Architizer

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Architizer's A+Awards Best Firm categories allow design firms of all sizes to showcase their practice and vie for the title of “World’s Best Architecture Firm”. Start an A+Firm Award Application today. Housing defines us. At a time when there is a critical need for both affordable housing and greater stock worldwide, there’s also a strong push to find more streamlined construction methods.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

the recently released book 'brutalist paris' documents the movement's most significant examples in and around the french metropolis. The post ‘brutalist paris’: a book that explores the post-war concrete architecture in the french capital appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

At the end of a road, an existing house built by the grandfather of three grandchildren punctuates the street by its position in the plot. The post Madeleine architectes and Studio François Nantermod design community housing project in the hills of Switzerland appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The 18th Venice Architecture Biennale officially announced its 89-strong slate of participants for this year’s exhibition titled “The Laboratory of the Future,” curated by the Scottish-Ghanaian architect and academic Lesley Lokko. Opening May 20th, the Biennale will run through November 26th and feature an even 50-50 gender parity and the representation of more than half of this year’s participating artists identifying with the African diaspora.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

via New York Engineers Almost two decades ago, in the downtown corridor of Columbus, Ohio, the century-old landmarked Lazarus Building underwent an extensive renovation to save the department store and restore it to its former glory. Sixty million dollars went into its restoration and transformation into a retail and office complex. During the construction, workers recycled nearly 5,000 pounds of steel, 2,000 pounds of concrete, and significant amounts of carpeting, ceiling tiles, and various wo

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Avontuura

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

798CUBE Art Museum, a renovation project, is located inside 798 art district adjacent to Pace Art Museum and Minsheng Museum of Modern Art. The post Studio Zhu Pei designs sheltered art museum in Beijing appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Snøhetta has revealed its design for a new large-scale mixed-use development in Bangkok. Designed in collaboration with A49 Architects and SHMA Landscape Architects , the 2.7 million-square-foot Cloud 11 development is described by the team as “a hub for innovation and tech companies in the city and provides the area with a large, green public space” as well as a node for “artists, makers, and tech entrepreneurs.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

© Ksymena Borczynska architects: Ksymena Borczynska Location: Costa Rica Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Ksymena Borczynska Area: 150.

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The Spaces

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The sandy landscape of Joshua Tree feels like the perfect backdrop for Bonita Domes – a sci-fi-style compound on the market for $2.1m. The California property looks like the love child of Star Wars and The Flintstones and was built using long sandbags of earth excavated from the site. Its structure is based on a design by the late architect Nader Khalili, who pioneered this form of earthbag construction called SuperAdobe.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

'moriyama house' is a residential cluster that stretches horizontally, letting the architecture unfold seamlessly into the outdoors. The post ryue nishizawa’s volumes & voids recall memories from tokyo’s nostalgic neighborhoods appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Architecture licensure and running a practice are topics widely discussed on Archinect. While everyone's path is different the experiences of firm leaders, regardless of their firm size, offer a look into the realities of being an architect, leader, and entrepreneur. "Having my own practice has allowed me to use the business as a platform to create more than just architecture.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Local studio Ryan Leidner Architecture renovated a 1940s home in the Bernal Heights neighbourhood of San Francisco , resolving entry access with a bridge over the front garden. Ryan Leidner Architecture completed the 2,500-square-foot (230-square metre) Hosono House in 2021, cladding the house in charcoal-stained cedar siding with a copper, standing seam roof.

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The Spaces

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Concrete and stone volumes stagger their way down the slope at Villa Ito in the heart of Mexico ’s Guanajuato farmlands. The freshly completed ranch is inspired by the minimalist works of Vincent Van Duysen , Axel Vervoordt and Donald Judd and was realised by an American music producer and his hotelier wife. The couple ditched the rat race for a quiet life in San Miguel de Allende, crafting the minimalist four-bedroom Mexican property over a four-year span.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

the sculptural desert reaches 12 meters high and patches over 26,000 viúva lamego ceramic tiles and pieces around the three-tier garden architecture. The post joana vasconcelos bakes three-tier ceramic wedding cake pavilion at waddesdon garden appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

MVRDV has shared photos of its just-completed “ambitious architectural experiment” wholesale produce market project in Tainan, Taiwan. The firm’s second foray into the country, open-air Tainan Market features a publicly-accessible green roof, punctuated at one end by an office structure, that can be further adapted for agricultural use while providing users a stepped vista onto the market floor and surrounding landscape beyond.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Brooklyn studio Elizabeth Roberts Architects has completed a cedar alpine house in the Catskills Mountains that connects two gabled forms underground. Located on a mountainside in Windham, New York , the 3,500-square-foot (325-square-metre) house sits on a 1.4 acre site with a steep drop-off. The two pitched structures connect on an underground floor level Completed in 2020, Elizabeth Roberts Architects used the grade to embed part of the plan and maximize views of the mountains.

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Venice is gearing up for the 18th edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale, which runs from May 20 through November 26. Earlier this week AN highlighted the 89 architects, designers, [.] Read More. The post Sixty-three pavilions will host exhibitions at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

the trapezoidal cabins widen on the glazed side, offering guests secluded views of the forest. The post a set of wooden restroom cabins peeks through the treetops of native forest in são francisco appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Virginia-based Bushman Dreyfus has been named a winner of the Small Architecture category of the 2022 Architecture MasterPrize for their Heirloom Farm Studio. Located in a sustainable residential community on a working farm at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Central Virginia , the 565-square-foot building functions as both an art studio, exercise room, and music rehearsal space.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The demolition of the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium in Japan by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Kenzo Tange has been announced, sparking a petition to save it. Completed by Tange in Takamatsu in 1964, the post-war landmark has been under threat of demolition since 2014 when it was closed due to a roof leak. It has now been confirmed by local governor Toyohito Ikeda that the iconic boat-like structure, which is in need of an extensive retrofit, will be torn down.

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The Spaces

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

We love a renovation challenge, and this cabinetmaker’s workshop ticks all the right boxes with its soaring volume, skylit windows and location at the heart of Grasse, near the French Riviera. The Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur property dates from 1833, and it’s seen several uses over the centuries, having housed an old mill, industrial manufacturing facilities and a carpentry workshop.

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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

with its rusticated stone walls and interior vaulting preserved, 'casolare scarani' sees a sensitive transformation. The post historic farmhouse in idyllic italian countryside revitalized by andrew trotter appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Buildner Architecture Competitions has announced the results of its Las Vegas Affordable Housing Challenge. Part of the organization’s Affordable Housing series, the competition challenged participants to propose a “flexible, innovative, pilot-phase concept for affordable housing within Greater Las Vegas.” “There is no one right answer to making housing affordable,” the organizers say in their summation of the competition results.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

English architecture office Studio McW has added a series of gabled extensions to an 18th-century house in Cambridgeshire, using stone and timber to complement the rural character of the existing building. The studio, headed by architects David McGahon and Greg Walton, was tasked with modernising and expanding Follyfield house for a young family, who relocated to the region from London.

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The Architect's Newsletter

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

For the past two years, urban revitalization strategy consultant and community-based developer Majora Carter has been operating Bronxlandia as a site for temporary events in a decommissioned Cass Gilbert–designed Hunts [.] Read More. The post Majora Carter and STUDIO V to transform a 1908 Cass Gilbert train station for Bronxlandia, an event and performance space appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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