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Archinect - Features
On Becoming a Professional: Letter to an Architecture Student Dear Student, I suspect you’ve already encountered most of the conventional advice—the familiar...
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On Becoming a Professional: Letter to an Architecture Student

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a week ago
Dear Student, I suspect you’ve already encountered most of the conventional advice—the familiar platitudes repeated endlessly in classrooms, critiques, and career talks. Work hard. Stay disciplined. Develop your craft. Each phrase is earnest, and each contains some truth, but...
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Archinect - Features
“We’ve Matched 120 Community Members So Far” — AIA’s ‘Ask an Architect’ Initiative Reveals... Earlier this month, we covered the launch of the AIA Pasadena & Foothill Chapter’s 'Ask an...
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“We’ve Matched 120 Community Members So Far” — AIA’s ‘Ask an Architect’ Initiative Reveals How Architects Are Stepping Up After LA’s Fires

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4 weeks ago
Earlier this month, we covered the launch of the AIA Pasadena & Foothill Chapter’s 'Ask an Architect' program aimed at helping homeowners impacted by the devastating Los Angeles Fires. The free program under the AIA in California umbrella, which will begin with Eaton Fire victims...
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CONTEMPORIST
A Modern Cabin Perched On The Edge Of Rocky Cliffs PIN Architects has shared photos of a small modern cabin they completed in Turkey, that’s located on...
3 weeks ago
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A Modern Cabin Perched On The Edge Of Rocky Cliffs

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3 weeks ago
PIN Architects has shared photos of a small modern cabin they completed in Turkey, that’s located on the slopes of a deep valley surrounded by rocky cliffs and olive trees. The cabin, entirely made of steel, has facades that are fully glass, with solid wall applications in a few...
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SOCKS
Preserving Common Food as a Defensive Strategy: the Ghorfas of Southern Tunisia The ghorfas (in arab غرفة [ghurfa], meaning “room”) are common granary chambers found mostly in...
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Preserving Common Food as a Defensive Strategy: the Ghorfas of Southern Tunisia

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3 weeks ago
The ghorfas (in arab غرفة [ghurfa], meaning “room”) are common granary chambers found mostly in southern Tunisia and certain areas of Libya and associated with Berber populations. In more recent times, they have also been used as dwellings. They consist of barrel-vaulted rooms...
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Contemporist...
Copper Kitchen Cabinets Add To The Refined Rustic Feeling Inside This Renovated Historic Loft MU Architecture has shared photos of a renovated historic loft in Montreal's Old Port that...
3 weeks ago
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Copper Kitchen Cabinets Add To The Refined Rustic Feeling Inside This Renovated Historic Loft

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3 weeks ago
MU Architecture has shared photos of a renovated historic loft in Montreal's Old Port that seamlessly blends heritage with modern design.
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Common Edge
Lessons From Katrina for Citizen Planners in L.A., Asheville, and Florida Planning’s “me-centered” ethos needs to become a “we-centered” approach.
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Lessons From Katrina for Citizen Planners in L.A., Asheville, and Florida

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3 weeks ago
Planning’s “me-centered” ethos needs to become a “we-centered” approach.
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CONTEMPORIST
A New Cafe In South Korea That’s Inspired By A Walk In Nature Architect-K has shared photos of MIGIUI, a modern cafe and various social spaces that lies within...
2 weeks ago
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A New Cafe In South Korea That’s Inspired By A Walk In Nature

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2 weeks ago
Architect-K has shared photos of MIGIUI, a modern cafe and various social spaces that lies within the hanok village of Ulju-gun, South Korea. The building was designed to blend seamlessly into this natural setting, and was inspired by a forest path. Major tree species, rocks, and...
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99% Invisible
Secret Mall Apartment The new documentary Secret Mall Apartment is about a group of artists who built, you guessed it – a...
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Secret Mall Apartment

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The new documentary Secret Mall Apartment is about a group of artists who built, you guessed it – a secret apartment, inside of the mall. We interviewed the group’s ringleader Michael Townsend a few years back, and after the story, we’ll have an update about what’s happened since...
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Common Edge
What Would It Mean to Be An “AI First” Architecture Firm? It’s not about applying the technology to established processes, but creating entirely new paths...
2 weeks ago
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What Would It Mean to Be An “AI First” Architecture Firm?

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2 weeks ago
It’s not about applying the technology to established processes, but creating entirely new paths forward.
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The Architectural...
Press release: Is this the ugliest building in America? Architects and Urbanists Unveil 2025’s ‘Ugliest Buildings in America’ Ignominious winners to be...
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Press release: Is this the ugliest building in America?

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Architects and Urbanists Unveil 2025’s ‘Ugliest Buildings in America’ Ignominious winners to be ‘dishonored’ at the International ‘Aesthetic Atrocity’ Awards this May (New York, NY) An international panel of architects and urbanists has determined that Simmons Hall at MIT is...
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Contemporist...
A Home Inspired By The Idea Of A Chapel Jan Žaloudek Architekt has recently completed a home that was built by the architect for himself and...
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A Home Inspired By The Idea Of A Chapel

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a week ago
Jan Žaloudek Architekt has recently completed a home that was built by the architect for himself and his family. Together with his wife, art historian and writer Jolanta Trojak, they long dreamed of a place where one could connect with the landscape or retreat inward.
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99% Invisible
A Walking Tour with Mr. Memphis Earlier this year, producer Chris Berube went to Memphis, Tennessee for a story about the Memphis...
2 weeks ago
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A Walking Tour with Mr. Memphis

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2 weeks ago
Earlier this year, producer Chris Berube went to Memphis, Tennessee for a story about the Memphis Pyramid (check that out here!) While in town, Chris also had the chance to spend a day with Jimmy Ogle, the former historian for Shelby County. Ogle is a repository for Memphis...
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Contemporist...
This Open Cabin Was Designed For Children Architecture Firm Imaginary Objects, has shared photos of a small child-friendly cabin they...
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This Open Cabin Was Designed For Children

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a week ago
Architecture Firm Imaginary Objects, has shared photos of a small child-friendly cabin they completed in Chonburi, Thailand, that's inspired by the spirit of a treehouse.
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McMansion Hell
simulacra for bootlickers FYI, this post is a little more NSFW than usual with the language. Usually I think McMansions are...
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simulacra for bootlickers

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a week ago
FYI, this post is a little more NSFW than usual with the language. Usually I think McMansions are kind of funny. Sometimes, I even like them. If I didn’t like them at least a little bit, I don’t think I’d be running this blog for a solid eight years and counting. Some McMansions...
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Common Edge
Panama City Walking Tour: the Old Town of Casco Viejo Built in waves across centuries, it tells a story on every street.
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Panama City Walking Tour: the Old Town of Casco Viejo

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Built in waves across centuries, it tells a story on every street.
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Common Edge
The Graveyard of Styles in Home Design Is the huge and sprawling “modern farmhouse” next?
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The Graveyard of Styles in Home Design

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Is the huge and sprawling “modern farmhouse” next?
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99% Invisible
Single Handed (3 of 6): Inclusive Left-Sided Apparel Embodies “Found Fashion” Ethos Last year, I found myself working my way through my wardrobe, considering what I could and couldn’t...
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Single Handed (3 of 6): Inclusive Left-Sided Apparel Embodies “Found Fashion” Ethos

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Last year, I found myself working my way through my wardrobe, considering what I could and couldn’t wear comfortably with a newly disabled right arm. Among other concerns, I knew a lot of my clothes would be harder to put on and take off for the foreseeable future. But in the...
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99% Invisible
The Great American Pyramid Memphis, Tennessee is home to many historic landmarks. Like Graceland, and Beale Street. But one of...
2 weeks ago
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The Great American Pyramid

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Memphis, Tennessee is home to many historic landmarks. Like Graceland, and Beale Street. But one of their biggest tourist magnets is their Bass Pro Shops. Usually, Bass Pro is the place to buy hunting and fishing gear. But the one in Memphis, it’s less of a store, and more of a...
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99% Invisible
Single Handed (4 of 6): Pack Hack Reconfigures Roomy Rucksack for Crossbody Carry I’m a backpack person. Whether for everyday carry or for travel, I’ve always preferred backpacks to...
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Single Handed (4 of 6): Pack Hack Reconfigures Roomy Rucksack for Crossbody Carry

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I’m a backpack person. Whether for everyday carry or for travel, I’ve always preferred backpacks to sling, messenger, duffel, and, above all, roller bags. But after I severely injured my right arm, I was forced to cycle through alternatives, particularly for day-to-day purposes....
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99% Invisible
Single Handed (2 of 6): No-Tie Kits, Lace Locks, & Other Assistive Shoe-lutions After an accident incapacitated one of my hands, even trying to tie my shoelaces became an exercise...
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Single Handed (2 of 6): No-Tie Kits, Lace Locks, & Other Assistive Shoe-lutions

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After an accident incapacitated one of my hands, even trying to tie my shoelaces became an exercise in frustration. But I also wasn’t keen on giving in and boxing up my laced shoe and boot collection in favor of slip-ons. So rather than sole soul searching for new footwear, I...
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Common Edge
Message to Stupid Politicians (of Both Parties): Build Things! Do it now, while the country still has hope.
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Message to Stupid Politicians (of Both Parties): Build Things!

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6 days ago
Do it now, while the country still has hope.
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99% Invisible
Everything Is Tuberculosis You may know John Green as a Youtuber, a podcaster, or the mega best-selling author of Looking for...
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Everything Is Tuberculosis

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You may know John Green as a Youtuber, a podcaster, or the mega best-selling author of Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, Turtles All the Way Down, and The Anthropocene Reviewed. His latest book is called Everything Is Tuberculosis. It’s a deep-dive into one of the...
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Contemporist...
Before & After - The Renovation Of A 1950s Home In Seattle Best Practice Architecture has shared photos of a renovation project they completed in Seattle’s Mt....
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Before & After - The Renovation Of A 1950s Home In Seattle

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Best Practice Architecture has shared photos of a renovation project they completed in Seattle’s Mt. Baker neighborhood, where they transformed the humble and practical bones of a 1950s house and turned it into a contemporary home.
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99% Invisible
Single Handed (1 of 6): Design Adaptations for Living with One (Functional) Hand Last year, I suffered a serious injury that initially rendered my right arm and hand both completely...
2 weeks ago
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Single Handed (1 of 6): Design Adaptations for Living with One (Functional) Hand

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Last year, I suffered a serious injury that initially rendered my right arm and hand both completely numb and paralyzed. Tests revealed severe damage to a network of nerves called the brachial plexus. That’s the crucial nexus of nerve pathways carrying signals back and forth...
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Common Edge
Redefining Authorship: How AI Is Changing What It Means to Be an Architect The rise of artificial intelligence will challenge architects to rediscover their unique value.
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Redefining Authorship: How AI Is Changing What It Means to Be an Architect

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The rise of artificial intelligence will challenge architects to rediscover their unique value.
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99% Invisible
Single Handed (5 of 6): E-Ink Devices & Peripherals Render Reading More Accessible A severe arm injury can leave you with a lot of time on your hands, while simultaneously limiting...
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Single Handed (5 of 6): E-Ink Devices & Peripherals Render Reading More Accessible

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A severe arm injury can leave you with a lot of time on your hands, while simultaneously limiting your recreational options. For me, two-handed video games were out, at least until I had the time and patience to research and learn to use accessible gaming controllers. At the same...
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McMansion Hell
Bonus Post: The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo, a treatise The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo: a treatise | McMansion...
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Bonus Post: The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo, a treatise

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3 days ago
The McMansionization of the White House, or: Regional Car Dealership Rococo: a treatise | McMansion Hell
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99% Invisible
I’ve Got 1099 Problems… If you’re one of the millions of Americans struggling with your tax forms today, you’re not alone....
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I’ve Got 1099 Problems…

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5 days ago
If you’re one of the millions of Americans struggling with your tax forms today, you’re not alone. Even Albert Einstein allegedly found income taxes to be “the hardest thing in the world to understand.” But how did our tax system become so complicated? From Revolution to Revenue:...
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Common Edge
After the Ashes in LA: “The Future Is Right in Front of You” Rebuilding doesn’t have to mean sterile development. Just look at the innovative and resilient ways...
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After the Ashes in LA: “The Future Is Right in Front of You”

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Rebuilding doesn’t have to mean sterile development. Just look at the innovative and resilient ways people are already doing it.
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99% Invisible
Single Handed (6 of 6): Hand Lenders Point Out Adaptive Designs & Helpful Ideas Each of the five pieces in this miniseries, leading up to this one, has considered a different...
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Single Handed (6 of 6): Hand Lenders Point Out Adaptive Designs & Helpful Ideas

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Each of the five pieces in this miniseries, leading up to this one, has considered a different subset of adaptive design problems for people dealing with one working hand, like I was in the wake of a serious accident. We’ve covered various solutions I researched, evaluated, and...
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CONTEMPORIST
This Home Was Designed To Surround A Swimming Pool With A Slide Architect Alexis Dornier has shared a new home in Pererenan, Bali, that combines modern...
17 hours ago
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This Home Was Designed To Surround A Swimming Pool With A Slide

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17 hours ago
Architect Alexis Dornier has shared a new home in Pererenan, Bali, that combines modern architectural principles with a spirit of creativity and exploration. The house is defined by its bold central void, an architectural centerpiece that brings natural light, air, and a sense of...
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99% Invisible
Broken Plexus (3 of 3): Addressing Sensational Paradoxes of Peripheral Nerve Damage Peripheral neuropathy feels paradoxical at times, as sensory nerve damage can lead both to extreme...
2 days ago
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Broken Plexus (3 of 3): Addressing Sensational Paradoxes of Peripheral Nerve Damage

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Peripheral neuropathy feels paradoxical at times, as sensory nerve damage can lead both to extreme hypersensitivity on the one hand, as well as sections of complete numbness on … well, that very same injured hand. The impacts of such damage can be felt most persistently in the...
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CONTEMPORIST
This Cafe In Austria Has a Cycling Inspired Design Architecture and interior design studio Archisphere collaborated with Carbone & Kacerovsky to design...
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This Cafe In Austria Has a Cycling Inspired Design

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Architecture and interior design studio Archisphere collaborated with Carbone & Kacerovsky to design a ‘Cyclist’, a modern cafe at the Hotel Andaz am Belvedere Vienna. Archisphere drew inspiration from the movement, freedom, and enjoyment associated with cycling. In addition to...
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Contemporist...
A Glass-Enclosed Library And Home Office Creates A Separate Space Inside This Apartment Canadian design firm Level Studio has shared photos of a loft apartment located in a building that...
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A Glass-Enclosed Library And Home Office Creates A Separate Space Inside This Apartment

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a year ago
Canadian design firm Level Studio has shared photos of a loft apartment located in a building that was once home to offices but has been converted into residential apartments.
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CONTEMPORIST
This Home Hidden In The Forest Appears Like A Stack Of Illuminated Boxes William / Kaven Architecture has sent us photos of a home they completed in Portland, Oregon, that’s...
a year ago
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This Home Hidden In The Forest Appears Like A Stack Of Illuminated Boxes

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a year ago
William / Kaven Architecture has sent us photos of a home they completed in Portland, Oregon, that’s part of a collection of private residences perched on several steeply sloped sites within Forest Park, a 5,000-acre woodland. A simple material palette of dark steel, concrete,...
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99% Invisible
Whomst Among Us Let The Dogs Out (Again) [EPISODE] All kinds of songs get stuck in your head. Famous pop tunes from when you were a kid, album cuts...
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Whomst Among Us Let The Dogs Out (Again) [EPISODE]

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All kinds of songs get stuck in your head. Famous pop tunes from when you were a kid, album cuts you’ve listened to over and over again. And then there’s a category of memorable songs—the ones that we all just kind of know. Songs that somehow, without anyone’s permission, sneak...
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99% Invisible
The Fever Tree Hunt [EPISODE] “Most heists target gold, jewels or cash. This one targeted illegal seeds. As the British...
a year ago
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The Fever Tree Hunt [EPISODE]

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“Most heists target gold, jewels or cash. This one targeted illegal seeds. As the British established their sprawling empire across the subcontinent and beyond, they encountered a formidable adversary — malaria. There was a cure — the bark of the Andean cinchona tree. The only...
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Coffee with an...
Notes on being an Architect
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Notes on being an Architect

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Common Edge
What’s to Become of the Mess That Is Penn Station? A talk with architecture critic Justin Davidson about the thorny knot of issues involved at New...
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What’s to Become of the Mess That Is Penn Station?

