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Thursday, September 24, 2015 from Archinect
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Thursday, September 24, 2015 from Architizerchicagoarchitecturebiennial : Superpowers of Ten: A Performance by Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation For three days from October 1st through 3rd, Superpowers of Ten, an alternative version of Charles and Ray Eames’ film ...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Urban Realm Latest NewsRichard Murphy Architects and Simpson & Brown have been appointed to develop alternate proposals for the restoration of Edinburgh’s former Royal High School, which would see the Calton Hill landmark turned into a new home for...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Architizerchicagoarchitecturebiennial : Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconic SC Johnson Wax Headquarters: Now Open Every Weekend Located in Racine, Wisconsin, the SC Johnson and Son Administration Building and connected Research Tower are one of Frank...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) declined in August, following fairly healthy business conditions so far this year. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the August ABI score was 49.1, down from a mark of 54.7 in... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
Zaha Hadid Architects and their Japanese partner, Nikken Sekkei, have withdrawn from the competition for the 2020 Olympic Stadium in Tokyo due to the failure in securing a construction company. Zaha Hadid Architects had won the... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
Anyone who has enjoyed a forest walk probably noticed the simultaneous “peace and quiet” and subtle busy-ness of Mother Nature. Students in Estonia certainly did. And for an extra dose of awesome, they decided to amplify these natural... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archinect
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from eVolo | Architecture Magazine
Trillium Resort & Spa is a project proposal by Coorlas Architecture. The tower’s flowing geometry was developed utilizing 2 Dimensional projective carving. This method of form modeling results in optimized geometry for non-orthogonal... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho has selected OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture 's Puukuokka housing block as winner of the 2015 Finlandia Prize for Architecture . Saariaho, this year's sole judge for the prize, choose the... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from A Daily Dose of Architecture
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Dezeen » ArchitectureJapanese studio SANAA has completed a sinuous building of glass, concrete, steel and wood that winds across the landscape of a nature reserve in New Canaan, Connecticut. Named The River in reference to its ribbon-like roof, the building...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
Following an architectural competition in 2011, the firm Chevalier Morales Architectes received the mandate to expand, redesign and bring to compliance the old Lachine borough library, dating back to 1974. This neighbourhood library not... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from CTBUH Global NewsNew information submitted to the City of Seattle shows that a skyscraper proposed for Fourth Avenue and Columbia Street will be 101 stories tall. If built as planned, the tower is likely to be the West Coast's tallest building.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from CTBUH Global NewsA Malaysian construction company that was supposed to be building a multi-tower mixed-use project in Abu Dhabi, has said it is terminating its construction agreement because it has not been paid.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from CTBUH Global NewsRichard Meier has unveiled plans for a 127-meter-tall tower in Taipei. Already under construction, the CDC “55 Timeless” Xin-Yi Residential Tower will be comprised of two volumes: a solid north tower and transparent south tower.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from CTBUH Global NewsA long-vacant corner in Chicago might be getting a building worthy of its prominent position in the South Loop. Plans have been unveiled for a 272-meter-tall skyscraper at the location, which would be the tallest in the neighborhood.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Canadian Architect HeadlinesSarah Fletcher interviews Johanna Hurme of 5468796 Architecture, one of the jurors in this year's Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence. The post Web exclusive: Interview with Johanna Hurme appeared first on Canadian Architect .
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
If there was a most radical decade of the last century, few would come close to topping the 1960s. From the Bay of Pigs to the Beatles, Marilyn Monroe to the moon landing, there was rarely a dull moment. The world of materials was also... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
NC Design & Architecture have designed the Sungai Wang Restaurant in Hong Kong, that features decor inspired by traditional Malaysian culture, where customers get to eat inside curvilinear structures, whose shape is inspired... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
There's something special about architecture in The Netherlands . From MVRDV 's iconic Markthal in Rotterdam to WAM 's whimsically stacked Inntel Hotel in Zaandam , for years Dutch design has questioned accepted architectural norms. The... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
Designer Kevin Young of AYA Living Group, has designed an apartment in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for his client that likes to entertain, while also having space to relax. The designer’s description This Kaohsiung apartment... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Inhabitat - Sustainable Design Innovation, Eco Architecture, Green Building » Architecture
Want a tent that lets you sleep beneath the stars without sacrificing privacy? Meet the dome “Oasis,” a portable glamping (glamorous camping) structure that offers a 360-degree view of nature and the starry night sky. Created by... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
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The Telethon Children's Rehabilitation Center in Paraguay is 30 years old, during which time its institutional fate was no different to the country in which neglect, corruption and discouragement have been stages to overcome, to rescue... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Dezeen » Architecture
OOPEAA has won the 2015 Finlandia Prize for Architecture with Puukuokka – the tallest wooden apartment block in Finland and one of the first high-rise examples of prefabricated cross-laminated timber construction in the world. Completed... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
In this additional scene from our interview with Spanish architect/engineer Santiago Calatrava , the designer discusses the monumental timespan and demanding criteria of his transportation hub for the World Trade Center. Following...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
Niche Tactics: Generative Relationships between Architecture and Site (Routledge 2015), the first book by architecture's Edgar A. Tafel Assistant Professor Caroline O'Donnell, explores architecture's relationship with site and its... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Frameweb Architecture NewsCRETEIL– A new extension to the Cathedral of Créteil marks the creation of a revitalised urban symbol of faith.
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from - Architecture RSS FeedWhat a beautiful idea
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
Before it was even completed, the legacy of the Populous-designed stadium for the London 2012 Olympics was a thorny issue. Originally designed to be largely dismantled after the games, a sudden interest in the future stadium from local...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Dezeen » Architecture
A vision of a blazing bridge has won a tongue-in-cheek competition seeking "alternative but equally ridiculous" design proposals that could replace Thomas Heatherwick's much maligned Garden Bridge for London. Over 50 alternative... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
The installation of the Lille Métropole commercial court on the ground floor of the Mercure tower follows the merger of the courts of Lille and Roubaix-Tourcoing. This rehabitation represents an urban, symbolic and functional challenge. -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from a+t BlogThe new head office, a 280,000 m3 built volume, has been sandwiched between two spaces of atonement: the Garden of Eden on the roof and the Grotto in the parking lot. In the second decade of the third millennium it would not have been...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
Earlier this week Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate Modern, announced that Herzog & de Meuron's extension will officially open on Friday 17th June 2016. The gallery, which originally opened in 2000 housed within a former... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archiscene - Your Daily Architecture & Design Update
Impressive proposal design for Cairo Art Gallery at Manial Island in Egypt capital coming from the design desk of ME Architects practice. The project main concept was to reflect the Cairo’s identity as a background for any art... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Archiscene - Your Daily Architecture & Design Update
LLI Design team shares with us their recently completed redesign of the Butterton Residence, a house located in Buckinghamshire (United Kingdom). The design was shaped with a contemporary sentiment for a young family with 2 children.... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Dezeen » Architecture
Tasked with creating a painting studio for an artist in rural Mallorca, local studio Munarq has overhauled a crumbling farmhouse and added a stone-walled extension (+ slideshow). Architect Pau Munar Comas, one of the two Munarq founders,... -
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Urban Realm Latest NewsEdinburgh based co-design studio Here + Now, a team of landscape architects, designers and photographers, is to repurpose a disused railway tunnel in Edinburgh for a month long public art exhibition of photographs and stories contributed...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 from Arch Daily
Located in the center Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan’s fourth largest city, the Gohar Khatoon Girls’ School replaces an older structure that was in an extreme state of disrepair and expands the capacity of a historically significant urban...
