Bustler

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The Forefront Fellowship consists of early-to-mid-career professionals working towards exploring ways design can "address a social or political challenge facing New York City." According to the Urban Design Forum, this year's cohort of 33 fellows will "explore urban environments that foster health, well-being, and growth for young people."

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Deezen

APRIL 11, 2024

The Texas Capitol Complex – designed for the Texas Facilities Commission – spans approximately 150 acres across 40 city blocks around the Texas State Capitol. We hope this project will enhance urban spaces in the city, contributing to the State of Texas' and Austin's unique, vibrant identity." & Elec. (AOR & Elec.

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Deezen

JANUARY 10, 2023

Local studio Sparano + Mooney Architecture cantilevered two envelopes with blackened-cedar siding over a canyon outside of Salt Lake City , Utah. Sparano + Mooney created the cantilevered home near Salt Lake City. bath house out of two volumes with floor-to-ceiling glazed ends that float above the landscape.

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Deezen

JANUARY 5, 2024

The biggest challenge of the project was to bring together more than a dozen programmes and turn them into a fully-fledged part of the city," said Trévelo and Kohler. The shape of each building is linked to the very specific geometry of the site shaped by the railway infrastructure," they continued. The photography is by Julien Hourcade.

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APRIL 14, 2024

It was informed by the low-lying agricultural buildings of the area "Comprised of a series of utilitarian, simple form buildings with a repetitive vertical rhythm, the home's elongated footprint is reminiscent of the long, low-lying characteristics of agricultural buildings that dot the surrounding regional landscape," said the studio.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

They stand like imposing palaces in Chinese city centres surrounded by wide main roads, viaducts, and vast empty squares," said Ma. Photo is by Su Shengliang At the centre of the south square is a landscaped lawn of about one hectare, with seven buildings arranged around it. Green outdoor space can be used for public events.

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Deezen

APRIL 3, 2024

Built between 1959 and 1963 according to plans by Basil Spence, Blocks A and B housed the Magnox reactors and were intended to reference the look and feel of medieval castles. "Remarkably, they do seem to sit as comfortably in the landscape as a nuclear reactor can.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Gehry Partners has created a building for Warner Bros in Burbank Second Century Burbank is divided into two large blocks connected by a two-storey volume that is topped by a landscaped courtyard. There are landscaped areas outside Beyond these references, the different facade types also indicate the interior programmes.

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Deezen

APRIL 1, 2024

To reduce water usage, the landscaping is drought tolerant "xeriscape." Due to local historic preservation guidelines, the team only renovated 50 per cent of the existing house. Wrapped in anodized aluminium extrusions, a media room floats like an object in the centre of the plan, doubling as a black box screening room and a family room.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Intended to provide visitors with an overview of the many destinations dispersed throughout the 440-acre property in the heart of Louisiana’s capital city, the 28,625-square-foot facility will also detail the rich history of the Burden family and the Burden property, one of the largest donations ever made to LSU and the surrounding community.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The spatial composition activates the existing park landscape by creating an unexpected social and contemplative gathering place for visitors and staff to relax, to lay down on the grass, to have a picnic or to play," said Zeller & Moye co-founder Ingrid Moye. Zeller & Moye has offices in Berlin and Mexico City.

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Deezen

JANUARY 22, 2024

Located near a grove of mature pine trees, the neighbouring buildings are in the southeast corner of the 215-acre (87-hectare) Bowdoin College campus in the city of Brunswick. Gibbons Hall holds a collection of Arctic objects The surrounding landscape was informed by Arctic topography. The photography is by Michael Moran.

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Deezen

MAY 11, 2022

The void enables the team to practice rescue scenarios that mimic conditions common to the city, using its height and associated elements of balconies, bridge, doorways, ladders, and stairs," Studio Gang explained. "At Studio Gang is headquartered in Chicago and has offices in New York City, San Francisco , and Paris.

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 3, 2024

Photo © Bruce Damonte This project demonstrates the city’s and non-profit partner’s commitment to creating a community based on social, financial, and environmental resilience, equity, sustainability, and integration.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Mass-timber elements were left exposed Studio Gang also made interventions in the landscape, restoring and expanding the paths already connecting the campus and a long pedestrian bridge that crosses the ravine next to the academic centre. It also added a square at the building's primary entry.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Sliding acoustic wall panels divide the Warehouse Aviva Studios aims to transform the site into a creative and cultural hub as part of Manchester's St John's Quarter redevelopment , led by Manchester City Council with backing from the government and Arts Council England.

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Deezen

MAY 15, 2023

Located in southeast Portland , the city-owned park encompasses 16 acres (6.5 In addition to Olson Kundig, Land Morphology worked with a dozen speciality consultants, a 14-person community advisory committee, the City of Portland and a group called Leach Garden Friends. hectares) and is open to the public. Top: photo is by Aaron Leitz.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2024

Working with local studio NORR Architects and Engineers , Renzo Piano Building Workshop ( RPBW ) designed the structure for downtown Toronto, where it will house many of the city's criminal courtrooms. The building rises only 96 metres, to make sure the courthouse did not exceed the height of the nearby City Hall.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Pasadena-based studio Hopson Rodstrom Design ( H/RD ), designed the structure to "embrace" the higher-scale zoning that exists along thoroughfares in areas of the city generally filled with low-lying structures. The photography is by Here and Now Agency (HANA), Paul Vu.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

With less need for air conditioning and generous access to landscaped areas, they offer a more natural, less tempered experience with the environment." "Having far fewer windows, the buildings reduce heat gain and energy use, while allowing residents to enjoy indoor outdoor living," the studio told Dezeen.

