Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

A team led by Morphosis is designing a new 12-acre arts and cultural district at the University of Texas at Dallas. Called the Edith and Peter O’Donnell Jr. Athenæum, the project will bring a second location of the Crow Museum of Asian Art as well as a performance hall and a planned museum for the traditional arts of the Americas. According to the architects, the new athenaeum breaks from the conventional, reserved model of this building type into one that prioritizes porosity, visib

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Avontuura

JUNE 7, 2022

MyHelmet fits in with principles of the circular economy: there are minimal CO2 emissions and the end result is 100% biodegradable. The post StudioMOM creates 100% biodegradable bicycle helmet ? appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

Media artist and designer Refik Anadol has unveiled a new immersive installation titled Machine Hallucinations - Nature Dreams for the Centre Pompidou-Metz that continues the experimentations with data and AI technology central to his recent NFT releases , site-specific projections , and a string of other public art pieces he calls “data sculptures.

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designboom

JUNE 7, 2022

'pavilion let's play! takes shape as a series of tree trunks arranged in a spiral formation, revealing fragments of the lush surrounding. The post spiral wooden pavilion invites visitors to a sensory and playful experience appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

Australia’s first office tower with a “solar skin” is expected to be built next year in a landmark moment for the construction industry and decarbonisation efforts. The eight-storey building at 550-558 Spencer Street in West Melbourne will cost $40m and has been designed by the architecture firm Kennon on behalf of Dr Bella Freeman.

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

Theaster Gates ' Serpentine Pavilion has been revealed in London's Kensington Gardens, showcasing his vision for a Black Chapel that advances the fair's evangelizing mission to be an incubator for community building, civic culture, and public engagement. In a circular form evoking several architectural traditions and cultures, including the Rothko Chapel and traditional African structures the pavilion is rendered in the same stark-looking black tar color as the suite of 14 new paintings Gates ex

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designboom

JUNE 7, 2022

brothers johannes alderse baas and benjamin alderse baas say their bike is fully recyclable since it is made of 100% recyclable plastic. The post brothers design ‘mtrl’ bike from plastic to make it 100% recyclable appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

This site, where an old building is being transformed into a charter school, has just distinguished itself from the 40,000 other major construction projects in New York City by having its third worker fatality in less than three years. No other construction site in New York City has had this many separate fatal incidents since at least 2003, when the Department of Buildings began keeping electronic records.

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JUNE 7, 2022

the pavilion is a space for gathering, meditation and participation, with an emphasis on sacred music. The post theaster gates completes ‘black chapel’ as first non-architect to design serpentine pavilion appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

For the inaugural edition of our Meet Your Next Employer series, we shine the spotlight on New York-based Lang Architecture. From their studio on Broadway in Manhattan, the firm is led by principal Drew Lang , who started the practice having settled in NYC after his architectural training at Yale University : A journey he outlined in a 2020 feature on Archinect.

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designboom

JUNE 7, 2022

cerberus is designed to extract algae without contaminating the environment or harming aquatic life. The post ‘cerberus’ aquafarming vessel sails the waters autonomously to harvest algae appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

In previous weeks we've highlighted employment opportunities for recent graduates and design professionals with 1-3 years of experience. This week we highlight 5 jobs for firms that specialize in landscape architecture and urban planning. Be sure to check out our editorial specific to new graduates and designers looking to kick start their careers on Archinect Jobs.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JUNE 7, 2022

Chicago-based social practice artist Theaster Gates’s Black Chapel is set to debut at London’s Kensington Gardens as the first non-architect-designed commission in the 22-history of the Serpentine Pavilion, the Serpentine [.]. Read More. The post Theaster Gates’s Serpentine Pavilion, <em>Black Chapel</em>, opens June 10 at Kensington Gardens appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

A team from the University of Florida has taken home the top prize at this year’s AISC Student Steel Bridge Competition finals for their structural design of a hypothetical wildlife crossing in Washington State. Responding to a brief that required them to build using a truss design and incorporate a cantilever and skewered piers, the first-place winners created a concept that can withstand both maintenance vehicle and pedestrian traffic on its wildlife-servicing green surface spanning a bu

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2022

Chicago artist Theaster Gates has unveiled the cylindrical Black Chapel as this year's Serpentine Pavilion in London's Kensington Gardens. Realised with the architecture studio Adjaye Associates , the chapel-like structure topped with an oculus was designed by Gates to be a peaceful space within the London park. "Black Chapel suggests that in these times there could be a space where one could rest from the pressures of the day and spend time in quietude," said Gates.

