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• Glass tubes and curvy roofs play with light in Steven Holl's Houston arts museum

  17-11-2020 23:02
  
  Translucent glass tubes meet with curvy roofs "imagined from cloud circles" in this art museum US firm Steven Holl designed for Museum of Fine Arts Houston.
  Steven Holl Architects' Nancy and Rich Kinder Building – which forms part of a major campus redesign – is split into segments topped with curved roofs. This creates gaps for natural light to enter into the galleries inside the 164,000-square-foot (15,200-square-metre) building.
  Curved translucent glass tubes wrap around the build
  
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• After Architecture explores the structural possibilities of invasive species with Homegrown - The Architect's Newspaper

  17-11-2020 22:51 via archpaper.com
  
  After Architecture explores the structural possibilities of invasive species with Homegrown  The Architect's Newspaper
  
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• Featured job openings at Trahan Architects, Bade Stageberg Cox, Roth Architecture, Heather Young Architects, and STUDIO BANAA - Archinect

  17-11-2020 20:00 via archinect.com
  
  Featured job openings at Trahan Architects, Bade Stageberg Cox, Roth Architecture, Heather Young Architects, and STUDIO BANAA  Archinect
  
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• Passive House: milestone for Vancouver’s affordable housing development

  17-11-2020 19:21
  
  Ryder Architecture has received unanimous approval from the City of Vancouver Council for their Passive House affordable housing development for Brightside Community Homes Foundation
  
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• Aedas complete first package of Singapore’s Thomson-East Coast Line

  17-11-2020 19:16
  
  Comprising three underground stations; Woodlands North Station, Woodlands Station and Woodlands South Station, development of the 140,000 sq m Mandai Rail and Bus Depot has also been completed
  
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• NYC’s first new marina in 50 years opens in Brooklyn Bridge Park

  17-11-2020 19:09
  
  ONE°15 Brooklyn Marina is set on eight acres, between Piers four and five at the mouth of the East River, and designed by SUTL with Arthur Tay at the helm
  
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• World's first sustainable downtown regeneration project

  17-11-2020 19:02
  
  Msheireb Downtown Doha, by Allies and Morrison, is a new neighbourhood set in the heart of Qatar’s capital
  
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• Adjaye Associates to create student hub for Rice University in Texas

  17-11-2020 19:00
  
  An outdoor auditorium will top the student centre that Adjaye Associates is developing for Rice University's forested campus in Houston, Texas.
  Slated for completion in 2023, the three-storey facility will encompass 7,400 square metres and replace the university's existing 1950s student hub called the Rice Memorial Center.
  Adjaye Associates' proposal is hoped to become the new heart of the 121-hectare campus and will incorporate a distinctive rooftop auditorium, alongside a multicultural centre
  
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• Alumno plan new student residence and artist complex for Leeds UK

  17-11-2020 18:57
  
  The new 11,955 sq mproject on Whitelock Street will regenerate the current rundown, disused site and comprise 105 units to house 411 students
  
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• Maurizio Lai Architect design Asian restaurant in northern Italy

  17-11-2020 18:54
  
  Moya is a fusion cuisine restaurant where bright installations, bold signs and abstract geometries offer a singular degree of experience
  
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• But first, ramen: CO-OP opens in Bentonville

  17-11-2020 18:47
  
  Marlon Blackwell Architects designed the new 2,000 sq ft fast casual ramen restaurant CO-OP, in the 8th Street Market, US
  
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• Cal Poly Pomona's Undergraduate Architecture Program Aims To Shape the Industry with Students Ready for Professional Practice - Archinect

  17-11-2020 18:46 via archinect.com
  
  Cal Poly Pomona's Undergraduate Architecture Program Aims To Shape the Industry with Students Ready for Professional Practice  Archinect
  
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• Seattle’s Serafina renewal honours historic setting with Italian charm

  17-11-2020 18:43
  
  Working with colour and light, Best Practice Architecture blended the modern and familiar
  
