Archinect

JANUARY 3, 2022

In December, developers closed on $30.3 million in financing for the first phase of Arverne East, a master-planned community and revitalization project within a 116-acre oceanfront site in the Arverne and Edgemere neighborhoods in Queens’ Rockaway Peninsula. Led by real estate firms L+M Development Partners , the Bluestone Organization, and Triangle Equities, the project will be New York City ’s first net zero community.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

German Pavilion EXPO 2020 Dubai Architect: LAVALocation: Dubai, UAE Type: Pavilion Year: 2021Photographs: Taufik Kenan, Andreas Keller, Roland Halbe The following description is courtesy of the architects. LAVA’s design of the German Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai is an ensemble of suspended cubes, a forest of steel poles, covered by a floating roof. And behind these visually exciting design elements everything from intelligent use… The post The German Pavilion for Expo 2020 embodies the mess

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Archinect

JANUARY 3, 2022

After reflecting on this past year's news and events in Archinect's 2021 Year in Review , we move our focus onto what we can expect in the coming year. As we approach 2022, and Archinect's 25th anniversary, we've reached out to our community of contributors, previously interviewed individuals, firms leaders, designers, and academics to share their thoughts and predictions for the coming year.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2022

Architects Ana Nun?o de Buen and Luis Young have used a green metallic frame to form the structure of an airy apartment built atop an existing building in Mexico City. The Cascada House was designed by Mexican architects Nun?o de Buen and Young to provide a standalone unit atop a concrete building from the 1950s. It is located in the Pedregal de San A?

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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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Archinect

JANUARY 3, 2022

The Summers Building in Buenos Aires contributes to the renewal of a rapidly changing district, providing office space designed to suit new working methods. The complex is protected by the waves of a bioclimatic façade, an icon of contemporary and contextual architecture. The Summers Office Building project is located in the dynamic district of Palermo in Buenos Aires.

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Archinect

JANUARY 3, 2022

At the edge of Mexico City´s west area, a lot —on the brink of a very well located light industrial area— is recycled into a mixed used building formed by 2 housing towers and one for offices, with a retail space on the ground floor. Three concrete towers joined on the amenities base through a grand corridor that maximizes the views towards the garden (which is the parking´s roof top) and a 7 hectares park.

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designboom

JANUARY 3, 2022

the residence features a central, open-air terrace that links both levels and all spatial functions together. The post sher maker builds 260 sqm home with music studio in rural thailand appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 3, 2022

Juan de la Barrera 5, a building with a 50 years history prepared for the future. Just a few steps from the greenery of Parque España this 8 stories building is located. Designed by Serrano, Serrano and Nava in 1967 with an avantgarde approach for the traditional Condesa area that was starting its vertical development. The project was finished in 1968 and received the Glass & Aluminum Innovation Award.

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JANUARY 3, 2022

the new library features a 16-meter-tall glass enclosure and slim tree-like columns. The post a forest-like canopy tops snøhetta’s beijing sub-centre library appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Architonic

JANUARY 3, 2022

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) with Château La Coste are pleased to present the completion of Richard Rogers’ final work begun before his retirement from practice in June 2020. Château La Coste, a 500-acre area of outstanding natural beauty is an internationally renowned destination for art and architecture. Set in Château La Coste’s vineyard, the Richard Rogers Drawing Gallery is a 120m2 gallery space that cantilevers off a hillside amongst trees above a historic Roman track, overlookin

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designboom

JANUARY 3, 2022

exemplifying brazilian modernisn, studio arthur casas’ design embraces the practical yet poetic character of cobogós for the permeable façade. The post studio arthur casas’ cobogós façade encases +55 design’s store in são paulo appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 3, 2022

Toronto’s Centennial College has shared the news that construction on what is being billed as the first zero-carbon, mass timber higher education building in all of Ontario is briskly moving [.]. Read More. The post Ontario’s first mass timber higher education building rises at Centennial College in Toronto appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

JANUARY 3, 2022

UR bureau highlights how digital noise pervades our everyday lives with the design of this 67 sqm apartment. The post UR bureau’s ‘glitch apartment’ pairs cool greys with bold accent colors appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Architonic

JANUARY 3, 2022

The chances of a commercial building losing its identity in a sea of clones of glass and steel are quite high. Le Corbusier, however, managed to craft an entire city's commercial and institutional complexes whilst imparting a unique character to each form. Tessalace is an endeavor in a similar direction – celebrating the materiality of concrete.

