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Super Bowl stadium designed to be “fast, angry and intimidating”

February 7, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

This year’s NFL Super Bowl will be hosted at the Las Vegas Raiders’ Allegiant Stadium in Nevada, which was designed by Manica Architecture to recall the sleekness and power of sportscars. Opened in 2020, the 62,000-seat stadium by Kansas City-based Manica Architecture is home to NFL team the Raiders, which moved from Oakland when the stadium

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CCA orients wooden Casa Wabi pavilion around orchid cultivation

February 3, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Mexican architecture studio Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica has created a pavilion made from wood at Casa Wabi outside of Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Centro de Colaboración Arquitectónica (CCA) created The Orchid Pavilion for arts institute Casa Wabi, which commissions an architectural pavilion each year on the grounds surrounding the Tadao Ando-designed centre. The pavilion consists of

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Ten key projects by AIA Gold Medal-winning architects David Lake and Ted Flato

February 2, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

From homes made from steel and rammed earth in the Texas deserts to prototypes for 3D-printed housing, we have rounded up 10 projects from Lake Flato Architects, whose founders won this year’s AIA Gold Medal. The Texas-based studio is known for its residential and educational buildings, from massive pavilions that integrate rainwater collection systems and

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Future Neighbourhood exhibition at IDS Toronto features timber transitional housing

January 31, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Interior Design Show Toronto director Will Sorrell has curated an exhibition of speculative spaces, including a model for transitional housing by architecture studio SvN for sites in mid-development. Future Neighbourhood was an exhibition in the centre of the design trade fair Interior Design Show Toronto 2024 (IDS Toronto), which featured six different installations showcasing design’s

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Brooks + Scarpa wraps Florida sports complex building in concrete shell

January 30, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

California architecture studio Brooks + Scarpa has created a central structure for a sports complex in Florida with a sloped concrete shell designed to “make a spectacle of rainfall”. The Field House at Pompano Beach’s Youth Sports Complex is a 4,100-square-foot (380-square-metre) structure that holds concessions and offices for the surrounding sports fields. It also

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Bockus Payne renovates 1970s skyscraper in Oklahoma City

January 25, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Local architecture studio Bockus Payne has renovated a 1970s commercial skyscraper in Oklahoma City, reformatting its interiors and landscape and completely replacing its exterior glazing. The tower, which was initially completed in 1971, had fallen into disrepair and gone into receivership. Local bank BancFirst bought the structure and employed Bockus Payne to carry out the

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Arquitectonica designs “organic yet contemporary” skyscraper for Hawaiian island

January 24, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

New York architecture studio Arquitectonica has designed a residential skyscraper with undulating fins on its facade and a landscaped terrace garden in Honolulu, Hawaii. Called The Launiu, the 40-storey skyscraper is located in the Ward Village development in Hawaii’s capital Honolulu on the island of Oahu. According to Arquitectonica, the design for the structure was

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Flat Iron-like skyscraper 505 State Street nears completion in Brooklyn

January 23, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architect and developer Alloy has released images of its glass-clad Brooklyn skyscraper, which has a “wedding cake-like” shape and will reportedly run on all-electric power. The residential skyscraper, called 505 State Street after its location in downtown Brooklyn, has already topped out at 482 feet tall (146 metres). With 44 storeys, the skyscraper is sited

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Flat Iron-like skyscraper 505 State Street nears completion in Brooklyn

January 23, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Architect and developer Alloy has released images of its glass-clad Brooklyn skyscraper, which has a “wedding cake-like” shape and will reportedly run on all-electric power. The residential skyscraper, called 505 State Street after its location in downtown Brooklyn, has already topped out at 482 feet tall (146 metres). With 44 storeys, the skyscraper is sited

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Kilometres of suicide-deterrent nets installed under Golden Gate Bridge

January 18, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Local studio MacDonald Architects has designed the safety nets recently installed on each side of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco to prevent people from jumping from its sides. Designed by MacDonald Architects on behalf of Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District (GGBHT) – the state district that manages the bridge, the deterrent

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