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• Are you a skilled draftsperson? Here are 9 firms offering architecture job opportunities for drafters - Archinect

  13-02-2019 23:20
  Are you a skilled draftsperson? Here are 9 firms offering architecture job opportunities for drafters  ArchinectAre you a master of AutoCAD, Revit, and SketchUp? Drafting has changed tremendously over the years, but the skill and precision needed for the job hasn't.
  
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• Reservations open tomorrow for the new TWA Hotel, which embraces the midcentury Jet Age aesthetic of Eero Saarinen'… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 22:30
  Reservations open tomorrow for the new TWA Hotel, which embraces the midcentury Jet Age aesthetic of Eero Saarinen'… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• It's official: Snøhetta @snohetta's more preservation-minded revamp of the postmodern AT&T Building has received La… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 22:00
  It's official: Snøhetta @snohetta's more preservation-minded revamp of the postmodern AT&T Building has received La… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Italian lighting brand Foscarini @foscarinilamps is re-releasing several of its most popular designs in new colors… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 21:30
  Italian lighting brand Foscarini @foscarinilamps is re-releasing several of its most popular designs in new colors… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Davies Toews might be small, but this 2019 @ArchLeague Emerging Voices award winner uses materials in novel ways to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 21:00
  Davies Toews might be small, but this 2019 @ArchLeague Emerging Voices award winner uses materials in novel ways to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ibera 1937 / KLM Arquitectos goo.gl/da9Xh9

  13-02-2019 20:17
  Ibera 1937 / KLM Arquitectos goo.gl/da9Xh9
  
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• The Equal Rights Heritage Center, designed by nARCHITECTS @nARCHITECTSpllc, puts New York State's contributions to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 20:00
  The Equal Rights Heritage Center, designed by nARCHITECTS @nARCHITECTSpllc, puts New York State's contributions to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• REX Reveals Brown Performing Arts Center Design goo.gl/84TRDG

  13-02-2019 19:32
  REX Reveals Brown Performing Arts Center Design goo.gl/84TRDG
  
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• Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 finalists revealed

  13-02-2019 19:12
  The five Mies van der Rohe Award 2019 finalists have been announced, with a public space created inside an abandoned psychiatric centre and a revamped 1960s housing block making the list.
  Awarded biannually, the Mies van der Rohe Award recognises the best piece of European architecture completed in the past two years. The projects in the running for this year's award come from Spain, Germany, France, Belgium and Albania.
  Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu was named a finalist for PC
  
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• Portas São João / Meireles Arquitectos goo.gl/LYc5fJ

  13-02-2019 18:28
  Portas São João / Meireles Arquitectos goo.gl/LYc5fJ
  
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• MVRDV and The Why Factory Develop a Future "Grand Puzzle" of Marseille for Manifesta 13 goo.gl/yFsRxL

  13-02-2019 17:24
  MVRDV and The Why Factory Develop a Future "Grand Puzzle" of Marseille for Manifesta 13 goo.gl/yFsRxL
  
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• Tiny apartments fill David Baker’s 388 Fulton block in San Francisco

  13-02-2019 16:36
  American studio David Baker Architects has completed a housing block in San Francisco that comprises a pair of buildings covered in contrasting white cement and black tiles, and micro apartments inside.
  Located in the Hayes Valley neighbourhood, the 388 Fulton complex contains the city's "first market-rate, micro-units", according to local studio David Baker Architects.Of the 69 total units in the complex, 35 are studios that encompass 325 square feet (30 square metres) to make the mos
  
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• Architects and critics reveal their architectural guilty pleasures

  13-02-2019 16:24
  Critics, architects and Dezeen columnists including Oliver Wainwright, Ruth Reed, Owen Hatherley and Vicky Richardson are sharing photos of their guilty pleasures on Twitter.
  People are revealing the buildings they secretly like using the hashtag #architecturalguiltypleasures in response to a tweet by critic and broadcaster Tom Dyckhoff, who asked: "Do you have an architectural 'guilty pleasure'?"
  Dyckhoff said his own architectural pleasure is the Former Swiss Bank on St James St
  
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• t+a House / Binden goo.gl/4gyDh3

  13-02-2019 16:23
  t+a House / Binden goo.gl/4gyDh3
  
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• Own an Iconic Piece of Americana Architecture - Associated Press

  13-02-2019 16:06
  Own an Iconic Piece of Americana Architecture  Associated PressCOLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb 13, 2019--NAI Ohio River Corridor's Laurie Stanbro has the opportunity to market what is known as one of the ...
  
