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Parking and Intermodal Station / IDOM
MIBI Yoga Centre / Elisabetta Carnevale Arquitectura De Terra
Courthouse Amsterdam / KAAN Architecten
SHoP Architects Unveils Mixed-Use Tower and Museum of Civil Rights in Harlem
Rydon Street House / Moxon Architects
Reappraising Chicago’s Most Endangered Building: The James R. Thompson Center
Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces Contributors for its Fourth Edition: The Available City
Looking into Lost Persian Architecture through Safavid Manuscripts
Viveda Wellness Retreat / a for architecture
The US Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale, Curated by Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner, Explores Wood-Framed Construction in American Architecture
Val d'Europe Offices / NAED bureau d'architecture + Agathe Marimbert Architecte
MIRALLES Series of Exhibitions and Events Celebrates the Work of the Distinguished Architect
Structural Details As Seen in Courtyards
Converting Sunlight to Electricity with Clear Solar Glass
I.M. Pei & Partners' Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Captured by Nipun Prabhakar
Nathaniel Rich on Remaking Nature and Living with Uncertainty
Al Modar Founders Pavilion/ TACO taller de arquitectura contextual
The Bryant Tower / David Chipperfield Architects

Parking and Intermodal Station / IDOM

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 09:00 AM PDT

architects: IDOM
Location: Rue de la Neustrie, 44340 Bouguenais, France
Project Year: 2020
Photographs: Aitor Ortiz
Photographs: Juan Cardona
Area: 25000.0 m2

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MIBI Yoga Centre / Elisabetta Carnevale Arquitectura De Terra

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 07:00 AM PDT

architects: Elisabetta Carnevale Arquitectura De Terra
Location: San Justo Desvern, Barcelona, Spain
Project Year: 2019
Photographs: André Roseira Costa
Area: 1206 m2

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Courthouse Amsterdam / KAAN Architecten

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 05:00 AM PDT

architects: KAAN Architecten
Location: Parnassusweg 280, 1076 AV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Project Year: 2020
Photographs: Fernando Guerra FG+SG
Area: 60200.0 m2

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SHoP Architects Unveils Mixed-Use Tower and Museum of Civil Rights in Harlem

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 04:00 AM PDT

SHoP Architects has designed a new mixed-used development and tower that will also house the Museum of Civil Rights in West Harlem. Combined, the project could total nearly one million square feet of office, residential, and retail space with the cultural program. SHoP submitted a draft scope of work for the project, dubbed One45, that was made in collaboration with Judge Jonathan Lippman and Reverend Al Sharpton.

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Rydon Street House / Moxon Architects

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 03:00 AM PDT

architects: Moxon Architects
Location: London Borough of Islington, London, United Kingdom
Project Year: 2019
Photographs: Alexandria Hall & Jack Trench
Area: 165.0 m2

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Reappraising Chicago’s Most Endangered Building: The James R. Thompson Center

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 02:30 AM PDT

The interior full height atrium of the Thompson Center designed by Helmut Jahn in 1985 in Chicago. Image © Rainer Viertlböck

Perhaps no building is closer to a date with the wrecking ball in Chicago than the James R. Thompson Center. While those responsible for initiating this threat cite years worth of deferred maintenance and high costs of operation as the primary reasons for their decision, these are not the real reasons for the building's demise. It suffers from a much more lethal ailment — treating it like a normal building. In this video, Stewart explains why the Thompson Center is definitely not a normal building and offers alternative ways to evaluate it. What if we considered it to be a piece of urban infrastructure or public plaza instead? Relating the building to Rem Koolhaas' theory of 'Bigness', this video builds the case that the Thompson Center should be valued for how it brings people together in space rather than its colors, or material palette, or any other normal ways of appraising mere buildings.

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Chicago Architecture Biennial Announces Contributors for its Fourth Edition: The Available City

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 01:00 AM PDT

Nathan Keay, 2020. Image via The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB)

The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) has announced the list of contributors for its 2021 edition The Available City, selected by Artistic Director David Brown. Bringing design perspectives from around the world, the list of 29 contributors includes the global perception of cities such as Cape Town, Caracas, Chicago, Copenhagen, Dublin, Paris, Basel, and Tokyo.

