Latest and Breaking Architecture News and Top Stories - July 7
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At this year’s Venice Biennale, we are hearing the murmurs of a built environment learning to speak.
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Kasim Reed explains why he let the Atlanta Braves move to the suburbs, Christopher Hawthorne has another idea for the LACMA redesign, and more stories for Monday.
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Toll Brothers City Living proves that 'who's buying' is why bigger commands better prices.
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Integrated technology is bringing new form factors and roles to solid-state luminaires.
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Critic Christopher Hawthorne argues that Zumthor's Los Angeles County Museum of Art design should shrink on the original side of Wilshire to preserve the La Brea Tar Pits, and save the LACMA-owned property on the other side of the street...
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The renderings and the fine print in the Wrigley Field renovation plan point to different outcomes.
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The Patterson House in Washington, D.C., was designed by Stanford White for a Chicago Tribune editor. Today, plans are underway to convert it into living spaces for transient twenty-somethings.
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Aaron Betsky examines a MVRDV Market Hall covered by an inhabitable multifamily arch.
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Architects: ABSCIS Architecten Location: Stadsplein, Mortsel, Belgium Area: 1,045 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Thomas De Bruyne Client: Autonoom Gemeentebedrijf Mortsel / Van Roey-Dexia Cost: office: € 2.225.253 – square: €7.707.870 – car...
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A haberdashery to rebuild and remodel. The concept begins on how to expose a panoply of small articles, between sewing [...]
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The Austrian firm Coop Himmelb(l)au has designed a wacky quilted coat that blocks electronic surveillance. With pockets to protect your collection of phones and tablets, the Jammer Coat was commissi...
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This gabled concrete visitor centre by local architects Iseppi/Kurath is perched on the edge of a 60-metre gorge in the Swiss Alps (+ slideshow). Architects Ivano Iseppi and Stefan Kurath were asked to develop the Viamala Gorge Visitor C...
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Casa del Bosque is located on a corner lot in Fernando de la Mora, Zona Norte, Paraguay and was designed by NDE Renda as a sprawling single level home (except for one very small 2nd storey volume which holds the media room) that sits clo...
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Located in The Robberg, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa on rolling dunes overlooking panoramic ocean views and direct access to the beach, the site was an ideal location to embrace the indoor-outdoor lifestyle the homeowners wanted, so the...
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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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Every month, INTERIORS Journal analyzes and diagrams the spaces in various films, producing detailed plans for our viewing pleasure. But have you ever wondered just how they do it? If you have, check out their short...
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Architects: Néstor Sandbank Location: Ramot HaShavim, Israel Project Area: 3,000 sqm Project Year: 2013 Photographs: Itai Sikolsky From the architect.… Designed by Nestor Sandbank, this modernist mansion is organized on the 3000 sq...
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A series of glass boxes protected by retractible metal shutters blur the boundaries between indoors and out in this two-level home by Spanish firm Estudio Entresitio. Transparent volumes interact with voids and stark concrete walls to cr...
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World Architecture Festival Awards 2014 shortlist announced A Buddhist temple in Singapore, an invisible eco-tourism resort in Turkey, a maritime museum in Copenhagen and the new masterplan for Gatwick Airport are among the projects that...
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Although last month's job growth is above average for the past three months, the construction industry experienced a second month of stunted growth.
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Now in its seventh year, the London Design Museum's Design of the Year Award annually recognizes the most innovative and interesting designs from 70 nominated entries in the categories of Architecture, Design, Fashion, Furniture, Graphic...
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Deeply affected by the Tohoku-Oki earthquake that decimated northeastern Japan in March 2011, the students of Chiba University focused on creating post-disaster architecture and communities for their 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe entry. Th...
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The following is an essay that originally appeared in Australian Design Review as “Beyond the Wall, the Floor.” In it, Michael Holt and Marissa Looby describe the evolution of Herzog and de Meuron‘s work. Using numerous...
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Tom Wilkinson's study of 10 remarkable buildings and what they say about society is challenging, witty and authoritative The debut book by Tom Wilkinson (the architectural historian, rather than the actor) is a stunning assembly of ideas...
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Architects: iSM architects Location: Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea Architects In Charge: Joongwon Lee, Kyung-A Lee Area: 72.0 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Hyosook Chin Design Team: Hyomin Lee, Sehee Lee, Jinhee Kim, Ku...
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Inspired by vegetative growth and the bamboo scaffolding of Asia, Thomas Corbasson and VS-A… have proposed a conceptual project for an organic skyscraper for London that will incorporate waste produced by its occupants. The buildi...
