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these small-scale experiments in architecture are the first stage in a wider plan to offer off-grid retreats to the public.
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these small-scale experiments in architecture are the first stage in a wider plan to offer off-grid retreats to the public.
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visual and physical contradictions merge as visitors first encounter a series of imposing, static steel columns from a distance.
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visual and physical contradictions merge as visitors first encounter a series of imposing, static steel columns from a distance, however, as they move closer, the perforations create as feeling of lightness.
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The Casa dos Pátios project aimed to rehabilitate an 18th century building located on the Sto Ildefonso street, Porto.

Although the Louvre pyramid, often recognized as his masterwork, created a luminous icon for presenting culture, IM Pei’s early museums were characterized by the harsh shadows of brutalism. Project by project, the Chinese-American master developed a sophisticated, open architectural language. Pei’s holistic approach for welcoming museum visitors comprises powerful symbols which utilize sunlight to its fullest during the daytime, while employing the magical glow of illumination in the evening.

wooden screens provide shade and privacy while also creating an evocative and transparent design. 

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wooden screens provide shade and privacy while also creating an evocative and transparent design. 

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The following article, originally published by the self-titled “Portfolio Queen,” Stephanie Gleeson, gives you an insider’s perspective into what recruiters are looking for when they open your portfolio. Gleeson, a Senior Consultant at boutique recruiting firm Bloomfield Tremayne & Partners, offers her top tips on everything from hierarchy tips, software and formatting, and how to present your portfolio in the interview.

When it comes to individuals pursuing architectural or interior design there is the added concern of the portfolio.

Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu, both partners at OMA, have been tapped to design the recently-announced expansion of the New Museum in New York. OMA will design a new building adjacent to SANAA’s tiered-box museum. The project is expected to break ground in 2019 and will give the New Museum an additional 50,000 square feet (4,650 square meters) for “galleries, improved public circulation and flexible space for the institution’s continued exploration of new platforms and programs.” This will be Koolhaas’ first public building in New York. According to the New York Times, the New Museum—the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to contemporary art—has already raised 50 percent of the cost.