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• Hulme Living: Manchester Leaf Street’s fourth generation in urban renewal housing

  17-11-2020 18:38
  
  The area around Leaf Street in Hulme has a history of urban renewal with Mecanoo’s latest intervention combining apartments and single family homes into one building mass
  
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• Shanghai’s SCE Sky Horizon combines classic with contemporary

  17-11-2020 18:24
  
  Aedas designed the mixed used development, located in the Zhenru area of Putuo District, drawing inspiration from Shanghai’s blend of traditional and contemporary design
  
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• Ontario building aims for a trinity of sustainable certifications

  17-11-2020 18:15
  
  Designed by mcCallumSather, the new two storey, 47,000 sq ftfacility will target net zero energy, the Zero Carbon Building Standard and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold through the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC)
  
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• Savannah architecture firm taps into local talent - Connect Savannah.com

  17-11-2020 18:12 via connectsavannah.com
  
  Savannah architecture firm taps into local talent  Connect Savannah.com
  
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• Swedish ambition to be the first country with circular, self-sufficient communities

  17-11-2020 18:09
  
  White Arkitekter and Silicon Valley based ReGen Villages have joined forces to create fully circular, self-sufficient and resilient communities in Sweden
  
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• Design pair create party atmosphere at Prague’s Moon club

  17-11-2020 18:04
  
  Formafatal and Machar&Teichman have designed the mysterious Moon club, located in a vibrant Prague city area of the Dlouhá street
  
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• World leading digital transformation for Australian museum

  17-11-2020 17:49
  
  ACMI, has unveiled details of its multiplatform museum model, delivering a digital experience that will transport visitors far beyond its Melbourne location as part of its $40 million AUD redevelopment
  
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• Enterprise architecture blueprint for utilities - part 4 - Smart Energy

  17-11-2020 17:41 via smart-energy.com
  
  Enterprise architecture blueprint for utilities - part 4  Smart Energy
  
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• Assael Architecture wins Meridian Water Placemaking with Purpose Competition

  17-11-2020 17:38
  
  Assael Architecture will create a retirement community and care hub for the second phase of Enfield’s major master plan of 10,000 new homes
  
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• Planning permission to repurpose Belfast’s warehouse into an aparthotel awarded

  17-11-2020 17:31
  
  Todd Architects has won planning permission for Bedford Yard, an aparthotel and office development in the heart of Belfast City centre, opposite the BBC's HQ on Ormeau Avenue
  
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• WIN Awards 2020 winners announced

  17-11-2020 15:51
  
  Gold, silver and bronze winners for WIN Awards 2020 have been announced at a virtual ceremony which took place on 17 November 2020
  
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• AMAX to Showcase GPU POD Reference Architecture at SC20 - PRNewswire

  17-11-2020 15:00 via prnewswire.com
  
  AMAX to Showcase GPU POD Reference Architecture at SC20  PRNewswire
  
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• A Cloud-Native Architecture for a Digital Enterprise - InfoQ.com

  17-11-2020 14:00 via infoq.com
  
  A Cloud-Native Architecture for a Digital Enterprise  InfoQ.com
  
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• Hooba Design Group arranges concrete showroom in Iran around fish pond and greenery

  17-11-2020 13:30
  
  Tehran-based Hooba Design Group has designed a series of concrete volumes to house the showrooms and administrative spaces of the Aptus concrete factory in the suburbs of Karaj, Iran.The studio was asked to create an indoor-outdoor showroom for the factory, whose previous showroom was located in one of its factory buildings.
  Hooba Design Group constructed the new version using building materials from the Aptus factory itself.
  Top: the showroom was built from the company's own concrete. Above: Ap
  
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• Hooba Design Group adds fish pond and greenery to concrete Aptus Factory Showroom

