Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

MVRDV has released a series of proposals to respond to rising sea levels in Vancouver. Working as part of a North Creek Collective team, the Dutch firm produced a catalogue of options for adaptive buildings aimed to inspire other coastal cities to “undertake immediate action to adapt to climate change.” Concept for Coopers' Park, Vancouver for 2040.

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JANUARY 30, 2023

The housing module is organized around a central wet core that defines two areas with a double orientation. The post Joan j Fortuny Arquitecto and Alventosa Morey Arquitectes design screened social housing project in Majorca appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

The winners have been announced for the 2022 International Design Awards (IDA). Founded in 2007, the annual program seeks to “recognize, celebrate, and promote exceptional design visionaries” in the fields of architecture, interiors, graphics, fashion, and product design. The 2022 edition of the awards attracted thousands of submissions from almost 80 countries.

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designboom

JANUARY 30, 2023

a second bike shed, with space for 4,000 bikes, is scheduled to open in february 2023. The post amsterdam unveils massive underwater garage storing up to 7,000 bikes and zero cars appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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 30, 2023

A design from OMA has just been named the winner of an international competition to deliver a new vision for the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy. OMA Managing Partner David Gianotten and Project Architect Andreas Karavanas will lead the creation of the Piazza Egizia covered courtyard and six ancillary urban rooms that connected to the original 1824 space, which is considered the oldest exhibitor of Ancient Egyptian artifacts in the world.

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

The spring semester is unfolding, and we are continuing with Archinect's Get Lectured series, today highlighting the USC School of Architecture ’s list of guest lecturers and presenters for their Spring 2023 public programs. Events began on January 23 with a visit from AGENCY ’s Ersela Kripa, and distinguished Washington University in St.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2023

Retrofit, biomaterials and grassroots design are among the trends that architects including Kjetil Thorsen and Samira Rathod predict will define the architecture of 2023 and beyond. Dezeen spoke to 10 architects from a mix of leading and emerging studios around the world about the trends they expect to characterise architecture this year. Architects to "get serious about saving the planet" For most, including Indian architect Rathod and Snøhetta co-founder Thorsen, the belief was that environmen

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

Influential Canadian architect Phyllis Lambert and SANAA co-founder Kazuyo Sejima have been named as this year's respective winners of the Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable prizes by the UK-based publications Architects’ Journal and The Architectural Review as part of the annual W Awards program, now in its 11th year. Lambert was awarded the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for her influence on the culture of architecture.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2023

Automotive company Rezvani Motors has launched a car with security features including electrified door handles and pepper spray-emitting wing mirrors that are more commonly found on military vehicles or in video games. "The Rezvani Vengeance is the world's most aggressive and most capable three-row SUVs," said the Californian brand. Rezvani Vengeance is a mid-size SUV The 6,200-pound (2,812-kilogram) SUV has a chunky body with a "muscular" back end mounted on 35-inch pick-up style tyres suited

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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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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

For much of its recent history in mitigating climate change, Denver has concentrated on buildings’ operational energy — the energy needed to run basics like heating, air conditioning, lighting and hot water. That will shift in May, when Denver’s newly adopted green code takes effect, said Christy Collins, green communities specialist with the local government.

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designboom

JANUARY 30, 2023

unlike the more rigid geometries found in space architecture, the HESTIA habitat reveals a softer form, close to a sphere. The post lucy zakharova envisions inflatable lunar habitat made of silica aerogel appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

In recognition of outstanding contributions to his adopted hometown of Nashville , the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has honored architect David M. Powell with the 2023 AIA Award for Excellence in Public Architecture. The HASTINGS Architecture Principal moved to Nashville in 1991 in order to pursue a simultaneous career in country music and architecture, ultimately settling on the latter before joining the firm in 2008.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2023

Vancouver-based studio BattersbyHowat Architects has completed a parallelogram-shaped, mountainside home clad in standing seam metal that includes a detached sauna structure in Whistler , British Columbia. Named Ambassador Crescent, the 3,130-square foot (290-square metre) house is tucked into a steep hillside near the popular ski resort town, so the three-storey house and garage had to be embedded into the earth.

