Archinect
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Documentary filmmakers have discovered abusive working conditions for laborers of NEOM ’s The Line megacity development in Saudi Arabia. Per new reporting on the website Middleeasteye.net : "Labourers are forced to work grueling hours far beyond legal limits to construct the flagship project of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s Neom megacity, according to a new ITV documentary.
ArchDaily
OCTOBER 29, 2024
© Fangfang Tian architects: Kengo Kuma & Associates Location: , China Project Year: 2024 Photographs: Fangfang Tian Photographs: Eiichi Kano Area: 3437.
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Enscape
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Enscape's latest version, 4.2, gives you host application-specific features for tighter integration with design applications. This assortment of updates strengthens Enscape's most significant advantage—its seamless integration with the host application, allowing you to work faster and more precisely than ever.
The Architect's Newsletter
OCTOBER 29, 2024
A new documentary, Kingdom Uncovered: Inside Saudi Arabia, has revealed the total amount of worker deaths related to Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Vision 2030, a multitrillion dollar program which includes The post New documentary reveals that 21,000 workers have died working on Saudi Vision 2030, which includes NEOM, since construction began appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
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Deezen
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Researcher Tavs Jorgensen has created a method of extruding cob into brick shapes, in an effort to make the low-carbon biomaterial more accessible. Used to create bricks that can be stacked in interlocking patterns, the process involves pushing different samples of cob – a construction material made from earth and straw – through 3D-printed extrusion moulds known as dies.
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ArchDaily
OCTOBER 29, 2024
The Temple du Soleil and Voiles Blanches residential buildings. Image © Charly Broyez & Laurent Kronenta In the south of France , a 40-minute drive east of Montpellier, lies the otherworldly resort town of La Grande Motte. Named after a nearby sand dune, the city is characterized by futuristic , pyramid-shaped apartment blocks in various relief forms, adorned with diverse vegetation including pines, planes, olives, poplars, and cypresses.
designboom
OCTOBER 29, 2024
circular volumes with arcs of varying curvatures invite free movement through the central display area. The post e studio sculpts stainless steel installations in higold’s interstellar headquarters appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
Brandon Donnelly
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Bullpen Consulting just released its Q3-2024 high-rise land report for the Greater Toronto Area. Here’s a figure showing average high-density land prices (on a per buildable square foot) by quarter since 2018: Here’s their summary data broken out by Toronto versus the Greater Toronto Area: And here’s a list of all the land transactions last quarter: At the highest level, the average high-density land trade last quarter across the GTA was at around $98 per buildable square foot.
Deezen
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Parametric forms topped with greenery define this preschool in Andhra Pradesh, India , which has been completed by architecture firm Andblack Design Studio. Named Cocoon Pre-primary Extension, the preschool was designed as an extension to the existing Bloomingdale International School and has been shortlisted in the education project category for this year's Dezeen Awards.
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Archinect
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Deadlines for 2025 architecture academic programs are coming up soon! To learn more about exciting undergraduate and graduate degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning, take a look below at Archinect's latest highlight of upcoming information sessions and open houses (online and in-person) as a guide to your application process.
ArchDaily
OCTOBER 29, 2024
© JULIEN COMMAN The Monaco Pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka explores the fusion of Mediterranean and Japanese landscapes, creating a unique cultural dialogue through architecture and landscape design. The pavilion's design, centered around a harmonious blend of Mediterranean and Japanese garden elements, embodies Monaco's global initiatives and its commitment to environmental stewardship.
designboom
OCTOBER 29, 2024
built with 'uni-green' concrete, BIG's headquarters rises seven stories over copenhagen and uses 60% renewable energy. The post explore bjarke ingels group’s waterfront headquarters in copenhagen appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
The Architect's Newsletter
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Conservatories come in Crystal Palace and space frame forms, but they’ve never arrived quite like Weiss/Manfredi’s West Conservatory at Longwood Gardens. Located in Pennsylvania’s Brandywine Creek Valley, the 1,100-acre garden, The post Weiss/Manfredi and Reed Hilderbrand find new solutions for old problems at Longwood Gardens’ West Conservatory appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
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Deezen
OCTOBER 29, 2024
An 88-storey supertall skyscraper by architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox that pays homage to New York City's beaux-arts architecture has topped out in Midtown Manhattan. Located at 520 Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, the skyscraper will rise 1,002 feet (305 metres) and contain 100 luxury apartments, residential amenities, office space and a member's club.
