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Fire damage to Peter Womersley’s High Sunderland house was “like a personal bereavement”

September 28, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0

This video offers a glimpse of Loader Monteith’s restoration of the fire-torn High Sunderland house in the Scottish Borders, which is shortlisted for this year’s RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award. Originally designed in 1957 by Peter Womersley, the home is one of five buildings that production studio Stephenson& has documented for a

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This Tall And Thin House Is Designed For Living Across Five Floors

September 28, 2022 Erin 0

85 Design has sent us photos of their recently finished project, a modern home in Vietnam, that’s located on a small piece of land and includes a large arched opening on its facade. Due to the small land size (5m x 20m), and the need to design a home for a family, the house was […]

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“We can all take action to change our neighbourhoods” says Christian Pagh

September 28, 2022 Amy Frearson 0

People should demand better than the “boring and banal” housing communities that have become the norm, says Christian Pagh, director and chief curator of the eighth Oslo Architecture Triennale in this interview. “People want to have nice neighbourhoods,” said Pagh, as he introduced the exhibition in the Norwegian capital last week. “It’s not too much

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Classics and Good Architecture: Modern Housing on the American Continent 1930-1960

September 28, 2022 Paula Pintos + Agustina Coulleri 0

Much of the production of modern architecture on the American continent was based on the model of European architects who, with their works, projected the fundamental premises and ideas for modern living. These pillars of architecture were transferred and consequently adapted to the American territory, introducing, at the same time, their own characteristics according to the territorial, socio-cultural and economic context. 

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Qatar’s Lusail Stadium Designed by Foster + Partners Hosts Its First Game

September 28, 2022 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

The Lusail Stadium, the largest stadium in Qatar and the centerpiece venue for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, is now open to the public. On 9 September, the stadium hosted the Lusail Super Cup final between Al Hilal SFC and Zamalek, an event seen as the precursor to the FIFA World Cup Qatar that will be played later this year. Located in Lusail City, 15 kilometers north of Doha, the 80,000-seat stadium aims to create an immersive atmosphere for both players and spectators. The building was designed with Foster + Partners’ joint venture partner Arup, and sports specialist Populous.

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FG House / Bernardes Arquitetura

September 28, 2022 Susanna Moreira 0

FG House was designed for a condominium about an hour and a half from São Paulo downtown for a couple and their children and arises from the fragmentation of the program through four trapezoidal volumes of pigmented concrete, in a harmonious arrangement on the 12,152 square meter plot and joined by the same linear axis.

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Jeanne Gang Wins the 2022 ULI Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development

September 28, 2022 Paula Cano 0

Studio Gang’s founder, Jeanne Gang, is the winner of the 2022 ULI Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development, the most prestigious and respected honor in the real estate, land use, and development community. From museums and skyscrapers, including the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts and the St. Regis Tower in Chicago, Gang has demonstrated her work in creating and implementing better practices in sustainable reuse, ecological biodiversity, and social equity. Gang, the first woman architect to get the prize for Visionaries in Urban Development, joins the ULI laureates list along with Alejandro Aravena, Richard Rogers, and Vincent Scully.

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Architecture Classics: SOMISA Building / Mario Roberto Álvarez & Associates

September 28, 2022 Agustina Iñiguez 0

The Teniente General Castiñeiras building stands on a triangular plot of land in the heart of Buenos Aires, one of the most emblematic of the city’s modern architecture. Better known as the SOMISA Building, its origin was the result of a design competition for the design of the new headquarters of the Sociedad Mixta Siderúrgica Argentina company. The first prize was won by MRA+A, Mario Roberto Álvarez & Associates, and its construction began around 1966, with the works completed in 1977.