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a year ago
A talk with architecture critic Justin Davidson about the thorny knot of issues involved at New York’s most conflicted transportation-entertainment site.
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99% Invisible
Breaking Down The Power Broker [EPISODE] In 1974, two very significant things happened, if you are a fan of 99% invisible. Number one is that...
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Breaking Down The Power Broker [EPISODE]

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In 1974, two very significant things happened, if you are a fan of 99% invisible. Number one is that 99pi host Roman Mars was born. And number two, The Power Broker by Robert Caro was published. Roman learned about the power broker when he first started to cover cities and...
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99% Invisible
The Frankfurt Kitchen [EPISODE] After World War I, in Frankfurt, Germany, the city government was taking on a big project. A lot of...
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The Frankfurt Kitchen [EPISODE]

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a year ago
After World War I, in Frankfurt, Germany, the city government was taking on a big project. A lot of residents were in dire straits, and in the second half of the 1920s, the city built over 10,000 public housing units. It was some of the earliest modern architecture — simple,...
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CONTEMPORIST
This Little Laneway House In Toronto Has An Upstairs Bedroom Overlooking The Street Creative Union Network Inc. has designed a small laneway house in Toronto, Canada, that was...
a year ago
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This Little Laneway House In Toronto Has An Upstairs Bedroom Overlooking The Street

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Creative Union Network Inc. has designed a small laneway house in Toronto, Canada, that was originally built as a garage. The building occupied a prominent location on the corner of the lane and main street. The original structure, although rundown, was a well-loved structure...
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Archinect - Features
Inside the Multidimensional Worlds of Squint/Opera and Journey In 2022, two decades after their founding, creative agency Squint/Opera joined forces with fellow...
3 months ago
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Inside the Multidimensional Worlds of Squint/Opera and Journey

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In 2022, two decades after their founding, creative agency Squint/Opera joined forces with fellow studios ICRAVE, 59, and VMI Studio under the banner of Journey, a "superpowered organization" bridging physical and digital design. Long before the merger, Squint/Opera had...
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Archinect - Features
The Brutalist Is a Cinematic Reflection of Brutalism Brutalist architecture is raw, powerful, emotional, and unapologetically honest. It rejects...
4 months ago
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The Brutalist Is a Cinematic Reflection of Brutalism

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4 months ago
Brutalist architecture is raw, powerful, emotional, and unapologetically honest. It rejects ornamentation and architectural devices designed to make its inhabitants feel comfortable, instead creating a visceral, primal experience. Brutalism is a feeling—a bold statement that...
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Common Edge
Ugly Buildings Are Not Simply a Matter of Aesthetics Bad architecture must come from some underlying ethos.
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Ugly Buildings Are Not Simply a Matter of Aesthetics

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a year ago
Bad architecture must come from some underlying ethos.
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CONTEMPORIST
A Garage Transformed Into An Apartment With A Home Office YR Architecture + Design has shared photos of a modern 575 square foot (53 sqm) live/work studio in...
a year ago
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A Garage Transformed Into An Apartment With A Home Office

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a year ago
YR Architecture + Design has shared photos of a modern 575 square foot (53 sqm) live/work studio in Columbus, OH, that was once a 2-car garage. The homeowners were determined for their two-car garage to be an asset, with the couple seeking to maximize their property, and at the...
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99% Invisible
The Big Dig [EPISODE] Over its more than 40 year journey from conception to completion, Boston’s Big Dig massive...
a year ago
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The Big Dig [EPISODE]

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a year ago
Over its more than 40 year journey from conception to completion, Boston’s Big Dig massive infrastructure project, which rerouted the central highway in the heart of the city, encountered every hurdle imaginable: ruthless politics, engineering challenges, secretive contractors,...
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devonzuegel.com
To rent or to sell, that is the question As a real estate developer, one of the big decisions you need to make is whether you will rent or...
a year ago
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To rent or to sell, that is the question

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a year ago
As a real estate developer, one of the big decisions you need to make is whether you will rent or sell the buildings you've built. Income from rentals flows in steadily over years, while income from sales hits all at once. This essential difference is simple but has many...
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Common Edge
Consider the 15 mph City It’s time to expand our vision to include slower, more human-scaled speeds of transportation.
a year ago
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Consider the 15 mph City

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a year ago
It’s time to expand our vision to include slower, more human-scaled speeds of transportation.
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CONTEMPORIST
Before And After – A Respectful Remodel For A Mid-Century Modern Home Interior design firm Wise Design, together with General Contractor and Architect Owen Gabbert...
a year ago
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Before And After – A Respectful Remodel For A Mid-Century Modern Home

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a year ago
Interior design firm Wise Design, together with General Contractor and Architect Owen Gabbert (formerly Clarkbuilt), has transformed a dated 1954 mid-century modern home in Portland, Oregon. Before – The ExteriorThe original home has a brown exterior with original windows and...
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The Architectural...
Architects call for a crisis meeting after politicians demand more traditional architecture After enduring decades of failed modernism, the residents and politicians of Sweden’s second-largest...
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Architects call for a crisis meeting after politicians demand more traditional architecture

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11 months ago
After enduring decades of failed modernism, the residents and politicians of Sweden’s second-largest city, Gothenburg, want to see more new traditional architecture. This has led architects and officials to call for a crisis meeting. During the 1960s and 1970s, Gothenburg...
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Construction Physics
How Washington DC Got Its Metro There have been two main periods of subway (or “metro”) building in the US. The first was during the...
a year ago
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How Washington DC Got Its Metro

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a year ago
There have been two main periods of subway (or “metro”) building in the US. The first was during the late 19th century and early 20th century, when Boston, New York, and Philadelphia all built subway systems
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Common Edge
Is AI Really the Next Big Thing in Architecture? There are good reasons to be skeptical about its ultimate utility.
a year ago
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Is AI Really the Next Big Thing in Architecture?

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a year ago
There are good reasons to be skeptical about its ultimate utility.
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The Beauty of...
The Inbetweeners (Ebbsfleet International and Stratford International, UK) Well then. At the end of the last article I promised to write about the stations on HS2 phase 1...
10 months ago
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The Inbetweeners (Ebbsfleet International and Stratford International, UK)

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10 months ago
Well then. At the end of the last article I promised to write about the stations on HS2 phase 1 assuming that I hadn’t been too enraged by the political fallout from hopefully soon-to-be-ex-prime minister Rishi Sunak’s cancellation of phase 2 of HS2. Reader, I have been enraged....
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Construction Physics
The Story of Titanium The earth contains a lot of titanium - it’s the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust. By...
a year ago
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The Story of Titanium

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a year ago
The earth contains a lot of titanium - it’s the ninth most abundant element in the earth’s crust. By mass, there’s more titanium in the earth’s crust than carbon by a factor of nearly 30, and more titanium than copper by a factor of nearly 100. But despite its abundance, it's...
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Common Edge
Why Mass Transit in America Disappeared A talk with the author of The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric...
a year ago
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Why Mass Transit in America Disappeared

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a year ago
A talk with the author of The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight.
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Common Edge
Randy Fertel on the Power and Peril of Creative Improvisation A lively talk with the author about his new book, Winging It.
a year ago
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Randy Fertel on the Power and Peril of Creative Improvisation

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a year ago
A lively talk with the author about his new book, Winging It.
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CONTEMPORIST
A Contemporary Gable Roof Runs The Length Of This Home Architecture firm JURY!, has shared photos of a renovation project they completed for a home in...
9 months ago
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A Contemporary Gable Roof Runs The Length Of This Home

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9 months ago
Architecture firm JURY!, has shared photos of a renovation project they completed for a home in Maasland, The Netherlands, that enhanced an existing dike house with a modern barn-inspired design. The original dike house includes a basement partially built into the dike, which is...
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Common Edge
The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of...
6 months ago
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The Brilliant, Unhinged Spectacle of Megalopolis

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6 months ago
A rare film that celebrates design and urban planning, Coppola’s latest epic is a mishmash of architectural, cinematic, and literary history.
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CONTEMPORIST
The Surrounding Desert Was Blended Into This Modern Home Photography by Stetson Ybarra Multi-disciplinary design studio Daniel Joseph Chenin, Ltd. has shared...
a year ago
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The Surrounding Desert Was Blended Into This Modern Home

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a year ago
Photography by Stetson Ybarra Multi-disciplinary design studio Daniel Joseph Chenin, Ltd. has shared photos of a modern home they completed on the edge of the Las Vegas Valley that has views of Red Rock Canyon. Photography by Stetson Ybarra Commissioned for a family embracing an...
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99% Invisible
Courtroom Sketch [EPISODE] Earlier this year, the city of New York closed off several blocks around the Manhattan Criminal...
a year ago
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Courtroom Sketch [EPISODE]

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a year ago
Earlier this year, the city of New York closed off several blocks around the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse. Instead of early morning commuters, the sidewalks around the building were flooded with reporters, photographers, and camera people. They were there to capture the...
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Archinect - Features
Let's Talk About Architectural Licensure Welcome to Archinect In-Depth: Licensure. Over the coming weeks, Archinect will explore the journey...
11 months ago
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Let's Talk About Architectural Licensure

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11 months ago
Welcome to Archinect In-Depth: Licensure. Over the coming weeks, Archinect will explore the journey undertaken by those in the United States seeking to practice as a licensed architect, including reflections on the history of licensure, comparisons to other countries, the cost...
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Construction Physics
The Birth of the Grid The day must come when electricity will be for everyone, as the waters of the rivers and the wind of...
a year ago
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The Birth of the Grid

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a year ago
The day must come when electricity will be for everyone, as the waters of the rivers and the wind of heaven. It should not merely be supplied, but lavished, that men may use it at their will, as the air they breathe. - Emile Zola, “Travail”, 1901
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Contemporist...
A House Design Inspired By The Idea of Turning Boxes Architecture studio JMA has designed the Vistas House in Escobar, Buenos Aires, whose shape is based...
11 months ago
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A House Design Inspired By The Idea of Turning Boxes

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11 months ago
Architecture studio JMA has designed the Vistas House in Escobar, Buenos Aires, whose shape is based on the idea of turning boxes rotated to take advantage of the lake views and sun.
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Contemporist...
The Black Exterior Of This Home Leads To A Pink Kitchen Inside Paul Archer Design has shared photos of a home they completed in Wivenhoe, England, for an artist...
10 months ago
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The Black Exterior Of This Home Leads To A Pink Kitchen Inside

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10 months ago
Paul Archer Design has shared photos of a home they completed in Wivenhoe, England, for an artist who wanted a light-filled interior with room to work and to entertain.
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Contemporist...
The client asked for "a hotel-like bedroom and bathroom in their home, so they could feel as if they... Studio Kloek has shared images of a bedroom and bathroom suite they designed for their client who...
11 months ago
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The client asked for "a hotel-like bedroom and bathroom in their home, so they could feel as if they were on vacation every day"

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11 months ago
Studio Kloek has shared images of a bedroom and bathroom suite they designed for their client who desired "a hotel-like bedroom and bathroom in their home, so they could feel as if they were on vacation every day."
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99% Invisible
The Lost Subways of North America [EPISODE] If you’ve spent any amount of time driving through any major American city, you know what it’s like...
11 months ago
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The Lost Subways of North America [EPISODE]

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11 months ago
If you’ve spent any amount of time driving through any major American city, you know what it’s like to be stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. But if you’re from Los Angeles – the land of freeways, traffic and smog –  you know this struggle especially well.   But Jake Berman, the...
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CONTEMPORIST
A Laneway House With A Rotated Brick Facade Architecture firm Williamson Williamson has shared photos of a laneway home they completed in...
10 months ago
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A Laneway House With A Rotated Brick Facade

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10 months ago
Architecture firm Williamson Williamson has shared photos of a laneway home they completed in Toronto, Canada, that features a distinct rotated brick facade. Usually, laneway houses are small, however, this one is a four-bedroom home, designed for a family of five, providing...
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Common Edge
What Happened to New York City Public Housing, and How Can We Fix It? The former chief architect for NYCHA on what ails the the system.
a year ago
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What Happened to New York City Public Housing, and How Can We Fix It?

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a year ago
The former chief architect for NYCHA on what ails the the system.
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CONTEMPORIST
A Stepped Brick Extension Makes Space For A Soft Warm Blush Kitchen Architecture and interior design firm Bradley Van Der Straeten, has shared photos of a home in...
12 months ago
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A Stepped Brick Extension Makes Space For A Soft Warm Blush Kitchen

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12 months ago
Architecture and interior design firm Bradley Van Der Straeten, has shared photos of a home in England that received a new stepped brick extension with views of the garden. When the front door is open, you can see all the way through to the rear garden. A stepped form took shape...
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Common Edge
Jane Jacobs, Cyclist We should have known the famed urbanist loved the bike.
11 months ago
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Jane Jacobs, Cyclist

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11 months ago
We should have known the famed urbanist loved the bike.
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Contemporist...
A Modern Farmhouse By The Sea In New Zealand New Zealand architecture firm Studio John Irving Architects has shared photos of a modern farmhouse...
a year ago
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A Modern Farmhouse By The Sea In New Zealand

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a year ago
New Zealand architecture firm Studio John Irving Architects has shared photos of a modern farmhouse they completed that's been designed like a collection of linked farm outbuildings.
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Construction Physics
The Katerra Team Rides Again: ONX Homes Regular readers of Construction Physics know that I formerly worked for the construction startup...
a year ago
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The Katerra Team Rides Again: ONX Homes

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a year ago
Regular readers of Construction Physics know that I formerly worked for the construction startup Katerra, which raised several billion dollars in venture capital in the hopes of revolutionizing the construction industry, and then went bankrupt. In fact, it was my experiences at...
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Contemporist...
This New House Was Designed To Fit Into A Protected Historic Neighborhood Architecture firm FLOWER, together with interior design studio Saltwolf, has completed a new home in...
a year ago
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This New House Was Designed To Fit Into A Protected Historic Neighborhood

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a year ago
Architecture firm FLOWER, together with interior design studio Saltwolf, has completed a new home in Boulder, Colorado, whose design was inspired by the nearby historic houses in the neighborhood.
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Archinect - Features
Inside the Multidimensional Worlds of Squint/Opera Through storytelling and cutting-edge technology, the creative company Squint/Opera (formally a...
3 months ago
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Inside the Multidimensional Worlds of Squint/Opera

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3 months ago
Through storytelling and cutting-edge technology, the creative company Squint/Opera (formally a Journey studio since 2022) envisions a world where media architecture enriches urban life and reshapes how we interact with the built environment. From immersive experiences at the...
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Construction Physics
Will Stone Replace Steel and Concrete? A recent viral tweet by Micah Springut, founder of stone-carving startup Monumental Labs, argued...
11 months ago
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Will Stone Replace Steel and Concrete?

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11 months ago
A recent viral tweet by Micah Springut, founder of stone-carving startup Monumental Labs, argued that it will be cheaper to build buildings with stone than with steel or concrete within the next 10 years. Stone has of course been used for thousands of years as a construction...
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CONTEMPORIST
This Renovated 1970s Home Now Has Concrete Floors That Flow Between The Interior And Exterior Spaces ANACAPA Architecture has shared photos of a 1970’s-era residence and combination guesthouse/home...
11 months ago
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This Renovated 1970s Home Now Has Concrete Floors That Flow Between The Interior And Exterior Spaces

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11 months ago
ANACAPA Architecture has shared photos of a 1970’s-era residence and combination guesthouse/home office they updated in the hills of Montecito, California. Collaborating with the client, the designers reworked the home to bring it up to date. They did this by maintaining the...
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Construction Physics
How to Build 300,000 Airplanes in Five Years It’s no secret that the Allies won World War II on the back of the U.S.’s enormous industrial...
11 months ago
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How to Build 300,000 Airplanes in Five Years

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11 months ago
It’s no secret that the Allies won World War II on the back of the U.S.’s enormous industrial output. Even before the U.S. entered the war, the Americans provided hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of equipment to the Allies, and between 1938 and 1943 U.S. manufacturing...
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Coffee with an...
A simple description The structural exploration reflects the dichotomy of the diametrically opposed forces creating...
11 months ago
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A simple description

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11 months ago
The structural exploration reflects the dichotomy of the diametrically opposed forces creating intrinsic tension within the interstitial forms which have been bifurcated and articulated throughout the design exploration phases resulting from the pedological rigor employed...
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Old Structures...
Lucy Moses Award: 486 Liberty Avenue You can read about the building in the awards program: here. The short version: this was a very...
a year ago
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Lucy Moses Award: 486 Liberty Avenue

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a year ago
You can read about the building in the awards program: here. The short version: this was a very ornate police precinct house constructed in 1892, when Brooklyn was still an inexpedient city, and abandoned for quite some time. Here’s what the interior looked like the first time we...
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Contemporist...
This Small Apartment Has A Yoga Wall And A Coffee Bar LITTLEMORE INTERIOR DESIGN has shared photos of a small 380-square-foot (35 sqm) apartment in Hong...
a year ago
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This Small Apartment Has A Yoga Wall And A Coffee Bar

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a year ago
LITTLEMORE INTERIOR DESIGN has shared photos of a small 380-square-foot (35 sqm) apartment in Hong Kong, that includes both a custom yoga wall and a coffee bar.
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Archinect - Features
How ‘Architect’ Became a Protected Title in the United States In the second part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we chart the origins of licensure in the United...
11 months ago
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How ‘Architect’ Became a Protected Title in the United States

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11 months ago
In the second part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we chart the origins of licensure in the United States. We explore how a combination of safety concerns, technological advances, and insecurity among architects over their own relevance led to the protection of the title...
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Common Edge
Letter From Asheville: The Aftermath of Helene The road to recovery will be long.
5 months ago
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Letter From Asheville: The Aftermath of Helene

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5 months ago
The road to recovery will be long.
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99% Invisible
Rocket Man [EPISODE] In the twentieth century, the jetpack became synonymous with the idea of a ‘futuristic society.’...
11 months ago
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Rocket Man [EPISODE]

