Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2023

Lanfranco Cirillo, an Italian art collector who designed a mysterious 18,000 sq. m Black Sea mansion supposedly built for the Russian President Vladimir Putin, will be tried in absentia by an Italian court on financial charges next month. In an interview published by the ANSA news agency on Friday, the architect said that he currently resides in Moscow and claimed that an Interpol Red Notice effectively prevents him from returning to Italy to defend his name.

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2023

turbulent states that its vortex turbines can power communities, cities, and villages with 50 to 500 households, 24/7 and all year round. The post turbulent electrifies remote locations with low-maintenance vortex turbines appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2023

The former President of Walt Disney Imagineering Bob Weis is joining Gensler as a Global Immersive Experience Design Leader, according to a statement released by the firm. Before the move, Weis spent more than 30 years at Disney. Having joined Walt Disney Imagineering in 1980, Weis became president of the studio in 2016. He led more than 200 major projects in his time at the studio, encompassing theme parks , attractions, resorts, and cruise ships in the U.S., Shanghai, Tokyo, and Paris.

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2023

'the exhibition wants to transport the chaotic, multifarious, supersaturated and superimposed nature of design as practiced now in mexico,' curator mario ballesteros tells designboom. The post ‘everything here is volcanic’ captures mexico’s explosive creative energy at friedman benda appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2023

In January 2022, a team of developers, architects and environmental consultants began work on a 50-year project that — if completed — will become one of Denmark's most ambitious and controversial infrastructure schemes to date: A 271-acre man-made peninsula devised to shield its capital, Copenhagen, from rising sea levels. But the multi-million dollar environmental project has drawn vocal criticism — primarily, and somewhat ironically, from those concerned about the climate.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2023

21st Century Green School with Solar Chimneys, Sunscreens, and Roof Monitors to provide healthy learning environment. Outdoor education takes the form of outdoor classroom, rooftop curriculum garden, and natural playgrounds. Powell Elementary was showcased in the ISTUDIO exhibit at the 2021 Venice Biennale. Awards include Architizer A+ Architecture and Sustainability, Global Future Design, Rethinking the Future, AIA DC, AIA Maryland, AIA Virginia, and NAIOP Best Institutional Facility.

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2023

from embroidery to self-portraits in a bath towel turban, you can make your dreamy corn with a pearl earring and amaze the crowd. . The post mauritshuis museum hosts your own bizarre interpretation of the girl with a pearl earring appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2023

Kicking off 2023, we've connected with USC School of Architecture to learn more about one of its graduate studios taught by instructors Ryan Tyler Martinez of Studio Ryan Tyler Martinez and Jimenez Lai of BUREAU SPECTACULAR. For our latest installment of Archinect Studio Pin-Ups , we explore Graduate Studio 1: Form, Order, and Representation. This foundational studio focused on giving students with no previous architecture backgrounds an opportunity to gain "experience to foundational design con

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2023

despite their industrial robustness, the chairs and tables marked with welding scars boast a delicate sense of fluidity. The post ximi li intricately folds slender aluminum tubes for MONOCHROME basic furniture series appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2023

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has unveiled an ambitious plan to help convert the city’s unused office spaces into apartment dwellings in an effort to bring online 40,000 new units of housing in the next decade. The plan, which includes a new study and 11 “concrete recommendations” made by the new Adaptive Reuse Task Force announced by Adams over the summer, will target a total of 136 million square feet of office space for conversions using updates to state laws and local zoni

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 13, 2023

Brought to you by: Architect: Gutiérrez-delaFuente Arquitectos, Nexo Arquitectura, and Andrés Perea Arquitecto Location: Madrid Completion Date: September, 2022 View More Project Info The first phase of the new home [.]. Read More. The post Metro de Madrid’s headquarters gets a new identity with a black-finned facade appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2023

The Val-Gate District was conceived as a unique and identifiable redevelopment of a 1950’s commercial district in West Des Moines with a prevailing Mid-Century Modern aesthetic. As part of a multi-parcel redevelopment project, a group of 3 obsolete buildings originally constructed in the 1980s were removed to allow for a commercial anchor tenant building and this adjacent speculative retail building.

