Archinect

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A team led by MVRDV has begun construction on a leisure and cultural district in Shanghai on the site of a disused cement factory.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2024

British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. This is "an old technique", said Thorns, but one that opens up a lot of opportunities to use smaller trees.

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Architizer

JUNE 2, 2022

Architects: Want to have your project featured? 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.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. has explored the viability of stone as a modern, low-carbon building material that could help the construction industry minimise its vast carbon footprint. This week, Stone Age 2.0

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 The main benefit of structural stone is that it is a plentiful, natural, low carbon and beautiful material," said Carfrae. "It

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Project Details: Location: Washington, United States Architect: GO'C / @ go_c_studio Footprint: 1,700 square feet Builder: Sparrow Woodworks Structural Engineer: SSF Engineers Civil Engineer: J Welch Engineering Envelope Consultant: RDH Building Science Inc. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Archinect

MARCH 30, 2022

This residential project involved the construction of three distinct structures, creating additional interior space and forming a private courtyard for an existing house that remains in place. The largest new structure, the Art House, is designed to house a burgeoning art collection, and accommodate occasional guests.

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Deezen

JANUARY 28, 2024

Northeast Pavilion is a permanent bamboo structure created by Mumbai studio AtArchitecture to showcase local craft and construction techniques from the northeast of India. This includes the use of bamboo for the pavilion's structure, which makes a direct reference to the materiality of Indian handlooms.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Architecture firm Alterstudio has completed a tower-like house in Texas that rises up from a steep, wooded site that was long overlooked "as a possible home site". The site had long been overlooked as feasible for home construction. Alterstudio saw potential and let the constraints guide the home's design.

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2024

Construction is progressing on a mass-timber academic building with a stone facade designed by architecture firm Studio Gang for the University of Chicago campus in Paris. Construction has commenced on the University of Chicago centre in Paris. The centre will have a mass timber structure.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Architects: Want to have your project featured? Several communities worldwide don’t necessarily have the same access to new-age materials, construction techniques or the funds to actualize these grand visions. By Project Mingde (The University of Hong Kong) – Elisabeth Lee , Guangxi, China. Panyaden School.

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Archinect

MAY 5, 2024

In the bustling urban landscape of Tehran, a metropolis in perpetual motion, one of the prevailing architectural endeavors is the construction of five-story infill residential projects. 5+1 Residence" exemplified this trend.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2023

It sits at the edge of a nature preserve on Punta Cometa, or Comet Point, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and was once the site of an Aztec fort. Two stone towers juxtapose the site's horizontal elements The architects also needed to consider how the landscape evolves throughout the year.

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Deezen

MARCH 9, 2023

Also featured on the list are towers, university buildings and an airport terminal, illustrating mass timber 's potential for use in a variety of architectural projects. According to the studio, the 5,000-seat venue will be built almost entirely from wood – including its overhanging roof, structure and cladding.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As architects push the limits of creative possibility, the skeletons of some of the world’s most beautiful buildings have evolved into evermore intricate and visually exciting structures. Could a renewed appreciation for the masterful art of structural design be why we are seeing more projects with exposed frames?

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Archinect

DECEMBER 7, 2022

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. Work has been completed on the Santiago Calatrava -designed St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and National Shrine.

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Deezen

JANUARY 9, 2024

The IFEA headquarters comprises two structures in a narrow, rectangular infill property. The second structure is completely new Along the street edge – set off from the sidewalk by a small entry courtyard – the administrative office building is in a preserved monumental house characterised by pink stonework.

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Santa Cruz Architect

MAY 4, 2024

Photo by Voll Arkitekter + Rikardo Foto Mass timber construction has revolutionized the architectural landscape, offering a sustainable and innovative alternative to traditional building materials. Engineered wood products are used in a variety of applications, from home construction to commercial buildings to industrial products.

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Archinect

JUNE 15, 2022

Construction of Studio Gang ’s planned Parcel F contribution to the Mission Rock development is officially underway in San Francisco, filling in the final puzzle piece of a 28-acre mixed-use scheme led by Tishman Speyer and the local Major League Baseball affiliate San Francisco Giants.

