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Windows punctuate board-marked concrete facade of DL1310 in Mexico City

February 9, 2021 India Block 0

New York architecture studio Young & Ayata and Mexico City office Michan Architecture collaborated on DL1310, an apartment block with an exposed concrete facade. Located in Mexico City’s Tetelpan neighbourhood, DL1310 has a distinctive facade of recessed windows framed by twisting board-marked concrete. “The concrete striation patterns on the exterior concrete casts are both a

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Architect builds his own house clad in blackened pine in Chile

February 9, 2021 India Block 0

Architects Pablo Saric and Cristian Winckler  designed Casa SS in Canela, Chile, as a single-storey dwelling clad in charred pine just steps away from a dramatic coastline. Located in the town of Huentelauquén, Casa SS perches on a patch of desert just 85 metres from where the rocky land meets the South Pacific Ocean. The

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Floods and high winds plague residents of Rafael Viñoly’s 432 Park Avenue

February 5, 2021 India Block 0

Residents of Rafael Viñoly-designed supertall skyscraper 432 Park Avenue in New York have reported “catastrophic” floods and getting trapped in the lifts during windy weather. According to a report in the New York Times, complaints have been mounting as engineering issues impact the 425-metre-tall skinny skyscraper. On 31 October 2019, a resident was stuck in an

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Socially distanced Winter Stations 2021 beach pavilion designs revealed

February 3, 2021 India Block 0

A bright pink arch and a giant seashell are among the winning designs for Toronto’s annual Winter Stations programme of temporary beach pavilions. For this year’s competition designers were asked to include social distancing measures, while the construction timetable has been pushed back due to the pandemic. Other winning designs for Winter Stations 2021 include

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NBBJ reveals spiralling glass tower topped by outdoor hiking trail as Amazon HQ2

February 3, 2021 India Block 0

International architecture firm NBBJ has designed a spiral-shaped glass tower covered in trees and walking trails for online retailer Amazon as its new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. Named The Helix, the glass spiral tower will be part of a complex of three office buildings that will make up Amazon HQ2. Outdoor pathways will spiral up the outside of

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Ten need-to-know modernist buildings in North and South America

January 31, 2021 India Block 0

TWA Terminal in New York City, New York, by Eero Saarinen

From Frank Sinatra’s house in Palm Springs to a cliffside home in Acapulco, here are 10 beautiful pieces of modernist architecture that non-profit USModernist is fighting to preserve. USModernist director George Smart has picked 10 of his favourite examples of mid-century architecture across North and South America. “Just like stock car racing or sushi, modernist

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Cycle lanes to be built on New York’s Brooklyn and Queensboro Bridges

January 29, 2021 India Block 0

New York City’s mayor has revealed “radical” plans to turn vehicle lanes into cycling paths on two bridges across the East River and build five bicycle streets across the city in response to the pandemic. Improved cycle routes are part of the city’s plans to help the city recover from coronavirus by investing in public

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Partisans tops rebuilt pool house in Ontario with undulating timber roof

January 28, 2021 India Block 0

Fold House is a guest and pool house in Hamilton, Canada, topped with a curving roof of compression-bent oak designed by architecture studio Partisans. The Toronto-based practice designed the new building to replace the old guesthouse in Southern Ontario, which burned down. Fold House is so named because its roof is designed to fold into

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Frank Gehry teases plans to build raised parks over the Los Angeles River

January 28, 2021 India Block 0

Platform parks on bridges designed by Frank Gehry for the LA River

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has revealed his ideas for updating the masterplan for the Los Angeles River, which include platform parks on stilts bridging the waterway. The American architecture studio is working with landscape architect Laurie Olin and engineering firm Geosyntec Consultants to update plans to revitalise a 51-mile stretch of river drainage in

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Demolition of Paul Rudolph’s Burroughs Wellcome building underway in North Carolina

January 27, 2021 India Block 0

Demolition of the Paul Rudolph-designed Burroughs Wellcome building in North Carolina has gone ahead, despite attempts to protest the destruction of the Brutalist landmark. Heavy machinery has been photographed dismantling the former medical facility where AZT, the first antiretroviral drug approved to treat patients with HIV, was developed. AIDS activists famously broke into and occupied

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