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Ways to Landscape Your Backyard

Aric Gitomer Architect

Designing an outdoor space takes a lot more than a few trees or flower beds. It requires a plethora of elements that come together as a whole that appears pleasing and provides your home with the space for entertaining, relaxing, and so much more. The visual celebration is a merger of varied materials for pathways, flower beds, and other elements. And that’s how you could landscape your backyard.

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Redhill Barn by Type Studio | Detached houses

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Architectural practice TYPE has reclaimed a dilapidated stone barn in Devon, giving it renewed purpose as a sustainable, contemporary rural family home. The 199m2 retrofitted barn sits within a 25-acre site of green fields and is part of a wider long-term strategy, which is being developed by the clients and the practice, to regenerate and rewild the secluded site, turning an agricultural relic into the hub of a new ecological smallholding.

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RMJM Dubai’s Thakher Gardens Win Design Middle East Awards 2021

RMJM Architecture

We are proud to announce that RMJM Dubai’s Thakher Gardens won the Best Future Project of the Year by Design Middle East Awards 2021. The Design Middle East Awards aim at recognising the creative excellence of both individuals and companies, and their core strengths. The post RMJM Dubai’s Thakher Gardens Win Design Middle East Awards 2021 appeared first on RMJM.

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Freifrau's new tapestry fabric combines tattoo art with exclusive textiles for the second time | News | Architonic

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Good storytelling has long been one of the key elements of successful marketing strategies. The fact that Freifrau is now invoking poetry to present a new textile collection is unusual – but it fits wonderfully with the new Garden of Eden fabric design, which is reminiscent of Baroque flower paintings. Like the poets of the era, Freifrau draws on the classic Baroque motifs of memento mori, vanitas and carpe diem in the form of four stanzas: “Take comfort in the certainty of transformation / Inha

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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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Bumblebee Spaces at The Smile

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The Smile, the new luxury rental designed inside and out by BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, is the very first building in New York City to outfit some of its apartments with a modular furniture system by Bumblebee Spaces. The Smile features five apartments outfitted with modular furniture by Bumblebee Spaces. Most are already occupied, with plans to install more in the near future.

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Steppenwolf Opens Another New Theater

Chicago Architecture

You don’t have to be a theater lover to appreciate what’s happening up on 1650 North Halsted Street. Today, the Steppenwolf Theatre Company officially opened its new building, The Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Arts and Education Center. The project consists of a $54,000,000 multi-purpose building designed by The Loop’s AS+GG. The Liz and Eric Lefkofsky Arts and Education Center.

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Honeyz Concept Store by Puntofilipino | Shop interiors

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Avoid glitz and glamor in favor of industrial materials and an "apocalyptic atmosphere" for the Berlin home of honey and skincare retailer Honeyz. Hidden at the end of a beautiful avenue of century-old trees, the exit is within a group of several neoclassical buildings, each with great historical value. "The charm of the building and the architectural setting was what attracted the founders of Honeyz to this place, with the intention of making it a destination of reference," says

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Sauerbruch Hutton with Gustafson Porter + Bowman and Elena Stavropoulou win the international competition for the ConfEx Park in Thessaloniki

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The new ConfEx Park, at the heart of Thessaloniki, embodies the city’s ambition to be the region’s major business and tourist destination, linking the past with the future. It will shape an urban area to host international events while offering local meeting spots for the residents. The design picks up major routes that fan out from the ancient city, and reintroduces them for pedestrians and cyclists: The ‘Culture Path’ links the Exhibition Halls and Congress Centre to the MMCA and the Archaeolo

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25 years of Mediterranean light from Bover | News | Architonic

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Founded in Barcelona in 1996, lighting brand Bover is a tribute to the Mediterranean light and lifestyle. In shape, form, technology and glow; a Bover light is warm, timeless and balanced. It seeks to solve lighting needs in the most natural way. Guided by nature, material culture and history, artisanal production methods are combined with advanced technologies to reach designs that are classic and humble, yet future-proofed with flexibility, modularity and consideration of maintenance.

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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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The Kinetic City & Other Essays

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The Kinetic City and Other Essays by Rahul Mehrotra ArchiTangle , August 2021 Hardcover | 6 x 9 inches | 352 pages | 300 illustrations | English | ISBN: 9783966800136 | €45 PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : This book presents Rahul Mehrotra’s writings over the last thirty years and illustrates his long-term engagement with and analysis of urbanism in India.

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Endless possibilities with Bover's Skybell system | News | Architonic

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Bover’s Skybell system is a light that its designer Manel Molina, of Estudi Manel Molina, describes as being ‘cut-out of the dark’. It is simple and subtle – yet complex in its intention to softly illuminate space, without drawing attention to itself. Bover’s most versatile luminaire with plenty of modular capabilities, the Skybell system is defined by its graceful, black, extruded, aluminium, elongated bells.

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A4: Solar Tech

A4 Architects

At the UN Climate Summit (COP26) occurring now in Glasgow, Scotland, there has been a clear call from all of the leading economies of the world that the catastrophic effects of climate change are beginning to occur now and to a greater severity than even the most pessimistic scientific predictions. This is rousing them to action. As time is growing short to avoid the two-degree increase that would result in severe climatic events and a massive extinction event, the issue is no longer about how t

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Bover stands for personalisation and adaptability | News | Architonic

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Bover is known for its organic and naturally-inspired luminaries that guide Mediterranean light into spaces across the world. Yet as well as these qualities, Bover offers an incredible amount of customisation and adaptability within its products, making it an ideal lighting brand for designers working on large scales, with specific constraints and challenges.

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7 Ways Real-Time Visualization Can Solve Architectural Challenges

In the dynamic world of architecture, design, and construction, creative problem-solving is crucial for success. Traditional methods often fall short in effectively conveying design intent to clients. Real-time visualization empowers you with a solid decision-making tool that smooths the design process. Discover the power of real-time visualization: Effective Communication Convey your vision clearly and align with clients.

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How to Create Modern Luxury in a Compact Form with Davos by Verzelloni | News | Architonic

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Villa L by Pool Leber Architekten | Detached houses

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House L, a single-family house containing an office wing and an apartment for an au pair, is sculpted as a monolith of massive concrete. It is as it appears to be: inside and outside concrete, without further insulation or cladding. The crystalline form takes its cues from the surrounding buildings: compact single houses from the 1930s with hipped roofs standing at the corner of large gardens.

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