Archinect

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Mecanoo is moving ahead with a 28-story tower in north Amsterdam. The mixed-use residential and commercial tower, whose inception we covered in 2020 , has been formally approved by city officials and will now move forward to construction later this month. Completion is expected in 2025. Named the Brink Tower after the Dutch word for open green space, the scheme is imagined as a ‘visual and social link’ between two existing residential neighborhoods in north Amsterdam.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has released its design for Ørestad Church, the first church to be built in Copenhagen for more than 30 years, which will be made from wood and have a bark-like facade. Described by Henning Larsen as a "modern monument," the church will be located close to the protected natural area of Amager Fæelled in the Danish capital.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

As we're entering the homestretch of 2022, it's a good moment to take a quick glance back at the highlights on Archinect's Instagram feed this past quarter. Perhaps you're already one of @archinect 's nearly 90k followers or not (yet) — check out the most popular posts of the past three months, showcasing stand-out projects from various firm profiles on Archinect as well as from here, our news and features editorial sections.

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The Architect's Newsletter

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Carlo Ratti Associati Location:Singapore Completion Date: September, 2022 View More Project Info The newest contribution to Singapore’s reputation as a city [.]. Read More. The post BIG completes a planted tower in Singapore with a facade that pulls apart appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Interiors. Tip: use the handy FOLLOW feature to easily keep up-to-date with all your favorite Archinect profiles.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Henning Larsen has announced their recent commission to design a new church in Copenhagen – the Danish capital’s first in over 30 years. Set amongst a clearing of trees in a forested area, The Ørestad Church is designed to be a communal gathering nexus that "offers solace" to parishioners and is "untouched by the bustle of the city," according to Global Design Director Jacob Kurek.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A lakeside home in Michigan gets a touch of surf culture with Concrete Collaborative Strands tiles. When Boston-based couple Matt Saiia and Sarah Shrimplin made the decision to build a family lake house on the shores of Michigan’s Crooked Lake, they wanted to create a home that would eventually become their primary residence and reflected their combined sensibilities.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The latest Dodge Momentum Index (DMI) report indicates a sizable increase of 5.7% to a total of 183.2 for September, up from the revised 173.4 figure that was recorded in August. The Dodge Construction Network notes that this total falls within 5% of the DMI’s all-time high and was propelled by an 11.7% gain in institutional construction and further increase in the commercial component, which rose by 2.9% bolstered primarily by a sharp rise in the number of data center projects inaugurated

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Deezen

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A Los Angeles entrepreneur is launching a glamping site in California that aims to attract urban professionals who want to commune with nature. Find Sanctuary was founded last year by entrepreneur Charlie Hammond, who has worked at various startups and is a proponent of getting outdoors to help alleviate mental health issues. Find Sanctuary is opening glamping sites in California.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A new exhibition at the National Building Museum ( NBM ) in Washington, D.C. will explore innovations in the design and delivery of affordable housing across the country. Opening on October 21st, A BETTER WAY HOME is an extension of the museum’s Equity in the Built Environment series and showcases six winning projects from the Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge , which awarded $20 million over a three-year span to exemplary solutions to the problem in the areas of housing constru

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The Spaces

OCTOBER 7, 2022

This house in Venice Beach by Austrian practice Coop Himmelb(l)au has an avant-garde structure that echoes the lifeguard towers that pepper the nearby beach. Tectonic House was built by the Viennese studio in 2001 with a design celebrating the location’s vibrancy and diversity. It consists of two steel-framed glass towers linked by an upper bridge designed to draw the air upwards through roof openings for natural ventilation.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Sited between existing campus buildings with complex access and service issues, the building combines two unrelated programs: the college’s relocated TV studio and the new culinary school. By employing twelve access points from the adjacent buildings and eight level shifts on the ground floor as a mechanism for carving and shaping the final form and program areas, we created an experience of culinary arts instruction akin to a public theatrical production.