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Archinect

APRIL 5, 2024

A new project in Detroit from Kohn Pedersen Fox will deliver the University of Michigan 's Center for Innovation (UMCI), a six-story academic research and teaching facility that is expected to open by the spring of 2027. Atrium view.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 8, 2023

From a non-denominational temple to Europe's tallest modular residential tower, we select 10 of this year's most notable architecture projects in the UK as part of our 2023 review. Aiming to retain the ruin, the studio designed a gabled structure within the stone walls and added a glass corridor leading to a timber-clad extension.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Image © Jim Stephenson A few years ago, the architects at Studio Bark , in collaboration with Structure Workshop and Cut and Construct , began to develop the idea of a circular kit of parts designed so that anyone with reasonable DIY skills could build their own structure. Read more »

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2024

Architecture studio Rafael Viñoly Architects has unveiled designs for a terraced residential building in Uruguay , which is the last project designed by the studio's founder. It is the last project designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, who died last year. It is the last project designed by architect Rafael Viñoly, who died last year.

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Deezen

MARCH 10, 2023

"The design was generally inspired by the vernacular language of the agricultural landscape based on the origins of the site and its surroundings," the studio said. The vertical, white-wood cladding and standing-seam metal roof reference regional agrarian buildings, but with contemporary refinement. The original house was later demolished.

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Deezen

MARCH 2, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a project that proposes a new aquatics and community centre in Hamilton, Canada is included in Dezeen's latest school show by Toronto Metropolitan University. DAS is the only school in Canada that integrates architecture, building science and project management.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: from a contemporary motel in Denver to outdoor toilets for hikers in the Rocky Mountains , we've selected ten student projects that focus on architecture and design in the US. The country has a diverse and faceted history of architecture and the following projects utilise this as a vehicle for change and reflection.

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Hotel Designs

MAY 4, 2023

Situated within Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site and opening by Q4 2023, The Chedi Hegra will offer 35 bespoke guestrooms, each with its own distinct connection to the Hegra landscape, a breath-taking testimony of human expression within the natural environment.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Formafatal has constructed twin villas out of rammed earth on a jungled hillside in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica that open to the Pacific Ocean with expansive frameless glass. Their facades are clad in rammed earth The identical rectangular plans have only three solid exterior walls, constructed of rammed clay that was excavated from the site.

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Deezen

MARCH 24, 2022

Australian building company Revival Projects has turned a warehouse that is set for redevelopment into a hub for repurposing construction and demolition waste, which is open to the public during Melbourne Design Week. The Zero Waste Repurposing hub is located in Collingwood, Melbourne on the site of a future development.

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The Architecture Designs

AUGUST 31, 2022

Handling a construction site isn’t an easy task. A construction project manager must oversee all the construction works, whether building the foundation, putting up the scaffolding or taking it down, laying the structural components, etc. . Everything should be up to the mark and upgraded. OSHA Requirements.

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Architonic

APRIL 29, 2024

The construction technology conglomerate has one of its largest sites in Kaufering near Munich. For this purpose, the large, light-flooded atrium also provides ample space for exchange between the various departments and project teams. From the curved bridge as a striking access area to…

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Comprising six flats, the housing block replaces an old builder's yard on a site closely bordered by 19th-century stone tenements, in Edinburgh's Southside. Our chamfered form with big picture windows and lime-plastered masonry sits contemporary in the street and the south side of Edinburgh," project architect Ayla Riom told Dezeen.

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Deezen

AUGUST 30, 2022

A void punctures the centre of this compact concrete home, which Japanese studio Noriaki Hanaoka Architecture has elevated over a sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. Torus House sits on a steeply sloping site in Chiba Prefecture. The concrete structure cuts through the home. Contractor: SAWA CONSTRUCTION Co.,

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BD+C

APRIL 21, 2023

The Role of Engineered Wood in Sustainable Structures 1 kcichowicz Fri, 04/21/2023 - 11:23 Sustainability in construction is becoming more important as society moves towards a more sustainable future. What Makes a Sustainable Structure? Learn about engineered wood’s key role as a green building solution.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Envisioned as a home that embraces the outdoors, the residence is composed of four structures housing the home’s separate functions. While one structure houses the kitchen, dining and living areas, a second houses the primary suite, creating a private escape. Only six trees were removed to build all four structures.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 18, 2023

From factories and warehouses to shop fronts and underpasses, Hicks explores the structures that make up the post-industrial landscape of the West Midlands region known as the Black Country. There are improvised and patched-up structures all over the region." "I It's the main structure of what remains of the Scala Theatre.

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Dwell

MARCH 21, 2023

In this project we focused on densification, the circular economy, and cohousing. The notions of subtlety, simplicity, repetition, and flexibility were central in this project to create an easily adaptable, low-tech building. The roof extension is built in a timber frame structure with exposed beams. Have one to share?

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