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Food Deserts Woonsocket, Rhode Island was once home to many locally owned and regional grocers. There were small...
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Woonsocket, Rhode Island was once home to many locally owned and regional grocers. There were small stores such as Fernandes Produce and Big D’s. The city also had supermarkets from classic New England chains like Star Market and Almacs. Over the years, however, the city’s...
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Architectural Dressage You’ve likely already seen the large complex of buildings in Shanghai that was picked up as a single...
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You’ve likely already seen the large complex of buildings in Shanghai that was picked up as a single block and walked to an adjacent site by a phalanx of miniature robots. Then walked back into place again. The 432 individual machines used for the move were “actually...
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Architectural Dressage You’ve likely already seen the large complex of buildings in Shanghai that was picked up as a single...
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You’ve likely already seen the large complex of buildings in Shanghai that was picked up as a single block and walked to an adjacent site by a phalanx of miniature robots. Then walked back into place again. The 432 individual machines used for the move were “actually...
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Modern Living Meets Montreal’s History in a Striking Loft Transformation In the heart of Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal, La Firme has redefined what it means to live within...
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In the heart of Montreal’s Plateau Mont-Royal, La Firme has redefined what it means to live within history. Their latest project, Elmire, transforms a 19th-century industrial building into a refined contemporary home. Formerly a textile mill and Campbell’s soup factory, the...
Common Edge
How Will the “Big Beautiful Bill” Affect Renewable Energy Efforts? It’s a mixed bag—with some potential upsides.
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Uncontrolled Remains I find landfill chemistry weirdly fascinating, particularly the idea that untold millions of tons of...
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I find landfill chemistry weirdly fascinating, particularly the idea that untold millions of tons of garbage being stored in giant, artificial landforms—or simply buried underground like false geological deposits—might be inadvertently catalyzing chemical processes we neither...
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Uncontrolled Remains I find landfill chemistry weirdly fascinating, particularly the idea that untold millions of tons of...
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I find landfill chemistry weirdly fascinating, particularly the idea that untold millions of tons of garbage being stored in giant, artificial landforms—or simply buried underground like false geological deposits—might be inadvertently catalyzing chemical processes we neither...
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A Mid-Century Modern Home Reimagined for a Family in California In the hills of Palo Alto, California, an iconic Eichler home has been respectfully transformed by...
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In the hills of Palo Alto, California, an iconic Eichler home has been respectfully transformed by architect-artist Gustave Carlson. Originally built in 1971 and custom-commissioned by architect John S. Lynd, a personal friend of Joseph Eichler, the home carries a rare pedigree...
Common Edge
The Irony of Nigeria’s Resilient Democracy and Growing Legacy of Urban Tyranny Planning policies reflect a deep disdain for the poor, prioritizing elite aesthetics over social...
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99% Invisible
Open Borders A border is an idea so powerful that we never even have to see it to believe it. Or believe in it....
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A border is an idea so powerful that we never even have to see it to believe it. Or believe in it. Global borders can be sites of peace and conflict, violence and celebration, opportunity and confinement. And borders as they exist today – which is to say, increasingly militarized...
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Outdoor Seating You’d Actually Want to Visit: Where Nature Is Wrapped in a Whimsical Birdcage At the heart of San Francisco’s Mission Rock development, The Garden Party by Min Design transforms...
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At the heart of San Francisco’s Mission Rock development, The Garden Party by Min Design transforms a bustling pedestrian path into something softer, slower, and more inviting.
Common Edge
Andrés Duany and Others on the Legacy of Léon Krier With tributes from Witold Rybczynski, Gerhard W. Mayer, James Howard Kuntsler, and Jeff Speck.
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Exploring A House and Barn Where Raw Materials Meet Scenic Views Worrell Yeung has designed a two-part retreat in the wooded hills of Columbia County, New York, for...
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Worrell Yeung has designed a two-part retreat in the wooded hills of Columbia County, New York, for a young family looking to connect with the landscape. Set on an 88-acre ridgeline, the project includes Ridge House and Ridge Barn, two structures that balance clean architecture...
Construction Physics
Why Are Homes in Western States So Expensive? Earlier this month I came across the following graphic, originally posted on Reddit in 2022, showing...
