Archinect

MAY 18, 2022

Wildfires are becoming an increasing threat to American homeowners with the acceleration of climate change, and now a new tool from the nonprofit First Street Foundation will allow them to access probability-based data about the potential risk their property may face over the next 30 years.

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Deezen

AUGUST 20, 2023

Named Tarang after the Hindi word for waves, the sweeping structure is formed of a series of timbrel vaults made from locally-sourced terracotta tiles without supporting beams or reinforcement. According to The Grid Architects , with an area of 279 square metres, it is one of the largest vaulted structures of its kind in India.

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Deezen

AUGUST 22, 2023

Defined by their steeply pitched roofs that extend to reach near ground level, A-frame homes became popular in the 1950s, 60s and 70s and are now seeing a resurgence with modern interpretations being designed around the world. The studio placed an open-plan living and dining room at the centre of the home.

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Deezen

MARCH 3, 2023

New Affiiliates has repurposed an architectural mockup for a garden shed structure Architectural models are used in many large construction projects for design review. New Affiliates and Steward Halevy saw an opportunity to try and use these models to replace public structures in Queens, which they noticed were often in disrepair.

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The Architecture Designs

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

It makes sense that purchasers are eager to watch their new house constructed from the ground up. Clear the area for construction and pour the foundation. When Bright Home Construction levels your home site, they’ll ensure you’re ready to have your foundation poured at the time leveling finishes.

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Deezen

JULY 13, 2022

Japanese practice Nori Architects has completed Minimum House in Toyota, Japan , as a "new prototype of urban housing" designed to reduce construction waste and be easily repaired or adapted in the future. The studio used simple materials for its construction. The rooms are connected by a straight wooden stair.

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Deezen

MARCH 13, 2024

London studio Woo Architects will employ the principles of a circular economy for its design of the UK Pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka , which will have a reversible gridded structure. It is being designed by Woo Architects alongside Japanese contractor ES Global, which has said the modular structure will also enable rapid construction.

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Architizer

APRIL 17, 2023

Most commonly used for structural purposes, its function is often limited to framing systems and building foundations. These were later attached on the existing market steel façade, creating a floating roof that playfully curls and uncurls over the market square. Consequently, C.F.

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Deezen

APRIL 7, 2024

The students constructed Field Station as part of the Architectural Association's Design + Make Programme, which also saw the construction of Sawmill Shelter in 2017. Each component was scanned and placed into a computer model before areas for each connection were cut using a robotic arm.

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Deezen

MARCH 4, 2024

Promotion: the Norman Foster Foundation has collaborated with building materials company Holcim to develop the Essential Homes Project, a concrete-wrapped modular housing concept for displaced people. asked architect Norman Foster, president of the Norman Foster Foundation. The units have curvilinear concrete roofs.

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Santa Cruz Architect

MARCH 7, 2022

Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses bales of straw (commonly wheat, rice, rye and oats straw) as structural elements, building insulation, or both. This construction method is commonly used in natural building construction projects. Straw Bale Construction Methods.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Despite technical complications involved in construction, inclined sites can invoke inspiring new architectural possibilities that just aren’t possible on flat sites. Floating buildings can be constructed on slopes either by using a taller foundation or supports. when seen from certain angles.

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Architecture Ideas

MAY 25, 2023

A popular trend in architecture is the construction of buildings topped with flat roofs. Specialized windows for flat roofs are a solution dedicated to buildings of this type, improving their functionality. The issue of meeting the functional conditions also applies to glazing in the form of windows for flat roofs.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Architecture and construction go hand-in-hand. But as technology advances and we continue to dream up new ways to design where we live, work and play, what happens when humans are slowly removed from construction and how we build? If such a thing exists, what exactly is human-free construction? Check out the full schedule !

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Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Added to a narrow site in a forest in north Germany, Digital House was constructed from recycled aluminium and timber and can be assembled by two people without the use of traditional hardware. The structure of the Digital House utilises an inventive wood construction system made from 24 millimetre-thick CNC-milled plywood," said Kemper.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 21, 2023

A series of overlapping "petals" constructed from bamboo and clad in shiny copper shingles shelter Lumi Shala, a yoga and meditation space in Bali, Indonesia, by local studio Ibuku. Along the entrances, gently curving mud foundations invite comfortable lounging. They are at rest, while bamboo arches soar above," it continued.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The existing building, which is nestled behind a train station and has a traditional wooden structure, was largely preserved during the renovation, with Kurosawa Kawara-Ten opting to highlight the old house's original features, including its wooden structure. Eighty per cent of the structural lumber remained in the original places.

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Deezen

MARCH 24, 2023

Our next Timber Revolution case study profiles a mass-timber office building by Michael Green Architecture , which became the first tall wooden structure in the USA when it completed in 2016. The mass-timber structure was also lighter than a steel or concrete equivalent, meaning the depth of the building's foundation could be reduced. "T3

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Deezen

MAY 3, 2024

Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. The material covers the wooden frames of the two curving walls that enclose the public toilet, which is topped by a gently curving timber roof with skylights.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Eugénie Brazier is built around the long structure of the old wholesale market and features perforated brickwork and a neutral colour palette that draws on the existing building. Eugénie Brazier is designed to fit into the gridded structure of the 1960s building, which is divided into a series of six-metre-wide bays.

