Architecture & Design Community
November 18, 2024
Join us on Tuesday 3rd December to discover how technology can help practices streamline workflows, calculate carbon, adapt to biodiversity net gain, carry out post-occupancy evaluation, managing complexity and driving innovation. What are the tools available in the marketplace to help practitioners to run an efficient, productive and innovative practice? How can technology aid the […]
November 14, 2024
Multi-disciplinary design firm mcmahon and nerlich has shared photos of a warehouse-inspired townhouse with a Spanish twist inside. Set amongst an assortment of grey-box townhouses, heritage cottages, and converted factories in a gritty inner-urban street in Melbourne, Australia, the home takes cues from the heritage warehouse context and plays with the warehouse typology. A red […]
November 14, 2024
Watch the AT webinar, in partnership with Geberit, exploring ways of designing more productive and fulfilling workplaces. How can we design more productive and fulfilling workplace environments? What strategic moves are architects making to adapt and enhance existing building stock to deliver offices and studios where staff can work efficiently together and on their own? […]
November 12, 2024
Max Fordham, Bond Bryan, Sheppard Robson and New Works share their insights on the key issues hindering the transition to regenerative architecture. Sheppard Robson’s Hardman Square Pavilion, Manchester. The hybrid glulam/ CLT superstructure reduced embodied carbon and minimised material waste. (Credit: Felix Mooneeram) Sheppard Robson “The industry still grapples with net zero and as regenerative […]
November 12, 2024
Studio Saxe has shared photos of a secluded circular home they designed that’s located deep within Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula. Designed as a circular sanctuary with a central oculus, the home immerses residents in the sights and sounds of an ancient rainforest. The home is completely off-grid. It’s powered by solar energy and a hydro […]
November 11, 2024
US firm Jahn has completed the Pritzker Military Archives Centre, providing the institution with a new gallery and 1,400 square metres of archival space. Photos Tom Rossiter Relocating its operations from Chicago, Illinois, to Somers, Wisconsin, Jahn has completed a new home for the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. Somers is a rural village found […]
November 11, 2024
Architecture firm Worrell Yeung has shared photos of a modern home they completed that’s a study on a 2x2x7 grid structure in three dimensions. Located on Long Island’s East End, the home’s design is expressed through a steel frame that establishes the rhythm of the house on the interior and exterior. Large, glazed openings on […]
November 8, 2024
Danish practice Bjarke Ingels Group has designed a new office and HQ for itself in Copenhagen’s industrial harbour. Photos Laurian Ghinițoiu In north Copenhagen, at the far edge of a district known as Sundmolen, BIG’s new 4,488-square-meter headquarters has taken its place among a sea of historic warehouses and maritime landmarks. Completed in early 2024, […]
November 6, 2024
BDR bureau’s recently completed Sforzacosta Preschool in Macerata, Italy, is designed to foster social interaction and spatial exploration. Photos Federico Farinatti, courtesy of BDR bureau Designed by Turin-based practice BDR bureau, the 530-square-metre preschool forms part of a larger scheme to revitalise an existing education facility in Macerata, Italy. Located on a small constrained plot, the […]
November 5, 2024
Architecture and interior design firm Onion, has shared photos of Sala Khao Yai, a collection of boutique hotel villas in Thailand. The various building designs are inspired by the silhouette of surrounding mountains, the contours of the landscape, and the site’s organic characteristics. The project has three room types: a 3 bedroom Pool Villa, 2 […]
November 5, 2024
As a notable Front Runner to emerge from the Regenerative Architecture Index, we spoke to Studio Bark about bioregionalism, material sourcing, and integrating the work of ecologists and arboriculturalists among others into the studio’s practice. Studio Bark. (Credit: Tom Joy) How does bioregionalism inform your design process, and what benefits have you seen from mapping […]
November 1, 2024
Piers Taylor’s holiday home for his family in Corfu takes root within its rugged terrain, paying homage to the area’s local building practices. Photos Jim Stephenson In the unassuming hinterlands on the Greek island of Corfu, a new concrete structure can be seen emerging from the landscape. Topped by a corrugated sheet metal roof, the […]
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