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Architects: Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten
- Area: 498 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Michel Oprey & Beisterveld, Petersen Tegl
Villa Broeck / Bedaux de Brouwer Architecten
Ursulinen Blocks and Courtyards / Label Architecture
De Drie Platanen Care Home / Bovenbouw
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Architects: Bovenbouw
- Area: 7800 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Vectorworks, Wienerberger, Bomarbe
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Professionals: Ingenium, Establis, Landinzicht
De Schoor Turnhout Community Center / TRANS architectuur I stedenbouw
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Architects: TRANS architectuur I stedenbouw
- Area: 800 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Wienerberger, DCW EDITIONS, Henrad NV radiators, Lucis
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Professionals: UTIL Struktuurstudies, Gebotec bvba, Adviesbureau Dirk De Groof
Elementary School Zarren / FELT
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Architects: FELT
- Area: 1800 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Forbo Flooring Systems, Wienerberger, Kone, Muuto, +1
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Professionals: Studio Basta, BAS
Minimalist Windows with High Rigidity Steel Profiles: Transparency and Subtle Design
After centuries of using wood for the development of window and door carpentry, the Rationalism of the 20th century began to adopt a new material for these purposes: steel. Driven by industrial production, and promoted by architects such as Adolf Loos, Mies van der Rohe, and Le Corbusier, steel was evolving to generate increasingly thin and resistant frames. However, efficient and low-cost materials, such as aluminum and PVC, gradually began to replace its widespread use, increasing the size of the frames and losing steel's "clean" aesthetic when applied to a growing architecture of large glass paneled facades.
At present, new technologies have refined their production processes, developing minimal profiles of high rigidity and precision, which take full advantage of the transparency of the glass and deliver new comfort and safety features. We talked with Jansen's experts to deepen our understanding of their application in contemporary architecture.
CADIZ ANTWERP / META architectuurbureau + POLO
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Architects: META architectuurbureau, POLO architects
- Area: 41535 m²
- Year: 2016
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Professionals: thv Kattendijkdok Besix en Vanhout
Is Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) the Concrete of the Future?
Concrete, an essential building material, has for decades offered us the possibility of shaping our cities quickly and effectively, allowing them to rapidly expand into urban peripheries and reach heights previously unimagined by mankind. Today, new timber technologies are beginning to deliver similar opportunities – and even superior ones – through materials like Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT).
To better understand the properties and benefits of CLT, we talked with Jorge Calderón, Industrial Designer and CRULAMM Manager. He discusses some of the promising opportunities that CLT could provide architecture in the future.
Arc en Ciel School / Label Architecture
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Architects: Label Architecture
- Area: 1000 m²
- Year: 2019
What to Know Before Tackling a Renovation Project
As technology moves forward, so does architecture and construction. Architects, designers, and planners around the world now have infinite tools and resources to design and build the cities of today and the future. As promising as this may sound, new construction is also consuming our world’s limited resources faster than we can replenish them.
This situation leaves architects with an important responsibility: the rehabilitation and reuse of the existing built environment. This means using creative thinking and design to save and incorporate old or historic buildings that currently exist, in the present and future of our cities, by adapting them through creative and sensitive treatments.
Van Hoorebeke Timber Gent Warehouse / TRANS architectuur I stedenbouw
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Architects: TRANS architectuur I stedenbouw
- Area: 800 m²
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: UTIL Struktuurstudies
Shortlisted Projects Announced for the EU Mies Award 2019
The European Commission and the Mies van der Rohe Foundation have announced the 40 shortlisted works that will compete for the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award. The Prize, for which ArchDaily is a media partner, has seen a jury distill 383 nominated works into a 40-project-strong shortlist, celebrating the trends and opportunities in adaptive reuse, housing, and culture across Europe.
LocHal Library / CIVIC architects + Braaksma & Roos architectenbureau + Inside Outside + Mecanoo
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Architects: Braaksma & Roos architectenbureau, CIVIC architects, Inside Outside, Mecanoo: CIVIC architects, Braaksma & Roos architectenbureau, Inside Outside, Mecanoo
- Area: 7000 m²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: Arup, Binx Smartility, Braaksma & Roos architectenbureau, Donkergroen, Inside Outside, +7
Post Post-Modernism: 10 Projects that Reinterpret the Movement for the Digital Age
It's no secret that post-modernism has, in recent years, experienced something of a revival. The much-maligned movement's exhuberant and joyful take on architecture is perhaps a solace in difficult moments. Or, for the more jaded among us, perhaps it simply lends itself to Instagram.
That said, it's not quite the postmodernism that took off in the 60s. Post postmodernism is also concerned with history and context, but with contemporary spins made possible by new technologies. Installations and other temporary typologies also bring with them a fresh perspective, preserved forever on the internet for our vicarious enjoyment. But perhaps most crucially, it is no longer so wholly a reaction against the hegemony of modernism; something that the original postmodernists were fixated with. Today's postmodernism can be at once joyful and reserved, vernacular and high-tech.
Statie Stuifduin Crematorium / a2o-architecten
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Architects: a2o-architecten
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: VELUX Group, Ceyssens, FDS, Korlam, Sapa Building System International NV
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Professionals: Boydens, Buro Landschap, Macobo Engineering, Simoni architecten