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11 months ago
In the twentieth century, the jetpack became synonymous with the idea of a ‘futuristic society.’ Appearing in cartoons and magazines, it felt like a matter of time before people could ride a jetpack to work. But jetpacks never became a mainstream technology, leaving many to...
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Contemporist...
A Curved Corner Softens The Space Inside This Home Extension Australian architecture firm Bryant Alsop has shared photos of a home remodel they completed for a...
a year ago
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A Curved Corner Softens The Space Inside This Home Extension

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a year ago
Australian architecture firm Bryant Alsop has shared photos of a home remodel they completed for a run-down home in Victoria, that includes a new contemporary addition with a curved wall.
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Archinect - Features
After the Altadena Fire: An Ode to Our House Until last week, my wife Tomo and I had the great pleasure of being stewards of Whitney Smith's...
2 months ago
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After the Altadena Fire: An Ode to Our House

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2 months ago
Until last week, my wife Tomo and I had the great pleasure of being stewards of Whitney Smith's Holmes House. It was built by Jackson and Evelyn Holmes in 1941. In 2021, it became LA County Historic Landmark #8. What made this house so special was not that it was gigantic,...
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Blog - Guerrilla...
How AI is changing cartography: A chatbot’s perspective Artificial intelligence is dramatically changing the practice of cartography, not just as a...
a year ago
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How AI is changing cartography: A chatbot’s perspective

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a year ago
Artificial intelligence is dramatically changing the practice of cartography, not just as a mechanism for extracting and manipulating data, but as a tool for creating, curating, and interacting with geospatial images. A simple web search for “AI in cartography” points to a vast...
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Archinect - Features
How the Business of Architecture and Construction Fared in May 2024: Introducing Archinect's... Welcome to the first of Archinect's new monthly series, 'State of AEC.' At the end of each month, we...
10 months ago
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How the Business of Architecture and Construction Fared in May 2024: Introducing Archinect's State of AEC Series

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10 months ago
Welcome to the first of Archinect's new monthly series, 'State of AEC.' At the end of each month, we will guide you through the latest analyses, indexes, and trends on how the architecture and construction industries are performing economically. As we approach the midway point of...
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Common Edge
Vivian Maier: Nanny With a Rolleiflex Fotografiska bids adieu to its current digs with a tribute to the great street photographer.
8 months ago
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Vivian Maier: Nanny With a Rolleiflex

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8 months ago
Fotografiska bids adieu to its current digs with a tribute to the great street photographer.
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The Architectural...
Four Versions: This Is How Penn Station, NY, Might Look if Rebuilt You may have heard about ReThinkNYC, a movement and not-for-profit corporation dedicated to...
10 months ago
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Four Versions: This Is How Penn Station, NY, Might Look if Rebuilt

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10 months ago
You may have heard about ReThinkNYC, a movement and not-for-profit corporation dedicated to rebuilding the original Pennsylvania Station in New York through ReThinkPennStationNYC. Collaborating with classical architect Richard Cameron, they have developed three new variations on...
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Archinect - Features
What Europe Can (and Can’t) Tell the US About Architectural Licensure In the third part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we reflect on what the United States can learn...
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What Europe Can (and Can’t) Tell the US About Architectural Licensure

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10 months ago
In the third part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we reflect on what the United States can learn from the architecture licensure models of other nations. While doing so, we speak with Peggy Deamer, Professor Emerita of Yale University's School of Architecture, whose book...
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Old Structures...
Some Peculiarities This map was sponsored by the “Committee of ‘92” and created by Rand McNally as a guide to the city...
12 months ago
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Some Peculiarities

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12 months ago
This map was sponsored by the “Committee of ‘92” and created by Rand McNally as a guide to the city for attendees of the Eleventh International Christian Endeavor Convention in 1892. About 40 percent of the index on the right is transportation related – railroads and ship lines –...
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Common Edge
The Enduring Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright Why we still care, almost seven decades after his death.
7 months ago
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The Enduring Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright

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7 months ago
Why we still care, almost seven decades after his death.
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Coffee with an...
Design explained using venn diagrams Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple venn diagrams. Unfortunately,...
a year ago
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Design explained using venn diagrams

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a year ago
Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple venn diagrams. Unfortunately, this isn’t that: More Design in charts – HERE, and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE
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Coffee with an...
Design explained using pie charts again Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts again. Unfortunately,...
a year ago
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Design explained using pie charts again

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a year ago
Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts again. Unfortunately, this still isn’t that: More Design in charts – HERE, and HERE and HERE and HERE
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CONTEMPORIST
Overhanging Plants Wrap Around The Second Floor Of This Home Strang Design has shared photos of a modern home they completed in Miami, Florida, that’s designed...
a year ago
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Overhanging Plants Wrap Around The Second Floor Of This Home

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a year ago
Strang Design has shared photos of a modern home they completed in Miami, Florida, that’s designed to wrap around a swimming pool. The home has been organized into an “H-shape,” allowing the interiors to be flooded with natural light and to showcase views of the natural...
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Common Edge
Social Radicalism Reexamined: The Legacies of Christopher Alexander and Joseph Rykwert What these foreign-born giants of design theory brought to two American universities.
10 months ago
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Social Radicalism Reexamined: The Legacies of Christopher Alexander and Joseph Rykwert

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10 months ago
What these foreign-born giants of design theory brought to two American universities.
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Archinect - Features
Just Finished Architecture School? Here's Some Advice As the 2023/2024 academic year draws to a close, architecture graduates across the United States are...
10 months ago
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Just Finished Architecture School? Here's Some Advice

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10 months ago
As the 2023/2024 academic year draws to a close, architecture graduates across the United States are preparing for the next stage in their design career, be it through employment, further education, journeys into adjacent fields, and beyond. If you are one of the many graduates...
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devonzuegel.com
Part 6: Is the proposed new city in California climate resilient? A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the...
a year ago
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Part 6: Is the proposed new city in California climate resilient?

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a year ago
A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the future of my home state in my lifetime. This post is part of a series I’m writing about this bold proposal. One of the biggest questions I had when I first learned about this...
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Construction Physics
What Progress Has Icon Made on 3D-Printed Homes? We last looked at 3D-printed buildings about three years ago. At the time, the technology was still...
a year ago
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What Progress Has Icon Made on 3D-Printed Homes?

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a year ago
We last looked at 3D-printed buildings about three years ago. At the time, the technology was still nascent. Although there was a lot of enthusiasm, many efforts were academic, with little commercial deployment, and practitioners were experimenting with a wide range of...
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99% Invisible
The Los Angeles Leaf Blower Wars [EPISODE] The leaf blower is one of the most hated objects in the modern world. They’re loud, they pollute,...
10 months ago
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The Los Angeles Leaf Blower Wars [EPISODE]

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10 months ago
The leaf blower is one of the most hated objects in the modern world. They’re loud, they pollute, and… how important is a leafless lawn anyway? In a lot of towns and cities, the gas-powered leaf blower has been banned. In others, there are strict guidelines on where and when they...
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CONTEMPORIST
A Dramatic Upward-Sloping Roof Covers This Rural Home Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects has shared photos of a contemporary home they have designed...
11 months ago
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A Dramatic Upward-Sloping Roof Covers This Rural Home

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11 months ago
Prentiss + Balance + Wickline Architects has shared photos of a contemporary home they have designed in Winthrop, Washington, perched atop a steep river bank. The home’s design includes an upward-sloping roof form that motions toward the river and shelters an outdoor room....
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devonzuegel.com
IVF egg retrieval notes I’ve now done two egg retrieval cycles. Given that I had a zillion questions before I started, I...
a year ago
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IVF egg retrieval notes

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a year ago
I’ve now done two egg retrieval cycles. Given that I had a zillion questions before I started, I thought I’d share my notes for others who might have similar questions. Things I would’ve loved to know beforehand Overall the process was way easier and less intense than I...
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Archinect - Features
AI is Good For Architects (For Now) In the final chapter of Archinect In-Depth: Artificial Intelligence, Niall Patrick Walsh reflects on...
a year ago
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AI is Good For Architects (For Now)

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a year ago
In the final chapter of Archinect In-Depth: Artificial Intelligence, Niall Patrick Walsh reflects on the historical relationship between architecture and technology, charting a trajectory for the potential impact of artificial intelligence on the future of the architectural...
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Archinect - Features
The Books You Should Read for Summer 2024, According to Leading Voices in Architecture Is your bookshelf ready for Summer? If not, we have you covered.  Continuing a recurring tradition,...
10 months ago
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The Books You Should Read for Summer 2024, According to Leading Voices in Architecture

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10 months ago
Is your bookshelf ready for Summer? If not, we have you covered.  Continuing a recurring tradition, Archinect has reached out to notable figures across the architecture community who have been featured in our editorial over the past year, asking them what books they believe...
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Archinect - Features
Architect: Whose Title Is It Anyway? When is an architect not an ‘architect?’ In the fourth part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we...
10 months ago
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Architect: Whose Title Is It Anyway?

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10 months ago
When is an architect not an ‘architect?’ In the fourth part of Archinect In-Depth: Licensure, we explore the proliferation of the title 'architect' in cases beyond the built environment, most notably in the technology sector through terms such as 'software architect' or 'IT...
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Common Edge
The Missing Flower Power in Walkability and Neighborhood Vitality There’s a surprisingly simple alternative to our hard, urban spaces.
10 months ago
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The Missing Flower Power in Walkability and Neighborhood Vitality

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10 months ago
There’s a surprisingly simple alternative to our hard, urban spaces.
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Contemporist...
This Tall And Skinny House Also Has A Rooftop Pool Story Architecture has shared photos of a new tall and skinny home they recently completed in Ho Chi...
a year ago
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This Tall And Skinny House Also Has A Rooftop Pool

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a year ago
Story Architecture has shared photos of a new tall and skinny home they recently completed in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, for a family of four with two sons.
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Contemporist...
This Park Design Was Inspired By A Volcano And Its Lava Flow 100 Architects has shared photos of one of their latest projects, a stimulating urban park in a...
a year ago
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This Park Design Was Inspired By A Volcano And Its Lava Flow

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a year ago
100 Architects has shared photos of one of their latest projects, a stimulating urban park in a newly built commercial and residential area in the port city of Ningbo, the second-most populous city in Zhejiang Province, China.
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Archinect - Features
Architects, How Is Work Feeling These Days? We want to hear from our community: How are you feeling about the economic outlook of your firm and...
11 months ago
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Architects, How Is Work Feeling These Days?

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11 months ago
We want to hear from our community: How are you feeling about the economic outlook of your firm and sector? How easy or difficult are you finding it to secure projects? What is your employment outlook? What are you hearing from clients? Fill out our anonymous survey below.
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99% Invisible
The Double Kick [EPISODE] Watch a skate video today, and you’ll notice how similarly shaped the boards are. It’s called the...
a year ago
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The Double Kick [EPISODE]

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a year ago
Watch a skate video today, and you’ll notice how similarly shaped the boards are. It’s called the “popsicle” design, because the deck is narrow in the middle and rounded off at both ends, like a popsicle stick. This may seem stupid simple, but that basic, clean popsicle shape is...
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CONTEMPORIST
Stairs With Built-In Planters Lead To The Back Garden At This Home Lior Brosh of Brosh Architects has shared photos of a recently completed renovation project in...
a year ago
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Stairs With Built-In Planters Lead To The Back Garden At This Home

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a year ago
Lior Brosh of Brosh Architects has shared photos of a recently completed renovation project in Greater London, England, that included new outdoor stairs with built-in planters. The client contacted the architects to renovate the lower ground floor of the house due to severe damp...
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Common Edge
As Brooklyn Nets’ Value Booms, a Missed Opportunity With the Arena A $688 million Koch family (!) investment shows the enormous upside for NBA team owners.
9 months ago
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As Brooklyn Nets’ Value Booms, a Missed Opportunity With the Arena

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9 months ago
A $688 million Koch family (!) investment shows the enormous upside for NBA team owners.
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There are two types...
Notes on Beyond Architecture: The New New York The post Notes on <i>Beyond Architecture: The New New York</i> appeared first on There are two types...
4 months ago
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Notes on Beyond Architecture: The New New York

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4 months ago
The post Notes on <i>Beyond Architecture: The New New York</i> appeared first on There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the other kind.
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Construction Physics
Is Land-Use Regulation Holding Back Construction Productivity? Ed Glaeser is perhaps the pre-eminent urban economist working today, and I’ve cited his work...
8 months ago
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Is Land-Use Regulation Holding Back Construction Productivity?

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8 months ago
Ed Glaeser is perhaps the pre-eminent urban economist working today, and I’ve cited his work repeatedly when looking at land-use restrictions and burdens on new development.
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The Wandering...
The Mathematics of the Pattern on the Sala de la Barca Ceiling (This is the math geek part about the Sala de la Barca ceiling. For instructions on constructing the...
a year ago
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The Mathematics of the Pattern on the Sala de la Barca Ceiling

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a year ago
(This is the math geek part about the Sala de la Barca ceiling. For instructions on constructing the pattern with compass and straightedge, go over to Part 1.) In the process of figuring out how to draw this pattern, I ran into a lot of questions, and had to do more than a little...
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Old Structures...
Evolved To Fit The Conditions If you’ve always known something, it can be difficult to see how weird it is. New Yorkers walk...
11 months ago
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Evolved To Fit The Conditions

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11 months ago
If you’ve always known something, it can be difficult to see how weird it is. New Yorkers walk through construction sites all the time, intentionally so on the part of the builders and with the blessing of the Department of Buildings. It looks something like this: Like so many of...
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SOCKS
“I called them Ghosts”. Visual Poems and Sequences by George Wylesol George Wylesol is a Baltimore-based artist who primarily produces illustrations and comic-like...
a year ago
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“I called them Ghosts”. Visual Poems and Sequences by George Wylesol

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a year ago
George Wylesol is a Baltimore-based artist who primarily produces illustrations and comic-like sequences of drawings, often accompanied by written text in the form of short poems. His works blend mundane objects and settings with surreal plots and visual associations, resulting...
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The Wandering...
Constructing the Pattern on the Sala de la Barca Ceiling I was flipping through Owen Jones’s Grammar of Ornament a couple months ago, and my eye was caught...
a year ago
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Constructing the Pattern on the Sala de la Barca Ceiling

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a year ago
I was flipping through Owen Jones’s Grammar of Ornament a couple months ago, and my eye was caught by this handsome pattern I had not noticed before. This is Jones’s Plate XLII, in the chapter on designs from the Alhambra in Granada, Spain. He calls it, “Part of the ceiling of...
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The Architectural...
The bigotry of Modernism We know that history tends to repeat itself, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse....
11 months ago
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The bigotry of Modernism

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11 months ago
We know that history tends to repeat itself, sometimes for better and sometimes for worse. Unfortunately, the architecture world, including academics and practitioners, is often unaware that it perpetuates backward and bigoted attitudes, stifling the creativity of architects and...
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Construction Physics
What Happened to the US Machine Tool Industry? Machine tools – machines that cut or form metal – are the heart of industrial civilization....
a year ago
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What Happened to the US Machine Tool Industry?

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a year ago
Machine tools – machines that cut or form metal – are the heart of industrial civilization. Sometimes called “mother machines” (because they’re machines that make other machines), machine tools are required to make almost everything. Nearly every manufactured good is made using...
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Contemporist...
A 1930s Brick Farmhouse Gets A Contemporary Remodel SHED Architecture has sent us photos of a 1930s brick farmhouse in Washington State that has been...
a year ago
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A 1930s Brick Farmhouse Gets A Contemporary Remodel

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a year ago
SHED Architecture has sent us photos of a 1930s brick farmhouse in Washington State that has been redesigned and renovated for today's living standards.
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CONTEMPORIST
A Modern Addition Is Perched Above This Home In Texas Architect Nicole Blair has shared photos of a modern addition that was built above an existing...
10 months ago
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A Modern Addition Is Perched Above This Home In Texas

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10 months ago
Architect Nicole Blair has shared photos of a modern addition that was built above an existing bungalow in Austin, Texas. Owners Dylan and Annie, a landscape designer and a hairstylist, wanted to keep their backyard intact, and not move during construction nor disrupt the mature...
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Old Structures...
Winding This 1952 photo by Angelo Rizzuto is titled “Bdwy winding all thru T-Sq.” and it definitely shows...
a year ago
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Winding

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a year ago
This 1952 photo by Angelo Rizzuto is titled “Bdwy winding all thru T-Sq.” and it definitely shows Broadway and Times Square, although I have some quibbles about “winding.” This view is looking north and a little bit west, probably taken from a window on a high floor of 1450...
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Archinect - Features
Where Are All The Affordable Housing Startups? Despite the general consensus that the United States is in need of more affordable housing, funding...
10 months ago
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Where Are All The Affordable Housing Startups?

