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atelierco architects has renovated a traditional house in yokohama, japan, with great attention on maintaining its use as a gathering space, as well as its relation to the outside garden. originally built in 1964 by the client’s grandmother, the house comes with the unusual feature of having the living space and garden on the same […]

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yuji tanabe architects has completed sasameza, a commercial block in kamakura, japan, comprising two twin, two-story buildings built from local wood. situated on yuigahama dori, a central street lined with double-roof stores that set the scale of the neighborhood, the building also incorporates a double roof / double girder on the inside of its façade. all […]

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on march 15, 2019, new york celebrated the grand opening of hudson yards. although the mixed-use scheme — the largest private real estate development in the history of the united states — comprises a wealth of offices, residences, and retail outlets, its focal point and centerpiece is a publicly accessible structure designed by heatherwick studio. […]

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genoa-based design studio dodi moss reveals imagery of its proposed italian pavilion for expo 2020 dubai, designed in collaboration with artist edoardo tresoldi. a response to the theme of ‘beauty unites people,’ the project composes an ethereal pathway through transparent layers of material and vegetable elements. the third place entry manifests as a set of […]

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daniel libeskind has unveiled plans to construct a new museum building in iquique, a coastal city in northern chile. replacing the previous museum, built in 1892, the new museo regional de tarapacá will be dedicated to the pre-hispanic history of the atacama desert culture, dating back 6,000 years. its contents will also document the region’s […]

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the cottage house by atelier 1111 is nested into the landscape of a sweeping property in grândola, an area in the south of portugal. the peaceful region is characterized by cork and olive trees, protected stone pines, and a gently sloping topography offering a view of the atlantic ocean from its highest points. the new […]

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HAO design, an architecture and interiors firm based in taiwan, has transformed a dilapidated ensemble of buildings in pingtung city into a contemporary home for a family of five. the original buildings, which are more than 60 years old, were in a state of disrepair and desperately needed structural reinforcement of well as aesthetic attention. […]

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studio gang reveals the university of chicago center in paris, designed to create a new hub for cultural exchange in the rapidly-expanding 13th arrondissement in the french capital. the project comprises an academic center and a mixed-use residential building, and will introduce a new vitality to the neighborhood with biodiverse green spaces and architecture that […]

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students of a 12 day course at the melbourne school of design were not sorted into houses, but they were assigned gringotts bank, grimmauld place, the shrieking shack and other fan favorites in the harry potter universe. their harry potter architecture models were laser cut from cardboard (ten house points), hand-modeled (forty house points), constructed in […]

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