Archinect

JULY 7, 2022

Work has been completed on the Foster + Partners -designed headquarters for the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK). The 300 meter (984 foot) tall skyscraper is defined by a curved façade of concrete fins, creating what the architects call a “distinctive landmark that stands out on the Kuwaiti skyline.” Image © Foster + Partners Image © Foster + Partners The tower is located in Sharq, the city’s emerging financial district, and seeks to bring NBK’s corporate em

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JULY 7, 2022

© Pablo Casals Aguirre. architects: Beals Lyon Arquitectos Location: Flag 1109, Santiago, Metropolitan Region, Chile Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Pablo Casals Aguirre Photographs: Beals Lyon Arquitectos Area: 4115.0 m2. Read more ».

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JULY 7, 2022

This week's curated list of architecture jobs focuses on employment opportunities in Washington, D.C. Below are 13 open positions for architects and project architects, as well as opportunities in management positions at NCARB and the AIA currently featured on the Archinect Job Board. Curious about specific job titles in the architectural profession?

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JULY 7, 2022

The design was conceived as two volumes that support a light roof which is joined by a balcony that extends towards the slope. The post Silvia Acar Arquitetura and Gil Barbieri Arquitetura design split cabin in the mountains of Brazil appeared first on Åvontuura.

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JULY 7, 2022

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Architecture and Planning (SARUP) has announced Mo Zell as its Interim Dean. Zell has been an impactful fixture at SARUP, starting her career at the school as an assistant professor in 2008. Since then, she has taught several foundational design studios, acted as Associate Dean from 2012–18, and in 2018 was SARUP's first woman to be a Department Chair.

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JULY 7, 2022

This post is brought to you by Exhibit Columbus. Landmark Columbus Foundation announces the next step in the 2022–23 cycle of Exhibit Columbus, the University Design Research Fellowship Competition. More than $70,000 will be awarded to full-time university and college professors in the United States from any area of design, architecture, art, and landscape architecture to participate in Exhibit Columbus.

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JULY 7, 2022

the takeover features limited edition pieces that demonstrate the vast breadth of the designer's practice. The post marc newson takes over the gagosian shop at london’s historic burlington arcade appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JULY 7, 2022

If summer is having you sit around bored with nothing to do, check out some of the latest architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler. For this week's curated picks , we have compiled four briefs inviting temporary public realm interventions in London, the best architectural drawings from around the world, floating home concepts in flood-prone Miami, and designs for a rehabilitation center for terrorism victims in Iraq.

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JULY 7, 2022

at just 1.75 millimeters thick, the RM UP-01 ferrari constitutes a triumph of technical prowess. The post richard mille + ferrari unveil world’s thinnest watch at just 1.75 millimeters thick appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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JULY 7, 2022

This post is brought to you by Azure Magazine. The results of AZURE’s 12 annual AZ Awards are here! On Friday, June 24, AZURE launched the 2022 AZ Awards Winners Reveal and introduced the world’s most inspiring and innovative projects, products, and concepts, awarded by this year’s remarkable jury. This year’s submissions — received from 43 countries — were evaluated by 10 world-renowned practitioners: Alison Brooks, Drew Sinclair, Gabriele Chiave, Garth Rober

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JULY 7, 2022

contrasting its protective rear courtyard, a continuous balcony floats over the rugged cliffs. The post this cinder block ‘LBS house’ opens broadly over the coastal cliffs of chile appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JULY 7, 2022

The Miami Herald is partnering with 101 Studios and Grain Media on a documentary that will investigate the deadly 2021 collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida. Surviving Surfside will interrogate the failure of the 12-story building in the early morning of June 24, 2021 that left 98 people dead and is still under official investigation, the companies announced on Tuesday.

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The Spaces

JULY 7, 2022

Girona’s Terra Remota vineyard has revived the last remaining Marabout House – a piece of temporary housing once deployed in Algeria. First designed in 1956 by French engineer Raymond Camus – who pioneered prefab building systems in the country – the 13-sided home was initially intended for use by the French army. Camus created the aluminium house as part of a competition organised by the military, which called for a lightweight building that would be easy to assemble and transport.

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JULY 7, 2022

With lush greenspace and an array of communal amenities, the new Tommie Hotel is a 200-room luxury boutique hotel in an 11-story building, designed to entice the young professional crowd going out in Hollywood to stay for the night or weekend. The lifestyle-focused hotel from the Two Roads Hospitality brand caters to artists and entrepreneurs alike, serving as an incubator of ideas, collaboration and exploration.

