ArchDaily
JULY 18, 2022
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Archinect
JULY 18, 2022
Buro Happold and urban design nonprofit Hester Street have announced a partnership with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice to establish an environmental justice report and online data portal that will identify the locations across the city where policies, infrastructure, and investments contribute to inequities in vulnerability and risk from environmental hazards.
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Avontuura
JULY 18, 2022
Set within a guava orchard, the idea was to build a ‘Macha’ that becomes a place of reprieve from the rigours of urban life. The post Abin Design Studio complete raised bamboo home in West Bengal appeared first on Åvontuura.
Archinect
JULY 18, 2022
The World Architecture Festival (WAF) awards program celebrates newly-built works, stunning interiors as well as future concepts that "address major architectural issues facing society and the planet." Proposals selected for the 2022 WAFX (Future Projects category) highlight creative schemes that "embrace cutting-edge design approaches to address major world issues ranging from tackling the climate emergency to building community resilience.
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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?
Avontuura
JULY 18, 2022
Marra Marra Shack is built using timber pillars made out of repurposed 200 years old electrical posts used by the Brits. The post Leopold Banchini designs Marramarra Creek Shack out of repurposed timber in rural Australia appeared first on Åvontuura.
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designboom
JULY 18, 2022
a vertical trench splits the house into two, creating a natural ventilation space that spans the entire height of the building. The post pham huu son weaves small green gardens throughout this sustainable home in vietnam appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
JULY 18, 2022
Following last week’s visit to Brooklyn-based StudioTEKA, we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series west to Los Angeles, where we find the socially-conscious Stayner Architects. The young, LGBTQ-led practice operates from its studio in LA’s Echo Park neighborhood, engaging exclusively with projects by non-profit public-benefit organizations such as schools, arts and culture organizations, and social service providers.
designboom
JULY 18, 2022
the designs of MSCHF’s eat the rich popsicles include mark zuckerberg, bill gates, elon musk, jeff bezos, and jack ma. The post eat your millionaire: MSCHF popsicles designed as the world’s richest people appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
JULY 18, 2022
Claes Oldenburg had a special place in my formative years as an architecture student. In 1980, our traveling SciArc - New York studio and our instructor John Knight visited his house studio in SoHo where he was living with his wife and great collaborator Coosje van Bruggen. She and I got into a conversation about politics and missed most of his studio talk on the upper floor.
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designboom
JULY 18, 2022
the newly unveiled concept demonstrates the automaker's ambition to become a leader in the zero-emissions future. The post hyundai’s ‘N vision 74’ is a powerful rolling lab concept with cyberpunk aesthetics appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
JULY 18, 2022
In his search for a new home, the client looked for clean, modern elements–but ultimately fell for the charm of the classic gabled roof and historic vernacular of this home in the Greenlake neighborhood of Seattle. The home offered higher ceilings than usual, and thus the potential to open it up to more natural light; the challenge was in the limited space.
designboom
JULY 18, 2022
baby chick night lamp by muid ni amoy is a rechargeable and portable lighting design that softly illuminates one’s space. The post rechargeable baby chick night lamp illuminates your bedroom for a cozy sleep appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Archinect
JULY 18, 2022
Briarcliff Residence is set on a park-like 3.5 acres in historic Franklin, Michigan. A house in two acts, it balances an elegant form and façade with a dramatic, playful interior—fitting for a private, close-knit family passionate about music and theater. The home’s design was inspired by the classic form of rural Michigan farmsteads—collections of gabled-roof structures built over generations.
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Dwell
JULY 18, 2022
Set on 41 acres in upstate New York, this culinary farmstead features a greenhouse dining room and a "MasterChef"-worthy kitchen. Property Details: Location: 35 Pearls Place, Saugerties, New York Price: $3,800,000 Year built: 1850 Footprint: 3,150 square feet (three bedrooms, two and a half baths) Lot Size: 41.54 acres From the agent: "This 41-acre, ultra-private culinary farmstead lies at the foothills of the Catskill range with striking mountain views, open meadows, and deep pine forest.
