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30 Best Architecture Firms in Japan

Architizer

With so many architecture firms to choose from, it’s challenging for clients to identify the industry leaders that will be an ideal fit for their project needs. Fortunately, Architizer is able to provide guidance on the top design firms in Japan based on more than a decade of data and industry knowledge.

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Turenscape's 'floating forest' reshapes a former wasteland into a multifunctional urban landscape

Archinect

Beijing-based landscape architecture firm Turenscape has completed the transformation of a former 126-acre dumping ground into a “dreamlike floating forest” in the eastern Chinese city of Nanchang.

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Are design-build contracts killing small architecture firms?

BD+C

Current federal contracting laws are harming the livelihood of small architecture firms, costing the government more money by increasing the number of firms competing, while discouraging small firms from entering the market, according to AIA testimony presented today on Capitol Hill.

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Use S.M.A.R.T. Goals to Move Your Architecture Firm Forward

Archmark

Grow Your Architecture Firm with S.M.A.R.T. When you look back now, be honest — did you have goals for making real progress for your architecture firm? When you look back now, be honest — did you have goals for making real progress for your architecture firm? Your Architecture firm website *.

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Why architects need to think like developers, with JZA Architecture's Jeff Zbikowski

BD+C

Designers Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects Architects Jeff Zbikowski, Principal and Founder of Los Angeles-based JZA Architecture, discusses the benefits of having a developer’s mindset when working with clients, and why architecture firms lose out when they don’t have a thorough understanding of real estate regulations and challenges.

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One of Argentina’s First Passive Houses Stands Tall Above Rising Tides

Dwell

Photo by Leonardo Finotti Designed by Uruguayan architecture firm Mapa, the house is supported by 30 pilotis. A covered deck runs the length of the structure, its deep overhang helping to regulate solar gain. The home, certified a Passive House by the Passive House Institute, is highly insulated and airtight.

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Vivienda H | Estudio 1415

ArchiDiaries

Excerpt: Vivienda H is a residence designed by the architectural firm Estudio 1415. This allows the galleries to regulate the solar incidence, contributing to thermal comfort. This allows the galleries to regulate the solar incidence, contributing to thermal comfort.