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Tuesday, July 29, 2014 from Urban Realm Latest NewsWork to deliver a new £48.5m school campus in Wick has got underway as the Highland Council presses ahead with a merger of Wick High School, Pulteneytown Academy Primary and South Primary within a single campus. Designed by Ryder W...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Urban Realm Latest NewsSir Richard MacCormac, founder of MacCormac Jamieson and Prichard Architects, has passed away following a long illness at the age of 75. A past RIBA president MacCormac was well regarded for his work at the Oxford and Cambridge universit...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arch Daily
In Bahrain‘s pavilion for the 2014 Venice Biennale, the country uses its position on the eastern edge of the pan-Arabic region to investigate modernity’s impact on the Arab world: first as a colonial imposition, then as a loc... -
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from e-architect
Kuala Lumpur Building Photos The directors of e-architect have toured Malaysia and Singapore in the last 2 weeks - we visited the capital KL, the island of Penang, Kota Bahru, the Pehentian Islands, Cherating, Kuantan, Kota tinggi, Johot... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
The core of the KHM26 house was built from concrete and wrapped in a a steel shell welded into a single piece. The architects predicted the use of highly precise building techniques that would allow for the construction of a water-tight ... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
Sea levels are rising, floods are prevalent, and cities are at greater risk than ever due to climate change. Now that we've accepted these facts, it's time to design and build more resilient structures. Koen Olthuis, one of the most forw... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
This strange building technique combines an ancient building material with a modern-day aesthetic. It was pioneered by Nicoló’s father Dante, who built the first Binishell in 1964 (which is still standing today.) As the concrete sets aro... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
The restoration and development of the Palazzo Valperga Galleani, carried out by Building Engineering, was meant to re-functionalize a historically and architecturally important property In Turin. The main idea behind the reconstruction ... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Dezeen » Architecture
This timber-framed house in Japan's Ehime Prefecture was designed by architect Takashi Okuno with a sprawling plan that frames five separate gardens and terraces (+ slideshow). Named House of Nagahama, the single-storey residence was con... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arch Daily
Architects: Emilio Rodríguez Blanco Location: A Coruña, Spain Area: 330 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Santos-Díez | BISimages Quantity Surveyor: Jose Manuel Mirás Collaborators: Julio Ordax Rodríguez, Anton Pena Auge Client: Celsa Fe... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from A/N BlogMAD Architects, the Chinese designers known for their organically curving buildings from Mongolia to Canada, will work with two local firms—including Studio Gang Architects—to bring filmmaker George Lucas’ new Chicago museum to life. MAD...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Canadian Architect HeadlinesThe first new law school in Canada in 30 years has opened its new home at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, British Columbia. The design by Diamond Schmitt Architects revitalizes an existing campus building known as the Old M...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from A/N BlogBeverly Hills gained a vacant lot this week as crews demolished the former Robinsons-May department store at 9900 Wilshire Boulevard. The four-story, marble-clad building, designed by Charles O. Matcham, Charles Luckman, and William Pere...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arch Daily
After the controversy surrounding their rejection by San Francisco and subsequent relocation to Chicago, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts has today announced a team of MAD Architects and Studio Gang as the designers of their new buildi... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arch Daily
Architects: LoT Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Architects In Charge: Leonidas Trampoukis, Eleni Petaloti Area: 2,200 sqm Year: 2011 Photographs: George Messaritakis Project Team: Leonidas Trampoukis (partner in charge), Eleni Petaloti, E... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Dezeen » Architecture
Robotically-produced Corian panels were joined to laser-cut mirrors to create the curves of this pavilion in the garden of Sydney's Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, designed by Australian studio AR-MA (+ slideshow). AR-MA's Trifolium... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from e-architect
Design: Lewis & Hickey The new retail proposition and brand culture was created to address operational requirements and the future ambitions of the business. The design offers a distinctive and forward moving store format that is re... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from A/N BlogThe latest piece in the ongoing saga of Citi Bike actually contains some good news. The Wall Street Journal first reported that Related Companies, through its affiliate, REQX Ventures, is close to finishing a deal that would inject milli...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
