LEGO House: Exceptional Collaboration Between LEGO and BIG Nears Completion

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LEGO company and BIG architecture firm are known to be making a visitor center in Denmark that resembles the famous toy-blocks produced by LEGO. The LEGO House is expected to open in September 2017, at Billund, the city where the LEGO company started in 1932. The aerial view was considered in the masterplan by Bjarke […]

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Majestic “Urban Symmetry” of Budapest Architecture Taken by the Lenses of Zsolt Hlinka

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Majestic “Urban Symmetry” of Budapest Architecture Taken by the Lenses of Zsolt Hlinka Have you watched “The Grand Budapest Hotel”? The critically acclaimed historical comedy was awarded the 2014 Academy Award for Best Production Design among many other awards. Although it is called the Grand Budapest Hotel, the fictional hotel featured in the movie is […]

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Taoyuan Airport T3 | Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

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0Taoyuan Airport T3 The design for Taoyuan Terminal 3 synthesizes the practice’s previous major airport experience with the specific brief. It has brought together the flexibility of the single span, the loose fit volume of Heathrow Terminal 5 with the warmth and human qualities of the flowing interior spaces of Barajas Terminal 4. The result […]

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10 Most Sustainable Office Buildings Worldwide

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10 Most Sustainable Office Buildings Worldwide With the alarming changes in global climate and the running out of non-renewable energy resources, sustainability in design has become an essential requirement and not just a design option. Now, architects from around the globe are competing to design the most energy efficient buildings and achieve the highest energy […]

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How to Design an Architectural Elevation? Check Out these Tips

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As students at architecture school, we tend to give all our attention and most of our time to the architectural plan. We try to solve zoning problems and circulation issues, which might never end, and then when we are hitting the deadline, comes the realization: “I haven’t worked on the elevation!” While, some projects simply […]

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23 University Libraries that Bookworms Would Never Leave – part 2

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“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education.” It seems that some academic facilities have taken the full meaning of these words and brought to the world some of the most beautiful libraries you can ever find. Here, we list to you 23 of these marvellous Academic […]

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+30 Resources to download 3D Models, and Textures for Architectural Rendering

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Today, 3D models are used in a wide variety of industries. The movie industry uses them as characters and objects for animated and real-life motion pictures. The video game industry uses them as assets for computer and video games.The architecture industry uses them to demonstrate proposed buildings and landscapes through Software Architectural Models. The medical […]

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23 University Libraries that Bookworms Would Never Leave – Part 1

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23 University Libraries that Bookworms Would Never Leave – Part 1 “What school thinks about its library as a measure of what it feels about education.” It seems that some academic facilities have taken the full meaning of these words and brought to the world some of the most beautiful libraries you can ever find. Here, […]

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8 Various Applications of Shipping Container Architecture from Around the Globe

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8 Various Applications of Shipping Container Architecture from Around the Globe With the rising calls for adopting sustainability and eco-friendly design, the reuse of up-cycled shipping containers as building units has been trending recently. The shipping containers are used to store and transfer cargo from one point to another, domestically or overseas. So, what happens […]

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8 Airports That Will Blow Your Mind!

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When it comes to airports, most of you have a sad story to tell. You all remember when you had to wait for that one special bag at the luggage carousel for centuries. You remember when you missed a connecting flight or your flight was delayed and you had to go through a long layover […]

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12 Tips for Architects to Work Efficiently with a Clear Mind

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12 Tips for Architects to Work Efficiently with a Clear Mind Architects are busy people, and their work is of utmost value. Their work requires efficiency, effectiveness, resilience, and a clear mind. While maintaining the right lifestyle can make them capable of having it all, working and living haphazardly can turn their lives into a […]

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A Seafront Villa | Nava Yavetz Architects

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A Seafront Villa Situated in southern Israel, in the city of Ashdod, steps away from the beach. The house overlooks the Mediterranean waves, sand and wind. The design aims to accentuate this connection with the sights and sounds of the sea. The structure expresses function, maximizing viewpoints and airflow. A wide entrance door leads to […]

