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Zozaya Arquitectos orients Mexican beach house around reflecting pool >>

Mexican studio Zozaya Arquitectos has designed a concrete seaside house defined by a calming water feature on the Pacific coast of Mexico. Named Casa Mateo, Zozaya Arquitectos (ZAR) completed the 488-square metre residence in Zihuatanejo in 2022. The home is located on one of the…

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California Attorney General Wants to Get Serious About Housing >>

California Attorney General Wants to Get Serious About Housing Diana Ionescu Wed, 03/29/2023 - 10:00 Primary Image California’s Attorney General is asking the state legislature to empower his office to more strictly enforce state housing laws, which many California cities have be…

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Opinion: Free Fares Won’t Solve the Transit Crisis >>

Opinion: Free Fares Won’t Solve the Transit Crisis James Brasuell Wed, 03/29/2023 - 09:00 Primary Image An article by David Zipper for Vox provides one of the most detailed accounts yet of the crisis facing public transit because of reduced ridership and revenues coming out of th…

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‘Climate-Proof Duluth’ Is Changing >>

‘Climate-Proof Duluth’ Is Changing James Brasuell Wed, 03/29/2023 - 08:00 Primary Image Debra Kamin shares insight into a recent exploration of the trend of Americans relocating to the Great Lakes Region, exemplified by the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to seek a friendlier climate…

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Arches Apartment / Ana Sawaia Arquitetura + Estúdio Paulo Alves >>

The generous cantilevered concrete planters over the urban façade offer passersby the view of a truly green cascade. The arched openings on the side facades are glazed with anodized aluminum frames, which further expose the rhythm of the exposed concrete vaulted structure.

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Atlanta Housing Targets 10,000 Affordable Units in Five Years >>

Atlanta Housing Targets 10,000 Affordable Units in Five Years James Brasuell Wed, 03/29/2023 - 07:00 Primary Image The Atlanta Housing Authority released a new five-year strategic plan in February, which is organized around six goals to achieve housing affordability: Create or Pr…

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D.C. Transit and Roadways Overwhelmed by Cherry Blossom Tourists >>

D.C. Transit and Roadways Overwhelmed by Cherry Blossom Tourists Diana Ionescu Wed, 03/29/2023 - 06:00 Primary Image Washington, D.C.’s Metro rail system saw its busiest Sunday since 2015 last weekend as visitors swarmed to see the District’s famous cherry trees in bloom and atte…

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The Importance Of Skyscrapers In The Modern City >>

Whenever you pass a tall building, do you crane your neck to see the top? I always feel a sense of achievement and magnificence when passing by a skyscraper, often heightened by a curiosity to venture inside. But skyscrapers aren’t just showpieces meant to beautify a city. They h…

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Plans for Larnaca Seafront Unveiled by Foster + Partners >>

Foster + Partners, the renowned British architectural firm, is collaborating closely with Petrolina Group on an initial design to revitalize the Larnaca seafront to benefit the city’s current inhabitants, the next generation, and prospective tourists. About two kilometers of oil…

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25 of the Best Tourist Attractions in New York City >>

Kurt Vonnegut’s 1976 Novel, “Slapstick or Lonesome No More!” has dubbed New York the “Skyscraper National Park.” It is true that innumerable tall structures – many beautiful- call this city home. However, there are a lot of buildings that don’t pierce the skies but are worthy of…

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Building tall with timber "does not make sense" say experts >>

As part of our Timber Revolution series, Dezeen asked mass-timber experts about the ongoing race to build ever-taller wooden buildings. For most buildings, tall timber does not make sense, said Arup fellow Andrew Lawrence. Timber's natural home is low-rise construction, he told D…

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Caldeira House / Filipe Pina >>

In the historic center of Vila Nova de Foz Coa, the project focuses on the rehabilitation of a devolved building built at the end of the 19th century, transforming it into a single-family dwelling, where historical architectural features are adapted to a contemporary housing real…

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Top 10 tallest mass-timber buildings around the world >>

As part of our Timber Revolution series, we have rounded up the world's 10 tallest buildings with mass-timber structures, including an engineered-wood shopping-centre extension and a carbon-negative cultural centre. Compiled using data from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban…

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Eight brutalist homes in Latin America >>

A holiday home punctuated by arches in Tulum and a rugged home in Argentina are among the projects in this roundup, which centres on brutalist houses in South and Central America. Although brutalism emerged out of western Europe in the 1950s and 60s, the movement spread to countr…

