Thanks to its strength, lightness, and easy installation, polycarbonate is fast becoming our generation's everyman material. Used to let light in with its translucent properties, buildings built with polycarbonate can appear permeable by day and glow from within by night. Its inherently prefab -nature makes it a strong contender in both small and large projects. Through its use in schools, offices, libraries and even museums, the man-made polymer has earned its place by being as efficient as it is expressive.
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Chilean architect from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Content Director at DAAily Platforms, working at ArchDaily for over 10 years.
13 Houses with Pitched Roofs and their Sections
The roof is one of the most essential structural elements of nearly every construction. It is the element that allows a delineated space to transform into one that feels protected. Strongly related to the climatic conditions of the context, the roof's variations in aesthetic and structural design have allowed architects to indulge their stylistic preoccupations to convert roofs not only into elements of closure and climate protection but into a character-giving feature that lends identity and flair – especially when the roof becomes a wall.
Following this opportunity, we want to highlight great examples of roofs that also become walls: 13 houses in which the roof completes the façade, delineating not only the interior in its vertical sense but also in the horizontal one.
"Form Follows Fiction": An Interview with Ole Scheeren
Captivated by cinematographic references and the narrative space, Ole Scheeren's work stands out by its disruptive solutions to the present social challenges and the cities we live in. With more than 30 years of career in the architecture field, Ole Scheeren has won several awards and one of its most iconic works includes the CCTV Headquarters in Beijing when was director and partner at OMA, before founding Büro Ole Scheeren.
In this interview, documented at the World Architecture Festival 2022, Scheeren discusses the importance of the narrative of a project and the quality architecture has by building the stages where people live: "the fictional anticipation of life".
The Definitive Works of 2019 Pritzker Prize Winner Arata Isozaki
Japanese architect and theorist Arata Isozaki, winner of 2019's Pritzker Prize, passed away at the age of 91. Since the 60s, Isozaki has been showing outstanding innovative ideas in his works, influencing eastern professionals with a forward-thinking approach that takes its roots from Japan. In a special tribute to the architect's achievements, ArchDaily highlights the immense list of Arata Isozaki’s projects and recreates the architect's professional development path since his very first works.
Sustainability, A.I., and the Future of Construction in India: An Interview with Amit Gupta
Currently working on 45 simultaneous projects, including India’s largest bio-diversity park in India and the second largest in the world, Amit Gupta has been leading Studio Simbiosis for the past 12 years with a special focus on sustainability where performance follows experience more than form following function.
In this 2022 version of the World Architecture Festival, in Lisbon, ArchDaily had the opportunity to talk with Amit Gupta and discuss the main philosophy behind Studio Simbiosis, the challenges of building in India’s low-tech context, and the future of artificial intelligence and the metaverse in architectural design.
House in Tskneti / NOA Studio
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Architects: NOA Studio
- Area: 550 m²
- Year: 2019
Atlas Hotel Hoian / VTN Architects
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Architects: VTN Architects
- Area: 3115 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Apartment in Binh Thanh / Sanuki Daisuke architects
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Architects: Sanuki Daisuke architects
- Area: 431 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Dongnai Brick, YKK AP
Remisenpavillon / Wirth Architekten
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Architects: Wirth Architekten
- Area: 42 m²
- Year: 2015
The Wine Ayutthaya / Bangkok Project Studio
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Architects: Bangkok Project Studio
- Area: 215 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: Bangkok Project Studio
Binh House / VTN Architects
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Architects: VTN Architects
- Area: 233 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: Wind and Water House JSC
Ga On Jai House / IROJE KHM Architects
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Architects: IROJE KHM Architects
- Area: 329 m²
- Year: 2013
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Manufacturers: VMZINC
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Professionals: JEHYO
The Best Architecture Drawings of 2019
We are continuing our five-year-long tradition of celebrating “The Best Architecture Drawings of the Year.” The 2019 edition sees a carefully-curated collection of architectural drawings with a wide variety of techniques and representations, all orientated towards a common goal of sharing architectural ideas, visions, and designs.
Son La Ceremony Dome / VTN Architects
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Architects: VTN Architects
- Area: 1000 m²
- Year: 2017
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Professionals: VTN Architects
Chicland Hotel / VTN Architects
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Architects: VTN Architects
- Area: 10495 m²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: Hicon, NDC Consulting JSCo.
Changsha Meixihu International Culture and Art Centre / Zaha Hadid Architects
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Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects
- Area: 115000 m²
- Year: 2019