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Deezen

JULY 7, 2022

Artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg has created a digital AI tool named Pollinator Pathmaker to design the best possible gardens for bees and other insects to enjoy. The Pollinator Pathmaker project has opened its third public edition in the gardens around London's Serpentine Galleries , following installations at Cornwall's Eden Project and Berlin's Light Art Space.

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Archinect

JULY 7, 2022

When you wake up every morning, will you choose to brew a cup of pour-over coffee, or go downstairs for a cup of Starbucks at the street corner? Currently, coffee and cola seem to have gradually become the mainstream of people's consumption. Whenever we wander the streets and smell the pungent aroma of coffee beans, can we still remember the scent of tea that wafted on the land of China a long time ago?

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The Spaces

JULY 7, 2022

This contemporary concrete Miami Beach has an elevated, climate change-proof design, set above lush tropical gardens. Rene Gonzalez’s design has a robust brutalist form, raised on stilts so water can run underneath it. The Miami architect built the home in 2018 as the first of a series of elevated homes in Miami Beach in response to the city’s increased flooding issues relating to sea level rises.

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JULY 7, 2022

when viewed from a distance, the building resembles a small sand dune that grows out of the earth and blends seamlessly with the environment. The post tongyi architects weaves seashell-shaped visitor center into scenic beach in china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Dwell

JULY 7, 2022

Assembledge+ expands a century-old Hancock Park house with a backyard living space for the homeowners’ eldest son. With its azure facade and its offset peak centered around the second-floor bedroom windows, this Los Angeles ADU has style in spades. That’s due in no small part to homeowner Joanna Vernetti, a TV producer who brought design sensibilities from her production company to the interiors.

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The Spaces

JULY 7, 2022

‘How long is now? What is a minute, a day, a month, a year,’ asks Singaporean artist Dawn Ng. Her colourful debut London show, Into Air, unpicks this existential question by documenting the lifecycle of giant, frozen blocks of pigment – creating a new visual language for the passage of time in the process. Into Air is presented by gallery Sullivan+Strumpf within the minimalist, neo-gothic interior of St Cyprian’s Church in Marylebone.

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JULY 7, 2022

Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados has completed a wooden cabin on a remote island in the Chiloé archipelago, taking cues from traditional architecture found in the area. Guillermo Acuña Arquitectos Asociados was commissioned to build a small cabin on a remote site on the main island, known as Isla Grande de Chiloé. The cabin encompasses 85 square metres, and was completed in 2021.

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Speaker: Pedro Clarke – Principal Architect at A+ Architecture, In Loco Program Director

Sustainability begins with a conversation, and acquiring customer buy-in is entirely dependent on how the conversation is framed. Clients may not see sustainability as a priority out of fear of operational costs and quality. While these are legitimate concerns, it is our responsibility as architects to listen and foster a collaborative culture that answers client issues while also reducing our carbon footprint.

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Archeyes

JULY 7, 2022

The Seagram Building on Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd streets was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and completed in 1958. The building’s particular conception and construction were. The post Seagram Building in New York / Mies Van Der Rohe appeared first on ArchEyes.

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Deezen

JULY 7, 2022

A pink-concrete canopy shelters a seating area around a small garden at the Courtyard Pavilion in Hargeisa, the capital of the autonomous region of Somaliland, designed by local studio Rashid Ali Architects. Hargeisa and London studio Rashid Ali Architects designed the pavilion as a social space, complete with a water fountain and a "miniature botanical garden".

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Dwell

JULY 7, 2022

Design firm UOAI uses metal panels and beams to give definition to a once-open plan inside a 19th-century laneway building. Houses We Love: Every day we feature a remarkable space submitted by our community of architects, designers, builders, and homeowners. Project Details: Location: Toronto, Canada Architect of Record: UOAI / @uoai_studio Collaborator: Piccaluga Design Inc. / @pd_inc From the Architect: " The project is located within an existing 19th-century laneway building, and provides a s

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Deezen

JULY 7, 2022

Material research firm Studio Lionne van Deursen has showcased its Unfold designs, made from a material created by bacteria , as part of the Isola Design District exhibition at Milan Design Week. The studio created the three-dimensional Unfold designs using a biofilm made from bacterial cellulose – a symbiotic culture of microorganisms and yeast that becomes solid when dried.

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