The Architect's Newsletter

JULY 22, 2022

Brought to you by: Architect KieranTimberlake Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia Completion Date May 2020 Structural and Facade Engineer Thornton Tomasetti Structural Engineer (Construction Phase) Keast & Hood Landscape Architect West 8 [.].

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Restoration Structural Engineering Building Engineering 139

Deezen

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Diller Scofidio + Renfro ( DS+R ) will repair the original structure designed by Wright in 1959 as his first and only standalone theatre – which has since had a series of additions added and has fallen into a state of disrepair. Diller Scofidio + Renfro will refurbish a Frank Lloyd Wright theatre in Texas and the surrounding area.

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Restoration Renovation Landscape Structure 97

The Architecture Designs

JANUARY 22, 2024

This includes an appealing de­sign, structure rundown, and ideal location for the house­. This is what landscape architects do. They may create­ a calm Japanese Zen garde­n or a structured French formal garden. In this Guide, we will discuss landscape architecture and its importance. What is landscape architecture?

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Landscape Architecture Restoration Site 52

Hotel Designs

JUNE 13, 2023

In recent years, the iconic property has been restored to its former glory by a team of respected designers and consultants from Virserius Studio, PHX Architecture, Serving the Nation, Inc., A colourful Spanish mosaic wraps around the bar, topped with a ramada decorated in a geometric flower in backlit glass.

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Restoration IT Consulting Glass 98

Archinect

APRIL 5, 2024

In the ever-evolving landscape of architectural restoration, Mecanoo continues to carve its name with transformative projects that honour history while embracing modernity. Our journey began in 2017, as we ventured through Perth's scenic landscapes, immersing ourselves in the city's rich heritage.

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Restoration Renovation Landscape Innovation 130

Deezen

AUGUST 10, 2022

Dutch studio Architectuur Maken has completed De Niewe Herdgang, a sculptural staircase rising 25 metres to create a watchtower over the landscape outside the city of Tilburg , the Netherlands. Landscape and people are inextricably linked. Structural engineer: Rutger Snoek, Transist-or. Landscape architect: Eelerwoude.

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Landscape Structural Engineering Design Contractor 109

BD+C

JUNE 5, 2023

How to properly assess structural wind damage 0 dbarista Mon, 06/05/2023 - 16:17 Engineers Properly assessing wind damage can identify vulnerabilities in a building's design or construction, which could lead to future damage or loss, writes Matt Wagner, SE, Principal and Managing Director with Walter P Moore.

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Structure Insurance Structural Engineering Safety 98

Archinect

JANUARY 18, 2024

The basic goal was to restore the internal water level and navigability of city of Győr - the city of waters - and to improve the image of the city.

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Building Restoration Design Engineering 212

Hotel Designs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Image credit: Woods Bagot The 16th-century monastery and accompanying existing structures are built from locally-sourced limestone in an example of the architecture of the Byzantine era. Main image credit: Woods Bagot Stavros Tis Minthis – a modern relic restored Pauline Brettell.

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Restoration Modern Masterplanning Concept 52

Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2023

Also included is a scheme that aims to implement landscape architecture methods that stop diseases from spreading, as well as a project examining the impact of wildfires. Landscape architecture is a broad field that encompasses the design of a complex range of environments outside our buildings.

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Landscape Project Students Architecture 109

Architizer

JANUARY 17, 2023

The relationship between built and organic landscapes can sometimes be a fraught one. These exceptional winning landscape projects from the 10 th Annual A+Awards achieve precisely that. Merging Old and New Landscapes. Architizer's 11th Annual A+Awards is open for entries! But it doesn’t have to be this way.

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Landscape Architect Masterplanning Utilities 123

Architizer

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Ring of Bjólfur By ESJA Architecture , exa nordic , Okarheima , ANNA Landscape architect , Arkibygg arkitekar , Seydisfjordur, Iceland Jury Winner, 2023 A+ Awards, Unbuilt Landscape If you’ve even glanced at Iceland from a passing plane window you’ll know the country doesn’t do much that isn’t packed with awe.