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10 Free Non-Architectural Smartphone Apps Every Architect Must Have

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10 Free Non-Architectural Smartphone Apps Every Architect Needs to Have in 2017 We have given you, earlier this year, a list of 2017’s best architectural apps. Today, we give you a list of non-architectural apps which can be very useful to architects. They can be useful for organization, planning, storage, and other miscellaneous tasks. Every […]

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American Museum of Natural History New Expansion by Studio Gang Set for Construction Soon

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The new expansion of the American Museum of Natural History by Studio Gang is set to begin construction soon, according to reports by New York YIMBY.  After plans for the project were approved by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission last fall, permits have been filed with the Department of Buildings. The expansion will carry the […]

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Atelier Global Designs Shenzhen Book City After Winning Contest

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Atelier Global was declared winners in an architectural contest, held by Shenzhen Publication & Distribution Group, to design the “Shenzhen Book City” in Shenzen, China. The 45,500-square-meter project is composed of a public library and a garden that contribute to the urban topography of the area. The construction of the Book City in the Long Hua […]

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Secret Studio Under a Bridge in Spain by Fernando Abellanas

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Fernando Abellanas, a craftsman, and a vocational designer from Valencia (Spain), designed a tiny moveable and hidden workspace underside of a traffic bridge. The design came up in response to the urban space shortage in Valencia – slot a pop-up studio into the underside of a traffic bridge. Its metal base is moved from one side of the bridge to […]

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5 Guidelines for Architects to Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle at the Studio

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5 Guidelines for Architects to Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle at the Studio Maintaining a healthy lifestyle while working at an architecture studio can be very challenging. This is the kind of job that requires long hours of sitting down by your desk, facing the computer screen and straining your eyes to deal with the slightest […]

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10 Mind-Refreshing Activities for Exhausted Architects

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10 Mind-Refreshing Activities for Exhausted Architects Architecture practice is both mentally and physically demanding. You are in a constant need of being creative to generate ideas and solve every emerging problem. You may need to spend many sleepless nights to get your work done on time, and then your ideas might not just work or […]

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London Garden Bridge Project Officially Terminated After Skyrocketing Costs

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The long debate of whether to proceed with the London Garden Bridge project or not has ended at last. The Garden Bridge Trust has declared lately that the project is officially terminated. The termination comes after London Mayor Sadiq Khan and the public in the UK withdrew their endorsement of the project. “It is with […]

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Construction of Long-Delayed Grand Avenue Development by Gehry Partners Begins in 2018

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The Gehry Partners-designed buildings for the Grand Avenue development project in Los Angeles seem to be nearing the start of their construction, now that developer Related Companies has filed building permits for the project with the city of Los Angeles. This important step was taken after the American real estate firm had partnered, last December, […]

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Ritz Plaza Housing Complex | Chin Architects

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Ritz Plaza Housing Complex The Ritz Plaza seeks a new suggestion for up/down duplex townhouses that preserves quality of both urban spaces and private dwelling, while giving back the city a pleasant environment. The project groups the more intimate areas of two up/down units on to the second and third floors in order to avoid […]

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Wahat Al Karama | Bureau Proberts

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Wahat Al Karama UAP collaborated with British artist, Idris Khan, to realize a monument as the centerpiece of the new United Arab Emirates (UAE) Memorial Park, ‘Wahat Al Karama’, in Abu Dhabi. Commissioned by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed […]

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18 TED Talks on Sustainable Architecture and Design to Inspire You

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18 TED Talks on Sustainable Architecture and Design to Inspire You Sustainability is trending now in all aspects of life and fields of design. As an architect and a designer, you should consider sooner than later adopting the trend, which does not simply aim to satisfy taste or aesthetic pleasure but aims to salvage wasted […]

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Rooftop Recreational Park in Kiev Features Smart Fountains and Flexible Play Areas

