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Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama debuts 'Purple Hibiscus' at the Barbican, a reference to the site's material history

Archinect

His site-specific piece Purple Hibiscus, named in reference to the 2003 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is installed on the facade of the Barbican’s central Lakeside Terrace. It uses approximately 21,500 square feet of fuschia-hued cloth that contrasts dramatically with the rough concrete exterior and overcast London sky.

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Site Tour: The Ponds on Alexander

SW Oregon Architect

Inside the Clubhouse entrance at The Ponds (all photos by me) AIA Eugene and the Willamette Valley Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute jointly hosted a construction site tour of The Ponds on Alexander this past Thursday. acre site that borders the picturesque Delta Ponds wetlands area. Clubhouse exterior view.

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Three Pines by Resolution: 4 Architecture

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The vast majority of the home was fabricated off-site at a modular manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania. On site, the local general contractor prepared the site and foundation for the arrival of six prefab modules. Cedar and cement board exterior cladding and ipe decks were then completed on-site.

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Calatrava’s completed St Nicholas Church at 9/11 site features a translucent stone exterior that appears to ‘glow by the light of 10,000 candles’ at night

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The church is the second Calatrava-designed project to be completed at the World Trade Center Memorial site in New York City, following his World Trade Center Transportation Hub , which opened in 2016.

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Hebra Arquitectos tucks Lone Oak House within wooded site in Chile

Deezen

It was elevated to avoid humidity and provide greater views and more illumination The architects conceived a two-storey house that is partly lifted above the site by steel piers. Exterior walls consist of cypress wood screens and large stretches of glass. Concrete and black-painted steel were used for the structural system.

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Marrowstone Island Residence: A Masterclass in Site Responsive Architecture

Architizer

Shipley and Bates accomplished this feat through site-responsive design that blurs the line between interior and exterior. This site has a huge number of challenges on it,” Bates noted bluntly. “As As soon as we walked on the site, we could tell there were wetlands. We were squishing, our boots were squishing.

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Vestiges of industry inform hotel complex on former factory site in Bordeaux

Deezen

A 36-metre-tall concrete silo has been converted into a dramatic hotel lobby at Bacalan Block – the transformation of a former factory site in Bordeaux into a mixed-use development by Colboc Sachet Architects. It is an architecture of inconspicuousness." The photography is by Ivan Mathie.