Month: September 2021

British designer Es Devlin has unveiled her cross-laminated timber Poem Pavilion, which is the UK’s contribution to the Dubai Expo 2020. Named the Poem Pavilion, the timber pavilion has been designed to display a series of AI-generated poems during the international event, which opens in Dubai this week. Constructed from cross-laminated timber, the cone-shaped pavilion has a

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a soaring new glass and concrete spherical building completes the academy museum of motion pictures by renzo piano in los angeles.
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The small cottage, concealed with sunburned larch planks, located in the greenery above the Vranov Dam, provides surprisingly big interior space. Not only the owner’s family but also visitors can enjoy it. It provides plenty of space for evening gatherings as well as for sleeping. There are inconspicuous storage spaces in every corner of the house and everything has its place just like in a cabin of a ship. The interior of the house is interconnected, but at the same time, the attic provides plenty of privacy. The interior surrounded by spruce wood offers a cozy refuge, whereas large, glass panes overlook breath-taking water surfaces.

an elevated takes the most prominent position within the interior, inviting visitors to step on it and observe the floor underneath.
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In Revit 2022.1 now you can export and import OBJ and STL files.

MATT Architecture has designed a new extension for an existing three bed holiday home in Cornwall, England, that would enable at least two families to go on holiday together. Key to the design of the extension is the way the new section of the home integrates with the old, and respects the original building materials. […]

A sculptural facade modelled on traditional Islamic architecture is the focal point of the Brick Veil mosque that London studio Luca Poian Forms has proposed for a site in Preston, England. If built, the elliptical brick mosque will be positioned on an elevated hilltop site surrounded by roads on the northern edge of the city.

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Today, architecture has become – or is in the process of becoming – more flexible and individualistic to accommodate people’s diverse lifestyles and spatial needs. With this adaptation, the residential typology has changed and living rooms have become endangered. Many insist on the need of having a space dedicated for relaxation and leisure, while others claim it is simply a waste of space and money. This debate raised an important question: do we still need living/sitting rooms? In this interior focus, we will look at how living rooms evolved through the years, and how architects readapted and integrated the concept of “gathering space” in contemporary residential architecture.