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Bamyan Cultural Center / M2R Arquitectos

Bamyan Cultural Center / M2R Arquitectos - Exterior Photography, Cultural Center, Facade
© Amin Asifi

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  • Architects: M2R Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  26376 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021

Sheltered Housing in Taradell / Forgas Arquitectes + Gammarquitectura

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Taradell, Spain
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1210
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Aguilar, Breinco, Calaf, Celenit, Sate

Kagi Maldives Spa Island / Yuji Yamazaki Architecture

Kagi Maldives Spa Island / Yuji Yamazaki Architecture - Exterior Photography, Spa, Coast
Courtesy of Kagi Maldives Spa Island

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5000
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2020
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Piment Rouge Lighting, Togama, Warisan
  • Professionals: CDE Consulting

Yabuli Entrepreneurs’ Congress Center / MAD Architects

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In Plain Sight Apartment / Nakworks

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  • Architects: Nakworks
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1700 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Lutron, Galassia, PureBond Playwood, Tacchini

Minneapolis Public Service Building / Henning Larsen + MSR Design

Minneapolis Public Service Building / Henning Larsen + MSR Design - Exterior Photography, Government , Facade, Cityscape
© Corey Gaffer

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Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, United States
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  34396
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Bendheim, Bradley Corporation USA, C.R. Laurence, Cosentino, Designtex, +100

Outside Inside Pavilion / Tohmestudio

Outside Inside Pavilion / Tohmestudio - Exterior Photography, Extension, Garden, Facade, Table, Chair, Bench
© JAG Studio

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  • Architects: Tohmestudio
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  35
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Acimco, Bath & Home, Cavanni Design, Dipac Manta, Multimarmol

Parrilla Restaurant / Aalva arquitetos

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  • Architects: Aalva arquitetos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  148
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Arauco, Brilia, DayBrasil, Deca, Docol, +6

Win Win Twin Towers / kister scheithauer gross architekten und stadtplaner

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Düsseldorf, Germany

House Vaneker / Groothuijse de Boer architecten

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The Startup Founder and IE University Student Transforming the AEC Industry

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Big data and hybrid working models are the future of the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry, according to Álvaro González. Álvaro is a Global Master in Real Estate Development student and cofounder of Infinity Dimensions, a startup looking to accelerate digitalization in the sector.

Embodying IE University’s learning by doing philosophy, we spoke to him about how running a startup while earning a graduate degree is possible—with the right amount of entrepreneurial spirit.

Coachella 2022 Installations Explore Architecture, Pop Culture, and Communities of the World

The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2022, an annual festival held in the Colorado Desert in Indio, California, has opened to the public on Friday April 15th with immersive installations by 11 international architects, artists, and designers. Through explorations of scale, light, sound, and colors, the contextual installations explore global themes such as connectedness, environmental sustainability, immigration, social behavior and architecture, pop culture, and the community, and will be on display on April 15-17 and April 22-24, 2022.

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Reactivation of Plaza del Carme / unparelld’arquitectes

Reactivation of Plaza del Carme / unparelld’arquitectes - Interior Photography, Hospitality Interiors, Facade, Column, Arch, Arcade
© José Hevia

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  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2021
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2021
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Codispe, Collell protecció solar, FV Seguretat, Fiosa, Magatzems Olot, +2

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Designs World's Tallest Residential Timber Building

Schmidt Hammer Lassen Designs World's Tallest Residential Timber Building - Featured Image
Courtesy of Schmidt Hammer Lassen

Danish architecture practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen revealed the winning design of an international competition for the world’s tallest residential timber building. Located in the Swiss city of Winterthur, the 100-metre tall Rocket&Tigerli tower developed in close corporation with the local Swiss architecture studio Cometti Truffer Hodel echoes the 19th-century industrial architecture of the surrounding area through its facades of dark red and yellow terracotta bricks. The project proposes a variety of residential typologies and amenities that are set to create a vibrant neighbourhood.

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Metaverse: A Fertile Ground for Architects?

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Metaverse is the name used to name an immersive, collective and hyper-realistic virtual environment, where people will be able to live together using 3D customized avatars.

It was coined by writer Neal Stephenson in his science fiction book “Snow Crash”, published in 1992. The work tells the story of “Hiro Protagonist”, a character who in real life is a pizza delivery boy, but in the virtual world – called metaverse in the story – is a samurai.

"Visualizations Always Start with the Story": An Interview with Visual Artist Ceren Arslan

Beyond hyper-realistic renders and accurate depictions of what projects look like once completed, visualizations have become tools to communicate atmospheres and emotions portrayed by architects. The use of mixed media, combined with architectural compositions, art, lighting, and oftentimes music, have generated a new genre of architectural storytelling, one that combines reality with imagination. And as the world immerses in NFT's and experimenting with cutting-edge technologies to create digital environments, visualizations might soon become "the new reality". 

ArchDaily had the opportunity to talk to Visual Artist Ceren Arslan about branching out from the architecture practice, how she describes her creative process, her latest project EXIT, and what the future holds for architectural visualizations.

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The Future of Visualization May Be The Past

We deal with buildings every day. We sleep in them, work in them, live our lives using their accommodation. But like a song or a painting, a person usually helps create them, with those who use and build them, then the world receives that work. But before they are built, buildings are just ideas.

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