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Earlier this month I came across the following graphic, originally posted on Reddit in 2022, showing the state of housing affordability in the US.
Common Edge
The American Paradox: Bigger Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Better In the U.S., interior and exterior spaces are outsize because they can be. In France, high density...
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In the U.S., interior and exterior spaces are outsize because they can be. In France, high density means less individual space—so design matters even more.
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Archinect Meets: The Value Of Architecture When it comes to architecture, Brian Linder doesn't like to color inside the lines. Trained as an...
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When it comes to architecture, Brian Linder doesn't like to color inside the lines. Trained as an architect at Carnegie Mellon and UCLA, he also worked in real estate, marketing, and management consulting before establishing himself as a licensed "Architecture Broker." Under the...
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The Stairwell That Changed Everything in This Victorian Home In Toronto’s creative Leslieville neighborhood, House Caroline redefines the classic Victorian home...
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In Toronto’s creative Leslieville neighborhood, House Caroline redefines the classic Victorian home through a striking modern renovation by REIGN Architects. Originally built in the 1850s, the once dim and divided interior has been completely reimagined to suit the rhythms of a...
Common Edge
Building a Modular Health Clinic in Western Ukraine CannonDesign’s Elisabeth Perrault on her firm’s collaboration with the nonprofit Sunflower Network...
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CannonDesign’s Elisabeth Perrault on her firm’s collaboration with the nonprofit Sunflower Network and Pelli Clarke & Partners.
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The Titanic’s Best Lifeboat Everyone grows up learning the same story about the RMS Titanic, that when the ship set out on its...
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Everyone grows up learning the same story about the RMS Titanic, that when the ship set out on its maiden voyage in 1912, the owners and authorities, confident that the ship was unsinkable, did not require it to carry a full complement of lifeboats. So when the Titanic sank in...
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Prefab Meets Luxury in This Modular Forest Cottage In the serene landscape of Germany’s Parc Bispinger Heide, a new kind of retreat quietly reshapes...
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In the serene landscape of Germany’s Parc Bispinger Heide, a new kind of retreat quietly reshapes the Center Parcs experience. Designed by Dutch architecture studio Concrete, the Center Parcs Cottage prototype represents a bold step forward, offering modern families and...
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Architecture as Described through Sight Lines: Hans Vredeman de Vries’ Perspective, 1604 Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 – c. 1607) was a Renaissance architect from the Netherlands, best known...
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Hans Vredeman de Vries (1527 – c. 1607) was a Renaissance architect from the Netherlands, best known for his printed works. In 1604, he published his most renowned tome, which offers a rich visual exploration of the possibilities of linear perspective in the depiction of...
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Inside a Brooklyn Townhouse Where Every Room Is Designed to Impress Moody tones, sculptural shapes, and richly veined marbles set the tone for this bold Boerum Hill...
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Moody tones, sculptural shapes, and richly veined marbles set the tone for this bold Boerum Hill townhouse, a home designed around the rhythms of entertaining and everyday life. Designed by BAAO (Barker Architecture Office), for a social family of three, each space plays with...
Construction Physics
Batteries Are Making the Electrical Grid More Reliable To operate reliably, the US electrical grid needs to balance supply and demand: to make sure, at any...
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To operate reliably, the US electrical grid needs to balance supply and demand: to make sure, at any given moment, that the amount of electricity demanded by homes, businesses, and factories is equal to the amount being supplied by nuclear reactors, gas turbines, and other types...
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Step Inside a Spa That Feels Like It Was Carved by Nature Located in Almaty, Kazakhstan, SIAM SPA is a three-story wellness destination designed by the...
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Located in Almaty, Kazakhstan, SIAM SPA is a three-story wellness destination designed by the architectural bureau HAAST. With 3,240 square meters of serene space, the project is a carefully orchestrated experience that blends architecture, nature, and ritual, conceived as a...
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Archinect City Guide: Dive Into Miami With Germane Barnes of Studio Barnes Traveling to Miami soon, but not sure what's really worth exploring? Today's Archinect City Guide is...
