Midtown Center | SHoP Architects

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Midtown Center Located in the heart of Washington, D.C., Midtown Center is a 14-story mixed-use office, dining, and retail complex arranged around a large new public plaza. The building works to integrate with its environment—and honor local architectural traditions—through a unique glass-and-copper facade designed to slowly patina over time. This architectural expression optimizes solar shading […]

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Fish House | Guz Architects

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Fish House This modern tropical bungalow encapsulates the essence of living in the hot and humid climate of Singapore by creating open spaces which encourage natural ventilation and offer residents views to the ocean. The main design concept is to create a house which has a close relationship with nature and this is achieved by […]

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The Ulugöl Otomotiv Office Building | Tago Architects

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The Ulugöl Otomotiv Office Building The Ulugöl Otomotiv Office Building, located on one of the thoroughfares of the region in Ataşehir, which has become one of the most important life and finance centers of the Anatolian side, was approached as integrating a functional, genuine and qualified architectural design, a dynamic block construct, and a frontal […]

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Kring Kumho Culture Complex | Unsangdong Architects

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Kring Kumho Culture Complex We, Unsangdong Architects, are proposing a rather unfamiliar approach to architecture, which was exemplified in Kring_Kumho Compound Culture Space. Brand strategy, once used to be employed only by profit organizations as a means to create monetary assets, has evolved endlessly to reborn. Profit organizations are under more severe surveillance than ever […]

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Concrete that can heal itself, saving billions in construction costs.

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Self-Healing Concrete May Be a Solution to Crack Repair Cost Issues In hopes of achieving sustainability in the architecture engineering and construction industry, the research for the development of “self-healing” materials is ongoing. One of its latest innovations is the self-healing concrete. Concrete is a widely used construction material, for its durability, practicality, and high […]

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Hyundai Motorstudio | Suh Architects

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Hyundai Motorstudio More a destination than retail space, Hyundai’s Motorstudio redefines the automobile experience with a single material: steel. Rather than try to add design to a venue for a trend-driven industry, Suh Architects chose to speak about the material of its origins. From molten metal to plates of steel, to cars, pipes, and then […]

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Foster + Partners Plans to Lay-off Staff on Account of Construction Uncertainty Following Brexit

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Foster + Partners Plans to Lay-off Staff on Account of Construction Uncertainty Following Brexit In continuous of summer 2016’s Brexit vote aftermath, renowned British architecture firm Foster + Partners decides on dismissing about 100 of its employees. The firm which was responsible for the design of multiple landmarks in London like 30 St. Mary Axe, […]

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Synthesis Design + Architecture Creates Data-Based Pattern for an Interior Wall at IBM Watson

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Synthesis Design  Architecture Creates Data-Based Pattern for an Interior Wall at IBM Watson In collaboration with IBM Watson Analytics, Synthesis Design + Architecture has designed an interior patterned wall for the Watson Experience Center in San Francisco, showcasing the use of data to create unique designs. The design project was named Data Moiré in reference […]

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The Offices of Buck O’Neill Builders | Jones / Haydu

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The Offices of Buck O’Neill Builders A young general contractor with a strong belief in sustainable building practices wished to create a new, LEED certified office space that demonstrated his considerable construction skills. While the selected raw space was not large (1,100 S.F.), it offered high ceilings, a mezzanine, and a large glass storefront. Numerous […]

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Barclays Center | AECOM + SHoP Architects

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One of the United States’ only major urban venues with no dedicated parking as well as home to the New York Nets (NBA) and in future, the New York Islanders (NHL), the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York puts the borough of New York City firmly on the map. Not that it was anything to […]

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The Aller Media Building | PLH Arkitekter

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The Aller Media Building The multimedia building on Havneholmen is tailored from outside to in to fit the island location and its users – CAE and Aller Media. With its gently curved triangular form, the building delineates the point of ‘Havneholmen’ that projects out into Copenhagen harbor and is surrounded by water on both sides. […]

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Pachamanca House | 51-1 Arquitectos

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Pachamanca House Pachamanca is an ancient Peruvian technique of cooking under the ground with stones and species. It is a spiritual offering of respect to mother earth. A couple asked us to design a house for them -professional chefs- and their daughters. The site is on a terrace of a hill, overlooking the city of […]

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Bagnolet Town Hall | Jean-Pierre Lott Architecte

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Bagnolet Town Hall The reconstruction of Bagnolet town hall is part of a far-reaching urban regeneration project for the town center. The project’s 5 objectives, which encompass the new development, are to: – develop the town hall plaza -create a connection with the existing historic building; -close off Rue Benoit Hure (whose only use was […]

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan Scraps Plans for Garden Bridge Designed by Heatherwick Studio

