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Shigeru Ban wins 2024 Praemium Imperiale for architecture

September 10, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been named the architecture laureate for this year’s Praemium Imperiale awards by the Japan Art Association. The Praemium Imperiale is an annual global arts prize that celebrates creatives in the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, music, theatre and film. Ban, who leads architecture studio Shigeru Ban Architects, was selected for

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David Chipperfield combines three housing typologies at Hertogensite in Belgium

September 4, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British studio David Chipperfield Architects has completed the Hertogensite residential complex in Leuven, Belgium, with a series of interconnected brick-clad forms. Situated on a narrow site between a fragment of the city’s medieval wall and a branch of the river Dyle, the complex comprises a 14-storey tower, nine townhouses and a small apartment block united

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Eight homes punctuated by dramatic circular openings

August 31, 2024 Starr Charles 0

For our latest lookbook, we’ve gathered eight home interiors and exteriors that are crowned by circular openings and skylights. While often used to draw daylight into interior spaces, openings may also provide unexpected visual connections between a home’s spaces or – as shown in a project below – offer a structural frame through which trees

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White Arkitekter adds hyperboloid observation tower to Swedish nature reserve

August 30, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed Observation Tower Kärven, which is constructed from a network of timber beams resembling “a bundle of twisted straws”. Situated within a nature reserve in Getterön, the 12-metre-tall and seven-metre-wide tower by White Arkitekter has a hyperboloid structure composed of 140 beams combined with metal rings. White Arkitekter’s design places

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Sixteen Japanese architecture studios photographed by Marc Goodwin

August 28, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British architectural photographer Marc Goodwin has gone behind the scenes to capture 16 architecture workspaces in Japan. The project by Goodwin – who is the founder of photography studio Archmospheres – forms part of his latest photography series that documents architecture workspaces, most recently spanning Taiwan, Vienna and Munich. Focusing on “young, non-traditional studios” in

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Snøhetta tops reindeer herding school with sloping wooden roof

August 22, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed the Čoarvemátta education hub in Kautokeino, Norway, for the Sami High School and Reindeer Herding School as well as the Sami National Theatre Beaivváš. Designed in collaboration with local studio 70°N Arkitektur and artist Joar Nango, the structure by Snøhetta is composed of three interconnected wooden volumes that unite the

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Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects’ Central Bank of Iraq nearing completion in Baghdad

August 21, 2024 Starr Charles 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed photos of the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper nearing completion on the banks of the Tigris in Baghdad. The images show the completed twisting exoskeleton frame of the 170-metre-tall structure designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, which is now the tallest building in the city. Being built on the

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John McAslan + Partners unveils two stations for Sydney Metro

August 20, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Two stations designed by architecture studio John McAslan + Partners have opened as part of the latest phase of the Sydney Metro, which opened to passengers yesterday. Completed as part of the Sydney Metro, which is reportedly Australia’s largest public transport project to date, John McAslan + Partners designed the addition to Sydney Central Station and

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White Arkitekter draws on Scandinavian principles for east London estate regeneration

August 16, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Swedish studio White Arkitekter has completed an assortment of apartment buildings for the latest phase of the Gascoigne Estate regeneration in Barking, east London. Led by the Barking and Dagenham council and developed by urban regeneration company Be First, the West Phase 2 development encompasses 386 homes arranged across five apartment blocks. The project also includes

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Skyscrapers no longer priority in Malaysia says prime minister

August 13, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has stated that Malaysia does not need more skyscrapers and that it should prioritise initiatives that “serve its people” instead. Ibrahim has said that expensive tall buildings will no longer be a priority for the Malaysian government, reported by The Malaysian Reserve. Instead, the prime minister said its ministries will

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