October 2018 - Page 85 of 136

Gensler and RKD Architects create digital waterfall for Microsoft Ireland’s HQ

October 12, 2018 India Block 0

Microsoft Ireland’s new campus in Dublin is designed around the concept of an island, complete with a digital waterfall cascading through the atrium. RKD Architects and San Francisco-based architects Gensler created the headquarters for the technology company’s 2,000 employees, who had previously been spread across multiple sites in the city. “Our idea took a very human-centric approach,” said Amanda

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Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam Explores “Building Happiness” in Historic and Contemporary Design

October 12, 2018 Lindsay Duddy 0

In recent years, architecture film festivals have erupted around the globe providing critics, theorists, and all architectural thinkers with an additional median for architectural expression and discussion. The symbiotic relationship between architecture and film stems from architecture’s effect on its built environment and its determined social/cultural impact.

This Moss-Covered, Octagonal Micro-Cabin Combines Luxury and Rustic Aesthetic

October 12, 2018 Lindsay Duddy 0

Jacob Witzling may lack formal architectural training, but his passion for nature and cabin architecture has provided him with all the tools needed to both design and construct idyllic living spaces. Witzling’s cabins can be found throughout the United States; these structures are often sequestered to the woods, providing a remote escape from urban centers and suburban sprawl.

Orange Architects + KCAP Create a Golden City Block for St. Petersburg in Russia

October 12, 2018 Eric Baldwin 0

Orange Architects + KCAP have created a Golden City Block for St. Petersburg, Russia. Bordering the Finnish Gulf, the new urban development is part of Vasilievsky Island. Three of Orange and KCAP’s projects in the development are already underway, including the towers of block 6, as well as construction for block 7 and block 8. Inspired by the morphology and structure of St. Petersburg’s city center, the design utilizes urban blocks with enclosed gardens and courtyards.

Issa Megaron / PROARH

October 12, 2018 Daniel Tapia 0

The Issa Megaron project is dealing with questions regarding the context of the site boundary, envisioned on the plot that is read as a “void”, a blank space-with deception that context is non -existent. Given that the “genius loci” is not only the plot an island of Vis but actually the Mediterranean, we conceive the house by the system of the Socrates Megaron ( as the first passive house), reinterpreting the ancient traditional stone drywalls and creating a new rural man-made topography.

LEGORRETA completes engineering college in doha with pastel-hued geometric façades

October 12, 2018 Pygmalion 0

the design of the texas A&M engineering college responds to qatar’s desert climate conditions.
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D3 House / Pitsou Kedem Architects

October 12, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

A private family home located in an urban environment. The façade of the house is in fact a kind of sealed “box” composed of two large volumes. One horizontal façade is made up of a white aluminum skin with a repetitive graphic pattern in which, here and there, in a seemingly random way, cut-out openings allow a glimpse into the house during the day and the filtering out of artificial light at night. The upper volume is constructed of exposed architectural concrete to create a tension against the lower volume. Designed to create a sense of flight, the upper volume is positioned on a diagonal and emphasizes the contrast between it and the perforated white aluminum façade. The envelope facing the street forms a minimalistic and polished object that accentuates the monastic and condensed language chosen by the designer. The street-facing façade stands out because of its restraint, successfully fulfilling its purpose of creating a precise and sleek appearance.

subtle marble lines define the layout of this medical center in braga, by martins architecture

October 12, 2018 macnadusa 0

portuguese martins architecture office has turned a nearly abandoned shop in braga, portugal, into a luminous, minimalistic oriental therapy center complemented by the richness of marble. conceived as a ‘box in a box’, the ‘performative bond’ project covers the space in white adding sophisticated elegant elements to the interior. receptionall photos by NUDO as one enters […]

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Reading Room – Atlibrary / Sher Maker

October 12, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

The project start with try to put the reading program in local community area between group of commercial building for business and investment purposes. With the simply idea to built a building under budget constrains.

subtle marble lines define the layout of this medical center in braga, by martins architecture

October 12, 2018 Marta Machado 0

conceived as a ‘box in a box’, the ‘performative bond’ project covers the space in white adding sophisticated elegant elements to the interior.
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