aasarchitecture

JUNE 3, 2024

This urban oasis is not just a residential space; it’s a genuine village square”, says the city’s mayor, André Santini. Image © MVRDV Emphasising its sustainable practices in resource management, La Serre connects to the city’s heating network using recovered wastewater.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Médiathèques exist in most French towns and cities. Photo © James Morris The Carré d’Art is articulated as a nine-storey structure, half of which is cut into the ground, keeping the building’s profile low in sympathy with the scale of the surrounding buildings. Less common is the inclusion of a gallery for painting and sculpture.

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Deezen

JANUARY 29, 2024

PAT teamed up with fellow Italian architect Ferdinando Fagnola on the project, which involved renovating a 2oth-century "white house" and adding a series of elevated, pavilion-like structures. The white house, built in the Swahili style of nearby city Lamu, was the starting point for the design.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The idea was to take the existing house and give it new life—one that met the needs and aesthetics of our designer clients. The client described it as living inside a tree.

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Deezen

APRIL 5, 2024

Called Cité Angus II, the structure is part of Technopôle Angus, an urban revitalization project that its developers say is a "full-scale sustainable development". Local architecture studio Ædifica has created a residential apartment building outside Montreal with an interior courtyard and a metal-mesh second skin on the facade.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2023

Architecture studio SDA has completed the Floating House, a concrete-framed home on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City that is elevated above ground to mitigate the impacts of flooding. This house focuses on the active outdoor life in Vietnam, with a new frame and structural design to realise it," it continued.

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e-architect

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Additionally, the client had a keen interest in designing the home to withstand any seismic activities. Notably, the structural design of the home was elevated to the same category as a school or hospital so that it could function as a refuge for this family.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Chengdu, hailed as the land of abundance, has a civilization history of 4,500 years and a city construction history of 2,300 years. LTD Client: Tianfu Investment Group Co., At the platform of the exhibition hall, you can take a look at the creative group projects on the east side and the natural landscape of Yanqi Wetland.

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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."

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 15, 2023

Photo © Koichi Torimura By necessity, the detached building housing a two-car garage and guest room is situated on the east side, where the elevation gap is smallest, but the client requested that the main house weave around the difficult site conditions. Source by Takeshi Hirobe Architects.

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e-architect

JUNE 27, 2023

The project, for developer client Domain Companies and GIV Group, anchors a $124M mixed-use, transit-oriented development, with a prime location along the TRAX line and steps from city landmarks—a cornerstone of the area’s ongoing growth. The Shop (version 2.0

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2022

Like other parts of the city, the area is experiencing a lot of new development and building renovations. Local firm In Situ Studio was charged with designing a contemporary residence for a couple – the husband is an electrical engineer, and the wife is a German and history teacher. Part of the HUUS house is sunken in the ground.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

IJBoulevard delivers new public space, bringing bicycles underground to free up space at street level whilst providing a new living room for the city," said the studio. The photography is by Ossip van Duivenbode.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

How might we take the first step towards a future floating city for Izmir? In order to address the urgent need to create equitable, resilient, and nature-centered cities, we need to change how we practice architecture and set new standards for the construction industry. Image © SOUR We are living in a volatile and complex world.

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Deezen

AUGUST 7, 2023

The team selected red brick for all of the facades to draw on Cincinnati's masonry vernacular and to highlight both the commonalities and differences between the structures. Depending on the unit, tenants enjoy views of the city skyline, civic events, the mural, or the rolling hills beyond the downtown basin."

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2022

Called Pink House, the project transforms the five-bedroom dwelling into a "private city oasis", informed by memories of the client's favourite holidays in Provence, Morocco and New York. Structural engineer: Momentum Structural Engineers. Basement contractor: Structural London.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2022

It borders the city's La Carolina Park and is a short distance from BIG's recently completed Iqon skyscraper. The protrusions provide shade from the Ecuadorian sun as well as views across the city for the inhabitants. Located in Quito, Ecuador, the 24-storey high-rise comprises 92 residences, two retail spaces and restaurants.

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aasarchitecture

MARCH 15, 2024

Photo © Adrià Goula IAAC designed a wooden structure thirty meters long and eight meters wide, with five sections of roofs that show a transformation from straight and simple shapes typical of the first industrial revolution to a curved and organic roof typical of an ecological future.

