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Vizafogo Pavilion and Ecopark / Archikon Architects

March 2, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

The primary motivation behind the realization of this project was to improve the livability and quality of life in the neighborhood by increasing the presence of environmentally and ecologically significant elements in the area. The park is located on a unique post-industrial site wedged between the Vizafogo prefabricated housing block and the new Agora office buildings.

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Michael Kimmelman Unfolds Our Understandings of Communities in Uncertain Things Podcast

March 2, 2023 Nour Fakharany 0

The hosts and producers of the Uncertain Things podcast, Adaam James Levin-Areddy, and Vanessa M. Quirk, conduct interviews with experts with a variety of experiences to answer the question, “Now what? How did we get here and what is next?”. In this episode with Michael Kimmelman, they touch upon many interesting subjects, namely, The New York Times institution and its evolution, Kimmelman’s new book the Intimate City, and our overall understanding of communities in cities.

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How to Use Artificial Lighting as a Decoration Element

March 2, 2023 Giovana Martino 0

Artificial lighting offers a range of strategies for interior design. Widely used in commercial projects and restaurants as an aesthetic device to attract customers and to create environments that stimulate the senses, it can transform rooms and create cozy and well-lit places in residential projects.

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Favn Klyngetun Hotel / Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter

March 2, 2023 Pilar Caballero 0

Favn is a new development at Hafjelltoppen. The project is rooted in both tradition and innovation. A tradition for implementing the best of the cultural landscape and building art. Innovation to contribute to rethinking in relation to sustainable architecture and how to build in the Norwegian mountain landscape in the future.

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Mate House / Araujo Galván Arquitectos

March 2, 2023 Benjamin Zapico 0

Casa Mate is located on a lot to the south of the city of Guadalajara. It is conceived as a country house in which geometry plays a fundamental role, articulating the project through a corridor with a walled central garden that seeks to be a solid generator of privacy in each one of the interior spaces.

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AIKO Educational Institution / TAISEI DESIGN Planners Architects & Engineers

March 2, 2023 Hana Abdel 0

Aiko Educational Institution is an integrated junior high and high school preparatory school operated by the Catholic Order of Preachers. The school’s founding philosophy, “We Believe,” includes encouraging each student to become an “internationally educated person” and an “emissary of love and light.” The school has produced many graduates who are active in a wide range of endeavors throughout the world. Based on an understanding of the spirit of the school, we worked to achieve “an attractive school that increases school pride and school spirit” “architecture that coexists with natural lighting” and “an educational environment enveloped by rich greenery.”

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Nextech Headquarters / Skarn Chaiyawat

March 1, 2023 Hana Abdel 0

Nextech is a company that provides Information Technology infrastructure and data-storage solution services. Their previous office was at the heart of Bangkok’s business district and after a long period of paying the costly rental price in an office building, they decided that it was time to build their own headquarters. During the time that tech industries are the leader in moving towards a paperless working environment, online working and cloud storage have proven that work can be done from anywhere. This new concept has challenged traditional office space design and utilization.

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SOM tops Kansas City airport with giant timber-clad canopy

March 1, 2023 Ben Dreith 0

International architecture studio SOM has completed a terminal for Kansas City International Airport that features a large wood-clad canopy. The SOM-designed terminal opened last week in Kansas City, Missouri, replacing a three-terminal structure that served as the city’s primary airport since 1972. It comprises a two-storey structure with airline facilities, gates and concourses. Each of the

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