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London Mayor Sadiq Khan Scraps Plans for Garden Bridge Designed by Heatherwick Studio Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has ended all hopes for the construction of the controversial Garden Bridge over the River Thames in London by announcing that he would not provide the needed mayoral guarantees for the project. Although, it is not in […]

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McCord Hall at the W. P. Carey School of Business | KPF

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McCord Hall at the W. P. Carey School of Business McCord Hall at the W.P. Carey School of Business has transformed the Arizona State University campus, presenting a facility that reflects the world-class caliber of the school’s programs, research, and learning. Defining the eastern edge of the business school district, the distinct wings of the […]

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Guest House Rivendell | IDMM Architects

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Guest House Rivendell Among its many types, residential architecture is extremely limited when it comes to experimentation. Who would want to live like a guinea pig in highly private space in which his or her life unfolds? In order to weigh up the singularity of the architecture of a residential building, the search for relationships […]

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Okuda San Miguel transforms the interior of the International Church of Cannabis

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The Spanish street artist, Okuda San Miguel has again painted an old church, now dedicated to the consumption of cannabis, with its geometric and colorful creations. Okuda painted the massive, vivid interior of the 112-year-old church. The exact shades of paint he required were difficult to come by in Denver, but his hard work paid […]

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Zira Island Carbon Neutral Master Plan | BIG Architects

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Zira Island Carbon Neutral Master Plan A self-contained island. By combining the best of the traditional Azerbaijani building tradition with the newest technology, Zira Island will provide excellent living spaces for people, with a minimum usage of resources. A showcase to the world combining high-end living with low-end resource usage. The Seven Peaks of Azerbaijan […]

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Maison des Étudiants de l’ÉTS | Menkès Shooner Dagenais Letourneaux Architectes

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Maison des Étudiants de l’ÉTS After four years of work, the recent inauguration of the Maison des étudiants de l’École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) unveiled a signature building which enhances an entire neighborhood in the Griffintown district. Inspired by an icehouse that once stood on the site, the crystal-like volume is remarkably light, open and […]

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Uber Headquarters | SHoP Architects

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Uber Headquarters The 423,000 square foot project includes an eleven-story tower at 1455 Third Street and a six-story structure at 1515 Third Street with an almost fully transparent facade. These adjoined buildings will be catalysts for transforming this stretch of urban blank canvas into a dynamic, pedestrian-friendly neighborhood. Along Third Street, a deep setback creates […]

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Los Angeles Reveals its Plans for the 2024 Olympic Bid

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Los Angeles Reveals its Plans for the 2024 Olympic Bid After the withdrawal of Budapest, the race to host the 2024 Olympic games has been narrowed down to these two cities, Paris and Los Angeles. The later has, now, revealed its plans for the bid which include the use of its already existing sports and […]

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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Reveals Design of Al Wasl Plaza for Expo 2020 in Dubai

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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Reveals Design of Al Wasl Plaza for Expo 2020 in Dubai Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture has revealed the design of the last major pavilion for Dubai’s World Expo in 2020. Al Wasl Plaza will be located at the heart of the Expo site, acting as a central event […]

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Vandad Ecologic Tower | ZAAD Studio, Challenge Studio

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Vandad Ecologic Tower Vandad Ecologic Tower was commissioned by an affluent developer from the city of Mashad, in Iran; who has recently become interested in incorporating passive green energy strategies to his development portfolio. Originating from a small town himself, the client stipulated that Vandad Ecologic Towers must implement elements of small-town lifestyle in the […]

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Helsinki Garden | JKMM Architects

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Helsinki Garden Garden Helsinki, a sculptural hybrid arena building, is located in an esteemed surrounding right next to the Olympic Stadium buildings from the 1940’s. It will accompany the neighboring old ice hockey arena which is becoming too small to host larger events. In addition to hosting the sizable arena, the new venue will include […]

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AL House | Studio Arthur Casas

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AL House The owner have a very clear goal: enjoy the astounding views of Rio’s mountains and sea. A long time client of Studio Arthur Casas, the businessman was a bachelor that wished to leave his apartment and conceive a house right from the beginning with the architects, starting with choosing the right plot. Located […]

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Ayb High School | Storaket Architectural Studio

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Ayb High School This space was designed to put students first, emphasize transparency and communication, and eliminate many of the hierarchies that divide students from staff and faculty, thus building a more collaborative learning environment. The school incorporates an existing Soviet structure, which kept environmental impact minimal and contributed to the school’s overall emphasis on […]

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Alejandro Aravena Announced Winner of 2017 Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development

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Alejandro Aravena Announced Winner of 2017 Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, the 2016 Pritzker prize laureate and the director of 2016 Venice Biennale, has been announced the winner of the 2017 Gothenburg Award for Sustainable Development. The international award of 1 million Swedish krona (SEK) is handed by the Swedish city […]

