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• OMA completes stepped glass tower The Avery in San Francisco

  18-06-2019 22:46
  Architecture firm OMA has completed its first project on America's West Coast: a glass condo tower in San Francisco with stepped corners.
  The Avery is a 56-storey condominium tower located four blocks from San Francisco Bay.
  OMA partners Shohei Shigematsu and Jason Long designed the 600-foot-high (183-metre-high) building for developer Related, with the aim to optimise views towards the bay from the 118 condominiums inside."The high-rise really addresses and reacts to the views of the bay," Shig
  
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• Restoring Eileen Gray’s E.1027, a modern architecture masterpiece - Curbed

  18-06-2019 22:44
  Restoring Eileen Gray’s E.1027, a modern architecture masterpiece  CurbedNearly a century since its completion, Eileen Gray's peerless E.1027 villa seems in motion while at rest. With a daring streamlined shape akin to a ship's prow, ...
  
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• Skyports unveiled for Uber's flying cars | Design and Architecture - kcrw.com

  18-06-2019 22:30
  Skyports unveiled for Uber's flying cars | Design and Architecture  kcrw.comUber has “disrupted” taxi cabs, e-scooters and bikes. Now the company's airborne division, Uber Elevate, wants to add a ride-hailing *service* in the sky, called ...
  
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• Inside The Arts: 42nd Street, Architecture And Design Film Festival, Margie Perez And Muevelo - WWNO

  18-06-2019 22:22
  Inside The Arts: 42nd Street, Architecture And Design Film Festival, Margie Perez And Muevelo  WWNOThis week on Inside the Arts, Summer Lyric Theatre at Tulane celebrates its 52nd Season with the Tony Award winning Broadway musical 42nd Street. Director.
  
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• "Inventing a story means no design decision is arbitrary" says David Rockwell

  18-06-2019 22:00
  New York architect David Rockwell explains how constructing a narrative can guide the design of hospitality spaces in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards.
  Rockwell Group, the firm founded by the architect in 1984, has won the Outstanding Contribution Award at tonight's AHEAD Americas hospitality awards held at the Faena Forum in Miami.
  On top of architecture, interiors and furniture projects, Rockwell and his team are also known for their prolific theatre set design work for shows
  
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• Architecture Firm Leaving Flatiron for Garment District - Commercial Observer

  18-06-2019 21:48
  Architecture Firm Leaving Flatiron for Garment District  Commercial ObserverGF55 Partners inked a deal to move its offices to 225 West 39th Street in the Garment District.
  
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• Chicago River architecture tour second only to Vatican in popularity, travel website says - Chicago Sun-Times

  18-06-2019 21:13
  Chicago River architecture tour second only to Vatican in popularity, travel website says  Chicago Sun-TimesTripAdvisor released the Travelers' Choice awards for Experiences on Tuesday.
  
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• More details of Junya Ishigami's craggy Serpentine Pavilion revealed in full photo set

  18-06-2019 19:16
  This slideshow of images by photographer Ste Murray offers a closer look at the rocky canopy that forms this year's Serpentine Pavilion by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami.
  Ishigami's design sees 61 tonnes of Cumbrian slate used to create a mountain-like roof structure outside the Serpentine Gallery in London. This is supported by a "basket" roof and slender steel columns.
  The pavilion was unveiled earlier today, but the news has been overshadowed by the announcement that Serpentine CEO Ya
  
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• Things to do in Stockholm: Design and architecture - Curbed

  18-06-2019 19:15
  Things to do in Stockholm: Design and architecture  CurbedNo trip to Stockholm is complete without a visit to the Svenskt Tenn flagship store on the city's elegant shoreline boulevard, Strandvägen. Founded in 1924 by ...
  
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• OFFICEUNTITLED, Blitz, Rapt Studio, Co Adaptive Architecture, and Rolfs Elert Office are currently hiring! - Archinect

  18-06-2019 18:48
  OFFICEUNTITLED, Blitz, Rapt Studio, Co Adaptive Architecture, and Rolfs Elert Office are currently hiring!  ArchinectReady to move on up the career ladder? If you're eager to put your years of professional experience to the test, have a look at last week's featured Employer of ...
  
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• Chicago architecture Jeopardy, summer events at CAC - Curbed Chicago

  18-06-2019 18:15
  Chicago architecture Jeopardy, summer events at CAC  Curbed ChicagoThis week, the Chicago Architecture Center is teaming up with WBEZ's Curious City for an exciting evening event at which a group of prominent Chicago ...
  
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• 50 Years Later, Ian McHarg's Ideas Still Define Landscape Architecture - Metropolis Magazine

  18-06-2019 17:39
  50 Years Later, Ian McHarg's Ideas Still Define Landscape Architecture  Metropolis MagazineThe past half century of landscape architecture belongs to Ian McHarg. No one, before or since, has done more to shape its design culture or captivate the ...
  