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Kiev-based Dmytro Aranchii Architects started working on the construction of “Signature Garden”, an interactive roof garden on top of a shopping center in Kiev, Ukraine. The 6000-square-meter recreational park offers visitors dining and activity space, in addition to the lush greenery and playful fountains. It serves both the shopping center below and the two residential […]

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Unilever Headquarters | Aedas

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Unilever Headquarters Aedas-designed Unilever Headquarters in Jakarta opened on 21 June. It is located in the BSD Green Office Park, the country’s first green office district which was also materplanned by Aedas. This new Unilever Indonesia office houses all employees from four separate offices in Jakarta under one roof. Aedas architectural and interior designs embody […]

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Petting Zoo Öhringen | KRESINGS

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Petting Zoo Öhringen The ensemble’s formal shape interacts strongly with its particular use as well as with its urban context. The exposed site, which is situated in the southern portion of the “Schlossgarten” and in the immediate vicinity of the pond, allows the two volumes of the buildings in combination with the fence to be […]

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Black House | AR Design Studio

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Black House Black House is a private new build house in Kent, completed in the summer of 2017 by Winchester- based architects AR Design Studio. A contemporary property, Black House draws its influences from both the historic and modern buildings of Kent. A retired engineer and Conran interior designer, the clients, chose to move from […]

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Zaha Hadid Architects Release More Photos of World’s Tallest Atrium in Beijing

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New photos of the currently under-construction Leeza SOHO Tower in Beijing, China, have been released by Zaha Hadid Architects. The 207-meter-high tower which resides in Lize Financial Business District will serve as a multi-purpose office building. The tower skeleton is composed of two separate twin structures twirling in an everlasting embrace, giving the building the appearance […]

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14 Interesting Facts You Might Not Know About Mies Van Der Rohe

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14 Interesting Facts You Might Not Know About Mies Van Der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe is a German-American architect and a pioneer of modernism. He designed the Barcelona Pavilion, Seagram Building, 860-880 Lake Shore Drive, and Farnsworth House, and he is the one who said, “Less is more,” but you already know that. […]

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LAVA’s New Energy Tower in Germany Mimics Giant Battery

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The construction of LAVA’s sculptural redesign of the energy storage tower for Stadtwerke Heidelberg (SWH) in Heidelberg, Germany, has just commenced. LAVA (Laboratory for Visionary Architects) worked on enhancing the appearance of the 56-meter-tall cylindrical structure and turning it into a landmark for Heidelberg and an icon of sustainable energy. Their plan for the city’s […]

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Adrien Gardère Studio Completes Renovations in Moshe Safdie-Designed National Gallery of Canada

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The National Gallery of Canada, designed by Moshe Safdie in 1988, has finally completed its first major overhaul by Adrien Gardère Studio. The construction of the new renovations has taken nine months, preceded by years of planning, to be finally opened by the Ottawa Institution as the new “Canadian and Indigenous Galleries.” The transformed galleries […]

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Arquitectonica Designs New Hotel for Lake Nona Community in Orlando

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Tavistock Development Company has announced that international architecture firm Arquitectonica will design a new hotel in the heart of Lake Nona community, in Orlando, Florida. The hotel will be located next to the Lawn, a vast outdoor green space in the town center, and close to the airport in order to serve the city’s 68 […]

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House in Itsuura | Life Style Koubou

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House in Itsuura The city of Itsuura, located in the north part of Ibaragi prefecture, has known as a prosperous fishery. Tenshin Okakura * who was enamored by the scenery of the coast line of Itsuura and loved the place as his final abode. There are some historic architectures such as Rokakudo ** designed by […]

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Yandex HQ Second Stage | Atrium

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Yandex HQ Second Stage Atrium’s 5th project for Yandex headquarters started with a closed contest. A number of studios were invited to create a design for a public conference space, and the winner would get a commission for the new office space. Yandex has bought an additional 12000 sq.m. to the 16000 sq.m. already designed […]

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Istra Tennis Club | Za Bor Architects

