ArchDaily

JANUARY 28, 2024

Courtesy of WXCA | FSO Park Warsaw Last week, WXCA Architects unveiled the design for a new “green district of the future,” to be developed on a former FSO car factory site in Warsaw. The Polish automotive FSO factory will be transformed, outlined in a master plan envisioning a multi-functional and environmentally conscious district.

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Architectural Record

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The OpenROM project will transform the main lobby of Daniel Libeskind's contentious, crystalline 2008 expansion while adding new, admission-free gallery space.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The Jane Drew Prize for Architecture and Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture winners have been announced today by UK-based publications Architects’ Journal and The Architectural Review as part of their annual W Awards program, which is celebrating its 12th year in 2024.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Courtesy of Iwona Buczkowska Patricia Stroud, and Angela Davis, Oregon State University The Jane Drew Prize for Architecture 2024 and the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for Contribution to Architecture 2024 have been awarded to Polish-French architect Iwona Buczkowska and political activist and author Angela Davis , respectively.

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Archinect

MARCH 7, 2024

The annual awards program, led since 2012 by UK-based publications The Architectural Review and the Architect's Journal, aims to "raise the profile of women and non-binary people in architecture worldwide, inspiring change as a united voice of this global call for respect, diversity, and equality."

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Archinect

AUGUST 8, 2023

A $36 million restoration of Eero Saarinen ’s 1964 corporate headquarters for CBS in Manhattan has been announced by New York-based Harbor Group International, LLC (HGI) ahead of the project’s expected completion early this fall.

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Archinect

MAY 9, 2023

The 18th International Architecture Exhibition will be judged by the Italian architect and curator Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli (who will serve as President of the jury); Palestinian architect and curator Nora Akawi; &South-African Cityscapes co-founder, curator, and editor Tau Tavengwa; Spain- and London-based Polish academic Izabela Wieczorek; (..)

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Deezen

APRIL 9, 2024

Jun Mitsui & Associates and Pelli Clarke & Partners have converted a grocery store into a sake brewery The site contains three buildings – the brewery, housed in the shell of a former Stop & Shop grocery store, a small rice polishing building and a wastewater treatment facility.

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Archinect

MARCH 1, 2023

Przemek Olczyk, Warsaw -based architect and founder of Mobius Architekci, has published photographs of their completed Circle Wood project in the Kampinos National Park outside the Polish capital.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 13, 2021

She will receive a six-month fully paid internship at Polish architectural studio WXCA in Warsaw. Each finalist also received a €1,000 ($1,130) prize.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Local studio WXCA has completed the Polish History Museum and Polish Army Museum alongside a new public square on the site of the former Warsaw Citadel in Poland. The Warsaw Citadel remained separated off from the City and closed to its residents for the last 200 years," said WXCA architect Szczepan Wroński.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Occupying the same site as the original building, the reconstructed complex will house the Polish senate and serve as the headquarters of several cultural institutions. Townhouses on Saxon Axis will be rebuilt "The layout of the interiors of the palace will be adapted to modern-day utility functions," said WXCA architect Małgorzata Dembowska.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Architect and designer Manu Bañó explores the reflective qualities of copper with his OBJ-08 mirrors , launched as part of the Unique Design X fair at Mexico City art week. Matching in texture, the Floor Mirror has a free-standing rectangular frame with identical indentations on two sides that are polished to a high shine.

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Brought to you by: Architect: RDHA Location: Toronto Completion Date: 2023 View More Project Info Toronto-based studio RDHA has designed a new emergency generator tower for Metrolinx, the agency responsible The post RDHA designs a polished aluminum facade for Scott Street Generator in Toronto appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The Nine-Square House has high ceilings, polished concrete floors, and large picture windows that frame the surrounding scenery. The Nine-Square House was born of a several-year-long collaboration between a multidisciplinary artist/designer and an esteemed architect. Photo courtesy of The Lillie K. Photo courtesy of The Lillie K.

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Bustler

MARCH 6, 2024

The annual awards program, led since 2012 by UK-based publications The Architectural Review and the Architect's Journal, aims to "raise the profile of women and non-binary people in architecture worldwide, inspiring change as a united voice of this global call for respect, diversity, and equality."

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Architecture studio WXCA has extended the Polish Army Museum in Warsaw , adding a low-lying wing with coloured-concrete walls that are imprinted with chevrons. The post Pink concrete forms "geometric and disciplined" wing of Polish Army Museum appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Marcin Czechowicz.

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e-architect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

At the same time, creating this beauty in the architectural design process. At the same time, creating this beauty in the architectural design process. At the same time, creating this beauty in the architectural design process.

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Archinect

AUGUST 14, 2023

The project concept is the result of the cooperation of several bureaus: the Dutch KCAP designed the masterplan, a joint Russian and Polish S&P Architektura Krajobrazu did landscape master planning, Brusnika Design studio was in charge of the architecture, and Greenhance, the Russian and Swiss practice accomplished the landscape.

