Month: October 2022

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Foster + Partners Reveals Design for The Marine Life Institute in Saudi Arabia

October 12, 2022 Paula Cano 0

Foster + Partners has revealed the designs of the Marine Life Institute on Saudi Arabia’s northwestern coast. As part of Triple Bay development AMAALA, a luxury tourist destination on the Red Sea coastline, the project will accommodate a research center, labs, galleries, and educational spaces to give visitors a glimpse into the wonders of the marine environment of the coastline. Reproducing the forms of coral formations, the building will be the world’s first fully immersive marine institution where visitors can walk underwater, snorkel with rare species and experience a coral exhibit inside the building.

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Atelier Tao+C creates serene timber and travertine reading room

October 12, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Two vacant ground-floor rooms and an adjoining greenhouse were knocked together and lined with bookshelves to form this private library, designed by Atelier Tao+C for a venture capital firm in Shanghai. Set in a converted 1980s house, which is home to the offices of VC fund Whales Capital, the reading room can accommodate up to

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Architecture Classics: 7 Sisters Housing Complex / Hugo Boetsch and Jorge Elton

October 12, 2022 Victoria Riquelme 0

It is located in the city of Viña del Mar, Chile. The 7 Sisters housing complex stands out among the urban landscape of Viña del Mar for its architectural qualities, colors, materials, and magnitude. When you look up, you can see between the leafy ravine that overlooks the Quinta Vergara urban park, the group of buildings located in the Forestal sector, which take over the slope and the plateau of the hill, crowning itself as one of the most important works of modern architecture in the region of Valparaíso.

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Aging at Home: Preparing Architecture for an Elderly Population

October 12, 2022 Camilla Ghisleni 0

Aging means learning to live with dependence – physical, social, or spatial – and in this long process, which cannot even be measured in years, it is increasingly understood that aging is closely related to genetics, lifestyle, location, and socioeconomic group. Therefore, this very diverse process varies according to each individual, to different interests as well as abilities and preferences in the way of life.

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Dance House Helsinki / JKMM + ILO architects

October 12, 2022 Paula Pintos 0

The Dance House project is a long-awaited milestone in the history of Finnish performing arts. The impressive new building and renovated premises in the old parts of the Cable Factory cultural center are designed by JKMM Architects in collaboration with fellow Finnish practice, ILO architects. The project, combining new and old, comprises over 7,000 square meters dedicated to dance – a world-class setting for the performance and experience of dance, circus, and culture. Finland’s first landmark designed for dance opened at the Cable Factory Cultural Centre in Helsinki’s downtown area in spring 2022.

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Jacquemus Store Selfridges London / AMO

October 12, 2022 Paula Pintos 0

The design of the Jacquemus boutiques in London and Paris began with the idea of testing the limits of working with a single material. Drawing from the brand’s origins in the south of France, AMO aimed to capture the atmosphere of Jacquemus’ native Provence through the materiality of the spaces. Instead of working with form and deciding on the materials afterward, the materials were chosen at the outset, guiding the shape of the space through the design process.

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Kyoto Wand Café / Kazuteru Matsumura Architects

October 12, 2022 Hana Abdel 0

A bay-shaped landform formed on the banks of a river, separate from the mainstream. It is called a ” WAND (湾処) “. The gentle flow of the river, while maintaining its connection, nurtures a variety of vegetation and forms a rich biotope. For everyone who gathers here, “ 京都湾処 (KYOTOWAND) ” will be a little bit gentle and free between “to here” and “from here”. KYOTOWAND is filled with such wishes. A bay-shaped land formed on the banks of a river that is separate from the mainstream is called WAND (湾処). The gentle flow of the river, while maintaining its connection with the mainstream, nurtures a variety of vegetation and creates a rich and diverse biotope. KYOTOWAND (京都湾処) is desired to be like this gentle and free place for everyone who gathers here whether they are coming or going. This wish is expressed in the name of the place itself; KYOTOWAND.