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Iterare Arquitectos uses traditional materials inside Valencia’s House of Giants

January 14, 2020 Ali Morris 0

Iterare Arquitectos has used traditional construction techniques and local materials to update a 100-year-old home in Valencia with a minimalist interior. House of Giants is located in Valencia’s El Cabañal neighbourhood, which was historically populated by fishermen. The three-storey home, which belongs to a local artist and engraver, has been designed by Iterare Arquitectos to

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ALTS design office conceives a tiny shop for a 12-year old pastry baker in japan

January 14, 2020 sumioumizumoto 0

the 16sqm shop was designed as a contemporary gable roof, with an exposed wooden structure and clad in a light grey facade.
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Concrete Benches: Furniture for Inside and Outside the Home

January 14, 2020 Matheus Pereira 0

Concrete is not purely a structural element. As we demonstrated in a recent article about kitchen projects using concrete countertops, the material is gaining significant traction in the world of residential furnishings and fixtures. To further exemplify this, we have curated a list of several projects that use concrete benches to create beautiful moments inside and outside the home.

Querido Tulum Residential Complex / reyes rios + larraín + Gabriel Konzevik

January 14, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

Located in Tulum, Quintana Roo in México, the design for the medium density apartment complex, targeted to a mid to high income market, has its basis on the following premises: – Improve the sense of community among the residents inside the scale of the complex, introducing meeting places into the architectural program. – Improve the sense of individuality and privacy inside each unit, using transitional spaces and thresholds between social and private areas of the apartment layouts – Reduce the energy consumption of each unit as much as possible by the composition of all the component bodies and their scale. – Preserve and relocate as much of the present flora as possible, while introducing new landscape compatible in density and composition with the endemic landscape of Tulum. – Create a building noted by the use of organic materials typical of the region, weather resistant and that age beautifully, contraposed with industrial materials which are cost effective for a commercial project with high quality design and a character of its own.

seattle’s asian art museum readies for reopening after renovation

January 14, 2020 macnadusa 0

following a 24-month-long renovation and expansion, seattle’s asian art museum will reopen to the public on february 8, 2020. the museum’s historic 1933 building closed in early 2017 to address critical needs of infrastructure, accessibility, and program space. now enhanced with a design by LMN architects, working alongside landscape architect walker macy, the building reopens […]

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Ciel, the World’s Tallest Hotel is Under Construction in Dubai Marina

January 14, 2020 Christele Harrouk 0

Set to become the world’s tallest hotel upon its completion, Ciel is a high-rise currently under development in Dubai Marina. Designed by NORR, and developed by The First Group (TFG), the tower will reach a height of 360 meters and will house 1,042 luxury suites.

Cosmos Architecture Proposes Egyptian Pavilion that Questions the Balance of Ecological Diversity

January 14, 2020 Christele Harrouk 0

Cosmos Architecture, an international practice based in Madrid, Milan, Shanghai, and Cairo has designed a proposal for the Egyptian Pavilion in the Venice Biennale 2020. The project is an awareness campaign, highlighting diverse environmental issues occurring in Egypt and presenting proper solutions.

Harvard GSD Announces 2020 Richard Rogers Fellows

January 14, 2020 Eric Baldwin 0

Harvard Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD) has announced the six winners of the 2020 Richard Rogers Fellowship, a residency program at the Wimbledon House in London, the landmarked residence designed by Lord Richard Rogers for his parents in the late 1960s. Now entering its fourth cycle, the Fellowship is inspired by Lord Rogers’s commitment to cross-disciplinary investigation and engagement.

Adaptive Reuse: 4 Projects Giving New Life to Architectural Heritage

January 14, 2020 Susanna Moreira 0

The passage of time will alter, erode, and in most cases, degrade any architectural structure. Whether this be the result of climate, adaptation, misuse, or even war, all buildings are subject to the same life cycles of steady, or extreme, decline. In recent decades, “adaptive reuse” has gained significant traction as a means of breathing new life into an old structure, offering an often complex challenge for designers, architects, and indeed everyday users, who walk a fine line between a respectful restoration of history, and significant adaption for modern needs.

Call for Entries: Conceptual Design of Shenzhen Guangmingcheng Integrated Transport Hub and the Architectural Design of the Main Building

January 14, 2020 Milly Mo 0

Shenzhen, known as an important special economic zone for reform and opening up, a national economic center, an international center for science and technology, an international cultural exchange center, and a global marine central city, while its Guangming District is a national science city in Guangzhou-Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Corridor, an important source of innovation in the Pearl River Delta, and the north center of Shenzhen.