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Red curtains line facade of FADEU Building at Santiago architecture school

September 2, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Sunshades and screens line the exterior of a concrete-framed university building in Santiago, Chile, by architects Alberto Moletto and Sebastián Paredes that was envisioned as an “articulator of the campus”. The building houses the FADEU – which stands for Facultad Arquitectura, Diseño y Estudios Urbanos, or the Faculty of Architecture, Design and Urban Studies. It

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“Garden for the city” forms heart of health centre in Carcavelos

September 2, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A curving concrete canopy and a public garden animate Carcavelos Health Complex near Lisbon, Portugal, completed by local practices Simão Botlelho, Studio-J and Duoma. Carcavelos Health Complex combines four separate health services in a single building and was the result of a public architecture competition held in 2018. Its sloping site is bordered by residential

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Atelier O-S perches “Roman circus” car park in France on concrete columns

September 1, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Sculptural concrete columns support the Cesson-Viasilva Park and Ride and Bus Station in Rennes, which was designed by French studio Ateliers O-S Architectes to “update the image of a car park in the outer suburbs.” The facility was designed to be an “urban catalyst” for the new Atalante ViaSilva district in the suburb of Cesson-Sévigné,

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Villain House is a concrete replica of an old Barcelona townhouse

August 29, 2024 Katie Last 0

Local studio Architecture Office Claudia Raurell has replaced a dilapidated townhouse in Barcelona with a concrete home that mimics its original footprint. Named Villain House, the home incorporates the existing front facade, which Architecture Office Claudia Raurell said was the only salvageable part of the structure. The new volume has a blocky, straw-coloured concrete structure

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Dezeen Agenda features Zaha Hadid Architects’ Central Bank of Iraq

August 22, 2024 Saudatu Bah 0

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features images of the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper nearing completion. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects released images of the Central Bank of Iraq, which under construction in Baghdad, Iraq. The structure was designed to “mimic the light reflecting off waves”

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RAD+ar tops Indonesian restaurant with sweeping concrete roof terrace

August 22, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A wave-like concrete terrace tops the Aruma restaurant and bar in Jakarta, which has been completed by Indonesian studio RAD+ar. Located in Jakarta’s leafy Kemang district, the building was designed for restaurant chain Aruma to create a variety of nature-filled spaces on a relatively small site through the creation of split levels and terraces. “The core

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Slim concrete colonnade fronts D-Day Museum in Normandy

August 21, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

French studio Atelier Projectiles has created a fully-glazed, concrete-framed building as the D-Day Museum in Normandy, France. Originally founded in 1954 as the first museum to commemorate the D-Day landings, the new museum overlooks one of the five beaches on which soldiers landed during the second world war. Atelier Projectiles looked to create a building that

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Photos reveal Zaha Hadid Architects’ Central Bank of Iraq nearing completion in Baghdad

August 21, 2024 Starr Charles 0

UK studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed photos of the Central Bank of Iraq skyscraper nearing completion on the banks of the Tigris in Baghdad. The images show the completed twisting exoskeleton frame of the 170-metre-tall structure designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, which is now the tallest building in the city. Being built on the

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Spasm Design wraps 12-storey home in terracotta facade

August 19, 2024 Katie Last 0

A single family home is contained within the Sarvasva tower, which Indian studio Spasm Design created to stand out from the neighbouring grey buildings in Mumbai, India. Named Sarvasva, the home is contained within a 12-storey tower that aims to make the most of its site within the dense urban setting. Wrapped in a rainscreen

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