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Penda proposes Toronto Tree Tower built from cross-laminated timber modules

Plants and trees sprout from the modular units that make up this timber-framed high-rise, proposed by architecture firm Penda for Toronto. Penda, which has offices in China and Austria, collaborated with Canadian company Tmber for the Toronto Tree Tower project. They propose an 18-storey residential block that would stand 62 metres tall, with a modular structure made from cross-laminated timber (CLT).

Wood would also clad the building’s staggered walls, and trees would grow from the homes’ generous balconies. “Our cities are a assembly of steel, concrete and glass,” said Penda partner Chris Precht. “If you walk through the city and suddenly see a tower made of wood and plants, it will create an interesting contrast. The warm, natural appearance of wood and the plants growing on its facade bring the building to life and that could be a model for environmental friendly developments and sustainable extensions of our urban landscape,” he added.

(Source: dezeen.com)

archatlas:

Magnificent Architecture in Barcelona 

When he takes a walk in the streets of Barcelona, Gauvin Lapetoule is not one to look at his feet. He prefers looking up and discovering architectural jewels ignored by most people. The French photographer based in the Catalan capital offers us this splendid series which is an invitation to look up. From the Sagrada Familia to the Plaza Milans, he captured magnificent images of the city which reveal its architectural wealth.

(Source: fubiz.net)

archatlas:

Archeopark Pavlov

In the words of the architects Architektonicka kancelar Radko Kvet:

For many decades now, excavations at the complex of Palaeolithic (the period of mammoth hunters) settlements have unearthed a huge number of stone and bone tools and artwork, as well as the skeletal remains of anatomically modern humans. This puts Pavlov and Dolní Věstonice high on the list of the world’s leading archaeological sites. The site reminds us of a past historic age and is both part of the universal cultural heritage and a symbolic integral element of the local culture, fundamentally forming a relationship between the local population and the region. It has embodied cultural values that the local population takes pride in and establishes their relation to the country.

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(Source: archatlas)

landscape-photo-graphy:

Stunning Travel Photography 

Los Angeles-based photographer Ravi Vora shares daily inspiring images of his travel on his Instagram account. Many of the portraits are fantastic views and passages in the middle of nature. Also known for photographing people in the middle of breathtaking landscape, each image is a still moment of nature’s ephemeral beauty.

(Source: landscape-photo-graphy.com, via photography-cnl)

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House of One: Kuehn Malvezzi Designs a Space in Berlin for Three Religions Under the Same Roof

The German architecture office Kuehn Malvezzi has won a competition to design a space as unique as it is improbable. Three different religious communities in Berlin, Jewish, Christian, and Muslim, are joining together to commission a shared structure that serve not only as a house of worship, but a center for learning and dialogue between faiths. The House of One will be built on the Petriplatz, a site at the nucleus of the old city that contains the foundations of some of its oldest churches. Kuehn Malvezzi’s design incorporates the forms of these historical structures as well as a space for viewing what remains of them. Kuehn Malvezzi will be displaying models and drawings of the project at the Chicago Architecture Biennial this fall.

(via arciphilia)