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Deezen

AUGUST 10, 2022

Dutch studio Architectuur Maken has completed De Niewe Herdgang, a sculptural staircase rising 25 metres to create a watchtower over the landscape outside the city of Tilburg , the Netherlands. Client: Municipality of Tilburg. Structural engineer: Rutger Snoek, Transist-or. The video and photography are by Stijn Poelstra.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In a groundbreaking initiative, Mecanoo, introduces a innovative social housing project in Kaohsiung, marking a significant milestone as the city’s inaugural venture into communal living solutions. The depth between the structure and the exterior walls provides shadow and reduces the solar heat gain inside the apartments.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 8, 2024

Facing the city center, the building will be a cornerstone of the new research and development campus. The compact cube opens to the campus and to the city through two deeply incised atria, which are enclosed by a staggered, cantilevered arrangement of the upper floors.

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Deezen

APRIL 29, 2023

The West Coast headquarters for Phillips opened in October 2022 and includes three showrooms, a patio and offices created from a set of disparate structures on Santa Monica Boulevard. A second oculus punctures the ceiling, exposing wooden beams painted silver as a nod to the work of Californian architect Richard Neutra.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

The project is located in St-Donat, a rural area near Montreal that serves as a popular getaway from the city. The all-black home, surrounded by a boreal forest, is made up of a square surrounding a small courtyard that contains an apple tree that reminded the client of their childhood. General contractor: Marion Gauthier.

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aasarchitecture

DECEMBER 22, 2023

KJ Plein will consist of an entrance hall for the main railway station, and a tower for housing as a symbolic gateway to the city itself. The ground floor, with its organic forms and natural materials, enriches public space by becoming a welcoming new entrance hall for the station behind it – and for the city itself.

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Habitus Living

JUNE 6, 2023

The revised building form maximises the elevation on the small site, achieving views to both the city and the bay, while offering privacy and flexibility for the grown-up family that lives here. The architects needed a way to screen the extensive northern glazing of the third-floor bedroom, yet preserve the panoramic city views.

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Dwell

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Project Details: Location: Okayama City, Japan Architect: Raumus Structural Engineer: Nishi Structural Design Contractor: Yamato House Photographer: Norihito Yamauchi From the Architect: " This is a renovation of a ‘minka’—a traditional Japanese-style house—for a family of four in Okayama, Japan.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2023

MAD created an undulating exterior for the concert hall "The lighting devices are installed parallel to one another on the main steel structure and longitudinal structure to illuminate the translucent membrane surface from behind and softly brighten the facade through secondary reflection," the studio explained.

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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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aasarchitecture

APRIL 23, 2024

Creating a state-of-the-art concert hall in western Norway, Grieg Quarter will blend city, culture, and nature to become historic Bergen’s inviting new destination. The existing pavement is pulled all the way to the facade to create an inviting carpet that brings together culture and city life.

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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 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. The site's complex geology and the clients' desires inform a composition of shifting volumes that de?ne Structural engineering: Holmes Structures.

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Bustler

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Event Date: Nov 16, 2023; Event City: Los Angeles, CA, US Liz Mahlow, PE, a founding partner at Nous Engineering, will lecture at Otis College of Art and Design’s Environmental Design Department on Thursday, November 16th. She has managed large-scale, fast-track projects within the US and internationally.

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aasarchitecture

MAY 7, 2024

BIG’s design proposal for the Joint Research Centre in Seville inspired by the architectural vernacular of the southern Spanish city, delivers on JRC’s commitment to sustainability, unites the European vision of the New Bauhaus initiative, and establishes a new benchmark for workspace that empowers knowledge sharing, collaboration and co-creation.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Who are the clients and what’s interesting about them? Budget dictated a facelift of the existing structure rather than a rebuild so the design is a sort stage-set behind which a lot of the original building still sits. Technical Challenge 1: The clients needed natural light. How is the project unique?

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aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Integrated within the Vilnius City Plan and the popular public square adjacent to the site, Business Stadium Central will be a new gathering place for the city. The curvature of the centre’s facades and its cantilevered balconies face towards the historic Gediminas Castle Tower in the heart of the city.

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aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This urban oasis is not just a residential space; it’s a genuine village square”, says the city’s mayor, André Santini. Emphasising its sustainable practices in resource management, La Serre connects to the city’s heating network using recovered wastewater. With La Serre, we bring nature to the heart of the city.

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aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Jakob Park stadium will become an urban meeting place shaping the context and identity of the city. The new formed square (St. Jakob Platz) between the recently renovated St. Jakobshalle and the St. The urban square is also located in the center of Nearby development areas Hagnau, Wolf well as the Schänzli and Dreispitz neighborhoods.

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