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Chonggu Experimental School / BAU Brearley Architects + Urbanists

May 1, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

Not factories – Public schools in Shanghai are conservative in their pedagogy and factory-like in their architecture. The new Chonggu Experimental School, however, provides the potential for a shift in pedagogy from the traditional disciplinary model to less formal, inquiry-based approaches. It also presents a paradigm shift in formal expression – a design shaped for joy, play, and dreaming.

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Hawaii house by Walker Warner Architects designed to be “elegant but spare”

May 1, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

American studio Walker Warner Architects has completed Hale Kiawe, a family retreat with simple, gabled forms are set within an undulating landscape dotted with chunky lava rocks. Located along the Kona Coast on the island of Hawaii, the house was designed for a family who wanted a functional and beautiful retreat that was minimalist in

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SOM designs skyscraper with “exposed structure” for downtown Miami

May 1, 2024 Ellen Eberhardt 0

American architecture studio SOM has designed a skyscraper in downtown Miami defined by two expansive terraces and an “exposed structure”. Located in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood, 848 Brickell will rise 51 storeys and host office and retail space, as well as a restaurant and fitness centre across 750,000 square feet (69,680 square metres). Renderings show three

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When the Earth Began to Look at Itself – Desert X Installation / SYN Architects

May 1, 2024 Anna Dumitru 0

We are interested in the possibility and impossibility of establishing physical ties with the geological fabric of AlUla. In our conviction, everything can always be re-examined and reinterpreted since the apparatus of the perceived environment cannot be measured, anticipated, controlled, or known entirely. We might start to perceive this connection through a material offering that traces and constructs human and non-human interactions between elements in the surrounding nature.

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Architecture criticism in 2024 defined by “shouting and not a lot of clarity” says Paul Goldberger

May 1, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

The transition from print to online journalism has led to “chaos” within architecture criticism that has upsides as well as downsides, author Paul Goldberger tells Dezeen in this exclusive interview. Pulitzer Prize-winner Goldberger served as the in-house architecture critic for The New York Times in the 1970s and ’80s during the zenith of postmodernism. He

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This Alley Between Buildings Was Transformed With A Series Of Arches

May 1, 2024 Erin 0

Photography by Robin Hill Daniel Toole Architecture in collaboration with SB Architects, has transformed a nondescript alley in Miami, Florida, with a series of concrete arches. Photography by Heywood Chan This alley was originally surrounded by trash rooms, dumpsters, mechanical rooms, transformers, and haphazard parking. Photography by Heywood Chan The design concept grew out of […]

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Natural Hues and Textural Tales from a Vietnamese Urban Retreat

May 1, 2024 HD Staff 0

Embracing the subtlety of natural hues and the richness of texture, this 125 sqm apartment in Vietnam unfolds as an urban retreat with a story to tell. Designed by Huy Pham each room in this home is a chapter, penned with meticulous attention to material and detail, offering a narrative of calm sophistication. The design […]