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Landscape Nature Building Architecture 86

Deezen

MAY 3, 2024

SO-IL will provide critical restorations of the structures and unify the campus through a courtyard area that will connect to the buildings as well as to the street and adjacent marina. The forms of the existing structures will remain generally as is. The adjacent marina will remain functioning.

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Art Space Restoration Roofing 62

Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2023

The project’s brief calls for the creation of four gateway structures and will supposedly enhance connections between downtown Niagara Falls and the popular state park in an extension of a previous strategic plan begun by PAU and the state in early 2021.

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Project Restoration Foundation Design 261

aasarchitecture

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Palazzo dei Diamanti in Ferrara, Italy reopens to the public after the careful restoration and refurbishment of the 16th-century complex and the renovation of exhibition spaces carried out by architectural firm Labics. The group formed by Labics and 3TI progetti italia was selected from among 70 participating groups. Source by Labics.

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Restoration Renovation Exterior Contemporary 52

Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Google has opened a building serving its North American operations in New York City that is housed in a 1930s rail terminal restored and adapted by architecture studios CookFox Architects and Gensler. The studio added nine floors on top of the restored original three floors. Seeing possibilities where others are not able." said Hochul.

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Renovation Civil Engineering Restoration Contractor 145

aasarchitecture

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (NYS OPRHP) and The Olana Partnership (TOP) announce that construction has begun for the Frederic Church Center for Art and Landscape at Olana State Historic Site. The SLDP targeted three main areas for restoration: the House Environs, the Farm, and the Center.

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Landscape Art Architecture Restoration 59

Deezen

MARCH 23, 2022

The structure is now certified under the Passivhaus EnerPHit category, particular to retrofitted buildings. In order to achieve the status, ERA updated the cladding of the structure to ensure thermal performance and airtightness. Structural: Entuitive Corporation. Landscape: ERA Architects. Photo by DoubleSpace.

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Structure Consulting Renovation Housing 104

Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Course: Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture and Master of Urban Design. Our degree programmes in architecture, landscape architecture and urban design, combined with dual and joint degree options, immerse our students in experiences that propel them to leadership in their fields. Washington University in St Louis.

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Landscape Project Students Architecture 94

Deezen

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Architecture studio NYAWA has restored and updated a traditional timber home in Toyama, Japan , to create a pared-back holiday home where visitors can "feel the passage of time". However], we thought that simply leaving the old things and cleaning them up would not complete what is comfortable for people today," he added.

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Home Restoration Finishes Structure 131

Deezen

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Studio Egret West aims to retain as much of the existing structures as possible to minimise carbon consumption while creating homes ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments. The landscape strategy aims to increase biodiversity Studio Egret West is a London-based architecture firm founded in 2004 by Christophe Egret and David West.

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Housing Civil Engineering Consulting Architecture Firm 145

Deezen

MAY 1, 2024

American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. Simple lines and geometries create a striking contrast with the undulating landscape and stunning coastline in the distance," the team said.

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Housing Architect Design Engineering 110

Architizer

MAY 23, 2022

Following centuries of unrest, the Basque region is known today for its fierté that lies in its distinct customs, culture, language, cuisine and breathtaking landscapes. The traditional baserri Basque-style home coats the landscape. Each region in the Basque country has its own interpretation of this traditional baserri structure.

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Contemporary Landscape Nature Project 98

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

An exhibition of hand-crafted art and design pieces, including a seminal sculpture by Charles and Ray Eames , is on display at the former New Jersey home of 20th-century landscape architect James Rose. The post At the Rose House is a design showcase at the home of famed landscape architect appeared first on Dezeen.

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Landscape Home Housing Architect 96

Deezen

JANUARY 19, 2024

Global architecture studio SOM has designed a terminal for the Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, India , that draws on the city's heritage and landscape. Inside, the studio adorned the terminal's engineered bamboo structure with hanging plants and greenery, creating bright and airy interiors lit by roof openings.

