Architecture

Zaha Hadid Architects converts World Cup tents into refugee shelters, Biggie statue lands in Brooklyn, and more news Tents designed by Zaha Hadid Architects for the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be used as refugee shelters. (Courtesy Education Above All Foundation) It is Wednesday, my dudes! From World’s Fair architecture in San Antonio to fancy historic estate renovations in Upstate New York, here’s the news you need to know today as we make our way toward the upcoming holiday week. (Luke Hayes/Courtesy Education Above All Foundation) Zaha Hadid Architects donates its World Cup tents to organizations that assist refugees Zaha...

Matharoo Associates folds concrete home in India around courtyards Indian studio Matharoo Associates has created Cut Bend Fold Play, a concrete home in Chennai with internal courtyards and layered spaces that bring a feeling of spaciousness to its compact urban site. Drawing on the courtyard typology typical to the area, the house has an outwardly austere "hollow shell" of board-marked concrete that opens up internally around a bright living area and garden courtyard. Matharoo Associates has created the concrete Cut Bend Fold Play house "Borrowing from the idea of the traditional Indian courtyard, large voids are carved out from within,...

PIG HOUSE by Li Wenqiang Li Wenqiang / PIG Design como Arquitectos Ver Galería "It's a house that stores inspiration."                                                                                                                     - Li Wenqiang PIG HOUSE, the office of PIG DESIGN, is located in an old residential area in Binjiang, Hangzhou. It adjoins the...

AR Arquitectos designs Black House in La Pankana, La Calera, Córdoba, Argentina Project name: Black House Architecture firm: AR Arquitectos Location: La Pankana, La Calera, Córdoba, Argentina Photography: Gonzalo Viramonte Principal architect: Design team: Collaborators: Interior design: Built area: 550 m² Site area: Design year: Completion year: 2022 Civil engineer: Structural engineer: Environmental & MEP: Landscape: Lighting: Supervision: Visualization: Tools used: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Revit, Lumion Construction: Material: Concrete, Glass, Steel, Wood Budget: Undisclosed Client: Private Status: Built Typology: Residential › House AR Arquitectos: A House designed on a typical small mountain terrain of Córdoba. Located in La Pankana, in the town...

A Historic Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian Home in California Just Hit the Market for Nearly Four Times the Average Asking Price It was restored by the late architect's former apprentice, Arthur Dyson, with consultation from his grandson, Eric Lloyd Wright. Fawcett Farm, exterior. All photos by Jim Simmons, courtesy of Crosby Doe. The Fawcett Farm, a restored Frank Lloyd Wright home in California’s Central Valley just hit the market with L.A.-based Crosby Doe Associates for $4,250,000. It’s a whopping ask compared with other Usonian homes by the famed architect on sale this fall, including one in upstate New York asking...