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Gallery of Furniture | CHYBIK+KRISTOF

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Gallery of Furniture The transformation of a former car showroom on the outskirts of a housing estate into a site of the MY DVA group, focusing on the production of office, school, and metal furniture, represents another finished structure of the young architecture firm CHYBIK + KRISTOF Architects & Urban Designers from Brno. The single-storey […]

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Busan Cinema Center | Coop Himmelb(l)au

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Busan Cinema Center Coop Himmelb(l)au’s design for the Busan Cinema Center, which serves, among other things, as the site of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF), represents a new combination of culture, entertainment, technology, and architecture with a public space. The concept envisions an urban center with superimposed areas: the Urban Valley, the Red Carpet […]

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Olympic Sculpture Park | Weiss/ Manfredi

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Olympic Sculpture Park Envisioned as a new urban model for sculpture parks, this project is located on Seattle’s last undeveloped waterfront property – an industrial brownfield site sliced by train tracks and an arterial road. The design connects three separate sites with an uninterrupted Z-shaped “green” platform, descending forty feet from the city to the […]

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El Maqui House | GITC arquitectura

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El Maqui House The building is located in the eastern hillside of El Maqui Brook, a rural place of The Coastal Mountain Range of Chile. This geographical zone is part of a protected natural reserve with high and important ecological value because its singular and diverse coexisting ecosystems. The client ask for a seasonal house […]

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PALÄON | Holzer Kobler Architekturen

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PALÄON-Holzer Kobler Architekturen The PALÄON pushes itself out of the slightly hilly topography and cuts into the forested meadows.The volume of the three-story building and the paths emanating from it form lines of sight that divide the landscape into vectors. A second winding path system forms synapses that connect to the surroundings. The building is […]

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NUK II | SADAR + VUGA

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NUK II NUKII is not designed to be a new architectural icon for Ljubljana, and it doesn’t compete with Plečniks NUK. NUKII will be a vibrant place, one of many manifestations and with complex responsibilities, a meeting place for all generations, a study place, place for events and discussions; a promoter of knowledge and cultural […]

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Dutch Architect Decorates Building Façade with Concrete Cast Emoji Instead of Gargoyles

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Dutch Architect Decorates Building Façade with Concrete Cast Emoji Instead of Gargoyles Dutch architect Changiz Tehrani, from Attika Architekten, decided to replace the traditional gargoyles, portraying the heads of kings and royal figures, with emoji. Believing that these small digital icons are expressive of the 21st century, the architect cast 22 emoji in concrete and […]

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Zhang Zhidong and Modern Industrial Museum | Studio Libeskind

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Zhang Zhidong and Modern Industrial Museum Located in the steelmaking capital of eastern China, The Zhang Zhidong and Modern Industrial Museum was designed to balance three narrative themes within an integrated building and landscape. The three themes, each of which has a dedicated floor, are the life of Zhang Zhidong, a 19th-century leader in government […]

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Hybrid Office | Slash Architects

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Hybrid Office The main road Mustafa Kemal Avenue is being shaped as a business axis via the construction of the MTSO building and the new mixed-use Hybrid Office complex. The site has a unique character by being surrounded by the recreational river line which promises a lot of potential for the rehabilitation of the area. […]

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The New Dolce & Gabbana Kitchen Appliances Get Decorated With Sicilian Motifs

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Tasting Table reports that Dolce & Gabbana has teamed up with Italian kitchen wares company Smeg to produce a line of kitchen appliances that double as art. Think about all of your current kitchen appliances — the small stuff that’s not small enough to fit into the cabinets or the lazy susan. Think mixers, toasters, […]

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Four Houses in Baleia | Studio Arthur Casas

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Four Houses in Baleia Four houses in front of Baleia Beach, on the northern coast of São Paulo. As a weekend house all the ground floor spaces are connected to promote social interaction, a patio increases the spatiality of the house, bringing diagonal views and light. To assure privacy the houses are slightly unaligned. Though […]

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Visual Arts Building at the University of Iowa | Steven Holl Architects

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Visual Arts Building at the University of Iowa The new Visual Arts facility for the University of Iowa’s School of Art and Art History provides 126,000 sf of loft- like space for all visual arts media, from ancient metalsmithing techniques to the most advanced virtual reality technologies, including Ceramics, 3D Design, Metal Arts & Jewelry, […]

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Inspiria Science Center | AART architects

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Inspiria Science Center Inspiria Science Center is designed as one of the most advanced science centers in Northern Europe and is part of a long-term plan to make knowledge the most important asset of the Østfold Region in Norway. This ambitious plan is reflected in the architectural aspiration, as the trifold form is designed as […]

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15 Quotes by Famous Non-Architects to Inspire Architects

