facades | architecture and design news and projects https://www.designboom.com/tag/facades/ designboom magazine | your first source for architecture, design & art news Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:33:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 UNstudio wraps huawei shanghai flagship with biophilic ‘flower petal’ facade https://www.designboom.com/architecture/unstudio-huawei-shanghai-flagship-store-01-02-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/unstudio-huawei-shanghai-flagship-store-01-02-2024/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:15:29 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1044614

the project is recognized by its biophilic flower petal facade which creates a blossoming new landmark in shanghai.

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sofia crespo animates casa batlló facade with bio-inspired AI projection mapping artwork https://www.designboom.com/art/sofia-crespo-casa-batllo-facade-bio-ai-projection-mapping-artwork-01-12-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/art/sofia-crespo-casa-batllo-facade-bio-ai-projection-mapping-artwork-01-12-2024/#respond Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:01:26 +0000 myrto katsikopoulou I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1040268

the immersive audiovisual event, blending artificial intelligence with the organic inspirations that fueled gaudí's creations, took place on january 27-28.

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a dynamic colonnade enwraps studioninedots’ mixed-use red concrete tower in almere https://www.designboom.com/architecture/dynamic-colonnade-enwraps-studioninedots-mixed-used-red-concrete-tower-almere-highnote-01-23-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/dynamic-colonnade-enwraps-studioninedots-mixed-used-red-concrete-tower-almere-highnote-01-23-2024/#respond Tue, 23 Jan 2024 17:01:22 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1042446

stepped and leaning, the highnote tower reveals a triangular plinth that consists entirely of 'urban rooms', flowing into each other and enticing residents to wander through them.

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terracotta facade of hanging gardens fronts artyzen singapore hotel by ONG&ONG https://www.designboom.com/architecture/artyzen-hotel-singapore-ongong-01-17-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/artyzen-hotel-singapore-ongong-01-17-2024/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2024 17:01:16 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1041356

a newly completed hotel, known as artyzen singapore, has been designed by architecture studio ONG&ONG with vertical 'sky gardens.'

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OODA plans ‘hora vertikale’ as a vertical village of thirteen stacked cubes for tirana https://www.designboom.com/architecture/ooda-hora-vertikale-tirana-albania-01-09-2024/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/ooda-hora-vertikale-tirana-albania-01-09-2024/#respond Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:01:32 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1039523

OODA unveils 'hora vertikale,' a unique stacked tower with a clustered facade, set to redefine the skyline of tirana, albania.

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translucent metal mesh skin veils TAO’s in-between pavilion in nantou ancient town https://www.designboom.com/architecture/metal-mesh-tao-in-between-pavilion-nantou-ancient-town-04-01-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/metal-mesh-tao-in-between-pavilion-nantou-ancient-town-04-01-2023/#respond Thu, 04 Jan 2024 03:30:11 +0000 ravail khan I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1038663

the building's mass recedes from the semi-translucent metal skin to form a multifaceted space that seeps into the street.

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kengo kuma reuses shinto shrine materials for origami facade of tokyo café https://www.designboom.com/architecture/kengo-kuma-wakuni-shoten-cafe-higashimurayama-city-tokyo-japan-12-28-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/kengo-kuma-wakuni-shoten-cafe-higashimurayama-city-tokyo-japan-12-28-2023/#respond Thu, 28 Dec 2023 22:45:49 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1038356

the café's patterned facade comprises 700 patinated bronze plates each sourced from the roof of a shinto shrine.

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school expansion’s louvered facade opens entirely toward the swiss alpine landscape https://www.designboom.com/architecture/school-expansion-louvered-facade-comamala-ismail-grimisuat-switzerland-12-26-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/school-expansion-louvered-facade-comamala-ismail-grimisuat-switzerland-12-26-2023/#respond Tue, 26 Dec 2023 15:15:48 +0000 COIS https://www.designboom.com/?p=1035781

the meticulously positioned new building integrates with the natural slope of the site, fostering connections between outdoor spaces on different levels.

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dynamic OHLAB facade switches from shutters to pergolas across paral·lel complex in spain https://www.designboom.com/architecture/dynamic-ohlab-facade-switches-from-shutters-to-pergolas-across-paral-lel-complex-spain-12-12-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/dynamic-ohlab-facade-switches-from-shutters-to-pergolas-across-paral-lel-complex-spain-12-12-2023/#respond Tue, 12 Dec 2023 21:15:47 +0000 lea zeitoun I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1035890

the folding wooden slat shutters act as solar filters, reminiscent of the traditional pergolas and lattices of the mediterranean.

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veiled in robotically woven facade, texoversum university building opens in germany https://www.designboom.com/architecture/texoversum-allmannwappner-menges-scheffler-architekten-icd-itke-germany-12-11-2023/ https://www.designboom.com/architecture/texoversum-allmannwappner-menges-scheffler-architekten-icd-itke-germany-12-11-2023/#respond Mon, 11 Dec 2023 19:15:11 +0000 kat barandy I designboom https://www.designboom.com/?p=1035959

carbon and glass fibers are robotically woven and assembled with a modular logic to create the intricate 'texoversum' facade.

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