Ben Dreith, Author at 【Free CAD Download World-Download CAD Drawings】

Partisans designs Toronto high-rise informed by architectural “revision clouds”

September 30, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Canadian architecture studio Partisans has designed a residential tower in Toronto called Cirro that takes its shape from both natural clouds and revision clouds – a notation architects use in technical drawings. If built at the proposed 15-17 Elm Street site in downtown Toronto, Cirro will be 99 metres tall and contain 32 floors of

The post Partisans designs Toronto high-rise informed by architectural “revision clouds” appeared first on Dezeen.

Architecture education is in “an important period of transition” says The School of Architecture dean

September 29, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

There should be transparency between staff and students in architectural education, says The School of Architecture dean Stephanie Lin in this exclusive interview. As dean, Lin aims to focus on students well being at a time when global architectural education is under scrutiny and The School of Architecture (TSOA), which was formerly called the School of

The post Architecture education is in “an important period of transition” says The School of Architecture dean appeared first on Dezeen.

Jessica Martin designs Cinders desert shelter as “refuge and a document of decay”

September 27, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Designer Jessica Martin has designed a rammed-earth structure in the Arizona desert that is meant as a refuge for humans as well as for plants and animal life. For her thesis project at the School of Architecture (TSOA) in the US, Martin created a rammed-earth shelter called Cinders in the Chapparal region of Arizona using

The post Jessica Martin designs Cinders desert shelter as “refuge and a document of decay” appeared first on Dezeen.

Tom Wiscombe and Marrikka Trotter resign from SCI-Arc amid investigation

September 27, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Two senior faculty members have resigned from Californian architecture school SCI-Arc after an investigation was launched into the labour practices of the school’s staff this spring. Undergraduate chair Tom Wiscombe and history and theory coordinator Marrikka Trotter have both resigned from their positions at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, which is better known as SCI-Arc.

The post Tom Wiscombe and Marrikka Trotter resign from SCI-Arc amid investigation appeared first on Dezeen.

OMA reveals design for domed innovation centre in South Chicago

September 26, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Dutch architecture studio OMA has unveiled its design for a glass-and-metal dome in Chicago that will serve as the headquarters for the American research organisation Discovery Partners Institute. Designed in partnership with American technology company Jacobs, the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI) headquarters will be eight storeys tall and located within The 78 neighbourhood that is

The post OMA reveals design for domed innovation centre in South Chicago appeared first on Dezeen.

BDP Quadrangle designs super-skinny skyscraper for Toronto

September 26, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

The Canadian branch of UK architecture studio BDP has released designs for the 15 Toronto Street super-skinny skyscraper in the city’s financial district. BDP Quadrangle designed the 54-storey tower to replace a 10-storey office tower built in the 1960s. The 209,450-square-foot (19,459-square-metre) tower will contain residential and office units, with amenities on the ground floor and on the

The post BDP Quadrangle designs super-skinny skyscraper for Toronto appeared first on Dezeen.

ODA designs cylindrical skyscraper for Fort Lauderdale

September 22, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

New York architecture studio ODA has released designs for the 633 SE 3rd Avenue skyscraper in southern Florida with a series of cylindrical tubes arranged on top of a tree-covered podium. The 47-storey tower will be built on the southern edge of Fort Lauderdale’s downtown, near the New River in the residential Rio Vista neighbourhood, one

The post ODA designs cylindrical skyscraper for Fort Lauderdale appeared first on Dezeen.

Toronto airfield to be converted into district that aims to be “the opposite of suburbanization”

September 21, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Danish studio Henning Larsen Architects, local studio KPMB and landscape architecture studio SLA are set to convert an airstrip outside of Toronto into a residential district. Downsview Airfield, 15 kilometres northwest of Toronto, will be turned into a residential and commercial district with strong transport connections to the city. The development will be arranged around

The post Toronto airfield to be converted into district that aims to be “the opposite of suburbanization” appeared first on Dezeen.

Crosby Studio and Zero10 launch fashion pop-up that lets people “try on” virtual clothes

September 15, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Design firm Crosby Studios has teamed up with augmented reality technology company Zero10 for a pop-up store in Manhattan that aims to provide a virtual retail experience. The pop-up, which is located in Manhattan’s SoHo neighbourhood, lets visitors digitally try on a selection of outfits in interiors designed by local studio Crosby Studios. The physical

The post Crosby Studio and Zero10 launch fashion pop-up that lets people “try on” virtual clothes appeared first on Dezeen.

Brutalist Marcel Breuer hotel among 2022 Modernism in America Award winners

September 13, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Conservation group Docomono US has announced the winners of its annual Modernism in America Awards, which celebrate individuals and projects that preserve modernism in the United States. Docomomo US announced six winners and six citations of merit for the 2022 awards that made noteworthy contributions to modern architecture in the country. According to the group

The post Brutalist Marcel Breuer hotel among 2022 Modernism in America Award winners appeared first on Dezeen.