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• Serpentine Pavilion opening overshadowed by resignation of CEO Yana Peel after spyware row

  18-06-2019 17:10
  Yana Peel has stepped down as CEO of the Serpentine Galleries on the launch day for this year's pavilion, after she was criticised for her connection to an Israeli cybertech firm.
  Peel issued a statement this morning announcing her resignation, following "toxic personal attacks" relating to her involvement with Novalpina Capital Group, the private equity firm co-founded by her husband.
  As reported by the Guardian, Novalpina holds a majority stake in Israeli cybertech firm NSO Group Technologies,
  
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• Mario Romano Defies the Rules of Architecture - Interior Design

  18-06-2019 16:18
  Mario Romano Defies the Rules of Architecture  Interior DesignComplex and beautiful geometries take on sculptural form in the hands of Mario Romano. His particular brand of poetry is rooted in the language of constructi...
  
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• A platform economy is key when building your modern enterprise technology architecture - MIT Technology Review

  18-06-2019 16:07
  A platform economy is key when building your modern enterprise technology architecture  MIT Technology ReviewIn order to meet customer demands for real-time insights and personalized experiences, organizations today must adopt a “platform mentality”—embracing ...
  
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• J_Spy uses concrete blocks to form Catskills House in the New York countryside

  18-06-2019 15:54
  The husband-and-wife team behind American firm J_Spy have created a retreat for their family in Upstate New York that features a compact interior and basic materials like concrete masonry and standing-seam metal.
  Envisioned as a weekend gateway for the urban family, the Catskills House is located in Sullivan County, an area known for its rolling mountains, dense woods and verdant farmland. The dwelling sits on a bucolic, six-acre property (2.4 hectares) dotted with blueberry bushes and pine tree
  
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• Junya Ishigami unveils rocky Serpentine Pavilion made out of slate

  18-06-2019 14:06
  Japanese architect Junya Ishigami has completed this year's Serpentine Pavilion, a craggy structure he describes as a "hill made out of rocks".
  The latest Serpentine Pavilion, located on the lawn outside the Serpentine Gallery in London's Kensington Gardens, comprises a rugged, rocky canopy made out of 61 tonnes of Cumbrian slate.
  This large mound of slate is held up by a slender steel structure, supported by a grid of 106 pin-ended columns that are arranged randomly to create a "forest"."A ston
  
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• BIG reveals visuals of pagoda-like hotel for Copenhagen's Tivoli amusement park

  18-06-2019 13:00
  BIG has revealed visuals of the "whimsical" plant-covered H C Andersen Hotel it has designed for the Tivoli Gardens amusement park in Copenhagen.
  Named after the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, the hotel will consist of a stack of 18 misaligned storeys that extend from Tivoli Castle – the theme park's event venue that BIG will also renovate as part of the project.
  This playful pagoda-like form is intended to combine Tivoli's "old-world charm with visionary architecture". It will be
  
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• "Locals in Venice are feeling increasingly left out of the conversation"

  18-06-2019 11:00
  As David Chipperfield begins the next stage of the restoration of the Procuratie Vecchie on Piazza San Marco in Venice, James Imam asks if architects can save cities straining to deal with increasing tourist numbers.David Chipperfield's restoration of the Procuratie Vecchie is a declaration of solidarity with Venice's residents. The city is besieged by hordes of visitors and locals are abandoning the lagoon for the mainland. Now, Chipperfield has pledged to "return the building to the
  
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• Manifestos: architecture of the future, Monocle on Design 401 - Radio - Monocle

  18-06-2019 09:00
  Manifestos: architecture of the future, Monocle on Design 401 - Radio  MonocleCan a manifesto change the world? In truth there are probably quicker ways but that didn't stop the London Festival of Architecture and the Design Museum…
  
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• Jun 18 Chicago The Astonishing Architecture Boat Tour - Atlas Obscura

  18-06-2019 09:00
  Jun 18 Chicago The Astonishing Architecture Boat Tour  Atlas ObscuraJoin us aboard the Summer of George for an introduction to Chicago's architecture and the stories of the Windy City that you won't find on any other boat tour.
  
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• Open Verification - e-flux Architecture - E-Flux

  18-06-2019 06:44
  Open Verification - e-flux Architecture  E-FluxMore than a decade ago, I would have found the idea of a forensic institute to be rather abhorrent. Coming from the field of left activism and critical spatial ...
  
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• 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism - Announcements - E-Flux

  18-06-2019 06:44
  2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism - Announcements  E-Flux2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism // Collective City // September 7–November 10, 2019.
  
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• Atelier Vens Vanbelle creates monastic white country house

  18-06-2019 06:00
  Belgian studio Atelier Vens Vanbelle has designed a white house inspired by the monasteries and farmhouses that typify the Oosterzele region.
  The brick house has been built in a rural environment in Belgium and aims to be a peaceful space for the owners.
  "The main reference for this project was a monastery, because we wanted to introduce some basic principles of this typology to create the haven of peace the owners desired," Maarten Vanbelle told Dezeen.Atelier Vens Vanbelle&
  
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• UL School of Architecture and Design hosts Discovery Design summer program - News15 | Lafayette, LA - FOX 15

  18-06-2019 01:02
  UL School of Architecture and Design hosts Discovery Design summer program - News15 | Lafayette, LA  FOX 15UL Lafayette's School of Architecture and Design this week, hosting its Discovery Design Summer Program. The week long program for high-school students in ...
  
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