Month: October 2022

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SOM uses “careful mix of removal, renovation and addition” to rejuvenate Wellesley College Science Complex

October 5, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio SOM has redeveloped a science complex in Massachusets using mass timber to integrate a series of existing buildings, with the earliest dating back to Frederick Law Olmsted’s original campus layouts. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) renovated the existing facilities, demolished several unviable buildings and added a structure on Science Hill to create the Wellesley

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Jensen Architects revamps Stanford Residence in California for IDEO co-founder

October 5, 2022 Jenna McKnight 0

US studio Jensen Architects has updated and expanded a mid-century residence on the Stanford University campus that belongs to David Kelley, who helped start the global design firm IDEO. Designed in 1963 by American homebuilder Ditz-Crane, the ranch-style house is located within a faculty residential enclave on the Stanford campus in northern California. Kelley – who

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High-end Home Designs With Stylish Staircases

October 5, 2022 HD Staff 0

Open and airy, light and luxe, these three home designs offer peaceful, high-end living experiences with an uplifting essence. At the heart of them all stands a stylish staircase design, each with its own chic twist. An abundance of curved elements softens the contemporary linearity of the interiors, gently increasing a sense of comfort. Accent […]

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Wilkinson Eyre completes long-awaited redevelopment of iconic Battersea Power Station

October 5, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studio Wilkinson Eyre has unveiled the redeveloped Battersea Power Station in London ahead of its opening next week, almost 40 years after the building was decommissioned. The former power station, which now contains over 100 shops, 46,000 square metres of office space for technology brand Apple and 254 apartments is set to officially open to the

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MAD completes underground Quzhou Stadium as part of world’s “largest earth-sheltered buildings”

October 5, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Chinese studio MAD Architects has completed Quzhou Stadium, a sinuous concrete stadium where the majority of the facilities are located below the ground. Conceived as “a piece of land art”, the 33,731-square-metre stadium will seat 30,000 people. Its interior, described by MAD Architects as “crater-like,” has undulating seating that was designed to follow that of the

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MAD completes underground Quzhou Stadium as part of world’s “largest earth-sheltered buildings”

October 5, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Chinese studio MAD Architects has completed Quzhou Stadium, a sinuous concrete stadium where the majority of the facilities are located below the ground. Conceived as “a piece of land art”, the 33,731-square-metre stadium will seat 30,000 people. Its interior, described by MAD Architects as “crater-like,” has undulating seating that was designed to follow that of the

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Saudi Arabia set to host Asian Winter Games at Neom “in the heart of the desert”

October 5, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Saudi Arabia has announced that it has won the right to host the 2029 Asian Winter Games at its Trojena resort, which is being designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, UNStudio, Aedas, LAVA and Bureau Proberts as part of the Neom development. The 2029 Asian Winter Games will be hosted at a 60-square-kilometre skiing and outdoor activity resort

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