Month: June 2024

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Misconduct allegations “big surprise” says Adjaye Associates New York CEO

June 27, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Adjaye Associates New York CEO Pascale Sablan has spoken about the impact of sexual misconduct allegations levelled against founder David Adjaye on the studio in an interview outlining the recent restructuring. In an interview published earlier this week in US publication Architect’s Newspaper (AN), Sablan said that the allegations published in a Financial Times (FT)

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SPPARC transforms London townhouse into office with “honeycomb” roof

June 27, 2024 Nyima Murry 0

London studio SPPARC has overhauled a Grade II-listed Georgian townhouse in Fitzrovia to create a homely four-story office featuring a honeycomb-shaped roof. Designed for a family-run business, the project reverses a “tired and outdated” renovation of the home near Charlotte Street Conservation Area from the 1990s. The heart of the project is a collaborative workspace

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Fasanen 36 Apartment Block / CAMA A

June 27, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

Newly built apartment block with underground car park. Compaction of a not quite-typical Berlin block. Given the increasing housing shortage and rising rents, the question of how more living space can be developed in Berlin is pressing. Our new six-storey building, constructed on around 240 square metres of a garden plot in Charlottenburg’s Fasanenstrasse, has created around 1,100 square metres of new living space in the heart of the city.

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Architecture is “stressful, painful and terrifying” say Grafton Architects founders

June 27, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Grafton Architects is one of the world’s most decorated architecture studios. In this interview, founders Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara explain how they stay motivated after 46 years in practice. Among the Irish studio’s long list of prestigious accolades are the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, the Stirling Prize and the Pritzker Architecture Prize. But the

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South Korea’s Longest Art Gallery Bridge and a Brutalist Congress Center in Croatia: 8 Competition-Winning Projects Submitted by the ArchDaily Community

June 27, 2024 Maria-Cristina Florian 0

Architectural competitions are valuable learning tools, offering architects a unique opportunity to experiment and expand their creative boundaries. By engaging with real-world challenges and receiving critical feedback, participants gain practical experience and a deeper understanding of the profession. Whether conceptual or not, competitions foster innovation, encouraging design professionals to think outside the. This week’s curated selection showcases winning competition entries submitted by the ArchDaily community, providing architects and architecture students with new perspectives and inspiration for their own practice, be it diploma projects, professional licensing, or commissions.

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Mondadori Office Playground / Carlo Ratti Associati

June 27, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

CRA, in collaboration with Generali Real Estate and publisher Mondadori Group, transforms the offices within Oscar Niemeyer’s Palazzo Mondadori in Italy into a Playground Workspace. The project proposes a radical renovation of modern furniture, aiming to create a fully reconfigurable work environment. International design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati, in collaboration with the late Italo Rota (1953-2024) and Maestro Technologies, has developed a renovation project for Palazzo Mondadori in Milan, owned by Generali Real Estate. The building is considered one of Oscar Niemeyer’s masterpieces, and it hosts the headquarters of the Mondadori Group, the leading Italian book publisher. The design by CRA honors the original design while introducing innovative strategies for the future of the workplace. The first step of the project deals with more than 20,000 square meters, with a wider renovation program of Niemeyer’s main European landmark set to follow.