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Istra Tennis Club It is projected to locate the Tennis club on the 1.5-hectare area, on Istra Riverside, in one of the most picturesque districts of Moscow Suburbs. The project presumes, beside five open air courts, the creation of a large sport and recreational infrastructure incorporated in one vast complex. A complex and very elongated […]

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FriendHouse Hotel | Ryntovt

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FriendHouse Hotel Ecohotel “Friend House” is located on 3 hectares plot in forest resort zone aside of Orel river bank, 30 km far from Dnepropetrovsk. It is a single-floor group of buildings with open yards, parking, terraces, garden and park zones (covered area 1750 square meters). During the process of siting, an ineologycal analysis of […]

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Leaf Chapel | Klein Dytham Architecture

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Leaf Chapel The Leaf chapel sits within the grounds of the Risonare hotel resort in Kobuchizawa, a refreshingly green setting with beautiful views to the southern Japanese Alps, Yatsugatake peaks and Mt.Fuji. The chapel is formed by 2 leaves – one glass, one steel – which have seemingly fluttered to the ground. The glass leaf […]

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Open House | Klein Dytham Architecture

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Open House Open House is located in the Central Embassy complex 50m above Bangkok. The 35 storey Central Embassy project, designed by Amanda Levete fully opened in May with the completion of the Park Hyatt Hotel and Open House. Within the latter’s vast 4,600sqm double-height interior, a village of spaces has been created, each with […]

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Humanscale Kickstarter Campaign to Introduce the Perfect Scale Tool for Architects

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Good news architects!! Say goodbye to Neufert and fruitless internet search to scale people. IA Collaborative, a design consultancy from Chicago, has started a Kickstarter campaign to reintroduce Humanscale once more to architects. Humanscale is a collection of handy design models which comprise more than 60,000 measurements fitted to people of every size, age, and […]

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13 Cove Grove | Aamer Architects

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13 Cove Grove The site is narrow and long, with a small frontage to the waterfront. To maximize the view of the waterfront, Aamer designed the house to curve like a boomerang so that all the bedrooms could have views of the waterfront. The geometry also allowed a twenty-five-metre lap pool to be incorporated on […]

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Campus Örebro: Nova House | Juul Frost Architects

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Campus Örebro: Nova House Right now Örebro is going through an exiting development as a knowledge city with the transformation of the expansive university campus. In 2010 JFA won the competition for the university’s campus square with the task of designing, programming, and detail designing three new buildings for the area. In 2015 the new […]

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Bamboo Sports Hall for Panyaden International School | Chiangmai Life Construction

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Bamboo Sports Hall for Panyaden International School Chiangmai Life Architect’s Bamboo Sports Hall for Panyaden International School combines modern organic design, 21st century engineering and a natural material – bamboo. The design was based on the lotus flower as Panyaden International School is in Thailand and uses Buddhist teachings to infuse values into its academic […]

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Madero | Taller KEN

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Madero This opaque cube rises 15 meters high above one of the most heavily trafficked highways in Guatemala City. The neutral exterior is studded with cars which act a kind of roadside icon, putting a smile on the faces of drivers as they quickly pass or eternally idle in a traffic jam. Housing a 40 […]

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5 Websites to Help You Choose Eye-Popping Color Schemes for Your Design Projects

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5 Websites that Helps You Choose Eye-Popping Color Schemes for Your Design Projects Choosing suitable colors for your architectural elevations, interior spaces, furniture, hardscape, or even your presentation boards and posters can be a bit of an overwhelming task, with the wide variety of available options. However, there are some basics you need to learn […]

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Sci-Fi Anime Architecture Featured in London Exhibition

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The House of Illustration, in London, is holding an exhibition for architectural backdrops from classic Sci-fi Japanese animated movies. Titled Anime Architecture: Backgrounds of Japan, the exhibition has put on display more than 100 paintings and drawings of architectural concept art from movies like Akira (1988), Ghost in the Shell (1995), and Metropolis (2001). The […]

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“Sent the Final Final Final Draft” – Architects Will Love These Achievement Stickers