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15 Quotes by Famous Non-Architects to Inspire Architects Architecture is a practice for humanity, to serve humanity. As architects we usually seek to learn from fellow architects, but there is a lot we can, actually, learn from fellow humans. After all, we are humans and so, same rules apply. You can learn from scientists about […]

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Studio Komma’s Lego-Like Building from Recycled Materials Wins Competition in Netherlands

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Studio Komma’s Lego-Like Building from Recycled Materials Wins Competition in Netherlands Dutch architecture firm Studio Komma and Concept developers De Mannen Van Schuim have won first prize in a competition issued by the city of Hague, in Netherlands, to signify the transformation of the Binckhorst region from industrial to living and working area. Their proposed […]

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River Center Library | Trahan Architects

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River Center Library The River Center Library stands at the intersection between civic buildings and the Baton Rouge’s arts and entertainment district, overlooking a new town square. The folded form of the library building is derived from sheets of paper, connected at the corners and then lifted to make a lattice. Yet the building design […]

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Mogren Garden | SADAR + VUGA

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Mogren Garden The five volumes are positioned on the cliff in a way which enables sufficient depth for placing the apartments. A vertical pergola – a grid-like structure that outlines the volumes as a wireframe and anchors them to the cliff, defines the five peaks. The vertical pergola is completely covered with greenery: typical Mediterranean […]

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A.S.R Headquarters Renovation | Team V Architectuur

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A.S.R Headquarters Renovation The appearance of the office building has changed to an astonishing extent. It now looks spacious, light and airy. Only the thick concrete pillars give away that this is not new. The climate façade makes the building lighter and more energy-efficient. Winter gardens – bright open spaces with mature trees – have […]

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Hedley Bull Center | Lyons

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Hedley Bull Center Located at one of the principal gateways to the Australian National University’s campus this new building brings together three previously separate schools specialising in international relations and comparative politics into a new purpose designed facility. Internally a continuous loop plan on the upper levels subverts the conventional ‘institutional’ paradigm of dead ended […]

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Madison House | XTEN Architecture

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Madison House The Madisonhouse is perched on a knoll in La Quinta, California, near Palm Springs. In order to shelter the house from extreme desert conditions, the massing and materiality are configured to protect against the sun and strong Northerly winds. Concurrently the house opens completely along an East-West axis culminating in a spectacular indoor-outdoor […]

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Warrnambool Campus | Lyons

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Warrnambool Campus This project is the third stage in the redevelopment of South West TAFE’s Warrnambool Campus and meditates between the civic space of the town and the private interior space of the campus. The primary circulation of the building is located on Timor Street, as an extension of the civic space – like the […]

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Wieden+Kennedy NY | WORKac

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Wieden+Kennedy NY Renowned advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy has developed a global reputation for innovative work dating back to their early Nike campaigns in the 1980s. The agency’s Portland headquarters designed by Allied Works cemented Wieden+Kennedy’s position as a patron of architecture and continues to influence the design of their offices around the world. WORKac’s design for […]

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Casa Xixim | Specht Harpman

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Casa Xixim This residence, on a narrow lot fronting a protected bay in Tulum, Mexico, was designed to be fully self-sufficient and to immerse the occupants in the range of environments that the site offers. A narrow path brings visitors through dense vegetation to a large living/dining / kitchen space that is fully open to […]

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National Convention and Exhibition Center | gmp architekten

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National Convention and Exhibition Center The site is located at Tianjin Avenue, the main traffic artery which links Tianjin’s historic center with the so-called Binhai Development Area at the coast of the Yellow Sea. To the north, the site borders the river Haihe which is instrumental in shaping the character of the city. The exhibition […]

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New Virtual Reality Tool for Architects to Track User Behavior in a Building

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New Virtual Reality Tool for Architects to Track User Behavior in a Building Not a very long time ago, Virtual Reality as we know it was science fiction, but now you and anyone can purchase VR headsets which can be simply used with PCs. The advancement in this field is not merely beneficial for entertainment […]

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Gateway Building for Trinity College | McIldowie Partners

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Gateway Building for Trinity College The Gateway Building sits prominently along Melbourne University’s historic circulation artery, the Tin Alley precinct. The new building forms a dramatic visual connection to the University from the centre of the Trinity College campus. The brief given to McIldowie Partners, was for the Gateway Building to serve as a new […]

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Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center | MAD Architects

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Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center The Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Center is a city-scale urban project, with an overall building area of approximately 560,000 sqm. Working at this scale, MAD strives to capture a fully realized “Shanshui City”— a concept at the center of MAD’s designs that adapts the traditional Chinese Shanshui ethos of spiritual harmony between […]

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El Palacio De Exposiciones Y Congresos | Santiago Calatrava

