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April 21, 2017

This New VR Analytics Tool Allows Architects to Track Users’ Attention Within a Virtual Model

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With virtual reality technology becoming a more and more common tool in architecture offices, engineers have already begun thinking about the next wave of advancements that could add even more functionality into their products. One of these advancements is through the use of one of the information age’s biggest revolutions: analysis of user feedback.

Lauching today, 3D visualization company InsiteVR has implemented these features into their software for the first time – allowing architects to learn about how people are viewing their models in real time.

With Analytics, InsiteVR walkthroughs can be replayed with an overlaid heatmap, which provides data on the distribution of users’ attention while travelling through the virtual space. Avatars representing each user can be followed through the space, giving you the ability to track and analyze where someone may have been standing when they paused to look at a particular feature, or how the strayed

April 21, 2017

The Tallest Buildings in Each State of the USA

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We all know that the skyscraper was born between Chicago and New York (depending on who you ask or what you consider a skyscraper, but that's for another discussion). But what about the rest of the US? How does each state stack up in the race towards the sky? This infographic by highrises.com gives us a scaled approximation of the "height" of each state--with New York coming out on top and Vermont, well... Vermont's tallest building is an 11-story public housing project built in the 70s. The infographic also breaks down the purposes of the surveyed buildings, revealing that nearly 2% of the tallest buildings in each state are churches! Another interesting factoid? Nearly 1/3 of these highrises are named after banks.

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April 19, 2017

Éric Lapierre Appointed as Chief Curator of 2019 Lisbon Architecture Triennale

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The Palace of Sinel de Cordes in Lisbon (headquarters of the Triennale). Image © Abinadi Meza The Trienal de Lisboa have today announced that a team of nine, led by Parisian architect Éric Lapierre, has been appointed as the curatorial team of the 5th edition of Lisbon Architecture Triennale which will be held from October to December 2019. Lapierre, who runs the Masters in Architecture & Experience at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture in Marne-la-Vallée, Paris, will co-operate with Philosopher Sébastien Marot. Other members of the team include Ambra Fabi, Giovanni Piovene, Mariabruna Fabrizi, Fosco Lucarelli, Laurent Esmilaire, Tristan Chadney, and Vasco Pinelo de Melo. A total of 48 proposals were submitted to the organization, comprising 155 participants from 16 countries.

Theme of the Triennale

The curatorial statement published today suggests an event which will address iconism, history, and architectural theory.

Contemporary architecture seems split between iconic buildings that aim to be monuments
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April 19, 2017

Drone Video Captures Apple Campus 2 as Employees Begin Move-In

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With employees beginning to move into Apple’s Campus 2 this month, the Foster + Partners-designed main building is down to its finishing touches, as shown in this drone video captured by aerial videographer Matthew Roberts.

Also nearing completion are the solar-panel-covered parking garage and the F&D facility, with the Steve Jobs Theater expected to follow sometime this summer. Landscaping, including the central pond and unprecedentedly ambitious tree planting plan (reported to have caused a shortage of nursery trees in the San Francisco area), are also moving full-steam ahead.

Find more of ArchDaily’s coverage of Apple Campus 2 below:

2.8 Million-square-foot Apple Campus to Open in April... And It Looks Incredible
Apple today announced that Apple Park (also referred to as Apple Campus 2) will be ready to occupy beginning in April. Envisioned by Steve Jobs as a "center for creativity and collaboration," the 175-acre campus will
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April 19, 2017

Visualizations of the Most Used AutoCAD, Revit, and 3dsMax Commands

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The 'Customer Involvement Program' of Autodesk's research department has, over the years, compiled a database of over 60 million individual commands created by anonymized users. Each reveals shortcut paths and thought flows among its customer base. The team have visualized the product usage (here described as the Command Usage Arc project) by ordering known and new commands from the most-frequently-used to the least-frequently. Revealed as a sequence of infographics, the results demonstrate how people work – and how they often deviate from prescribed usage.

Command arcs for the top 5 most frequently used AutoCAD commands. Image via AutoDesk Research

The size of the text and length of the bar are proportional to how frequently the command is used. We recommend that you open the PDFs on a large, or zoomable, screen. Click on the links to open them in a new window.

AutoCAD Command Arc Diagram

Autodesk Inventor Command Arc Diagram

April 19, 2017

Neo-Bankside Residents Launch Legal Bid Against Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern Extension

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The proximity of the two projects. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu Residents of London's Neo Bankside residential building—a luxury complex of apartments designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners—have launched a legal bid against the Tate Modern to close one side of a public viewing platform, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and completed in 2016, which overlooks their properties. As reported by the Architects' Journal, "the applicants say that their human rights are being breached due to ‘near constant surveillance’ from visitors to the neighbouring attraction." The claim goes as far to argue that visitors to the Southbank gallery "constantly view their flats through binoculars, and post photographs and film of their homes on social media sites."

Tate Modern Switch House (left) and Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partner's Neo Bankside (right). Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu

In the past, Neo Bankside itself has been the subject of intense controversy.