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What an architect considers as an “achievement” can be way more modest than you think. When an architect’s design on paper becomes a reality, it is certainly a tremendous achievement, and that is how anyone would see it. However, for architects themselves, something as simple as having a decent meal on time can be quite […]

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House on the Hill | Jose Orrego

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House on the Hill This project was very promising, its location was in an area where the view was beautiful, it stood on a hill and the slanted terrain gave many possibilities to explore ways of doing a unique residential building and at the same time accomplish the household and social functions. Being in a […]

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New Linear Park in Miami Under Metrorail

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Miami is expected to have a new linear park utilizing the space under the metro railway. Dubbed as the “Underline”, the new project was the idea of the journalist, Meg Daly, and it is similar in concept to New York’s linear park called the “Highline”, and the elevated “Skygardens” in Seoul. Daly, accidentally, once walked […]

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Google/MIT: New Camera Algorithm for Top-notch Picture Quality

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Applications like Facebook, Snapchat, Pinterest, and Instagram are now indispensable for people at different ages, genders, or nationalities. Social Media has been sprawling into our lives, through our smartphones, becoming a part of our daily routine. It has substituted the need for traditional Newspapers for many of us. But have you ever wondered about the […]

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Re-opened Muji Flagship Store in Tokyo sells Vegetables, Bread, and Houses

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Re-opened Muji Flagship Store in Tokyo sells Vegetables, Bread, and Houses An expanded Muji Flagship Store has re-opened in the Yurakucho neighborhood, in Tokyo, Japan. The store, owned by Japanese retail company Muji, sells all you would expect to find in a store from “basic life needs”, like vegetables, fruits, spices, snacks, fresh bread, coffee, […]

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27 Careers You Can Pursue Beside Architecture

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Career-shifting is not unusual in the field of architecture. You could grow tired and impatient faster than you can imagine. Between the late night stay-ups, the unreasonable clients, and the over-demanding boss you could get completely lost. Always racing with time to catch the deadline can be nerve wrecking, and being restricted by codes, budget, […]

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BIG’s Cacti Towers Will Stand Next to New IKEA Store with No Parking Space in Copenhagen

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BIG’s Cacti Towers Will Stand Next to New IKEA Store with No Parking Space in Copenhagen Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) collaborates with fellow Danish practice Dorte Mandrup Architects to create new urban development in Copenhagen which shall include an IKEA Store, residential towers, and a budget hotel, all connected by open green space. The project […]

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Aerial Videos of Brasilia by Joana Franca

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Joana Franca is a Brazilian architect and photographer who took an interest, for a considerable part of her career life, in photographing Brasilia for the guide of the city views prepared by the Brazilian architects Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. Apart from her work with Costa and Niemeyer, Franca is an aerial photography-enthusiast who has released […]

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Winning Design for Archaeological Museum in Cyprus Celebrates Local History and Mediterranean Culture

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Theoni Xanthi from the Athens-based XZA Architects has won a competition to design the New Cyprus Museum which celebrates the history of the city of Nicosia. Xanthi’s design proposal for the archaeological museum comprises three layers which indicate the memory, the city, and the river. The Venetian walls which surround the city have influenced the […]

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Fairhaven Residence | John Wardle Architects

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Fairhaven Residence The Fairhaven Beach House is located on top of the ridgeline above the Great Ocean Road on the Victorian coastline. The site enjoys panoramic views over the southern ocean and surf beach below. The house winds around a protected central courtyard, which creates an outdoor space sheltered from the harsh prevailing winds. The […]

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Guesthouse | HHF Architects

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Guesthouse Three years after completion of their main house, the owners of the Tsai Residence approached the HHF team and Ai Weiwei to commission a guesthouse. The Tsai Residence is a country house built for two art collectors on a forested slope in upstate New York, about two hours by car from Manhattan. The guesthouse […]

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VIA University College Aarhus City | Arkitema Architects

