Archinect

MARCH 14, 2025

AECOM has been selected as the Official Venue Infrastructure Partner for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The global infrastructure firm will oversee architecture, engineering, planning, program management, and construction management for the Games’ venue infrastructure. With over 50 sports and more than 15,000 athletes expected to compete, AECOM’s role will emphasize temporary venues and modifications to existing structures , according to details released by the fi

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MARCH 14, 2025

SS Normandie graced the seas for only four years before meeting a fiery end at the start of world war two. But it was long enough for her to be considered the ultimate ocean liner , profiled here as part of our Art Deco Centenary series. Constructed by shipping company Compagnie Gnrale Transatlantique (CGT) in 1932, Normandie was France's pice de rsistance in the arms race to see which European power could build the fastest, grandest transatlantic liner.

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Archinect

MARCH 14, 2025

Construction input prices increased by 0.6% in February, according to a new Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data. Nonresidential construction input prices are also up 0.6%. Overall construction input prices are 0.3% higher than level from a year ago, while nonresidential construction input prices are 0.1% lower.

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MARCH 14, 2025

aeter architects' restrained material palette reinforces the buildings connection to nature. The post wavy oxidized copper roof tops athens beefbar restaurant by aeter mimicking the seascape appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Herzog & de Meuron has offered an insight into construction at the HKJC Conghua Racecourse Grandstand in Guangzhou , China. A new video from the site, posted on the firm’s Instagram , shows the grandstand’s catenary roof being installed, which holds 20,000 photovoltaic panels. When completed, the roof will be capable of meeting the complex’s operational energy use.

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Archinect

MARCH 14, 2025

The RIBA has awarded the 2024 RIBA Scott Brownrigg Award for Sustainable Development to three researchers who are seeking to decarbonize the built environment by uniting a “fragmented construction sector.” Titled ‘Unlocking Indigenous Stone Construction in the UK: A Guide for Sustainable Sourcing,’ the proposal seeks to "uncover what is currently preventing more developers from using UK stone in construction and illustrate how its wider use, instead of imported alternativ

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MARCH 14, 2025

While many American architects are interested in artificial intelligence only a small minority have implemented it regularly into their practice, says astudy released by the American Institute of Architects. According to the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) periodic Journey to Specification research study , only six per cent of architects in the United States regularly use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in their practice.

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Archinect

MARCH 14, 2025

WHY Architecture has released photos of a new contemporary art museum project in Bangkok that refurbished a former commercial warehouse for a private family collection. For the Dib Bangkok museum, WHY’s design adds spaces that evoke the former site while vertically assimilating the architecture that is inspired to enable in its visitors an art-fueled kind of divination.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 14, 2025

Marc Goodwin / Archmospheres architects: Pirinen Salo Oy Location: Ivalo, Finland Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Marc Goodwin / Archmospheres Area: 3340.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Conservative commentator Justin Shubow’s National Civic Art Society group is behind a new proposal that would radically alter the Penn Station area to move Madison Square Garden and deliver a new public plaza and open-air train hall in its place. Image courtesy of Grand Penn Community Alliance Image courtesy of Grand Penn Community Alliance A nonprofit named Grand Penn Community Alliance authored the plan called Grand Penn Park.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MARCH 14, 2025

Farshid Moussavi British architect and educator; Spanish architect Andrs Jaque the founder of the Office for Political Innovation; Neri&Hu Shanghai-based architectural design practice founded by Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu; The post Farshid Moussavi and Andrs Jaque among American Academy of Arts and Letters 2025 Architecture Award recipients appeared first on The Architects Newspaper.

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Archinect

MARCH 14, 2025

For this week's curated picks of architecture and design competitions listed on Bustler, we are featuring four calls seeking the best interventions in European heritage sites, proposals for innovative, small-scale urban elements that will enhance Dubai's public spaces, the best projects or designs that utilize aerogel materials, and sculpture designs that reflect cultural identity and creativity in Saudi Arabia.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MARCH 14, 2025

Who was Herman Jessor? And to what extent did he shape New York City? An exhibition at The Cooper Union poses these questions. Jessor studied engineering at Cooper Union and The post New Yorks most prolific architect? Youve probably never heard of him. An exhibition at The Cooper Union aims to change this. appeared first on The Architects Newspaper.