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Design Engineering Engineering Restoration 129

Architizer

MARCH 7, 2024

A Waterfront Homestead Reborn: Restorative Design in the Yangtze Delta Polders by Shanghai Landscape Architecture Design and Research Institute, Shanghai, China | Jury Winner, 11th Annual A+Awards, Sustainable Landscape / Planning Project PLANNING 1.

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Sustainability Architecture Restoration Design 127

Deezen

MARCH 5, 2024

Breach House will be powered by photovoltaic (PV) panels and micro-hydro energy The 430-metre-square proposal will comprise the new home, along with the restoration of an existing agricultural barn and extensive landscaping.

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Housing Design Site Sustainability 128

Deezen

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A gabled extension adjoins to the former ruin The 171-square-metre house is formed of two gabled structures situated perpendicular to one another, connected by a glass corridor. Meanwhile, with in the second building is a separate living room, with large windows punctured into the volume framing views of the surrounding landscape.

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Housing Restoration Structure Renovation 130

Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

American studio SOM has created a "vertical campus" for the US Department of Transportation in Massachusetts that features aluminium fins on its sides and a landscape installation by designer Maya Lin. In the grass sections nearest the entrance-side street, designer Maya Lin created a series of undulating mounds.

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Transportation Building Restoration Glass 124

Deezen

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Strict preservation guidelines dictated that the old building had to be restored as it was first built An array of commercial and recreational facilities are also incorporated, such as a restaurant, kitchen, cocktail and tasting rooms, gallery, cafeteria, multipurpose rooms, auditorium, courtyards, arcade gardens and retail premises.

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Restoration Commercial Events Technique 120

The Architecture Designs

AUGUST 26, 2023

In the cosmopolitan landscape of Sydney, the significance of a roof extends beyond just functional value. These structures, often overlooked in their silent duty, encapsulate the stories, dreams, and memories of the inhabitants beneath. Sydney, with its own set of climatic challenges, requires roofs to be more than just coverings.

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Roofing Restoration Contractor Home 52

Deezen

JANUARY 20, 2024

Until recently, it has been common practice to hide away old structures during adaptive reuse projects. The bold new studio maintains every aspect of the heritage-listed structure within the internal living spaces, including the rotting timber, dead ivy and old birds' nests.

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Contemporary Home Restoration Residential 120

Deezen

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Chicago architecture firm Studio Gang has expanded a California college through the addition of mass-timber structures that were informed by how fungi grow in the wild. Four buildings were designed to complement the existing structures – California modern-style buildings with stucco walls and splashes of colour – and the woodland environment.

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Consulting Civil Engineering Structural Engineering Residential 131

Deezen

MAY 4, 2024

Loader Monteith and Studio SJM won a competition to design it with their proposal to "embrace the students and the landscape" with a low-slung, L-shaped building that hugs the site's trees. The Harmeny Learning Hub comprises two buildings set atop a paved patio. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Education Students Structural Engineering Landscape 59

Architonic

APRIL 17, 2022

Taking its cues from the landscape around it, Villa Apollon by Block722 sits on the southern edge of the Greek island of Lefkada. Planted roof and subterranean building techniques were used to restore the landscape to its original form, with the minimum possible intervention, re-creating vegetated areas with local herbs and plants.

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Housing Technique Restoration Landscape 144

Deezen

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Landscape studio Scape has won the Obel Award for 2023 for its "visionary" coastal defence system in New York City that will grow in efficiency as oysters inhabit it. American landscape architect Martha Schwartz , who served as chair of this year's Obel Award jury, hailed Living Breakwaters as "visionary". "[It]

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Urban Development Landscape Cities Structure 139

Deezen

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

British architecture studios David Chipperfield Architects and Assemble have teamed up with Australian landscape architect Jane Irwin to create a residential neighbourhood on a former dairy farm in Canberra. It comprises two and three-storey residential structures. Jane Irwin Landscape Architecture will restore the wetland landscape.

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Residential Architect Masterplanning Restoration 98