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The Architects’ Journal's AJ Specification Awards returns for a 2nd year, celebrating successful collaborations between suppliers, manufacturers, and architects.
The awards celebrate how exceptional working relationships between architects and suppliers and manufacturers lead to successful projects, showcasing standout examples of the creative use of products and materials in making great buildings.
Be it to find solutions to particular design challenge, or simply to bring joy to a project, the intelligent integration of products into the design process – from the taps in a bathroom to the finishes on a façade – is an aspect of architecture that the AJ has long championed.

Breda School Workshops / AgwA

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  • Architects: AgwA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  4200
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Ploegsteert
  • Professionals: JZH & Partners

Cube in a Cube / boq architekti

Cube in a Cube / boq architekti - HousesCube in a Cube / boq architekti - Interior Photography, Houses, Door, FacadeCube in a Cube / boq architekti - HousesCube in a Cube / boq architekti - HousesCube in a Cube / boq architekti - More Images+ 24

Dobříš, Czechia

CAF Headquarters / LAPS Arquitectos

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  • Architects: LAPS Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  166840 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, Louis Poulsen, ASCENDER Seating, Frezza, Hunter Douglas, +1

Cheng Dong Building / Sangu Design

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  • Architects: Sangu Design
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  200
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Dahuangfeng, Original Relationship (Times China Holding Ltd.), Teknai, techsize

Yangzhong Foreign Language School Branch Campus / Perform Design Studio

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Palomar College Learning Resource Center / LPA

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  • Architects: LPA
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  85000 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Terreal, Arcadia Custom, Armstrong Ceilings, NBK North America, PPG IdeaScapes, +2
  • Professionals: Jensen Hughes, LPA, MTGL, TK1SC

ALIEN Art Center / CT Design + PU Architecture Association + Ya-Yuan Design

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Avenida Central Building / Emilio Alvarez Abouchard Arquitectura

Avenida Central Building / Emilio Alvarez Abouchard Arquitectura - Exterior Photography, Clinic, Facade
© Dane Alonso

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Morelia, Mexico

PH José Mármol House / Estudio Yama

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Boedo, Argentina
  • Architects: Estudio Yama
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  110
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Acier, Blangino, Moltrasio

Industrial Building / derksen | windt architecten

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Harvard GSD Announces 2020 Richard Rogers Fellowship

Harvard University Graduate School of Design has announced the 2020 Richard Rogers Fellowship cycle. Open to accomplished practitioners and scholars working in fields related to the built environment, the research-focused residency program is based in London at the Wimbledon House, designed by Lord Richard Rogers in the late 1960s. Fellows have researched a diverse series of topics, including examinations of public and affordable housing; how food and cooking transform cities; and citizen-driven urban regeneration initiatives, among others.

Qurios Zandvoort / 2by4-architects

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Winning Proposal for the New Archaeological Museum of Sparta

MOR-architects and EP Architects were awarded the first position in the competition for the new Archaeological Museum of Sparta. With an architectural concept based on creating an elevated space of exhibition on top of the archaeological site, the winning project generates a constant visual connection between the old and the new.

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Villa Lena Fattoria Hotel Renovation / Hesselbrand

Villa Lena Fattoria Hotel Renovation / Hesselbrand - Renovation
© Henrik Lundell

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  • Architects: Hesselbrand
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2100
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2019

Call for Entries: Request for Proposal for the International Consulting on the Urban Design of the Central Area of Guangming Science City

The International Consulting on the Urban Design of the Central Area of Guangming Science City(hereinafter referred to as “this consulting”) is to find the most practical space design plan, which can reflect the characteristics of Guangming Science City and make the Central Area of Science City a "Capital of Science, Core of the Bay Area, Green City", as well as a future-oriented, international leading player in high-quality development, a new engine of scientific and technological innovation, and a good example of sustainable development, so as to provide the target population with a green, ecological and intelligent urban area suitable for living and research, and set an example of development featuring international quality and local characteristics in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. At the same time, the design shall consider the land use characteristics of the Central Area at present stage, strengthen the refined space management, and provide guidelines for urban renewal and recent development and construction base on the urban design control requirements.

20 TED Talks on how Architecture can Change the World

Since its founding in 1984 by architect Richard Saul Wurman, TED has been a powerful force in the fields of technology, entertainment, design, and beyond. Architects are among the millions of people around the world who frequently tune into TED's “ideas worth spreading” including talks by architects such as Bjarke Ingels and Jeanne Gang. With over 2500 talks to choose from, we have followed on from our previous lists to provide you with 20 talks to help you work better as an architect.

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