Architecture firm BIG has released renderings of its first project in South America: a curved tower covered with planted balconies that would become the tallest building in Quito. Bjarke Ingels Group revealed images of the largely residential building for Ecuador’s capital, which is projected to include 376,737 square feet (35,000 square metres) of floor space.
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as part of archtober, we head underground to explore what lies beneath new york’s bustling streetscape.
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The building has an interesting dual relationship, the first floor is used for music and dance, while the second floor accommodates plastic arts. The two levels (and therefore the programmatic areas) are linked by a generous open-air (covered) grand staircase-hall-gallery which articulates and simultaneously acts as a meeting, performance and exhibition space.
The façade of the residential building was inspired by the visual architecture of apartment buildings that were erected during the “golden age” in Rīga – the late 19th and early 20th century.
In a rural setting, with few architectural interest and a somewhat hard weather, two sisters and their husbands were excited about the idea of living together, so they bought a home, which had to complete its program with an extension in the land available on the inside of the plot.
Zaha Hadid’s design for a skeletal building overlooking Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro has been shelved, according to local reports. Casa Atlântica, an 11-storey apartment building with a facade reminiscent a sea creature’s spiny vertebrae, would have been the first building in Brazil from the late Pritzker Prize-winning architect. But delays from the city hall to
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Designed and built by the University of Idaho’s Design-Build Program, this warming hut outside Sandpoint, Idaho offers snowmobilers, snowshoers and others who enjoy playing in the woods a new place to get out of the elements.
ArchDaily is pleased to announce our partnership with SPACE10 on their launch of IMAGINE, a single-season exploration of the brave new world of shared living. You can listen to more episodes of this podcast (produced with Unsinkable Sam) on SPACE10’s website.
How we can design the spaces we inhabit to improve our well-being? This story starts in Copenhagen, where SPACE10 is based, with Jan Gehl — the pioneering Danish urban planner who showed how we can transform our quality of life by changing our cities.
Awarding the Stirling Prize to Foster + Partners for its Bloomberg building sends the wrong message and risks runaway global warming. We need a new approach to sustainability says Phineas Harper. Sustainability has been seen for years by architects as a worthy but tedious constraint. Tick-box regulations have been adopted by a compliant but begrudging
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A small apartment created with both function and style in mind. While designing this home Designer & Visualizer, Logovo, aimed to create a calm atmosphere that would radiate coziness and warmth. No easy feat considering that the home owners loved concrete, a finish notoriously known for having a more cold, industrial aesthetic. You will see […]
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