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What is ‘Gothic’? It’s more complicated than you think.
1 min · · Hidden in the architecture of some of the world’s most famous buildings is a cultural exchange between Europe and the Middle East. · Shared by 965, including Rick Powell, Stephanie A Kowalski
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How to Build a Home that Lasts a Thousand Years
4 min · · Tradition in the building arts explained the long way around, in three easy to remember rules. · Shared by 281
The New York Times
Can Removing Highways Fix America’s Cities?
13+ min · · Highways radically reshaped cities, destroying dense downtown neighborhoods. Now, some cities are starting to take them down. · Shared by 123, including Brooks Rainwater, Mark Bittman, Allison Arieff, Marcel Hänggi, John Schwartz, Nadja Popovich, Hiroko Tabuchi, Thomas Pleil, Rick Powell, Hannah Fairfield, Noah Smith, Michael (मुकेश)
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Vanke Design Community is a cluster of workspaces topped by a park
2 min · · A campus-like park of concrete structures topped with roof gardens forms the Vanke Design Community in Shenzhen, with two plots completed by FCHA. · Shared by 101, including Rick Powell
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Opus hotel by Zaha Hadid Architects nears completion in Dubai
1 min · · The Opus hotel in Dubai by Zaha Hadid Architects formed of conjoined twin towers with a irregular void in the middle, is almost ready to open for guests. · Shared by 85, including Rick Powell
Bloomberg CityLab
The Spine of San Francisco Is Now Car-Free
5 min · · The plan to ban private cars from Market Street—one of the city’s busiest and most dangerous downtown thoroughfares—enjoys a remarkable level of local support. · Shared by 80, including Brooks Rainwater, Desmond Williams, Esther Schindler, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Rick Powell, Tauno, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
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Chris van Niekerk installs minimalist house in Cape Town's Steenberg mountains
3 min · · Cape Town-based architect Chris van Niekerk has completed Mountain House, a minimalist retreat in the rugged landscape of South Africa's southernmost city. · Shared by 66, including Rick Powell
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Architecture is overdue its own sexual revolution say Cruising Pavilion
15+ min · · Architects could be less squeamish about cruising and open to ideas around gender, sexuality and sex in public places say the Cruising Pavilion curators. · Shared by 42, including Rick Powell
The New York Times
After a Billionaire Designed a Dorm, an Architect Resigned in Protest
5 min · · Charles Munger, Warren Buffett’s business partner, said the windowless rooms of an 11-story tower he conceived for the University of California, Santa Barbara, were “cheerful.” · Shared by 35, including The Indian Express, Rick Powell, John Schwartz, Inga Saffron
Fast Company
How urban gondolas grew from a tourist attraction to a viable transit option
5 min · · Paris recently greenlit a gondola line. It’s one of a number of cities taking a serious look at this airborne mode of transit. · Shared by 33, including Brent Toderian, Rick Powell
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Rippling Waves of Bricks Formed Through Groundbreaking New Augmented Bricklaying Technique
3 min · · The teams at Gramazio Kohler Research and Icon.Ai recently collaborated on an architectural project that merges digital savvy with traditional craftsmanship to create a skillful new building… · Shared by 29, including Rick Powell, Jennifer Ouellette
ArchDaily
Spotlight: Walter Gropius
3 min · · One of the most highly regarded architects of the 20th century, Walter Gropius (18 May 1883 – 5 July 1969) was one of the founding fathers of... · Shared by 28, including Rick Powell
Aeon+Psyche
The Tempietto in Rome should be a full-body experience
13+ min · · One of the great buildings of the Renaissance reminds us that buildings are made to be explored, smelled and even tasted · Shared by 20, including Esther Schindler, Massimo Pigliucci, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Rick Powell
The New Yorker
Richard Neutra’s Architectural Vanishing Act
9 min · · The Austrian-born designer perfected a signature Los Angeles look: houses that erase the boundary between inside and outside. · Shared by 20, including Christopher Knight, Rick Powell
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The Ladder Up
20+ min · · I’ve wanted to evade geographic determinism, but we’re still on another island: all of you and all of us.– Manuel Ramos OteroFor many years, my Puerto Rican homeland was not the island but the fried… · Shared by 17, including Rick Powell, Howard Getson
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Junya Ishigami hides mud-covered house and restaurant below ground level in Japan
3 min · · A Japanese house and restaurant are contained within this mud-covered building by architect Junya Ishigami, which was crafted by pouring concrete into holes in the ground. · Shared by 15, including Rick Powell, MariadPDC