Archinect
JULY 18, 2022
L.A. Dance Project is a cutting-edge independent dance company founded in 2012 by dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker Benjamin Millepied. The design of this multi-purpose space for the company’s first ever “home” — an operational hub, practice space, community event space, and performance venue — was an exercise in innovative space planning, and in a type of elemental design that showcased the former warehouse’s existing beauty.
designboom
JULY 18, 2022
the biophilic, low-carbon design has been selected to expand the EPFL campus in lausanne, switzerland. The post mass-timber ‘ecotope’ campus by 3XN and itten+brechbühl to expand swiss university appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
JULY 18, 2022
An inverted pyramid tilted over a pond defines the Chapel of Eternal Light, which Portuguese studio Bernardo Rodrigues Architects has created in a small village in the Azores. Built in a cemetery in the south of Portugal's São Miguel Island, the building was commissioned by the village council to serve as "a significant urban and social gesture". Bernardo Rodrigues Architects has created a chapel in a cemetery in Azores.
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designboom
JULY 18, 2022
ouca cargo bikes can transport goods, people, and tools up to 180 kilos and three or four children in its spacious carrying pod. The post ‘ouca’ cargo bikes can transport goods up to 180 kilos and double as a kiddie bus appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Deezen
JULY 18, 2022
Fashion brand Balenciaga has created a limited-edition bag in collaboration with Danish audio brand Bang & Olufsen that it describes as "part bag, part Bluetooth sound system". The Speaker Bag, which was shown at Balenciaga 's 51st couture fashion show in Paris, can be used as a portable speaker or a traditional purse. Balenciaga and Bang & Olufsen have released a bag that can play music.
Dwell
JULY 18, 2022
The Chicago-y Chicagoness of the River North restaurant has been the subject of much discussion, which kind of ruins the fun of it. Perhaps you—like many—have watched all eight episodes of FX on Hulu’s The Bear , emerging from an au jus -soaked sweat for either Jeremy Allen White’s Carmy or Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Richie, or, at the very least, feeling inspired to work on a beautiful ganache for a rich chocolate cake.
Deezen
JULY 18, 2022
Architects should see themselves as the representatives of the community in the building process and not simply as an agent of developers, argues low-cost housing specialist Victor Body-Lawson in this interview. Body-Lawson, whose diverse studio designs housing for low-income areas in the US and Africa, told Dezeen that architecture is about finding ways to open dialogue and bring people together.
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.
Dwell
JULY 18, 2022
The ‘Real Housewives’ veteran tells all about hosting ‘Ultimate Girls Trip Ex-Wives Club’ at her Berkshires estate, which has become arguably the most famous home on present-day reality television. Reality TV producers have always loved a good house. Throwing a cast of disparate characters into places like The Bachelor mansion, The Real World houses, or the Big Brother house tends to spark chaos and intimacy in equal parts, and lets at-home viewers scratch their voyeuristic itch.
Deezen
JULY 18, 2022
Danish architecture studio 3XN and Swiss studio Itten+Brechbühl have unveiled the design for Ecotope, an expansion to the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Set to be built one kilometre from the university's Innovation Park in Ecublens, Switzerland, the campus will be made up of more than 10 buildings containing meeting spaces, offices and dining areas. 3XN has designed a timber campus for Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Architonic
JULY 18, 2022
Sometimes it's the little things that are the difference between good and great – as in the case of a maisonette apartment in the middle of Zurich's hip, formerly industrial Sulzer-Escher-Wyss district, where an architectural transformation was carried out via a number of minimally invasive interventions and which charmingly flirts with the future without betraying the past.
Deezen
JULY 18, 2022
New York interior designer Sarita Posada has layered "lived-in" details and rich textures inside the first London store from fashion and lifestyle label Aimé Leon Dore. Located on Broadwick Street in London's Soho, the two-storey boutique is the brand's second outpost and first international flagship, designed in collaboration with London-based West Architecture.
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