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New Photo Series Captures Casa Zalszupin, Jewel of Brazilian Modernism

© Paul Clemence
© Paul Clemence

Located amidst the vegetation, almost invisible to those who see it from the street, a jewel of modern Brazilian architecture is hidden in the São Paulo neighborhood of Jardim América. Casa Zalszupin, designed in 1960 by the Polish architect based in Brazil, Jorge Zalszupin, combines traces of local modernism with influences that the architect brought with him from Europe, notably Scandinavian architecture. In a recent photo series, Paul Clemence sought to capture through this house, "the architect's and designer's essence". 

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The Corrugated Iron Roof: Avant-Garde or Unaesthetic?

It’s an essential architectural element, one we tend to immediately take note of when we look at buildings new to us – the roof. The roofs that shelter the buildings we see in our cities today are diverse in their typology. Flat roofs are a common sight in the city centers of urban metropolises, hip roofs are a popular choice for dwellings around the world, and the gable roof is arguably the most common of all, a roof type popular in stylized depictions of what a standard house looks like.

Khayelitsha Township - Cape Town. Image © Olga Ernst under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.Corrugated iron roof - Goondah, New South Wales. Image © Wikimedia User Mattinbgn licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.Corrugated metal building - Aldie, UK. Image © Geograph user valenta licensed under the (CC BY-SA 2.0) license.Informal settlements in the Bandra suburb - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Image © Dmitry Rukhlenko via Shutterstock+ 10

What Can Metaverse Planners Learn from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities

We are still at the dawn of the Metaverse, the next wave of the Internet. The current “mainstream” Metaverse platforms serve as experimental containers to host the wildest dreams of virtual worlds where we are supposed to unleash the imagination. However, from a spatial design perspective, they have so far been lame and ordinary. Without the constraints in the physical world, how do we draft the urban blueprints in the metaverse? I believe metaverse planners can find inspiration from Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities, in which he revealed a poetic and mathematical approach to “urban planning” in the imaginary worlds.

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Modern Furniture Classics Made with Tradition: Lucas Schnaidt

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The following applies to all creative disciplines: truly unique, high-quality works of design are almost always the result of certain favourable constellations. This is just as true for directors and musicians as it is for architects and designers. Because great creative ideas can often only be realised in a team, in cooperation with collaborators.

The Laboratory of the Future: The 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale Announces Title and Theme of its 18th Edition

Running from May 20th to November 26th, 2023 in the Giardini, at the Arsenale, and at various sites around Venice, the 18th International Architecture Exhibition will be titled: The Laboratory of the Future. Announced today by the President of La Biennale di Venezia, Roberto Cicutto, and the Curator of the exhibition, Lesley Lokko, the theme and title of this edition will consider the African continent as the protagonist of the future. “There is one place on this planet where all these questions of equity, race, hope, and fear converge and coalesce. Africa. At an anthropological level, we are all African. And what happens in Africa happens to us all”, explains Lokko.

Accra_Festus Jackson-Davis. Image Courtesy of La Biennale di VeneziaAccra_Festus Jackson-Davis. Image Courtesy of La Biennale di VeneziaAccra_Festus Jackson-Davis. Image Courtesy of La Biennale di VeneziaLaboratory of the Future - Courtesy of La Biennale di Venezia. Image © Fred Swart+ 14

Meet and Work with Snøhetta, Souto de Moura, SANAA: "Architecture for Landscape" 2022 Course Open for Registration

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Courtesy of YAC

From Stonehenge to Greek temples, architecture is the signature of humankind on landscape, the artificial element that has always been connected to the natural environment. Architecture and landscape are linked by a fundamental continuity that is now starting to fade, damaging the quality of the space we dwell.

Today, more than ever, the landscape is a precious heritage that architecture can and must enhance, while protecting it to pass it on to future generations: architects shall not give up on working on landscape, instead they should be able to design architectures that respond to each landscape’s specific feature and generate wonderful and unique spaces.

Foster + Partners Reveals Design of an All-Timber Department Store in Tokyo

Foster + Partners has unveiled its latest commercial project on the world-famous Shibuya Crossing, in Tokyo, Japan. Dubbed the Shibuya Marui Department Store, the nine-storey retail development is set to become a new space for sustainable lifestyle brands, adopting the highest standards of sustainability and core principles of environmental responsibility and wellbeing. The timber structure's design and material selection will significantly reduce the embodied carbon of the building, while simultaneously creating a warm and open experience for visitors.

