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The Material That Could Change Everything: Transparent Wood
Architizer - Jennifer Geleff
In line with our new content direction, Architizer is highlighting a different building-product and how to specify it. This week’s topic is windows. If you’re looking for the perfect windows for your project,
Architecture
10 Contemporary Japanese Homes Pushing The Architectural Envelope
archdaily.com - by Victor Delaqua
Contemporary Japanese homes are a balance between the country’s traditional values of organizing spaces and architectural innovation that is …
Beautiful bamboo building withstands floods and storms in Vietnam
inhabitat - by Nicole Jewell
Architecture firm RÂU ARCH created this beautiful thatched roof building burrowed deep into the lush rainforests of Vietnam. The MOOC Spring building …
Don't Let Unpleasant Sensations Take Control Of Your Mind
lifehacker.com.au - Patrick Allan
Welcome back to Mid-Week Meditations, Lifehacker's weekly dip into the pool of stoic wisdom, and how you can use its waters to reflect on and improve …
Tuesday's small-cap stocks to watch
The Globe and Mail - Special to The Globe and Mail
Our roundup of Canadian small-caps of between $100-million and $2.5-billion in market capitalization making news and on the move today. Rogers Sugar Inc. (RSI-T) is acquiring Quebec-based L.B. Maple Treat
Solar Panels
A student designed kinetic window blinds that acts like a giant sundial
Mashable - Nikolay Nikolov
Former architecture student, Tyler Short developed a kinetic blinds concept that follows the sun throughout the day. A similar mechanism has since …
Home Construction
How to print a house
Curbed - Andrew Zaleski
‘Everybody's dream is you hit the button and boom, your house pops out’ At home late one night, an energy drink in one hand, the 3Doodler pen in the other, Platt Boyd had his breakthrough. Like hot glue
Restaurant for Yingliang Stone Archive
Architizer - Architizer Editors
This rehabilitation project converts a wine storage into a stone archive. The owner wants to provide a space to foster communications between architects. In the design of the catering space for the stone
Take a seat and read all about this awesome shape-shifting chair
Digital Trends - Trevor Mogg
Sitting comfortably? Then let us tell you all about this new chair that could have you sitting even more comfortably should you ever choose to park …
Fabrication
Science meets architecture in robotically woven, solar-active structure
newatlas.com - John Anderson
New York's MoMA PS1 will feature a shelter installation that uses robotically-knitted solar fabrics that absorb and release light. Winner of the art …
Young Architect Guide: 6 Questions You Should Ask When Choosing Which Architecture Firm to Work For
Architizer - Samantha Raburn Markham
When graduation starts looming around the corner, most architecture students start making their list of firms they may want to work for after graduation. The list could include “starchitects,” firms in
Luxury Lifestyle
These homes have been designed to make you feel happy
housebeautiful.co.uk - By MIRANDA SIWAK
Can money really can buy you happiness? Just ask Oprah Winfrey's go-to happiness guru, Deepak Chopra, who is now adding interior design to his CV. He …
Prototypes
Self-shaping shelters that could revolutionize emergency housing
inhabitat - by Nicole Jewell
Emergency shelter design is becoming increasingly important due to the various refugee situations occurring around the world. Although some designs …
Cook County
Can A Redesigned Courtroom Make The Justice System More Just?
fastcoexist.com - About the author Adele Peters is a staff writer at Fast Company who focuses on solutions to some of the world's largest problems, from climate change to homelessness. Previously, she worked with GOOD, BioLite, and the Sustainable Products and Solutions program at UC Berkeley. More
By Adele Peters4 minute Read For someone booked in Chicago’s Cook County Jail on a nonviolent crime, life can change in bond court. In a hearing that …
Emilio Ambasz: “I Detest Writing Theories, I Prefer Writing Fables”
archdaily.com - by Vladimir Belogolovsky
While many of the pioneers of green architecture could arguably be criticized as technocratic and dry, this has never applied to Emilio Ambasz. His …
Santa Monica
Tinder for cities: how tech is making urban planning more inclusive
The Guardian - Oliver Wainwright
Having a say in what your city or neighbourhood should be like is often complicated, time-consuming and full of confusing jargon. A new wave of digital tools are trying to make the process transparent
Origami
Morphing metamaterial models take origami to a whole new level
newatlas.com - David Szondy
Metamaterials are an almost magical class of materials that can do things that seem impossible, but they can only perform one miracle at a time. Now …
Debrett's 500 List: Architecture & Design
The Telegraph
An in-depth look at the most influential people in... David Adjaye, OBE, Architect and Principal, Adjaye/Associates, 50 Tanzanian-born David Adjaye is a leading architectural talent whose projects – ranging
archi-union bends concrete stairwell in fab union space
designboom.com - danny hudson
the rapidly developing west bund area of shanghai, china, is set to become one of the bigger art districts in the city- a setting which led local …
This might be the best alternative yet to GDP as a way to measure a country’s growth
Quartz - Annalisa Merelli
What if we didn’t measure a country’s growth by looking at its GDP? Despite most advanced economies recovering from the recession—most of them had annual growth near 2% in 2016—the World Economic Forum
Architizer
Architizer
twisted columns sustain this red brick home by d6thD design
designboom.com - Himanshu Patel
design studio d6thD has elevated the stone slab verandah of this house in navsari, india using columns of exposed twisted brick. the house was …
Copper-clad chapel is a beacon of unity in one of Helsinki’s most multicultural districts
inhabitat - by Lucy Wang
In the long, dark, and cold winters of Helsinki, the Suvela Chapel shines bright as a welcoming, multi-faith space for one of the most multicultural …
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The Best Architecture Drawings of 2016
archdaily.com - by Fernanda Castro
Designing and building a project is a challenge in itself. However, once the project is complete there are also challenges in expressing the project …
The Canadian businessman who sponsored 200 refugees
bbc.co.uk - By Jessica Murphy
One Canadian businessman decided he could do more for desperate Syrians fleeing their war-torn country. So he bankrolled an Ontario town's resettlement of over 200 refugees. Jim Estill was growing frustrated.

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The Material That Could Change Everything: Transparent Wood

10 Contemporary Japanese Homes Pushing The Architectural Envelope

Beautiful bamboo building withstands floods and storms in Vietnam

Don't Let Unpleasant Sensations Take Control Of Your Mind

Tuesday's small-cap stocks to watch

A student designed kinetic window blinds that acts like a giant sundial

How to print a house

Restaurant for Yingliang Stone Archive

Take a seat and read all about this awesome shape-shifting chair

Science meets architecture in robotically woven, solar-active structure

Young Architect Guide: 6 Questions You Should Ask When Choosing Which Architecture Firm to Work For

These homes have been designed to make you feel happy

Self-shaping shelters that could revolutionize emergency housing

Can A Redesigned Courtroom Make The Justice System More Just?

Emilio Ambasz: “I Detest Writing Theories, I Prefer Writing Fables”

Tinder for cities: how tech is making urban planning more inclusive

Morphing metamaterial models take origami to a whole new level

Debrett's 500 List: Architecture & Design

archi-union bends concrete stairwell in fab union space

This might be the best alternative yet to GDP as a way to measure a country’s growth

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twisted columns sustain this red brick home by d6thD design

Copper-clad chapel is a beacon of unity in one of Helsinki’s most multicultural districts

The Best Architecture Drawings of 2016

The Canadian businessman who sponsored 200 refugees