Latest and Breaking Architecture News and Top Stories - July 8
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Architects: Brearley Architects + Urbanists Location: Xiasha, Jianggan, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Archtiecture Team: Jiang Han, James Brearley, Huang Fan, Lin Youzhen, Zhen Lili, Cao Xizhen Landscape Team: Huang Fang, Xiong Juan, Li Shuy...
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Berlin architecture firm Knowspace has created a pair of red brick residences and studios with ridged roofs for two artists in a creative community on the outskirts of Beijing (+ slideshow). The live and work spaces were designed by Know...
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Design: Denton Corker Marshall Selected from over 60 entries in an international two-stage design competition, the design of the new Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology engages with the urban context and conveys the univers...
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House in Sai Kung is a private residence designed by Millimeter Interior Design. It is located in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. House in Sai Kung by Millimeter Interior Design: “One of the major shortcomings of split-level homes is...
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Architects: Cubus, Taller d’Arquitectura Location: Carrer Mas Nou, Castell-Platja d’Aro, Girona, Spain Year: 2009 Photographs: Nani Pujol From the architect.… The large surface area of the required program (which includes an ...
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The EFdeN house consists of a cubic volume punctuated by a glass structure that brings an abundance of natural light into the living space. This greenhouse-like structure allows the modular house to sustain an abundance of plants that ca...
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The Cauldron, designed by the internationally renowned Heatherwick Studio , is one of the most enduring and creative symbols of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 204 unique copper elements, each alight and representing ...
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Architects: nextoffice Location: Darrous, Tehran, Iran Designer: Alireza Taghaboni Area: 1400.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Parham Taghioff, Mandana Mansouri, Salar Motahari, Majid Jahangiri Design Associates: Roohollah Rasouli, Farideh ...
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Architects: Accent Design Group Location: Jiyeh, Lebanon Architect In Charge: Elie Abs Area: 700 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Courtesy of Accent Design Group Project Team: Mira Alassaad, Roxanne Djaiji, Aline Fadous, Luana Mahfouz, Elie M...
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The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Foundation announces the appointment of a distinguished jury to select the winner of the inaugural Moriyama RAIC International Prize – one of the largest architectural prizes in the...
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This July 9th, the winners of the inaugural Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) – for which 36 outstanding projects have been shortlisted - will be announced in Santiago, Chile. Our editor-in-chief, David Basulto, has been named...
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This circa-1948 International Style three-bedroom was designed and inhabited by Norman and Jean Fletcher, two founding members of The Architects Collaborative, or TAC, which was started in 1945 when Bauhaus mainstay Walter...
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Arup, Dissing+Weitling, and Provencher Roy Associés Architectes have revealed the design of the new bridge for the St. Lawrence, as recently announced by the Government of Canada.
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Photo via Houzz Originally designed as a challenge to see whether a home in frigid Bigfork, Mont. could subsist without heat, this ultra modern take on the classic log cabin forgoes heating, ventilation, and air conditioning for an "inno...
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Like a box within a box, the double height 81m2 communal space provides multifunctionality and adapts to form a meeting space, dining hall, play space, dance room and even a basketball court. Playful rope swings crafted from old skateboa...
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The home is based on designing row house neighborhoods that have a minimal environmental impact. Built as an affordable multi-story house, Maison Reciprocity is organized around a central Container for High-performance Operation, Recircu...
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“This year's RHS show will focus on the themes of ‘Grow, inspire and escape’ and the treehouse will reinforce these ideas,” says Blue Forest Director, Simon Payne. “The extraordinary stand-alone treehouse concept was inspired by the shap...
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A combination of curved and diagonal beams gives an asymmetric profile to this home in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan, by Tokyo studio International Royal Architecture (+ slideshow). International Royal Architecture (IRA) designed KHT House ...
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There is always something special about sneaking off to a hidden place. Whether yours is in a small, quiet room, a cozy chair in the corner, or just your dark bedroom at night, everyone needs a place where they can feel safe and enjoy be...