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designboom

OCTOBER 7, 2022

taking to twitter, elon musk announced that tesla has kicked off production, with the first 100 orders heading to pepsi by december 1, 2022. The post pepsi to receive first delivery of tesla ‘semi’ trucks in december 2022 appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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OCTOBER 7, 2022

2175 Market sits at the nexus between three distinct neighborhoods in San Francisco: the Castro; Duboce Triangle; and the Mission. This 88-unit, six level, LEED Platinum, mixed-use building creates a dramatic marker at this crossroads location. Our process involved an analysis of the surrounding blocks, San Francisco patterns, design and jurisdictional guidelines, and consideration of views and sun orientation.

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The Architect's Newsletter

OCTOBER 7, 2022

On October 2, Major League Soccer’s Nashville SC concluded its first regular season schedule at its new permanent home at GEODIS Park, a 30,1-seat stadium just south of Music City’s [.]. Read More. The post Nashville SC wraps up its first regular season at the Populous- and HASTINGS-designed GEODIS Park appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Three finalists have been announced for the 2022 Radical Innovation Awards , which seek "compelling innovations in travel, hospitality, and architecture." The 16th edition of the annual competition was open to professionals and students, asking participants to speculate on innovative ideas for the future of the hospitality and travel industries. Out of 80 project entires across 20 countries, the three chosen finalists will now be subject to public voting from October 6th to 13th.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Sometimes having a yard that doubles as living, hunting, or foraging space for another species offers the chance to witness some truly sublime moments. Welcome to Wildlife Week , an exploration of what happens when nature and home meet. I was raised in New York City, which meant the wildlife I encountered near or in my home rarely extended beyond a mouse skittering around the kitchen or pigeons gathering on our back alley windowsills.

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Urban Realm

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The commuter town of Lenzie has received a new planning application to build three substantial homes following a tortuous planning process. Originally subject to a housing application through Jewitt & Wilkie Architects last year, that scheme was rejected by the council's local review body - against the recommendation of planners. Following a successful appeal the applicant, JGS.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Technology company Google has released the Google Pixel Watch, which is its first smartwatch , has a sleek circular face and includes a Fitbit activity tracker. The Google Pixel Watch is the latest edition to the company's Google Pixel collection of digital devices, which includes smartphones , laptops and tablets. The Google Pixel Watch is the company's first smartwatch.

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The Architect's Newsletter

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Carlo Mollino: Architect and Storyteller Napoleone Ferrari and Michelangelo Sabatino | Park Books | $99 Having multiple outlets for one’s creativity is quite common—almost necessary—if you want to be successful [.]. Read More. The post <em>Carlo Mollino: Architect and Storyteller</em> celebrates the output of this multihyphenate creative appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Superimpose Architecture used a traditional shopping-arcade typology to transform the dark basement of a commercial development in Hangzhou , China, into The Arcade conference centre. Designed to appeal to a young audience, The Arcade is a subterranean space made up of a wide L-shaped corridor lined with meeting rooms, a cafe, a lobby and an auditorium.

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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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designboom

OCTOBER 7, 2022

this traditional yet eclectic home-studio fuses juxtaposing elements of yucatecan colonial architecture with 20th-century modernism. The post workshop architects fuses yucatecan + modernist elements in eclectic mexican home-studio appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 7, 2022

A sweeping, tiled roof informed by the surrounding mountain ranges tops the Yong'an Community Hub in China , which has been designed by students from Tongji University in Shenzhen with architecture studio Archi-Union. Referencing local structures and involving residents in its construction process, the rammed-earth, courtyard-style building provides a gathering space and residence for the Yong'an village's more isolated upper area.

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designboom

OCTOBER 7, 2022

mezzo atelier draws on the vernacular construction details of a nearby ruin, to create a stratified basalt stone + concrete home. The post mezzo atelier completes basalt stone + concrete dwelling in são miguel island appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Dezeen Showroom: informed by traditional Japanese table settings, Scottish artist and metalworker Kathleen Reilly has designed a knife that features a handle folded 90 degrees from its blade. Reilly was informed by chopstick rests, which are typically used to elevate the tips of chopsticks from table surfaces to prevent contamination, when creating the Oku knife.

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