Suki House / Obra Arquitetos
The house concept involved designing spaces that bring up simplicity and intimacy as their characteristics.
Month: April 2023
This Park Design Was Inspired By A Volcano And Its Lava Flow
100 Architects has shared photos of one of their latest projects, a stimulating urban park in a newly built commercial and residential area in the port city of Ningbo, the second-most populous city in Zhejiang Province, China. The design of the park, named Magma Flow, was inspired by the flowing lava of a volcano, with […]
Kindergarten in Vilnius / NG architects
The private kindergarten is a unique addition to the larger 44 ha development known as “Uogu slenis.” The placement of the kindergarten next to a Baltic forest accentuated by birches and pine trees creates an exceptional learning environment for children. The design of the building and the surrounding environment is aimed at fostering the children’s curiosity, creativity, and love for nature.
nestled in rural brazil, ‘casa café’ recalls the earthy and aromatic essence of coffee
tetro completes ‘casa café’ in the scenic minas gerais In the tropical Cerrado region of Brazil, within Minas Gerais, a rural painting of red earth and twisted tree trunks defines the landscape, framing and inspiring …
explore the works of yasmeen lari, RIBA’s 2023 royal gold medallist
yasmeen lari, a humanitarian and pakistan’s first female architect wins the 2023 RIBA royal gold medal.
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Studio Gang designs cave-like Gilder Center for American Museum of Natural History
Chicago-based architecture firm Studio Gang has designed the Gilder Center in Manhattan to prioritize connectivity, creating a massive cavernous atrium meant to provoke a sense of exploration and discovery. The Richard Gilder Center for Science, Innovation, and Education is a new addition to the American Museum of Natural History off Central Park that unites, visually and
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6 Fashionable New Dining Rooms (6 photos)
Island seating and breakfast nooks are great for quick and casual meals. But sometimes an occasion calls for a more formal dining experience. Here, designers share the details they used in six dining rooms to create crowd-pleasing character and ambian…
Dezeen’s top five houses of April 2023
From Germany to the Bahamas, rural dwellings designed to embrace their natural surroundings make up Dezeen’s top five houses of the month for April 2023. The list of five projects includes an inconspicuous Canadian residence modelled on agricultural buildings and a luxury holiday home that blends into a mountainside in Greece. This roundup is the
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Z House / Tololo Ugarte
La Casa Z is a weekend retreat located in the coastal resort of Zapallar, facing the Chilean Pacific Ocean, 150 km from Santiago.
How Can Informal Retail Preserve Pedestrian Zones as Car Dependency Increases in African Cities?
African cities are expected to experience a significant increase in Africa’s cities” href=”https://www.afdb.org/en/documents/africas-urbanisation-dynamics-2022-economic-power-africas-cities” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”>population over the next 30 years. According to United Nations projections, these cities will welcome an additional 900 million inhabitants by 2050. This demographic shift will create both opportunities and challenges that will reshape the nature and structure of these cities. These challenges include the need for economic growth, increased demand for housing and infrastructure, and the development of supplementary transportation systems. So far, most African cities have responded to this rapid population growth with sprawling horizontal development patterns that expand the fringes of the city, increase social fragmentation, and ultimately lead to greater car dependency.