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Architects: LWPAC Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Architect And Designer: Oliver Lang, Cynthia Wilson Principal, Thomas Bocahut Area: 172 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Ema Peter Developer And Builder: Vanglo Sustainable Construction Group ...
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Dwell takes a deep dive into the homes that well-known architects have designed for their parents. By and large, most are early-career works, but a few, including Le Corbusier's Villa le Lac, help put the careers of these dutiful sons...
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Having just sold for a wallet-emptying $7.4M, this 5,700-square-foot unit marks Chicago's most expensive home sale of 2014. The three bedroom apartment was first listed in 2007 for $9.2M, and comes with a massive, beamed kitchen and abou...
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The INSIDE: World Festival of Interiors has released its 60-strong list of contenders for its 2014 Interior of the Year award. Come this October, in what is basically the WrestleMania of interiors, three-score rad design projects will en...
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Unable to afford architectural services, many abortion clinics in the US constantly struggle to create a buffer between themselves and the often radical anti-abortion protesters outside their walls (indeed, physical b...
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The Abyss Table is the coffee table which comes from drawing board of the designer Christopher Duffy and his practice Duffy London. The Abyss Table is hand made to order in London from sustainable materials, and limited to an editio...
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The design wunderkids over at Zupagrafika have worked their architectural magic yet again, this time creating small buildings that any hipster nuthatch would be happy to call home. The Hispano-Polish design collective transformed plywood...
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For those too distracted by the artful choreography in Magic Mike to catch a brief glimpse at Channing Tatum's character's custom furniture designs—ostensibly Mike's one true passion—Gizmodo is here to remind you how terrible they are. S...
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Architects: Randja – Farid Azib Architects Location: Le Bourget, France Design Team: Farid Azib, Amélie Lengrand, Emilie Forget, Mélanie Surjon Area: 750.0 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Luc Boegly Engineering: CAP INGELEC Acoustica...
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Photo via Dezeen For all of Starbucks' efforts to craft architecturally stimulating spaces—think Neutra-inspired, apothecary-themed, and beyond—not a single one has an espresso shot on the temple-like, airy coolness of the Salvaged Ring ...
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When you build a home on top of a very remote bluff and you don't want to level out the terrain beneath it, it can be a good idea to think outside of the box when designing said home and that's exactly what Masfernandes Arquitectos did. ...
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Zumthor’s plans for LACMA’s new campus on Museum Row in Los Angeles is a meandering structure with double-height, glazed openings and a fluid form that creates a feeling of continuity. The $650 million museum will have rooftop solar pane...
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The AIANY Global Dialogues Committee has dedicated this year to “(dis)Covered Identities.” The theme aims to explore ways by which cultures, cities, and voices define or refine their identities through a global exchange of ideas and conv...
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Have a nomination for a jaw-dropping listing that would make a mighty fine House of the Day? Get thee to the tipline and send us your suggestions. We'd love to see what you've got. Click here to view the full...
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Perched on top of a hill overlooking a technological university in Turkey's capital city of Ankara, this unmistakable home stands as a landmark residence set apart by vibrant colors and modern architecture. A project by Yazgan Design Arc...
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Carrying on in China's grand tradition of architectural craziness and unabashed copycat buildings, a group of students at Shanghai's Tongji University have created collage-like cityscapes called Architecture Knock-offs. By transplanting ...
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In a sideways take on the Designs of the Year Awards, James Haldane introduces The Architectural Review’s pick of products, technology and buildings that change lives for the better
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British designer Terence Conran has gotten Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster, and a handful of his other design buddies to divulge one idea for an item they've always wanted in their homes. Hadid's entry was a tableware set meant to "play...
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Architects: Joey Ho Design Location: Hong Kong Artist: VHILS Year: 2014 Photographs: Courtesy of Joey Ho Design… From the architect. Located in an exclusive luxury mall in the heart of Hong Kong’s CBD, Central, Urban is a chic, urb...
