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• Architects

  hyperSity

• Location

  Galaxy Soho, Beijing, China

• Lead Architects

  Yang Shi, Shaojun Li

• Design Team

  Yang Shi, Shaojun Li, Mofei Li, Ou Dong

• Client

  FinUp Group

• Area

  3500.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

Children Village by Brazilian architects Aleph Zero and Rosenbaum has won the 2018 RIBA International Prize. Located on the edge of the rain forest in northern Brazil, the new school complex provides accommodation for 540 children attending the Canuanã School. The RIBA International Prize is awarded every two years to a building that exemplifies design excellence and architectural ambition, and delivers meaningful social impact. Children Village was recognized for it's vision in imagining architecture as a tool for social transformation.

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• Architects

  Fabian Tan Architect

• Location

  Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

• Lead Architects

  Fabian Tan

• Area

  1275.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Ceavs Chua

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• Architects

  O'Neill Architecture

• Location

  Corinda QLD 4075, Australia

• Team

  Justin O’Neill (Design Director), Andrew Caldwell (Project Architect), Aden O’Neill, Dylan Li, Ian Tsui, Jonathan Neisler, Justin Boland, Meaghan Morice, Melissa Lee, Octavia Smith, Sean Evangelista & Shane Geard

• Area

  10212.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Scott Burrows

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• Architects

  Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos

• Location

  São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil

• Architects in Charge

  Domingos Pascali, Sarkis Semerdjian

• Team

  Domingos Pascali, Sarkis Semerdjian, Linda Matolli, Lucas Florentino

• Area

  645.8 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Ruy Teixeira

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• Architects

  Clear Architects, JFD

• Location

  United Kingdom

• Lead Architects

  James Furzer

• Consultants

  Clear Architects, Flight Timber, Halo AV, Kevin Cohen, WL Construction, Varico Ltd

• Area

  6.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  James Furzer

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City has selected Kulapat Yantrasast and wHY Architecture to renovate its Michael C. Rockefeller wing. With arts produced in Africa, Oceania and the Americas, the 40,000-square-foot wing is located on the southern side of the Fifth Avenue museum. The $70 million project aim is showcase the collection of arts and artifacts from sub-Saharan Africa, the Pacific Islands, and the Americas.

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• Architects

  Omar Gandhi Architect

• Location

  Chester, Canada

• Design

  Omar Gandhi, Stephanie Hosein, Jeff Shaw, Lauren McCrimmon, John Gray Thomson, Karl Gruenewald, Kelly Cameron, Kristi Smith


• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Ema Peter

The landscape of the United Kingdom is littered with historic castles reaching back centuries. Once proud structures commanding the surrounding countryside, many stately houses, castles, and churches have since collapsed into ruin. While the ruins evoke a sense of magic and curiosity in their own right, a study into how these castles looked in their heyday is a worthy venture.

With this in mind, Onward and NoeMam Studios have joined forces to digitally reconstruct six ruined castles across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The series of gifs sees the castles fluidly re-emerge from the landscape, retelling the sense of place by showing “the true splendor enjoyed and defended by yesteryear’s barons, queens, and kings.

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• Architects

  AL BORDE

• Location

  Ecuador

• Collaborators

  Charlotte Vaxelaire

• Construction Management

  José Guerrero

• Structure

  Patricio Cevallos & Mathieu Lamour 

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  JAG Studio

The latest Apple Store designed by Foster + Partners has opened on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, occupying the grounds and courtyard of a historic Parisian apartment. The ornate Beaux-Art building has been appropriated by “carefully interweaving several layers of history with contemporary, light-filled and inviting spaces.”

The design is the result of a close collaboration by Foster + Partners and Apple’s chief design officer Sir Jonathan Ive, which has produced Apple Stores around the world including Piazza Liberty in Milan, Michigan Avenue in Chicago and Regent Street in London.

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• Architects

  xystudio

• Location

  Północna 34, 16-402 Suwałki, Poland

• Author Architects

  Dorota Sibinska, Filip Domaszczynski, Marta Nowosielska

• Design Team

  Anna Pralat, Marta Komorowska

• Area

  1125.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

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• Architects

  AND-RÉ

• Location

  3750 Agueda, Portugal

• Area

  4500.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Fernando Guerra | FG+SG

Swedish creative firm Studio Esinam has launched a second edition of their recently-created cutout shop, offering an aid to architects and designers seeking to enliven renders and visualizations. The studio’s products, including these print elevations of iconic landmarks, are made in Sweden with an emphasis on eco-friendly materials.

In celebration of the launch, the studio is offering a new mixed pack of 50 diverse, high resolution cuts outs for free, normally priced at £100. Users can gain access to the offer using the discount code “BFARCHDAILY” on the cutout shop here during the purchasing process.

You can check out a selection of the cutout products below, or on the official website here.

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have decided to move forward with a plan to reuse L.A. General Hospital as affordable housing for high-need populations. The plan aims to provide homeless residents and low-income tenants with new living units inside the 1930s-era hospital. The board approved a motion to study the feasibility of reusing the structure and to craft a strategic plan that would bring the project to life. As the “birthplace of emergency medicine,” the Art Deco–style building includes 1.5-million-square-feet of space that could be used for the housing project.

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• Interiors Designers

  ARRCC

• Location

  Cape Town, South Africa

• Lead Architects

  SAOTA

• Project Team

  Philip Olmesdahl

• Photographs

  James Silverman

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• Architects

  OZER/URGER Architects

• Location

  Antalya, Provincia de Antalya, Turkey

• Lead Architects

  Ahmet Mucip Urger, Ali Ozer, Semsettin Tugay, Olgu Caliskan, Seda Gecu, Ismet Gungor

• Project Team

  Ahmet Mucip Urger, Ali Ozer, Semsettin Tugay, Seda Gecu, Ismet Gungor, Elif Duzel, Neval Tarim, Beyza Derbentoglu, Ugur Sarisen, Hasan Burak Hamurisci, Buket Mucuk

• Landscape Design

  OZER\URGER Architects

• Area

  8000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Yercekim Architectural Photography