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• Design and the Just City at New York's Center for Architecture @CenterForArch explores the designs that contribute… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 15:30
  Design and the Just City at New York's Center for Architecture @CenterForArch explores the designs that contribute… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Construction Begins on BIG's Spiral Skyscraper in Manhattan goo.gl/zPknAA

  13-02-2019 15:18
  Construction Begins on BIG's Spiral Skyscraper in Manhattan goo.gl/zPknAA
  
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• New York's Center for Architecture explores what makes a city just - The Architect's Newspaper

  13-02-2019 14:43
  New York's Center for Architecture explores what makes a city just  The Architect's NewspaperFrom January 10 to March 30, visitors to New York's Center for Architecture can check out an exhibition that explores how urban communities can be ...
  
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• Våler Church / sivilarkitet espen surnevik as goo.gl/ZaXQ23

  13-02-2019 14:30
  Våler Church / sivilarkitet espen surnevik as goo.gl/ZaXQ23
  
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• “We think about drawing at the scale of architectural space as an end product, not a means to build.” Read more abo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 14:30
  “We think about drawing at the scale of architectural space as an end product, not a means to build.” Read more abo… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Seven buildings wrapped in cork

  13-02-2019 13:52
  Cork cladding is a renewable, resistant and insulating material that is harvested from the bark of the cork oak tree. Here are seven buildings clad in the increasingly popular building material.
  Redshank by Lisa Shell
  Elevated within a salt marsh on England's east coast, this cabin was developed by British architect Lisa Shell for an artist that wanted a peaceful place to work.
  Cork panels wrap its exterior surfaces, forming a protective skin that shields the building from salty winds,
  
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• Gas stations have traditionally represented the freedom of the open road. But what will happen to these architectur… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-02-2019 13:30
  Gas stations have traditionally represented the freedom of the open road. But what will happen to these architectur… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Months Before Opening Day, the Promised - and Sold - High-Tech Utopia of Hudson Yards is Still Just a Dream goo.gl/g4UTRp

  13-02-2019 13:29
  Months Before Opening Day, the Promised - and Sold - High-Tech Utopia of Hudson Yards is Still Just a Dream goo.gl/g4UTRp
  
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• Three Generation House / BETA office for architecture and the city goo.gl/LvLxCQ

  13-02-2019 12:44
  Three Generation House / BETA office for architecture and the city goo.gl/LvLxCQ
  
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• 5 Projects Shortlisted for 2019 EU Mies Prize for Contemporary Architecture goo.gl/ZpzBuP

  13-02-2019 12:44
  5 Projects Shortlisted for 2019 EU Mies Prize for Contemporary Architecture goo.gl/ZpzBuP
  
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• Neo Bankside residents lose battle to stop Tate Modern visitors looking into their flats

  13-02-2019 12:07
  Residents of the Neo Bankside housing have had their claim that Tate Modern's Herzog & de Meuron-designed extension invades their privacy dismissed by the high court.
  Five claimants went to the high court to argue that the privacy of their homes in the Rogers Stirck Harbour + Partners-designed apartment blocks on London's South Bank, were being intruded upon by the  Switch House's viewing gallery.
  The case has been thrown out by a high court judge, who suggested that the
  
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• Three Generation House / BETA office for architecture and the city - ArchDaily

  13-02-2019 12:00
  Three Generation House / BETA office for architecture and the city  ArchDailyCompleted in 2018 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Images by Ossip van Duivenbode. Contemplating care between generations, a family comprising of two ...
  
