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Albert Tidy Architecture Studio / Albert Tidy Arquitectos

March 24, 2017

Architects: Albert Tidy Arquitectos
Area: 178 m²
Year: 2015
Manufacturers: LOTTE CHEMICAL, Aggio, Bercia, Ecoltec, The Popular Design

Willis Tower To Receive $20 Million of New SkyDeck Attractions

March 24, 2017

Adrenaline junkies rejoice: the Willis Tower has announced plans for $20 million dollars of improvements to their popular glass-bottom SkyDeck observation attractions. Among the additions will be a series of new all-glass protrusions from the building, as well as a chance to rappel down a glass shaft suspended from the building’s 103rd floor.

Call for ArchDaily Interns: Summer 2017

March 24, 2017

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Headquarters ‘Le Duff Group’ / Ateliers 2/3/4/

March 24, 2017

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Architects: Ateliers 2/3/4/
Area: 8932 m²
Year: 2016
Manufacturers: Reynaers Aluminium, Alucobond, O2D ENVIRONNEMENT
Professionals: VS-A, Cabinet Collin, Elan, Acoustique Yves Hernot, Bouygues Construction

3 Top Architects Selected to Design Community-Oriented Housing Library Developments in Chicago

March 24, 2017

The City of Chicago and the Chicago Housing Authority have announced the selection of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Perkins + Will and John Ronan Architects to lead in the design of three new “co-located” affordable housing and library developments in the Chicago neighborhoods of Little Italy, West Ridge, and Irving Park.

Selected from a shortlist of nine firms, the three Chicago-based teams were chosen for their “innovative ideas that will ensure that each community will have a design that best reflects its needs.” The practices will work intimately with their respective communities to develop their designs.

MILU / Qatarchitecten

March 24, 2017

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Architects: Qatarchitecten
Area: 470 m²
Year: 2016
Manufacturers: Reynaers Aluminium, DuPont, Afromosia, Formica, Formica , +4Novy, Schalieberd, messing, resin floor-4
Professionals: UTIL Struktuurstudies

5 Fun Easter Eggs Hidden in Gothic Architecture

Subscriber Access | March 24, 2017

This article was originally published on Atlas Obscura as "Five Architectural Easter Eggs Hiding on Gothic Cathedrals."

The modern use of the term “easter egg”—not the holiday treat but rather a hidden joke or surprise item inserted in a piece of media—originated with Atari in 1979, when a developer snuck his name into a game hoping to get some recognition as the creator. But these surprise treats, hidden to all but those who look closely enough, aren’t only lurking in the digital world. Some of the best easter eggs are snuck into the physical architecture around us.

The excellent thing about architectural easter eggs, be they tongue-in-cheek, carved out of spite, or simply placed as a fun treat awaiting an observant eye, is that they endure in the landscape around us, becoming a sneaky and often confusing part of history. Here are five hidden carvings that dot historic structures with a bit of human nature.

College Aime Cesaire / Patrick Arotcharen architecte

March 24, 2017

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Architects: Patrick Arotcharen Architecte
: Patrick Arotcharen architecte
Area: 6080 m²
Year: 2012
Manufacturers: Technal, ALFEN, KVH

Three Key Elements Needed to Revitalize Public Spaces and Promote Urban Life

Subscriber Access | March 24, 2017

The importance of public spaces in urban life is an issue that has been apparent since ancient Greece and is still with us today. Opportunities to meet and exchange ideas in these spaces are able to influence how the inhabitants participate in the development of their city, and occur in greater instances when public spaces are accessible to everyone.

However, in modern societies, the strategic role of these spaces has been limited. According to The City Fix, a blog on sustainable urban planning, one of the main reasons for this is the overabundance of automobiles. In fact, according to one study by the Brazilian Institute for Energy and the Environment, 70% of public spaces in urban centers are taken up by roadways and other spaces for cars, while car owners make up only around 20 to 40 percent of the city’s population.

How can public spaces be recovered to promote urban life? We discuss three important factors below.

A Combination of Wonder and Structure: Christian Kerez on Swiss Architecture

March 24, 2017

In this fourth episode of GSAPP Conversations, third-year GSAPP Master of Architecture student Ayesha Ghosh speaks with Swiss architect Christian Kerez, who delivered the opening lecture of the school's Spring 2017 Semester. Kerez's recent projects include Incidental Space at the Swiss Pavillion of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, an amorphous structure which raised questions of the limits of imagination and technical feasibility in architecture today.

Kjellander Sjöberg Designs Four Cross-Laminated Timber Blocks to Enrich the Uppsala Cityscape

March 24, 2017

Swedish architecture firm Kjellander Sjöberg has released images of their proposed new city block to enrich the Swedish city of Uppsala. The four competition-winning residential buildings, known collectively as the Tunet, will feature cross-laminated timber construction and wood detailing, creating an environmentally-friendly addition to the city.

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