Month: December 2021

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Weitblick Innovation Campus / Sehw Architektur

December 2, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

The building providing modern working environments is the first component of the emerging innovation park in Augsburg, a place bringing together the worlds of work and research. Consequently, its concept is aimed at start-ups and companies from the research and tech sectors. In addition to the open-plan workspace design, catering, and local shops on the ground floor, a shared conference centre on the rooftop, a day-care centre, and many digital smart features ensure that the building offers everything its users need.

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Box Arquitectos tucks Windmill House into skinny site in Portugal

December 2, 2021 Jon Astbury 0
Windmill House has a white washed exterior

Portuguese practice Box Arquitectos has completed a narrow, white home in the dense urban centre of Ponta Delgado, with two volumes that face each other across a long garden. With a site just over four metres wide, the local firm designed Windmill House to require minimal “transitioning spaces” such as corridors. The entire ground floor

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Controversy over Notre-Dame restoration reignites as plans for “Disney” interiors emerge

December 2, 2021 Nat Barker 0
Notre Dame could take decades to repair after the fire

The row over how the fire-gutted Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris should be restored has restarted as plans to give the interior a tourist-friendly makeover are emerging. Confessional boxes, altars and classical sculptures are set to be replaced with modern art murals and new light and sound effects designed to create “emotional spaces”, according to a report

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Kazuko Akamatsu outlines Shibuya skyscraper design in video by CCA

December 2, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
Shibuya Stream architectural model

In the second Models Talk film published in collaboration with the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Japanese architect Kazuko Akamatsu explains how she used voids to create a feeling of openness at the Shibuya Stream skyscraper in Japan. Watch from 3:00pm London time. The nine-minute video, aptly named A Matter of Void, takes viewers through the

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Super Patio House / Drozdov&Partners

December 2, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

Once the Black Sea was a landlocked sea for the Greek civilization, which generated a lot of fascinating architectural structures. One of such ancient typologies has become a prototype for the Super Patio residence. A museum of history and ethnography in Prymorsk, a small Crimean town, exhibits an exciting reconstruction of development from a Greek colony in Eastern Crimea: it is a combination of a citadel and a freestanding residence with a patio. In its first original version, the Super Patio residence used to have an inner terrace and a swimming pool.

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Ancient History: China’s Legacy of Monuments and Memorials

December 2, 2021 Eric Baldwin 0

Few countries showcase living history like China. From the iconic Forbidden City to diverse landscapes and building styles, China has a rich cultural and architectural legacy. As the world’s largest construction market, the country continues to invest in new projects. At the same time, this rapid urbanization and accelerated development is juxtaposed with ancient building sites intertwined with layers of history and collective memory.

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Chapel of Sound / OPEN Architecture

December 2, 2021 Collin Chen 0

Nestled in a mountainous valley two hours away by car from the center of Beijing, The Chapel of Sound is a monolithic open-air concert hall with views to the ruins of the Ming Dynasty-era Great Wall. Designed by Beijing-based architecture office, OPEN, to look as a mysterious boulder that had gently fallen into place, the building is built entirely from concrete that is enriched with an aggregate of local mineral-rich rocks, and encompasses a semi-outdoor amphitheater, outdoor stage, viewing platforms, and a green room. While designed to capture the unfamiliar and deeply touching experience of music performed in the cradle of nature, the architects also wanted people just to calm down and listen to the sound of nature, which they believe is profoundly inspiring and healing. When there is no performance, the concert hall is also a tranquil space for contemplation and community gatherings with stunning views of the sky and the surrounding landscape.