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"The recognisable but exaggerated form is sublime" says commenter >>

In this week's comments update, readers discussed Specht Architects' glass pavilion house in the Berkshires and debated a toilet made from wood chips. Specht Architects has designed a residential, symmetrical glass pavilion in The Berkshires, Massachusetts, as a place to showcase…

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"'Housing for dirty people' is back and I welcome it" >>

Deck-access housing has unfairly become a symbol for urban squalor in the UK, but a new wave of architects is demonstrating its merits, writes Rory Olcayto. As Miles Glendinning and Stefan Muthesius convincingly argue in Tower Block, their 1994 book on post-war housing, there has…

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What Is Architectural Lighting | All You Need To Know >>

When designing their dream home, people usually pay attention to the furniture, choice of bathroom fixtures, roofing, etc. But they often forget about one of the most important design elements – lighting.  No matter how you decorate a space, it will only have the desired impact i…

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jtB House / BLAF Architecten >>

The geometric design and the circular way of energetically performing building that characterizes BLAF is strongly present in this house. The wall structure with a self-supporting facing brick on the outside, a light timber frame on the inside, and filled with biobased dry lime h…

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Tea House Pavilion / Grau Architects >>

The pavilion invites people to a close experience with nature, focusing visitors' attention on the water reservoir - views, sounds, and movements. It forces a person to stop, to slow down thanks to the endless view into the treetops, the defined view of the boundless calm water s…

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David Chipperfield designs Antwerp housing alongside fruit orchard >>

British studio David Chipperfield Architects has revealed plans for a housing project in Antwerp that will adjoin a 60-tree fruit orchard. Named Boomgaard, the residential project is set to be built in Antwerp's Nieuw Zuid neighbourhood and will contain 54 apartments that sit bes…

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Brazilian Apartments: 10 Projects With Exposed Facilities >>

Exposed pipes highlighted in architecture are not a novelty. Classics like Centre Pompidou and Sesc Pompeia already adopted infrastructure elements as objects that helped compose the building's aesthetics. Solutions inspired by the industrial architecture of the 50s, urging to re…

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Brutalism: The Architecture Style We Love to Love >>

It’s true that all trends are circular, and what was once seen as old and outdated becomes new and modern again- in fashion, music, art, and especially architecture. From the mid 20th century, brutalist architecture rose in popularity before reaching its peak in the mid-1970s, wh…

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Vltavská Underground / U / U studio + RE_place >>

We proudly invite you to the public space/nightclub on the river. We are injecting life into the Vltavska underpass, which lost its transit purpose between Hlavkuv bridge and became a place that citizens of Prague try to avoid while visiting the transport intersection at Vltavska…

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House G+D / Guimpert Atelier Arquitectura >>

The G+D house is located in the Huentelauquen area in Canela, Chile. A coastal desert area that stands out for its arid geography, powerful solar radiation, and prevailing winds.

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Laminates: A Material that Adapts >>

Playing with the balance between form and function, laminates enable architecture to perform a variety of tasks at the same time, being robust, flame-retardant, stain-resistant and antibacterial. With a wide range of applications in architecture, Egger has developed a range of pr…

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Palm Frond Retreat / Koichi Takada Architects >>

Sitting high on the northern headland looking back over picturesque Balmoral Beach (Sydney, Australia) Palm Frond Retreat by Koichi Takada Architects is a dramatic contemporary residence designed to make the most of its sought-after location. The five-bedroom, three-storey home i…

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17 Best Torpedo Levels Of 2023 [Reviewed & Buyer’s Guide] >>

When it comes to construction or designing, it’s important to get the angles right.  The greater the accuracy, the more chances of the project standing out. But playing with angles means looking at the project from a different perspective, and for that, you need the right tools. …

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De Men House / Country House. Architecture >>

I have been thinking about my house for a very long time since I was a teenage boy. Every day, when herding cows through fields, sneaking into the bamboo groves, and wandering around the village,... In my imagination, sometimes my house was the bird nest in the tree and other tim…

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WoodWorks announces winning projects in its 2023 Wood Design Awards >>

Twenty-four projects that use wood were recognized this week as part of the WoodWorks 2023 Wood Design Awards. Each year the program celebrates buildings in a range of sectors from The post WoodWorks announces winning projects in its 2023 Wood Design Awards appeared first on The…

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Plaza Circle / T2P Architects Office >>