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10 months ago
Despite the general consensus that the United States is in need of more affordable housing, funding to startups focused on affordable housing and more efficient construction technologies is lower in 2024 than in recent years. In the meantime, a series of high-profile...
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99% Invisible
Mini-Stories: Volume 20 Happy New Year! We’re starting 2025 with four more mini stories! This week we have a sleepy button,...
3 months ago
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Mini-Stories: Volume 20

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3 months ago
Happy New Year! We’re starting 2025 with four more mini stories! This week we have a sleepy button, electric signs, a very important sticker, and video you can smell. Let’s get into it! Snooze Buttons In the 1950s, General Electric changed alarm clocks forever by adding a snooze...
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Common Edge
Contemporary Architecture and the Modern City Americans don’t like modern buildings because they don’t like the modern city.
7 months ago
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Contemporary Architecture and the Modern City

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7 months ago
Americans don’t like modern buildings because they don’t like the modern city.
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Contemporist...
Art Deco Was Reinterpreted Into This Futuristic Gelato Parlor Multidisciplinary design studio Masquespacio has shared photos of Amiko Gelato, a new retail...
9 months ago
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Art Deco Was Reinterpreted Into This Futuristic Gelato Parlor

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9 months ago
Multidisciplinary design studio Masquespacio has shared photos of Amiko Gelato, a new retail destination in Barcelona that blends futuristic design with art deco elements.
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99% Invisible
Player Piano [EPISODE] The Last Archive is a history show. Our evidence is the evidence of history, the evidence of...
a year ago
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Player Piano [EPISODE]

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a year ago
The Last Archive is a history show. Our evidence is the evidence of history, the evidence of archives. Manuscripts, photographs, letters and diaries, government documents. Facebook posts, Youtube videos, DVDs. Oral histories. This stuff is known as the “historical record,” but of...
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99% Invisible
Backfired: The Vaping Wars [EPISODE] For decades, people have been trying to figure out how to create a cigarette without many of the...
9 months ago
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Backfired: The Vaping Wars [EPISODE]

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9 months ago
For decades, people have been trying to figure out how to create a cigarette without many of the downsides. Cigarettes sans the things that make smoking the biggest cause of preventable death in America like tar, carcinogens, etc. Cigarette companies tried to create “safe,”...
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CONTEMPORIST
This House Was Built Around A 100-Year-Old Oak Tree Architecture Studio AtelierM has shared photos of a home they completed in Martinez, Argentina, that...
10 months ago
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This House Was Built Around A 100-Year-Old Oak Tree

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10 months ago
Architecture Studio AtelierM has shared photos of a home they completed in Martinez, Argentina, that wraps around an imposing hundred-year-old oak tree. The homeowners wanted to maximize privacy, protect the old tree that was central to the lot, and take advantage of natural...
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Construction Physics
Building the Bell System If someone was making a list of the most important American companies today, it’s unlikely AT&T...
9 months ago
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Building the Bell System

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9 months ago
If someone was making a list of the most important American companies today, it’s unlikely AT&T would be anywhere near the top. It’s large, but not notably so: it came in 32nd in the 2024 Fortune 500 ranking, just above Comcast and below Verizon. Its offerings are not unique:...
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Old Structures...
I’m Fairly Sure The Library of Congress calls this 1952 photo by Angelo Rizzuto “View of children playing on sand...
10 months ago
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I’m Fairly Sure

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10 months ago
The Library of Congress calls this 1952 photo by Angelo Rizzuto “View of children playing on sand and dirt mound near stone structure and construction materials” which is nice and descriptive. They use that kind of title when no one was certain what the subject of the photo is....
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Contemporist...
Brick Is The Material Of Choice For This New Home Architecture and interiors firm Enter Projects Asia, has shared photos of a home they completed in...
7 months ago
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Brick Is The Material Of Choice For This New Home

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7 months ago
Architecture and interiors firm Enter Projects Asia, has shared photos of a home they completed in Phuket, Thailand, that blends design and traditional artisanal craftsmanship.
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SOCKS
The Hidden Territory: USGS’s 1950’s to 1970’s Isometric Geological Diagrams The online archive of the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey is a valuable...
a year ago
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The Hidden Territory: USGS’s 1950’s to 1970’s Isometric Geological Diagrams

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a year ago
The online archive of the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey is a valuable resource filled with detailed three-dimensional territorial maps employing various representational techniques. Thanks to the work of artist, designer, and developer Jill Hubleys...
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99% Invisible
Uptown Squirrel [EPISODE] This past fall, hundreds of people gathered at The Explorer’s Club in New York City. The building...
10 months ago
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Uptown Squirrel [EPISODE]

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10 months ago
This past fall, hundreds of people gathered at The Explorer’s Club in New York City. The building was once a clubhouse for famed naturalists and explorers. Now it’s an archive of ephemera and rarities from pioneering expeditions including treks to the North Pole, the moon, and...
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CONTEMPORIST
Metal Cladding Wraps Around The Large Gable Roof Of This House BLA Design Group has shared photos of their latest project, a unique modern home that marries the...
a year ago
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Metal Cladding Wraps Around The Large Gable Roof Of This House

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a year ago
BLA Design Group has shared photos of their latest project, a unique modern home that marries the West and the East, linking a Chinese-Canadian family’s present lifestyle to their past memories. Located in Vancouver, Canada, the home has a prominent gable form that floats atop...
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Old Structures...
Yet Another Blue-Sky Proposal From a magazine I can’t readily find (the February 28, 1891 edition of Architecture and Building),...
7 months ago
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Yet Another Blue-Sky Proposal

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7 months ago
From a magazine I can’t readily find (the February 28, 1891 edition of Architecture and Building), via a scrapbook at the New York Public Library: a very involved railroad and boulevard system that I doubt anyone wanted and had zero chance of being built: This proposal is along...
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The Wandering...
Cartographic palettes and colour harmonies This story begins one day when I was assembling a map of the city of Edmonton, Alberta from...
over a year ago
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Cartographic palettes and colour harmonies

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over a year ago
This story begins one day when I was assembling a map of the city of Edmonton, Alberta from OpenStreetMap data. It was going to be a big map, a 42″ (106 cm) wide poster for a wall. The data was good, but the standard OSM colours were not. They would work fine for a street …...
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Construction Physics
A Cycle of Misery: The Business of Building Commercial Aircraft "There are no historic precedents or current parallels for the magnitude of financial exposure...
a year ago
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A Cycle of Misery: The Business of Building Commercial Aircraft

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a year ago
"There are no historic precedents or current parallels for the magnitude of financial exposure risked by an American airframe company" – George Ball, managing director at Lehman Brothers, 1982 "You can't win, you can't break even, and you can't quit" – Jean Pierson, former CEO of...
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99% Invisible
Nuts and Bolts [EPISODE] In her new book Nuts and Bolts Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way),...
a year ago
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Nuts and Bolts [EPISODE]

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a year ago
In her new book Nuts and Bolts Seven Small Inventions That Changed the World (in a Big Way), structural engineer Roma Agrawal identifies and examines the seven of most basic building blocks of engineering that have shaped the modern world: the nail, the wheel, the spring, the...
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Contemporist...
A Home Designed To Walk Up And Around The Green Roof AtelierM has sent us photos of a contemporary home they completed in Capilla del Senor, Argentina,...
6 months ago
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A Home Designed To Walk Up And Around The Green Roof

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6 months ago
AtelierM has sent us photos of a contemporary home they completed in Capilla del Senor, Argentina, whose design was inspired by geometry and its surroundings.
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Common Edge
Buildings, Communities, Cities: Things Fall Apart If the detached house is “The American Dream,” do we need a new dream?
a year ago
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Buildings, Communities, Cities: Things Fall Apart

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a year ago
If the detached house is “The American Dream,” do we need a new dream?
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99% Invisible
Category 6 [EPISODE] On the campus of Florida International University, in Miami, there’s a place ominously named “The...
10 months ago
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Category 6 [EPISODE]

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10 months ago
On the campus of Florida International University, in Miami, there’s a place ominously named “The Extreme Events Institute.” They map the risk of storm surge for the whole Caribbean, and study how the public perceives the threats from natural disasters. They’re also home to the...
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99% Invisible
Towers of Silence [EPISODE] Situated right in downtown Mumbai, India is an area of about 55 acres of dense, overgrown forest. In...
12 months ago
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Towers of Silence [EPISODE]

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12 months ago
Situated right in downtown Mumbai, India is an area of about 55 acres of dense, overgrown forest. In one of the most populous cities in the world, this is a place where peacocks roam freely — a space out of time. This forest is protected by a religious community. It has survived...
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99% Invisible
The Power Broker #04: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [EPISODE] This is the fourth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize...
a year ago
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The Power Broker #04: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez [EPISODE]

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a year ago
This is the fourth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. This week, Roman and Elliott also sit down with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the U.S. representative for New York’s 14th...
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CONTEMPORIST
Elevated Elegance: A Unique Home In The Forest With A Trio Of Tile-Clad Gables Exterio Architectural Studio, together with interior design firm Hola Design, has shared photos of a...
a year ago
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Elevated Elegance: A Unique Home In The Forest With A Trio Of Tile-Clad Gables

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a year ago
Exterio Architectural Studio, together with interior design firm Hola Design, has shared photos of a contemporary home they have completed near Warsaw, Poland, that’s surrounded by a pine forest. The home is designed to bring a large family together, with the form taking shape...
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Archinect - Features
Some of the World’s Most Beautiful Coffee Shops Happy International Coffee Day! To celebrate this culturally significant October 1st holiday, we...
6 months ago
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Some of the World’s Most Beautiful Coffee Shops

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6 months ago
Happy International Coffee Day! To celebrate this culturally significant October 1st holiday, we have picked a few of our favorite examples of coffee and architecture existing in blissful harmony.  So pour yourself another cup of your favorite roast (how about Archinect's very...
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Contemporist...
This Home Has A Living Room That Extends Over The Swimming Pool Below Daniel Marshall Architect (DMA) has shared photos of a new home they designed in New Zealand, that...
over a year ago
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This Home Has A Living Room That Extends Over The Swimming Pool Below

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over a year ago
Daniel Marshall Architect (DMA) has shared photos of a new home they designed in New Zealand, that includes a cantilevered living room.
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Construction Physics
How to Build an AI Data Center This piece is the first in a new series from the Institute for Progress (IFP), called Compute in...
10 months ago
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How to Build an AI Data Center

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10 months ago
This piece is the first in a new series from the Institute for Progress (IFP), called Compute in America: Building the Next Generation of AI Infrastructure at Home. In this series, we examine the challenges of accelerating the American AI data center buildout. Future pieces will...
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CONTEMPORIST
Before & After – A 1970s Home Received A Contemporary Renovation Floisand Studio Architects has shared photos of a contemporary renovation project they did for a...
a year ago
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Before & After – A 1970s Home Received A Contemporary Renovation

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a year ago
Floisand Studio Architects has shared photos of a contemporary renovation project they did for a home in Seattle, Washington. The original 1970s Seattle rambler had a typical boxy layout, while the exterior featured brick with blue and red accents. The new exterior includes new...
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CONTEMPORIST
Contemporary Japanese Design Blends Seamlessly With Tropical Modernism In This New Home Architecture firm Alexis Dornier Makings has shared photos of a private residence in Berawa, Bali,...
9 months ago
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Contemporary Japanese Design Blends Seamlessly With Tropical Modernism In This New Home

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9 months ago
Architecture firm Alexis Dornier Makings has shared photos of a private residence in Berawa, Bali, that they completed which seamlessly blends contemporary Japanese design with tropical modernism. The centerpiece of ‘The Free Bird Project’ is a living room positioned above the...
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Common Edge
Is Santa Clara—the Heart of Silicon Valley—Soulless and Banal By Intent? The city combines great wealth and utter placelessness.
a year ago
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Is Santa Clara—the Heart of Silicon Valley—Soulless and Banal By Intent?

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a year ago
The city combines great wealth and utter placelessness.
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Coffee with an...
Architect Valentines 2024 It’s that time of year again. The time of year when an architect’s thoughts turn to Love. Well, not...
a year ago
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Architect Valentines 2024

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a year ago
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when an architect’s thoughts turn to Love. Well, not really. We’re working on a deadline right now. But, we promise, as soon as we’re finished with these details, our thoughts will totally turn to love. In the meantime, here are a...
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99% Invisible
Don’t Forget to Remember [EPISODE] We memorialize the losses most important to us, as a civilization. But what even is a memorial, and...
a year ago
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Don’t Forget to Remember [EPISODE]

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a year ago
We memorialize the losses most important to us, as a civilization. But what even is a memorial, and what does it do? And how does one memorialize such a vast and distributed tragedy like COVID-19,  which was devastating physically but also divisive politically? Memorials tend to...
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A Weekly Dose of...
Archidose, 1999–2024 After 25 years of running this blog under various names — all of which can be lumped under the...
a year ago
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Archidose, 1999–2024

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a year ago
After 25 years of running this blog under various names — all of which can be lumped under the "Archidose" monicker — I've decided to shut it down, moving this hobby, this labor of love, to Substack, which I have used since mid-2021 and where I will continue to send out weekly...
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CONTEMPORIST
This Builders-Grade Kitchen Transformed Using Rift-Sawn White Oak Cabinets LTB Architecture together with interior design firm State., has shared photos of an interior...
a year ago
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This Builders-Grade Kitchen Transformed Using Rift-Sawn White Oak Cabinets

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a year ago
LTB Architecture together with interior design firm State., has shared photos of an interior transformation they completed for an early 2000s home in Golden, Colorado. The renovation focused on the kitchen and dining room, as well as the living room. The original kitchen was a...
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CONTEMPORIST
Curved Green Roofs Cover This Creekside Cabin MAP Architecture has shared photos of a contemporary cabin they completed in Suffolk, England,...
a year ago
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Curved Green Roofs Cover This Creekside Cabin

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a year ago
MAP Architecture has shared photos of a contemporary cabin they completed in Suffolk, England, that’s located adjacent to the creek and reedbeds within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). The ‘Creek Cabin’, with early...
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Common Edge
A Model for a Healthier, Adaptive Approach to Community Development The Smiling Gecko project in Cambodia addresses a more complex and systemic view of community life.
a year ago
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A Model for a Healthier, Adaptive Approach to Community Development

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a year ago
The Smiling Gecko project in Cambodia addresses a more complex and systemic view of community life.
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The Wandering...
Transforming French WW1 Lambert Coordinates to WGS84 Nord de Guerre Here’s a survey plat made in 1919 by a US Army unit in France. In the aftermath of...
a year ago
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Transforming French WW1 Lambert Coordinates to WGS84

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a year ago
Nord de Guerre Here’s a survey plat made in 1919 by a US Army unit in France. In the aftermath of WW1, teams of American military surveyors produced these as they went around France mapping the grave sites of fallen soldiers. On this plat we can see a number of bearings and...
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Archinect - Features
Upcoming Architecture School Admission Deadlines You Shouldn’t Miss As 2024 winds down, there’s still time to apply to architecture programs! Many schools are accepting...
4 months ago
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Upcoming Architecture School Admission Deadlines You Shouldn’t Miss

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4 months ago
As 2024 winds down, there’s still time to apply to architecture programs! Many schools are accepting undergraduate and graduate applications through January and February 2025 (and some even beyond that).  If you’re planning to start your architecture journey in Fall '25, check...
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99% Invisible
Cue the Sun! [EPISODE] Back in 2003, Emily Nussbaum developed a covert guilty pleasure: she started watching the streaming...
6 months ago
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Cue the Sun! [EPISODE]

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6 months ago
Back in 2003, Emily Nussbaum developed a covert guilty pleasure: she started watching the streaming 24-hour feeds of the first season of Big Brother in the U.S. Big Brother is a reality television show that debuted in the US in the year 2000. If you’ve never seen it, the show is...
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Old Structures...
Four, Maybe Five, Maybe Six Bridges Walking along South Street, which is to say along the East River waterfront. First up, the view from...
11 months ago
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Four, Maybe Five, Maybe Six Bridges

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11 months ago
Walking along South Street, which is to say along the East River waterfront. First up, the view from Rutgers Street and South Street: We’ve got a pseudo-dramatic, badly framed view of the Manhattan tower of the Manhattan Bridge, with the elevated FDR Drive blocking most of it....
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99% Invisible
Cautionary Tales of the Sydney Opera House [EPISODE] The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic and distinctive buildings in the world — but it...
a year ago
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Cautionary Tales of the Sydney Opera House [EPISODE]

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a year ago
The Sydney Opera House is one of the most iconic and distinctive buildings in the world — but it took a relative newcomer and architectural outsider to dream up. The making of this future world heritage landmark is a tale for the ages — a cautionary tale, for which we turn to Tim...
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CONTEMPORIST
Patterned Brickwork Is Featured On The Exterior Of The Ace Hotel In Toronto Photography by Scott Norseworthy Shim-Sutcliffe Architects has sent us photos of the Ace Hotel in...
a year ago
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Patterned Brickwork Is Featured On The Exterior Of The Ace Hotel In Toronto

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a year ago
Photography by Scott Norseworthy Shim-Sutcliffe Architects has sent us photos of the Ace Hotel in Toronto, Canada, which has a red brick facade that draws guests in with a wood-lined opening. Working closely with the creative agency Atelier Ace, the architects of the hotel...
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Archinect - Features
Many Architecture Firms Don’t Know How To Pursue International Work; We Spoke With Some That... Over the past year, the number of U.S. architecture firms working on international projects has...
7 months ago
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Many Architecture Firms Don’t Know How To Pursue International Work; We Spoke With Some That Do

