Sunday, January 26, 2025 from Life of an Architect
Building upon our last episode when we discussed the path we have taken to get where we are, how unpredictable and in some cases, how circuitous that path can take, what we didn’t really talk about was if the journey was what we wanted....Sunday, January 26, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about travel, the Grand Designs Australia host reveals why he always packs a sketchbook, and welcomes things ‘not working out’ Read more Away with interviews More summer essentials Whichever...Sunday, January 26, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
With its lush terraces, themed gardens and calm interiors, this trailblazing office building by Arup Architects has been treated to a subtle £32m makeover that still has wellness at its heart “Wellness” is all the rage at the fancier end...Sunday, January 26, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
The director’s Adrien Brody-starring tale of a Hungarian architect and Holocaust survivor building a new future in the US moves him into the big league Bold, confrontational and oversized in every way imaginable, Brady Corbet ’s wildly...Friday, January 24, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
Bus station blues | Sharp pencils | Peanut butter | Prince Harry | Meat-free chilli In your print edition, Oliver Wainwright describes Preston bus station, opened in 1969, as “a gleaming monument to the days when bus travel was as...Friday, January 24, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
Royal Academy, London Brazil produces incredible artists, too few of whom appear in this deluded show, which sadly fails to live up to its own hyperbolic guff What words would you use to describe the design of this exhibition of...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
We want to see people’s most loved brutalist buildings around the world and why people treasure them The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s film about a fictional modernist architect in postwar America, has become a hotly anticipated film...Thursday, January 23, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
Subterranean homes stay cool in summer and warm in winter and can save about 80% in energy costs Imagine highly energy-efficient homes that use natural insulation, are resistant to whatever the weather throws at them and blend in with...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
Unexpected cost rises, Covid delays, cooling market blamed for development failure.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
Almost 200 artists in the Altadena neighbourhood have had their homes or studios burned down, while modernist buildings and irreplaceable collections have been destroyed Fires are a seasonal recurrence in the dry chaparral region of Los...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
In its heyday, Chettinad in southern India was a thriving hub of international traders. Today, the grandeur of their homes is being restored by a community keen to celebrate the houses’ cultural importance and promote them to tourists...Monday, January 20, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
Its dean has launched an emergency appeal to raise £300k by the end of March as costs climb to over £2m a year Beneath the breathtaking oak ceiling of Peterborough Cathedral, on which images of kings, saints, bishops and a monkey riding...Monday, January 20, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
This megacity is like Hong Kong on steroids – a vertically sprawling, astonishing urban phenomenon that can only be understood in three dimensions Google Maps can be unreliable at the best of times when you’re travelling in China, but in...Sunday, January 19, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
Oscar-tipped film The Brutalist is the latest stage in the cultural rehabilitation of what was once architecture’s most reviled style but is now winning a new generation of admirers This week an Oscar-tipped film, The Brutalist , opens...Friday, January 17, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
As fires set LA ablaze, some houses are left standing amid ashes thanks to concrete walls, class A wood – and luck When last week’s fires in Los Angeles set parts of the city ablaze, one viral image was of a lone house in Pacific...Friday, January 17, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
Architectural historians say success of Brady Corbet’s film could help in fight to protect heritage of divisive style “A mildewed lump of elephant droppings” is how King Charles, then Prince of Wales, described the Tricorn Centre in...Thursday, January 16, 2025 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
Construction experts say overheating is difficult to mitigate once a house is built.Thursday, January 16, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
US bank will spend almost as much to renovate Citi Tower skyscraper as it paid for site initially The US bank Citigroup is to spend £1bn to renovate its skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London, the latest firm to signal its commitment to...Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
A century of foolhardy development, including public subsidies for rebuilding in the firebelt, hugely contributed to this tragedy, writes our architecture critic. LA must rethink – and build upwards not outwards ‘Crime don’t climb” is...Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
London architect who moved to Shetland and created buildings sympathetic to the islands’ landscape and traditions In 1969 Richard Gibson, who has died aged 89, was appointed deputy county architect in Shetland. Moving with his family...Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
Building with links to Labour and Tories earmarked for disadvantaged young people wins National Lottery funding A 319-year-old Grade II-listed building in the heart of Bristol that was the headquarters of the precursor to the modern...Sunday, January 12, 2025 from Life of an Architect
It is the start of a New Year, everything still smells fresh and most things looking forward are theoretically in place for an amazing year … at least I think so. Since it is first podcast episode of 2025, today’s conversation is more of...Sunday, January 12, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
