Archinect

MAY 20, 2024

Following our previous visit to Massachusetts-based Murdough Design , we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Oregon this week to explore the work of Waechter Architecture. Launched in 2007, and based in Portland, the firm has built a portfolio orientated around clarity of composition, material, systems, and experience. In a 2019 edition of our Studio Snapshot series , founder Ben Waechter told Archinect: “Since the beginning, the focus of the office has been on design clarity.

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MAY 20, 2024

© Felipe Petrovsky architects: Estúdio Vinicius Macêdo Location: Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Felipe Petrovsky Area: 330.

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MAY 18, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Thoothukudi, India. Images by f/8. Sited on the outskirts of a port city, Tuticorin, the 5000sq.ft residence offers solace reflecting the relentless shoreline. The house, The Billy O’.

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Archinect

MAY 15, 2024

Norway ’s new Kunstsilo Museum has opened to the public in the southern port city of Kristiansand. The new home for the private collection of Nicolai Tangen is the product of a six-year transformation authored by Spanish studios Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, Mendoza Partida, and BAX in a former grain silo (hence the name) and integrates the Southern Norway Art Museum’s holdings seamlessly into one space that covers three floors and yields a total of 3,300 square meters (35,520 squa

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Chaos

MAY 16, 2024

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designboom

MAY 16, 2024

the tiles are shaped with a millenary artisanal technique, reimagined in contemporary expressions exploring forms found in nature. The post damián lópez’s mediterránea reimagines artisanal zellige for handcrafted contemporary tiles appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 15, 2024

© Aleatek Studio Aleatek Studio ’s concept of “Floating Forest” has been announced as the winner of the competition for the design of the Serbia Pavilion at Expo Osaka 2025. The pavilion, will be located at the West Entrance and Earth Plaza, aims to interpret Serbian culture and the country’s natural landscape through architectural expression. The design strategy also aligns with the theme “Play for humanity” of the upcoming Specialised Expo 2027 to be held in Belgrade.

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Archinect

MAY 17, 2024

Ayers Saint Gross has shared renderings of its new design in Charlotte, North Carolina, ahead of its opening in 2025. Dubbed 'The Pearl,' the scheme is a 3 million-square-foot mixed-use innovation district intended to aid the Wake Forest School of Medicine's expansion and mission to become a new civic hub for around a million Charlotteans. Rendering courtesy Ayers Saint Gross and CO Architects Rendering courtesy Ayers Saint Gross and CO Architects Located at the edge of Uptown, the program inclu

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 15, 2024

Engineered stone is often hailed as a wonder material. It’s cheap, durable, recyclable, and attractive. But it’s also killing people, according to medical researchers and public health officials around the The post Once considered a safe material, silicosis is the subject of new regulations and changing sentiments about its effects on our health appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

MAY 15, 2024

An interactive video installation connecting Dublin and New York City that was set to form part of NYCxDesign programming was temporarily shut down for poor behaviour from both cities. Founded by Lithuanian artist Benediktas Gylys , The Portal installation is an ongoing initiative in which two circular screens are installed in partner cities and cast a 24/7 live feed of its inhabitants to the other, as a "bridge to cultures from around the world".

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designboom

MAY 18, 2024

stepping inside, a double height atrium and circulation system with no defined corridors encourage flexible interaction and learning. The post artico fracassi wraps italian school in glass and perforated encasing to bring the outdoors in appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 15, 2024

© Prueksakun Kornudom, Ketsiree Wongwan architects: WOS Architects Location: , Thailand Project Year: 2022 Photographs: Prueksakun Kornudom, Ketsiree Wongwan Area: 160.

