ARCHITECTURE MONDAY: Top 50 Breaking News, Headlines & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share
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Architects: Assemble Location: Stratford, London, UK Area: 250 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Courtesy of Assemble, David Grandorge Engineering: Eva MacNamara Construction: Assemble Electrics: Robert Nathan Electrics Plumbing: Ask4Plumbers ...
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Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze is a French photographer who captures the dizzying heights and uncommon densities of Hong Kong. Inspired by “the geometry of the urban environment and the vivid lives it shelters,” Jacquet-Lagrèze has n...
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This Austrian solar wonder generates more energy than it consumes. Read more.
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The urban heat island effect - the hot, overwhelming temperatures that a city’s concrete produces – has a huge impact on livability and comfort within the city. Now, an elegant cooling system has been designed that not only r...
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Bamboo architects: groundbreaking bamboo architect Simón Vélez, who describes the material as "vegetable steel", has built a trio of experimental structures at Domaine de Boisbuchet in France (+ slideshow + interview). The buildings incl...
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Anything from a graffiti-covered subway car to a Route 66 gas station can become the setting for creative modern offices. Architects and intrepid homeowners ...
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Unbuilt proposal to construct new shed and carpark over the existing platforms of Heuston Station. Exact date unknown, but would have meant the demolition of the existing platforms and structure. Model constructed by Pearse Tier and Padd...
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A new Paul Rudolph monograph offers a fresh take on the architect’s concrete projects.
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Architects: Louise Braverman Location: Kigutu, Burundi Architect In Charge: Louise Braverman, FAIA Area: 6,000 sqft Photographs: Iwan Baan Design Team: John Gillham, Jing Liu Structural Engineer: Liam O’Hanlon Engineering, PC Plumbing En...
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Angus councillors are pressing ahead with a schools modernisation programme after sanctioning a £10.6m capital investment to rebuild the existing Warddykes and Timmergreens primaries. Designed in-house by Angus Council the replacem...
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Architect: Rafael de La-Hoz Rafael de La-Hoz proposes a habitable natural Oasis for The Noble Quran Oasis Competition in Madinah ‘References to gardens, fountains and streams are constant in the Quran… Madinah city does not ask for a bui...
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Did you know Millenium Park in Chicago, Illinois was actually a desolate industrial wasteland until the turn of the century? The 24.5 acre public park, host to a state-of-the-art collection of architecture, landscape design, and art, is ...
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Joseph Giovannini argues that Peter Zumthor's LACMA design doesn't actually solve the museum's design problem, and more stories from the weekend.
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A ravishing glimpse inside the world’s tallest vertical slum. Read more.
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Decidedly minimalist, Henning Larsen chose glass and wood for the Bernts Have day care center commissioned by the municipality of Holbæk. The tall glass windows invite light deep into the building and are double glazed to minimize heat r...
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These modified concrete sinks add an environmentally friendly elegance to kitchens and baths.
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What seems like a time-saver at first could hurt your business as it grows.
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"Despite the wavy amoeba-like form of the LACMA proposal, [Peter Zumthor] risks reiterating the very problem LACMA has suffered from since Pereira: the lack of connectivity between pavilions, floors, and galleries." —Joseph Giovannini on...
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Critic Blair Kamin discusses the impact of the global exhibition on the city already acclaimed as a design capital.
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The cultural institution may be coming to London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
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The structures can accommodate more than a few people and can be altered to fit an extra floor about ground level. The designer claims that the Nook can also be used as a raft-type structure thanks to the recycled containers hidden under...
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Architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron just unveiled their designs for AstraZeneca's new Global R&D Center and Corporate Headquarters based in Cambridge, England. The new £330 million project will be centered around a triangular bu...
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Treehouse is a single family residence located on a park in Seattle, Washington designed by SHED Architecture & Design. Built on an inaccessible, steep slope lot, the project overcame significant design and construction challenges to...
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Architects: Alberto Campo Baeza Location: Cádiz, Spain Area: 900.0 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Javier Callejas Sevilla Codirector Of Construction: Tomás Carranza, Javier Montero Collaborators: Alejandro Cervilla García, Ignacio Aguirre L...
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News: Junya Ishigami and Svendborg Architects have won a competition to design a "symbol of peace" for Copenhagen's harbour with plans for a monumental cloud-like building with a boating lake inside. The House of Peace, or HOPE, was desi...
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It took an established 83-year-old photographer Ken Heyman by a great surprise when he found a box full of black and white photos of mothers and their children around the world that he took 50 years ago. Related posts: Almost Lost 1950-6...
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Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Eastern Finland have developed a system of electrodes and a sensing skin that spots and images cracks in concrete surfaces.
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Who owns New York? Increasingly, China. Read more.
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Situated on a northeast facing slope adjacent a major arterial road, the Southern Outlet House is a site specific study of the contribution a private residence may make to the[...] The post Southern Outlet House by Philip M Dingemanse ap...
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The organically-shaped Porsche Pavilion curves over a lake, shading visitors. Read more.
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In the spring, the IPA launched the "Total Reset" series with a Roundtable exploring ambitious, achievable ideas for public and affordable housing in New York. This summer, IPA Fellows respond to the roundtable di...
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Fearon Hay Architects were commissioned to design a facility in a developing precinct at Auckland International Airport, on the corner of two recently upgraded streets. The building has a flexible organization-it has a multi-functional s...
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Architects: Arkhefield Location: Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia Area: 334 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Angus Martin Project Team: Andrew Gutteridge, Anne Sulinski, Graham Nottle, Erin Wheatley, Jaye O’Dwyer, Monika Geldenhaus, Katie Leadbet...
