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Infinitus Plaza by Zaha Hadid Architects | Office buildings

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Infinitus Plaza is the new global headquarters of Infinitus China. Incorporating work environments designed to nurture connectivity, creativity and entrepreneurship, the new headquarters also includes the group’s herbal medicine research facilities and safety assessment labs as well as a learning centre for conferences and exhibitions. The 185,643 sq. m Infinitus Plaza defines a gateway to the new Baiyun Central Business District.

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Skyscraper at 210 North Morgan Seeks Approval

Chicago Architecture

Earlier this week, we predicted that the paperwork for a new skyscraper at 210 North Morgan Street in West Town would hit City Hall, and now here it is. October, 2021 rendering of 210 North Morgan. 210 is a project from Newcastle Limited , designed by Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture , that will reach 380 feet into the sky a half-block north of the CTA Green/Pink line — you guesed it — on North Morgan Street.

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Family Values from Verzelloni | News | Architonic

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Family businesses in the design sector have weathered recent storms well. It makes sense when you think of the advantages of family firms - stability, shared values, authenticity, quick decision-taking resulting in short lead-times, the capacity to be adaptable and flexible. These are all things that have become pillars of successful trading through the pandemic and beyond.

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Making of RED BARN

Ronen Bekerman

The Animation GRAND PRIZE winning entry by Jamie Holmes for the CONVERTED Challenge. An exercise at complete world-building and storytelling to boot! Jamie Holmes is no stranger to such a challenge as we’ve seen him doing it previously during the CABINS challenge. Enjoy this one as he takes us for a spin in his process of making of Red Barn. First, I just want to thank Ronen Bekerman for putting on another excellent competition.

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Architectural Visualization Trends and the Rise of AI

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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Forward-Facing Creativity: Design Shenzhen, 9-12 Dec 2021 | News | Architonic

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Shenzhen has a reputation as China's Silicon Valley, a once sleepy fishing village turned global tech hub, but it also the focal point for the country's creative and design industries, a home to both TikTok and the V&A’s first international gallery. Unesco says the city is home to 6,000 design firms with 100,000 employees generating over $1.5bn in income every year.

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SOM Bakes Up 2 Skyscrapers To Replace ADM Flour Mill

Chicago Architecture

A lot of people had strong feelings when the old ADM flour mill at 1300 West Carroll Street was turned into powdermilk biscuits earlier this year. Some people thought such an industrial legacy no longer belonged so close to downtown Chicago. Others who had lived in the city longer had grown to love it, and felt a kinship with that piece of history. But none of that matters now because serial real estate developer Sterling Bay has filed its plans for a pair of new skyscrapers in that space.

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Lines on Paper

In my childhood, Jalan Tabuan tapered off at the Bukit Antu junction into a gravel road leading to farms which would become Kuching’s first housing estate; Kenyalang Park (and Shopping Centre). The architect for the project had a vision of a township where residents walked from their front doors to the market, the theatre, the barbers at the shopping centre.

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The Old First Church Windows in the Lantern

Jane Griswold Radocchia

The windows in the lantern of the Old First Church in Bennington, VT, are pretend, a frame with black paint in between the muntins. This part of the church steeple has a small trap door, 14 ft above the platform, not an easy access. The post which supports the weather vane is in its middle. Repairing broken windows would require scaffolding. Look up.

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Bricks Designed To Hold Plants Were Used On The Exterior Of This Housing

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From Plan to Reality: Unlocking the Power of Aerial Imagery for AEC

Aerial imagery has emerged as a necessary tool for architecture, engineering, and construction firms seeking to improve pre-construction site analysis, make more informed planning decisions, and ensure all stakeholders have access to an accurate visualization of the site to keep the project moving forward. Download our guide and take a deeper look at how aerial imagery can be leveraged to drive project efficiency by reducing unnecessary site visits and providing the accurate details required to

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Construction Design Week: Overtime! | News | Architonic

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Event: Book Talk: Landscape Citizenships

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Event Date: Nov 30, 2021; Event City: The book Landscape Citizenships , edited by Tim Waterman, Jane Wolff, and Ed Wall, challenges assumptions that landscape and citizenship belong in different intellectual arenas. Its fourteen essays question and counter narrowly defined relationships among people, places, and states; together, they examine and illuminate conditions where people belong to a place—and to other people connected to that place—in ways that transcend and refute structur

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Canadian Architecture

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Canadian Architecture: Evolving a Cultural Identity by Leslie Jen Figure 1 Publishing , November 2021 Hardcover | 8-3/4 x 11-1/2 inches | 224 pages | English | ISBN: 9781773270388 | $45.00 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : Canadian Architecture: Evolving a Cultural Identity surveys the country’s most accomplished architectural firms, whose work enhances cities and landscapes across Canada’s geographically varied expanse.