  17-11-2020 13:30
  
  Tehran-based Hooba Design Group has designed a series of concrete volumes to house the showrooms and administrative spaces of the Aptus Concrete Block Manufacturing Factory in the suburbs of Karaj, Iran.The studio was asked to create an indoor-outdoor showroom for the factory, whose previous showroom was located in one of its factory buildings.
  Hooba Design Group constructed the new version using building materials from Aptus itself.
  Aptus Factory Showroom consists of small volumes broken up by
  
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• Africa’s medical prototype receives AIA 2020 Healthcare Design Award

  17-11-2020 12:58
  
  Mount Sinai Ambulatory Surgical Facility, by Kliment Halsband Architects, is a prototype for an independent, self-sustaining ambulatory surgical facility providing life saving treatments in underserved parts of the world
  
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• Oasys+System: Mask Architects’s winning competition project

  17-11-2020 12:54
  
  Mask Architects has been selected as one of 10 winners of the Cool Abu Dhabi competition for their design proposal ‘the artificial breathing palm modular structure system’
  
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• Design Advocates expand pro bono design service mission for NY’s communities

  17-11-2020 12:46
  
  Design Advocates is adapting their spaces and operations for reopening, and creating strategies to ensure safe and comfortable continuing operation to help local businesses, non-profits and institutions respond to the crisis
  
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• Nadel Architecture + Planning: promotion and recruitment

  17-11-2020 12:39
  
  Architectural design professional Anthony Sanchez joins the firm and long time team member Ancelmo Perez is promoted to Studio Director
  
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• World Architecture Festival Announces Finalists for the Architecture Drawing Prize 2020 - ArchDaily

  17-11-2020 12:30 via archdaily.com
  
  World Architecture Festival Announces Finalists for the Architecture Drawing Prize 2020  ArchDaily
  
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• Women Build Podcast: all-female team behind Reina talk condos, covid and controversy

  17-11-2020 12:21
  
  Women Build speaks to Sherry Larjani, Managing Partner at Spotlight Developments and Heather Rolleston, Principal and Design Director at Quadrangle Architects about why they formed an all-female team to combat the gender imbalance in the real estate development industry
  
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• Sweet Simplicity: Living with Scandinavian Architecture - ArchDaily

  17-11-2020 10:30 via archdaily.com
  
  Sweet Simplicity: Living with Scandinavian Architecture  ArchDaily
  
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• What architecture could look like after Covid-19 - CNN

  17-11-2020 09:00 via cnn.com
  
  What architecture could look like after Covid-19  CNN
  
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• Sick Architecture Live Roundtable - Announcements - e-flux - E-Flux

  17-11-2020 06:03 via e-flux.com
  
  Sick Architecture Live Roundtable - Announcements - e-flux  E-Flux
  
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• Architecture in Limbo - ARCHITECT Magazine

  17-11-2020 03:04 via architectmagazine.com
  Architecture in Limbo  ARCHITECT Magazine
  
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• Adjaye Associates reveals vision for Edo Museum of West African Art in Nigeria

  17-11-2020 03:00
  
  Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has revealed its concept for a museum dedicated to west African art, which will be built in Benin City, Nigeria.
  Named the Edo Museum of West African Art (EMOWAA), the museum is planned for a site in the centre of Benin City next to Oba's Palace – the home of Kingdom of Benin royals.
  Adjaye Associates has designed the Edo Museum of West African Art
  The project forms part of an initiative being led by The Legacy Restoration Trust and the Briti
  
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• BMW iX to Use Bespoke EV Architecture -- Will be the Only Car to Use It - BMWBLOG

  17-11-2020 02:15 via bmwblog.com
  
  BMW iX to Use Bespoke EV Architecture -- Will be the Only Car to Use It  BMWBLOG
  
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• St. John's Institute Sports Pavilion / Archetype Architecture - ArchDaily

  17-11-2020 02:00 via archdaily.com
  
  St. John's Institute Sports Pavilion / Archetype Architecture  ArchDaily
  
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• NDSU announces the School of Design, Architecture and Art - INFORUM

  17-11-2020 00:00 via inforum.com
  
  NDSU announces the School of Design, Architecture and Art  INFORUM
  
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