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Deezen

MARCH 22, 2024

The Obama Foundation and US architecture studio Moody Nolan have released images of an athletic facility to be built on the Obama Presidential Center campus in Chicago. Sustainable design strategies include geothermal heating and cooling, according to the team and an array of solar panels are pictured on the roof.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Photo by Casey Dunn Josey Pavilion, Decatur, Texas, USA (2014) Josey Pavilion is a 5,400-square-foot (502 square metres) open-air pavilion that serves as visitor centre and educational facility for the environmental group Dixon Water Foundation. The main body of the home was clad in wood, with generous glazing on the top floor.

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Deezen

JANUARY 4, 2023

One of the last structures designed by Hadid, the tents were created by Zaha Hadid Architects ( ZHA ) in collaboration with non-profit Education Above All Foundation ( EAA ) as schools and health clinics for displaced populations throughout the Middle East. Above: a structure used for education in Turkey.

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Dwell

JULY 14, 2023

Project Details: Location: Betty's Bay, South Africa Architect: KLG Architects / @ klgarchitects Footprint: 1,787 square feet Builder: Quali Projects Structural Engineer: Karl Hvidsten Timber Work: Herbert Robinson Land Surveyor: Diesel & Munns Inc. Secondly, the entire structure was raised off the terrain on timber posts.

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Deezen

MARCH 28, 2023

Brazilian architect Denis Joelsons has completed a renovation of a series of brick structures called Sítio Rio Acima near São Paulo , including a primary home with a vaulted ceiling and arched clerestory window. The renovation was completed by architect Denis Joelsons In 2022, Denis Joelsons stitched the 34,425-square metre (8.5-acre)

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

Dutch firm DP6 Architectuurstudio has created a mostly bio-based pavilion for the Floriade 2022 horticultural expo in Almere, the Netherlands , which aims to demonstrate exemplary use of natural materials in contemporary construction. The Natural Pavilion is a timber structure that was built by DP6 Architectuurstudio.

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Deezen

MARCH 8, 2024

Commissioned by The Nippon Foundation as "a symbol of Japan's world-renowned hospitality culture", the unique facilities are now the subject of Perfect Days , an Oscar-nominated film by German filmmaker Wim Wenders that follows the daily life of a local janitor who cleans the toilets – played by Kōji Yakusho.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. It has a glued laminated (glulam) timber structure and was clad in black-stained spruce as a nod to the nearby timber buildings.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2024

British studio Tikari Works has completed an outbuilding for a south London residence that is framed by a latticed timber roof structure and configured to weave around a Lebanese cedar tree.

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SW Oregon Architect

APRIL 30, 2023

The Foundation chose the downtown Library itself as the venue for Booked 2023. To help celebrate this milestone, the Foundation thought it would be fitting for me, being one of the architects who designed the building, to discuss its architecture and speak to the Foundation’s vision of Building for Generations. The reason?

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aasarchitecture

APRIL 29, 2024

At the cutting edge of architecture, landscaping, and engineering, the project by MASSLAB architecture office for the new roof of Bragança’s Water Treatment Plant will allow public use of this infrastructure, which until now only served with a utilitarian purpose.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Located in Holzmarkt 25, a former lumber port that has been developed into a cultural district, the building features a timber structure and bright red-painted larch cladding that is intended to contrast the surrounding structures. The timber frame walls are from spruce with oriented strand board panels from a spruce-pine mix.

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Deezen

MAY 3, 2022

The gallery is part of the Chianti Foundation, a contemporary art museum in Marfa created by artist Donald Judd. Constructed during the 1940s as three warehouses devoted to storing wool and mohair, it was turned into a gallery by Judd in the 1980s but had been deteriorating because of the desert conditions.

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Dwell

JUNE 15, 2022

Each of its three structures—a residence, artist’s studio, and bath house—features a catchment with a reservoir system that purifies harvested rainwater. All three of the structures share a tectonic vocabulary of volcanic-rock clad foundations and vegetated roofs."

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The Architecture Designs

JUNE 10, 2022

Here are the common blunders that most amateur shed builders make during construction. You need to keep them as away from your structure as possible. If your roof doesn’t overhang far enough from the walls, then rain or thawed snow can end up dripping on your shed walls and damage them over time. source: entegra.com.au.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The buildings are topped with tall, pyramidal hipped roofs. The buildings are topped with tall, pyramidal hipped roofs Exterior walls and roofs are clad in panels made of Corten steel — a material chosen for its "robust qualities and minimal maintenance", the team said. Large skylights at the tip of each roof capture daylight.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Eight Types in Rural Construction |Rural construction on renovation of dazhixianxian B&BThe B&B is located on the bank of Fuxian Lake in Yunnan, China. The goal of Eight Types in Rural Construction is to find out suitable local architectural prototypes on the premise of design dialectical thinking.

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