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El Palacio De Exposiciones Y Congresos Located on the northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, Oviedo is a city with a remarkable architectural heritage. This project consists of a conference and exhibition center, two office buildings, a five-star hotel, underground shopping center and parking garage. The Palacio de Exposiciones y Congresos Ciudad de Oviedo was […]

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Czech Forestry Commission Campus | Chybik-Kristof Architects and Urban Designers

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Czech Forestry Commission Campus The concept is based on incorporating the forest landscape into a five-finger building to create new relations between the inside office and the outside forest landscape. A nature trail surrounding the building allows exploring the different forest ecotypes. The Sensitive way of incorporating the building in the natural surroundings, its open […]

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House in San Juan | Díaz Paunetto Arquitectos

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House in San Juan The remodeling and expansion of this existing residence was developed for a family of four members. The site of approximately 1,270 m2 is located on the highest point of the street of a well-known suburban housing development in San Juan. On clear days, part of the city is visible from the […]

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Science Island | XTEN Architecture

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Science Island The design of the National Science and Innovation Center is driven by the desire to create a building that is both contextual and iconographic. The building speaks to its natural and built surroundings, including Nemanus island, Neman River, Naujamiestis just to the north and the historic Old Town, while at the same time […]

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Kengo Kuma & Associates Design Timber-Clad Modern Art Museum in Turkey

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Kengo Kuma & Associates Design Timber-Clad Modern Art Museum in Turkey Japanese Studio Kengo Kuma & Associates has unveiled design plans for a modern art museum in Eskishehr, Turkey. The Odunpazari Modern Art museum will be located on the site of a former wood market in the northwestern university town, and it will hold collections […]

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MAD Announces Application Requirements for 2017 MAD Architecture Travel Fellowship

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MAD Announces Application Requirements for 2017 MAD Architecture Travel Fellowship In 2009, Founding Principle of MAD Architects Ma Yansong initiated the MAD Architecture Travel Fellowship for architecture students. The program sends students on international travels to Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, and it has sponsored, so far, 35 students. This year the studio will […]

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The First Portrait of I.M.Pei at the age of 100

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Born Ieoh Ming Pei on April 26, 1917, in Canton, Guangzhou, China, I. M. Pei is one of the world’s most famous architects. When he was 17 years old, he traveled to the United States, initially attending the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia before transferring to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a […]

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Renovated Times Square by Snøhetta Opens Officially to the Public

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Renovated Times Square by Snøhetta Opens Officially to the Public Architecture firm Snøhetta’s renovated Times Square in New York opened on 19 April 2017. The project was handed to Snøhetta by the New York City Department of Design and Construction and the New York City Department of Transportation in 2010. The firm was required to […]

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AIA Announces Winning Sustainable Projects for 2017 COTE Top Ten Awards

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AIA Announces Winning Sustainable Projects for 2017 COTE Top Ten Awards The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and its Committee on the Environment (COTE) have revealed the winners of the COTE Top Ten Awards for 2017, which celebrates excellence in sustainable design. The 21-year-old award honors projects which integrate good design with great performance. The […]

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Library in Varna | Chybik-Kristof Architects and Urban Designers

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Library in Varna The new library in Varna is an open transparent institution serving to the local community just as to the visitors of this popular seaside resort. Thanks to the open and permeable ground floor, there are great conditions for a rich public life not only inside, but also outside the library. The aim […]

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Shanghai Landmark Center | Aedas

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Shanghai Landmark Center Located on the north bank of Suzhou Creek and within the business area across Sichuan North Road and Zhapu Road in Shanghai, Aedas-design Shanghai Landmark Center enjoys a prime location with excellent views towards the Northern Bund and Huangpu River. The site is surrounded by low-rise residential blocks and a number of […]

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Openhouse | XTEN Architecture

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Openhouse The Openhouse is embedded into a narrow and sharply sloping property in the Hollywood Hills, a challenging site that led to the creation of a house that is both integrated into the landscape and open to the city below. Retaining walls are configured to extend the first-floor living level into the hillside and to […]

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Gateway One Shekou | SPARK Architects

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Gateway One Shekou Gateway One is located at the southern tip of Shenzhen on the Nantou Peninsula, an area of outstanding natural beauty. Surrounded by water on three sides, Shekou wraps around the verdant Danan and Xiaonan mountains. The relationship between the dramatic subtropical coastline and its history of human intervention that generated the inspiration […]

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New Google Earth Works Directly on Browser and Takes You on Arranged Virtual Tours

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New Google Earth Works Directly on Browser and Takes You on Arranged Virtual Tours A new Google Earth has launched, and it is no longer a software that needs to be installed. Now, it is a web application for Google Chrome which can be accessed online without the need to download or install any external […]

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International Design Competition for Kaunas’ New Concert Center in Lithuania

