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• Wavy metal elements front Silicon Valley technology campus by Form4 Architecture

  15-05-2019 23:00 via dezeen.com
  US studio Form4 Architecture has designed a Palo Alto office complex that features rectangular structures wrapped in glass and metal, with curved elements that are meant to represent the "highs and lows of exploratory research and development".
  The Innovation Curve Technology Park is located on the edge of the Stanford Research Park, a business campus affiliated with Stanford University. Companies such as Facebook, Hewlett-Packard, Nest and Tesla have rented space at the Silicon Valley campus, w
  
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• Smith Young Architects embraces "imperfection" at Vestige house in Cheshire

  17-05-2024 12:30 via dezeen.com
  
  Liverpool studio Smith Young Architects has completed Vestige, a house in northwest England with a brick base built from the remnants of a previous structure on the site.
  Named Vestige, the home overlooks a park in Cheshire and replaces an existing dwelling on the site, which the client had hoped to extend but couldn't due to its poor condition.
  To pay homage to the original building, Smith Young Architects recreated its ground floor layout and reused its old brickwork, augmenting it with an upp
  
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• Jean Prouvé house finds permanent London home in Ladbroke Hall garden

  17-05-2024 12:00 via dezeen.com
  
  Carpenters Workshop Gallery has unveiled a model of the Jean Prouvé-designed 6x6 demountable house in a London garden created by landscape designer Luciano Giubbilei.
  Maison Démountable will be a permanent fixture of the publicly accessible garden at Ladbroke Hall, the west London arts venue that Carpenters Workshop Gallery moved into in 2023.
  Maison Démountable is an early model of Jean Prouvé's 6x6 demountable house
  It forms the centrepiece of a 1,150-square-metre "hi
  
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• Forge Craft uses "hammock" approach to create outdoor space for transitional apartments

  16-05-2024 19:00 via dezeen.com
  
  Local studio Forge Craft Architecture + Design has created affordable apartments for people transitioning out of homelessness in Austin that feature a breezeway to encourage rest and preserve heritage trees on the site.
  Called Zilker Studios, the structure includes 110 affordable apartments operated by local housing organisation Foundation Communities.
  The mid-rise housing complex consists of a long volume on a narrow site, flanked by outdoor public spaces with a breezeway and an open-air stairc
  
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• "Shifting shades" of rammed earth define Thai community building by Suphasidh Architects

  16-05-2024 12:30 via dezeen.com
  
  Soil from across Thailand was used to create layers of colour and texture in the rammed-earth walls of Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building, designed by local studio Suphasidh Architects.
  Overlooking the Bay of Bangkok in the seaside town of Sattahip, the 196-square-metre building contains a cafe and four floors of multipurpose community space, alongside an existing hostel.
  It has an exposed structure of reinforced concrete and rammed earth, designed by Suphasidh Architects to demonstrate the potenti
  
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• Zaha Hadid Architects to convert Latvian warehouse into ferry terminal

  16-05-2024 12:00 via dezeen.com
  
  British studio Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed plans to adaptively reuse a 1960s shipping warehouse in Riga, Latvia, to create the Ropax Ferry Terminal.
  Situated beside Daugava River, the 20,000-square-metre terminal by Zaha Hadid Architects will double the port's current capacity with the addition of a fourth floor topped by an oversized, curved roof.
  Ropax Ferry Terminal will be housed in a converted shipping warehouse
  Ropax Ferry Terminal will accommodate facilities for both ferry and crui
  
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• Grade II-listed Oxford college library updated with oak-lined interiors

  16-05-2024 11:45 via dezeen.com
  
  British architecture studios Nex and Donald Insall Associates have renovated the neo-gothic Exeter College Library at the University of Oxford, originally constructed by George Gilbert Scott in 1857.
  Addressing a need for additional study spaces and improved accessibility of the Grade II-listed building, the studios implemented a series of contemporary interventions including the addition of new entrances, a staircase and a lift.
  Nex and Donald Insall Associates have revamped the Exeter College
  
