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. Libeskind, who is now one of the world's best-known architects, lived in the housing cooperative when he was a teenager in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Archinect

APRIL 12, 2024

Cobe is joining fellow Danish architecture firms Dorte Mandrup , Tegnestuen Vandkunsten , and JAJA , alongside Sweco engineers, to deliver a new mixed-use residential district in Copenhagen’s South Harbor.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Two pairs of teams from the University of Michigan and the University of Cincinnati , and the University of Texas at San Antonio and the Appalachian State University , respectively, received $40,000 each to pursue projects related to the topic “Adapting Housing Strategies to Respond to New Realities” as chosen by the foundation.

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Archinect

AUGUST 24, 2023

Following last week’s look at an opening for a Construction Manager at Skystone Foundation , we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an opportunity on Archinect Jobs for a Junior Architectural Engineer at Cover.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2024

US studio Michael Hennessey Architecture has revitalised an ageing suburban house near San Francisco , adding black cladding and bright finishes to form a family home that bridges the past, present and future. Built into a hillside, the home is U-shaped in plan, with gabled volumes organised around a central courtyard.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Australia's decision to ban engineered stone due to rising cases of silicosis. Australia has become the first country in the world to ban engineered stone, following an increase in silicosis cases among workers who handle the material. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Raw finishes and "as found" materials informed by brutalist architecture are used throughout this home , which Portuguese studio Atelier Local has created on a nature reserve near Porto. Called House in Ancede, the house sits on the site of a former stone ruin that it was required to roughly match in terms of its footprint and volume.

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Architizer

JANUARY 13, 2023

Tucked away in Los Altos Hills, the aptly named Round House is a geometrically unique structure; one of a few similarly shaped homes built in California in the 60s. The clients fell in love with this quirky circular house and initially planned a modest remodel. © Feldman Architecture. © Feldman Architecture.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Canadian studio 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design has added a cedar-clad extension with a shape informed by birds in flight to a house in Ottawa. 25:8 Architecture + Urban Design added a cedar-clad extension to an Ottawa home "The project was inspired by a bird in flight. The photography is by Brendan Burden.

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Architizer

JUNE 30, 2022

The architecture evokes regional landmarks and a sense of wonder, the site is east of the Bassac River, provided natural design inspiration. © Architectural Engineering Consultants. © Architectural Engineering Consultants. © Architectural Engineering Consultants.

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Archinect

JULY 10, 2023

Japanese regenerative architectural design studio tono Inc. Image: Rui Nishi Located on the southern Japanese island of Yakushima, Sumu Yakushima applies regenerative architecture to reconceptualize the relationship between human habitation and the natural environment.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Structural engineering solutions for office-to-residential conversion 0 qpurcell Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:37 Office Buildings IMEG's Edwin Dean, Joe Gulden, and Doug Sweeney, share seven key focuses for structural engineers when planning office-to-residential conversions. faces a housing deficit of 3.8 million units.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2024

Canadian studio Omar Gandhi Architects has completed a cedar-wrapped house "inspired by the scattered boulders" that trail down the seaside property in Hubbards, Nova Scotia. The house presents as two interlocked, stacking boxes – that are meant to weather over time to match the pale grey of the sky – perched on a hillside. "The

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

acres From the Agent : " Michael Kornley, a then-25-year-old aerospace engineer, designed this 1955 midcentury-modern house for himself and his family. Overall, this house is perfectly sited on a private, beautifully wooded plot with an in-ground pool. The kitchen features black countertops and wooden cabinetry.

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Architizer

JANUARY 5, 2023

The site is next to the Shenzhen Bay Border with Hong Kong and across the road from the future Shenzhen Opera House. © Shenzhen Huazhu Architectural & Engineering Design Co., © Shenzhen Huazhu Architectural & Engineering Design Co., © Shenzhen Huazhu Architectural & Engineering Design Co.,

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Deezen

AUGUST 30, 2022

A void punctures the centre of this compact concrete home, which Japanese studio Noriaki Hanaoka Architecture has elevated over a sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. Torus House sits on a steeply sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. Torus House sits on a steeply sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. The concrete is left exposed.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 6, 2022

This post is brought to you by Architecture at Zero. Architecture at Zero is a design competition for decarbonization, equity, and resilience, open to students and professionals worldwide. It serves to engage the fields of architecture, design, engineering, and planning in the pursuit of sustainable design.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

Its prefabricated frame is made of 2,000 cubic metres of glued-laminated timber , held together entirely without screws or nails using a novel structural system developed by Japanese architect Ban in collaboration with Swiss engineer Hermann Blumer. People realised that a seven-storey timber office in the city is now allowed," he continued.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 23, 2022

© Shenzhen Huazhu Architectural & Engineering Design Co., © Shenzhen Huazhu Architectural & Engineering Design Co., © Shenzhen Huazhu Architectural & Engineering Design Co., © Shenzhen Huazhu Architectural & Engineering Design Co.,

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2022

High-tech pioneer Tony Hunt, who engineered buildings including the Sainsbury Centre , Waterloo station and Hopkins House , has passed away aged 90. Above: Hunt engineered Hopkins House. Hunt was born in London in 1932 and studied engineering at Westminster Technical College. Photo by Ken Kirkwood.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

UK architecture firm Studio Egret West has shared its plans to create housing within two concrete 1960s buildings in London , which were formerly the headquarters of food company Heinz. The images are by Hism.

