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Two startling architectural cliffhangers — the cantilevered Biré Bitori restaurant by TALL ARQUITECT OS and the sublime Cliff Retreat, beautifully rendered by Alex Hogrefe — have gone viral on Architizer during the past month. While these conceptual projects were met with a great deal of awe on Facebook, a number of people were skeptical about these…
Plans for Expo 2020 in Dubai are taking shape. Organizers of the event recently announced the design s of the three major pavilions for the exposition, which were chosen from a pool of 13 submissions. The winning firms are Foster + Partners, BIG and Grimshaw, with each design following one of the three themes for the…
When it was announced that Architecture for Humanity — one of the world’s most well-known nonprofit organizations dedicated to humanitarian design — was closing its doors on January 1st last year, there was collective dismay amongst architects across the globe. Architecture for Humanity had become renowned as a bastion of public-interest design, inspiring architects to…
Plans for an iconic new civic center for the Darling Square district of Sydney have been announced b y Kengo Kuma, proposed in collaboration with development company Lendlease. The six-story, spiraling tower will contain a market hall on the ground floor in addition to a public library, a center for childcare and a rooftop bar. The…
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has teamed up with the French practice laisné roussel to design Cano pia, an 8.6-million-square-foot (800,000-square-meter) masterplan centered around Bordeaux’s Saint Jean railway station. Their expansive proposal comprises a series of timber towers with a mixed-use scheme that includes residential units and offices as well as retail outlets. The program of the…
BIG, the New York and Copenhagen-based architecture firm behind Google’s revamped Mountain View Head quarters, is rethinking the modern sports arena. Its conceptual plan to overhaul the Washington Redskins’ stadium would make the football team’s home a year-round destination, where sports are not the only attraction. “The stadium is designed as much for the tailgating, like…
Hospitals designed within the 20th century often prioritized technology and efficiency and produced functional buildings that overlooked an important aspect of patient care: connections with nature. For that reason, landscape architects like Daniel Winterbottom, professor at the University of Washington, are championing wellness gardens and their benefits for patients. As a result, major treatment centers…
2016 marks a huge year for democracy, and we’re not just talking about that US presidential election . Architizer’s A+Awards sets itself apart from other prominent architecture award programs by giving everyone a say on the world’s best buildings — and public voting for the fourth annual competition is officially open! While the Pritzker Prize jury…
Opening to the public at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this Sunday, “A Japanese Constellation ” brings together the works of many of Japan’s foremost architecture firms. The exhibition is a veritable supernova of Modernism and Minimalism, with a stunning selection of models, drawings and photographs displayed by an illustrious lineup including Toyo…