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• Six upcoming school shows from Dezeen Events Guide

  16-05-2024 10:15 via dezeen.com
  
  The Loughborough University Degree Show 2024, How Do You Feel New York? and An Exhibition of Architectural Works are among the current and upcoming academic exhibitions featured in Dezeen Events Guide.
  Other school shows and academic events include 2024 School of Constructed Environments End of Year Exhibition, Arts University Bournemouth – Summer Shows 24 and Cardiff School of Art and Design Graduate Degree Show 2024.2024 School of Constructed Environments End of Year Exhibition15 to 22 M
  
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• ISA creates skinny metal-clad apartment building in Philadelphia

  15-05-2024 21:14 via dezeen.com
  
  American studio ISA has used a range of strategies to maximise space, light and views in the metal-clad Signal House, which rises from a slender urban lot.
  The multi-level apartment building is located in Philadelphia's Fishtown neighbourhood, a transitioning area that has been attracting creative types and urban professionals.
  ISA has created a slender residential tower in Philadelphia
  Local firm ISA, or Interface Studio Architects, designed the Signal House to respond to its context, described
  
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• Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign launches "joyful architecture" degree

  15-05-2024 17:31 via dezeen.com
  
  British designer Thomas Heatherwick's Humanise campaign is developing a master's degree at Loughborough University, which aims to challenge conventional architecture education.
  Set to start in autumn 2025, the degree is hoped to foster a generation of architects who will "inspire joyful architecture", in line with the goals of the movement.
  Heatherwick's Humanise campaign was launched in October 2023 as a call for an end to "soulless and boring buildings".
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• A Man Killed Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lover And 6 Others. A Century Later, No One Knows Why.

  15-05-2024 14:00 via huffpost.com
  
  The ax-wielding murderer also set fire to the famed architect's home during his deadly rampage.
  
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• Vestiges of industry inform hotel complex on former factory site in Bordeaux

  15-05-2024 12:30 via dezeen.com
  
  A 36-metre-tall concrete silo has been converted into a dramatic hotel lobby at Bacalan Block – the transformation of a former factory site in Bordeaux into a mixed-use development by Colboc Sachet Architects.
  Overlooking the River Garonne near the city's centre, the new scheme was completed in 2021 and provides two hotels, a combined hostel and student accommodation and an art gallery.
  Eight concrete siloes were retained for the Colboc Sachet Architects development
  While the majority of t
  
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• Heams & Michel Architectes shrouds prefabricated pavilions in geometric lattices

  15-05-2024 12:00 via dezeen.com
  
  French studio Heams & Michel Architectes has updated a public square in Cannes with seven prefabricated aluminium kiosks that can be adapted to various uses.
  Named 7 Kiosks, the project forms part of a wider effort to renovate the Allées de la Liberté, a street between the port and the old town that holds local markets.
  Heams & Michel Architectes has created seven kiosks in Cannes
  Heams & Michel Architectes designed the seven independent kiosks with identical boxy alumi
  
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• Heams & Michel Architectes shrouds prefabricated aluminium pavilions in geometric lattices

  15-05-2024 12:00 via dezeen.com
  
  French studio Heams & Michel Architectes has updated a public square in Cannes with seven prefabricated aluminium kiosks that can be adapted to various uses.
  Named 7 Kiosks, the project forms part of a wider effort to renovate the Allées de la Liberté, a street between the port and the old town that holds local markets.
  Heams & Michel Architectes has created seven kiosks in Cannes
  Heams & Michel Architectes designed the seven independent kiosks with identical boxy alumi
  
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• Zaha Hadid Architects and The Dalmore create rare whisky "imbued with life experiences"

