Architecture

Shigeru Ban builds modular partitions to offer privacy to Ukrainians in emergency shelters Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has installed his Paper Partition System across temporary shelters in Europe that are housing Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. Installed by Ban with the Voluntary Architects' Network non-governmental organisation (NGO), which he founded in 1995, the modular system offers privacy to people seeking refuge in the hastily constructed refugee centres. Shigeru Ban has installed his Paper Partition System in refugee shelters housing displaced Ukrainians The Paper Partition System (PPS) is quickly and easily constructed using cardboard tubes as structure and textiles as...

Floral installations decorate Atrium bar in Atlanta by Smith Hanes Studio Handmade fluted ceramic tiles, pink blown-glass lighting and tropical patterned fabrics all feature in this Atlanta bar and restaurant by local architecture firm Smith Hanes Studio. Atrium opened earlier this year inside Ponce City Market, located in the city's Old Fourth Ward neighborhood northeast of Downtown. Atrium is split into two main sections, one of which is called The Parlor The mixed-use development contains a variety of restaurants and retailers, and occupies a converted, historic Sears building. Atrium's interiors by Smith Hanes Studio combine rich tones of green, pink...

Red balconies top Odile Decq's Antares tower in Barcelona Studio Odile Decq has completed a 30-storey luxury residential tower in Barcelona, featuring curved balconies that are coloured red on the upper floors to give the building a distinctive presence on the skyline. The Antares tower contains 88 high-end apartments and is situated in a seaside location at the beginning of the city's Avinguda Diagonal, next to the Telefonica tower designed by EMBA. Studio Odile Decq won an invited competition in 2015 to design the building, which had already been partly constructed prior to the financial crisis of 2008. The Antares...

Knotty cedar clads 5280 House in Montana by Barkow Leibinger The founders of architecture studio Barkow Leibinger have created a square-shaped dwelling for themselves in Bozeman, Montana, that features ample use of wood, including cedar siding and glue-laminated timber beams. The 5280 House is located in the tree-studded foothills of Mount Ellis, near the small city of Bozeman. The 3,200-square-foot (297-square-metre) dwelling rests on a gently sloping site along a creek, in an area with both farmland and suburban housing. The 5280 House is arranged around a central courtyard The home serves as a family retreat for Frank Barkow and...

Avenir Celebrates Opening of Clubhouse Designed by Randall Stofft Architects PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avenir, the distinctive master-planned development in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, that includes a total of 3,900 homes in gated neighborhoods is celebrating the opening of the Avenir Clubhouse that will serve the communities in the first stage of the project. Avenir's expansive 16,000 sq. ft Clubhouse opened March 1, 2022, and is designed to be the social center of Avenir's communities. The Avenir Clubhouse is a resort-style facility for residents of Avenir in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Designed by Randall Stofft of Randall...