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British Pavilion at 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale set to “amplify perspectives that have been previously overlooked”

February 25, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Curators of British Pavilion at 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale

The British Council has announced that the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2023 will be curated by Jayden Ali, Meneesha Kellay Joseph Henry and Sumitra Upham. Founding director of architecture studio JA Projects Ali, Victoria and Albert Museum curator Kellay, Sound Advice co-founder Henry and Crafts Council head of public programmes Upham will

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An Electric Fueling Station in Canada and a Clubhouse in New Zealand: 9 Competition-Winning Projects Submitted to ArchDaily

February 25, 2022 Andreea Cutieru 0

This week’s curated selection of Best Unbuilt Architecture highlights competition-winning projects submitted by the ArchDaily Community. From large scale urban developments to interventions in the landscape, from housing projects to educational spaces and commercial buildings, this article showcases a variety of design approaches, programs and scales. The proposals featured are the results of local and international competitions, either creative concepts or projects currently in progress.

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Bressol Creixem Jugant School / bxd arquitectura

February 25, 2022 Pilar Caballero 0

The project is located in an area of new growth in the municipality of Vendrell, Tarragona, on a plot of 32 x 29 meters totally flat with easy access from the street. With an almost square rectangular shape, the nursery is built for children between 0 and 3 years of age. The project has been designed taking into account that children at this age are learning to walk and the possibility that all the classrooms have access to the outside garden is very relevant.

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UIA 2030 Award Finalists Announced

February 25, 2022 Dima Stouhi 0

The International Union of Architects (UIA), in partnership with UN-HABITAT, have announced the Regional Finalists of first stage of the UIA 2030 Award. The biennale award, which is in its inaugural edition, honors the work of architects contributing to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and New Urban Agenda through built projects that demonstrate design quality and alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Rise Design Studio opts to “reuse and recycle” for Carousel restaurant interior

February 25, 2022 Amy Frearson 0
Lightwell in Carousel restaurant by RISE Design Studio

London restaurant Carousel has moved to a new venue but taken many of its old fixtures and fittings with it, thanks to an environmentally conscious approach from Rise Design Studio. Founded seven years ago by brothers Ollie and Ed Templeton, the restaurant has moved into three converted Georgian townhouses in Fitzrovia, with dining rooms on

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M House / Estudio Valdés Arquitectos

February 25, 2022 Pilar Caballero 0

The challenge of this family summer house in Puertecillo is to accommodate a family of five plus guests, favoring the spaciousness of the common spaces to be able to bring everyone together, and having efficient bedrooms that achieve the comfort of its users in a smaller space.

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Indiana University Inaugurates Long-Lost Project Designed by Mies van der Rohe

February 25, 2022 Andreea Cutieru 0

Indiana University inaugurated a new shared facility for the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, which materializes a recently rediscovered design by Mies van der Rohe. The 1952 project intended for a fraternity house on the same IU Bloomington campus was entrusted to New York-based firm Thomas Phifer and Partners to be adapted to contemporary building codes and its current academic function while preserving the intended architectural aesthetic. The two-storey, 930 square meter building has officially opened to students and faculty.

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How to Photograph Architecture with a 35mm Camera

February 25, 2022 Naomi Contreras 0

Capturing an image has become spontaneous and immediate. While mobile photography maintains quality, it loses the ritual of taking a picture, i.e. thinking about an image while walking through a new city or the framing possibilities for a building from your point of view. In short, each image is the result of focus, aperture, exposure and the characteristics of the space. Travelling with a 35mm camera sets your limits, some say it is the closest lens to the human eye, others say it is too narrow to capture a building from the outside, but no doubt it all depends on your judgement and the capabilities of the equipment at your disposal.