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MAY 6, 2025

Project by Sabin Design Lab Cornell University and the DEfECT Lab at Arizona State University. Image John Munson and Jason Koski For decades, technological evolution was driven by the exponential growth in computer processing powera trend famously predicted by Moores Law. From rudimentary mechanical devices to highly sophisticated microprocessors, this trajectory fueled the miniaturization and popularization of personal computers, laptops, and smartphones.

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Archinect

MAY 6, 2025

The NYC Department of Design and Construction (DDC) has announced its intent to select new architecture and engineering firms to help shape the next era of New York City’s civic buildings through its 21-year-old Design and Construction Excellence Program , a NYC initiative that partners with top architecture and engineering firms to deliver high-quality, innovative public buildings across the five boroughs.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2025

Over the past three days, the Dezeen team has been on the ground at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Here are their picks of the best national pavilions from this year's event. Photo by Joosep Kivime Estonia: Let me warm you Architects Keiti Lige, Elina Liiva and Helena Mnna have wrapped the exterior of an old building on the Venetian waterfront with bright white insulation panels for this year's Estonian Pavilion.

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designboom

MAY 9, 2025

four vertically staggered volumes form the core of the museum's composition. The post rural art museum’s aluminum lattice facade by team_bldg shimmers above chinese village appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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MAY 4, 2025

Highlite Images architects: Atelier Alter Architects Location: Sunner Group Complex, Guangze County, Nanping City, Fujian Province, China Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Highlite Images Photographs: Cyan & Orange Images Photographs: Courtesy of Atelier Alter Architects Area: 6800.

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Deezen

MAY 8, 2025

Architecture studio Schmidt Hammer Lassen has completed a power plant in Shenzhen , China, that is topped with a rooftop walkway. Located in Shenzhen's Longgang District, the Shenzhen Energy Ring will incinerate 5,000 tons of waste per day, generating 1.2 billion kilowatt hours of energy (kWh) annually. The emission standards implemented at the plant exceed the China national standard (GB18485-2014) and EU standards (2010/75/EU).

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designboom

MAY 9, 2025

the project showcases live woodcarving with bhutanese artisans and a robotic arm simultaneously etching identical motifs into timber beams. The post BIGs ancient future fuses hand-carving and robotics at venice biennale 2025 appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 5, 2025

Living Places Copenhagen. Image VELUX Traditional building development follows a risky model - design, build at full scale, and hope everything works as planned. Sustainable housing prototypes flip this script by creating functioning micro-versions of larger visions. This methodical approach allows designers to experiment with new materials, technologies, and systems without the enormous financial and environmental risks associated with full-scale development.

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Archinect

MAY 5, 2025

The winner of the 2025 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize has been announced as the Thaden School, a stunning K-12 project in Bentonville, Arkansas , from Marlon Blackwell , EskewDumezRipple , and Andropogon Associates that was completed in 2019.

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Speaker: Dylan Secrest

Construction projects are high-stakes operations where even minor inefficiencies can lead to costly delays, safety concerns, and budget overruns. Managing risk in construction has always been a challenge, but as projects grow in complexity, traditional methods no longer cut it. Enter Digital Transformation - a game changer approach that replaces inefficiency with AI-powered analytics, real-time monitoring, and automated workflows to proactively manage risk.

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MAY 9, 2025

Design agency Koto has collaborated with online retailer Amazon 's design team Amazon XCM in a rebrand of the company's distinct smile logo , while simplifying the identity of over 50 Amazon sub-brands. The rebrand is the first major overhaul for Amazon in over 20 years since its 1994 founding. The exercise focused on organising "fractured" branding assets that had developed independently while the company grew at a rapid pace.

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designboom

MAY 8, 2025

the balance bench looks simple, oak slats on a clean steel frame, but it only works if two or more people use it together. The post martin binder installs park bench in germany that only works with mutual effort appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 9, 2025

Long House with an Engawa Senior Daycare Center / Yamazaki Kentaro Design Workshop. Image Naoomi Kurozumi Japan, one of the places known for its high longevity, is critically facing a demographic shift. As the aging population continues to grow, so too does the demand for thoughtful, well-designed spaces that support elderly care. Traditionally, caregiving was woven into the fabric of family life, often falling on the shoulders of female members in a patriarchal society.

