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MAY 16, 2022

The MIT Media Lab has shared insights into their pioneering project to build habitats in outer space. Named TESSERAE, the project seeks to create a highly-engineered tile which can be used as a building block for self-assembling, adaptive, reconfigurable structures. Artist's render of TESSERAE spaceship. Credit: MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative (Artist's Render courtesy of Igor Neminov) Rather than the traditional method of transporting fixed, rigid habitation modules into outer space,

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MAY 16, 2022

The Center is architecture in limbo: specific yet flexible, undisrupted yet public, iconic without being conceived as such. The post OMA-designed Taipei Performing Arts Center opens in Taiwan appeared first on Åvontuura.

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MAY 16, 2022

In unison with today’s UNESCO International Day of Light celebration, the group behind the 2022 Daylight Award has announced its dual winners for the biannual architecture and research competition. Grafton Architects co-founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara joined Swiss academic Anna Wirz-Justice in this year’s crop of laureates for the unique award, which focuses on the incorporation of daylight into theories and approaches to the built environment.

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MAY 16, 2022

© José Hevia. architects: Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation architects: Miguel Mesa del Castillo Location: Molina de Segura, Murcia, Spain Project Year: 2021 Photographs: José Hevia. Read more ».

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A new industry study conducted by Architizer on behalf of Chaos Enscape surveyed 2,139 design professionals to understand the state of architectural visualization and what to expect in the near future. We asked: How are visualizations produced in your firm? What impact does real-time rendering have? What approach are you taking toward the rise of AI?

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MAY 16, 2022

New photos have been released of the recently completed Tapei Performing Arts Center by OMA. Now a part of the capital city’s Shilin Night Market, the new Center houses two 800-seat theaters and a larger 1,500-seat venue in addition to support areas all connected by a centralizing cube-like form that OMA founder Rem Koolhaas thinks will free both patron and performer from a stultifying industry-wide trend.

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MAY 16, 2022

Indian architect and academic Arijit Chatterjee has been selected as the winner of the 2021–22 James Harrison Steedman Memorial Fellowship in Architecture biannual research competition. The Ahmedabad-based Chatterjee will receive a $75,000 cash prize for his proposal titled “Mapping the mind of the river: Architecture as a loss of control,” an assessment of how differing public utility systems can be used to exercise control over the vital food and water resources of a particul

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2022

With the highly anticipated Elizabeth Line railway project opening in London on 24 May, Dezeen rounds up the 10 new central section stations , including designs by WilkinsonEyre and HawkinsBrown. Stations on the central section of the Elizabeth Line, which runs mainly underground through the British capital, will open next week. The £18.8 billion infrastructure project, also known as Crossrail , has been decades in the making and subject to heavy delays and budget rises.

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MAY 16, 2022

New renderings were released today of one of the city's most visible and notable developments. While the proposed 685-foot tower at the Hudson's site gets the most attention, the office building next door will be an active space with many places for the public to visit. Bedrock unveiled a look inside the 220-foot office building, with office, event, and dining space.

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The Spaces

MAY 16, 2022

It’s all symmetry and golden hues in the English city of Bath , which offers a heady mix of architecture, art and views. In addition to its Georgian limestone crescents, it is backdropped by Somerset hills and has many landscaped parks and must-see outlying villages. It was also the home of Jane Austen and the setting for two of her novels, Persuasion and Northanger Abbey.

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MAY 16, 2022

Due to the relationship to the street, first we try to create a slightly detour entry, the height of the building at the entrance is slightly lower to accommodate the parking space, and use a split-level method to make the entry hall and living space on the first floor a higher space. This allows light to enter the living space through the split-level study and the elevated porch.

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Dwell

MAY 16, 2022

Designed by Manta North, the 516-square-foot residence is situated on an organic farm near the intersection of Germany, Switzerland, and Austria. When Petra and Benedikt Renz and their two children, Ida and Wanja, purchased a prefab tiny home for their farm in Wangen im Allgäu, Germany, their goal was to bring people closer to nature. "We manage two organic farms that have been in our families for generations," Petra says.

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MAY 16, 2022

This design for a tea house, nestled in the gently rolling hills of an Alpine valley, simultaneously erupts from and burrows into the earth, existing in harmony with its environment. The heavily battered stucco clad walls envelop a two-story interior space that cascades downhill. The main level contains the tea ceremony area, while the lower level acts as a guest lounge.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2022

Dutch design office Studio MOM has developed a bicycle helmet from biomaterials that, unlike polystyrene helmets, can be produced without fossils fuels and composted after use. A specially developed form of mycelium – the fleshy root-like structure of a fungus – forms the main shell of MyHelmet, while the outer skin and strap are produced from a hemp textile.