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MARCH 14, 2025

When the existing United States Land Port of Entry (USLPOE) in Madawaska, Maine, originally built in 1959, could no longer meet modern needs and standards, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) enlisted the Design-Build team of Siegel and J&J Contractors to create a new facility. The Siegel team, having previously completed two other land ports of entry in Maine, eagerly took on the opportunity to build in Madawaska and provide a modernized facility for the GSA.

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MARCH 14, 2025

In the Eaton Fire burn zone, fireplaces adorned with Arts and Crafts tiles are among the sole surviving relics of the towns architectural heritage, and volunteers are on a mission to salvage them. Shortly after the Eaton Fire devastated Altadena, California, burning more than 6,000 homes and 3,000 additional structures, local resident Eric Garland took a walk around his neighborhood with his daughter, Lucy.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 14, 2025

Completed in 2024 in Italy. Images by Marcello Mariana. Trewhela Williams and Etraterra were commissioned by the Vicenza-based company Marmi Faedo, who operate the only Grolla stone quarry in the world, to.

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2025

In this week's comments update, readers are discussing the renovation of a dilapidated farm building in Scotland by architecture studio Loader Monteith. Named Cairnconon Byre, the house was designed to "honour rural Scottish architecture". It has two single-storey volumes, finished with stone, black painted pine and a red corrugated-metal roof. Loader Monteith celebrates rural Scottish architecture at Cairnconon Byre house "Wonderful craftsmanship and detailing" Readers were split.

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Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

In today’s construction market, owners, construction managers, and contractors must navigate increasing challenges, from cost management to project delays. Fortunately, digital tools now offer valuable insights to help mitigate these risks. However, the sheer volume of tools and the complexity of leveraging their data effectively can be daunting. That’s where data-driven construction comes in.

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MARCH 14, 2025

ZY Architectural Photography architects: TJAD Original Design Studio Location: Sanlin Town, Pudong New District, Shanghai, China Project Year: 2024 Photographs: ZY Architectural Photography Area: 13818.

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MARCH 14, 2025

A traditional front door opens up to reveal a dramatic double-height space inthis terraced house in Dublin , refurbished by Irish studio Scullion Architects. Named Grattan, the red-brick Victorian house sits within a residential conservation zone in central Dublin, near the Silicon Docks district and the Georgian city centre. Scullion Architects was commissioned to remodel and extend the compact house after it had been divided into small studio flats with a low-quality rear extension, leaving be

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ArchDaily

MARCH 14, 2025

Yadu Pradeep architects: Deearth Architects Location: Payyannur, Kannur, India Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Yadu Pradeep Area: 408.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Architect Ronald Rael has created an angular installation out of 3D-printed mud as part of this year's Desert X exhibition, which features work by eleven international artists distributed across the Coachella Valley. For the fifth iteration of Desert X , artistic director Neville Wakefield and co-curator Kaitlin Garcia-Maesta crafted a show informed by the "temporality and nonlinear narratives" of the surrounding desert.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Porto’s first five-star hotel has anchored the prettiest part of this historic city since 1951. Yet for years, as Porto grew in popularity with tourists, its ageing facade was largely overlooked. Now, Hospes Infante Sagres has come out of an extensive renovation as a grander dame than it ever was. The facade has had a deep clean, the atrium’s historic panelling and tilework are refreshed and the building’s old-world character has lightened up with fun contemporary accents.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MARCH 14, 2025

The late Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid was famously known for her love of architectural curves and the rejection of right angles in her designs. Thus, the last place one might The post One of Zaha Hadids last projects is hidden inside a 16th-century Italian palazzo in Rome appeared first on The Architects Newspaper.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 14, 2025

Jeff McNeill architects: Giannone Petricone Associates Inc. Architects Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Jeff McNeill Photographs: Doublespace Photography Photographs: Johnny Lam Photographs: Graydon Herriott Photographs: Greg Pacek Area: 31000.

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MARCH 14, 2025

Dezeen Showroom: French designer Pierre Paulin's iconic Pumpkin chair designed in the 1970s has been rereleased by furniture company Ligne Roset. The Pumpkin chair was originally designed in 1971 for French president Georges Pompido's private apartment at the Elyse Palace, after the statesman sought an untraditional refurbishment that would invigorate the country's design industry.

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