Archinect

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The American Institute of Architects has released its list of winners of the 2022 Architecture Awards honoring projects that show the world the range of outstanding work architects create and highlight the many ways buildings and spaces can improve the lives of everyday people. Education projects were common throughout this year's selection which included a diverse range of building types like the new Shed art space in New York City and Perkins & Will's public high school design in Billerica

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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

It’s a Vertical Forest combining open and closed balconies that interrupt the regularity of the building and create an ever-changing movement. The post Stefano Boeri Architetti complete vertical forest city in Huanggang appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Icon’s House Zero has a low-waste, biophilic design by Lake|Flato that riffs on the form of classic ranch homes. In anticipation of SXSW, Austin’s annual music and film festival that’s returning after a two-year hiatus, 3D-printing company Icon has unveiled their latest home design. With its flat roof, wooden beams exposed, and a structure made of glass, a printed concrete material, and more wood, it’s reminiscent of a ranch home you might find in Texas, but with a modernist bent. ??

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designboom

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

the final structure celebrates the beauty of natural shapes yet adopts an introverted character, limiting the visual contact to neighboring houses. The post niko architect’s futuristic membrane house in russia is informed by natural motifs 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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Deezen

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

US firm CLB Architects has blended Japanese and mid-century Californian architecture styles for this house in Jackson, Wyoming , which is broken up by a trio of courtyards. The Tengoku Residence is located in the ski resort town of Jackson , at the base of the Teton Range of the Rocky Mountains. It is situated next to a small marshy artificial pond in a grove of blue spruce.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

As part of the firm’s desire to fill the “middle market” of residential housing options with inspiring contemporary architecture, Chicago-based practice Future Firm has designed a new 1,300-square-foot residential project, called Hem House, that has provided the city with a sustainable model for building the bedrock of successful mixed-income communities.

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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

To differentiate it from urban construction and revitalize traditional rural culture, LUO adopted natural materials to construct the bridge. The post LUO Studio complete timber bridge in Gulou appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

How does daylight affect happiness and well-being? Marvin decided to find out. We all have an intuition that natural light and views of the outdoors have a positive effect on how people feel in their homes. But how much does daylight really affect happiness? Marvin commissioned a recent survey of more than 1,000 homeowners and industry professionals in the United States to find out—and it turns out to be a lot more than even the company expected.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

a sustainable beverage carton san francisco-based designer pushan panda created bruk, a sustainable beverage carton designed to be recycled. in his design, the paper carton is separated from the plastic lining, making the packaging easier to be recycled. although cartons stacked on supermarket shelves – such as milk, juice, and even tomato sauce – […].

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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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Deezen

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Hundreds of wooden elements are bolted together to form Timber Bridge in Gulou Waterfront, the latest project by Chinese architecture office LUO Studio. The 25-metre-long bridge is located in Gulou, a water village in Jiangmen, China. This unusual manmade landscape, formed of a network of waterways and ponds, once provided an infrastructure for fishing and farming.

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Architonic

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Since 2020, Chinese government has tightened macro control of the real estate sector, and the policy of rating real estate firms into four classes based on three key indicators signifies that the period of demographic, land and financial dividend is coming to the end. This has caused anxiety in the land market, and real estate developers in the private sector are taking a wait-and-see attitude.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The great challenge behind Casa MF was to adapt client’s wishes, whose main premise was that the house should be built in an "L" shape. Developing an original identity and finding an answer to this request, was the main inspiration for the approach adopted in an almost imperceptible way. Then the distribution of spaces, with clarity and rationality, without the morphological obviousness hidden in the tenuous movement of the elements that accompanies the two streets that flank the volumetry

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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A large sloped roof is supported by a series of timber columns that grow from an intimate human scale to the harbour scale. The post Growing Up is a timber pavilion set upon the Hong Kong skyline appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The authors of "The Women Who Changed Architecture" take a permanent marker to the field as we’ve come to know it, boldly underscoring the profound achievements of more than 100 women. Even before editor and historian Jan Cigliano Hartman began studying the history of architecture in the 1970s, she was well aware of the stark imbalance in printed knowledge between women and men architects.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

the history of the visionary stanley h. ‘wacky’ arnolt was a chicago industrialist and entrepreneur who, at first, owned businesses that supplied marine and furniture manufacturers. after the second world war, he turned to sports car and racing, the mark of his offbeat taste for automobiles in his era. later on, he became one […]. The post fully restored 1955 arnolt-mg coupe is sleek, practical, and has only 89 miles on the clock appeared first on designboom | architecture &

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has designed a plant-covered building called Timber House as part of a developement on Toronto's waterfront that will include buildings by Alison Brooks Architects and Henning Larsen. Set back from the waterfront, the long and narrow Timber House will reportedly be one of the largest residential mass-timber structures in Canada, when it completes.

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has named the 11 winning projects of this year’s Architecture Awards, an annual program that “celebrates the best contemporary architecture and highlights the many ways buildings and spaces [.]. Read More. The post The Shed and Menil Drawing Institute among the winners of the 2022 AIA Architecture Awards appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

The important next step in Columbia University ’s aggressive campus expansion project has been inaugurated this week with the opening of its new Columbia Business School, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with FXCollaborative , in northern Manhattan. The school’s fourth incursion into the blocks north of 125th Street marks the end of the first phase of its controversial Manhattanville development scheme.

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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Magnolia House, a private residential home by Estudio Felipe Escudero, is designed to represent the calmness and serenity of nature. The post Magnolia House is designed to represent the calmness and serenity of nature appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Architonic

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

New business incubator and office building; “Turbosealtech”, designed by New Wave architecture. The project is located in Pardis Technology Park, in suburb of Tehran, aims to provide a platform for people to research and innovate. Pardis Technology Park is made up of developments by architects from Iran, and this project continues this pattern of expressing the vision of Iranian architects through its design team.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

the elevated retreat will offer relaxing open-air baths, healthy tofu-based cuisine, and yoga sessions with panoramic views. The post shigeru ban is designing a zen wellness center for awaji island in japan appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

British photographer Marc Goodwin has gone behind the scenes at 12 architecture studios in Berlin including Barkow Leibinger and Sauerbruch Hutton for the latest in his photography series exploring where architects work. Goodwin, who is the founder of studio Archmospheres , has documented architecture studios in cities across the world including Istanbul , Shanghai and São Paulo.

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The Spaces

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Airlines are restoring their routes, temperatures are topping 20 degrees and the pavements are heaving, even with masks mandated outdoors. Even though organisers have backloaded the schedule of events for Valencia’s turn as World Design Capital, the atmosphere is buzzing. At least Valencia, Spain’s third-largest city, has been luckier than Lille, which began its tenure in January 2020, says Eduardo Teixeira-Alves, the event’s promotional director.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Seven finalists have been revealed for the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture — Mies van der Rohe Award , chosen from a shortlist of 40 works which we reported on earlier this year. The seven projects are divided into five architecture works and two emerging architecture works. The awards jury described the seven works as ones which “encourage and become models and references for local city policies” addressing topics such as community engagement, circular

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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

The Wetland Eco Hotel is composed of two types of rooms that are randomly distributed and look like wings of a bird. The post This ecological hotel in Fuyang is built on a restored wetland appeared first on Åvontuura.

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