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OMA designs interlocking towers for the Perigon in Miami Beach

May 4, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
Perigon tower by OMA

Architecture studio OMA has designed a tiered residential structure with interlocking towers for a beachfront site in the Florida city of Miami Beach. The Perigon, which is OMA’s first residential project in Miami Beach, will comprise seven interlocking towers that rise to a peak and then descend on both sides towards two separate waterfronts: the Atlantic

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Schaum/Shieh Architects draws on original warehouse design for Marfa art gallery renovation

May 3, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
John Chamberlain building in Marfa

American studio Schaum/Shieh Architects has restored the John Chamberlain building, an art gallery in a former warehouse in Marfa, using local, traditional building techniques. The gallery is part of the Chianti Foundation, a contemporary art museum in Marfa created by artist Donald Judd. Constructed during the 1940s as three warehouses devoted to storing wool and

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INC wraps Brooklyn apartments in off-white terracotta tiles

April 29, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
INC architecture St marks place

INC Architecture & Design has designed the St Marks Place housing block clad with terracotta-clad facades in Brooklyn, New York. Located in the Boerum Hill, a neighbourhood in Brooklyn that has streets lined with mid-rise brownstones, St Marks Place was designed to be modern while referencing the local architectural heritage. “The entire project was driven by an

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Studio Gang breaks ground on Populus building designed to be US’ “first carbon-positive” hotel

April 28, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
"Carbon-positive" Denver hotel

As construction begins on Populus, a Denver hotel designed by architecture firm Studio Gang, developer Urban Villages has announced that it aims to be the “first carbon-positive” hotel in the United States. Created by Chicago-based Studio Gang, Populus’ shape was informed by the aspen tree and the white hotel facade will be covered in windows

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Skylab Architecture clads Nike’s Serena Williams Building in armour-like plates

April 27, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
Serena Williams Building outside garden

Portland studio Skylab Architecture has revealed images of its Serena Williams Building, designed for sportswear brand Nike’s campus in Beaverton, Oregon. The building was completed in Beaverton, where Nike has its campus in the Oregon hills, and features a central tower from which five wings stretch out. The one-million-square-foot (92,903-square-metre) building was designed as a

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SRG raises canopy with glue-laminated timber beams above Hayward Field

April 26, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Seattle-based architecture firm SRG Partnership has reimagined the Hayward Field stadium in Eugene, Oregon, with glulam beams supporting an ETFE canopy. Hayward Field, home to the track and field facility for the University of Oregon, was recently renovated in order to include a new grandstand and canopy. The redesigned stadium has 12,650 seats with 84,085

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Foster + Partners designs “largest all-electric tower” for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan

April 18, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Foster + Partners has released plans for the new global headquarters for JPMorgan Chase in Manhattan, which the architecture firm claims will be New York’s largest all-electric tower. The skyscraper for the finance company at 270 Park Avenue will be “New York City’s largest all-electric tower with net-zero operational emissions”, according to Foster + Partners.

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Brillhart elevates Miami home on stilts in response to rising sea levels

April 15, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Responding to floods and weather caused by climate change, Florida-based Brillhart Architecture has raised a residence in southern Miami on galvanized steel stilts. Brillhart Architecture designed the home for a man whose prior residence had sustained significant damage during the storm surges of Hurricane Irma in 2017. In order to respond to the intense weather

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Perkins & Will uses wind direction to shape LA low-income housing complex

April 14, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
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Architecture firm Perkins & Will has released designs for a three-building, low-income housing complex in Los Angeles that includes permanent supportive housing. Sited in the San Fernando Valley northwest of the city proper, Corazón del Valle will consist of three curved masses that the studio described as “fluid”. The shape, according to Perkins & Will,

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NBBJ designs net-zero school for neurodiverse children in California

April 13, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
NBBJ westmark school

Seattle-based architecture studio NBBJ has released designs for a net-zero school in Encino, California, that will cater to neurodiverse students. The design of the Lower School campus of Westmark School uses acoustic technologies, as well as the integration of flora and natural materials, to create a comfortable environment for students with special needs. “Designers selected

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