2017 chicago architecture biennial week of 24 > 30 december.
above > randolph square / frida escobedo / mexico city frida escoberdo has designed a monolithic timber, tiered platform in randolf square – a singular formal gesture with moveable modules that...
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the obama presidential library presents a revise in hopes of a 2018...
the obama foundation has presented a revised concept plan in response to local criticism on location, aesthetics, and function among other things. [ revision highlights ] overriding concept > the...
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nature provides ample inspiration for new conrad osaka hotel interiors....
above> kyoto-based artist kohei nawa’s molecular white bubbles bring your eye skyward in the lobby. the interior design concept for the hotel was ‘the address to the sky.’ wind, light, and other...
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lucas museum of narrative art by mad architects finally breaks ground in los...
on 14 march 2018, the lucas museum of narrative art (lmna), designed by beijing studio mad architects, broke ground in los angeles’ exposition park. its curvaceous structure is inspired by star wars,...
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iit innovation center by john ronan architects opens.
[ ronan architects ] “it’s an idea factory—a place of creative collision between students and faculty across disciplines, where new ideas are explored and tested on their way to becoming meaningful...
View Articlechicago architecture biennial 2019 announces first 51 participants.
2019 chicago architecture biennial highlight contributors: the chicago architecture biennial announced the first group of contributors to the 2019 edition and its publication. titled …and other such...
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beyond the notre-dame embers.
the notre-dame fire, horrific, but an event that by its devastating design brings people closer together. “utterly heartbroken.” ~ britain’s queen elizabeth and her son and heir prince charles said...
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a bit of history and genius found within notre-dame wooden roof.
above> known to many as ‘the forest’ the entire roof structure was suspended, never touching the vaulted stone ceilings. it hasn’t taken very long to grasp that the wooden-frame roof is literally...
View Articlethe shortlist announced for ohare international airport renovation.
above > the foster epstein moreno jv proposal the city of chicago recently announced a $8.5 billion renovation of o’hare international airport including a new terminal that will be the centerpiece...
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above > skievvar, 2019 / joar nango the artist-architect joar nango is a member of the sámi people, an indigenous group from the north of norway and sweden. he creates site-specific installations...
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zaha hadid associates opens airport with world’s largest airport terminal in...
beijing daxing international airport is a new airport in the daxing district 28/miles/46km south of the city center (20 minutes by express train). developed to alleviate congestion at the capital’s...
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2019 chicago architecture biennial week #2 calendar.
above > the gun project memorial project 2019 / mass design group – exhibit designers “…you hear those numbers all the time, but you never tie names to them. i wanted you to see who my son was.”...
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2019 chicago architecture biennial week #3 calendar.
above > secrets of a digital garden / photos > gloria araya nothing is conventional in this garden. 50 slices of earth containing ‘digital’ flowers has been brought to chicago to narrate the...
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chicago architecture center presents ninth annual open house chicago.
the chicago architecture center‘s ninth annual open house chicago is a free public festival that offers behind-the-scenes access to an astonishing 350 venues including soaring skyscrapers, repurposed...
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2019 chicago architecture biennial week #7 calendar.
above > siisis, 2016 / bricks, digital prints on mdf, photographic prints, archival documents, mirror, acrylic / photos > gloria araya vincent meessen‘s work draws from history, assembling...
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call for entries riba awards 2020.
above > utec – universidad de ingenieria y tecnologia by grafton architects won the very first riba international prize in 2016. photography: iwan baan the riba international awards for excellence –...
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chicago has a winter outdoor dining design challenge. covid-19.
depending where you live, by mid-august 2020, if you were getting comfortable dining out, that is dining out outdoors, you were beginning to think what are you going to do come winter? chicago has...
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ge ginormous haliade-x 14mw wind turbine a great fit for world largest wind...
the buoyant offshore wind market wants the biggest and most powerful turbines only. in the u.s.a., 2021 reopens the prospect of revitalizing a climate agenda which encompasses renewable energy, which,...
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john ronan architects blends function and sustainability into...
“the kaplan institute at iit is an academic building that combines functionality and sustainability into an elegant design solution, all while working within rigorous financial constraints in a setting...
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international friendship park
note: developing story – content to come above & below > playas de tijuana / designer lisbeth de la cruz santana above & below > borrando de frontiera (erasing the border) / designer ana...
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