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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. Settled on the edge of a meadow surrounded by spruce trees, the massing of the two-bedroom, rectangular house follows the natural grade, never rising more than 15 feet (4.5

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Deezen

MAY 22, 2024

A mezzanine and rooftop lounge are among the enhancements by Robert Hutchinson Architecture to a former warehouse that has been reborn as a multipurpose venue called Stone Way Auto. The building is situated in Seattle 's Fremont neighbourhood, known for its bohemian character. The project required infrastructure modifications, as well.

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ArchiDiaries

JUNE 4, 2022

Excerpt: Industrial Facility for Unique Engineers is a workshop designed by the architectural firm Dhulia Architecture Design Studio. The Factory for Unique Engineers is an industrial facility designed in the old congested industrial establishment in Rajkot.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

US studio Klopf Architecture has completed the Sonoma Hilltop New Residence, a horizontal house in wine country that takes cues from mid-century modern architecture and has dangling chains that collect rainwater. Rectangular in plan, the 4,068-square-foot (378-square-metre) house has a flat roof and low profile.

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

Toronto studio Workshop Architecture Inc has created a prefabricated home in Ontario with an exposed structure and blue-painted element on the interior. Located in Tiny, the Unfinished House is a 1,400-square-foot (130 square metre) two-bedroom, two-bathroom home with additional flexible spaces that double as accommodations for visitors.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Local architecture studio Partisans has completed a house with an undulating yellow brick facade designed to look pixelated in Toronto , Ontario. The top level aligns three bedrooms and a shared bath in the front of the house, while the primary suite holds the back third of the plan.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2022

Max Fordham, a British engineer and "pioneer of sustainable building design", has passed away at the age of 88. The news of Fordham's death on 4 January was announced yesterday by his eponymous engineering firm, Max Fordham LLP. Top image: engineer Max Fordham has passed away at the age of 88. Photo is by Jim Stephenson.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a modular co-housing scheme for performers and a repurposed brewery featuring teaching spaces are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Nottingham. School: Department of Architecture and Built Environment. Digbeth Co-housing for Performers by Emma Stone.

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Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

Located along the Kona Coast on the island of Hawaii , the house was designed for a family who wanted a functional and beautiful retreat that was minimalist in spirit. The team was influenced by a traditional Hindu system of architecture, called Vastu Shastra – particularly its emphasis on "harmonious living".

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aasarchitecture

MAY 30, 2024

The ancient Greeks, Etruscans and Romans implemented in their aristocratic residences a new architectural system known as compluvium, designed to divert rainwater into the impluvium. The house, like the ancient domus, uses a central element that provides privacy from neighboring buildings while organizing the interior space.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Vertical louvres adorn the facades of The H Residence, a mixed-use housing complex completed by architecture studio Tariq Khayyat Design Partners in Dubai. Additionally, private walkways and ramps lead out from the housing units to provide direct access to the central plaza and lobby to improve accessibility.

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Deezen

MAY 10, 2024

Hidden within a densely wooded area, the Lone Oak House is located in a river region in southern Chile. However, the owners began telecommuting for work and decided to make the house their full-time residence. Interior finishes include engineering oak flooring and olive wood siding for the ceiling and cabinetry.

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ArchiDiaries

MAY 15, 2022

Excerpt: The Conversation House is a residence designed by an architectural firm Reasoning Instincts Architecture Studio. This house has been designed to portray many conversations between its inhabitants – the engineer (husband) and the artist (wife) while harmoniously reflecting their distinct likings and personalities.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Dezeen's top five houses of the month for December feature a home in Japan designed as "one big room" and a "floating treehouse" on a Norwegian hillside. Also featured in the roundup is a wooden house that steps down a hillside in Chile and the renovation of a brutalist townhouse in London.

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Deezen

AUGUST 5, 2022

An exposed steel structure and perforated copper cladding bring an industrial feel to The Dyson Building at Gresham's School in Norfolk, designed by architecture studio WilkinsonEyre. The new centre for science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) at the independent day and boarding school was made possible by an £18.75

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Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Among the earliest examples is the famous Bridge of Sighs in Venice, which was completed in 1600, but skybridges have become increasingly common and ambitious in recent years thanks to advances in engineering technology. Between them, the bridges house a health centre, a library, a running track and a full-sized basketball court.

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