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OMA, led by partner david gianotten, has finalized the schematic design for the new feyenoord stadium at the maas. with 63,000 seats, the new arena will be the largest football stadium in the netherlands. in addition to hosting the home games of dutch football club feyenoord, the multi-functional venue will be capable of hosting a […]

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marwa al-sabouni has been honored with the prince claus award this year for her innovative and imaginative proposals to restore cooperation, social cohesion, and a sense of identity after the devastation of war. born in homs, syria, the architect and urban thinker has been living and working in the war-devastated city, analyzing the modern architectural […]

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tham & videgård arkitekter has revealed plans for a series of new homes that will form part of a larger site at landvetter lake, in gothenburg, sweden. the project is a solid timber version of the ‘vertical village’ the firm designed for a site in stockholm in 2009. the scheme proposes an alternative to the […]

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bunkitsu opened earlier this month in central tokyo as a new type of bookstore that charges a 1,500 yen (about $13/ 12 €) entrance fee to its customers. developed as a response to the recent crisis of disappearing bookstores in the city, the space occupies the site of the now-closed aoyama book center, parts of […]

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hashim sarkis — the lebanese architect and dean of the school of architecture and planning at MIT — has been appointed curator of the 2020 venice architecture biennale. sarkis follows in the footsteps of yvonne farrell and shelley mcnamara of grafton architects who directed the 2018 edition of the event, and alejandro aravena who curated […]

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stefano boeri architetti has unveiled their first project in belgium. ‘palazzo verde’ is a residential building that intends to become a new landmark of the antwerp nieuw zuid district. the scheme plans to include 86 trees and 2200 shrubs and perennials for a 428,88 square meters of green surface and aims to become the greenest building […]

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following the deadly collapse of genoa’s morandi bridge in august 2018, italian architect renzo piano had announced plans to donate a replacement design. on december 18, 2018, genoa mayor mario bucci announced that the project will take 12 months to complete once the site has been prepared. mayor bucci, the commissioner overseeing the reconstruction, also announced […]

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upon the recommendation of president paolo baratta, the board of la biennale di venezia has appointed hashim sarkis as curator of the 17th international architecture exhibition to be held in 2020. sarkis is the principal architect of hashim sarkis studios (HSS), established in 1998 with offices in boston and beirut, and has been dean of […]

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amidst the urban context of japan’s fukushima city, studio life style koubou completes a house designed as a spacious, open-air fortress. facing a major road and surrounded by high-rises, the windowless residence is closed off from the exterior and exhibits a strong presence within its context. while this impenetrable, concrete enclosure ensures the privacy of […]

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the rainbow bridge by SPF:architects connects the long beach convention center with the performing arts center, while providing the city with a new public meeting place and a distinct architectural marker. the 605-foot-long (184 meter) design draws from the area’s history as a dynamic seaside town, with a form conceived as an abstraction of a […]

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