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MAY 16, 2022

Type: Multi-Family Residential Year: 2014 Size: 40,000 SF DXA studio collaborated with renowned architect, and longtime building resident, Steven Harris to re-imagine this 7 story, turn of the century manufacturing building in the TriBeCa West Historic District. DXA received unanimous approval from the Landmarks Preservation Commission to restore the existing envelope of brick, terra cotta ornament and cast iron framing, and install new high performance glazing and a 2,500 SF modern, glass and s

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Dwell

MAY 16, 2022

Every corner has a view including the infinity pool, two-bedroom guest house, and cabana. Perched on 42 acres in Carpinteria, California, this sprawling residence was designed to showcase the dazzling natural wonders around it. Take in panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean, Channel Islands, Santa Ynez Mountains, and Santa Barbara coastline via a series of retractable and frameless Vitrosca Invisible Walls.

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Archinect

MAY 16, 2022

The Salk Institute recently opened its iconic campus to Louis Vuitton for a private fashion show presenting the brand’s Cruise 2023 collection. This event was the first of its kind to be held at this location. As noted by the Institute, the use of space, natural light, materials, and bold lines throughout the Louis Kahn -designed structure was a fitting setting for the French fashion label’s showcase.

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Dwell

MAY 16, 2022

Listed for $5.9 million, the sprawling Arizona residence by Taliesin architect John Rattenbury features an organic form that echoes the shapes and colors of the desert. Property Details: Location: 10040 E Happy Valley Road #491, Scottsdale, AZ Price: $5,995,000 Year Built: 1991 Architect: John Rattenbury, cofounder of Taliesin Architects Footprint: 10,000 square feet (five bedrooms, nine baths) Lot size: 3.83 acres From the agent: "With design by Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice and Taliesin Archit

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MAY 16, 2022

Architecture isn't just a profession; it's also a business. Developing a sustainable business model is essential whether you're starting your own architecture firm or working for one. Everyone has their take on what makes a business development strategy "successful." However, since 2020, it's clear that firms need to re-evaluate their business models to survive a global pandemic, a recession, and the socio-economical impacts happening around the globe.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 16, 2022

More than two decades after the terrorist attacks of September 11, the reconstruction of the World Trade Center complex remains a work in progress. The effort mixes the politics of [.]. Read More. The post The REX-designed Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center is clad with a stone-glass facade that masks its structural complexity appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

MAY 16, 2022

Six months after the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, columnist Kunle Barker wrote in the UK Architects' Journal to take a stand against the industry’s oneiric focus on “lofty ideals of zero-carbon and on soundbites” and towards a more considered system of new project evaluation, advocating for the “need to develop a viability methodology that is independent, objective and focused on carbon impact versus social need.

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MAY 16, 2022

With Ray and Charles’ granddaughter at the helm, a new nonprofit organization aims to inspire today’s creative thinkers with a never-before-seen design archive. Titans in the history of American design, Ray and Charles Eames taught us that "everything eventually connects." Their pragmatic view of design—Charles called it "a plan for arranging elements to accomplish a particular purpose" in the short 1972 film Design Q&A —and relentless curiosity produced a prolific body of work spanning not

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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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MAY 16, 2022

The university residence, designed by TECO+partners, is situated in the San Donato zone, near the historical seat of the University of Bologna. It joins a social scenario characterized by changing lifestyles, changing forms of coexistence, where the new living models become an important aspect of students’ education, inserting them in a system of relations and contributing strongly to their social growth.

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designboom

MAY 16, 2022

the sky bridge 721 record-breaking suspension bridge is located between the crests of the kralicky snezník mountain. The post sky bridge 721, the world’s longest suspension skywalk opens in the czech republic appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Dwell

MAY 16, 2022

The quickest way to enjoy summer is with in-stock furniture. Exterior design season is here, and the simplest way to enjoy summer is by stepping right outside onto your own open-air oasis. Curating an outdoor space has its own unique set of challenges: There’s the sweet spot between design and durability, and, currently, furniture is among the hardest-hit industries facing supply chain issues.

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The Spaces

MAY 16, 2022

Diners enjoy a trippy experience at this Shanghai restaurant, which creates an underwater atmosphere by cocooning guests in blue light. Chinese firm AD Architecture designed the interiors of Taste of Dadong, which is steeped in shades of deep purple, indigo and neon blue – set off by flashes of fuschia. Photography: yuuuunstudio. The dramatic neon lighting emphasises the equally dramatic floor plan, with huge, curving partitions shielding dining areas and lending the entire restaurant a vaguely

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