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designboom

OCTOBER 12, 2022

the curved shape, which the polish architects characterize as a harp, stretches across the hillside and follows the line of the nearby winding river. The post mobius architekci carves dune-shaped residence into lush hillside site in poland appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

MAY 5, 2023

Status: Built Location: Toronto, ON, CA Firm Role: Architect Themes : Adaptive reuse of a historic car garage to a food outlet Haptic experience of making doughnuts which inspired construction techniques Creamy, glazy, drizzle, pressed, squished, dripped Materials: Circular motif in paint and lighting Oozing masonry textures Bricks from previous use (..)

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Dwell

MARCH 18, 2024

Location : 2366 Carrington Place, Oakville, Ontario, Canada Price : $7,500,000 Architect : Joseph W. Storey Year Built : 1975 Footprint : 6,370 square feet (three bedrooms, four baths) From the Agent : " One of the last house commissions of architect Joseph W. Photo by Enzo Melana with Helicopix Inc.

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Deezen

APRIL 20, 2024

Photo by Benjamin Hosking Brunswick apartment, Australia, by Murray Barker and Esther Stewart Architect Murray Barker and artist Esther Stewart opted for colours and materials in keeping with mid-century interiors when updating this 1960s apartment in Melbourne 's Brunswick neighbourhood.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It is most frequently used as an aggregate for concrete as it is low-cost and high-strength, but it is also a popular cladding and flooring material, especially when polished. Marble is strong but easily carved and polishes well, making it suitable for numerous applications.

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World Architecture Community

AUGUST 15, 2023

Polish architecture practice WXCA architects and global engineering consultancy and design firm Buro Happold have completed the Polish Army Museum complex in Warsaw, Poland. Named Polish Army Museum, the project was completed as a major addition to the cultural landscape of the P.

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Deezen

MARCH 14, 2024

Dezeen Debate Dezeen Debate is sent every Thursday and features a selection of the best reader comments and most talked-about stories.

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e-architect

AUGUST 15, 2023

Polish Army Museum, Warsaw Building Project, Polish Modern Architecture Development, Photography Polish Army Museum in Warsaw 14 Aug 2023 Architecture: WXCA Location: Al. The Citadel was used by the Polish military and has been a restricted area, until now.

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Deezen

JULY 12, 2023

Named Dom Las – meaning Forest House in Polish – Basel-based Studio Onu drew on the home's location in Poland's Kashubian region to create a simple dwelling that would feel "in harmony" with the surrounding trees and the area's vernacular architecture.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Cultural institution Qatar Museums has released visuals of the Lusail Museum, a robust, drum-shaped gallery and museum designed by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron. For example, a spiral staircase leading to exhibition spaces will be sculpted from polished plaster, while the prayer room will be clad in reflective metal.

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Deezen

APRIL 25, 2022

INC , founded by architects Adam Rolston, Gabe Benroth and Drew Stuart, moved to a 1930s building on Varick Street after scaling up from its previous location on 19th Street. Meanwhile, the flooring was polished to a soft sheen, to reflect the light pouring in from large windows along the west facade.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Read on for our roundup of ten gift ideas from the design studio of architect Zaha Hadid. The Pulse collection includes vases, platters, bowls and tealights made from polished hand-blown glass. Shimmer is a range of scented candles and polished glass tealight holders, which the studio says is also among its bestselling gifts.

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Dwell

MARCH 11, 2024

Location : 1569 Stoddard Avenue, Thousand Oaks, California Price : $1,610,000 Architect : A. acres From the Agent : " Live the architectural dream in this iconic Eichler home designed by legendary architects A. Quincy Jones and Frederick Emmons Year Built : 1964 Footprint : 1,981 square feet (five bedrooms, two baths) Lot Size : 0.21

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Deezen

APRIL 22, 2024

Angular edges define the Andromeda tables Tables are also included in the Andromeda series, and take the form of a smaller table with two legs and a larger one with three, which have a highly-polished, eye-catching aluminium materiality.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Sculptural polished metal elements form the door pulls and clothes hooks, their smooth surfaces contrasting with the more textured golden planters and entrance handles. Designed in 1861 by architect Giuseppe Mengoni, the neo-classical Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is one of Milan's most desirable shopping destinations.

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The Spaces

APRIL 30, 2024

A fan of the Art Deco aesthetic seen on ocean liners crossing the Atlantic, Eaton commissioned French architect Jacques Carlu, who designed an expansive penthouse space with murals, bas reliefs, promenade and 600-seat ‘grande salle’ in a style known as Streamline Moderne.

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The Spaces

JULY 3, 2023

Bokšto 6 was a complex of crumbling buildings, some nearly 500 years old, which had been a Polish cardinal’s palace, a monastery, and in Soviet times, a hospital. Swiss-born Seilern, who at the age of 29 set up Rafael Viñoly Architects’ London studio has run her eponymous practice Studio Seilern Architects (SSA) since 2006.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2022

Named Polish Farmhouse, the house is a transformation of a historical homestead that involved redeveloping an old house on the property and reimagining five outbuildings that were demolished. who is architect Rafa? The model for the Polish Farmhouse was the basis of the short film ArchiPaper. The largest barn is no.5,

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