April 18, 2017

Competition Announced for New Concert Center in Kanaus, Lithuania

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© Kaunas City Municipality. Courtesy of Malcolm Reading Consultants Malcolm Reading Consultants (MRC) has been appointed by Kaunas City Municipality to run a one-stage design contest for Kaunas’ new Concert Centre. The substantial new building for this leading Lithuanian city, which has just won the title European Capital of Culture 2022, will encompass a world-class concert venue as well as multifunctional spaces for public and community events. The one-stage contest will launch in early summer and conclude in the autumn. The initiative follows the success of the recent Science Island contest, which was the most popular architectural competition in Lithuania’s history. Commenting on this collaboration, Malcolm Reading, MRC Chairman, said: ‘Kaunas is a European city to watch – it has a distinguished architectural heritage and is rapidly achieving prominence as a key hub within the Baltics. ‘We are delighted to be continuing our partnership with Kaunas. This
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April 18, 2017

Architecture Takes Center Stage With Google Earth Relaunch

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Google Earth is no longer a clunky, data-intensive desktop or mobile application. As of today, one of the tech-giant's flagship (and unrivalled) products has been relaunched as a widely accessible web application for Google Chrome. This means that anyone can now access the full Google Earth product, free of charge, without having to install software or download mobile applications.

What's new?

Search within Google Earth has been dramatically enhanced, "Knowledge Cards" give you snapshots of information and places and cities as you navigate, "Voyager" will take you on "adventures" (interactive guided tours), and the familiar search option of "I'm Feeling Lucky" has finally been brought to the platform. In addition, there is now the ability to orbit the entire globe in "3D" as opposed to isolated urban conurbations.

Tour "Frank Gehry's Buildings" and "Architecture by Zaha Hadid"

As part of Google Earth's "Voyager" collection, the

April 18, 2017

Look Inside a Collection of Seoul-Based Architecture Offices, Photographed by Marc Goodwin and Felix Nybergh

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UnSangDong Architects. Image © Marc Goodwin / Felix Nybergh Architectural photographer Marc Goodwin, in cooperation with Felix Nybergh, has recently completed the fourth collection of his "ultra-marathon of photoshoots" – this time in Seoul. Following Goodwin's unique insight into the spaces occupied by Nordic architectural offices (based in Oslo, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Helsinki), his look at studios both large and small lived in by London-based practices, and his lens on a collection of Beijing-based studios, he and Nybergh have now turned their attention to the rich architectural scene of the South Korean capital.

designcamp moonpark dmp

In this space since: 2007
Number of employees: 143
Former use: rental office

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In this space since: 2011
Number of employees: 5
Former use: commercial facility

UnSangDong Architects

In

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April 17, 2017

Study Determines That This is (Probably) What Andrea Palladio Looked Like

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Left: seemingly accurate portrait of Palladio purchased at an antiques store in New Jersey, USA. Right: seemingly accurate portrait of Palladio in a private collection in Moscow, Russia. Image via The New York Times / Palladio Museum In today's culture of narcissism and celebrity it's an assumed expectation that faces can be put to names. Even in 16th Century Europe, the large majority of notable persons had a likeness made of themselves and displayed for posterity – save for architects, it seems. Take, for instance, Andrea Palladio (1508-1580) – the Renaissance style-setter and author of the groundbreaking treatise The Four Books on Architecture, the seminal text of which inspired the likes of Thomas Jefferson. If challenged, could you easily put a face to Palladio's name? There is no accurate, agreed-upon "official" portrait of the architect – until now, that is. With little or no empirical evidence that Palladio was particularly averse to

April 14, 2017

Six of the Best Spatial Installations at Salone del Mobile 2017

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nendo. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu With the 2017 Salone del Mobile now behind us, photographer Laurian Ghinitoiu has shared a collection of photographs from Milan Design Week. From housing prototypes to immersive "digital installations", the annual design show—which is often touted to be the fourth largest of any kind in the world—this year brought together a wide range of practitioners and design companies. In Milan, unusual collaborations are the order of the day. Unlike our top five installations at 2016's incarnation, the installations of 2017 have not been ranked.

COS × Studio Swine: New Spring at Cinema Arti

COS × Studio Swine. Image © Laurian Ghinitoiu

Inspired by the famous cherry blossom festival in Japan, the installation is designed to

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April 13, 2017

Easter Eggs for Architects (And Architecture Lovers)

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Year after year we are never disappointed by the witty, creative, and inspiring designs of ArchDaily readers from across the globe. From over 700 submissions, here are the most egg-celent!

