Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

Advances in 3D modeling software continue to develop year after year. An example of this is a new thought-provoking 3D modeling plug-in designed by SCI-Arc EDGE graduate Jimmy Wei-Chun Cheng. His work offers a new way to challenge design "from the perspective of toolmaking and AI technologies [.] The plug-in proposes an alternative model to existing applications of AI and procedural methods.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 31, 2023

© Syam Sreesylam architects: Earthscape Studio Location: Kozhinjampara, Kerala 678555, India Project Year: 2023 Photographs: Syam Sreesylam Area: 1100.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

Amsterdam’s Kossmanndejong (KDJ) has been announced by the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County as the lead exhibition designer for the La Brea Tar Pits overhaul following a competitive international search process. In tandem with WEISS/MANFREDI and Los Angeles-based Gruen Associates , the studio will be tasked with handling the schematic design for the project, which will “reimagine” the 13-acre campus located nearby LACMA and the new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

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Avontuura

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Bolder project consists of four cabins lifted over the ground designed to harmonize in the best possible way with the surrounding nature. The post Snøhetta and Vipp unveils nest-like cabins on the edge of Lysefjorden appeared first on Åvontuura.

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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 31, 2023

The 2022 winners of the Art of Building photography contest have been named by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). Each year, two winners are selected from an international field of entries to match criteria set forth by the organization's directive. As the CIOB says, "We stand for the science, ethics and practice of the built environment across the world. [.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

The non-profit group 4 Day Week Global has published the findings of their trial into the impacts of a four-day workweek on businesses. The trial began in February 2022, when 33 companies enacted a “meaningful work time reduction” for six months without reducing pay. The companies, which collectively employed over 900 people, were spread across North America, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2023

California studio Bittoni Architects has completed Common Melrose, a communal living complex with 23 bedrooms that is meant to be an "affordable alternative to traditional living arrangements". Built on a formerly vacant lot, Common Melrose stretches along a commercial avenue in an area between Central LA and Hollywood. Designed by LA's Bittoni Architects , it contains 23 furnished, rentable bedrooms and is meant to offer a pleasant and economical co-living environment for people new to Los Ange

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

England's housing developers have been given an ultimatum - commit to repairing unsafe buildings or be banned from operating in the market. Developers now have six weeks to sign a government contract to fix their unsafe buildings from the past 30 years. According to the government's new plan, homeowners living in buildings whose construction poses a potential fire risk will be reimbursed, and building companies who installed the unsafe cladding must pay to replace it with a safer material.

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designboom

JANUARY 31, 2023

the new cultural complex features a multipurpose theater with several bars, fine dining restaurants, roof terraces, and a VIP lounge. The post stainless steel ‘curtains’ gently wrap around japan’s new cultural complex appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

Michael Graves Architecture is once again expanding in the Mid-Atlantic market with the newly-announced acquisition of the well-known North Carolina-based firm Walter Robbs Callahan & Pierce Architects. The move comes after successive acquisitions of Maryland's Waldon Studio Architects and the New Jersey-based Jose Carballo Architectural Group last year.

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designboom

JANUARY 31, 2023

the building is wrapped in a floating shingle roof, while a sculptural spiral staircase symbolizes rapunzel's braid. The post bavarian ‘rapunzel’ visitor center is inspired by the german fairytale appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

The new semester is upon us, and Archinect is continuing with our Get Lectured series with a look at the Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture ’s public programs for the Spring of 2023. The school shares that this term’s theme revolves around an examination of “extractivism” and the role architects play in shaping “material economies.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 31, 2023

This year, Burning Man attendees will be treated to a giant desert flower that’s both camouflaged by and stands out from the Black Rock Desert playa. A brainchild of artist [.] Read More. The post This year’s Burning Man Temple is a giant desert flower appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

Following last week’s visit to New York City-based SKOLNICK , we are using this week’s edition of our Meet Your Next Employer series to explore the work of California and Switzerland-based practice Montalba Architects. Founded in 2004 by David Montalba, the Santa Monica / Lausanne firm operates across architecture and urban design with an emphasis on “creating environments that are both socially responsive and aesthetically progressive.

