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OMA's Harajuku Quest center performs an urban balancing act in Tokyo

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Construction has begun on the OMA -designed Harajuku Quest project in Tokyo. Concept diagram. Image credit: OMA Concept diagram. Concept diagram. Image credit: OMA Section diagram.

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New entry/junior-level job opportunities in New York City

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Tasks include diagraming, technical drawings, rendering, and physical model building. Junior Architects work to establish, develop, and communicate the design in the early phases, and in coordination and administration through the construction documentation and execution phases." Read more here. Tapei Performing Arts Center by OMA.

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Junya Ishigami 'excavates' concrete cave for restaurant and residence in Japan

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Photograph ©︎ YASHIRO PHOTO OFFICE Photograph ©︎ junya.ishigami+associates The scheme’s construction saw the site excavated to shape an inverse volume of the final design. Concrete was then poured in situ and the surrounding earth excavated further to reveal the final form. With the range in geology, the natu.

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These 8 Video Tutorials Will Help Take Your Axonometric Diagrams to the Next Level

Architizer

An axonometric projection uses all three axes to represent architectural or construction details in a more accurate way. Exploded axonometric drawings are a very effective way to depict different floor plans and floor heights as well as the relevant furniture and construction details. Interested in next year's program?

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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine

Deezen

Its circular form spans land and water and is designed by Muda Architects as a giant Taiji diagram, or yin-yang symbol, to represent the philosophy of holistic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It traverses the building's three storeys and is illuminated by skylights.

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Construction of 10 Design’s Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport Mixed-Use Development is in full swing

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After won an international design competition to transform the 243,768 sqm historic military airbase site into a contemporary mixed-use project, now 10 Design continues construction. This important new destination will provide the city with a cosmopolitan landmark, which in parallel responds to the cultural richness of its location.

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Building for the Pacific Northwest

SW Oregon Architect

I attended the 2023 Construction Specifications Institute Northwest Region Conference in Bellingham, Washington May 4 through May 6. Rainier Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute served as the most gracious host for the conference, which took place at the Hotel Bellwether , idyllically situated overlooking Bellingham Bay.

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