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House Akerdijk / Arjen Reas Architects

February 4, 2020 Paula Pintos 0

On the Akerdijk in Lijnden, we have had the opportunity to develop a dike house for a single-family in a place where there is a lot of dynamism due to special views, a deep back garden and the level difference that is present because of the dike.

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Berlin’s Brutalist Silence co-working space has barely anything inside

February 4, 2020 Natasha Levy 0
Brutalist Silence co-working space, designed by Annabell Kutucu

Concrete surfaces and just a smattering of furnishings provide a “silent stage” for members using this Berlin co-working space, designed by Annabell Kutucu. The co-working space – which interior designer Kutucu named Brutalist Silence – is set inside Marina Marina, a creative hub that sits beside the waters of Berlin’s Spree River. When tasked with developing

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Reparametrize Studio and Digital Architects Re-Code Post War Syria

February 4, 2020 Christele Harrouk 0

Reparametrize Studio and Digital Architects have created an exhibition combining photography and 360-degree projection mapping, to showcase destroyed cities, part of the 2019/2020 Bi-City Shenzhen Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. As Ziwar Al Nouri, Founder of Reparametrize Studio stated, the project underlines the different possibilities “when numbers meet Architecture and Culture and help us improve human life and the future of our city”.  

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Extension announcement of International Architecture Design Competition of Shenzhen Opera House

February 4, 2020 韩爽 - HAN Shuang 0

In response to China’s State Council’s notice on extending the Lunar New Year holiday to February 2 and Guangdong Province’s notice on returning to work after February 9, we decide to adjust the Timetable of International Architecture Design Competition of Shenzhen Opera House accordingly. The deadline for submitting the Application Documents (including registration documents and early concept proposal in the form of hardcopy and softcopy (U disk)) in open call phase has been adjusted from before 15:00 on February 18, 2020 to before 15:00 on March 10, 2020. For details of the adjusted competition timetable, please refer to the attachment.

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i29 renovates building from 1788 to create restaurant felix in amsterdam

February 4, 2020 macnadusa 0

interior architecture studio, i29, has brought a contemporary touch to amsterdam‘s historical felix meritis building to create a new dining space, which opened its doors to the public on january 30th 2020. combining modern elements with the original architecture, which dates back to 1788, the recently completed ‘restaurant felix’ is a tasteful renovation that embraces […]

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The Architecture of Labor: Working Conditions and the New Normal

February 4, 2020 Eric Baldwin 0

Labor gives rise to design. As the aggregate of physical and mental effort used in the creation of goods and services, labor is tied to both what we create and our process. In a field shaped by production, architecture and design depend on labor from a broad range of professionals. But as workers increasingly put in longer hours and traditional measures of security change, questions of labor practices have arisen amid broader conditions of contemporary work culture. 

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China Completes Hospital in 10 Days to Fight Wuhan’s Coronavirus

February 4, 2020 Eric Baldwin 0

China’s Wuhan City has completed construction of the 1,000-bed Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital in under ten days. Built to treat coronavirus patients, the hospital aims to build off the previous construction of Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital in just a week’s time back in 2003. The final project was finished by a 7,000-member crew, and the hospital received its first patients on Monday morning.

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Mar Tirreno 86 / Frida Escobedo

February 4, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

From the outset, the design was informed by a desire to challenge the organizational limitations of the typical vertical housing block. The objective was to expand, to blur, to make more dynamic the realm between public and private, interior and exterior, thereby creating new and more diverse possibilities for encounter between residents.