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OUT(SIDE)IN House / Atelier RZLBD

September 26, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

As nature seeps through a crack of a stone, or as a wound of one’s heart blooms a new, unforeseen joy and peace, a nameless empty room becomes a sanctuary, a small universe, where one’s soul can truly rest. Located near Scarborough Bluffs, the panoramic horizon of Lake Ontario, Out(side)In House offers a void that leads the inhabitants to see the inner horizon, suggesting life in its deeper meaning.

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K118 Kopfbau Halle 118 / haubüro in situ

September 26, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

Former Sulzer factory site in Winterthur, the Swiss Pension Fund „Stiftung Abendrot“ built a beacon for climate-friendly and sustainable building that shimmers red in its reused sectional metal sheeting. The extension of the head building of Hall 118 for 12 studios think tanks, and a tinkerer‘s laboratory on the first floor was made mainly from used building materials. „All things that were already there plus wood, straw, and clay“.

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Curving roof incorporates seating at Yang Liping Performing Arts Center

September 26, 2021 Alyn Griffiths 0
The ceiling was covered in wood

Architecture office Studio Zhu-Pei has completed a performing arts centre in the Chinese city of Dali featuring an undulating roof that incorporates viewing areas and seating. The arts facility was commissioned by local professional dancer Yang Liping for a site to the northeast of the city’s historic centre, where Beijing-based Studio Zhu-Pei has also designed

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JG Phoenix references Tang dynasty architecture in minimalist Shantou restaurant

September 26, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Sui Han San You restaurant by JG Phoenix

Walnut columns and blackened timber screens nod to the architecture of China’s golden age in this atmospheric restaurant in Shantou by local interiors studio JG Phoenix. Founded by three friends, the eatery is named Sui Han San You or Three Friends of Winter after a Chinese phrase, which refers to pine, bamboo and plum blossom.

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Alzheimer’s Day Center / GCA Architects

September 26, 2021 Valeria Silva 0

Quality materials like wood and concrete were used to give a peaceful sensation of simplicity. Recently inaugurated, this Healthcare Center for elderly people has been built with the innovative CLT system, which allowed a high level of accuracy, sustainability, and high speed of construction. The plot has 1070sqm of constructed area and 3500sqm of green area. 

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The Cost of Climate Change: Who is Really Protected by Urban Mitigation Efforts?

September 26, 2021 Kaley Overstreet 0

The impact that the climate crisis has had on the globe over the last decade is a critical influence on how architects and urban planners design future cities. It’s clear that both at an individual and corporate level, it’s important to take action and protect the earth before the negative impacts change our familiar environments forever- and time is running out fast. When it comes to creating ways to save our cities from “the next big one”, whether it be a hurricane, flood, snowstorm, or fire, the way that we design the preventative infrastructure neglects a significant number of people. Climate change doesn’t just impact the wealthiest places in the world, it actually has greater effects on the most impoverished.

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La Samaritaine Store / ciguë

September 26, 2021 Paula Pintos 0

LVMH has commissioned ciguë to apply its vision to the new La Samaritaine department store, which is at last opening its doors after being closed for a long time. On 3 floors along the Rue de Rivoli, ciguë continues to fragment Parisian archetypes: a process already set in motion by Sanaa’s powerful undulating glass façade.