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When the Earth Began to Look at Itself – Desert X Installation / SYN Architects

May 1, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

We are interested in the possibility and impossibility of establishing physical ties with the geological fabric of AlUla. In our conviction, everything can always be re-examined and reinterpreted since the apparatus of the perceived environment cannot be measured, anticipated, controlled, or known entirely. We might start to perceive this connection through a material offering that traces and constructs human and non-human interactions between elements in the surrounding nature.

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Architecture criticism in 2024 defined by “shouting and not a lot of clarity” says Paul Goldberger

May 1, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

The transition from print to online journalism has led to “chaos” within architecture criticism that has upsides as well as downsides, author Paul Goldberger tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. Pulitzer Prize-winner Goldberger served as the in-house architecture critic for The New York Times in the 1970s and ’80s during the zenith of postmodernism. He

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This Alley Between Buildings Was Transformed With A Series Of Arches

May 1, 2024 Erin 0

Photography by Robin Hill Daniel Toole Architecture in collaboration with SB Architects, has transformed a nondescript alley in Miami, Florida, with a series of concrete arches. Photography by Heywood Chan This alley was originally surrounded by trash rooms, dumpsters, mechanical rooms, transformers, and haphazard parking. Photography by Heywood Chan The design concept grew out of […]

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Natural Hues and Textural Tales from a Vietnamese Urban Retreat

May 1, 2024 HD Staff 0

Embracing the subtlety of natural hues and the richness of texture, this 125 sqm apartment in Vietnam unfolds as an urban retreat with a story to tell. Designed by Huy Pham each room in this home is a chapter, penned with meticulous attention to material and detail, offering a narrative of calm sophistication. The design […]

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House No. 11 – Santa Isabel / Camarim Arquitectos

May 1, 2024 Pilar Caballero 0

This project has a peculiar condition: between an industrial school and a cemetery, it gained an unexpected prominence, so much that, in 1942, Lisbon City Council intended its demolition. This was not to be, and so it remained: a collective housing building from the early 20th century, with a refined front façade, blind side façades and a utilitarian rear façade.

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A6A creates “haven in the middle of the city” for its Bordeaux studio

May 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio A6A has converted a former model-making workshop in Bordeaux into a studio for itself that is defined by pared-back materials and spaces. Named L’Atelier, the L-shaped block was originally formed of a street-facing garage, a central garden and a large shed to the rear. Drawn to the spatial organisation and finishes of the

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Prince William “continuing his father’s work” with Ben Pentreath-designed housing development

May 1, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

The Duchy of Cornwall has submitted plans for a 2,500-home development in Faversham, UK, designed by Ben Pentreath, which will be the first major development led by Prince William. Designed by Pentreath in collaboration with landscape architect Kim Wilkie, the South East Faversham development will be organised around “ancient footpaths and landscape patterns” and contain

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