  15-05-2024 10:30 via dezeen.com
  
  In this talk filmed by Dezeen for The Dalmore, Zaha Hadid Architects director Melodie Leung explains how she worked with the Scottish distiller to create a rare edition of its single malt whisky.
  During the talk, which was moderated by Wallpaper* China editor Yoko Choy, Leung described her collaboration with whisky makers Richard Paterson and Gregg Glass, with whom she worked to develop a Dalmore 49-year-old single malt whisky housed in a unique glass sculpture.
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• Terracotta-tiled extensions by Emil Eve Architects named London's best home improvement project

  14-05-2024 21:30 via dezeen.com
  
  A family house "joyfully transformed" with terracotta-coloured extensions has been named London's best home improvement project by Don't Move, Improve! 2024.
  The house renovation by local studio Emil Eve Architects, named Aden Grove, has been selected as the overall winner of the annual award from a shortlist of 16 projects.
  It was praised by this year's jury for its playful use of colour while also providing a "purposeful and functional" space for the family that lives there.
  Aden Grove ha
  
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• Dezeen Debate features "an intelligent re-use of an industrial structure"

  14-05-2024 20:00 via dezeen.com
  
  The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features the Kunstsilo art gallery in Norway by Barcelona studios Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, BAX and Mendoza Partida. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now.
  The Kunstsilo art gallery in southern Norway is located in a converted 1930s grain silo and was designed by Barcelona's Mestres Wåge Arquitectes, BAX, and Mendoza Partida.
  The aim for Kunstsilo was to preserve and celebrate the architecture of the former grain store, completed by Norwegi
  
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• Brandon Haw Architecture creates masterplan for "last waterfront site" in Williamsburg

  14-05-2024 19:33 via dezeen.com
  
  Local studio Brandon Haw Architecture has created a masterplan for a development along the Brooklyn waterfront which will include five mixed-use towers created by design studios CookFox Architects, Rockwell Group and more.
  Totalling approximately 1 million square feet (92, 903 square metres) across 3.75 acres, Williamsburg Wharf will encompass residential, commercial, retail, and outdoor space and be located on "the last waterfront site in South Williamsburg" with each tower reaching 22 storeys.
  
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• London extension by Collective Works blends Scandinavian and Mediterranean influences

  14-05-2024 12:30 via dezeen.com
  
  Terracotta-coloured facades and warm wood-lined interiors define Mid Terrace Dream, a terraced house in north London renovated and extended by local studio Collective Works.
  Collective Works has expanded the home, which it said was previously "run down", with two adjoining pitched-roof volumes at the rear and a full dormer to expand its loft.
  Collective Works has extended a house in London
  The extensions are each finished with terracotta-hued walls and interiors of pale wood and coloured tiles,
  
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• Six industrial silos repurposed as unusual homes and public spaces

  14-05-2024 12:15 via dezeen.com
  
  Following the opening of the Kunstsilo art gallery in Norway last week, we spotlight six examples of industrial silos that have been adaptively reused around the world.
  Used for the storage of materials such as grain or coal, silo structures are typically built with robust tower-like forms made from concrete or metal.
  However, these utilitarian buildings are also being embraced by architects as the basis for adaptive reuse projects, with many converted into unusual homes and cultural spaces.
  In
  
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• WilkinsonEyre reveals plans for latest Lord's Cricket Ground redevelopment

  14-05-2024 11:15 via dezeen.com
  
  Architecture studio WilkinsonEyre has unveiled its proposal for the redevelopment of the Tavern and Allen stands at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London.
  It follows WilkinsonEyre's redesign of the Compton and Edrich stands, which it completed in 2021 on either side of the Stirling Prize-winning Media Centre by Future Systems.
  WilkinsonEyre has unveiled its latest plans for Lord's Cricket Ground
  The proposal has been approved by Westminster City Council's Planning Committee and the ground's o
  
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• Serpentine Pavilion "a great riddle" says architect Minsuk Cho

  14-05-2024 11:07 via dezeen.com
  
  Architect Minsuk Cho discusses his design for this year's Serpentine Pavilion in this exclusive video produced by Dezeen for the Serpentine.
  Cho is the founder and lead architect of Mass Studies, an architecture practice based in Seoul, South Korea. He is the 23rd architect to be chosen for the Serpentine commission, and the pavilion will be his first building in the UK.
  "This request felt like we were given a great riddle to demonstrate what this pavilion can do at this point," Cho told Dezeen.
  