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2025

The 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale has all the looks of a must-see event as we celebrate its official opening this weekend in the Giardini, Arsenale, and other satellite locations spread across the floating city. Social media posts streaming in from the six-month fair capture the excitement and community on the ground for the 19th International Architecture Exhibition, where curatorial teams and their audiences expound on its theme 'Intelligens.

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MAY 9, 2025

Car brand Porsche and the Norman Foster Foundation have created a shimmering bridge and transport hub at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Named Gateway to Venice's Waterway, the 37-metre-long structure was designed to explore how future transportation methods could be integrated into Venice's historic setting. Norman Foster designed the Gateway to Venice's Waterway "The focus was on creating a holistic, impactful solution that celebrates Venice's character while addressing its pressing urban mo

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designboom

MAY 7, 2025

designboom met with ELEMENTAL founder alejandro aravena at the venice biennale to learn about the holcim collaboration. The post ‘examples move the world’: holcim and ELEMENTALs net-zero prototype at venice biennale appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 5, 2025

Thaden School. Image Timothy Hursley The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) has just announced the winners of the fifth MCHAP Americas Prize award: Thaden School, designed by Marlon Blackwell Architects , EskewDumezRipple , and Andropogon Associates. Located in Bentonville , Arkansas, on a 30-acre site, the campus explores the relationship between architecture, landscape, and community within the educational context.

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2025

The future of Tadao Ando ’s record-shattering 2023-25 MPavilion may be in doubt after The Art Newspaper reported on a looming June decision by officials in the city of Melbourne , where the 10th commission has remained in limbo since having its public phase viewing extended by one year last April. Despite its initial claims of being a fully demountable structure, the city says Ando’s only completed design in the Southern Hemisphere is in fact "not relocatable.

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Deezen

MAY 9, 2025

Neom climate advisor Donald Wuebbles has warned that The Line city in Saudi Arabia could alter local weather patterns. Speaking to newspaper Financial Times , Wuebbles explained how he had informed Neom that the scale of the development means it may impact weather patterns and the path of sand storms. "Part of my concern was, what impact is The Line and those [projects] going to have on the local environment.you start affecting the local weather and climate," he said.

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designboom

MAY 3, 2025

for riyadh's 'royal arts complex,' ricardo bofill taller de arquitectura composes thirteen unique and monumental volumes. The post ricardo bofills fragmented monumentality defines upcoming royal arts complex in riyadh appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 9, 2025

Doublespace Photography architects: Poiesis Architecture Location: Toronto, Canada Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Doublespace Photography Photographs: Jeremy D Mathers Area: 347.

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Archinect

MAY 5, 2025

Pete Buttigieg will be among the three keynote speakers headlining the 2025 AIA Conference on Architecture in Boston. His addition was announced by the American Institute of Architects ahead of the upcoming annual meeting, which takes place from June 4th to the 7th in the Rafael Viñoly -designed Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. The other speakers will be digital storyteller/architect Dami Lee and AI expert Allie K.

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Speaker: Donna Laquidara-Carr, PhD, LEED AP, Industry Insights Research Director at Dodge Construction Network

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MAY 8, 2025

Books help to brace the lightweight frame of La Libreria, a demountable library created by US studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro at the Venice Architecture Biennale. The 24-metre-long pavilion has a lightweight structure designed for transportability and "to support literacy and a love of reading" in various locations. The library was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro According to Diller Scofidio + Renfro, it draws on research into tensile structures in architecture, including works by architect

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designboom

MAY 8, 2025

perfect for moments of solitude, house sitter features a foldable gabled house structure, hinged to the chairs backrest. The post michael jantzen’s sculptural chair shapes tiny house shelter for your head appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 8, 2025

Meles Zenawi Memorial Park / Studio Other Spaces. Image Studio Other Spaces As architecture navigates a rapidly changing world shaped by ecological urgency , social transformation, and technological acceleration , the notion of intelligence is shifting. No longer confined to individual cognition or artificial computation , intelligence can emerge from cultural memory, collective practices, and adaptive systems.

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2025

Now in its 53rd year, the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) is the subject of a new documentary chronicling its unconventional history. Berkeley Street campus, 1971. Image is courtesy of the SCI-Arc Archives A New School covers SCI-Arc’s founding through to its more recent engagement with digital design and questions around labor practices in architecture, offering a concise ten-minute overview that may also interest viewers beyond the SCI-Arc community.

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