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• 5 Projects Shortlisted for 2019 EU Mies Prize for Contemporary Architecture - ArchDaily

  13-02-2019 12:00
  5 Projects Shortlisted for 2019 EU Mies Prize for Contemporary Architecture  ArchDailyFive finalist projects have been shortlisted for the 2019 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture, an award given jointly by the European...
  
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• A Danish lesson: In architecture, simple (and subtle) is beautiful - The Globe and Mail

  13-02-2019 11:00
  A Danish lesson: In architecture, simple (and subtle) is beautiful  The Globe and MailFor Danish architects COBE, beauty is not found on the skyline or in a glamour shot; it's in the way a building fits into the city.
  
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• Seattle DJC.com local business news and data - Architecture & Engineering - AIA Bullitt Center tour March 8 - Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce

  13-02-2019 09:02
  Seattle DJC.com local business news and data - Architecture & Engineering - AIA Bullitt Center tour March 8  Seattle Daily Journal of CommerceAIA Seattle will offer a tour of the super green Bullitt Center at 1501 E. Madison St. in Seattle from 3:30 to 5 p.m. March 8. . . . To read this story in full login or ...
  
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• Two new books dig into the gas station's impact on architecture - The Architect's Newspaper

  13-02-2019 07:22
  Two new books dig into the gas station's impact on architecture  The Architect's NewspaperThe Architect's Newspaper is the most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States.
  
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• Service Oriented Architecture Market 2019 Analysis and future Opportunities Forecast To 2026 - Oak Tribune

  13-02-2019 07:13
  Service Oriented Architecture Market 2019 Analysis and future Opportunities Forecast To 2026  Oak TribuneWMR added Most up-to-date research on “*Service* Oriented Architecture Market, Forecast to 2026” to its huge collection of research reports database. An insight ...
  
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• Våler Kirke church has angular wooden roofs designed to evoke its historic predecessor

  13-02-2019 06:00
  Espen Surnevik's replacement for a 19th-century church lost to a fire in the Norwegian village of Våler has pyramidal timber roofs that funnel daylight into its worship spaces.Våler Kirke replaces the village's historic wooden kirke – or church – that was completely destroyed by a fire in 2009. Oslo-based architect Espen Surnevik's design was the winner of an international competition as it presented an empathic response to the brief by
  
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• Timber church with angular roofs designed to evoke its historic predecessor

  13-02-2019 06:00
  Espen Surnevik's replacement for a 19th-century church lost to a fire in the Norwegian village of Våler has pyramidal timber roofs that funnel daylight into its worship spaces.Våler Kirke replaces the village's historic wooden kirke – or church – that was completely destroyed by a fire in 2009. Oslo-based architect Espen Surnevik's design was the winner of an international competition as it presented an empathic response to the brief by
  
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• Art Omi: Architecture presents InConstruction: Cristina Parreño - Hudson Valley 360

  13-02-2019 04:40
  Art Omi: Architecture presents InConstruction: Cristina Parreño  Hudson Valley 360GHENT — On Saturday, February 16 from 2 to 4 p.m., Art Omi: Architecture celebrates the opening of InConstruction: Cristina Parreño. The event is free and ...
  
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• City of Brentwood seeks 'high quality civic architecture' for new police headquarters - Brentwood Home Page

  13-02-2019 04:00
  City of Brentwood seeks 'high quality civic architecture' for new police headquarters  Brentwood Home PageBy RACHAEL LONG. Brentwood city leaders met Monday night with representatives from The Architect Workshop for a special work session to discuss details ...
  
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• Seg. 1: Plaza Architecture. Seg. 2: Rethinking Hospitality - KCUR

  13-02-2019 00:23
  Seg. 1: Plaza Architecture. Seg. 2: Rethinking Hospitality  KCURSegment 1: The plaza's historic look may see big changes in the future. New tenants on the Plaza could change the look of the historic Seville-inspired.
  
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• Architecture & Design Film Festival LA 2019 - Dexigner

  13-02-2019 00:19
  Architecture & Design Film Festival LA 2019  DexignerThe 2019 Architecture & Design Film Festival, the nation's preeminent film festival devoted to architecture and design, will return to DTLA for the third edition of ...
  
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