The roof garden overlooking the Koen Dori and Shibuya Crossing. Image © Foster + PartnersSouthwest entrance to the Shibuya Marui Department Store. Image © Foster + PartnersInterior of the retail space with an expressed timber structure. Image © Foster + PartnersLooking from Koen Dori at the nine-storey timber structure of the Shibuya Marui Department Store. Image © Foster + Partners+ 4

MVRDV Reveals Design of Residential Towers in Puerto Santa Ana, Ecuador

MVRDV has revealed the design for its first project in South America. The Hills is a residential project located on the Guayas riverfront in Guayaquil, Ecuador, comprised of six residential towers displayed atop a mixed-use plinth, creating the image of a valley. The towers range in height from 92 to 143 meters, raising taller the further away they are from the riverfront. The whole composition is inspired by the local landscape that merges the natural and the urban environment.

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What Are the Smart Materials in Architecture?

Smart buildings are more and more on the agenda. For their elaboration, some materials have been developed to meet specific objectives during their use without the need to be operated by any person or equipment. Self-maintenance, cleaning the air, working with the comfort of space, energy efficiency, are just some of the benefits that can be achieved by adopting them.

Cube / HENN Dresden University of Technology. Courtesy of Iurii VakaliukHydroceramics are made up of hydrogel bubbles that are capable of holding up to 400 times their volume in water. Image via Pensamento VerdeVia Delft University of TechnologyPhoto by Jörg Blobelt licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license with UploadWizard.+ 6

A Brief History of the Vienna Secession Design Movement

All architecture movements throughout history spur from shifts in society that demand a new style that better reflects the way that technology has advanced the practice and how people express their political, religious, and moral beliefs and practices. While some shifts occur over a period of several years, others are experienced as a sudden revolt. The Vienna Secession was undoubtedly the latter. At the end of the 19th century, a group of artists and architects aimed to explore what art should be as it pertained to filtering global influences in a way that could introduce new modernism.

The Authentic Feel of Rain: New Technologies in Showers

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Taking a good shower can be an extremely relaxing and pleasant experience. Far beyond the simple (and important) functions of removing dirt and sweat and balancing the bacteria present on the skin and body, the feeling of well-being that a bath provides can make us think better, come up with ideas to solve problems and relax our muscles. To make things even better, this experience can be enhanced through a well-designed space, with suitable materials, well thought out lighting, and components that provide a good waterflow.

ZHA Inaugurates Design Museum in Seoul with Meta-Technology Exhibition

Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) has collaborated with Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) for the 'Meta-Horizons: The Future Now' exhibition in Seoul, Korea. Designed by ZHA to promote the instigation and exchange of new ideas and to showcase innovative technologies and media, the inaugural exhibition of DDP’s new Design Museum explores ZHA’s work across multiple fields, from digital technology to artificial intelligence and virtual reality, featuring the firm's recent designs, process, and research that incorporates immersive technologies and new fabrication techniques. The exhibition will be on display from 26 May - 18 September 2022.

ZHA_RAS_Architecting the Metaverse Render. Image Courtesy of RASZHA_RAS_Architecting the Metaverse Render. Image Courtesy of RASZHVR LOOP NEW WORLDS. Image Courtesy of ZHAZHA_RAS_Architecting the Metaverse. Image © Kyungsub Shin+ 15

Powerhouse Company Reveals IBM Headquarters in Amsterdam

Powerhouse Company has revealed the design of the new IBM Headquarters in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The architects drew inspiration from the client’s ethos to create a building that functions as a vertical city, with a large atrium conceived as the central social space and multi-tenant offices as neighborhood units. The 35,000 square meter building will house startups and scaleups in addition to the various amenities like fitness areas, restaurants, and lecture halls.

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Interior Design: 34 Kitchens in Mexico Exploring Different Spatial Layouts

Over the years, interior design has evolved according to the needs that arise, but above all, according to the experiences it seeks to evoke in the user. Over the last two years, we have witnessed a radical change and a special interest in this subject because the pandemic forced us to pay specific attention to the configuration of the places we inhabit. This brought about much more holistic designs that seek to address the wellbeing of the user, combining colours, sensory experiences, technology and natural elements that promote health.

