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The Complex Yet Simple Geometry of Toyo Ito’s Tama Art University Library

July 4, 2017 AD Editorial Team 0

In his latest video, filmmaker Vincent Hecht takes us inside Toyo Ito‘s Tama Art University Library. The project is notable for its effortless geometry, with the entire building comprising a series of simple concrete arches which, when combined, create a complex “emergent grid” which allowed for great flexibility in the building’s plan. Hecht’s video shows how this geometry works in practice, as the elements of the library snake through the building’s light, open interior.

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Schulich School of Engineering Redevelopment and Expansion / Diamond Schmitt Architects + Gibbs Gage Architects

July 4, 2017 Daniel Tapia 0

The Canadian Natural Resources Limited Engineering Complex is an infill expansion of the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. The design integrates over 4500 students, faculty and staff in new and modernized space within the existing campus. The goal was to improve the teaching, research, administrative and support spaces as well as to upgrade public circulation and to provide the school with a centralized social hub.

40 Beautiful Kids’ Beds That Offer Storage With Sweet Dreams

July 4, 2017 HD Staff 0

Kid’s bedrooms are spaces to play in. Creative, quirky and holding all their favourite things, they are a soft place to dream of future careers, hobbies – or maybe just the day ahead. Have a little girl that’s always away with the fairies? Decorate her bed in pink, with plenty of storage for fairy dust. […]

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44 Maps Reveal New Yorkers’ Thoughts About Rats, Parks, Bike Safety And Other Urban Issues

July 4, 2017 Becky Quintal 0

How satisfied are you with your city’s garbage service? Its parks? The way it handles pest control? What about homelessness? In the USA’s largest metropolis, which covers a total of 468.484 square miles (1,213.37 km2) and is home to over 8.5 million people, New Yorkers’ perception of their city and the services it provides reveals the “uneven distribution of New York’s opportunities,” according to a survey conducted by The New York Times.

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The Cave / Abraham Cota Paredes Arquitectos

July 4, 2017 Daniel Tapia 0

The best way to get to know an architect is to know their projects, they speak for us, unmask us when the work is honest, they exist as a mirror of who we are. There is something behind the cave that speaks of who I am, that form of an enclosed cube that seeks to be hidden from the world, while showing openings that exhibit a contradiction, perhaps I do not want to remain apart from the world, as a proof these narrow cracks show a characteristic from mankind, The longing of being known and loved.