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A’ Design Awards & Competition: 2023 – 2024 Period Winners

May 15, 2024 Rene Submissions 0

The A’ Design Award and Competition was established to promote and recognize the best in design worldwide, in all creative disciplines. The award is aimed at designers, innovators and companies that wish to stand out and attract the attention of the media, editors and buyers. These aspects are especially important in the world of design, where millions of products and projects are launched, and often end up being swallowed up and not receiving due recognition. To address this, hundreds of projects are submitted every year with a focus on innovation, technology, design and creativity. It offers a chance for recognition, with the valuable curatorship of a renowned jury and the possibility of a successful international launch. The A’ Design Award contains a series of public relations, advertising and marketing services to celebrate the success of its winners. In addition, and unlike other design awards, it is completely free of charge.

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Lloyd Wright’s Historic Wayfarers Chapel Will Be Disassembled Due to Landslide Risk

May 15, 2024 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

The Wayfarers Chapel, known locally as “The Glass Church,” was designed by Lloyd Wright, the eldest son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and completed in 1951. Located in the Palos Verdes peninsula in Los Angeles, its design aimed to blend the lines between architecture and nature, with large-span glass panels opening up to space toward the redwood canopies. Last year, the structure was designated a national historic landmark. Now, due to “accelerated land movement” in the area, the structure, which has been closed off to the public since February, was announced to be disassembled to protect it from further damage.

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Step Garden House / Niji Architects

May 15, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

The terraced gardens create the city hills – We wanted to create a house that would allow the entire site to be bathed in sunlight even in the dense residential area. It is a flagpole land with a width of only 2m, and the area is small, so the building coverage ratio and floor area ratio are severe. The surrounding area is crowded with houses, so it is not possible to expect light and ventilation.

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Powerhouse Company Designs Largest Timber Housing Development in the Netherlands

May 15, 2024 Nour Fakharany 0

Powerhouse Company has revealed the design for the largest timber-built affordable housing complex in the Netherlands. “Valckensteyn” is a circular design featuring a 12-story timber structure and 82 homes. Situated within Pendrecht, a post-war neighborhood in Rotterdam, it sits on the site of a residential flat bearing the same name, demolished a decade ago. The timber structure seeks to be circular and sustainable in its design, creating a nature-inclusive environment that is accessible to all.

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Chromasonic: An immersive Renaissance of California’s Minimalist Light and Space Movement

May 15, 2024 Thomas Schielke 0

Step into the realm where the minimalism of the 1960s Light and Space movement intertwines with contemporary high-tech algorithms and sensors. Back then, light artists like James Turrell, Dan Flavin, and Robert Irwin captivated audiences with the bare essentials, using precisely daylight or lamps to heighten visual perception. Fast forward to today, Chromasonic takes this synergy of light and color but augments it with sound and algorithms. Envisioned as a global network to experience the harmony of body and mind, Johannes Girardoni’s team unveiled the first satellite of perception in the heart of Venice Beach, California. Through a collaboration with Google, Milan Design Week showcased how the interplay of light and color can go on tour as a walk-in installation on a larger scale.

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El Montañés House / Gonzalo Iturriaga Arquitectos

May 15, 2024 Clara Ott 0

Located on the slopes of Cerro del Cobre, the house is located on a predominantly southern slope over a ravine and mountain slopes. Composed of large groups of rocks, bushes, and some medium-height trees, the project is located perpendicular to the natural level of the terrain and in height seeking the position between and on the rocks that organize the place.

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Pyunkangyul Flagship Store / Sherpa

May 15, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

Pyunkangyul Cosmetic is an herbal medicine skincare brand that minimizes artificial ingredients and uses ingredients from nature to find the natural healthy beauty of the skin, with the slogan “filling beauty with emptiness.” At Pyunkangyul’s flagship store located in Bukchon, Seoul, we wanted to convey the healthy beauty of Pyunkangyul by incorporating elements of Korean tradition and interpreting them in a modern way.

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Acoustics That Blend Performance with Aesthetics: Why Material Choices Matter

May 15, 2024 Enrique Tovar 0

Throughout history, the undeniable interrelationship between sound and architecture has shaped user’s experiences. From auditoriums to offices, cultural centers, and schools, acoustics in architecture can manifest itself in two ways: as a determining element of a structure’s shape and as a material. When discussing aesthetics, the latter aspect is particularly relevant, as any material that forms part of a composition aims to have a cohesive design with the rest.

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Acoustics That Blend Performance with Aesthetics: Why Material Choices Matter

May 15, 2024 Enrique Tovar 0

Throughout history, the undeniable interrelationship between sound and architecture has shaped user’s experiences. From auditoriums to offices, cultural centers, and schools, acoustics in architecture can manifest itself in two ways: as a determining element of a structure’s shape and as a material. When discussing aesthetics, the latter aspect is particularly relevant, as any material that forms part of a composition aims to have a cohesive design with the rest.