Irwell Hill Residences rise in singapore Designed in collaboration between MVRDV and local practice ADDP Architects, two residential towers dubbed the Irwell Hill Residences rise above the dense urban weave of Singapore. The project presents a study in how modular construction can carry architectural nuance. The 36-story development, with its pixelated facades, employs prefabricated…
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MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY SHAPES COLOR-GRADIENT CANOPY MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY unveils Pier 865 in Knoxville’s Cradle of Country Music Park, a walkable sculpture that doubles as public infrastructure. Rising where a concrete pier meets an aluminum canopy, the piece forms a serpent-like structure. Built from hundreds of pre-folded aluminum strips, each painted in…
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a soft and luminous home for relleno barcelona In Barcelona’s Eixample district, interior designer Isern Serra has completed the first flagship store for RELLENO, a Madrid-born filled-pasta brand with a strong digital identity. The project translates the Spanish brand’s concept into architecture through a physical vocabulary of texture and reflective materials. The design…
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‘innovation park artificial intelligence’ now underway Construction has begun on the MVRDV-designed campus of the Innovation Park Artificial Intelligence (IPAI) in Heilbronn, Germany. The Dutch practice designed the masterplan for the IPAI Konsortium, the 30-hectare development will accommodate over 5,000 researchers and students dedicated to advancing responsible AI technologies. At the heart of…
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the largest museum dedicated to a single culture The Grand Egyptian Museum by heneghan peng architects has reached completion, standing just over a mile from the Pyramids of Giza. The vast complex is located on a desert plateau at the edge of Cairo, and stands as a bridge between the past and the present…
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JPMorganChase Opens Global HQ in New york Today marks the completion of 270 Park Avenue, JPMorganChase’s global headquarters designed by Foster + Partners in New York. Rising sixty stories above Midtown, it stands 1,388 feet (423.1 meters) tall as the city’s largest all-electric tower, powered entirely by renewable energy, and is designed to achieve…
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immersive architecture amid California’s hillside canopy Set on a steep hillside surrounded by mature redwoods and oaks, Pavilion in the Oaks by Mork-Ulnes Architects introduces a restrained counterpoint to the overgrown landscape. Designed as an extension to a 1970s suburban home, the project serves as both a wellness retreat and a space for social…
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Rebuilding within the fabric of guangdong’s Qiaodong Old Town Xuebei Home is hidden along a narrow lane in Qiaodong Old Town in Guangdong, where the buildings lean close enough for neighbors to exchange words through their windows. Designed by architect Huang Yimin of GongHe Construction Architectural Studio, the concrete project rebuilds an ancestral dwelling…
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Crosby Studios’ butter-yellow world for dessert shop in jakarta Crosby Studios creates a surreal, monochromatic interior for Butter Baby, a dessert shop in Jakarta inspired by a whimsical alien narrative. The space immerses visitors in the glowing world of Butterlandia, the fictional planet from which Butter Baby, a plump, soft-cheeked alien, has crash-landed to…
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danish design lands in baltimore with bloomberg student center The Bloomberg Student Center has opened on Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus in Baltimore, marking the university’s first building devoted entirely to student life. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) with interiors by Rockwell Group, the 150,000-square-foot structure establishes a new hub of activity and…
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