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KWK Promes Designs Hotel in Pieniny Mountains
Construction has begun on KWK Promes’ lakeside hotel in Poland. Inspired by traditional mountain homes that found refuge from flooding on a neighboring hilltop, the building’s low profile burrows into...
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How Should We Implement Smart Cities?
In this article, originally published by Arup Connect as “Anthony Townsend on Smart Cities“, Townsend discusses his book “Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia” and...
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Archipel Habitat Head Office / Bruno Gaudin Architectes
Architects: Bruno Gaudin Architectes Location: Rennes, France Associate Architect: Benoit Gautier Area: 8,535 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Stéphane Chalmeau, Nicolas Borel Contractor: Archipel Habitat...
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VIDEO: Liz Diller on the High Line, A Mile of Respite in the City that Never...
Click here to view the embedded video. Liz Diller, one of the three partners of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, discusses the history of the High Line and the active design decisions which led to its...
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Arctic Harvester Proposes Large-Scale Hydroponic-Farming Near Greenland
Arctic Harvester was the first prize winning entry in the “Innovation and Architecture for the Sea” category of the Jacques Rougerie Foundation International Architecture Competition, 2013. It...
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UA Studio 7 and Aedas’ Central Business District for Hongqiao Airport Now...
Urban Architecture (UA Studio 7) and Aedas‘ winning proposal for the Hongqiao Central Business District has broke ground at Shanghai’s domestic Hongqiao Airport, mainland China’s fourth busiest...
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11 Dwellings / La Nouvelle Agence
Architects: La Nouvelle Agence Location: Sainte-Eulalie, France Architect In Charge: Aït‐Mehdi Samira & Latizeau Sylvain Area: 1,048 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Courtesy of La Nouvelle Agence...
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House Z / HPSA
Architects: HPSA Location: Austria Year: 2013 Photographs: Dietmar Hammerschmid From the architect. This single-family home is situated on a slightly inclined plot in a quiet Austrian village. The...
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Baluarte. Auditorium and Congress Center of Navarre / Francisco Mangado
Architect: Francisco Mangado Location: Pamplona, Navarre, Spain Design Team: Alfonso Alzugaray Los Arcos. Arquitecto Asociado. Laura Martínez de Gereñu, María Langarita, Isabel López, Carlos Pereda,...
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Engawa House / BLOXAS
Architects: Black Line One X Architecture Studio Location: Fitzroy North VIC, Australia Year: 2013 Photographs: Peter Bennetts Builder: Zachary Spark Constructions Furniture: Ross Gardam, Earl Pinto...
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Dear MoMA, Couldn’t the Nouvel Tower Save the American Folk Art Museum?
In this Metropolis Magazine post on MoMA‘s planned demolition of the American Folk Art Museum, Karrie Jacobs asks a strangely unasked question: How has the Nouvel Tower – in its day the most...
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Soundscape Architecture: A New Way to Experience Famous Buildings
There are many forms of architectural representation – from sketches to construction drawings to photographs – but they all privilege vision over any of the other senses. This problem has perhaps only...
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95 King Street East Studios & Lofts / Thier+Curran Architects
Architects: Thier+Curran Architects Location: 95 King Street East, Hamilton, ON L8N 1A9, Canada Area: 21048.0 ft2 Year: 2013 Photographs: Doublespace Photography, Patrick Robbins From the architect....
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Edouard François Designs Mixed-Use “Gardens of Anfa” for Casablanca
Maison Edouard François has masterplanned a new mixed-use neighborhood for Moroccan city Casablanca: “The Gardens of Anfa.” Schedule for completion in 2017, the plan calls for three mid-rise...
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VIDEO: Solving the Mysteries of Brunelleschi’s Dome
A new hour long documentary for PBS’ series, Building the Great Cathedrals, explores the mystery of how, in the 15th century, Florentine architect Filippo Brunelleschi constructed one of the largest...
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AIA Awards Four with 2014 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the recipients of the 2014 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement. The award, to be presented at the 2014 AIA National Convention and...
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Agora Szeged / BAHCS architects
Architects: BAHCS architects Location: Kálvária, Hungary Architect In Charge: András Báger, Csaba Helmle Fellow Architects: Gabriella Antal, Nóra Báger, Balázs Turai, Tamás Tóth Area: 7,240 sqm Year:...
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Nyx by Sansiri Sales Gallery / TROP : terrains + open space
Architects: TROP : terrains + open space Location: Thon Buri, Bangkok, Thailand Architect In Charge: P&T Thailand Area: 320 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Wison Tungthunya Interior Designer: WWA...
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Tamedia Office Building / Shigeru Ban Architects
Architects: Shigeru Ban Architects Location: Zurich, Switzerland Architect In Charge: Shigeru Ban Area: 10,120 sqm Year: 2013 Photographs: Didier Boy de la Tour, Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects...
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Frogs Hollow / Williamson Chong Architects
Architects: Williamson Chong Architects Location: Grey Highlands, ON, Canada Design Team: Betsy Williamson, Shane Williamson, Donald Chong, Partner, Kelly Doran, Maya Przybylski Area: 2,000 sqm Year:...
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