The Atsugi Forest Environmental Research Center, a training facility owned by Kansei Kogyo, which specializes in the management and cleaning of sewer pipe networks, is in the Morinosato district of Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. We proposed to the client to create a pla…

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Appels Architekten designs prefabricated wooden home in Bavaria >>

Zurich-based firm Appels Architekten has designed an open, simplistic family home in Bavaria, Germany, composed of wooden cubes.  Called “House by the Lake,” the home balances privacy and spaces for gathering. As detailed by the architects, this configuration allows residents to…

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New York City announces major new Harlem River Greenway in the Bronx >>

A new greenway project expected to make over a corridor of the Harlem River between the Bronx and Upper Manhattan was announced recently by New York Mayor Eric Adams, adding an important new cog in his administration’s ‘20-20 Vision Zero’ plan that aims to improve and increase pe…

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Richard Rogers' Channel 4 headquarters awarded Grade II-listing >>

The Richard Rogers-designed Channel 4 headquarters in London, which was recently deemed one of the UK's most-at-risk buildings, has been granted Grade II-listed status. Completed in 1994, the Channel 4 headquarters in central London was given a Grade II-listing as an elegant exam…

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Centre Pompidou is expanding to Seoul and Saudi Arabia >>

The iconic Centre Pompidou has confirmed that it will open a branch in Seoul, South Korea. The new museum, set to open in 2025, will join the center’s existing network of outposts in Shanghai, Malaga, and the French city of Metz. According to Artnews, the new museum will be house…

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Davidson Prize longlist features 16 designs to mitigate homelessness >>

The longlist for the third annual Davidson Prize has been revealed with concepts across the UK that aim to provide new kinds of home communities that help solve issues of housing insecurity. This year's longlist comprises work by 16 studios created in response to the 2023 theme S…

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How To Choose Window Blinds That Can Match The Aesthetic Of Your Home >>

Window treatments offer one of the easiest ways by which you can update the aesthetic of your home. They are easy to install, are available in multiple textures, patterns, and colors, and in many cases, do not cost much.  The only difficulty most people face when selecting a wind…

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Foster + Partners reveals plan for Larnaca seafront >>

British studio Foster + Partners has unveiled its plans to redevelop the waterfront of the resort town of Larnaca in Cyprus. The development, designed by Foster + Partners for Cypriot petroleum company Petrolina Group, will replace around two kilometres of oil refineries that wer…

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Constellations and mangroves inform design of St. Regis Resort Kanai >>

Architecture studio Edmonds International has created a hotel near Playa del Carmen in Mexico that comprises a series of interlocking circular forms embedded in a mangrove forest. Made up of a series of pavilions, the hotel is sited near the Sian Ka'an Reserve on the Yucatán coas…

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Demas Nwoko receives the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement Award >>

Multitalented Nigerian architect, sculptor, and designer Demas Nwoko is named the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement by the Venice Biennale in recognition of what curator Lesley Lokko described as the “polyglot nature of his talents and oeuvres and to the rathe…

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Faceted panels wrap Line Hotel and Serif building in San Francisco >>

Cladding made of glass-fibre-reinforced concrete wraps the exterior of a sculptural, mixed-used building that was designed by US firm Handel Architects for a crowded, triangular site. The 12-storey building houses The Line Hotel and a residential portion called Serif, along with…

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STUDIOS 90 Residential Building | Sanjay Puri Architects >>

STUDIOS 90 Residential Building’s Concept: The composition of colored cuboids creates this sculptural residential project. The brief for these mid-rise buildings was to create studio apartments, a hostel & a guest house on the perimeter of a housing project for a residential town…

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12 Essential 3ds Max 2023 Features You Can’t Miss >>

Autodesk has announced the impending release of 3ds Max 2023, an improved version of the company’s 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and visualization software. Autodesk claims that in 3ds Max 2023, the emphasis will be on actual time workflows, modern image development, and inc…

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SDA completes flood-resilient concrete house in Vietnam >>

Architecture studio SDA has completed the Floating House, a concrete-framed home on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City that is elevated above ground to mitigate the impacts of flooding. The home occupies a verdant site in the Thu Duc district that is often flooded by a nearby rive…

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10 new kitchen designs we enjoyed this week >>

In case you haven't checked out Archinect's Pinterest boards in a while, we have compiled ten recently pinned images from outstanding projects on various Archinect Firm and People profiles. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Kitchen Spaces. Tip: use th…

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