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Dwell

JANUARY 31, 2023

Our appetite for home design content that’s absurd, garish, and downright bad is only becoming more insatiable, and the market is expanding to deliver. This story is part of Pretty Ugly , a package celebrating design that’s so bad, it’s good. There’s a post on the Instagram account @PleaseHateTheseThings that I recall fondly and often. It’s a picture of a bedspread printed to look like the back pocket of an enormous pair of jeans, with a set of denim-printed pillows to match.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

The International Garden Festival has unveiled the five projects selected for its 24th edition. Under the theme “Roots,” designers were tasked with imagining a present and a future that is ecologically, economically, and culturally responsible by drawing on the teachings of previous generations. The showcase will run from June 24th to October 1st, 2023.

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The Spaces

JANUARY 31, 2023

Timeless and contemporary, this 1966 Stockholm apartment by Swedish architect Kjell Ödeén was conceived using a material palette that would last at least 100 years. Snickaren 15 is a five-storey mixed-use building completed by Ödeén in the central district Vasastan and is one of Stockholm’s best-maintained 1960s buildings. This 43 sqm apartment takes things a step further, retaining the original teak cabinetry, window frames, kitchen, Gabon doors, and bathroom tiling.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

The new building codes make 49 amendments to the International Building Code.will be the first time Aspen has set energy limits for every building in the city.The new regulations are not about affordable housing.Axelman does not expect the new regs will reduce the rumbling thrum of construction that is the soundtrack to Aspen. Jason Blevins covers the recent news out Aspen regarding passing of Ordinance NO.01 (Series of 2023), pitched as key to achieving the city’s Climate Action Plan.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JANUARY 31, 2023

Four architecture firms have envisioned virtual words for pax.world, a metaverse platform that invites users and brands to host and attend live events, including concerts, gallery exhibitions, business conferences, and [.] Read More. The post Grimshaw, HWKN, Farshid Moussavi, and WHY design cultural venues for the metaverse appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Broadway is a 1 million sqft mixed-use development which establishes a new Westminster destination comprising residential, workspace and retail uses with generous new public realm. The design of The Broadway is rooted in place from the urban scale down to the final details of the development, with Squire & Partners providing total design encompassing the masterplan, architecture and interiors to achieve a unified scheme which creates a unique sense of place.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2023

International architecture studios including Adjaye Associates , UNStudio , Morphosis , Studio Fuksas and Coop Himmelb(l)au have been named in a Riyadh exhibition as working on The Line megacity in Saudi Arabia. Currently under construction in Saudi Arabia, the 170-kilometre-long megacity is being designed by numerous international studios, with each practice reportedly working on a 500-metre section.

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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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Archinect

JANUARY 31, 2023

This special issue is the cata Log for “Model Behavior,” a group exhibition of models, architectural and otherwise, curated by the Anyone Corporation and presented by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union, in New York City. The exhibition, which ran October 4–November 18, 2022, questioned the role of the model in projecting or eliciting social behavior.

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designboom

JANUARY 31, 2023

the sculptural design by greater dog architects combines white curving aluminum plates and gradient, translucent glass. The post feather-shaped reliefs adorn this mixed-use building façade in eastern china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Architonic

JANUARY 31, 2023

As an architecture and design platform, Architonic provides its users with fresh inspiration every day, whether in the shape of newly realised building and interior design projects, sophisticated products or innovative design solutions. Here, however, the attention turns to the reader, as the Design Center Baden-Württemberg calls for submissions for the 2023 edition of its <a href="[link] target="_blank" rel="noopener">Focus Open</a> International Design Award

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Brandon Donnelly

JANUARY 31, 2023

I just learned about the TomTom Traffic Index today. It covers 404 cities across 58 countries, and uses anonymized traffic data from more than 600 million drivers (people who use TomTom’s tech) to come up with a list of the cities with the worst traffic congestion. Here’s the global top 10 (for 2021): And here’s the North American top 10 (also for 2021): The way to interpret these congestion level percentages is to think of them as additional time over and above baseline free-f

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