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Broken Down House in Poznan / Ultra Architects

March 3, 2023 Valeria Silva 0

The house stands on a plot of land shaped like an elongated parallelogram. The development conditions specified the mandatory building line (that is, the line on which one of the walls of the building had to be placed), the angle of inclination of the roof, and the maximum height of the ridge.

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Emily Sandstrom builds Sydney home extension from recycled materials

March 3, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Australian architect Emily Sandstrom has transformed a run-down 1930s bungalow in Sydney by adding an extension that was partly built from demolition materials. Sandstrom aimed to restore the home, which had been left untouched for decades, and celebrate its original features including picture rails and ceiling mouldings. The architect demolished a small rear kitchen, outhouse

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450 Warren / SO-IL

March 3, 2023 Paula Pintos 0

From row house brownstones to towers surrounded by green, the formerly industrial area of Gowanus is richly diverse in historic models of housing. A newly revitalized greenway adds to a specific context from which we question: What is a new model of living together?

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From Sketch to 3D Model: A Tool for the Architectural Concept Design

March 3, 2023 Eduardo Souza 0

In the 1956 competition to design the city of Brasilia, Lucio Costa’s proposal differed significantly from his competitors’. In contrast with the detailed plans and well-designed perspectives of the other competitors, the winning proposal presented the minimum required by the tender: a drawing of the pilot plan and a report. In the report, a few simple drawings supported the text, demonstrating the architect’s ability to synthesize ideas in a few lines.

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“Building Ecosystems”: The Dutch Pavilion at the 2023 Venice Biennale is Curated by Jan Jongert / Superuse Studios

March 3, 2023 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

Nieuwe Instituut has appointed Jan Jongert / Superuse Studios from Rotterdam as curator of the Dutch Pavilion at the 18th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. In response to Lesley Lokko’s overarching theme for this edition of the Biennale, “Laboratory of the Future,” the Dutch curatorial team aims to explore the complex systems that underpin the structures of our societies. The exhibition will be open from 20 May to 26 November 2023.

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Remodeling and Rethinking White Towers / STUDIO.NOJU

March 3, 2023 Valeria Silva 0

An intervention in a Torres Blancas apartment implies a dialogue with the original ideas of its architect Francisco Javier Sainz de Oiza, the state of its built elements, and the value of preservation in its most contemporary narrative. Antonio Mora and Eduardo Tazón, founding architects of STUDIO.NOJU came across the opportunity to intervene in a 400 square meter duplex, the largest unit of the building which had been highly altered in the past 50 years of its history. With this opportunity to intervene in a heritage building the architects wanted to demonstrate their personal take on how to work on renovation projects in architecture with degrees of protection.

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Mario Cucinella Architects Wins Competition To Shape Vienna’s Skyline

March 3, 2023 Nour Fakharany 0

Mario Cucinella Architects has just won an invitation-only competition that adds two multifunctional towers to Vienna’s skyline. Situated in the 2nd district in Vienna, where a dynamic urban development “Viertel Zwei”, has been in the works for some time, the project consists of two highrises, both of different architectural languages and made for different purposes, together providing a complex urban image inserted into context.