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International Design Competition for Kaunas’ New Concert Center in Lithuania Lithuanian Kaunas City Municipality has appointed London-based Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) to supervise a one-stage design contest for a new Concert Center in Kaunas. The project will be a landmark for Lithuania’s second largest city and the European Capital of Culture for 2022. It will […]

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Winner of 2017 American Architecture Awards Revealed

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Winner of 2017 American Architecture Awards Revealed The winning buildings of the 2017 awards have been announced. The jury which was held in Athens and composed of seven Greek architects has selected 79 winners from 300 entries which included buildings, infrastructure, and urban planning projects. The American Architecture Awards are organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: […]

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Offices with terraces | Laisné Roussel

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Offices with terraces “These offices with terraces are perfectly designed for the Mediterranean climate and suggest a new approach to life in the workplace. The large, free platforms, staircases and outdoor extensions invite users to make the most of these informal, atypical spaces which open onto a garden. “ The office building with terraces sets […]

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Canopia | Laisné Roussel + Sou Fujimoto

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Canopia Canopia, as the development is known, aims to become a focal point within the city. It is an urban landmark which, come nightfall, becomes a lighthouse or a star in the skyline of this regional city. Residents and visitors to the city will enjoy a unique vantage point over the surrounding region. With its […]

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Økern Portal | Dark Arkitekter

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Økern Portal Økern is rapidly transforming from an urban wasteland into a regional hub of high-end transport links, local centers, and modern housing developments. Emerging neighborhoods demand a re-definition of public spaces and the built vernacular. Our winning proposal for Lørenfaret 3 calls for removing two adjacent buildings and adding a 50,000 square meter extension […]

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Omnisphere | FR-EE

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Omnisphere Omnilife Corporation’s new facility is designed to addresses the company’s three needs: a tailored headquarters, leasable commercial office space and hotel suites. Designed to be recognizable and reinforce the brand, the spherical tower is dynamically conceived and illuminated to resemble a flame, an emblem present in the company’s logo. It features a double skin […]

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Bang Sa Ray House | Junsekino Architect and Design

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Bang Sa Ray House Baan Bang Sa Ray is a vacation house located in Chonburi province, which is 2 hours away from Bangkok by car. This house is planned to be a resident for the family to spend the hiatus from the work relaxing during vacations. The family is an extended family that consists of […]

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AIA Declares 8 New Principles to Face Climate Change Prior to Earth Day

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AIA Declares 8 New Principles to Face Climate Change Prior to Earth Day With just a few days separating us from Earth Day 2017, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has released a statement on the serious consequences of climate change and the role of architects in facing it. The statement starts by referring to […]

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GAD Architecture Unveils Plans for Sustainable Media City in Istanbul

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GAD Architecture Unveils Plans for Sustainable Media City in Istanbul GAD architecture has unveiled plans for new ‘Media City’, on the outskirts of Istanbul’s new and third airport, which is expected to be the world’s largest when completed in 2030. Media city is commissioned by Istanbul Chamber of Commerce to reflect the city’s growing image. […]

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Gordon Parks Arts Hall | Valerio Dewalt Train Associates

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Gordon Parks Arts Hall Gordon Parks Arts Hall is bracketed by the two symmetrical neo-gothic towers of Belfield Hall at the north end of the University of Chicago Laboratory School’s main campus. The 1904 limestone façade of Belfield is reflected and re-interpreted in a muscular form in the Arts Hall, a visual dialogue of the […]

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Bungalow Court Brighton | Steve Domoney Architecture

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Bungalow Court Brighton Set in a quiet leafy cul-de-sac in the bayside suburb of Brighton, the first glimpse captured of our Bungalow Court project is of the kite-like roof canopy sailing aloft a solid upper level ‘hull’. It hovers seemingly unsupported, with only the presence of a narrow band of horizontal glazing beneath to suggest […]

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Surrey Civic Center | Moriyama & Teshima Architects + Kasian Architecture

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Surrey Civic Center The City of Surrey embarked upon a visionary and groundbreaking planning, design, and development process with the ambitious aim of transforming the architectural landscape of the city center and reshaping the culture and ethos of the city from “suburb” to thriving business and urban center. Kasian & Moriyama and Teshima Architects were […]

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Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust | Belzberg Architects

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Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust The new building for the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMOTH) is located within a public park, adjacent to the existing Los Angeles Holocaust Memorial. Paramount to the design strategy is the integration of the building into the surrounding open, park landscape. The museum is submerged into the […]

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Girona Public Library | Corea & Moran Arquitectura

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Girona Public Library The new library is located on a large rectangular plot in the center of Girona. Bounded on the north by busy Avenue Emili Grahit, the site is embedded in a dense and compact neighborhood of tall residential blocks. These urban conditions – plus the fact that this is the largest library in […]

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Gaudi’s First House Casa Vicens Opens for the Public as a Museum in 2017

