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“London has an ambition for quality public housing design not seen since the 1970s”

January 25, 2019 Paul Karakusevic 0
Kings Crescent by Karakusevic Carson Architects

London is entering a confident new era of public housing, says Paul Karakusevic, thanks to housing projects with pioneering new financial models. The great cause of the early 21st century global city is public housing. While new museums, galleries and beautiful one-off houses grab attention the world over, it is affordable housing that is the fundamental

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4 Mega Bridges that were Never Built

January 25, 2019 Niall Patrick Walsh 0

2019 has already witnessed a series of bridge-related milestones marked, from the world’s longest bridge nearing completion in Kuwait to the world’s largest 3D-printed concrete bridge being completed in Shanghai. As we remain fixated on the future-driven, record-breaking accomplishments of realized bridge design, “911 Metallurgist” has chosen to look back in history on some of the visionary ideas for bridges which never saw the light of day.

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IABsp Launches an Open Call for a Proposal for the XII International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo

January 25, 2019 Equipe ArchDaily Brasil 0

Everyday, the theme of the XII International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo, Brazil, proposed by the curators Vanessa Grossman, Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Ciro Miguel, seeks to reveal architecture and space through everyday life. Architects and urban planners have long aspired to design total environments, civilizations, even the planet. However, in the current climate of political and economic uncertainty, occurring against the backdrop of unprecedented environmental impacts wrought by rapid technological development, design professionals have begun to acknowledge the vulnerability of their work to global transformations and the challenges of an automated future.

Chris Collaris and i29 complete Tiny Holiday Home in the Netherlands

January 25, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Tiny Holiday Home by i29 and Chris Collaris

Tiny Holiday Home is a compact black house by i29 and Chris Collaris, which is designed to stand out like a minimalist sculpture within a nature reserve in Utrecht, the Netherlands.  Dutch studios i29 and Chris Collaris designed the house to be spatially efficient, while having a strong identity that would set it apart from its surroundings. It is divided

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Roy David Architecture references maternity for interiors of Tel Aviv office

January 25, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Nuvo office headquarters, designed by Roy David Architecture

Curved partition walls and ceiling panels hint at the research underway inside this Tel Aviv office, which Roy David Architecture has designed for a tech company specialising in prenatal care. Occupying the 26th floor of Tel Aviv’s Alon Towers skyscraper, the office has been designed to subtly reflect the “data-centric and feminine nature” of products

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Walker Court / Demian/Wilbur/Architects

January 25, 2019 Rayen Sagredo 0

It is not often that a project comes along and captures the zeitgeist of the current decade in Washington, DC where sensitive and controversial architectural, historic, socio-economic, regulatory, urban planning and zoning issues needed to be addressed all at once. This presented an opportunity to participate decisively and offer a precedent for what could be done with a derelict building, on a non-conforming lot, in an alley inside a historic district inhabited by diverse population during an economically competitive environment. The answer(s) to this question became the program of requirements and the goal to transform the building into two family dwelling, preserve its essential architectural elements, explore what it means to dwell in a public alley with zero lot lines all the way around and continue the transformation of a named alley and the evolution of the whole block.

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“I Identify Forms with Energy”: Li Xiaodong of Li Xiaodong Atelier

January 25, 2019 Vladimir Belogolovsky 0

One of the immediate impressions that I formed of the Beijing-based architect and Tsinghua University Professor Li Xiaodong (b. 1963) is his reassuring self-confidence. Following our interview, Professor Li asked me a question of his own – would I like to teach at his school? “I never taught in my life,” I replied. He quickly countered, “I know. You can teach. Yes or no?” If I have learned anything about life, it is that when opportunities come you should grab them first and think later. “If he is so confident in me, why shouldn’t I trust him?” I reasoned.