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MA 4519 Residential Building / Arqtipo

May 20, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

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The MA 4519 project located in the neighborhood of Saavedra, is presented as the opportunity to operate in interstitial, on a residual lot for the traditional real estate market, it investigates the habitat density without resigning quality of life. On a small plot of 8.66 x 12.50 m, in the R2B1 district, without an internal front line, it is allowed to build the entire land of this typical apple, generating a proposal from morphological operations that articulate it in relation to the heterogeneous context of this urban fabric in continuous transformation The project takes advantage of the maximum height of the zoning of the district, from a series of staggered spaces with expansions at different heights that are related to both boundaries. Its virtual volumetry is completed with a metallic structure that redefines the limits, qualifying the spatial conditions of the project.

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Machou Designs World’s Longest Urban Agriculture Park for Dubai

May 20, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Machou Architects has designed the world’s longest urban agriculture park for Dubai. Designed to transform the city’s most vital highway into an eco-valley, the project has been developed in response to the lack of functional public spaces and sustainable outdoor spaces. Reimagining Sheikh Zayed Road, the project centers on Dubai’s main transportation artery and its primary link to other cities.

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House Charqueadas / Rmk! Arquitetura

May 20, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Built on an area of 2,378.48 m², the house “Charqueadas”, has a single floor program divided into three formal units of different materialities: social areas are housed under a 42-meter concrete slab; intimate areas within a volume covered by movable wood panels; and service areas protected by volume covered by natural stone.

Zaha Hadid’s air-conditioned Al Wakrah Stadium in Qatar hosts its first match

May 20, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Al Wakrah Stadium for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by Zaha Hadid Architects

The Al Wakrah Stadium, designed by Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar, has an openable roof and a seating-bowl cooling system to allow football to be played all-year round. One of eight venues that will host games during the FIFA World Cup 2022, the 40,000-seat stadium was designed by Hadid before

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Five key projects by emerging Thai architect Boonserm Premthada

May 20, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Elephant World by Boonserm Premthada

Who is Boonserm Premthada? Here’s a look at five significant projects by the Thai architect, founder of Bangkok Project Studio, who won the Royal Academy’s Dorfman Award for 2019. Born and raised in Bangkok, Premthada founded his architecture studio in 2013, after completing his architectural studies at Chulalongkorn University the year before. Bangkok Project Studio is

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8 Steps to Surviving a Kitchen Remodel (8 photos)

May 20, 2019 Lisa Frederick 0

Congratulations — the kitchen remodeling job you’ve planned for months is finally ready to begin! Now comes the hard part: making do without a fully functioning kitchen for the duration. There’s no escaping the inconvenience, but with some smart plann…