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School Complex and Multipurpose Hall / MoDusArchitects

May 2, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Sited on the grounds of the town’s former school, the project incorporates part of the existing structure within its walls to propose an entirely new building that houses a kindergarten, an elementary school, a branch library, and a large gymnasium that also serves as a much loved multipurpose hall.  The four, interdependent programs are combined to economize means and maximize the potential for community engagement.  Social events, festivals, local choral and theatre associations, the book club and many more events, people and initiatives are galvanized together in a building so much more than simply a school.  Articulated in section to afford multiple access points, the building grounds itself in the roots and traditions of S. Andrea to create a series of outdoor playgrounds and public squares able to give new form to a place of learning and culture.

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Jennifer Bonner of MALL Wins 2019 Architectural League Prize

May 2, 2019 Eric Baldwin 0

Jennifer Bonner of MALL has been named one of the 2019 recipients of The Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers. Each year, The Architectural League announces six firms as winners of the award, which spotlights young, innovative North American architects and designers. Bonner is known for work that reinvents materials, hacks typologies, and playfully reimagines everyday architectural elements from gable roofs to brick facades.

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11 Ways to Become a Better Architect (Without Doing Architecture)

May 2, 2019 Ariana Zilliacus 0

Architects are often noted for having bad work-life balance, a lot of stress and little free time. How can you take time off while still improving your skills as an architect? Can that time off even give you an extra edge? Compared to other fields, architecture stands out as a field in which you need to “know a little bit about everything.” Thus, in order to live up to our name we must also do a little bit of everything, and as they say, a little goes a long way. So with that in mind, here are 11 activities which, while not obviously architectural, just might make you a better architect.

Five buildings that show how female architects are building China’s future

May 2, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0

New Chinese Architecture is a new book spotlighting the country’s emerging architectural talents, all of whom happen to be women. Author Austin Williams talks Dezeen through five of the most exciting architects and their projects. According to Williams, the new generation of architects in China is producing architecture that is “good, intelligent, challenging, adventurous and diverse”. “In

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Soy de Azteca: A Photographic Essay of Aesthetics in Mexico’s Periphery

May 2, 2019 Mónica Arellano 0

“Soy de Azteca” (Or “I’m from Azteca”) is a photographic project by Zaickz Moz that seeks to re-think the expressions of community and identity of the periphery of Mexico City—which is becoming more diffuse and overflows beyond its geographical limits. The objective of this project is to re-think the interpretations of community and identity of the residents of Ciudad Azteca (State of Mexico) manifested in private, public and urban spaces, through photographic series that addresses issues such as appropriation and modification of space habitable, urban development and the sense of community in the neighborhood of Ciudad Azteca.

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ALY House / MORE Architecture

May 2, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Inside a residential neighborhood of Bordeaux, the house stands out from the other constructions by its concrete facades. Apart from the facades, concrete is also used inside the house, on the floors and the ceilings.

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Office Rooftop / Studio Combo

May 2, 2019 Paula Pintos 0

Located in Paris, on the rooftop of the Élysée Montmartre theater, a monument on the back Sacre Coeur, a contemporary office that brings out the charm of modernity joining the classical architecture that has fascinated the rest of the world for centuries.

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Macquarie University Incubator / Architectus

May 2, 2019 Paula Pintos 0

The Macquarie University Incubator aims to amplify and imbue deep thinking around innovation, bringing together entrepreneurial spirit, ingenuity, and collaboration. The Incubator was conceived as a pair of pavilions, each with flexible layouts that lend themselves to future adaptations and functions with the facilitation of collaboration being the underlying principle.  The architecture is designed to be both a light touch and memorable, responding to the shallow falling site, the beautiful wooded context and Macquarie University’s aspiration to create a building that represents and encourages innovation.  The Incubator is a demonstration that Macquarie University is facilitating societal advancement through partnerships, research, invention, and high-quality architectural design.

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Columnless Canopy / Olgooco

May 2, 2019 Andreas Luco 0

Cozy corner of a garden, a place to gather residents, is chosen outside of the apartment and theintension of the exploiters was staying in the garden for a tiny festival such a way that the sight of the overlooking units to the garden especially in the winter when trees are leafless will be controlled. In this phase using fire as an ancient element for residents gathering was added to exploiters wishes