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VIA University College Aarhus City VIA Campus Aarhus C is a new campus area of VIA University College Aarhus, bringing together several educations at the Ceres-ground in Aarhus. In addition, VIA Campus Aarhus C, includes Center for Educational Services. The project is the result of an invited design competition. The structure of VIA Campus is […]

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Apple Store, World Trade Center | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

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Apple Store, World Trade Center Apple’s newest Manhattan retail store, designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, opened last month in the recently completed World Trade Center Oculus. Prominently positioned in the epicenter of the bustling transportation hub, the new store is the only space to inhabit two levels and a full quarter of the light-filled structure. […]

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Aloft London Excel | Jestico + Whiles

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Aloft London Excel Starwood Hotels & Resorts has opened the first Aloft Hotel in the UK at ExCeL London. The Aloft London Excel has been designed by Jestico + Whiles, the architects behind the highly successful W London‐ Leicester Square which opened earlier this year. Developed by London ExCeL’s parent company, ADNEC (Abu Dhabi National […]

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Franklin Mountain House | Hazelbaker rush

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Franklin Mountain House The Franklin Mountains extend into the north end of El Paso like a peninsula of rocky wilderness into the urban landscape of the city, rising 2500 feet above the Rio Grande river valley. The home site is set in the foothills of the Franklins 800 feet above the city perched just above […]

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Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport Railway Station | Santiago Calatrava

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Lyon-Saint Exupery Airport Railway Station The design brief called for a building that would provide smooth passenger flow while creating an exciting and symbolic ‘gateway to the region’. In addition to providing access to four tracks with accommodations for two more in the future, the station was to incorporate ticketing offices, retail shops, restaurant facilities, […]

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7 Ways to Boost Your Creativity When Stuck With Your Design Project

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7 Ways to Boost Your Creativity When Stuck With Your Design Project You have been working on your design project for hours and days, but nothing worthy is coming up. You have hit a wall, and you don’t know what to do. You are starting to doubt your creativity and feel insecure, “Did I choose the […]

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Tadao Ando’s Landscape Architecture Addition to Buddhist Cemetery in Japan

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The prominent Japanese Architect, Tadao Ando, has completed a mesmerizing landscape architecture project for a cemetery close to Sapporo, Japan. The place has a giant Buddha sculpture that reaches up to a height of 13.5 meters. A landscape hill was designed to make the statue stand out and emphasize its magnitude. The body of the […]

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Drone Film Showing Heatherwick Studio “Tree-covered mountains”- Watch Video

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M50 is an innovative project in Shanghai that was designed by the notable international firm Heatherwick Studio, and is still under construction. The project, which is an addition to the urban topography of the area, was designed for the developing main arts district in Shanghai, and it is expected to open in 2018. Resembling two […]

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Penda Reveals Design of “Tree Tower Toronto” Constructed Using Cross-Laminated Timber

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Penda Reveals Design of “Tree Tower Toronto” Constructed Using Cross-Laminated Timber The China and Austria-based Penda has collaborated with a Canadian company for Cross-laminated timber (CLT) to design “Tree Tower Toronto”. The new tower will be 18-storey high, all framed in Timber. Its modular form is inspired by Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67 in Montreal, but […]

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Tangga House | Guz Architects

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Tangga House The house is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional courtyard house, laid out around a central green courtyard with a double height stair and entry area forming the focal point of the project. The L-shaped plan creates open spaces which encourage natural ventilation and offer resident’s views over the courtyard to the verandah, […]

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Atlanta’s Mercedes Benz Stadium: Retractable, Aperture-Like Roof Operates For The First Time

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A new video has been released by Atlanta Mercedes Benz Stadium displaying -for the first time- the closure of the stadium’s exceptional Hi-Tech retractile aperture-like roof. The 8 huge ETFE-clad panels that make up the roof resemble the petals of a flower. They glide on tracks to meet eventually at one point in the center, […]

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Mi’Costa Hotel Residences | Uras X Dilekci Architects