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A recital hall covered in aluminium mesh projects from one corner of this timber-clad music and communications centre designed by Mitchell Taylor Workshop for a college in the south of England. Pangbourne College in Reading asked British...
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The Gallipoli Peninsula, at the Western end of Turkey, holds a particular significance for the country as the site of a major World War One battle in which the declining Ottoman Empire repelled an attempted invasion by British forces. To...
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The Medallion is a stunning home constructed by Webb & Brown-Neaves. It is located in Floreat, a suburb of Perth, Australia. It is currently for sale for $790,000. Buy it now! The Medallion by Webb & Brown-Neaves: “In what ...
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Architects: Ricardo Bak Gordon Location: Boavista, Porto, Portugal Architect In Charge: Ricardo Bak Gordon Year: 2010 Photographs: FG+SG- Fernando Guerra Collaborators: Leonor Cício, Luís Pedro Pinto, Nuno Costa, Patrícia Cabaça, Pedro S...
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Haus F is a private residence located in Esslingen, Germany. It was designed by FINCKH ARCHITEKTEN BDA and completed in 2012. Photos by: Mark Seelen Photography More...
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Home is a project designed by PMK+designers. Located in Taiwan, it was completed in 2010 and on a limited budget. Photos by: Joey Liu More...
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Architects: MacGabhann Architects Location: Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, Ireland Design Team: Antoin MacGabhann, Tarla MacGabhann, Nanni Grau, Niels Merschbrock Area: 1,700 sqm Year: 2008 Photographs: Dennis Gilbert From the architect.̷...
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Heating water for tea might seem like the simplest act of your day, but most of us overfill the kettle and waste tons of energy every day. Electric kettles cost an average of £24 (or over $40 US) to operate, a number that could be greatl...
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Architects: Mario Botta Location: 420 South Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC, USA Partner Architect: Wagner Murray Architects PA, Charlotte Area: 2,490 sqm Year: 2009 Photographs: Joel Lassiter, Enrico Cano Client: Andreas Bechtler Site Area:...
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London-based design collective Assemble Architects have delivered on the promise of 2010's brilliant pop-up Cineroleum, as these pictures show Assemble: from pop-ups to grown-ups, by Rowan Moore Continue reading...
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London-based collective Assemble first caught the eye with their 2010 pop-up cinema Cineroleum. Now their inspiring improvised architecture is helping to drive social change Gallery: Assemble Architects: from Cineroleum to Yardhouse in p...
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Boldly standing tall in Malvern, the striking façade demonstrates fearless architectural design featuring a variety of materials including the impressive [...]
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Silverstone Pit, Northamptonshire Motor Racing, Development, News, Architect, Design, Project, Images Silverstone Pitlane & Paddock, England Motor Racing Building in central England, UK – Silverstone design by Populous page upd...
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Neither photographs nor renders, all of the images in this post are actually the intricately handcrafted creations of British artist Lucy Williams, a skilled paper-cutter with an incredible amount of patience. Luckily for us architecture...
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Timber slats cover the angular facades and roof of this community centre in the Bordeaux suburb of Pessac by local studio Gayet-Roger Architects (+ slideshow). The Sardine Community Centre was designed by Gayet-Roger Architects for a sit...
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The stunning Boomslang walkway is a permanent attraction at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden and provides amazing views of one of the country's most celebrated arboretums. It was named after a species of poisonous snake, whose ...
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Is that rock inside or outside? Wait, is it even a rock? If not, then what is it? As bizarre as these questions may seem, they are the exact ones Sarah Sze wanted people to ask themselves when visiting her Triple Point (Planetarium)…
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Monsanto sits on the edge of a mountain not far from Serra da Estrela. The town overlooks the valley below, affording sweeping views of the region from many vantage points. The ancient population carved dozens of narrow streets and passa...
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The RhOME for denCity team consists of professors and researchers from the Architecture, Business Studies and Engineering departments of the Università degli Studi Roma Tre, and a department of Politecnico di Milano. The compulsion behin...
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Architects: Arhitektura Budjevac Location: Trg Kralja Aleksandra Ujedinitelja, Niš, Serbia Design Team: Andreja Budjevac, Saša Budjevac, Miljana Ignjatović Area: 105 sqm Year: 2014 Photographs: Andreja Budjevac Wall Art: Jelena Ilić Fr...
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The disputed territory of the Kashmir Valley becomes a fantasy realm for children, where story-telling pavilions are accompanied by dragons and jinns, in this project by Bartlett architecture graduate Haaris Ramzan (+ slideshow). Borderi...