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Traveling to Miami soon, but not sure what's really worth exploring? Today's Archinect City Guide is hosted by Germane Barnes, award-winning founder of research and design practice Studio Barnes. Besides receiving Harvard GSD's 2021 Wheelwright Prize, a 2021-22 Rome Prize, a 2022...
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Before and After - A Renovated 1950s Red-Brick Warehouse Turned It Into A Cafe Snow Peak Cafe, designed by KiKi ARCHi, is set inside a former red-brick warehouse in Suzhou, China....
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Snow Peak Cafe, designed by KiKi ARCHi, is set inside a former red-brick warehouse in Suzhou, China. Once part of a cluster of industrial buildings from the 1950s, the structure has been reworked into a modern space for coffee, retail, and quiet conversation. Guided by Snow...
Common Edge
Where Does Architectural Design Work Come From? Don’t put faith in awards, publications, or PR firms to generate the next project. Instead,...
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Don’t put faith in awards, publications, or PR firms to generate the next project. Instead, demonstrate your value in every completed building.
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Flag Days: The Red, the Black & the Green After Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd last year, tens of thousands of...
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After Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd last year, tens of thousands of people all over the world took to the streets to protest police violence against Black people. And if you look at images from these marches, you will probably start to notice a...
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The Perils of Walking in Connecticut Why should it be so difficult for pedestrians here to traverse a road or cross the street?
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A Weekend Apartment That Embodies the Philosophy of Happiness Russian designer Yulia Babintseva of YUHOME Design Studio reimagined a 812 square foot (75 sqm)...
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Russian designer Yulia Babintseva of YUHOME Design Studio reimagined a 812 square foot (75 sqm) apartment as a serene weekend escape. Overlooking the greenery of Petrovsky Island, the apartment was designed for a couple who wanted more than function, they wanted a story, a symbol...
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Letter From Los Angeles: The Unsettling Silence of Construction Sites What happens when the people who will rebuild burned-out L.A. are afraid to come to work?
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I’d rather live in a nostalgic Disneyland than a modernist wasteland Critics often dismiss traditional or historicizing architecture as mere “Disneyland” — a fake,...
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Critics often dismiss traditional or historicizing architecture as mere “Disneyland” — a fake, nostalgic fantasy out of step with modern life. But millions visit Disney’s Main Street every year, drawn to something they rarely find in real cities: beautiful, human-scaled streets...
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A Clubhouse That Grows from the Landscape Set at the edge of a calm lake in Belén de Escobar, just outside Buenos Aires, the Riberas Clubhouse...
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Set at the edge of a calm lake in Belén de Escobar, just outside Buenos Aires, the Riberas Clubhouse reimagines what a community space can be. Designed by Estudio Ramos, this project is more than just another amenity, it’s a quiet architectural gesture that folds into its...
Construction Physics
Reading List for 06/14/25 Figure’s new humanoid robot demo, what it would take to create the data for a robot foundation...
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Figure’s new humanoid robot demo, what it would take to create the data for a robot foundation model, “right to repair” on naval vessels, electricity costs and power laws, and more.
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The Clever Loft Bed Setup That Makes This Apartment Feel Huge In the heart of Taipei City, Taiwan, AODA Design has created a small but striking apartment that...
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In the heart of Taipei City, Taiwan, AODA Design has created a small but striking apartment that redefines what it means to live well in just 409 square feet (38 sqm). As compact living becomes the new normal across Asia, especially post-pandemic, designers are rising to the...
Archinect - Features
Archinect Meets: Stewart Hicks When it comes to architecture-focused creators on YouTube, Stewart Hicks' channel is definitely one...
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When it comes to architecture-focused creators on YouTube, Stewart Hicks' channel is definitely one worth liking and subscribing to. By day, an Associate Professor and Associate Dean at the University of Illinois Chicago's School of Architecture, as well as Founding Partner of...
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What Was Once a Cow Shed Is Now a Gorgeous Barn Home In the heart of the Cotswolds, an old cowshed a has been reimagined into a warm, modern home....
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In the heart of the Cotswolds, an old cowshed a has been reimagined into a warm, modern home. Designed by Design Storey, this Grade II listed barn now offers a calm retreat for a Liverpool-based couple looking to escape their busy city lives. With a light touch and a focus on...
