House 1603 / Nordest Arquitectura
House for Two Artists / Förstberg Ling
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Architects: Förstberg Ling
- Year: 2020
Found Wedding Venue / PHTAA Living Design
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Architects: PHTAA Living Design
- Area: 4500 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Nontaslip, Polydec, SCG
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Professionals: Studioluxsit
Fig Tree Pocket / Smart Design Studio
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Architects: Smart Design Studio
- Area: 17554 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: Morris Goding Access Consulting, Accoustic Logic, Tree IQ, Efficitent Living, McKenzie Group, +11
The Local Food Factory / Studio Dali Architects
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Architects: Studio Dali Architects
- Area: 1105 m²
- Year: 2021
Scion Innovation Hub / RTA Studio + Irving Smith Architects
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Architects: Irving Smith Architects, RTA Studio
- Area: 2000 m²
- Year: 2020
La pirámide de Ronit House / Estudio Arzubialde
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Architects: Estudio Arzubialde
- Area: 66 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Maderisa S.A.C.I.F.I.A., Piedras y Ladrillos Arraez
Van Been Tap House Brewery / Vertentes Arquitetura
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Architects: Vertentes Arquitetura
- Area: 133 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Saint-Gobain, Altena, Atlas ceramicas, Benplas, Ceramicas Portinari, +8
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Professionals: ARC Engenharia e Construções
Hasle Universal Hotel / Ghilardi+Hellsten Arkitekter AS
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Architects: Ghilardi+Hellsten Arkitekter AS
- Area: 21000 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Parklex Prodema, STACBOND, Rimex, Schüco
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Professionals: Bolseth Glass, Grindaker, Scenario Interiørarkitekter
ZHA's Studio City Phase 2 in China Has Topped Out
Zaha Hadid Architects' Hollywood-inspired Studio City Phase 2 has reached its full height of construction. Located in the Cotai district of Macau, the resort expansion was assigned to Zaha Hadid Architects back in 2017, featuring new leisure, entertainment, and hospitality facilities, including one of Asia’s largest indoor & outdoor water parks. The project was named winner of the ‘Regional Award Asia’ at the BREEAM Awards 2021, and is set to be complete in December 2022.
Matamoros Market / Colectivo C733
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Architects: Colectivo C733
- Area: 2868 m²
- Year: 2020
RIBA Announces First Two Projects Shortlisted for 2021 House of the Year
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced the first two shortlisted projects for the 2021 House of the Year, an annual award that honors the best new architect-designed house or extension in the United Kingdom. The following two projects will be announced on November 24th, and the complete shortlist will be announced on December 8th, 2021, on UK's Channel 4.
JIGI Poke Restaurant / VAUST Studio
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Architects: VAUST Studio
- Area: 120 m²
- Year: 2021
SOM' Finalist Proposal for Canada’s LGBTQ2+ National Monument Features Empty Flagpoles as a Symbol of Collective Trauma
Canada's Department of National Heritage has announced the five finalists for the LGBTQ2+ National Monument competition, a project meant to honour the community and recall its oppression during the LGBT Purge period. Among the shortlisted designs is SOM's proposal, consisting of an array of flagpoles stripped of their flags, symbolising the trauma, deprivation of culture and concealment of identity that the LGBTQ2+ community was experienced. Designed in collaboration with Rebecca Belmore, Noam Gonick, and HTFC Planning & Design, the design titled Bapiiwin, meaning survival /overcoming in native Ojibwe, seeks to provide a space of remembrance while serving as a symbol of resilience.
What is Art Deco Architecture?
Art Deco architecture derives from a style of visual arts of the same name that emerged in Europe in the 1920s, which also influenced the movie industry, fashion, interior design, graphic design, sculpture, painting, and other forms of art, in addition to architecture. The milestone of this style was the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts held in Paris in 1925, from which it took its name.
Colors Of the Earth: Ghana's Incredible, Rammed Earth Walls
Rammed earth constructions are not a novelty, on the contrary, some sections of the Great Wall of China were made using this technique. Relegated and replaced by modern methods of construction, the mud walls are currently re-emerging as an economic, sustainable solution, with low environmental impact. Even Joelle Eyeson, a young African entrepreneur, is betting that it may be the answer to the housing deficit in her region.
This is a rudimentary construction system in which earth is compressed into wooden boxes. The clay is horizontally placed in layers of 15 cm in height, and compacted with manual or pneumatic tools, to achieve its ideal density creating a resistant and durable structure.