Victor Kossakovsky’s follow-up to Gunda is a gorgeously shot reverie about our use of materials such as stone and concrete The granite face of a quarry shatters into boulders, cascading in mesmerising slow motion; a man with a...Sunday, January 12, 2025 from Architecture | The Guardian
East Bank, Stratford, London Built in Italian red brick by acclaimed Irish practice O’Donnell + Tuomey, Sadler’s Wells’s vibrant new sister theatre provides six dance studios, elegant auditorium – and a big welcome to all There’s an idea...Saturday, January 11, 2025 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
YDR estudio has shared photos of a contemporary stone house they completed in Mexico that includes a central courtyard with sunken outdoor seating. Nestled between the beach and the mountains, the home has a cactus wall that introduces...Thursday, January 9, 2025 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
MacCracken Robinson Architects has shared photos of a modern home they completed in Lake Tahoe, California with an intentionally muted yet refined palette of natural materials including cedar, oak, fir, and steel, allowing the house to...Tuesday, January 7, 2025 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
Architecture firm NAQI & Partners, has shared photos of a villa they completed in the heart of the coastal city of Nha Trang, Vietnam, that integrates plants and an indoor swimming pool into its design. The Nha Trang Pool Villa is...Saturday, January 4, 2025 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
Architecture and Interior Design firm Hacker, has shared photos of Black Butte Ranch Lodge that they completed in Sisters, Oregon. Originally planned and built in the early 1970s, Black Butte Ranch sits the base of The Three Sisters...Wednesday, January 1, 2025 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
Scott Posno Design has shared photos of a modern home they completed in Vancouver, Canada, that showcases a dark brick exterior. The house presents a series of stacked, dark brick volumes that create a strong geometric presence, evoking...Tuesday, December 24, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
Outstanding designs displayed in Whanganui, Ōtautahi and Wānaka residential buildings.Monday, December 23, 2024 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
Still Architects has shared photos of a small contemporary cabin they completed in the Muskoka region of Ontario, Canada, where the Rosseau River flows into the lake. The 800-square-foot (74-sqm) cabin has a wood exterior with black...Sunday, December 15, 2024 from Life of an Architect
December 2024, and Andrew and I find ourselves in front of the microphone for the final time until 2025 – from my perspective a mere 28 days away. It is the annual state of the state address where we look back at all the interesting bits...Thursday, December 12, 2024 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
Photography by Brett Boardman Multidisciplinary architectural practice fjcstudio, has completed a building in Sydney, Australia, that includes colonial stone masonry, lofty geometric forms, and a layered tapestry of handcrafted...Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
Originally designed by prominent Pacific Northwest architect Saul Zaik, this 1963 mid-century modern house has been remodeled by SHED Architecture & Design for a young, minimalist family. The Mori House sits on a gently sloped,...Sunday, December 8, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
At the heart of the building is the marae wharekai.Sunday, December 1, 2024 from Life of an Architect
We’re going to explore some of the most common myths about architects and peel back the layers to reveal what this profession is really about. The post Ep 165: 10 Myths about Architects first appeared on Life of an Architect . Continue...Sunday, December 1, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
Jade Kake talks to Tom Raynel about how kaupapa Māori influences Matakohe's designs.Saturday, November 30, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
Unorthodox house perched on a V-shaped concrete plinth.Friday, November 29, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
“It was basically ruined."Friday, November 29, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
Reconstruction occurred in a climate of remarkable co-operation among architects.Monday, November 25, 2024 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
A Parallel Architecture has shared photos of a modern home they completed in Austin, Texas, that’s designed around a split-trunk live oak, which has stood guard over the center of the tight lot for decades. The home’s...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from CONTEMPORIST » Architecture
Architecture firm AtelierM, has shared photos of a modern home they completed in Pilar, Buenos Aires, whose design is inspired by the terrain and surrounding area. The house is conceived as a living element in the landscape, with gentle...Friday, November 8, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
Opinion: Late addition would do justice to prime site.Thursday, October 17, 2024 from nzherald.co.nz - Architecture
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Evolving urban conditions call for an evolving builtscape, and retrofits have been a key mechanism to allow buildings to adapt and respond to new needs. Amidst global environmental concerns, climate retrofits have become a popular...Monday, July 15, 2024 from Arch Daily
The geometry of a narrow house is settled within a few lines. The intervention happens both in plan projection and in section. Curved walls are intersected with sinuous ceiling resulting in a space that is not static. In the evening,...Monday, July 15, 2024 from Arch Daily
Architect David Montalba was born in Switzerland but grew up in California. He became a passionate surfer, bobbing in the waves of the Pacific, staring at the land, yet always feeling and hearing the ocean around him; profoundly...Monday, July 15, 2024 from Arch Daily
In preparation for the city of Asturias , Spain , to become one of the hosts of the FIFA World Cup in 2030 , the El Molinón stadium is proposed to undergo a major remodeling process. Home Real Sporting de Gijón , the stadium is...Monday, July 15, 2024 from Arch Daily
The new townhouse on the centrally located Kornmarktplatz in Bregenz is intended to make an independent contribution to the cultural and public life of the city on Lake Constance.