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Mi’Costa Hotel Residences Mi’Costa Hotel and Residences Project is one of the nominated projects from Turkey for Mies Van Der Rohe 2015, that is most prestigious European Union Prize. The project Micosta is located in magnificent Boyalik beach in Çeşme Peninsula, Izmir. Çeşme Peninsula excels from its sea, climate and thermal springs. Hotels and houses […]

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The Paradise of Color | Atelier Alter

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The Paradise of Color No.12 Middle School is one of the best schools in Beijing. There is a strong need from the neighborhood to have the School incorporate kindergarten education in their curriculum. The kindergarten of the school strives for building the best school of the neighborhood, and the architecture of it reflects its ambition. […]

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Seguin | Agence Bernard Bühler

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Seguin The Plot V, located in Northwest trapeze Billancourt occupies a pivotal position between the existing city and the future city.The Plot has a special status, it is at the crossroads of pedestrian landscaping It is located at the end of development of Zac and at the same time remains a very open space with […]

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Vance Tsing Tao Pearl Hill Visitor Center | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

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Vance Tsing Tao Pearl Hill Visitor Center Vance Tsing Tao Pearl Hill Visitor Center is developed in Qingdao, the most high-end international Mid-Levels villa project, close to Zhushan National Forest Park, surrounded by mountains, south to the sea, the natural environment is excellent. Vanke Qingdao small town tourist center is the largest single domestic heavy […]

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Unpack your Dream House on a Tight Budget

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If you are planning to commission your dream house, but you are on a budget, then destiny has brought you to the right page. I know you’re overwhelmed by the luxurious mansions and villas you see on the display, but those are for the Richie-rich people. Well, here’s good news: contemporary architecture focuses on sustainability […]

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Forrest Road | Nico van der Meulen Architects

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Forrest Road The light-filled unique eco-friendly home designed by Nico van der Meulen Architects is situated in Inanda, with views of the Sandton skyline to the north. The stand is 1511 sq.m. and the house faces 15° east of north. Approaching the home, the first view is of the cantilevered porte cochere screen of floating […]

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Meet the Adventurous Global Architecture Guide “ARCHIPORN”

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Ever wished you could have some sort of a yellow pages book that particularly included information about architects spread across the world? Well, Architects Marcio Novaes Coelho Jr and Silvio Sguizzardi did that for you as they developed a global architecture guide, and they dubbed it “ARCHIPORN”. The two founders of Sao Paulo-based Sguizzardi.Coelho Arquitetura created […]

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HASSELL Designs New Landmark with Flowing Form for Sydney Waterfront

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HASSELL Designs New Landmark with Flowing Form for Sydney Waterfront Architecture firm HASSELL has designed a new landmark by the Darling Harbor in Sydney. The new mixed-use development, called “The Ribbon”, will link the city to the waterfront and act as a new gate way to the west of Sydney’s central business district. The building’s […]

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Sports and Leisure Center in Saint-Cloud | KOZ Architectes

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Sports and Leisure Center in Saint-Cloud This building is not lacking in self-confidence. As proof, you only have to take the second left along the Avenue de Longchamps from the Les Côteaux tramway Station in Saint-Cloud. No sooner have you left behind a quiet row of smart private houses in the traditional millstone grit Parisian […]

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Swiss House XXXIV Galbisio | Davide Macullo Architects

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Swiss House XXXIV Galbisio Our design is an articulated construction meant for the enjoyment of the spaces for many years to come. From afar the building is a marker in the landscape, it expresses a meaning already suggested by its context. From close up, it is a collection of many things and from within, a […]

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Thorncrown Chapel | E. Fay Jones

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Thorncrown Chapel Nestled in a woodland setting, Thorncrown Chapel rises forty-eight feet into the Ozark sky. This magnificent wooden structure contains 425 windows and over 6,000 square feet of glass. It sits atop over 100 tons of native stone and colored flagstone, making it blend perfectly with its setting. The chapel’s simple design and majestic […]

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CoMED | ad2 architekten ZT KG

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CoMED Corian for moisture-prone areas, blank steel for the stairways and the furniture beside the fireplace, fabric surfaces for cosyness and pleasant room acoustic, painted board materials for normal use. The design of all these custom-made interior transform the clear association to the architecture of the 4 storied house. The basics of the colour concept […]

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The Lazy Way to Learn 3DS Max from Scratch: Become a Pro in No Time!

