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Creating Winter Retreats: Snow Resorts and Vacation Home Typologies

Jonathan Yeung — Sat, 14 Dec 2024 07:30:00 +0000

As we move past Thanksgiving and step into December, the festive season is fast approaching. This time of year brings celebrations, holidays, and travel plans into full swing. Particularly in the Northern Hemisphere, there is a strong association between end-of-year festivities and cold, snowy weather.

D06 House / Estúdio Ginga

Andreas Luco — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 02:00:00 +0000

The front facade incorporates and highlights the house's staircase, which stands out in a structural swing and features a large solid brick wall. The volume defined by the shape of the stairs, the lightness of the swing, and the weight of the brick - mark this building with rhythm, shape, structure, and materiality. The shape translates into two parallel volumes split into an area for intimate use and another for social use intersected and connected through the entrance hall.

Monsters, Spirits, and... Zoom Calls? Halloween-at-Home 2020

Eric Baldwin — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:30:00 +0000

Halloween is a holiday that centers on space and ritual. Most likely originating from Celtic harvest festivals, Halloween is tied to processions like trick-or-treating, as well as history and spatial stories. The holiday celebrates imagined settings, characters, and events. In similar celebrations like Mexico's Día de Muertos, people gather in unlikely places; cemeteries and graveyards become the backdrops to picnics and celebrations. There, families offer flowers and food to deceased relatives as they celebrate history and the lives of loved ones.

Kaleidoscopic Gateways to Celebrate the Holiday Season in New York

Dima Stouhi — Sun, 20 Oct 2019 07:45:00 +0000

Every holiday season, architects, designers, and urban planners set up vibrant installations in cities around the world, to serve as beacons of joy and interactive points of attraction. On the 18th of November, Hou de Sousa will install Ziggy in New York City to celebrate the upcoming holiday season with vibrant hues and playful gateways.

Happy Holidays from Architects Around the World (2018 Edition)

AD Editorial Team — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 07:00:00 +0000

'Tis the season of holiday cheer, and with that comes the creative greetings from offices, museums, photographers and collaborators around the world! See our favorites below (or check out our best reader-submitted cards).

Best Submissions to the 2018 Architecture Holiday Card Challenge

AD Editorial Team — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 05:00:00 +0000

While the holidays bring with them a well-earned break for most architects, the creativity doesn't stop when the studio doors close. From gifts to greetings, designers bring their talents to the full range of holiday trappings - and we're here to share. This annual challenge, now in its fourth year, is our way of celebrating the inventiveness, originality, and artistry of ArchDaily readers from around the world. Below, our 50+ favorites from our readers:

Call for Submissions: 2018 Holiday Card Challenge

AD Editorial Team — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 05:45:00 +0000

It's time to get into the Holiday Spirit! As we've done for the past few years, we're seeking holiday cards with an architectural spin to feature on ArchDaily. We expect abundant puns and festively decorated classic buildings. :)

Architecture "Snowflakes" Created from World-Famous Building Plans

Rory Stott — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 13:55:00 +0000

In the foyer of their London offices, architecture firm Allies and Morrison is displaying "Archiflakes," a series of snowflake designs inspired by the floorplans of famous structures from around the world. Developed by staff member Maria Spada, the series was a response to an internal competition to design the office's seasonal decorations.

These Chimney Sections Show Santa's Magical Shape-Shifting Abilities

Alya Abourezk — Mon, 25 Dec 2017 09:30:00 +0000

Oh no! Santa is stuck in the chimney again! For many children, there is nothing more terrifying yet thrilling than the thought of waking up to see a pair of black leather boots and red pants dangling from the fireplace on Christmas morning—maybe he ate one cookie too many.

Happy Holidays from the Architects (2017 Edition)

AD Editorial Team — Sun, 24 Dec 2017 19:05:00 +0000

'Tis the season for offices, museums, photographers and collaborators from around the world to send us a bit of holiday cheer! See our favorites below (or check out our best reader-submitted cards).

Best Submissions to the 2017 Architecture Holiday Card Challenge

AD Editorial Team — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 08:15:00 +0000

When they aren't designing buildings or making sure their models and plans are neat and tidy, many architects channel creative energy into sketches (both hand-done and digital) that become small tokens of holiday cheer. This annual challenge, now in its third year, is our unashamed way of celebrating the inventiveness, originality, and artistry of ArchDaily readers from around the world. May you all enjoy the humblest and most thoughtful gift of all: an expression of holiday cheer.

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Happy Holidays from the Architects (2016 Edition)

AD Editorial Team — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 09:30:00 +0000

'Tis the season for offices from around the world to send us a bit of holiday cheer! See our favorites below (or check out our reader-submitted cards).

Best Submissions to 2016 Architecture Holiday Card Challenge

AD Editorial Team — Fri, 23 Dec 2016 10:05:00 +0000

Architects and students of architecture stereotypically never stop making, and their creative talents continue to flow irrespective of the holiday season. Our annual challenge is an unashamed way to channel the inventiveness, originality and artistry of our readers from around the world into that most humble of gifts: the holiday card. Out of the 200 submissions, these are 43 of our favorites.

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Call for Submissions: ArchDaily's 2015 Holiday Card Contest

AD Editorial Team — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:45:00 +0000

It's that time of year again! At ArchDaily we clearly appreciate holiday cards with an architectural spin, and we want to see your card designs. Whether that involves a modernist menorah, a christmas tree cross-section or even a Mies van der Ho-Ho-Ho, you're invited to submit your own architectural holiday card to be hung above ArchDaily's impeccably postmodern mantle.

Like Father, Like Son: 4 Famous Architecture Dynasties

AD Editorial Team — Sun, 21 Jun 2015 08:00:45 +0000

While Eliel and Eero Saarinen may be the most well known father-son architect duo, they are certainly not the only pair to have left their mark in the field. As far back as the 1700s, the Gabriel father and son dynasty (Jacques V and Ange-Jacques) constructed much of Versailles, and more recently both I.M. Pei and Lewis Davis have passed their legacy onto their sons. In honor of Father's Day, we look at four father-son architecture dynasties and their lasting influence on the profession, after the break.

Hello Wood’s Budapest “Charity Tree” Built from 5,000 Logs

Katie Watkins — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Made from 5,000 pieces of firewood, Hello Wood’s “Charity Tree” installation stretches 11 meters high, 4.5 meters wide and weighs 150 quintals (15,000 kilograms). Hello Wood worked with Design Terminal and the Hungarian Interchurch Aid to build the tree in one of Budapest’s central squares, and all of the firewood used in the temporary installation will be given to families in need in January.

Confectionary Constructions: Architectural Icons Made From Gingerbread

James Taylor-Foster — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Guardian Cities have put together "the best of baked architecture" in a countdown of their favourite confectionary constructions. See London's Tate Modern rendered in precisely cut slabs of gingerbread alongside the curved shapes of New York City's Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Alongside these, food artists have been more inventive by building Paris's Louvre from translucent crystallised sugar glass and Mexico City’s Museo Soumaya from hundreds of spherical treats.

Go on a Sweet Getaway with these Gingerbread BNBs

Katie Watkins — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Vacation just got a little bit sweeter with these Gingerbread BNBs. Looking for a luxurious getaway? The Gingerbread Modern Home is a gorgeous estate, made from gluten-free gingerbread and featuring a frosted stucco exterior and mid-century taffy furniture (but please don’t eat the artwork). The house is part of a fundraiser for New-York charity Robin Hood to provide shelter to homeless families in New York during the holiday season.