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Archinect

JUNE 7, 2022

Deep in the mountains lining the borders of China’s Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces, the town of Hanwang is a place rich in historical heritage, dating back all the way to the early days of the ancient Han dynasty. It is known as “Xuzhou’s backyard garden” for its picturesque slopes and rivers, plentiful agricultural produce and social and cultural landscapes.

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Dwell

JUNE 7, 2022

Barcelona studio Forma transformed an unusual triangular layout into a home with a surprising sense of space and light. Project Details: Location: Vilanova, Spain Architect: FORMA / @weareforma Photographer : José Hevia From the Architect: " This project presents the refurbishment of a house located in the historic center of Vilanova, a town near Barcelona.

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2022

Colorado-based Prometheus Materials has developed masonry blocks from a low-carbon cement-like material grown from micro- algae. The blocks, which meet the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards, were made using an organic cement-like material grown in bioreactors that reproduces itself in ways similar to coral. "Coral reefs, shells, and even the limestone we use to produce cement today show us that nature has already figured out how to bind minerals together in a strong,

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Architectural Record

JUNE 7, 2022

Gensler, Perkins&Will, and HDR continue a three-year streak atop Architectural Record’s annual ranking of the top 300 American architecture firms by revenue.

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Architecture Here and There

JUNE 7, 2022

Frank Lloyd Wright’s modest family house, 12 Blackstone Ave., in Pawtucket, when he was age five. Frank Lloyd Wright would be 155 years old if he were alive on his June 8 date of birth. A hundred and fifty years ago he spent the age of five in Pawtucket, where for a year his family lived at 12 Blackstone Ave., a block or so west of the river of the same name.

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2022

Placing greenery and trees on buildings is not a passing fad, says designer Thomas Heatherwick in this exclusive interview. Speaking to Dezeen at the unveiling of the Tree of Trees sculpture outside Buckingham Palace, British designer Heatherwick defended the practice of integrating trees and planting into architecture. "Trees aren't a novelty. They're essential in life," he told Dezeen.

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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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The Spaces

JUNE 7, 2022

This 1900s Boston townhouse by Louis Comfort Tiffany shimmers with Islamic-style mosaics, colourful glass and copper cladding. The glasswork and jewellery designer fused eastern style with Art Nouveau forms to create this gesamtkunstwerk Back Bay mansion. It is the only surviving example of Tiffany’s residential vision, built for businessman and art collector Frederick Ayer between 1898 and 1902.

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designboom

JUNE 7, 2022

while walking along the passageways, visitors get to enjoy a rich visual experience thanks to viewing platforms of different heights. The post spiraling bright orange corridors wrap around playground in sichuan, china appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JUNE 7, 2022

Below is the second of three articles written as part of the New Voices in Architectural Journalism fellowship, a mentorship-based program developed by The Architect’s Newspaper and the Pratt Institute School of Architecture. [.]. Read More. The post During the pandemic, Sikh temples have become a model for civic spaces appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

JUNE 7, 2022

French designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec have created Sosei, an installation of pastel-coloured ceramic sculptures that is currently on show at Milan design week. Made together with Japanese brand Tajimi Custom Tiles , the sculptures have a cylindrical body with added square and rectangular tiles and are sat on sand-covered ceramic tiles. "It's almost an architecture done in ceramic; structures made from ceramic extrusions and wood that are connected together," Ronan Bouroullec told Dezeen.

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