Archinect
OCTOBER 30, 2024
The Bruner/Cott Architects -led renovations to Gund Hall at the Harvard Graduate School of Design has concluded its first phase after work began to rehabilitate the building’s envelope at the end of the spring 2024 semester. Both building efficiency and occupants' comfort have been improved with better insulation and an increased quality of light in most spaces as greater accessibility was made possible on the outside with the addition of new handrails and guardrails.
ArchDaily
OCTOBER 27, 2024
Completed in 2023 in Yanqing District, China. Images by DL Atelier, Xi Youji Studio, Yumeng Zhu. The village of Maying, located in the Yanqing District of Beijing, derives its name from Maying Castle. Maying Castle was constructed during the.
designboom
OCTOBER 29, 2024
elevated just above ground level, catalejo appears to float over the wild grasses. The post vaulted glazed shelter by tololo ugarte brings chilean natural setting within its interior appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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A new industry study conducted by Architizer on behalf of Chaos Enscape surveyed 2,139 design professionals to understand the state of architectural visualization and what to expect in the near future. We asked: How are visualizations produced in your firm? What impact does real-time rendering have? What approach are you taking toward the rise of AI?
The Architect's Newsletter
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Last year, a $5 million grant from the New York State Council on the Arts helped pave the way for at least a dozen new pavilions to be built atop Art The post SO – IL releases renderings for Art Omi at Chatham mini pavilion appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Deezen
OCTOBER 30, 2024
A series of viewpoints clad in charred-timber shingles have been perched throughout the largest nature park in Copenhagen by Danish studios LYTT Architecture and ADEPT. Located along a stretch of coastline east of the capital city, the 35-square-kilometre Amager Nature Park contains a mix of wetlands, marshes and areas of forest. LYTT Architecture and ADEPT have introduced a winding wooden boardwalk throughout the park that is dotted with viewpoints and elevated above ground to minimise disrupti
Archinect
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Documentary filmmakers have discovered abusive working conditions for laborers of NEOM ’s The Line megacity development in Saudi Arabia. Per new reporting on the website Middle East Eye : "Labourers are forced to work grueling hours far beyond legal limits to construct the flagship project of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s Neom megacity, according to a new ITV documentary.
ArchDaily
OCTOBER 27, 2024
One Central Park / Ateliers Jean Nouvel. Image © Stephen Bridger via Shutterstock Our contemporary society has been witnessing a surge in skyscraper construction in urban centers worldwide for various reasons—including engineering advancements, increased urban density , space constraints, and, arguably, a competitive drive for building the tallest structures.
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designboom
OCTOBER 25, 2024
the semi-open zone between the building’s layers blends functional and aesthetic purposes. The post vertically laid wooden blinds screen sarv office building’s interiors in tehran appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
The Architect's Newsletter
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) officials have announced a completion date for the David Geffen Galleries designed by Peter Zumthor. The highly anticipated project will open to the The post Peter Zumthor–designed David Geffen Galleries at LACMA to open in April 2026 appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.
Deezen
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Photographs shared exclusively with Dezeen show the twisting facade of Malta 's tallest building, recently completed by British studio Zaha Hadid Architects. At 31 storeys and 122 metres in height, Mercury Tower has been the Mediterranean island's tallest building since topping out in 2020. Zaha Hadid Architects has completed Mercury Tower Reportedly among the last designs signed off by studio founder Zaha Hadid before her sudden death in 2016 , the tower's defining feature is a dramatic twist b
Archinect
OCTOBER 30, 2024
William Rawn Associates has released its initial concept plan for the future Sarasota Orchestra Music Center in Sarasota, Florida. This project expands on the firm’s award-winning portfolio of performing arts spaces that dates to its 1983 founding and includes two venues for the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Tanglewood campus. The selection committee was thus impressed with the firm’s "listening first" philosophy and the ability of the team presentation led by principal Cliff Gay
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