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7 months ago
Over the past year, the number of U.S. architecture firms working on international projects has gently increased. However, a recent AIA survey found that many firms do not know how to pursue international work. In search of insights and advice on the topic, we spoke with three...
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99% Invisible
Top Billing [EPISODE] There’s a rumor about the 1987 film Outrageous Fortune, a rumor that has dogged producer Jacob Reed...
8 months ago
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Top Billing [EPISODE]

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8 months ago
There’s a rumor about the 1987 film Outrageous Fortune, a rumor that has dogged producer Jacob Reed since his days in film school. The comedy, starring Bette Midler and Shelley Long, is mostly forgotten. But a feud between the two stars was legendary, a fact referenced on TV by...
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99% Invisible
Anything’s Pastable: Eat Sauté Love [EPISODE] This week we’re featuring an episode from The Sporkful’s series on the creation of “Anything’s...
a year ago
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Anything’s Pastable: Eat Sauté Love [EPISODE]

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a year ago
This week we’re featuring an episode from The Sporkful’s series on the creation of “Anything’s Pastable,” Dan Pashman’s new pasta cookbook. In part two of “Anything’s Pastable,” Dan embarks on an epic trip across Italy in search of lesser-known pasta dishes — and to learn about...
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CONTEMPORIST
A Slide Connects The Main Floor With The Kids Bedrooms On The Lower Floor Of This Home Reflect Architecture has remodeled a duplex that had an additional two small basement units, and...
a year ago
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A Slide Connects The Main Floor With The Kids Bedrooms On The Lower Floor Of This Home

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a year ago
Reflect Architecture has remodeled a duplex that had an additional two small basement units, and turned it into one unit on the second floor for income purposes, as well as combined the ground floor and lower-level into a single dwelling for a young family of five. One unexpected...
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Construction Physics
Fusion Power Reading List The challenge with reading about a topic like fusion is balancing the tradeoff between technical...
9 months ago
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Fusion Power Reading List

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9 months ago
The challenge with reading about a topic like fusion is balancing the tradeoff between technical detail and readability. A book or article should give enough detail to provide some understanding of what’s actually going on, what progress has been made, what the challenges are,...
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Contemporist...
A Muted Palette Unifies The Interior Of This Remodeled Mid-Century Modern Home Gast Architects has sent us photos of a remodel they completed for an Eichler home in the San...
a year ago
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A Muted Palette Unifies The Interior Of This Remodeled Mid-Century Modern Home

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a year ago
Gast Architects has sent us photos of a remodel they completed for an Eichler home in the San Francisco Bay Area, that hadn’t been updated since it was built in 1955.
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Common Edge
Explaining NYC’s Arcane, and Possibly Unconstitutional, Planning and Approval Process It’s the “City of Yes”—even if you say “NO”!
10 months ago
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Explaining NYC’s Arcane, and Possibly Unconstitutional, Planning and Approval Process

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10 months ago
It’s the “City of Yes”—even if you say “NO”!
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CONTEMPORIST
This Alley Between Buildings Was Transformed With A Series Of Arches Photography by Robin Hill Daniel Toole Architecture in collaboration with SB Architects, has...
11 months ago
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This Alley Between Buildings Was Transformed With A Series Of Arches

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11 months ago
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...
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Archinect - Features
A Conversation with SCI-Arc's Undergraduate Chairs Kristy Balliet and Marcelyn Gow Archinect's Dean's List series allows us to connect with architecture's academic leaders (deans and...
a year ago
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A Conversation with SCI-Arc's Undergraduate Chairs Kristy Balliet and Marcelyn Gow

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a year ago
Archinect's Dean's List series allows us to connect with architecture's academic leaders (deans and chairs) to learn more about their pedagogical stances, academic perspectives, and what they envision for the school during their tenure.  SCI-Arc is an institution known for its...
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99% Invisible
The Power Broker #05: Brandy Zadrozny [EPISODE] This is the fifth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize...
11 months ago
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The Power Broker #05: Brandy Zadrozny [EPISODE]

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11 months ago
This is the fifth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. This week, Roman and Elliott also sit down with Brandy Zadrozny, a senior reporter for NBC News who covers misinformation,...
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Contemporist...
A Modern Brick Home Designed Around The Original Placement Of Trees Exterio architects have shared photos of a new home they completed in Warsaw, Poland, that's...
9 months ago
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A Modern Brick Home Designed Around The Original Placement Of Trees

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9 months ago
Exterio architects have shared photos of a new home they completed in Warsaw, Poland, that's surrounded by a pine tree forest.
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Common Edge
Why Is NYC’s Mandatory Composting Program So Invisible? The city is rolling out an ambitious effort to divert organic waste from landfills. Is it set up for...
3 months ago
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Why Is NYC’s Mandatory Composting Program So Invisible?

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3 months ago
The city is rolling out an ambitious effort to divert organic waste from landfills. Is it set up for success?
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There are two types...
My Comments at the Midtown South Social Equity and Music Festival Fifty-one years ago, the Pennsylvania Railroad tragically tore down Pennsylvania Station. Not only...
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My Comments at the Midtown South Social Equity and Music Festival

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7 months ago
Fifty-one years ago, the Pennsylvania Railroad tragically tore down Pennsylvania Station. Not only is it the best building ever torn down in New York, but in the combined Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, we got the worst building in … Continue reading → The post My...
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CONTEMPORIST
Over 5 Miles Of Rattan Were Used To Create The Interior Of Bengaluru International Airport Enter Projects Asia has designed, delivered, and constructed the interiors of the post-security...
9 months ago
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Over 5 Miles Of Rattan Were Used To Create The Interior Of Bengaluru International Airport

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9 months ago
Enter Projects Asia has designed, delivered, and constructed the interiors of the post-security departures area of Bengaluru International Airport. The interior, which features a variety of sculptural elements, includes retail, hospitality, and relaxation areas. The designers...
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The Beauty of...
Chemical Attraction (Hackney Wick station, London, UK) It is hard to overstate the impact Hackney Wick station makes on a visitor, as well as the...
a year ago
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Chemical Attraction (Hackney Wick station, London, UK)

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a year ago
It is hard to overstate the impact Hackney Wick station makes on a visitor, as well as the unexpectedness of it doing so. Reopened in 2018 after a complete rebuild, it is one of the most photogenic small stations on the British rail network. Yet somehow, it seems to have slipped...
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Common Edge
Declaration of Independence From Sprawl Toward the New Urban Place and away from the Industrial Development Complex.
11 months ago
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Declaration of Independence From Sprawl

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11 months ago
Toward the New Urban Place and away from the Industrial Development Complex.
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The Architectural...
New academic dissertation questions architects’ taste Many architects look down upon residential areas built with the small town as a model, with new...
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New academic dissertation questions architects’ taste

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a year ago
Many architects look down upon residential areas built with the small town as a model, with new houses made in a traditional style. But this is exactly what the average person appreciates. “Why do many architects dislike the very thing that residents often enjoy?” asks architect...
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Archinect - Features
Architectural Licensure Is Becoming More Diverse, but Barriers to Equality Remain According to recent data, the demographics of candidates on the path to architectural licensure are...
7 months ago
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Architectural Licensure Is Becoming More Diverse, but Barriers to Equality Remain

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7 months ago
According to recent data, the demographics of candidates on the path to architectural licensure are beginning to counter the longstanding underrepresentation of women and people of color in the profession. However, deeper studies of the licensure experience reveal ongoing...
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CONTEMPORIST
Stone Covers The Exterior And Interior Of This Harbourfront Hideaway SAOTA, TKD Architects, and interior architects ARRCC have shared photos of a new home they completed...
11 months ago
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Stone Covers The Exterior And Interior Of This Harbourfront Hideaway

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11 months ago
SAOTA, TKD Architects, and interior architects ARRCC have shared photos of a new home they completed that fronts Sydney Harbour in Australia. Partially hidden from view from the street, the home, which is located in a historical suburb, sits behind a row of plants and a fence...
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Old Structures...
Gain Some, Lose Some This is the Bradbury Building, an 1893 office building in downtown Los Angeles: It’s a nice enough...
11 months ago
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Gain Some, Lose Some

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11 months ago
This is the Bradbury Building, an 1893 office building in downtown Los Angeles: It’s a nice enough facade but really nothing special. A lot of people are familiar with the building because of its inside: The office space is a rectangle donut around the atrium, connected by...
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SOCKS
90-Degree Axonometric’s by Auguste Merle (Late 19th – Early 20th C.) Auguste Merle was an Art Brut artist living in France at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries....
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90-Degree Axonometric’s by Auguste Merle (Late 19th – Early 20th C.)

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a year ago
Auguste Merle was an Art Brut artist living in France at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. His works depict imaginary buildings with meticulous detailing, using graphite on notebook paper. The rigorous yet inventive forms are depicted in 90-degree axonometric projections,...
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99% Invisible
Hyperfixed: Dylan’s Supermarket Cold Case We’ve all got problems. Sometimes your problem is a massive roadblock in your life, or maybe it’s...
3 months ago
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Hyperfixed: Dylan’s Supermarket Cold Case

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3 months ago
We’ve all got problems. Sometimes your problem is a massive roadblock in your life, or maybe it’s this little thing that quietly annoys you that you’ve learned to grudgingly put up with. But regardless of the size of your problem, it would be so great if someone would just fix it...
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Old Structures...
Metaphorical Significant Figures Continuing a bit further with yesterday’s line of thinking…what happens if we use the wrong code?...
10 months ago
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Metaphorical Significant Figures

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10 months ago
Continuing a bit further with yesterday’s line of thinking…what happens if we use the wrong code? (I’m going to say now, at the beginning of this post, and I’ll repeat at the end: we can and should use the current codes. I use current codes in analysis and design; I use old codes...
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CONTEMPORIST
This Home Extension Made Space For A New Kitchen And Dining Area AR Design Studio has shared photos of a project they completed that included a new contemporary...
8 months ago
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This Home Extension Made Space For A New Kitchen And Dining Area

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8 months ago
AR Design Studio has shared photos of a project they completed that included a new contemporary single-storey extension for a private residence. Mature trees surround the site to the north and east, and tall lush hedges to the south and west perimeter of the property that provide...
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Blog - Guerrilla...
TRANSitar Lima THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: Who has the right to move freely through the city and who doesn’t? Map of...
a year ago
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TRANSitar Lima

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a year ago
THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: Who has the right to move freely through the city and who doesn’t? Map of Lima, Peru About the project TRANSitar Lima is a project that seeks to create a visual record of transphobic violence, based on collective mapping sessions. Trans, transvestites, and...
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Coffee with an...
Design explained with Bar Charts Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple bar charts. Right. This isn’t...
a year ago
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Design explained with Bar Charts

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a year ago
Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple bar charts. Right. This isn’t that: More Design in charts – HERE, and HERE
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Coffee with an...
Design Paths Design is hard. The path you follow from start to finish is never a straight line. If only there...
a year ago
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Design Paths

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a year ago
Design is hard. The path you follow from start to finish is never a straight line. If only there were a handful of clear diagrams to explain the process. This isn’t that:
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CONTEMPORIST
A Large Pergola Helps This Home Seamlessly Blends Indoor And Outdoor Spaces Architecture firm Studio Saxe, together with interior design studio Sofía Interiorismo, has shared...
12 months ago
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A Large Pergola Helps This Home Seamlessly Blends Indoor And Outdoor Spaces

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12 months ago
Architecture firm Studio Saxe, together with interior design studio Sofía Interiorismo, has shared photos of a home they completed in Costa Rica, that seamlessly blends indoor and outdoor living. This home embodies sustainable living, generating its energy from the sun while...
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Old Structures...
More Over-Thinking This photograph, taken in May 1959 by Angelo Rizzuto, is titled “View of building construction” on...
a year ago
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More Over-Thinking

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a year ago
This photograph, taken in May 1959 by Angelo Rizzuto, is titled “View of building construction” on the Library of Congress website. I’m not entirely convinced, although I have to admit that my doubts are based on squinting at the photo and nothing stronger. First, even for a...
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Construction Physics
The Grid, Part IV: The Hard and Soft Paths of Energy Strategy Today, the electrical grid has over 500,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and 5 million...
a year ago
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The Grid, Part IV: The Hard and Soft Paths of Energy Strategy

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a year ago
Today, the electrical grid has over 500,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines and 5 million miles of lower voltage distribution lines, which supply power from nearly 6,000 large power plants. Together, this system supplies more than 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity...
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Construction Physics
What makes housing so expensive? Buying a home is by far the largest purchase most of us will make, and paying the rent or mortgage...
a year ago
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What makes housing so expensive?

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a year ago
Buying a home is by far the largest purchase most of us will make, and paying the rent or mortgage will be our largest monthly expense. In the post-pandemic home-buying boom, the median sale price of a new home peaked at almost $500,000 dollars, just under
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99% Invisible
A River Runs Through Los Angeles [EPISODE] When you hear the word “river,” you probably picture a majestic body of water flowing through a...
9 months ago
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A River Runs Through Los Angeles [EPISODE]

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9 months ago
When you hear the word “river,” you probably picture a majestic body of water flowing through a natural habitat. Well, the LA River looks nothing like that. Most people who see it probably mistake it for a giant storm drain. It’s a deep trapezoidal channel with steep concrete...
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CONTEMPORIST
A Boldly Colored Pasta Shop Brightens Up The Street In Athens Design firm Studio Materiality has shared photos of Macaroni, a pasta shop they completed that’s...
a year ago
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A Boldly Colored Pasta Shop Brightens Up The Street In Athens

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a year ago
Design firm Studio Materiality has shared photos of Macaroni, a pasta shop they completed that’s located in the heart of Athens, Greece. The designers drew inspiration from the 1970s, with a boldly colored design, complete with a font from that era to create the logo. The...
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Coffee with an...
Design explained with pie charts Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts. Unfortunately, this...
a year ago
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Design explained with pie charts

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a year ago
Design is hard. If only the process could be explained using simple pie charts. Unfortunately, this isn’t that: More Design in charts – HERE, and HERE and HERE
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Coffee with an...
How to be a better architect Ask yourself, “Is this needed?” Remove everything that isn’t. Study the function of the building...
a year ago
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How to be a better architect

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a year ago
Ask yourself, “Is this needed?” Remove everything that isn’t. Study the function of the building well, but don’t let it drive the design. Connect the spaces with nature. Master the use of natural light. Create a balance between public and private spaces. Organize the Floorplan....
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A Weekly Dose of...
Self-Published Books by BNIM and KPF Over at World-Architects I wrote about two self-published books recently published by BNIM and...
a year ago
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Self-Published Books by BNIM and KPF

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a year ago
Over at World-Architects I wrote about two self-published books recently published by BNIM and KPF: ALL - The Tom and Ruth Harkin Center by BNIM Design in Detail by Kohn Pedersen Fox The "Found" feature also includes responses to a few questions on why the firms opted to...
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Archinect - Features
A Guide to Salary Transparency Laws Across the United States At present, there is no federal pay transparency law in the United States. However, as Archinect...
a year ago
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A Guide to Salary Transparency Laws Across the United States

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a year ago
At present, there is no federal pay transparency law in the United States. However, as Archinect frequently reports on, several states and cities across the United States have enacted their own requirements for employers seeking to hire or promote within their...
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Contemporist...
An Old Stone Ruin Was Given New Life As A Contemporary Off-Grid Home Architect Dario Castellino has transformed an abandoned stone ruin that was once overgrown with...
a year ago
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An Old Stone Ruin Was Given New Life As A Contemporary Off-Grid Home

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a year ago
Architect Dario Castellino has transformed an abandoned stone ruin that was once overgrown with brambles, into a small off-grid home.
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CONTEMPORIST
A Daybed Nook Is A Great Place To Read Inside This Cabin Best Practice Architecture has shared photos of a secluded home they designed in Methow Valley,...
7 months ago
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A Daybed Nook Is A Great Place To Read Inside This Cabin

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7 months ago
Best Practice Architecture has shared photos of a secluded home they designed in Methow Valley, Washington. One of the key interior elements is a built-in day bed. The open nook has various functions. There’s the day bed for relaxing, with storage drawers built in underneath. The...
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Common Edge
Condocide: Death of a Building Type The building collapse in Miami may not have been an aberration. The condition of aging condos...
a year ago
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Condocide: Death of a Building Type

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a year ago
The building collapse in Miami may not have been an aberration. The condition of aging condos nationwide is dire.
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Common Edge
‘Even If a Project Fails, the Ideas Behind It Don’t Disappear’ A talk with Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin, authors of Atlas of Never Built Architecture.
10 months ago
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‘Even If a Project Fails, the Ideas Behind It Don’t Disappear’

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10 months ago
A talk with Sam Lubell and Greg Goldin, authors of Atlas of Never Built Architecture.
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99% Invisible
The Art of the Olympics [EPISODE] The 2024 Paris Olympics are currently under way, and we thought we’d play two stories from the 99%...
8 months ago
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The Art of the Olympics [EPISODE]

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8 months ago
The 2024 Paris Olympics are currently under way, and we thought we’d play two stories from the 99% Invisible archives about the art of the Olympics. Mexico 68 The 1968 Olympics took place in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first Games ever hosted in a Latin American country. And...
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99% Invisible
Shade Redux [EPISODE] This past May, the city of Los Angeles rolled out a brand new, state-of-the art feature for bus...
a year ago
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Shade Redux [EPISODE]

