Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
2021 proved to be another gripping year filled with moments of triumph and challenge. However, as the architecture industry attempted to regain a sense of 'stability,' architects, academics, and designers persevered. Reflecting on the year, our Bustler editorial team has curated a few highlights featuring award-winning architects and designers of 2021.
Avontuura
DECEMBER 30, 2021
The site is located in an upscale residential area with lush greenery, with Nagoya University and Nanzan University walking distance. The post This house in Nagoya by Tomoaki Uno Architects utilizes traditional field masonry techniques appeared first on Åvontuura.
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Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
What can be said of a world where one billionaire wants to build a giant tulip-shaped tower of little practical use and another wants to house thousands of students in windowless rooms in a block with all the charm of an Amazon distribution centre? The Observer critic further continued his contrasting of Foster + Partner ’s failed Tulip Tower with the Munger Hall development in California, claiming that each was the vanity project of a wayward billionaire.
designboom
DECEMBER 30, 2021
tom hegen sometimes isolates the artificial salt flats from any obvious semblance of human contact, suggesting an abstract painting. The post tom hegen creates uncanny fields with aerial photography of utah’s great salt lake appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
If there’s one thing that 2021 has shown us, it is that, for better or for worse, the world is evolving faster than ever. While this is a natural phenomenon, it’s apparent that the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the level of uncertainty the world faces. Sociopolitical and economic issues as well as the increasing threat of climate change have also been added to the mix, intertwining to shape our collective consciousness.
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Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
As another year comes to a close and the industry eagerly awaits what 2022 has to offer, firms are seeking to hire entry-level, mid-career, and senior-level architects and designers to kickstart the new year. For this week's curated job picks , we're highlighting twelve firms with current employment opportunities for Job Captains featured on the Archinect Job Board.
designboom
DECEMBER 30, 2021
set in the chinese village of houyanmen, the yuntai ice chrysanthemum display celebrates the art of rural hand-weaving in an industrial context. The post LUO studio bends wooden panels into spellbinding exhibition display appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the Mayor's Office of Climate Resiliency (MOCR) have released the Financial District and Seaport Climate Resilience Master Plan, a framework for comprehensive flood defense infrastructure to fortify Lower Manhattan in response to the increasing threat of climate change. The plan is projected to cost $5 to $7 billion and will reimagine almost one mile of shoreline from The Battery to the Brooklyn Bridge with a resilient waterfront th
designboom
DECEMBER 30, 2021
blending japanese hospitality with cambodian heritage architecture and zero waste values, the restaurant offers a gentle balance between poetry and pragmatism. The post curious to see what a zero waste pizzeria in cambodia looks like? appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
More sad news to pass along in the closing days of another tragic year as The New York Times is reporting that influential preservationist and urban planner Donald H. Elliott passed away at his home in Brooklyn this past Thursday. Elliott was chairman of New York’s City Planning Commission for a number of years through the early 1970s and was instrumental in leading a shift away from the Robert Moses -led planning mandates that were a hallmark of the region in the decades following World W
The Architect's Newsletter
DECEMBER 30, 2021
During his final week presiding over City Hall, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has revealed the six teams in the running to design and build a quartet of [.]. Read More. The post Here are the six design-build teams competing to build the Rikers Island replacement jails appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Alphabet’s self-driving car company Waymo is partnering with Chinese automaker Geely to create a fleet of all-electric, self-driving robotaxis. The cars will be designed in Sweden, where Geely owns Swedish car manufacturer Volvo. Waymo will integrate the Waymo Driver, their autonomous driving technology, into Geely's electric, transportation-as-a-service (Taas)-optimized Zeekr vehicle.
Deezen
DECEMBER 30, 2021
UK studio 6a Architects has extended a gymnasium and multigenerational community centre in Bloomsbury, London, into a block called Holborn House with a facade designed by artist Caragh Thuring. Created for the Holborn Community Association (HCA), the new structure extends an existing basement gym with a bright two-storey space that provides additional community spaces and greater street presence for the organistaion. 6a Architects designed the Holborn House community centre in London.
