Architects are known for returning from travel with more photos of buildings than people and for having an esoteric vocabulary of their own. Of course, these are clichés that are not always true. But something that unites most designers is the tendency to pay attention to each detail that makes up a project, be it the material that covers the facade, the junction between different floors, how the doors open, the type of window frame, how the forms were put together for concreting, and more. But a detail that often goes unnoticed – and that makes a huge difference in interior design – is baseboards.
House in Maitamon / Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates
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Architects: Tomohiro Hata Architect and Associates
- Area: 260 m²
- Year: 2023
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Professionals: Takashi Manda Structural Design, Asa Kenchiku co., ltd.
How Architects Add AI to Their Digital Toolbox
At the turn of the century, architects embraced 3D parametric modeling through building information modeling (BIM), and in the last 10 years connected BIM to the cloud to improve coordination and productivity. But BIM struggles to unify data and workflows across the entire plan, design, build and operate lifecycle. Integrating AI—along with granular data and automation—will empower the next generation of architects with a more connected and outcome-based approach to design, enabling them to focus on outcomes like building performance or sustainability from the very beginning of a project.
Rebuilding with 3D Printing: For Everyday.Life Designs Community-Focused Homes for ICON's Initiative99 Competition
United Kingdom-based office For Everyday.Life (FEL) is one of the three selected winners for the Open Category of ICON’s Initiative 99, an open competition aiming to promote affordable home designs that can be built for under $99,000 employing ICON’s 3D printing technologies. FEL’s project, titled “Housing Salinas,” focuses on community living while applying principles of long-term sustainability, and social and environmental responsibility.
The Lana and The Lana Residences, / Foster + Partners
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Architects: Foster + Partners
- Year: 2024
Gustav Düsing Transforms 1970s Printing Facility into Educational Hub in Siegen, Germany
Gustav Düsing and FAKT have just won the competition to design an adaptive reuse project in Siegen, Germany. Following Gustav Düsing’s recent win of the EU Mies Award 2024, the NAS project was developed through a comprehensive participatory process involving students, faculty, staff, and community members. The New Architecture School (NAS) is an adaptive reuse proposal transforming the former printing facility into a new type of central campus. Aspiring to act as a dynamic urban entity, the design combines academic pursuits with cultural and public spaces.
PONG Building / CALQ + Bond Society
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Architects: Bond Society, CALQ
- Area: 7950 m²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Jansen, Knauf, Mutina, Saint Gobain Glass, Schüco
Villa Qabalah / Studio Locomotive
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Architects: Studio Locomotive
- Area: 1380 m²
- Year: 2022
A Bathtub and Sink in a Single Sculptural Element: Antonio Citterio's Vision for a Nature Retreat
Italian architect and designer Antonio Citterio is renowned for creating spaces that transport individuals to a mood as much as a physical place. He’s a designer of sets and a storyteller as well as a creator of objects. As he says: “I always imagine the product in a movie set, an ambiance where people interact with the product and the space.” His latest collaboration with AXOR—a collection of distinctive bathroom fixture designs—is a paradigm of his craft, expanding the idea of the objects into idealized "light box" domestic spaces, in which they feature. One of these spaces is his "Nature Bound Vacation Home" concept.
Legend Mansion Villa / Flamingo Architecture
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Architects: Flamingo Architecture
- Area: 385 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Ao and MBBR Wastewater Treatment, Bravat, Daikin, Dulux, Mitshubishi, +4
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Professionals: Flamingo Architecture
“q” Center — Shanghai Langxia Activity Center for Villagers / Atelier tf + ppas
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Architects: Atelier tf, ppas
- Area: 1511 m²
- Year: 2023
Enso Villa / The Grid Architects
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Architects: The Grid Architects
- Area: 9742 ft²
- Year: 2024
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Manufacturers: Artemis crete shop, Carpenters, DAaZ 幕友家具, Futura, Kotah Stone, +4
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Professionals: The Grid Architects, ANR Structural Design Studio (Nisarg Mevada)
Hearth House / Kastler Skjeseth Architects
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Architects: Kastler Skjeseth Architects
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2023
National Innovation Center / Joaquim Portela Arquitetos
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Architects: Joaquim Portela Arquitetos
- Area: 596 m²
- Year: 2021
Osonnia Apartment / Makhno Studio
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Architects: Makhno Studio
- Area: 84 m²
- Year: 2022
Apartment Rungestrasse / FAR frohn&rojas
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Architects: FAR frohn&rojas
- Area: 211 m²
- Year: 2024