home features a cantilevered structure. The structure overlooks Canada's Lac du Brochet.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

London studio Zaha Hadid Architects has created a series of tent-like classrooms for displaced communities , which were designed by the late Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. Above: a structure used for education in Turkey. In total, 27 of the modular structures will be built. The structures are built to be weather resistant.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 8, 2024

In and around these structures, camphor trees had grown to maturity. Its walls were kept, while a new structure penetrates and juts out of the existing volume. The new restaurant is located in the former factory structure in the southern part of the site. The bricks of the original structures had a red and orange hue.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Møller Architects and EFFEKT have designed the 12,500 m2 building in collaboration with Artelia. Photo © Rasmus Hjortshøj A spatial connection to the harbour and the city The prefabricated concrete elements gather the load-bearing and spatial structure into a resilient grid of columns and girders. Møllerske Støttefond.

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Deezen

MARCH 18, 2022

London studio Nimtim Architects has redefined the interior of a 1920s house in Southwark using multifunctional partitions that are built from plywood joinery and feature a repeating arch motif. Nimtim Architects has updated a 1920s house in London. Plywood partitions have been used to redefine its interior.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

US firm CLB Architects has blended Japanese and mid-century Californian architecture styles for this house in Jackson, Wyoming , which is broken up by a trio of courtyards. CLB Architects designed a Japanese-influenced home in Wyoming. A chimney of structural concrete rises with the change in the elevation of the roof.

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