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• Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés completes trio of apartment blocks for Athletes' Village in Paris

  14-05-2024 10:00 via dezeen.com
  
  French architecture studio Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés has unveiled a trio of apartment blocks lined with loggias and terracotta-tiled facades for the Athletes' Village in Paris.
  Located beside the city's Seine river, the three buildings are situated within the Saint-Ouen district – also referred to as Les Quinconces – which forms one of the three Olympic districts, alongside Ile-Saint-Denis and Saint-Denis.
  Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés has designe
  
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• Studio North adds wooden screen to Calgary residence

  13-05-2024 19:31 via dezeen.com
  
  Canadian practice Studio North has wrapped a wooden screen around the curved corners and cantilevers of a Calgary house near a winding river.
  Studio North completed the 4,520-square-foot (420-square metre) residence – known as Elbow House – at the end of 2023 on an 8,050-square-foot (748-square metre), wedge-shaped property along the banks of the Elbow River.
  Studio North has completed a screen-wrapped house in Calgary
  "The Elbow House looks to the immediate and the macro landscapes
  
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• Studio Vio surrounds concrete holiday home in Vietnam with lush gardens

  13-05-2024 12:30 via dezeen.com
  
  Architecture practice Studio Vio has blended contemporary materials with traditional crafts and lush gardens at De Hue Space, a holiday home in Hue, Vietnam.
  Located in the village of Thuy Bieu just west of the city centre, De Hue Space has seven guest rooms alongside common living areas and is intended to promote local tourism.
  Studio Vio's design draws on the city's 19th-century, Imperial-era garden houses and former royal residences, prioritising planted areas and access to outdoor spaces.
  St
  
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• "Great cities need tall buildings to help them thrive"

  13-05-2024 11:45 via dezeen.com
  
  Skyscrapers get a bad rap but are crucial to the success of cities, writes economics professor Jason Barr.Skyscrapers remain controversial in the 21st century, yet they are getting taller and more numerous. Seven times more buildings of 150 metres or taller have sprung up since 2000 than were constructed in the entire 20th century. Five decades ago, the height of the tallest building completed each year globally averaged around 250 metres (55-60 storeys). Nowadays, they are typically double that
  
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• Wright Design Series - Archimarathon: Connecting Through Architecture | Monona Terrace Community & Convention ... - City of Madison, WI

  12-05-2024 16:23
  
  Wright Design Series - Archimarathon: Connecting Through Architecture | Monona Terrace Community & Convention ...  City of Madison, WI
  
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• The five biggest LEGO Architecture sets revealed to date - Brick Fanatics

  12-05-2024 15:41
  
  The five biggest LEGO Architecture sets revealed to date  Brick Fanatics
  
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• West Midlands architecture award for 'grandparent' of skyscrapers - BBC.com

  12-05-2024 12:32
  
  West Midlands architecture award for 'grandparent' of skyscrapers  BBC.com
  
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• OFIS Arhitekti adds looping extension to modernist villa in Slovenia

  12-05-2024 12:00 via dezeen.com
  
  A semi-enclosed, winding extension that aims to facilitate "inside-outside living" defines Ring House, a 1930s villa in Slovenia renovated by local studio OFIS Arhitekti.
  Located in the suburbs of the capital city Ljubljana, the modernist villa required updating to improve its connection to the garden, as it had no direct access from the ground floor.
  OFIS Arhitekti achieved this by extending its living spaces with a looping structure, which outlines a garden atrium at the heart of the plan.
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