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New Interiors: Hotels Elevating Hospitality Design for Travel

March 17, 2022 Eric Baldwin 0

Hotels are a hub for commerce, transportation and culture. Today, interior designers are redefining hospitality spaces to accommodate new forms of travel, communication and rest. From historic renovations to contemporary ground-up hotels, these projects center around leisure and memorable guest experiences. In turn, they express brand identity to rethink what interior design and hospitality will be in the future.

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A Cantilevered Island Is A Dramatic Feature In This Minimalist Kitchen

March 17, 2022 Erin 0

Manolev Architects has designed a new home in Sydney, Australia, that includes a minimalist kitchen with a cantilevered island. The thick cantilevered countertop of the island draws attention within the kitchen, seemingly defying gravity, and making space for a couple of stools. The kitchen also features concrete walls, limestone tiled floors, sandblasted travertine wall cladding, […]

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Cascina Otto House / studio wok

March 17, 2022 Luciana Pejić 0

The farmhouse is located on the road that leads to the top of the hill of S. Bovo, surrounded by vineyards in a rural and suggestive landscape. The clients, a young couple from Berlin, wished to convert the anonymous existing building into a convivial place to host friends, a place that could also be transformed into an artistic residence or a vacation rental.

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Computational Design is a Tough Nut to Crack. Here’s How Architects Can Succeed

March 17, 2022 Rene Submissions 0

Although computational design as a technique applied in the architectural field has been around for two decades, the infinite possibilities it presents are only just being discovered. The horizons of designing using programming software are expanding alongside the growing popularity of tools like Rhino 3D and Revit. What aspiring architects will hereon have to be mindful of as they train themselves for the industry is that computational design software is not to be treated as a ‘to-do item’ to be ticked off for only adding to one’s résumé. Rather, it’s an opportunity to delve deeper into one’s creative instincts.

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BIG Unveils “First of its Kind” Center for Neuroscience and Psychiatrics in Denmark

March 17, 2022 Dima Stouhi 0

Bjarke Ingels Group has unveiled the design of a new Neuroscience Center building that will bring together psychiatry and neuroscience under one roof, combining research and treatment of physical and mental brain diseases, spinal cord, and nervous systems. The 20,000 sqm facility, which will be a part of the Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark, translates the “gyrification of the human brain” in a spatially-efficient structure that creates synergies between the different disciplines within the hospital.

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Green School South Africa / GASS Architecture Studios

March 17, 2022 Hana Abdel 0

Green School South Africa, is an eight-hectare sustainable schooling campus located in the low-lying Paarl Valley in the Western Cape, spatially defined by the Paarl Berg to the north, Drakenstein Mountains to the east and south, and Simons Berg towards the southwest. The spatial arrangement at a macro level is what inspired the space making, but also down to the individual buildings and spaces between them.

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Construction Advances on OMA’s Simone-Veil Bridge in Bordeaux

March 17, 2022 Andreea Cutieru 0

Construction is underway for OMA’s Simone-Veil Bridge in Bordeaux, with the first elements of the metal framework installed on the right bank of the Garonne river. Spanning 548 metres, the sixth bridge across the Garonne will connect the municipalities Floirac and Bègles and provide the city with a new public space, thus framing the bridge as a contemporary boulevard. Designed as a continuous surface extended to landscaped public spaces on each bank, the 44-metre bridge will accommodate cars, public transport, bicycles, with the largest surface dedicated to pedestrians. When completed, the project will become the first bridge in OMA’s body of work.

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10 Architecture and Design Books to Add to your Spring Reading List

March 17, 2022 Metropolis Magazine 0

Around the two-year anniversary of the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is little that looks the same as it did in March 2020, whether it’s how we work, how we study, or even how we move about our own homes. Many titles in this selection of spring architecture and design book releases show just how authors and design professionals are grappling with the major changes of our time. Volumes such as Debbie Millman’s Why Design Matters and Paola Antonelli’s Design Emergency share the diverse viewpoints and design solutions of some of the world’s leading creative voices; Otto von Busch’s Making Trouble and Max Holleran’s Yes to the City evaluate forms of DIY and housing activism; and Stephen Vider’s Queerness of Home and Suchi Reddy’s Form Follows Feeling tap into a more empathetic, human-centered approach to space. All of them, in some way, look at the past as a way to see clearly into the future of the built environment.

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Stillwater House / Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects

March 17, 2022 Luciana Pejić 0

Located on 35 acres outside of Whitefish Montana, the Stillwater residence sits at the edge of a field along the Stillwater River. Meant as a second home for quiet retreats as well as larger gatherings, eventually, the clients plan to move in permanently to take advantage of the scenery, outdoor activities, and remoteness of the rural site.