Kevin Cyr recognizes that although some people choose to construct tiny houses out of a deep love for the environment, hundreds of thousands of people around the world don't have the resources to build their own home - no matter how smal... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from e-architect
Design: P+0 architecture A house for people with dogs requires a large amount of open space; more so, when its inhabitants are big fans of plants and outdoor activity. The post IPE House in Mexico appeared first on e-architect . -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arch Daily
We had the chance to sit down with Pedro Alonso, one of the curators of the Chilean pavilion “Monolith Controversies,” at the 2014 Venice Biennale, to learn more about the concept and inspiration behind the Silver Lion-winning pavilion. ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Architect Magazine: Most Recent NewsYou cannot patent architecture as it appears in buildings, because it is so complex and so intertwined with social processes that its final appearance is not autonomous.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from A Daily Dose of Architecture
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
Located in an old area of Tokyo called Torigoe, CC4441 is surrounded by small factories producing leather products, paper crafts and ornaments. It was designed for a husband who needed a small office space, and whose wife wanted to open ... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Dezeen » Architecture
News: London art college Goldsmiths has unveiled plans for a new gallery in a converted bathhouse, designed by London architecture collective Assemble. Scheduled to open in 2016, the £1.8 million gallery will accommodate shows and reside... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arch Daily
Architects: Wendell Burnette Architects Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Architect In Charge: Wendell Burnette Design Team: Jena Rimkus, Matthew G. Trzebiatowski, Scott Roeder, Brianna Tovsen, Chris Flodin, Colin Bruce Project Manager: Tham... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from nzherald.co.nz - ArchitectureA French urban planning expert is in New Zealand this week, courtesy of think-tank the New Zealand Initiative.Alain Bertaud, a global urban planning expert, disagrees with the compact city planning model being used in Auckland and...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
In July 2009, Sandra Burkholder and her family began building an Earthship; a sustainable house built with used tires and pop cans. Known as the Darfield Earthship, the home features green building methods, water conservation, organic g... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Architect Magazine: Most Recent NewsAncient Chinese cathedral catches fire, George Lucas picks an architect for his Chicago museum, and more headlines for Monday.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from A/N BlogThe latest playground for big-name architecture is San Francisco’s Transbay District. As AN reported this spring, the city’s forthcoming Transbay Transit Center has spurred new projects from some of the field’s biggest ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Architectural Review - Top StoriesFor Scottish architecture to flourish once again, Malcolm Fraser argues that Scots must regain their independence from the UK in the imminent referendum
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Archinect
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from A/N Blog[Editor's Note: The following comment was left on archpaper.com in response to the editorial “Motoring Toward Destruction?” (AN 08_06.05.2014), which parsed the wisdom of Detroit’s blight removal program.Opinions expressed in letters to ...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from e-architect
Design: Margot Krasojevic The pavilion bar is part of Paris' flood control infrastructure. An enclosed circular glass bar rests over a bell mouth spillway which allows water to enter from it's entire perimeter, directing the water throug... -
Monday, July 28, 2014 from Arch Daily
In 2008, a group of students from SCI-Arc put out a proposal for a series of mixed income city housing projects for Dubai. In their design, wealthy residents would live in apartments on the building’s perimeter, with natural daylight and...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Canadian Architect HeadlinesThe deadline to submit for the Moriyama RAIC International Prize is Friday, August 1, 2014.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Architectural Lighting: Most RecentThis year’s winning products display advances in the form and function of solid-state lighting.
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Architecture | The GuardianThe controlled demolition of Didcot power stations vast cooling towers makes for extremely compelling viewing and YouTube is full of similar clips. Why are we so drawn to this spectacle? Watch the footage of the Didcot towers falling her...
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Monday, July 28, 2014 from Architect Magazine: Most Recent NewsThese four designs feature head-turning exteriors, spacious kitchens, and thoughtful amenities.
