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San Ignacio Tourist Information Center / ENNE Arquitectura
Ficus Alto Art Space / Natura Futura Arquitectura
From NASA to Bouncy Houses: The Evolution of Inflatables
CE House / Jobim Carlevaro Arquitetos
Leipzig Justice Center / kister scheithauer gross architekten und stadtplaner
House in Hills of Madrid / Slow Studio
Cabins, Compounds & Country Homes: Residential Design in Upstate New York
House 905 / HARQUITECTES
Versatile Lighting Toolkit: Endless Possibilities for Interiors
Büro Ole Scheeren Wins Competition to Design Octagonal "Super-Tall" Tower in China
Hanji House Pavilion / Stefano Boeri Architetti
Shigeru Ban and VAN Install Paper Partition Systems in Emergency Shelters for Ukrainian Refugees
What Is a Sponge City and How Does It Work?
Architectural Drawings: Imagining the Future
In San Francisco, the 5M Development Envisions Public and Private Space for the Future
Bamyan Cultural Center / M2R Arquitectos
Circular Office in Düsseldorf / urselmann interior
Sheltered Housing in Taradell / Forgas Arquitectes + Gammarquitectura

San Ignacio Tourist Information Center / ENNE Arquitectura

Posted: 21 Apr 2022 11:00 AM PDT

architects: ENNE Arquitectura
Location: N3322 San Ignacio, Misiones, Argentina
Project Year: 2022
Photographs: Elisa Keo
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Area: 72.0 m2

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Ficus Alto Art Space / Natura Futura Arquitectura

Posted: 21 Apr 2022 09:00 AM PDT

architects: Natura Futura Arquitectura
Location: Pisagua, Provincia de Los Rios, Ecuador
Project Year: 2022
Photographs: Natura Futura Arquitectura
Area: 678 ft2

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From NASA to Bouncy Houses: The Evolution of Inflatables

Posted: 21 Apr 2022 07:30 AM PDT

Inflatable Architecture has enabled the imaginations of environmental dreamers of all types. From figures like Buckminster Fuller to Ant Farm, inflatables promise to liberate people from the harsh conditions of nature or the tyranny of architecture. Originally developed by the US Military for radar enclosures on the arctic, inflatables were picked up by NASA before their secrets were bestowed upon the public who deployed them to solve all sorts of problems, from enclosing pools to stadiums.

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CE House / Jobim Carlevaro Arquitetos

Posted: 21 Apr 2022 07:00 AM PDT

architects: Jobim Carlevaro Arquitetos
Location: Cacupé, Florianópolis - SC, Brazil
Project Year: 2021
Photographs: Leonardo Finotti
Area: 6878 ft2

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Leipzig Justice Center / kister scheithauer gross architekten und stadtplaner

Posted: 21 Apr 2022 05:00 AM PDT

architects: kister scheithauer gross architekten und stadtplaner
Location: Leipzig, Germany
Project Year: 2021
Photographs: HG Esch
Area: 16302.0 m2

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House in Hills of Madrid / Slow Studio

Posted: 21 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT

architects: Slow Studio
Location: 28810 Villalbilla, Madrid, Spain
Project Year: 2021
Photographs: Salva López
Area: 2583 ft2

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Cabins, Compounds & Country Homes: Residential Design in Upstate New York

Posted: 21 Apr 2022 12:30 AM PDT

New York's residential design culture extends far beyond the Big Apple. The Hudson Valley is a region that stretches along the Hudson River from Westchester County to Albany. Known for its vineyards, orchards and farms, the river valley includes a series of small towns and remote homes. Today, these rural residences are being designed to explore the connections between people, nature and place.

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House 905 / HARQUITECTES

Posted: 21 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT

architects: HARQUITECTES
Location: Igualada, Barcelona, Spain
Project Year: 2020
Photographs: Adrià Goula
Area: 154.0 m2

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Versatile Lighting Toolkit: Endless Possibilities for Interiors

Posted: 20 Apr 2022 11:45 PM PDT

Artificial lighting plays an essential role in spatial quality. Badly thought-out lights can disrupt an architecture project and even bring harmful effects to occupants' health; while a well-balanced luminotechnic project can highlight positive aspects of the surroundings and make it much more enjoyable. Generally, however, projects tend to be too rigid and not in-tune with the flexibility of contemporary spaces. In addition, a badly made lighting decision can be complex and expensive to rectify. For example, electrical points in slabs, linings or walls are not easily modified if the distribution of a space is changed. At most, when this is resolved with hanging or free-standing lamps, we end up having to deal with bothersome electrical wires throughout the space.

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Büro Ole Scheeren Wins Competition to Design Octagonal "Super-Tall" Tower in China

Posted: 20 Apr 2022 11:30 PM PDT

Büro Ole Scheeren has won an international design competition to build the 350-meter Nanjing Jiangbei New Financial Center Tower in China. The octagonal-silhouette skyscraper merges local tradition and culture within a mixed-use structure, aiming to become an iconic symbol of Nanjing's new urban identity.

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Hanji House Pavilion / Stefano Boeri Architetti

Posted: 20 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT

architects: Stefano Boeri Architetti
Location: Sestiere Dorsoduro, 874, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy
Project Year: 2022
Photographs: Alice Clancy

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Shigeru Ban and VAN Install Paper Partition Systems in Emergency Shelters for Ukrainian Refugees

Posted: 20 Apr 2022 10:30 PM PDT

Installation at SC Galychyna in Ukraine. Image © Serhii Kostianyi

The war in Ukraine continues, and the number of refugees has risen to 5million, according to the U.N. Renowned for his involvement in humanitarian aid, Shigeru Ban and the Voluntary Architects' Network have been deploying a paper partition system (PPS) for emergency shelters in Ukraine and neighbouring countries, designed to provide some privacy to the Ukrainian refugees. Since early March, PPS has been installed in Poland, Slovakia, France, and Ukraine by Shigeru Ban Architects and VAN, collaborating with local architects and volunteer students.

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What Is a Sponge City and How Does It Work?

Posted: 20 Apr 2022 10:00 PM PDT

Berlim. Foto por <a href="https://unsplash.com/@salty_morning?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Maria Krasnova</a> no <a href="https://unsplash.com/?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText">Unsplash</a>

The climate crisis has accentuated changes in the amount of rainfall, causing droughts or storms with large volumes of water, which result in floods that can cause great damage to urban infrastructure. To combat this, the sponge city is a solution that has a green infrastructure to operate the infiltration, absorption, storage and even purification of these surface waters.

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Architectural Drawings: Imagining the Future

Posted: 20 Apr 2022 09:00 PM PDT

Instant City / Archigram. Image © Archigram

There's the iconic Cenotaph for Newton drawing, the evocative monochrome illustration by Etienne-Louis Boullée. There are the experimental drawings of Lebbeus Woods, evocative urban visions of a distant future. There are also the well-known drawings of Le Corbusier's utopian Ville Radieuse. Drawing, and in turn architectural visualizations, have always been a useful medium with which to contemplate architectural concepts of the future. It is fascinating to look back at the architectural visualizations of the future done in the past.

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In San Francisco, the 5M Development Envisions Public and Private Space for the Future

Posted: 20 Apr 2022 08:30 PM PDT

The chance to reimagine a four-and-a-half-acre site containing both historic buildings to be preserved and lots slated for development in a major American city is rare. For the team behind 5M, a project on a nodal site in downtown San Francisco, this prospect came with exciting potential to engage with all aspects of community building and place making. Completed by SITELAB, KPF, and a host of other firms, 5M reveals a transformed, multi-use downtown site following a decade-long process.