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

First announced in 2019, the project spans a block of Fulton Street between Brooklyn Avenue to the east and New York Avenue to the west. Plans call for the construction of three buildings featuring approximately 840,000 square feet of offices, educational, cultural, and commercial space. While the project would roughly double the size of the existing 1970s structures at Restoration Plaza, the property's namesake open space would be retained by building up, rather than out.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2023

Architecture practice Office S&M has completed its own office inside a former paint-making workshop in Hackney , London. With an entire wall of material samples and areas for modelling and sketching, Office S&M 's workspace aims to act as a laboratory to support its ongoing exploration of materials "that are both practical and fun." Material samples are loosely placed to allow experimentation in the office The studio, headed by architects Catrina Stewart and Hugh McEwen, frequently exper

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

Labyrinthos Labyrinthos is a structure from Greek mythology. It is a place created by a skillful craftsman, Daedalus, for King Minos of Crete, and is also the etymology of the word "labyrinth." A labyrinth is a place where you get lost. There, people panic and despair, losing their sense of direction and position. Therefore, labyrinths are compared to life and symbolize knowledge that is trapped in themselves.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2023

Expanded cork, construction waste and human urine feature in this roundup of brick alternatives, designed to reduce the masonry unit's embodied carbon footprint. After concrete and steel , brick has become the latest focus for architects, designers and material researchers hoping to slash the emissions associated with building materials. That's because bricks are generally made from clay – a finite resource that needs to be mined and shipped around the globe – as well as being fired in fossil fu

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Archinect

JANUARY 30, 2023

Located in Ningwu, Shanxi province, the project consisted in the creation of an Oatmeal factory, transforming raw oats into flour products. The production process, mostly automated, needed two different production lines with high volume machinery and spaces open to the public with shop, café and office spaces. The surroundings of the project offered very low quality with newly constructed industrial buildings, dry landscape and coal mines and it seemed interesting to develop the factory a

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The Spaces

JANUARY 30, 2023

Space Exploration Design led the interiors of this Brooklyn cocktail haunt in Greenpoint, which borrows all the design cues of the quintessential American bar. From its tin tile ceiling to its mahogany counter, Bar Americano feels like a space out of time. Instead of bells and whistles, Space Exploration Design worked with a palette of simple, warm materials and classic furniture to give the cocktail bar a timeless, warm, and inviting atmosphere.

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designboom

JANUARY 30, 2023

meshing technology and science with art, barata's work explores transhumanism while celebrating body diversity. The post sophie de oliveira barata reimagines artificial limbs as wearable art pieces appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Spaces

JANUARY 30, 2023

Hieronymus Bosch and Dante meet the digital age in the dystopian work of Canadian artist Jon Rafman, who debuts his controversial feature-length CGI film, Minor Daemon: Volume 1 at 180 Studios on 2 February 2023. Rafman draws on 30 years of internet subcultures to outfit his nightmarish ‘fever dream’, examining the relationship between technology and social consciousness.

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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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Architonic

JANUARY 30, 2023

Not only is the <a href="[link] series already a classic of the <a href="[link] portfolio, it's also archetypal of the young German company's furniture. The company was founded just over a decade ago by Hansjörg Helweg, and though today it is co-managed by his twin sons Marc and Niklas, the gentle DNA of the manufacturer, of course, remains unchanged.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2023

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Kazuyo Sejima has won this year's Jane Drew Prize for Architecture for her contribution to raising the profile of women in architecture. Sejima is best known as the co-founder of the Japanese architecture studio SANAA , which she founded with Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa in Tokyo in 1995. Above: Kazuyo Sejima (left) has won this year's Jane Drew Prize for Architecture.

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designboom

JANUARY 30, 2023

as it captures light from its surroundings the circle's edges gradually begin to glow, resembling a solar eclipse. The post nisshoku captures light from its surroundings to exude an eclipse-like glow appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

JANUARY 30, 2023

Illustrator Peter Horridge has created a logo for The National Portrait Gallery in London based on a sketch by the gallery's first director. Created ahead of The National Portrait Gallery 's planned reopening later this year, following refurbishment, the logo was informed by Sir George Scharf's sketch from 1893, which was discovered in the archive.

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