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PZ HOUSE / mf+arquitetos

September 3, 2024 Valeria Silva 0

Located at the Jurumirim dam, in Avaré, the weekend house was designed with the aim of offering the family an ideal refuge amid the tranquility of nature. The relationship with the dam was a determining factor in the project concept, ensuring that the landscape was always present, visible from any point of the residence. This integration with water was one of the main pillars that guided the conception of the architectural design.

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Studio Terratects nestles earthy home into Keralan forest

September 3, 2024 Katie Last 0

Indian practice Studio Terratects has completed Urul, a house on a forested site in Kerala, India, which features a mud-plastered interior. Designed for a client engaged in environmentalism, the home in Wayanad has a natural material palette intended to evoke nature as much as possible. Studio Terratects has also celebrated local craftsmanship and “artisanal techniques”

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One Za’abeel voted best skyscraper of the past year by Dezeen readers

September 3, 2024 Nat Barker 0

Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei’s skyscraper in Dubai with a 230-metre-long skybridge has pipped BIG’s first supertall to be named Dezeen readers’ favourite new skyscraper. To mark World Skyscraper Day today, we invited readers to vote for the best tall building completed in the past year from a shortlist of 10 that included projects by Snøhetta,

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ZUR3 Data Center / Gruner&Friends

September 3, 2024 Hadir Al Koshta 0

The Data Center ZUR3 is designed and planned in an integrated BIM system for Digital Realty. The building is strategically located next to the Zurich Airport, connecting the existing Data Centers which are all important keystones for the expansion and future development of the new innovative campus. Adjacent to ZUR3, the 26,000 sqm mixed-use development “Meet“ project, designed by the Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto, will house retail, recreational, and commercial/working spaces.

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“Instead of the restrictive modernist concept of heritage, how about a postmodern one?”

September 3, 2024 Owen Hopkins 0

An updated, postmodern value framework for architecture preservation is needed to protect buildings that are young or ubiquitous as well as those that are exceptional, writes Owen Hopkins. It’s not uncommon for architects and clients to disagree. In fact, it’s often better that they don’t entirely see eye-to-eye. A lively exchange of ideas and opinions

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