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Gaudi s First House Casa Vicens Opens for the Public as a Museum in 2017 The Casa Vicens in Barcelona, designed by the famous Spanish architect of Catalan Modernism Antoni Gaudi, will be open as a museum in the second half of this year 2017. The house which happens to be Gaudi’s first work and […]

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20 Photographs of Contemporary Architecture Prove That the Future Is Now

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Dreamers since the beginning of times have been occupied by thoughts of future possibilities. Ever since the industrial revolution and the invention of steam engines, those thoughts have leaped quite remarkably. Architecture as the setting we live in has had its fair share of these thoughts depicted in literary, televised, and cinematized visualizations. The dream […]

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AA Istanbul Visiting School 2016 : TECTONIC SYMBIOSIS

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Architectural Association School of Architecture, in collaboration with Istanbul Bilgi University (13 – 22 June 2016) The acceleration of technological growth has been at the forefront of the 20th century, generating a substantial impact on each course of human life, from everyday gadgets to advances in nanotechnology. The inherent possibilities in technology continuously pose themselves […]

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John M. Harper Branch Library & Stork Family YMCA | Teeple Architects

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John M. Harper Branch Library & Stork Family YMCA This mixed-use Library and Community Recreational facility posed the challenge of bringing together two diverse programs – and the needs of two diverse clients – to create an enhanced community experience. The desire was to create a single integrated facility in which the program elements interact […]

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Monash University Logan Hall | McBride Charles Ryan

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Monash University Logan Hall Logan Hall, on Monash University’s Clayton Campus, is a 6 level building with 250 rooms of student accommodation designed by McBride Charles Ryan (MCR). It is located on a strategic corner where Sports Walk meets Scenic Boulevard. This building is one of four houses of similar accommodation that were designed concurrently […]

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Zen Saladaeng | SDA

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Zen Saladaeng Situated in the lush and leafy Bangkok district of Saladaeng, the project is a 20,000 sqm mixed use development designed as a local neighborhood retail, dining, and entertainment destination that utilizes passive design strategies to enable a unique experience that blurs the line between indoors and outdoors. Architecturally, the building is conceptualized as […]

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20+ Essential SketchUp Plugins for Efficient Modeling for Free Download

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SketchUp is one of the easiest, fastest, and most popular 3D modeling software. Its tools and interface are simple and easy to deal with for the beginners. However, as work starts to get a bit more complicated, these simple tools might become a hindrance. That is when plugins or extensions come into the picture. Plugins […]

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City Library in Seinäjoki | JKMM Architects

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City Library in Seinajoki The civic center of Seinäjoki is a uniform building complex designed by Alvar Aalto. The building complex showcases Aalto’s exquisite touch from the details of door handles to the scale of urban planning. The center is a masterpiece of modern architecture and a highly valuable cultural environment. The library was completed […]

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Chongqing Taoyuanju Community Center | Vector Architects

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Chongqing Taoyuanju Community Center The community center is located in the mountains of Taoyuan Park in Chongqing. The starting point is attempting to merge new building outline with the existing wavy topography. Instead of building an “object” in the field, we hope to create an imagery of fusing architectural form and hilly landscape together. Green […]

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6 Proposed Designs for Trump’s Border Wall Show a Wide Variety in Perspective

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After the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued an open call, last March, for designers to submit proposals for the infamous 1,989-mile border wall between US and Mexico, some actual proposals have finally come in. The proposed designs varied widely in their aims and concepts, and not all of them can be […]

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LEED Platinum-Certified Bibliothèque du Boisé in Montreal Wins RAIC Green Building Award

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LEED Platinum-Certified Bibliothèque du Boisé in Montreal Wins RAIC Green Building Award Bibliothèque du Boisé in Montreal, Canada, is the winner of the 2017 Green Building Award, presented by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) and the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC). It is located in the city’s largest borough Saint-Laurent, and it is […]

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Tagusgás Headquarter | Saraiva + Associados

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Tagusgás Headquarter The Tagusgás headquarter, built in Parque de Negócios do Cartaxo, stands out as one of most innovative buildings in Portugal by its bold design based on sustainability characteristics, being the first offices building certified by the BREEAM in Portugal. The BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) is the system of sustainability evaluation […]

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Tree Top Residence | Belzberg Architects

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Tree Top Residence The Tree Top Residence celebrates the site’s complex landscape, merging seamlessly and emerging from atop the canopy of trees that surround it. Built along a natural ridgeline, the long and narrow plan of the three-story house mimics and inverts the angles of the site’s topography, creating dynamic vertical and horizontal relationships. Vertically, […]

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Smith College Campus Center | Weiss Manfredi