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Archinect
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Ryuichi Sasaki/Sasaki Architecture has returned to the international spotlight with its winning entry for the mixed-use portion of this year’s Architecture MasterPrize that adds an iconic new touch to one of Tokyo ’s oldest neighborhoods. Located in the city’s Minato ward, the five-story structure hosts a ground floor restaurant underneath three floors of residential units topped off by a fifth floor defined by a double-height maisonette that plays host to an office.
Dwell
DECEMBER 30, 2021
This turnkey residence comes with all furnishings, recreational equipment, and its own private helicopter pad. 14 Sullivan Road in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, is currently listed for $18,000,000 by William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty. Experience the ultimate Berkshires country escape, a private 321-acre woodland property with a home on a lake.
designboom
DECEMBER 30, 2021
designboom is proud to team up again with rebellion in this new 2022 dakar adventure. The post start the engine! meet the DXX buggy racing for rebellion + designboom at dakar 2022 appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
The Spaces
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Tea drinkers sip delicate infusions over a granite and timber countertop at Be-oom, a tranquil Korean teahouse on London’s Exmoor Market. The minimalist Clerkenwell tea shop and garden is the creation of the Korean tea brand Be-oom. Founder Sooji Im tapped London-based Korean practice Studio Buoy to craft its scheme, which uses natural materials and creates space for mindful moments in a bustling city setting.
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Deezen
DECEMBER 30, 2021
New York studio Neil Logan Architect has added glazing and completely renovated the interior of a beach house on Long Island originally designed by architect Norman Jaffe. The project, called Heller Lane, is located on a coastal site in East Hampton. Designed by Manhattan-based Neil Logan Architect , the project involved an interior revamp of a two-storey house dating to 1978.
The Architect's Newsletter
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Earlier this month, developers officially closed on a $31.3 million financial package to fund the construction of Arverne East, a master-planned community on a 116-acre site straddling the beachfront neighborhoods [.]. Read More. The post New York’s Rockaway Peninsula will be home to the city’s first net-zero development appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Deezen
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Egypt's only design film festival and consumer electronics trade show CES , which features a talk about non-fungible tokens with Paris Hilton, are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Other events taking place in December include Oslo Design Fair as well as two major international exhibitions on British architects Peter Cook and Norman Foster.
Architecture Here and There
DECEMBER 30, 2021
British Normandy Memorial, designed by Liam O’Connor. (Charles Bergen Studios). This year’s meagre selection of new buildings designed in traditional styles came close to cancellation, not the first event to suffer that fate lately. It is depressing this year, as it was last year, to contemplate the listlessness of the genre, however lovely the specific works may be.
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The Architect's Newsletter
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Good afternoon and welcome back to the last daily digest roundup of 2021. That’s right, with the AN offices closed tomorrow for New Year’s, we won’t see you again until [.]. Read More. The post Daily digest: A major H.R. Giger retrospective in Berlin, NYC’s monuments are crumbling, and more appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Deezen
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Rossana Hu of ?? Neri&Hu has been appointed chair of the department of architecture at Tongji University in Shanghai , becoming the first woman to hold the position. The architect and founding partner of design studio Neri&Hu was appointed to the position at Tongi University's College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) on 21 December.
The Architect's Newsletter
DECEMBER 30, 2021
MARABAR, a million-pound split-rock sculpture by American artist Elyn Zimmerman, has been turning heads at National Geographic Society (NGS) headquarters in Washington, D.C. since 1984. Anchoring a sweeping modernist plaza [.]. Read More. The post Elyn Zimmerman’s monumental <em>MARABAR</em> finds a new home at American University appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Bustler
DECEMBER 30, 2021
Continuing with our year-in-review, Bustler's editorial team highlights the winning projects of 2021. From victorious competition entries, academic research accolades, and building awards, here is our collection of the year's top projects. In case you missed our roundup of Bustler's top prize-winning architects and designers of 2021, click here. The selected projects appear in chronological order.
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