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designboom

JANUARY 3, 2022

the james webb space telescope may help prove one of stephen hawkings' most controversial theories -- that dark matter is made of black holes. The post is dark matter made of black holes? NASA telescope may prove stephen hawkings’ theory appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 3, 2022

Snøhetta is no stranger to designing novel libraries, whether it be for a former U.S. president, a swooping stone book repository for Temple University in Pennsylvania, or the crystalline, railroad-crossing [.]. Read More. The post Snøhetta unveils a new Beijing library shaded by a forest of columns appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

JANUARY 3, 2022

sand mounds, vegetation, and pockets of swimming pools compose a private coastal landscape for hotel guests to access directly and enjoy. The post proposed beach hotel in greece features a dune ecosystem that gently invades its borders appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Architonic

JANUARY 3, 2022

When thinking about what kind of building would be perfect to create a space for contemporary culture, a power station comes to mind immediately! This is what RPBW found in Moscow: a magnificent historical power station built between 1904 and 1908. Thus, the GES-2 project transforms this building into a space conceived as an articulated experience going from visual to performing arts, passing through a civic free space destined for people.

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designboom

JANUARY 3, 2022

designed by architects adolfo mondejar and francisco figueroa astrain, house JC features a u-shaped floor plan and a lush entrance courtyard. The post aluminum screens offer privacy and openness for house JC in argentina appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 3, 2022

Columbus, Ohio’s capital city and the second-most populous city in the Midwest following Chicago, has revealed a vigorous, wide-ranging plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 45 percent [.]. Read More. The post Columbus, Ohio, kicks off the new year with an ambitious plan to slash greenhouse gas emissions appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2022

Designer Es Devlin has been recognised for services to design in the 2022 New Year Honours list , which also gave awards to AKT II co-founder Hanif Kara and architects Selasi Awo Setufe and Andrew David Whalley, chairman of Grimshaw Architects. Devlin was named a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the New Years Honours list , which "mark the achievements and service of extraordinary people across the UK.

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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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Dwell

JANUARY 3, 2022

In addition to exposed trusses and high ceilings trimmed with intricate cornicing, the 19th-century terrace house features four levels with two fireplaces—and a backyard garden with a fire pit. Conveniently set on Kensington Park Road in London’s vibrant Notting Hill neighborhood, this reimagined Victorian feels worlds away from the city thanks to its serene interiors that channel the English countryside.

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Deezen

JANUARY 3, 2022

Dogs aren't the only animals to get special treatment in this colourful canine training centre near Madrid, which also includes homes for birds and bats. Educan is a building designed by two Spanish architects, Eeestudio founder Enrique Espinosa and Lys Villalba , with biodiversity in mind. Educan is a training centre for dogs and dog trainers. The building is referred to as "a school for dogs, humans and other species".

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Dwell

JANUARY 3, 2022

Pirinen Salo Oy looks to church architecture and the illusions of cinema to craft an inspirational lakeside retreat. As if the views over Lake Porovesi in central Finland weren’t inspiration enough, this shingle-clad workspace is a world unto itself, providing its filmmaker owner with a "private place for appreciating cinema," says architect Teemu Pirinen of Helsinki firm Pirenen Salo Oy.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 3, 2022

Good afternoon and welcome to the first day of the first week of the new year. Will 2022 be better or worse than the year that preceded it? While the [.]. Read More. The post Daily digest: Key West’s Southernmost Point landmark is burned, a virtual tour of the doomed Champlain towers, and more appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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