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If you ask me, 3Ds Max is really the best 3D modeling software for architects. It is highly flexible and gives you a gorgeous result. Lately, I came across several people in online forums and in my school who are struggling to learn 3Ds Max. On that account, I have decided to give you the […]

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Adobe’s New London Office Features Industrial Yet Colorful Interior and Rooftop Running Track

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Adobe’s New London Office Features Industrial Yet Colorful Interior and Rooftop Running Track American multinational software company Adobe has gotten itself a new vibrant office with an industrial touch. The office occupies the 7th, 8th, and 13th floor of the White Collar Factory office building, located on Old Street Roundabout in London, and it will […]

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Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge in the World Opens in Switzerland

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Longest Pedestrian Suspension Bridge in the World Opens in Switzerland Switzerland has witnessed the opening of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge, connecting the two mountain towns of Grächen and Zermatt. Located just a few miles away from the Italian borders, the new “Charles Kuonen Bridge” offers exceptional views of the Swiss Alps and the […]

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Cocoon | Mochen Architects & Engineers

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Cocoon The aim of the project is to achieve zero-energy building, by significantly reducing energy consumption through design, as well as utilizing clean energy – wind, solar and geothermal in replace of conventional sources such as fossil fuels, to meet the needs of the building. To reach its ideal state, the building does not require […]

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Morrissey Hotel | Aboday

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Morrissey Hotel Considering the site potential above, and its contribution towards urban character development, the design approach for the Morrissey Hotel by Aboday pushes the limit beyond merely business hotel that hardly pay attention to issues other than pragmatism. In the long run, it tries to inject a seed of change that will reconstruct the […]

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European Architecture Looking Like Spaceships Through The Lens of Lars Stieger’s Camera

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European Architecture Looking Like Spaceships Through The Lens of Lars Stieger’s Camera German photographer and designer Lars Stieger has lately released a portfolio named “Spaceships”. Abstract photos of several European buildings were taken by the artist during his travels across the continent. As opposed to the custom, he shot only certain parts of the buildings […]

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House Cylinder | Town and Concrete

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House Cylinder The cylinder house is designed to fit between the trees of a wooded lot near Lyon, France. For this house, the plan is based on a juxtaposition of a simple element, a cylinder. This cylinder can be opened, semi-open, closed, whatever its disposition it participates in the delimitation of space. It is an […]

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Miniature Bird Palaces From The Ottoman Era Showcasing Incredible Architecture

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Miniature Bird Palaces From The Ottoman Era Showcasing Incredible Architecture Custom bird palace design is, indeed, nothing you see every day. The Ottomans, who ruled for Turkey centuries ago, have excelled in this unusual kind of architecture that displayed their compassionate approach regarding animals. The bird mini-palaces can be clearly seen adhering to the buildings’ […]

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18.36.54 House | Studio Libeskind

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18.36.54 House This gleaming, chocolate-colored structure, designed as one folded plan, and set into the green Connecticut countryside. Created for a client that wanted a mixture of the avant-garde and the cozy, the tour-de-force is clad in mirror-finish, bronzed stainless steel.  Studio Libeskind specified the cladding to accentuate luster and exaggerate the changes of light […]

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Oldest Surviving Photographs of 20 Cities Reveal How the World Has Transformed in 150 Years

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Oldest Surviving Photographs of 20 Cities Reveal How the World Has Transformed in 150 Years The history of photography dates back to even before the 11th century and Ibn al-Haytham’s book of optics. It, possibly, goes far back to the fourth and fifth centuries Before Common Era, when famous Greek Mathematicians Euclid and Aristotle described […]

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