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Vaulted brick roof spans Intermediate House in Paraguay by Equipo de Arquitectura

March 3, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Paraguay studio Equipo de Arquitectura has completed a residence with vaulted brick ceilings on a narrow lot in Asunción, which opens to a courtyard with a mango tree. The Intermediate House comprises two blocks either side of the central, open-air courtyard. The architects referred to the entrance block as the “quincho”, which loosely translates to

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Falling ice from supertall skyscrapers on Billionaires’ Row causes injuries and closures

March 1, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Ice falling from supertall skyscrapers in New York, including 11 West 57th Street on Billionaires’ Row, injured motorists and closed roads over the weekend. Numerous reports from New York City described incidents of ice falling from some of the city’s tallest buildings. A motorist was injured on Friday night when a chunk of ice fell from SHoP

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Diller Scofidio + Renfro creates pair of Columbia Business School buildings with “layer-cake design”

February 28, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has completed two buildings on the Manhattanville campus of Columbia University’s School of Business in New York City. The two buildings – Henry R Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall – were designed in collaboration with FXCollaborative for Manhattanville, a 17-acre (6.9-hectare) site north of the university’s existing campus

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CLB Architects arranges Japan-influenced Wyoming home around courtyard gardens

February 25, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

US firm CLB Architects has blended Japanese and mid-century Californian architecture styles for this house in Jackson, Wyoming, which is broken up by a trio of courtyards. The Tengoku Residence is located in the ski resort town of Jackson, at the base of the Teton Range of the Rocky Mountains. It is situated next to

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Plan:b Arquitectos creates brick vacation home in Colombian tropical forest

February 24, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Brothers Felipe and Federico Mesa of Plan:b Arquitectos have designed a brick and perforated concrete holiday home for their families in the rural town of La Siria, Colombia. House in La Siria, which sits on a narrow patch of land abutting the tropical forest and mountains around 120 kilometres south west of Medellin, was designed to be as compact

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Adjaye Associates designs mass-timber building covered in plants for Toronto’s waterfront

February 23, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Architecture studio Adjaye Associates has designed a plant-covered building called Timber House as part of a developement on Toronto’s waterfront that will include buildings by Alison Brooks Architects and Henning Larsen. Set back from the waterfront, the long and narrow Timber House will reportedly be one of the largest residential mass-timber structures in Canada, when it completes. Set to

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Rediscovered Mies van der Rohe design completes in Indiana

February 22, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

A glass building designed in 1952 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has completed at Indiana University in Bloomington, more than 50 years after the German-American architect’s death. Now known as the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, the design was adapted for contemporary use from the rediscovered plans by New York architecture studio

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1540 Arquitectura references agave plant with triangular-shaped ranch

February 21, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Exterior 1540 Arquitectura Ranch Tequila

Mexican studio 1540 Arquitectura has created a series of triangular structures incorporating a stable called Services Agavero Ranch in the Tequila district of Jalisco, Mexico. Set in the Mexican countryside, the ranch was designed to resemble the shape of the agave plant, which is used to make tequila in the region that shares its name. 1540

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Leaked images reveal updated Foster + Partners design for Two World Trade Center

February 16, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Images have emerged of Foster + Partners’ revamped design for Two World Trade Center in New York City, which reveal a building with stepped sections and tree-covered terraces and balconies. The leaked renderings showcase the latest version of the tower, which will be one of the final components of the World Trade Center complex in

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