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2023

the exhibition 'cast: molding a new museum for UT dallas' offers a glimpse into the design process by morphosis. The post morphosis exhibits physical models and drawings of its crow museum in dallas appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2023

A team comprised of ZGF and Barcelona-based firms MIRAG and Double Twist have been named as competition winners for the design of a net-positive research center in Barcelona. The team won the commission for the Mercat del Peix Research Center seeing off competition from a five-team shortlisting including notable firms such as Kengo Kuma & Associates and Allies and Morrison.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2023

Amanda Levete's firm AL_A has received planning permission for a prototype fusion power plant in Oxfordshire, UK, which is being developed with Canadian energy company General Fusion and the UKAEA. Designed to create "fusion conditions in a power plant-relevant environment", construction of the facility at the Culham Science Centre is set to begin later this year after being granted planning permission.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2023

On January 11, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) published a new white paper examining potential solutions to cultivate a more diverse, skill-based educational environment and subsequent pathways into the profession. The paper identifies a series of impactful steps to be taken in response to the slate of issues that are outlined. Among the most prevalent issues that the paper hammers on are the length of time it takes for architects to complete Part 3 of registrations, an expensiv

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2023

breathing new life into the industrial typology, tanart community houses diverse art exhibition spaces in the former boiler room. The post nomos architects transforms industrial boiler station into community art center in china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 13, 2023

On January 26, Facades+ will kick off its 11th year of programming with a conference in San Francisco. This year, for the first time Facades+ will bring a full-day symposium [.]. Read More. The post Facades+ returns to San Francisco on January 26 appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2023

the team will build a subterranean extension of the neoclassical architecture without obstructing or mimicking it. The post chipperfield wins competition to expand national archaeological museum of athens appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2023

American motorcycle company Harley-Davidson is transitioning to become an all-electric brand in a process that will take decades, explains its CEO Jochen Zeitz in this interview. Harley-Davidson , which is known for its large-engine, heavyweight cruiser motorcycles, is currently undergoing a long-term transition with the aim of becoming an electric brand, said Zeitz.

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2023

the pavilion titled 'unbuild together,' was conceived as a response to this year's theme 'laboratory of the future'. The post uzbekistan pavilion by studio KO investigates heritage + modernity at venice architecture biennale appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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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JANUARY 13, 2023

Architect Daniel Raymond of RAMA Architects designed this modern farmhouse home in the north Sydney suburb of Avalon Beach, reviving a prefab fibro shack as a cathedral-like home for fashion designer and P.E. Nation founder Claire Tregoning. Tregoning House started life as a fibro beach hut – an Aussie architecture classic made from lightweight fibro cement boards during the 1950s and 60s – that Raymond expanded with the addition of an enormous A-frame barn along its front.

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designboom

JANUARY 13, 2023

the park is set to break ground in spring of 2023 with the park available for use by summer 2024. The post heatherwick studio envisions vibrant park with motorcycle hub for harley-davidson in milwaukee appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Spaces

JANUARY 13, 2023

Marble and polished metal lend this Céline perfume store an elevated atmosphere that draws on the extravagance of the art deco movement. The retail space is the fashion house’s first haute parfumerie, located on Rue Saint-Honoré and designed by artistic director Hedi Slimane. According to Céline, it ‘reconnects with the inherently French heritage’ of the label.

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Deezen

JANUARY 13, 2023

American studio ZGF Architects has adapted a historic Ford Motor Company factory in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania into a biomedical research laboratory by renovating existing structures and creating a cantilevered terracotta-clad addition. ZGF – working with development group Wexford Science & Technology – reimagined the 224,866-square foot (20,890-square metre) factory to house state-of-the-art research labs, collaborative spaces,and community amenities.

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