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a year ago
This past May, the city of Los Angeles rolled out a brand new, state-of-the art feature for bus shelters. It’s called La Sombrita. La Sombrita is a metal screen that’s intended to provide shade for the thousands of people who ride the bus every day. The shade screen is about two...
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CONTEMPORIST
Cork Was Used As The Exterior Siding On This Home Extension Mitchell + Corti Architects has designed a new rear ground floor extension for a home in England,...
over a year ago
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Cork Was Used As The Exterior Siding On This Home Extension

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over a year ago
Mitchell + Corti Architects has designed a new rear ground floor extension for a home in England, that’s clad in cork. The architect mentions, “We chose to clad the extension in something a little different a dark patterned cork, in order to use a sustainable material and test...
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Construction Physics
The Long, Sad History of American Attempts to Build High-Speed Rail, Part II Last week, we looked at the early history of high-speed rail in the US. Though the US attempted to...
a year ago
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The Long, Sad History of American Attempts to Build High-Speed Rail, Part II

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a year ago
Last week, we looked at the early history of high-speed rail in the US. Though the US attempted to build its own high-speed rail routes soon after they debuted in Japan in 1964, these efforts were unsuccessful, outside of the popular-but-troubled Metroliner
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CONTEMPORIST
A Curvy Concrete Cube With Cut Outs For Windows Is The Form Of This New Home Cadence Architects has sent us photos of a new modern home they completed in Krishnagiri, India,...
7 months ago
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A Curvy Concrete Cube With Cut Outs For Windows Is The Form Of This New Home

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7 months ago
Cadence Architects has sent us photos of a new modern home they completed in Krishnagiri, India, that features a cube design with cut-outs. The K-Home, located in a busy residential neighborhood, has strategically scooped-out segments that create dynamic openings that frame the...
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Construction Physics
The dream of deregulation - the grid part III For most of the industry’s history, electric power in the US had largely been provided by vertically...
a year ago
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The dream of deregulation - the grid part III

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a year ago
For most of the industry’s history, electric power in the US had largely been provided by vertically integrated utility companies that handled every part of the electricity supply: generating it, transmitting it, distributing it to customers, and managing the overall system....
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McMansion Hell
on neuschwanstein castle (part 1) This is an essay in two parts. Neuschwanstein Concept Drawing by the stage designer (!!) Christian...
3 months ago
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on neuschwanstein castle (part 1)

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3 months ago
This is an essay in two parts. Neuschwanstein Concept Drawing by the stage designer (!!) Christian Jank (1869). There exist in architecture clear precedents to the McMansion that have nothing to do with suburban real estate. This is because “McMansionry” (let’s say) has many...
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McMansion Hell
namesake mcmansion Howdy folks! Today’s McMansion is very special because a) we’re returning to Maryland after a long...
8 months ago
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namesake mcmansion

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8 months ago
Howdy folks! Today’s McMansion is very special because a) we’re returning to Maryland after a long time and b) because the street this McMansion is on is the same as my name. (It was not named after me.) Hence, it is my personal McMansion, which I guess is somewhat like when...
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Old Structures...
Familiar Yet Not I’ve been playing around with 1940s.nyc. That site is a really nice front-end interface for the...
9 months ago
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Familiar Yet Not

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9 months ago
I’ve been playing around with 1940s.nyc. That site is a really nice front-end interface for the 1940s tax photos of every building in the city that can be found with a much less nice interface at the city archive website. My way of testing a site like this is to look at locations...
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Construction Physics
The Shape of Nuclear Policy Book review: Nuclear Politics: Energy and the State in the United States, Sweden, and France
10 months ago
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The Shape of Nuclear Policy

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10 months ago
Book review: Nuclear Politics: Energy and the State in the United States, Sweden, and France
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99% Invisible
For Amusement Only (Free Replay) [EPISODE] Everyone has tried it at some point. The authorities started turning a blind eye years ago, but it...
a year ago
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For Amusement Only (Free Replay) [EPISODE]

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a year ago
Everyone has tried it at some point. The authorities started turning a blind eye years ago, but it wasn’t officially legalized until the summer of 2014. Finally, after more than 80 years of illegitimacy, the City of Oakland has legalized…pinball machines. Today, we travel back to...
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Coffee with an...
If movies were about Architecture “Apocalypse Now”: an architect goes grossly over budget. Another architect is sent out to find him...
11 months ago
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If movies were about Architecture

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11 months ago
“Apocalypse Now”: an architect goes grossly over budget. Another architect is sent out to find him and value-engineer the project, in the jungle, during a war. “It’s a wonderful life”: An architect mishandles his finances. Jumps off a bridge. Is saved by his guardian angel /...
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Contemporist...
This Prefab Home Was Installed On The Property In Just One Day BIO-architects together with DublDom, have sent us photos of their latest project, DUB, a modular...
a year ago
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This Prefab Home Was Installed On The Property In Just One Day

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a year ago
BIO-architects together with DublDom, have sent us photos of their latest project, DUB, a modular single-family home in Russia.
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CONTEMPORIST
Before & After – A Kitchen And Bathroom Remodel For This 1970s Home SHED Architecture & Design has shared their latest project, the contemporary interior remodel of a...
over a year ago
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Before & After – A Kitchen And Bathroom Remodel For This 1970s Home

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over a year ago
SHED Architecture & Design has shared their latest project, the contemporary interior remodel of a 1970s home on Seattle’s Mercer Island that was originally designed by William Rutledge. The house met the functional needs of its new owners but did not quite suit their...
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CONTEMPORIST
A New Home Overhanging The Water’s Edge In Alaska Architecture firm Prentiss + Balance + Wickline has shared photos of a home they completed in...
5 months ago
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A New Home Overhanging The Water’s Edge In Alaska

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5 months ago
Architecture firm Prentiss + Balance + Wickline has shared photos of a home they completed in Alaska, that overlooks inlet waters and is balanced on the edge of a rock wall. The home’s geometry is defined by two tall shed roof structures with a connector between them. Along the...
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99% Invisible
Fact Checking the Supreme Court [EPISODE] The Orange County courthouse in Santa Ana, California is a large granite and sandstone building from...
10 months ago
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Fact Checking the Supreme Court [EPISODE]

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10 months ago
The Orange County courthouse in Santa Ana, California is a large granite and sandstone building from the early 20th century. There, Jennifer Birch was there doing research for a group called Moms Demand Action. It’s an organization that advocates for gun control and regulation....
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Old Structures...
Possibly The title of this 1958 photo by Angelo Rizzuto is “Aerial view of street, possibly Park Avenue, with...
12 months ago
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Possibly

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12 months ago
The title of this 1958 photo by Angelo Rizzuto is “Aerial view of street, possibly Park Avenue, with raised medians separating traffic in each direction, high-rise buildings lining both sides of the street.” That’s definitely Park Avenue looking north from approximately 89th...
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Common Edge
Inga Saffron on the Philadelphia 76ers’ Push for a New Downtown Arena A talk with the Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
4 months ago
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Inga Saffron on the Philadelphia 76ers’ Push for a New Downtown Arena

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A talk with the Pulitzer Prize winning architecture critic of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Common Edge
Michael Van Valkenburgh on the Making of Brooklyn Bridge Park The noted landscape architect talks about one of the great 21st century urban parks.
9 months ago
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Michael Van Valkenburgh on the Making of Brooklyn Bridge Park

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9 months ago
The noted landscape architect talks about one of the great 21st century urban parks.
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Old Structures...
Always Something New No matter how many buildings you’ve seen, you can always find something that will surprise you. The...
11 months ago
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Always Something New

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11 months ago
No matter how many buildings you’ve seen, you can always find something that will surprise you. The picture above is not an underwater shot from the Titanic, it’s the cellar of a circa-1900 rowhouse. This was a house of some pretension when first built. As in most wider...
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Archinect - Features
LEED? BREEAM? WELL? Six Major Green Building Labels Explained When embarking on a mission to deliver a building to a high environmental and ecological standard,...
8 months ago
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LEED? BREEAM? WELL? Six Major Green Building Labels Explained

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8 months ago
When embarking on a mission to deliver a building to a high environmental and ecological standard, architects are presented with a range of accreditation systems to both guide the design process and reward the results.  While some systems, such as LEED and BREEAM, emphasize...
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White Stained Oak Cabinets Paired With Cool White Marble Creates A Soft Aesthetic Inside This Home Andrea Rodman Interiors has shared photos of a home in Vancouver, Canada, that they completed for...
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White Stained Oak Cabinets Paired With Cool White Marble Creates A Soft Aesthetic Inside This Home

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a year ago
Andrea Rodman Interiors has shared photos of a home in Vancouver, Canada, that they completed for their clients that wanted a minimalistic interior. Throughout the home, the interior was inspired by Japanese design, its simplicity, and maple wood tones. One area that stood out in...
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There are two types...
DONALD TRUMP & EVIL – A Post-Halloween / Election-Eve Story Almost forty years ago, I owned a small house in the Greenwich “backcountry” just a few miles from...
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DONALD TRUMP & EVIL – A Post-Halloween / Election-Eve Story

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Almost forty years ago, I owned a small house in the Greenwich “backcountry” just a few miles from the Westchester County Airport. One morning, I was talking on the phone with a friend whom I would see later in the … Continue reading → The post DONALD TRUMP & EVIL – A...
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Construction Physics
Will We Ever Get Fusion Power? “Every one of the stars in the sky uses fusion to generate enormous amounts of energy. Why shouldn’t...
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Will We Ever Get Fusion Power?

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“Every one of the stars in the sky uses fusion to generate enormous amounts of energy. Why shouldn’t we?”
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CONTEMPORIST
8,000 Discs Were Suspended To Create This Artistic Installation Canadian-based Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has shared photos of Binary Spectrum, a site-specific...
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8,000 Discs Were Suspended To Create This Artistic Installation

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a year ago
Canadian-based Dubbeldam Architecture + Design has shared photos of Binary Spectrum, a site-specific art installation they created for a lobby atrium inside a building in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Comprised of 8,000 translucent discs, Binary Spectrum is a poetic expression of...
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The Architectural...
The Classic Planning Herald International: A Window into the Global New Traditional Architecture... The Classic Planning Herald International is a new quarterly magazine from the Classic Planning...
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The Classic Planning Herald International: A Window into the Global New Traditional Architecture Movement

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4 months ago
The Classic Planning Herald International is a new quarterly magazine from the Classic Planning Institute. The project offers insights into what is happening in the New Traditional Architecture community and aims to challenge the modernist dogma. In this article, Michelle Sofge...
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Archinect - Features
Happy National Volunteer Week! Here's a resource guide for architects and designers looking... This week, from April 21–27, is officially National Volunteer Week in the United States. To...
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Happy National Volunteer Week! Here's a resource guide for architects and designers looking to lend a hand

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12 months ago
This week, from April 21–27, is officially National Volunteer Week in the United States. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Archinect has curated a handy guide of resources for architects looking to donate their time and skills to various causes that will ultimately lead to...
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“Pre” Residential construction in New York can be broken into groups in a number of ways, but the most...
11 months ago
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“Pre”

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11 months ago
Residential construction in New York can be broken into groups in a number of ways, but the most straightforward is not known to the general public, and that’s by era of regulation. For just under a hundred years, multiple dwellings – AKA apartment houses – have been governed by...
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Coffee with an...
Christmas Cards from the Architects 2024 It’s that time again. It is the time of year when the architects turn their attention from their...
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Christmas Cards from the Architects 2024

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4 months ago
It’s that time again. It is the time of year when the architects turn their attention from their Dec. 25th deadline to thoughts of Christmas. Here we are, sitting by the floor-to-ceiling glass storefronts in our offices, staring out at the rolling hills covered with snow,...
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99% Invisible
Autism Pleasantville [EPISODE] A few years back, journalist Lauren Ober was diagnosed with autism. She then made a podcast about...
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Autism Pleasantville [EPISODE]

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a year ago
A few years back, journalist Lauren Ober was diagnosed with autism. She then made a podcast about her experience called The Loudest Girl in the World. And she found herself imagining a fantasy world where everything is tailored to Lauren’s very specific autistic needs. And she...
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99% Invisible
Train Set: Track Three [EPISODE] Happy National Train Day, everyone – for those of you who missed it: that was May 13th this year. A...
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Train Set: Track Three [EPISODE]

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a year ago
Happy National Train Day, everyone – for those of you who missed it: that was May 13th this year. A year ago, we started down this path with Train Set: Track One, which gave way to Track Two …and now, here we are for the final part of our train-fecta. First Stop: Shining Time...
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Large Folding Glass Walls Open This Home To A Courtyard Narch Arquitectes has shared photos of a home they designed in Barcelona, Spain, that has large...
a year ago
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Large Folding Glass Walls Open This Home To A Courtyard

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a year ago
Narch Arquitectes has shared photos of a home they designed in Barcelona, Spain, that has large folding windows that connect the interior to the inner courtyard and garden.
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Archinect - Features
How To Reduce the Stress of an Architecture Job Search At some point in their careers, most, if not all, individuals in the architecture profession find...
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How To Reduce the Stress of an Architecture Job Search

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9 months ago
At some point in their careers, most, if not all, individuals in the architecture profession find themselves looking for new employment. This can include graduates looking for their first job out of architecture school, experienced designers and architects moving from one firm to...
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Before & After - The Complete Renovation Of A Small Loft Apartment New York City-based design studio beda (Brad Engelsman Design Architecture), has shared photos of a...
4 months ago
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Before & After - The Complete Renovation Of A Small Loft Apartment

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4 months ago
New York City-based design studio beda (Brad Engelsman Design Architecture), has shared photos of a renovation project they completed of a small 500-square-foot (46 sqm) loft apartment.
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Common Edge
The ‘Social Landscapes’ of Lee Friedlander For six decades, the photographer’s ability to offer a complex narrative about America in a single...
12 months ago
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The ‘Social Landscapes’ of Lee Friedlander

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12 months ago
For six decades, the photographer’s ability to offer a complex narrative about America in a single image was always unique.
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Common Edge
Will Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” Be a City for All? New York’s massive zoning overhaul has passed. What now?
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Will Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” Be a City for All?

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4 months ago
New York’s massive zoning overhaul has passed. What now?
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CONTEMPORIST
Corrugated Metal Covers The Barrel Shaped Roofs Of This Portable Home William Samuels Architects has sent us photos of a small home they designed and built in Nelson, New...
a year ago
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Corrugated Metal Covers The Barrel Shaped Roofs Of This Portable Home

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a year ago
William Samuels Architects has sent us photos of a small home they designed and built in Nelson, New Zealand, that includes a single bedroom. The project was created out of a desire by architect William Samuels and his partner, Hannah D’Arcy, to own their first home. Building...
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Common Edge
How the Global Business Class Has Transformed the Home They’re bringing the aesthetics and lifestyle expectations of the hospitality industry into their...
5 months ago
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How the Global Business Class Has Transformed the Home

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5 months ago
They’re bringing the aesthetics and lifestyle expectations of the hospitality industry into their domiciles.
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99% Invisible
De Fiets is Niets [EPISODE] Today the Netherlands has a reputation as a kind of bicycling paradise. Dutch people own more...
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De Fiets is Niets [EPISODE]

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over a year ago
Today the Netherlands has a reputation as a kind of bicycling paradise. Dutch people own more bicycles per capita than any other place in the world. The country has more than 20,000 miles of dedicated cycling paths. International policymakers make pilgrimages to the Netherlands...
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A Weekly Dose of...
Learning from the 2023 Book Fair This year's New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is my third, following the 2022 book...
a year ago
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Learning from the 2023 Book Fair

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a year ago
This year's New York International Antiquarian Book Fair is my third, following the 2022 book fair and, just days before lockdown, the 2020 book fair. Three hardly makes me an expert, even in my specialization of architecture books, but it does help with gauging the value given...
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CONTEMPORIST
Chairs For Sitting On Stairs ARTA Architects has designed the Tai Kwun Chairs for The Hong Kong Jockey Club, allowing a more...
4 months ago
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Chairs For Sitting On Stairs

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4 months ago
ARTA Architects has designed the Tai Kwun Chairs for The Hong Kong Jockey Club, allowing a more comfortable and modular seating solution for these stairs. The chairs complement the distinctive design languages of the Tai Kwun arts and cultural centre’s ancient and contemporary...
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CONTEMPORIST
Large Travertine Slabs Were Used To Update This Home’s Design Architecture firm SWATT + PARTNERS has shared photos of the Kojima House, a home that has been...
11 months ago
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Large Travertine Slabs Were Used To Update This Home’s Design

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11 months ago
Architecture firm SWATT + PARTNERS has shared photos of the Kojima House, a home that has been updated with an additional and a remodel. Located in Kentfield, California, the home boasts unobstructed views of San Francisco Bay, Kent-Woodlands Valley, and surrounding mountains....
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99% Invisible
Christiania [EPISODE] In the year 1623, Christian IV, king of Denmark and Norway, built a long series of moats and...
6 months ago
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Christiania [EPISODE]

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6 months ago
In the year 1623, Christian IV, king of Denmark and Norway, built a long series of moats and ramparts just across from central Copenhagen, on the eastern edge of the city’s harbor, to protect the city from Swedish invasion. In the early 19th century, the Danish government added...
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Old Structures...
Straight and Curved I first started reading architectural theory and criticism when I was still an engineering undergrad...
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Straight and Curved

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10 months ago
I first started reading architectural theory and criticism when I was still an engineering undergrad student. It gave me a perspective on buildings that was notably different than that I was learning in my design and analysis classes, but because I was an outsider it took me a...
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Common Edge
Designing for Disaster in an Increasingly Dangerous World What does it take to protect homes against tornados, hurricanes, flooding, fire, and erosion?
10 months ago
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Designing for Disaster in an Increasingly Dangerous World

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10 months ago
What does it take to protect homes against tornados, hurricanes, flooding, fire, and erosion?
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Construction Physics
Contribute to the US Megaprojects Database! The US Megaprojects Database Very large construction or technology development projects are...
a year ago
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Contribute to the US Megaprojects Database!