Casa PDC / Central de Proyectos SCP. Image Casa Bruma / Fernanda Canales + Claudia Rodríguez. Image Casa Lago / FARQ Arquitectos. Image Casa Hannah / Workshop, Diseño y Construcción. Image + 35

The First Dynamic Atlas on Access to Housing: The New Web Tool Developed by 300.000 Km/s

In the framework of the UIA 2022 International Forum "Affordable Housing Activation: Removing Barriers", the Consejo Superior de los Colegios de Arquitectos de España (CSCAE) has developed a useful tool: the first dynamic atlas on access to housing. This atlas brings together on a single platform more than 4,000 financial, urban context and development indicators from the main international organisations, from official and non-structured sources, making it easy to understand, read and interpret. These organisations include, for example, the World Bank, the Ibero-American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Health Organisation, among others.

A Recyclable and Modular Housing Complex in India and A Secluded Cliff House in Iran: 8 Unbuilt Residential Projects Submitted to ArchDaily

Tiny Home by Ev Design Office. Image Courtesy of Parisa Azizi
Tiny Home by Ev Design Office. Image Courtesy of Parisa Azizi

This week’s curated selection of Best Unbuilt Architecture highlights residential projects submitted by the ArchDaily community. From a small community-dwelling in Ghana to a villa tucked under a hillside in Portugal, this roundup of unbuilt projects explores how architects react to various site topographies, cultures, and material availability when designing spaces that provide more than shelter to their users. The article also includes projects from India, Iran, Ireland, Latvia, Georgia, and Saudi Arabia.

Villa in Jurmala by Kerimov Architects. Image Courtesy of Kerimov ArchitectsCasa do Passadiço by PAULO MERLINI architects. Image Courtesy of FusãoMirage Dream by Studio Makal. Image Courtesy of Studio MakalFillet Edge House by Laboratory of Architecture #3. Image Courtesy of Laboratory of Architecture #3+ 50

"Design was crucial to our storytelling": How a German Coastal Hotel Changed the Landscape

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Not many architectural projects require maps of the area to be updated. But, then again, not many projects are as sensitively considered as the Lighthouse Hotel & Spa in Büsum, North Germany.

MVRDV's Rotterdam Rooftop Walk has Opened to the Public

Designed by Rotterdam Rooftop Days and MVRDV, the Rotterdam Rooftop Walk has finally opened to the public. The installation offers visitors a new perspective on the city, with a 30-meter-high aerial bridge that spans across a variety of the city’s rooftops, from the roof of The Bijenkorf department store to the top of the World Trade Centre plinth. The project aims to showcase how rooftops can provide an added layer of public infrastructure in a dense city where public space is scarce. Rotterdam Rooftop Walk is open from May 26 to June 24 from 10:00 to 20:00.

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Graham Foundation Announces the Names of 2022 Individual Grant Recipients

The Graham Foundation has announced the award of 56 new grants to individuals exploring ideas that expand contemporary understandings of architecture. The recipients have been selected from an open call that resulted in nearly 500 submissions. The selected projects are led by 81 individuals with diverse backgrounds. The funded projects, including exhibitions, publications, films, and podcasts, among other formats, encourage experimentation and foster critical discourse in architecture.

“Antonius Roberts: Art, Ecology, and Sacred Space” by Krista Thompson. . Image © Roland RoseShigushan village, Wuhan, China, 2021. Film still from “Prologue to Ripple Ripple Rippling,” codirected by Jingru (Cyan) Cheng and Chen Zhan, with cinematographer Yizhuo Gao.. Image Courtesy of Jingru (Cyan) Cheng, Chen Zhan, Yizhuo Gao"The Principle of Inconsistency," 2019. Photo collage on paper, 17.5 x 23 in for “The Architecture of Collage” by Marshall Brown.. Image Courtesy of Marshall BrownNifemi Marcus-Bello, “Waf Kiosk (temporary installation),” Courtesy nmbello Studio, Lagos, Nigeria for “Africa—A Design Utopia”. Image © Jide Ayeni+ 5

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