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The Potential Beauty and Wonder of Storefront Displays Retail windows can do so much more than market goods and services.
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This New Tiny Home Design Is Turning Heads For All The Right Reasons Could 194 square feet (18 m2) really be enough to feel at home? Gabriela Casagrande Arquitetura...
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Could 194 square feet (18 m2) really be enough to feel at home? Gabriela Casagrande Arquitetura seems to think so, and their newest project proves it.
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The Return of Con Law In President Trump’s first term, Roman Mars treated the U.S. Constitution like a warm blanket,...
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In President Trump’s first term, Roman Mars treated the U.S. Constitution like a warm blanket, something to turn to for comfort as Trump stomped all over the country’s laws and centuries of precedence. Roman even enlisted his neighbor and constitutional law professor, Elizabeth...
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This Once-Dark Home Was Transformed Into a Light-Filled Sanctuary For Le Borgne Rizk Architecture, transforming a dark, compartmentalized house into a light-filled...
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For Le Borgne Rizk Architecture, transforming a dark, compartmentalized house into a light-filled family home meant more than just knocking down walls. Located on Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine in the Outremont neighborhood of Quebec, this two-storey residence was reimagined...
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Why Hollywood and the Housing Industry Need Each Other In addition to sharing many inherent traits, the fortunes of the former depend on the affordability...
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This café is a beautiful place to do nothing In the heart of Valencia’s El Carmen neighbourhood, OFF LINE Café is a quiet revelation—a space...
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In the heart of Valencia’s El Carmen neighbourhood, OFF LINE Café is a quiet revelation—a space where the ritual of coffee takes center stage, thoughtfully designed by Ramón Esteve Estudio. At a time when every corner café chases spectacle, OFF LINE does the opposite. It invites...
Construction Physics
Reading List for 06/07/2025 Risks to US battery storage, un-affordable affordable housing, a major Supreme Court NEPA ruling,...
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Risks to US battery storage, un-affordable affordable housing, a major Supreme Court NEPA ruling, making chip materials in space, and more.
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This Renovated Home Opens Up to Light and a Terraced Garden Designed by architecture firm DROO, The Cascade is a contemporary renovation of a Victorian home...
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Designed by architecture firm DROO, The Cascade is a contemporary renovation of a Victorian home that rethinks how everyday spaces are used. Through a series of stepped platforms, the house connects cooking, dining, entertaining, and outdoor living into one flowing sequence. The...
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Archinect City Guide: Discover Chicago with Ann Lui of Future Firm Archinect City Guide returns with an architect's perspective of Chicago! Our guide this time is Ann...
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Archinect City Guide returns with an architect's perspective of Chicago! Our guide this time is Ann Lui, Assistant Professor of Practice at the University of Michigan's Taubman College and one of the two founding principals (with Craig Reschke) of the architecture and design...
Construction Physics
How Often Do Inventions Have Multiple Inventors? When Alexander Graham Bell filed a patent for the telephone on February 14th, 1876, he beat...
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When Alexander Graham Bell filed a patent for the telephone on February 14th, 1876, he beat competing telephone developer Elisha Gray to the patent office by just a few hours.
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This Mid-Century Modern Home Feels Like a Secret Treehouse in the Forest Designed in 1958 by architect Charles A. Marsh Jr. for celebrated Seattle artist Alden Mason, this...
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Designed in 1958 by architect Charles A. Marsh Jr. for celebrated Seattle artist Alden Mason, this Mid-Century modern home feels like a secret treehouse tucked into the woods near Lake Washington. Recently restored by Nahoko Ueda of Ueda Design Studio, the house delicately blends...
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An Architect’s Life in a Diehard Profession Scott Johnson surveys his impressive career—and designs—in a new book.
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'We’re Inquisitive Generalists': A Conversation With Bay Area Architects Figure In this episode of our Studio Snapshot series, Archinect connected with James Leng and Jennifer Ly,...
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In this episode of our Studio Snapshot series, Archinect connected with James Leng and Jennifer Ly, founding partners of Figure. While formally based in San Francisco, the studio enjoys great structural liberty by working mostly remotely — a strategy reflected in the geographic...