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Archinect

MAY 17, 2024

To coincide with UNESCO’s International Day of Light celebration on May 16th, The Daylight Award has announced Spanish architect Alberto Campo Baeza and the German biologist Till Roenneberg as the respective honorees in this year’s Daylight in Architecture and Daylight Research categories.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 13, 2024

Today, representatives for Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verde, California, announced plans to disassemble the 1951 ecclesiastical structure by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, Lloyd Wright. Local firm Architectural Resources Group The post Wayfarers Chapel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son, will be disassembled as land movement in the area continues appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

MAY 15, 2024

A 36-metre-tall concrete silo has been converted into a dramatic hotel lobby at Bacalan Block – the transformation of a former factory site in Bordeaux into a mixed-use development by Colboc Sachet Architects. Overlooking the River Garonne near the city's centre, the new scheme was completed in 2021 and provides two hotels , a combined hostel and student accommodation and an art gallery.

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designboom

MAY 13, 2024

(an)-graph draws parallels between mondrian's geometric compositions and traditional japanese vertical and horizontal construction. The post hajime yoshida inserts modernist geometries into traditional japanese home appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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ArchDaily

MAY 18, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Kyoto, Japan. Images by Shohei Yoshida. Plans for the renovation of a space that used to be a parking lot into offices. Kyoto has a long history of creating "mise-tana" and "machi-tana" to.

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Archinect

MAY 17, 2024

BIG has designed a new remote hotel concept on Sagi Island, Japan, for the NOT A HOTEL brand, its sixth property overall. The new Setouchi project follows other hospitality designs from the firm, including the new Hôtel des Horlogers in Switzerland and Vollebak Island in Canada. Rendering: MIR Rendering: MIR Rendering: LIT design A ribbon-like footpath stitches together the mossy archipelago’s natural landscape with the residential portion of the design.

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Architonic

MAY 15, 2024

<p>Every now and then something happens that makes me feel old. I don’t mean I’ve-never-heard-of-Taylor-Swift old. I mean the kind of old where you feel you’re no longer down with the kids. (And yes. I realise that’s an expression that an old person would use.)</p> <p>Take the word ‘rizz’. Those cunning linguists at the Oxford English Dictionary found its nowness so persuasive, they named it word of the year for 2023.

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Deezen

MAY 18, 2024

Dutch practice Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten has completed Vertical Farm Beijing, an innovation centre for urban fruit and vegetable production housed in a faceted greenhouse. Created for horticultural company AgriGarden and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science (CAAS) , the centre was designed to demonstrate to both students and the general public how food can be grown sustainably in an urban environment.

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designboom

MAY 13, 2024

in the book, more than 150 photographs by various creators show the juxtaposition of austere concrete structures and lush flora. The post plants vs concrete: a world of eco-brutalism unfolds inside new photography book appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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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.

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ArchDaily

MAY 13, 2024

Completed in 2023 in Mumbai, India. Images by Niveditaa Gupta. LIVING BRIDGES - Concept/Philosophy - Living Bridges is designed to move away from the typical dormitory or student hostel typology in urban.

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Dwell

MAY 17, 2024

Designed by Philip Sheridan Collins in 1962, the 3,400-square-foot residence in Princeton, New Jersey, is built around a massive bluestone courtyard. Location : 9 Honey Brook Drive, Princeton, New Jersey Price : $800,000 Architect : Philip Sheridan Collins Year Built : 1962 Footprint : 3,417 square feet (three bedrooms, three baths) Lot Size : 1.38 acres From the Agent : " Welcome to 9 Honey Brook Drive: a unique, custom-built, midcentury-modern home designed by renowned Princeton architect Phil

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Deezen

MAY 13, 2024

Canadian practice Studio North has wrapped a wooden screen around the curved corners and cantilevers of a Calgary house near a winding river. Studio North completed the 4,520-square-foot (420-square metre) residence – known as Elbow House – at the end of 2023 on an 8,050-square-foot (748-square metre), wedge-shaped property along the banks of the Elbow River.

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designboom

MAY 14, 2024

the transport system on the moon named flexible levitation on a track (FLOAT) can assist astronauts in transporting objects during lunar missions. The post NASA plans to develop the first levitating railway transport system on the moon appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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