Gif submitted by Karol Kremski

Javier Mariño

Pedro Pablo Hernández

Diego Castañeda Garzón

Gif submitted by Anagnostopoulou Sofia

Rubén Vázquez

Andrei Português Rosa - MOTE 85 arquitetos

Gif submitted by K&K ARCHITECTS

Leonardo Araujo Chagas R. da Silva

Cícero Kroeff

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Gif submitted by Adenirson Sandres Olivier

Jessica Ibañez

Daniela Rentería Franco

Gif submitted by WU CHIN HUEI

April 13, 2017

Nomadic Bookstore in Milan / AA Museum Lab & Lars Müller Publishers

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Architects: AA Museum Lab
Location: Piazza S. Marco, 2, 20121 Milano, Italy
Tutors: Giulia Foscari, Harikleia Karamali (Architectural Association)
Client: Lars Müller
Project Year: 2017
Photographs: Laurian Ghinitoiu, Courtesy of AA Museum Lab

From the architect. Conceived as an itinerant urban structure, the hovering LED-lit roof of the pavilion projects into the city ever changing provocative titles of Lars Müller’s books and shelters the publications within a soft interior-scape. Inside the pavilion, the predominant use of fine cork with diamond-pointed ashlar ceiling details, allows for a uniform exhibition book display and provides an acoustically subdued environment within hustle of the urban Milanese context. Intended as a prototype, in future incarnations the pavilion will transform itself at night by seamlessly morphing into a closed volume through the use of a pneumatic system.

Drawing. Image Courtesy of AA Museum Lab

April 13, 2017

52 Types of Wood and the Trees They Come From

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How much do you know about different kinds of wood that might be used in your architectural projects? In the words of the infographic's creator, Alan Bernau Jr. of AlansFactoryOutlet.com, "Let’s take a moment to admire the huge biodiversity of the earth’s many kinds of trees, including fruit trees, conifers, rare species, and common types of trees you can find in many places throughout the world."

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April 12, 2017

Google’s New AutoDraw Feature Will Complete Your Drawings for You

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Drawing on a touchscreen or trackpad can be a huge pain – but when you’re on the go, sometimes that may be your only option to quickly convey an image. To the rescue, Google has unveiled its latest AI experiment, AutoDraw, which uses machine learning to pair your wobbly doodle with a corresponding artist-drawn image – like autocorrect for sketching.

The interface appears as a basic drawing program, with shape, fill, text and free-draw options to select within a menu on the left of the screen. At the top, the “AutoDraw” button is the true novelty. Start drawing, and the program will begin making guesses as to what you’re attempting to portray. Tapping on one of these options will replace your sketch, and then give you the ability to resize or move it around the page. For us architecture enthusiasts, AutoDraw currently includes representations of some famous

April 11, 2017

Copenhagen Architecture Festival to Debut with World Premiere of “BIG TIME” on April 26

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Denmark's largest architecture festival Copenhagen Architecture Festival opens its fourth edition Wednesday, April 26th with a wide program spread over three cities and with the opening film and world premiere of "BIG TIME" on Bjarke Ingels. This year, the festival will feature more than 150 architectural events in Copenhagen, Aarhus and Aalborg.

The festival takes place over 11 days. The more than 150 events provide a variety of approaches to architecture and through film screenings, exhibitions, lectures, debates, walks, concerts and conferences there are enough to choose from again this year - both for ’feinschmecker’ and the general public. Again this year you can meet experts from home and abroad who will contribute to the audience to get a glimpse of the world of architecture.

In 2015, the festival was the largest of its kind in the world with its focus on architecture and film.

April 11, 2017

This Glass Bottomed Sky Pool is Suspended 500 Feet from the Ground

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From the soaring infinity pool on top of Marina Bay Sands to a glass-bottomed pool hovering over a mountainous Italian landscape, it’s safe to say death-defying swimming elements have emerged as the most high-adrenaline trend in luxury accommodation.

Now, a new pool at Houston’s Market Square Tower is upping the ante even further with a transparent plexiglass wading pool that projects out 10 feet past the end of the building – and 500 feet above the busy street below.

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The new apartment building, designed by Houston-based Jackson & Ryan Architects, is packed to the gills with amenities, including a sauna, golf simulation room, children's playroom, adult game room, basketball court, poker den and movie theater, as well as a

April 11, 2017

The Singularity of the Skyscraper: Studies in Form and Façade

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Florian W. Mueller's Singularity series is, in the photographer's own words, "just the building – reduced to the max." These deceptively simple shots of the summits of skyscrapers from around Europe and North America, each set against in infinite gradient of sky, are symbols of architecture's effort to reach ever higher in evermore unique ways. For Mueller, who is based in Cologne, they are an attempt at abstraction. In isolation—and especially when viewed together—they are remarkably revealing as studies of form and façade.

April 11, 2017

The Singularity of the Skyscraper: Studies in Form and Façade

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April 10, 2017

Watch the Cryptic Trailer for New Bjarke Ingels’ Documentary, BIG TIME

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There is something unsettling about this trailer – something uncomfortable. On the surface it’s as optimistic as any other film about Bjarke Ingels, the architectural protege and principal of BIG, of which there have been many. He is incandescently youthful, remarkably young when tallied to the level of his repute and success, and perhaps the last of the world-building, world conquering 'media darlings' of the 20th and 21st Centuries. He is, many would argue, an unstoppable force.

But all things that move forward (and especially those that do so quickly and aggressively) must eventually come to a stop. Fresh off a lighthearted, tongue-in-cheek April Fool's joke in which we (ArchDaily) poked fun at ourselves at Bjarke’s expense, we have seen a trailer for the latest in a string of films that, ostensibly, chronicles a different and viscerally unretouched version of a day in