Archinect

MARCH 11, 2022

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Fund has launched a new program to support women of color obtain landscape architecture licensure and increase racial and gender diversity within the field. In its inaugural year, the Women of Color Licensure Advancement Program will provide 10 women of color with a two-year, personalized experience that includes up to $3,500 to cover the cost of sections of the Landscape Architectural Registration Exam (LARE), along with exam preparation cours

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Avontuura

MARCH 9, 2022

Low to the water and small in stature, the home creates a platform from which to enjoy and engage with the surrounding waterway. The post Olson Kundig design urban water cabin in Seattle appeared first on Åvontuura.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 10, 2022

Courtesy of ArchDaily. We are hiring! ArchDaily is looking for a motivated and highly-skilled architecture-lover to join our content team, working for our English website. A job in the editorial team of ArchDaily provides a unique opportunity to write engaging, thought-provoking, and insightful articles, as well as cover the latest trends and news in the architecture world.

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designboom

MARCH 11, 2022

inspiration from Star Trek as a kid, steven barrett, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, would watch the movie and tv series ‘star trek’ during his free time. his young eyes would gaze upon the shuttle crafts, so futuristic and dystopian that they would glide through the horizon at a lightning […]. The post MIT engineers built an airplane that flies without any moving parts appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MARCH 11, 2022

Competitions organizers Bee Breeders have unveiled the results of their Humble Architecture: Everest Challenge , which sought ideas for the design of toilet facilities that could improve the lives of users, and take account of environmental standards. News of the results comes in the same week that the competition organizer also unveiled the winners of their Office 2021 Design Challenge and Last Genocide Memorial Competition.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 7, 2022

Kindergarten Zimbabwe / Studio Anna Heringer. Image © Margarethe Holzer. At first glance, Dorte Mandrup's design for the Wadden Sea Center seems to mimic the landscape. Its low height, its horizontal lines and, above all, its materiality make it a modern building in perfect harmony with the local nature. But its connection also encompasses the built heritage of the region, more specifically because of its covering with straw, harvested and dried close to the land.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2022

British architecture studio Zaha Hadid Architects has created a "cyber-urban" city in the metaverse where people can buy plots of land with cryptocurrency and enter digital buildings as an avatar. Named Liberland Metaverse , the virtual city is a based on the Free Republic of Liberland – a micronation claimed by Czech politician Vít Jedli?ka that straddles disputed land between Croatia and Serbia.

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Archinect

MARCH 9, 2022

A pair of statewide incentive programs in Massachusetts is driving a surge of apartment buildings designed to the highly energy-efficient passive house standard. In the past year, families have moved into 257 affordable housing units in complexes built to the standard, and about 6,000 additional units are now in various stages of development. The Commonwealth has been ramping up investment into the technology since 2018, when it instituted The Passive House Design Challenge that awarded a total

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Avontuura

MARCH 10, 2022

A solid plinth reflects the harbour wall and nearby cliffs, containing the reception, gallery space, restaurant and artists’ studios. The post Invisible Studio and Ellis Williams complete playful cultural centre on Somerset coast appeared first on Åvontuura.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 7, 2022

© Vincent Hecht. architects: Taiga Kasai + Chong Aehyang Architecture / KACH Location: Gunma, Japan Project Year: 2020 Photographs: Vincent Hecht Area: 173.0 m2. Read more ».

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designboom

MARCH 11, 2022

fleshing out the idea hulasol evokes the memory of a pinwheel pirouetting against the breeze on the coast, with its color reminding the hue of the grainy sand. setting the eyes upon the top part of the umbrella, curved lines sprawl across the fabric, a reflection of zen and perfectionism through their undulating waves. […]. The post belgium-designed hulasol is a sun umbrella by day and an outdoor lamp by night appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MARCH 11, 2022

Two years into the project, they construct the city in short and mobile sprints. “We circle around different districts,” explained Minefact. “We work one week in Chinatown, then one week in Tribeca, one week on Bowery and then come back to Chinatown. We always work on multiple districts at the same time to keep things interesting.” The crowdsourced design-build was begun by a German user named MineFact who had attempted a similar project the year before for his hometown o

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Avontuura

MARCH 8, 2022

The headquarters in a prominent location in the centre of Nuremberg is the flagship of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce. The post Behles & Jochimsen Architekten complete stunning flagship building in Nuremberg’s old town appeared first on Åvontuura.

