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“Every work is very different” in organic architecture says Javier Senosiain

February 21, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Organic architecture is less a style or school and more a set of principles, Mexican architect Javier Senosiain and Noguchi Museum curator Dakin Hart tell Dezeen in this interview. Senosiain calls his work organic architecture – a term first coined by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright – but said that the term is mainly a

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15-minute city an “easy way to explain an old concept” says Edmonton planner

February 20, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

A planner from Edmonton, Canada, has defended its 15-minute city plan after criticism from locals, saying that the plan uses age-old concepts and “will enable the City of Edmonton to support growth more efficiently”. Edmonton’s principal planner Michael Strong has refuted the idea that the city’s plan to re-organise into walkable communities would restrict people’s movements, amid

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Adjaye Associates designs Brooklyn community centre to “disrupt the racial wealth gap”

February 17, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

UK studio Adjaye Associates has released designs for a Brooklyn campus for the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation that include a cultural centre and theatre. The campus will include three structures at the institution’s site on Fulton Street in central Brooklyn. It includes two mid-rise buildings at 16 and 13 storeys and an expressive cultural building

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build Project Amazing subdivision near Texas factory

February 17, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

US-based entrepreneur Elon Musk’s Boring Company is developing a tract of land in Texas near as housing for its employees. Called Project Amazing, the development will be located in Bastrop County near Austin and contain 110 homes built for workers at the nearby facilities of the Boring Company. Developed by homebuilder Lennar, the community will be

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GO’C places arts centre on former Seattle gas station site to “heal an urban problem”

February 16, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Local studio GO’C drew on the aesthetics of a 1930s gas station to create Mini Mart City Park, a community arts centre in Seattle that aims to show the potential of remediated brownsites. Developed in collaboration with the artist collective SuttonBeresCuller, Mini Mart City Park is a “community-focused pocket park and cultural center” meant to

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“Important to have architecture be part of the NFL” says Peter Eisenman

February 9, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

The Peter Eisenman and Populous-designed State Farm Stadium, which is set to host Super Bowl 57 had the world’s first retractable field and presented an innovative change from previous stadiums, say its designers. The 65,000-seat venue, which was called the University of Arizona Stadium when it opened in 2006, was designed by Eisenman and Populous and constructed

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Car lift allows residents to drive into all apartments in Bentley’s Miami Beach skyscraper

February 8, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Sieger Suarez Architects and Dezer Development have released footage detailing the design of a lift that will allow residents to drive vehicles directly into apartments on all levels of the 61-storey skyscraper in Miami Beach. The Bentley Residences is a joint project between Sieger Suarez Architects (SSA), Bentley and Dezer Development. SSA came up with

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Studio CL creates Santiago apartment building as “exercise in micro-density”

January 31, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Studio CL has created a concrete apartment block in Chile made out of precast concrete that was designed as a prototype for a multi-family housing unit. Named DSP Apartment, the building is sited in Santiago on a site previously occupied by a single-family residence. Prompted by the “dramatic surge” in real estate development in the

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MVRDV envisions Vancouver in 2100 with predicted sea level rise

January 27, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Dutch architecture studio MVRDV has released a study that aims to offer possible solutions to urban planning in the face of rising sea levels by reimagining the Vancouver waterfront. Called the Sea Level Rise Catalogue, the project looks at methods for adapting to rising sea levels, which according to the IPCC could rise as much

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Edgardo Giménez creates colourful artist residency in Uruguay

January 19, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

Argentinian artist and designer Edgardo Giménez has created an artist residency in Uruguay called Casa Neptuna that features playful geometry and bright colours. Casa Neptuna comprises an elongated one-storey structure made up of blocks and topped with decorative sculptural forms. It is located in José Ignacio, a seaside town in Uruguay, on a residential lot

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