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Smith College Campus Center Students at Smith College—the largest liberal arts institution for women in the country—are assigned to houses, many of them Victorian-era structures complete with living rooms. Meant to foster a collegial environment, while successful, they also create isolated communities. Broadening the opportunity for social interaction, the Smith College Campus Center serves as […]

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Vital Building | Mozas Aguirre arquitectos

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Vital Building This is the headquarters of the local savings bank. The building reproduces the scale of the surrounding small woods, a park of the Nature 2000 networking program. The structural concept is based on pairs of exterior metal supports, clad in stainless steel composite panels. One of the arms has been conceived as a […]

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The Diana Center at Barnard College | Weiss/Manfredi

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The Diana Center at Barnard College Winner of a national design competition and a Progressive Architecture Award, the Diana Center establishes a new nexus for social, cultural, and intellectual life at Barnard College. From the historic entrance gate at Broadway, the wedge-shaped design frames a clear sightline linking the central campus at Lehman Lawn to […]

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7 London Destinations That Will Take You on a Wonderful World Tour

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If you have not been to London, then you, probably, dream of it. Regardless the weather, London’s architecture is always a pleasant sight, had it been the palace of Westminster, the Big Ben, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the National Gallery, or London’s Eye. There are also the remarkable public spaces like Hyde Park or Trafalgar Square. […]

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RIBA Announces Shortlist for 2017 London Regional Awards

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RIBA Announces Shortlist for 2017 London Regional Awards A total of 85 buildings, out of 215 entries, have been shortlisted for the 2017 RIBA London Regional Awards. The buildings which have been selected from across London include works by Allies and Morrison, OMA, Zaha Hadid Architects, Herzog & de Meuron, AEDAS, Grimshaw, and David Chipperfield. […]

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AA ISTANBUL VISITING SCHOOL : Robotic Mediations

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Wednesday 28 June – Friday 7 July 2017 AA Istanbul Visiting School, in collaboration with Istanbul Bilgi University, is a unique learning and making experience. The programme continues to build on its expertise on generative design methodologies and large-scale prototyping techniques from previous years, while bringing together a range of experts from internationally acclaimed academic […]

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10 Captivating Interiors of Opera Houses from Around the World

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Opera Houses are usually meant to be landmarks, wherever they lie. They are designed to reflect the greatness and cultural values of their homelands. They are a source of pride to their own citizens and an attraction to tourists. As much as the exterior matters as a landmark and a representation of hidden meanings, the […]

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Birmingham New Street Station | AZPML

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Birmingham New Street Station Birmingham New Street Station is an important transport hub and a key aspect of the city’s public realm. Occupying an important position in the city and handling a large amount of traffic, it provides the first impression of Birmingham to a large influx of visitors to the Midlands. The proposal for […]

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Xiqu Center | Safdie Architects

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Xiqu Center As the first major cultural venue in the West Kowloon Cultural District, the Xiqu Centre is a gateway on the District’s eastern edge. The challenge of this project begins with its program; 52,000 square meters positioned on 18,000 square meters of land. The Center’s functions are stacked vertically to create four levels of […]

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RELAXX sport and leisure center | AK2

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RELAXX sport and leisure center Einsteinova Road is probably the most frequented artery in Bratislava, situated misfortunately, like a big cut through Petržalka town quarter. But some architects show us it is possible to refine such a busy environment. The new RELAXX Sport Center enters the rush locality, harmonizes and directs the noise and chaos. […]

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Scottish Artist Creates Animated Paper Models for His ‘Growing Paper City’

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Scottish Artist Creates Animated Paper Models for His ‘Growing Paper City’ Edinburgh-based artist Charles Young launched the project “Paperholm” in August 2014. For this project, Young would design a paper structure daily then photograph it and add it to his collection. By, August 2015, Young had constructed 365 models, but he didn’t stop. In November […]

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Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University | Perkins+Will, Dar Al-Handasah

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Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University Perkins+Will, in collaboration with Dar Al-Handasah (Shair and Partners) (Dar), designed the campus of Princess Nora Bint Abdulrahman University (PNU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The campus offers state-of-the-art educational facilities in all major academic disciplines to as many as 60,000 female undergraduate students. The largest university designed for women in […]

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Animated Illustrations of Iconic Modernism Houses in a Video by Graphic Designer Matteo Muci

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Animated Illustrations of Iconic Modernism Houses in a Video by Graphic Designer Matteo Muci The past century has witnessed the rise and fall of modernism, and whether you agree with its principles or not, there is no denying that this revolutionary architectural movement has started something that will never end. Pioneers of modernism have carved […]

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Best Architecture and Design Podcast for Architects

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Architects are on a never-ending task of expanding their knowledge in all possible ways. They learn by experience, read books, or watch documentaries, and they can, also, listen to podcasts. We have helped you with eFree ebooks before, and now it is time to take you into the world of audio. We will give you a […]

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