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Located at number 1819 Pico Boulevard, one of the most important streets in the Californian city of Santa Monica, is a building of 48 homes designed by the architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa. For the city at large, the courtyard is an urbane housing type that fits well into neighborhoods. 4850 sqm), 49 units (0.57 acres) 86du/acre.

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aasarchitecture

OCTOBER 5, 2023

It offers a place to share and relax in the office building, establishing a valuable three-dimensional courtyard in the city centre. The combination of greenery and artwork integrates nature and art into the urban space, giving the atrium the experience of display, leisure, socializing and relaxation in addition to its traffic function.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2022

An angular concrete building and an underground reservoir form a stormwater treatment plant in Toronto by Canadian firm GH3 that is meant to "signal a new and distinctive city precinct". . Local firm GH3 was charged with designing a utilitarian building that would make an "urban, landscape and architectural statement".

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Deezen

AUGUST 8, 2023

The tower's distinct form and colour have led some in the city to compare the building to the architecture of Sauron's Dark Fortress , a tower in Peter Jackson's filmatisation of the Lord of the Rings novels. The photography is by Max Touhey.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2023

And it brings other things that are a little bit harder to talk about, which has to do with the meetings and human experience in cities in towers." This comes from an observation that "nuanced" buildings in low-rise areas – as opposed to "homogenized" cities – are more desirable for creative and imaginative work.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 5, 2024

Vast window walls provide views north to the airfield and landscape beyond, offering a sense of place. Reflecting the Walkable City Downtown Portland’s celebrated 200-foot city block grid inspired 200-foot spacing of concessions “nodes” that interrupt the 830-foot-long concourse circulation, just as cross streets do when walking downtown.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Quay Quarter Lanes – is the rejuvenation of a city block in the heart of Sydney City at Circular Quay. The project has civic ambitions that extend beyond the apartments, aspiring to contribute to the city with communal rooftop gardens and an arcade thoroughfare linking adjacent lanes, whilst also offering a high level of amenity.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Local studio GO'C drew on the aesthetics of a 1930s gas station to create Mini Mart City Park, a community arts centre in Seattle that aims to show the potential of remediated brownsites. The building includes a courtyard To expand the space for outdoor activities, a landscaped park was created to the side of the structure. "By

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Deezen

JULY 16, 2023

The 51-storey 44 East Avenue development on the city's riverfront was designed by Page Architects , and includes 330 condominiums and a variety of shared amenities for residents. 44 East combines nature and design with the idea of home," said studio founder Michael Hsu. The photography is by Chase Daniel.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2023

The three-storey, concrete library is located next to City Hall in downtown Salem, the capital of Oregon. The building's main entrance was replaced to include a landscaped plaza. The library is now fronted by a plaza with landscaping and benches. Read: Hacker Architects builds High Desert Residence in volcanic Oregon landscape.

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e-architect

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

“We are proud to be part of the redevelopment of East 5th Street – being a native Austinite, it has been a journey to watch the evolution of the city over the last decade,” says Taylor Wilson, Wilson Capital. “We We are passionate about making a meaningful contribution to the city we call home.”. Civil Engineer: Kimley-Horn.

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Deezen

AUGUST 12, 2022

Polycarbonate walls and a row of tall window boxes bring diffused sunlight into the Iowa City Public Works building by US firm Neumann Monson Architects. The low-lying building is located just south of Iowa City's downtown district, near a recreational area and a future housing development. MEP engineer: Modus.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The studio likened these steps to those at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City or the Spanish Steps in Rome. MEP engineer & sustainability: Buro Happold. Civil engineer: KPFF. Fire life safety engineers: Simpons Gumpertz & Heger. Landscape architecture: OJB Landscape Architecture.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Local studio Jensen Architects designed the house to both embrace and defy its difficult site conditions – a hilly parcel in the Cole Valley neighbourhood, near the city's famed Sutro Tower. Floor-to-ceiling glass provides views of the city. The landscape design was informed by Asian garden traditions. Civil engineering: Sandis.

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Deezen

APRIL 10, 2022

Owned by the utility company Pacific Gas and Electric, the Larkin Street Substation Expansion is located on a mid-block site in the city's Tenderloin neighbourhood. The sloped ones are embedded with lighting fixtures that pulsate at night, "expressing the city's dynamic electrical power grid", the team added.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

Kevin Daly Architecture (KDA) worked with Mexico City-based studio Productora to complete the 31,718-square-foot (2,946 metre) project in Spotts Park, northwest of Downtown Houston, for local institution Houston Endowment. MEP engineer: CMTA. Structural engineer: ARUP. Civil engineer: BGE. AV/IT: 4B Technology.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Find out more about Project Hero › Photo by Scape (also top) Living Breakwaters, USA, by Scape Landscape studio Scape won the 2023 Obel Award for Living Breakwaters, a coastal defence system installed along New York City's Staten Island. A roof-mounted landing pad allows the drone to land on the vehicle when it's moving.

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