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Dwell

MARCH 10, 2022

The London architect tries "to show people that affordability can mean many things"—and his many fans think he’s succeeding. Peter Barber never expected to become the internet’s favorite affordable-housing architect. "My initial experience was in designing commercial housing," says Barber. But after spells with a couple major practices in the U.K. (Richard Rogers’s, Will Alsop’s), the British-born and trained architect followed his progressive political instincts, gravitating toward publicly sub

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designboom

MARCH 11, 2022

by blending the local agricultural history together with a contemporary program, lathhouse results in a sustainable building with a vernacular shape. The post birdseye’s lathhouse in the hamptons references traditional gabled farm structures appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MARCH 9, 2022

In early 2022, building fires at publicly-funded properties in the Bronx and Philadelphia claimed 29 lives. The facts and conditions surrounding the fires expose an ongoing failure by officials to provide and maintain a safe standard of housing for some of America's most vulnerable. However, the reactions by the same officials would suggest that a moment requiring urgent reforms in regulations, funding, and oversight is instead being met with indifference.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2022

Mexican studio RED Arquitectos has created a screen-wrapped house made almost entirely out of wood from coconut palm trees, which was designed to blend into its surroundings on a small island off the Yucatán Peninsula. Located on Holbox Island in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, Casa Numa is a 160-square-metre home that the client will use as a summer house and vacation rental.

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Architizer

MARCH 7, 2022

Browse the Architizer Jobs Board and apply for architecture and design positions at some of the world's best firms. Click here to sign up for our Jobs Newsletter. If history has taught us anything, it is that a driven woman is a force to be reckoned with. Georgia O’Keeffe, Mary Cassatt, Miriam Makeba, Harper Lee, Rukmini Devi Arundale, Frida Kahlo — the list of the talented creative woman who played a vital part in creative culture goes on and on.

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designboom

MARCH 10, 2022

a gentle, undulating landscape echoes the ocean waves and ripples beyond. The post büro ole scheeren designs tropical resort on sanya’s stunning coastline appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MARCH 9, 2022

Orlando International Airport's largest-ever expansion is about 90% complete, according to a Greater Orlando Aviation Authority press release shared with Construction Dive. The three-level South Terminal C project at Florida's busiest airport will encompass 300 acres, add 15 gates to accommodate up to 20 aircraft and serve 10-12 million additional passengers each year, the release said.

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Deezen

MARCH 7, 2022

London studio Macdonald Wright Architects has created the low-energy and heavily insulated Library House on an infill plot in Hackney. Designed as a rental property for studio founder James Macdonald Wright, the two-storey home was built on a four-metre-wide plot, which was previously used as a junkyard adjacent to the listed Clapton Library. Macdonald Wright Architects has created a house on an infill plot in Hackney.

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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.

Architecture

The Architect's Newsletter

MARCH 11, 2022

Pity the casual visitor to Chicago who spots DuSable Park on a map and decides to check out the parcel of land prominently situated on the city’s waterfront just south [.]. Read More. The post Chicago’s DuSable Park finally moves forward with Ross Barney Architects and Brook Architecture at the helm appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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designboom

MARCH 9, 2022

yoko ono is inviting the world to IMAGINE PEACE by staging a new global intervention throughout the world’s most prominent digital screens. The post yoko ono invites the world to IMAGINE PEACE appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MARCH 9, 2022

Last week's bombing of the Babyn Yar memorial site in Kyiv left five dead and drew the ire of the international Jewish community , who joined the official cultural body of the United Nations in condemning what under several legal bodies constitutes a war crime. The memorial sits atop the approximate location where, in September of 1941, approximately 34,000 Jews were executed in a two-day rampage that in considered one of the most significant events in the Holocaust.

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2022

Norm Architects has converted a traditional timber cabin , hidden away amongst pine trees in a forest in Sweden , into a pared-back holiday home for families. The Copenhagen-based studio took a "back-to-basics" approach when it came to remodelling the two-floor building, which is positioned on top of a ridge. Norm Architects has converted a traditional cabin into a minimalist holiday home.

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