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a year ago
The US Megaprojects Database Very large construction or technology development projects are sometimes called “megaprojects." By directing thousands of workers and billions of dollars towards the achievement of a single goal, great things can be achieved. The output of...
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These Home Owners Wanted An Office And A Yoga Studio Behind Their Existing Home Office of Ordinary Architecture has shared photos of two backyard getaways they designed for a home...
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These Home Owners Wanted An Office And A Yoga Studio Behind Their Existing Home

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6 months ago
Office of Ordinary Architecture has shared photos of two backyard getaways they designed for a home in Seattle, Washington, that created space for a yoga studio and an office.
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Archinect - Features
Six Views on the Future of Architectural Licensure Throughout the Archinect In-Depth: Licensure series, our explorations into U.S. architectural...
7 months ago
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Six Views on the Future of Architectural Licensure

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7 months ago
Throughout the Archinect In-Depth: Licensure series, our explorations into U.S. architectural licensure have included a variety of views beyond our editorial team, including ten views on licensure from Archinect readers shared at the midpoint of our series.  Beyond reader...
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CONTEMPORIST
Plants Are Encouraged To Grow Over The Exterior Of This New House Giles Miller Studio has shared photos of their first completed residential property in Kent,...
a year ago
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Plants Are Encouraged To Grow Over The Exterior Of This New House

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a year ago
Giles Miller Studio has shared photos of their first completed residential property in Kent, England, that features a sculptural black facade. The house breaks down barriers between the building’s internal spaces and the glade of natural planting and trees that surround it. By...
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Old Structures...
Tiny and Cute, But Purposeful This is the lighthouse at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island. The island is two miles long and a...
10 months ago
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Tiny and Cute, But Purposeful

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10 months ago
This is the lighthouse at the northern tip of Roosevelt Island. The island is two miles long and a tenth of a mile wide, cutting the East River into two roughly-equal half-channels. That alone makes the need for lighthouses at its tip reasonably clear, but the conditions are...
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The Black Exterior Of This Barn-Inspired Home Is Contrasted With A White Interior Architecture and interior design studio Laney LA has shared photos of a modern home they designed in...
a year ago
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The Black Exterior Of This Barn-Inspired Home Is Contrasted With A White Interior

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a year ago
Architecture and interior design studio Laney LA has shared photos of a modern home they designed in Culver City, California, that has a dark black exterior.
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CONTEMPORIST
Bi-Fold Windows Connect The Inside And Outside Spaces Of This Home Extension Ben Callery Architects has shared photos of a rear home extension they completed in Victoria,...
a year ago
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Bi-Fold Windows Connect The Inside And Outside Spaces Of This Home Extension

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a year ago
Ben Callery Architects has shared photos of a rear home extension they completed in Victoria, Australia, that includes a deck for indoor/outdoor living. The deck has been designed with a shaded area that’s home to built-in seating and a couch. The other end of the deck has...
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Bamboo And Traditional Craftsmanship Weave Nature Into The Design Of This Retail And Exhibition... Design firm llLab., has shared photos of a sculptural bamboo installation they recently completed as...
6 months ago
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Bamboo And Traditional Craftsmanship Weave Nature Into The Design Of This Retail And Exhibition Space

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6 months ago
Design firm llLab., has shared photos of a sculptural bamboo installation they recently completed as part of the Element pop-up store at HKRI Taikoo Hui in Shanghai, China. Aligned with Element’s sustainable branding philosophy, this project embraces bamboo to explore a spatial...
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Common Edge
Is This Ugly or Heroic? An Eyesore or Gem? What Is ‘Ugly’? Truth is, aesthetic inclinations are an expanding multiverse.
a year ago
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Is This Ugly or Heroic? An Eyesore or Gem? What Is ‘Ugly’?

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a year ago
Truth is, aesthetic inclinations are an expanding multiverse.
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Common Edge
Away From Old Architecture: What Corbu Really Meant Rethinking the meaning of Le Corbusier’s groundbreaking manifesto.
a year ago
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Away From Old Architecture: What Corbu Really Meant

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a year ago
Rethinking the meaning of Le Corbusier’s groundbreaking manifesto.
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Common Edge
Great American Cities That Teach Architecture Learning about urban planning and design outside the studio.
a year ago
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Great American Cities That Teach Architecture

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a year ago
Learning about urban planning and design outside the studio.
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Old Structures...
Modern Perception First, the Carson, Pirie, Scott Store in Chicago, as it appeared in the past: In my opinion – and...
10 months ago
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Modern Perception

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10 months ago
First, the Carson, Pirie, Scott Store in Chicago, as it appeared in the past: In my opinion – and many other people’s opinions – it’s one of Louis Sullian’s most amazing designs. Here’s a close-up of the corner entrance as it appears today (actually yesterday, after I finished my...
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devonzuegel.com
Part 5: Relationship with Travis Air Force Base A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the...
a year ago
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Part 5: Relationship with Travis Air Force Base

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a year ago
A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the future of my home state in my lifetime. This post is part of a series I’m writing about this bold proposal. Up until recently, the new city’s potential impact on Travis Air Force...
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99% Invisible
The Price is Wrong [EPISODE] Insurance companies are not climate activists, but they know more about climate risk than just about...
7 months ago
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The Price is Wrong [EPISODE]

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7 months ago
Insurance companies are not climate activists, but they know more about climate risk than just about anyone. And as storms get more extreme and unpredictable a lot of insurers are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore. For decades,...
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99% Invisible
You Are What You Watch [EPISODE] What we see on screen has this way of influencing our perception of the world, which makes sense...
a year ago
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You Are What You Watch [EPISODE]

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a year ago
What we see on screen has this way of influencing our perception of the world, which makes sense because the average American spends 2 hours and 51 minutes watching movies and TV each day. That’s a whopping 19 percent of our waking hours. Walt Hickey is a data journalist and...
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Contemporist...
A Contemporary Reimagination Of A Classic New York Pizza Parlor Architecture firm MRDK has recently completed North of Brooklyn Pizzeria in Toronto, Canada, that...
a year ago
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A Contemporary Reimagination Of A Classic New York Pizza Parlor

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a year ago
Architecture firm MRDK has recently completed North of Brooklyn Pizzeria in Toronto, Canada, that balances nostalgia and modernity.
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Construction Physics
Airport Reading List The major sources I found helpful for learning about airports and their construction are listed...
a year ago
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Airport Reading List

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a year ago
The major sources I found helpful for learning about airports and their construction are listed below. As usual, these are listed roughly in order of how useful I found them. And because “useful” isn’t the same as “actually interesting to read” I’ve marked the books that are...
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99% Invisible
Mini-Stories: Volume 19 It’s that time again—mini-stories are back! Get ready for a whirlwind tour of short, surprising, and...
4 months ago
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Mini-Stories: Volume 19

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4 months ago
It’s that time again—mini-stories are back! Get ready for a whirlwind tour of short, surprising, and fascinating tales. This week we have punny highway signs, a PAC funded by exercise, the explosive history behind the Nobel Prize, and some long toes. Let’s get into it! Slow Down,...
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Archinect - Features
A Conversation with Bjarke Ingels on AI, 3D Printing, and the Future of the Architectural... It has been almost ten years since Archinect last spoke with Bjarke Ingels. Back then, the topic of...
a year ago
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A Conversation with Bjarke Ingels on AI, 3D Printing, and the Future of the Architectural Profession

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a year ago
It has been almost ten years since Archinect last spoke with Bjarke Ingels. Back then, the topic of conversation was BIG's 'Hot to Cold' exhibition at the National Building Museum. Today, after a decade that has included award-winning Manhattan skyscrapers, floating cities, a...
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CONTEMPORIST
A Pool House And Loggia Enhance This Lush Backyard Experience Upstairs Studio Architecture has shared photos of a modern addition of a pool house and loggia they...
8 months ago
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A Pool House And Loggia Enhance This Lush Backyard Experience

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8 months ago
Upstairs Studio Architecture has shared photos of a modern addition of a pool house and loggia they designed for an existing primary residence in Florida. The pool house and loggia are sleek yet thoughtful and seamless extensions of the home, with the design blending comfort,...
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There are two types...
My Muck Rack MUCK RACK automatically creates lists of articles written by individuals (like me). To this I’ve...
a year ago
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My Muck Rack

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a year ago
MUCK RACK automatically creates lists of articles written by individuals (like me). To this I’ve added some articles about me, and reviews of books I’ve written. My Muck Rack The post My Muck Rack appeared first on There are two types of architecture—good architecture, and the...
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Half Of A Grand Commercial Palace 380 Broadway has architecture above its station. It was built in 1860 with retail space at the base...
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Half Of A Grand Commercial Palace

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11 months ago
380 Broadway has architecture above its station. It was built in 1860 with retail space at the base and loft space above, but it’s got that grand marble-veneer facade on the upper floors and some very nice cast iron by Daniel Badger at the first floor. It’s fortunes have followed...
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Heat Wave Unlike a lot of other weather conditions, heat waves are easy to see coming. Modern weather...
10 months ago
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Heat Wave

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10 months ago
Unlike a lot of other weather conditions, heat waves are easy to see coming. Modern weather forecasting is quite good and I’m writing this on Sunday knowing that it will be getting steadily hotter through Friday and that even after the high-temperature peak passes, the lows will...
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Guerrillas in the Midst: Crowdsourcing Cartography When I think about what Guerrilla Cartography does, I think of building and creating something new...
7 months ago
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Guerrillas in the Midst: Crowdsourcing Cartography

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7 months ago
When I think about what Guerrilla Cartography does, I think of building and creating something new from many different pieces, like a puzzle that only makes sense once it’s put together. But unlike a puzzle, there is no single correct way to put the pieces together, as they can...
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Construction Physics
The Technological Innovations that Produced the Shale Revolution Part One of Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy
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The Technological Innovations that Produced the Shale Revolution

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Part One of Hot Rocks: Commercializing Next-Generation Geothermal Energy
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Old Structures...
Being Stalked From The Past Once again, one of Angel Rizzuto’s photos, this one from 1954, gets very close to us. This is the...
11 months ago
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Being Stalked From The Past

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11 months ago
Once again, one of Angel Rizzuto’s photos, this one from 1954, gets very close to us. This is the intersection of Whitehall and Stone Street looking east. (For once, the logic of the street grid and the actual cardinal points align exactly.) Almost every building in this view has...
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99% Invisible
Planet Money: Zombie 2nd Mortgages [EPISODE] Karen MacDonough had paid her mortgage for years, raised her family, and lived a quiet life in her...
7 months ago
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Planet Money: Zombie 2nd Mortgages [EPISODE]

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7 months ago
Karen MacDonough had paid her mortgage for years, raised her family, and lived a quiet life in her Quincy, Massachusetts home—until one day, a group of strangers appeared on her lawn, claiming her house was up for foreclosure. What followed was a surreal discovery of “zombie...
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Construction Physics
How I Write Posts I sometimes get asked what my process is for researching and writing Substack posts. I always enjoy...
a year ago
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How I Write Posts

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a year ago
I sometimes get asked what my process is for researching and writing Substack posts. I always enjoy reading other people’s discussions of their writing process, so I thought it would be worthwhile to explain mine. First, some background. In school I was a competent but...
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Blocking Sediment Migration Blocking Sediment Migration from Colorado River Basin to Gulf of California I didn’t intend to map...
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Blocking Sediment Migration

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over a year ago
Blocking Sediment Migration from Colorado River Basin to Gulf of California I didn’t intend to map human migration for the Atlas in a Day project. My plans for a map of the migration of sediment in rivers raised some eyebrows at home, mostly wondering how the subject would fit in...
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A Weekly Dose of...
Book Briefs #35 Revisited Last week I cobbled together eight books, some of which publishers had sent me more than a year ago,...
a year ago
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Book Briefs #35 Revisited

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a year ago
Last week I cobbled together eight books, some of which publishers had sent me more than a year ago, in an effort to write a "Better Late Than Never" installment of "Book Briefs,"  something I had done back in April 2018 with Book Briefs #35. But, sensing I would not be able to...
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An Unfortunate Comparison I’m not a big fan of mid-twentieth-century modernism, and I still agree that Bertrand Goldberg’s...
10 months ago
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An Unfortunate Comparison

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10 months ago
I’m not a big fan of mid-twentieth-century modernism, and I still agree that Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City is remarkable architecture. From the north: From the south: There’s just one little detail that got stuck in my head that partially ruins looking at it for me. Every...
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99% Invisible
The Infernal Machine [EPISODE] For most of history there was only one way to blow things up. You could pack a bunch of gunpowder in...
6 months ago
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The Infernal Machine [EPISODE]

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6 months ago
For most of history there was only one way to blow things up. You could pack a bunch of gunpowder in one place and set it on fire. But then in the 1800s one scientist named Alfred Nobel dedicated himself to taming the incredibly volatile substance that was nitroglycerine.  After...
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CONTEMPORIST
The Woody Palette Of The Exterior Is Brought Through To The Inside Of This Home In New Zealand First Light Studio has shared photos of a new home they designed that’s nestled into the Port Hills...
a year ago
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The Woody Palette Of The Exterior Is Brought Through To The Inside Of This Home In New Zealand

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a year ago
First Light Studio has shared photos of a new home they designed that’s nestled into the Port Hills in Governors Bay, New Zealand. The design brief for the house was to create a small home that was well crafted out of nice materials, which resulted in a gable form with a wood...
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The Beauty of...
Clean Lines and Integrated Transport (Florastrasse transport hub, Adliswil, Switzerland) The thing about Switzerland’s affordable, hyper-reliable, hyper-integrated and hyper-ubiquitous...
a year ago
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Clean Lines and Integrated Transport (Florastrasse transport hub, Adliswil, Switzerland)

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a year ago
The thing about Switzerland’s affordable, hyper-reliable, hyper-integrated and hyper-ubiquitous public transport system is that the regard in which its phenomenal operational expertise is held can overshadow the architectural successes it also demonstrates. Even when transport...
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Archinect - Features
How Architectural Licensure Helps and Hurts the Profession Our Archinect In-Depth: Licensure series concludes with a look back on a four-month journey through...
7 months ago
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How Architectural Licensure Helps and Hurts the Profession

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7 months ago
Our Archinect In-Depth: Licensure series concludes with a look back on a four-month journey through the U.S. architectural licensure system. Reflecting on the challenges and opportunities in the current system highlighted by readers and commentators, we offer final thoughts on...
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Construction Physics
What Would It Take to Recreate Bell Labs? For most of the 20th century, AT&T was almost entirely responsible for building and operating...
9 months ago
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What Would It Take to Recreate Bell Labs?