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Looking into Lost Persian Architecture through Safavid Manuscripts

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 12:30 AM PDT

Yusuf and Zulaikha (Yusuf pursued by Potiphar's wife), miniature by Behzād, 1488. Image

From the 14th to the 16th century, Iran had witnessed growth and affluence under the Timurid and Safavid dynasties. During this period, many mosques, palaces and pavilions were commissioned and contributed to sites of veneration and pilgrimage. However not many of these key architectural realms survived and few historical texts exist to relay the intricacies of the architecture of that time.

What remained were some dispersed manuscripts from the Shahnameh and other renowned illustrated stories or poems that represented the moral values and aesthetics of that period. Inadvertently these initial renders became the main representation of a unique and fantastic Islamic architecture.

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Viveda Wellness Retreat / a for architecture

Posted: 30 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT

architects: A for Architecture
Location: Shrimant Peshwe Path, Trimbak, Maharashtra 422212, India
Project Year: 2019
Photographs: Hemant Patil
Photographs: Courtesy of a for architecture
Area: 3900.0 m2

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The US Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Biennale, Curated by Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner, Explores Wood-Framed Construction in American Architecture

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 11:30 PM PDT

Omaha Reservation, Nebraska, 1877. . Image © William Henry Jackson; The National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Titled "American Framing", the United States pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, will explore the omnipresence and creative power of wood-framed construction in American architecture, an overlooked structural element. Curated by Paul Andersen and Paul Preissner, the exhibition will be on display at the Giardini della Biennale from May 22 through November 21, 2021.

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Val d'Europe Offices / NAED bureau d'architecture + Agathe Marimbert Architecte

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT

architects: Agathe Marimbert Architecte
architects: NAED bureau d'architecture
Location: Bailly-Romainvilliers, France
Project Year: 2021
Photographs: Simone Bossi
Photographs: Courtesy of NAED bureau d'architecture and Agathe Marimbert Architecte
Area: 1800.0 m2

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MIRALLES Series of Exhibitions and Events Celebrates the Work of the Distinguished Architect

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 10:30 PM PDT

MIRALLES. To be continued.... Image © Fundació Enric Miralles

The Fundació Enric Miralles has launched MIRALLES, a series of exhibitions and events celebrating the work of the influential Catalan architect, whose passing marked twenty years in 2020. Curated by Benedetta Tagliabue and Joan Roig i Duran, the program will unfold over the course of this year in different emblematic venues in Barcelona. The first three exhibitions of the circuit inaugurated this month showcase the multiple facets of Enric Miralles through archival materials ranging from drawings and collages to photography and models, exploring his legacy in architecture and artistic creation.

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Structural Details As Seen in Courtyards

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT

House Between Pines / XPIRAL. Image © Juan de la Cruz Megías

The distribution of natural light, improved ventilation, and the propensity to connect living spaces with the outdoors while maintaining the privacy of the inhabitants have made courtyards a go-to in architectural design around the world over the centuries.

Courtyards are characterized as outdoor or semi-outdoor spaces that are enclosed within the walls of a house or building.

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Converting Sunlight to Electricity with Clear Solar Glass

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:30 PM PDT

In today's climate, energy and how we use it is a primary concern in the design of built spaces. Buildings currently contribute nearly 40% to global carbon emissions and with a projected growth of 230 billion square meters in construction before the end of 2060, the focus on construction decarbonization efforts should be paramount.

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I.M. Pei & Partners' Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art Captured by Nipun Prabhakar

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 09:00 PM PDT

On the week commemorating American-Chinese architect I.M Pei's birthday, Delhi-based photographer and photojournalist, Nipun Prabhakar, has shared with us a series of images of I.M Pei & Partners' building, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. The firm was commissioned in 1968 by Cornell University to build the university's museum that would also serve as a teaching facility and cultural center for the educational community. The building was completed in 1973 and was awarded the American Institute of Architects Honor Award in 1975.

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Nathaniel Rich on Remaking Nature and Living with Uncertainty

Posted: 29 Apr 2021 08:30 PM PDT

New Orleans in Louisiana, United States, and Lake Pontchartrain seen from space.. Image © lavizzara | Shutterstock

This article was originally published on Common Edge

Two years ago, Nathaniel Rich published Losing Earth, his account of the pivotal decade from 1979 to 1989 when the political consensus around climate change somewhat miraculously formed and then collapsed, hardening into an impasse that's now more than three decades old. Though not explicitly a sequel, Rich's new book, Second Nature: Scenes From a World Remade, is a follow-up of sorts.