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9 months ago
For most of the 20th century, AT&T was almost entirely responsible for building and operating America’s telephone infrastructure. It manufactured the phones and electrical equipment, laid hundreds of millions of miles of wire across the country, and built and operated the...
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99% Invisible
Ancient DMs Archaeologists searching through the ruins of the very ancient past are always happy to come across...
3 months ago
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Ancient DMs

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3 months ago
Archaeologists searching through the ruins of the very ancient past are always happy to come across an epic poem or a historical chronicle, but very often the hardest documents to find are the ones that tell historians something about everyday life. About what it was like to be a...
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Common Edge
Notre Dame Cathedral and the Rebirth of Artisanship The miraculous rebuild was enabled by the century-old French system of trade guilds and education.
4 months ago
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Notre Dame Cathedral and the Rebirth of Artisanship

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4 months ago
The miraculous rebuild was enabled by the century-old French system of trade guilds and education.
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CONTEMPORIST
A Round House Design Inspired By A Tree Trunk Mobius Architekci has sent us photos of a home they designed in Izabelin, Poland, that has a round...
over a year ago
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A Round House Design Inspired By A Tree Trunk

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over a year ago
Mobius Architekci has sent us photos of a home they designed in Izabelin, Poland, that has a round design. The vast, sandy plot densely covered with a pine forest created a unique setting for the house, with the architect drawing inspiration from a tree trunk. The home has been...
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Old Structures...
Close By From Angelo Rizzuto, a view of the Brooklyn Bridge from June 1954. It was not taken from Woolworth,...
10 months ago
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Close By

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10 months ago
From Angelo Rizzuto, a view of the Brooklyn Bridge from June 1954. It was not taken from Woolworth, as the angle is slightly wrong. The bridge was in a transition period, with one major renovation just completed and another about to start. Between 1950 and 1954, the bridge...
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Head In The Clouds One of my favorite views of tall buildings, again: in the fog. New York Bay has more than it’s fair...
11 months ago
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Head In The Clouds

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11 months ago
One of my favorite views of tall buildings, again: in the fog. New York Bay has more than it’s fair share of fog, and sometimes it creeps back up into the city. We had one of those days last week.
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Archinect - Features
Storytelling, Bias, and Exploitation in Digital Realms; A Conversation with Miriam Hillawi... For Miriam Hillawi Abraham, the digital realm is one fraught with both opportunities and dangers....
a year ago
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Storytelling, Bias, and Exploitation in Digital Realms; A Conversation with Miriam Hillawi Abraham

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a year ago
For Miriam Hillawi Abraham, the digital realm is one fraught with both opportunities and dangers. The Ethiopian designer and researcher sees digital media as an impactful, playful, and unrestrained way of shaping immersive stories that challenge Western narratives and power...
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Common Edge
“Architecture Schools Are Responsible for Educating the Whole Student” A talk with ACSA’s executive director, Michael Monti.
7 months ago
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“Architecture Schools Are Responsible for Educating the Whole Student”

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7 months ago
A talk with ACSA’s executive director, Michael Monti.
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CONTEMPORIST
A Calming Interior Was Designed For This Home In Spain Susanna Cots Interior Design has shared a project they recently completed in Spain, that includes a...
a year ago
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A Calming Interior Was Designed For This Home In Spain

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a year ago
Susanna Cots Interior Design has shared a project they recently completed in Spain, that includes a calm material palette. Large windows were integrated into the homes’ design so that the surrounding nature and the gardens could be seen from within the home. In the garden,...
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This Library Is Almost Entirely Built Into The Land Around It Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has recently completed a new library in Kisarazu, Japan, that has been built...
a year ago
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This Library Is Almost Entirely Built Into The Land Around It

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a year ago
Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP has recently completed a new library in Kisarazu, Japan, that has been built into the earth.
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Before and After Electricity A while back, I put up a photo of the Bowery as seen in 1894, with the Third Avenue elevated tracks...
a year ago
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Before and After Electricity

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a year ago
A while back, I put up a photo of the Bowery as seen in 1894, with the Third Avenue elevated tracks above. Here’s the picture: Here’s a 1909 postcard of a similar view: The third, express track wasn’t added to the el until 1917 and the Bowery is a wide street, so the tracks have...
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99% Invisible
Meet Me at Riis There’s a particular slice of beach along the New York City shoreline, that, for the past 80 years,...
5 months ago
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Meet Me at Riis

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5 months ago
There’s a particular slice of beach along the New York City shoreline, that, for the past 80 years, has been a pivotal site for queer liberation. It’s called the People’s Beach at Jacob Riis Park, also known, simply, as Riis. This history is deeply connected to an abandoned,...
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CONTEMPORIST
Neutral Tones And Soft Curves Create A Relaxing Vibe For This Boutique Hotel Architecture and interior design firm Onion, has shared photos of Sala Khao Yai, a collection of...
5 months ago
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Neutral Tones And Soft Curves Create A Relaxing Vibe For This Boutique Hotel

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5 months ago
Architecture and interior design firm Onion, has shared photos of Sala Khao Yai, a collection of boutique hotel villas in Thailand. The various building designs are inspired by the silhouette of surrounding mountains, the contours of the landscape, and the site’s organic...
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The Beauty of...
Never(?) Decreasing Circles (Railtrack/Network Rail major station logos, UK (continued)) One of the most enduringly popular articles on this website (at least in terms of clicks and...
4 months ago
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Never(?) Decreasing Circles (Railtrack/Network Rail major station logos, UK (continued))

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4 months ago
One of the most enduringly popular articles on this website (at least in terms of clicks and re-posts) is a very early one, from 2013. It concerns the graphic identities created for Railtrack’s major stations by Citigate Lloyd Northover. These ones… Firstly – have I really been...
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The Wandering...
Making shaded relief directly from DEMs projected in degrees? In a presentation I gave at GeoIgnite 2021, I was explaining the process of using QGIS to make...
over a year ago
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Making shaded relief directly from DEMs projected in degrees?

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over a year ago
In a presentation I gave at GeoIgnite 2021, I was explaining the process of using QGIS to make shaded relief from DEMs, more or less as detailed in this post. There wasn’t time to explain the process of re-projection, so I rather boldly asserted that you don’t need to re-project...
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CONTEMPORIST
Planter Boxes Were Designed To Help This House To Blend Into Its Tropical Setting Architecture firm Studio Saxe has designed a new home for their clients from Canada, who were...
over a year ago
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Planter Boxes Were Designed To Help This House To Blend Into Its Tropical Setting

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over a year ago
Architecture firm Studio Saxe has designed a new home for their clients from Canada, who were looking to get away from the winter season and enjoy the tropical weather of Costa Rica. The home is surrounded by a tropical landscape, with the seasonal creek and wildlife of the...
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Archinect - Features
AI, Climate, and Advice for the Next Generation: Watch Our Roundtable with SCI-Arc Program... In November 2024, Archinect brought together four program chairs from the Southern California...
4 months ago
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AI, Climate, and Advice for the Next Generation: Watch Our Roundtable with SCI-Arc Program Chairs

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4 months ago
In November 2024, Archinect brought together four program chairs from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) for a wide-ranging roundtable conversation.  The questions up for debate and discussion were among the most pressing facing the architectural...
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devonzuegel.com
Part 3: The first walkable city in America in a century A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the...
a year ago
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Part 3: The first walkable city in America in a century

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a year ago
A new city has been proposed in California, and I’ve never been more captivated by a vision for the future of my home state in my lifetime. This post is part of a series I’m writing about this bold proposal. As an urbanism nerd, the aspect of California Forever’s plan that I was...
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A Weekly Dose of...
A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books is on Substack I'm breaking my blogging silence to do two things:  Alert readers to the fact I am still writing...
6 months ago
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A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books is on Substack

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6 months ago
I'm breaking my blogging silence to do two things:  Alert readers to the fact I am still writing reviews of architecture books under the title A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books, but over at Substack, not Blogger. Put a new post at the top of this blog so I don't have to look...
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Common Edge
To Address Climate Change, Architects Must Tackle Decarbonization Focusing only on energy performance is insufficient to the mounting crisis.
a year ago
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To Address Climate Change, Architects Must Tackle Decarbonization

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a year ago
Focusing only on energy performance is insufficient to the mounting crisis.
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CONTEMPORIST
A’ Design Awards & Competition – Call for Submissions This article has been brought to you by A’ Design Award and Competition. A’ Design Award &...
7 months ago
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A’ Design Awards & Competition – Call for Submissions

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7 months ago
This article has been brought to you by A’ Design Award and Competition. A’ Design Award & Competition is the Worlds’ leading design accolade reaching design enthusiasts around the world, and showcasing thousands of award winners from 114 different design disciplines. Red House...
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CONTEMPORIST
A Modern Addition For An 1830s Brick Farm House Hollaway Studio has shared photos of a modern home addition they have completed for a former...
a year ago
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A Modern Addition For An 1830s Brick Farm House

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a year ago
Hollaway Studio has shared photos of a modern home addition they have completed for a former farmhouse in Kent, England, that dates back to the 1830s. The original home comprises of formal brick walls, a slate roof, white sash windows with views across the landscape, an original...
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CONTEMPORIST
A Tiny Public Library With A Roof Inspired By A Sheet Of Paper Ninja Stuudio has shared photos of “White Sheet”, a tiny public library and reading pavilion they...
a year ago
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A Tiny Public Library With A Roof Inspired By A Sheet Of Paper

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a year ago
Ninja Stuudio has shared photos of “White Sheet”, a tiny public library and reading pavilion they completed in Tallinn, Estonia. The design has been inspired by the image of a literary idea, with the pavilion’s roof hovering as a light sheet of paper in mid-air relying only on...
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Contemporist...
A Lot Of Plants Have Been Integrated Into The Design Of This Home In Singapore Wallflower Architecture + Design has sent us photos of a home they recently completed in Singapore,...
a year ago
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A Lot Of Plants Have Been Integrated Into The Design Of This Home In Singapore

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a year ago
Wallflower Architecture + Design has sent us photos of a home they recently completed in Singapore, that features an exterior covered in plants.
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This Elevated Home Allows Plants To Be Grown Underneath Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton,...
a year ago
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This Elevated Home Allows Plants To Be Grown Underneath

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a year ago
Bates Masi + Architects has sent us photos of a new home they recently completed in Bridgehampton, New York, that has its living spaces elevated above the ground.
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Contemporist...
20 Top A’ Architecture Design Award Winners A’ Design Award & Competition is the Worlds’ leading design accolade reaching design enthusiasts...
a year ago
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20 Top A’ Architecture Design Award Winners

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a year ago
A’ Design Award & Competition is the Worlds’ leading design accolade reaching design enthusiasts around the world, and showcasing the 18,000 award winners from 139 different design disciplines.
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Common Edge
‘Not Having to Worry about Proportion, Harmony, and Beauty Is a Cop-Out’ A conversation with 2024 Driehaus Prize winner Peter Pennoyer.
a year ago
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‘Not Having to Worry about Proportion, Harmony, and Beauty Is a Cop-Out’

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A conversation with 2024 Driehaus Prize winner Peter Pennoyer.
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Archinect - Features
How to Understand Architecture Business Conditions Using the AIA's Architecture Billings... Since 1995, the American Institute of Architects has conducted a monthly index detailing trends in...
11 months ago
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How to Understand Architecture Business Conditions Using the AIA's Architecture Billings Index

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11 months ago
Since 1995, the American Institute of Architects has conducted a monthly index detailing trends in billings by architecture firms in the United States. Over time, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has become a valuable metric for charting the economic health of the...
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Archinect - Features
The Fed Just Cut Interest Rates. What Does It Mean for Architects? In September 2024, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut the target range of interest rates for the first...
6 months ago
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The Fed Just Cut Interest Rates. What Does It Mean for Architects?

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6 months ago
In September 2024, the U.S. Federal Reserve cut the target range of interest rates for the first time in four years. The move was long anticipated by AEC commentators, who hoped that the lower cost of borrowing would begin to pull the sector out of a two-year stagnation in...
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Contemporist...
Pitched Roofs Cover This Dark And Moody Farmhouse Atlas Architects has shared photos of a modern house on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia, that...
over a year ago
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Pitched Roofs Cover This Dark And Moody Farmhouse

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over a year ago
Atlas Architects has shared photos of a modern house on the Mornington Peninsula, Australia, that was once a brown-brick, pitched-roof farmhouse built in the 1980s.
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Archinect - Features
Narrative, Media, and AI in Architectural Academia; A Conversation with Natasha... Archinect last spoke with Natasha Sandmeier on the themes of visual media and narrative storytelling...
a year ago
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Narrative, Media, and AI in Architectural Academia; A Conversation with Natasha Sandmeier

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a year ago
Archinect last spoke with Natasha Sandmeier on the themes of visual media and narrative storytelling in 2019. Back then, few could have imagined the seismic impact that generative AI would have on such fields. In her leading role at UCLA AUD's Entertainment Studio, Sandmeier sits...
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A Stepped Design For This Renovated Century-Old Edwardian House In San Francisco Andrew Mann Architecture has shared photos of a century-old Edwardian house they renovated in a...
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A Stepped Design For This Renovated Century-Old Edwardian House In San Francisco

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11 months ago
Andrew Mann Architecture has shared photos of a century-old Edwardian house they renovated in a bustling San Francisco neighborhood.
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A Weekly Dose of...
Visualizing the World, Visualizing Change In 1939, Otto Neurath's Modern Man in the Making was released by Alfred A. Knopf. Neurath was...
a year ago
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Visualizing the World, Visualizing Change

from A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books [alt+shift+b] in architecture

a year ago
In 1939, Otto Neurath's Modern Man in the Making was released by Alfred A. Knopf. Neurath was director of the International Foundation of Visual Information and used the Isotype (International System of Typographic Picture Education) system to "teach through the eye." A recent...
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Common Edge
Money and the Conundrum of Architects Who Don’t Build The identity is a little different than the actual grind.
a year ago
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Money and the Conundrum of Architects Who Don’t Build

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a year ago
The identity is a little different than the actual grind.
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99% Invisible
The 15 Minute City In February 2023, over two thousand people took to the streets in Oxford, England to protest their...
4 months ago
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The 15 Minute City

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4 months ago
In February 2023, over two thousand people took to the streets in Oxford, England to protest their local government. They were wearing yellow vests and chanting slogans about the municipality’s new traffic policies. But most notably, many of them were vocally angry about a new...
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99% Invisible
The Power Broker #08: Shiloh Frederick [EPISODE] This is the eighth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize...
8 months ago
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The Power Broker #08: Shiloh Frederick [EPISODE]

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8 months ago
This is the eighth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. This week, Roman and Elliott also sit down with Shiloh Frederick. Born and raised in New York City, Shiloh is a writer and...
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CONTEMPORIST
Banquette Seating Separates The Kitchen From The Living Room Inside This Apartment Interior design firm Melling Studio, has shared photos of a one-bedroom apartment they completed in...
8 months ago
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Banquette Seating Separates The Kitchen From The Living Room Inside This Apartment

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8 months ago
Interior design firm Melling Studio, has shared photos of a one-bedroom apartment they completed in Vancouver, Canada. The apartment has been designed as a serene, open-plan environment with a crisp, minimal finish palette, locally sourced furniture, and elevated fixtures. One...
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99% Invisible
As Slow As Possible [EPISODE] In February, everyone who went to a concert in the old medieval town of Halberstadt, Germany, showed...
9 months ago
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As Slow As Possible [EPISODE]

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9 months ago
In February, everyone who went to a concert in the old medieval town of Halberstadt, Germany, showed up 23 years late. This is also concert from which everyone walks out early. The performance is of a piece called ORGAN2/ASLSP. ASLSP stands for “as slow as possible,” which is how...
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Archinect - Features
10 Controversial Buildings That Became Iconic Landmarks Architectural landmarks often become beloved symbols of their cities, but many were not always...
6 months ago
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10 Controversial Buildings That Became Iconic Landmarks

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6 months ago
Architectural landmarks often become beloved symbols of their cities, but many were not always welcomed with open arms. Throughout history, some of our most acclaimed structures have in fact provoked heated debates, divided public opinion, sparked fierce controversy, and in one...
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Common Edge
Is Mass Timber the Key Element in a Low Carbon Future? A new book highlights the promise—and lingering challenges—of this important material.
a year ago
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Is Mass Timber the Key Element in a Low Carbon Future?

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a year ago
A new book highlights the promise—and lingering challenges—of this important material.
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CONTEMPORIST
This Building With A Split Roof Makes Space For A Rooftop Park Architecture firm RAD+ar has shared photos of a building they’ve completed in Jakarta, Indonesia,...
9 months ago
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This Building With A Split Roof Makes Space For A Rooftop Park

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9 months ago
Architecture firm RAD+ar has shared photos of a building they’ve completed in Jakarta, Indonesia, that has a split roof held together by a skylight. The split design allowed half of the building to have a regular roof, while the other, is dedicated to outdoor space and a garden....
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99% Invisible
Trompe L’oeil [EPISODE] Today, we have three stories about designs meant to fool you. Camouflage meant to fool U-boats....
6 months ago
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Trompe L’oeil [EPISODE]

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6 months ago
Today, we have three stories about designs meant to fool you. Camouflage meant to fool U-boats. Highways designed to fool your brain into going way faster than it should want to. And impeccably made fake signs meant to guide you to the right freeway. Three classic, favorite...
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99% Invisible
The Power Broker #06: Mike Schur [EPISODE] This is the sixth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize...
10 months ago
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The Power Broker #06: Mike Schur [EPISODE]

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10 months ago
This is the sixth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. This week, Roman and Elliott sit down with Mike Schur, who created the critically acclaimed NBC comedy The Good Place, and...
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Common Edge
Brutalism in the Nation’s Capital A National Building Museum exhibition surveys notable concrete architecture in D.C. and presents...
6 months ago
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Brutalism in the Nation’s Capital

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6 months ago
A National Building Museum exhibition surveys notable concrete architecture in D.C. and presents possible future uses.
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Blog - Guerrilla...
Pools and Populations in the SF Bay Area For many people, swimming in a pool on a hot July day with kids splashing and lifeguards hollering...
5 months ago
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Pools and Populations in the SF Bay Area

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5 months ago
For many people, swimming in a pool on a hot July day with kids splashing and lifeguards hollering is the quintessential summer experience. Not only do pools provide a place for people to recreate and cool off in the summer heat, but access to pools is essential to making basic...
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99% Invisible
It’s Howdy Doody Time! [EPISODE] If your parents or grandparents grew up in the United States in the 1950s, there’s a decent chance...
11 months ago
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It’s Howdy Doody Time! [EPISODE]

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11 months ago
If your parents or grandparents grew up in the United States in the 1950s, there’s a decent chance that they know the theme song to The Howdy Doody Show. The Howdy Doody Show is one of those pieces of 1950s ephemera that has come to symbolize mid-century American childhood. For...
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