American studio ASAP has integrated a century-old brick facade into a residential and retail building called Allen Apartments in Buffalo, USA.Located in Buffalo's Allentown neighbourhood, the building occupies an urban site near a light rail system and medical campus.ASAP has completed Allen Apartments in upstate New YorkIt also sits within a historic district known for its eclectic mix of 19th- and 20th-century architecture, including a concert hall by Eero and Eliel Saarinen and a park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. The district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The project involved partly preserving a dilapidated, two-storey retail building that was mostly beyond repair.The original brick-and-stone front facade was preservedASAP, or Adam Sokol Architecture Practice which relocated from Buffalo to Los Angeles in 2018 conceived a scheme that preserved the original brick and stone facade, yet allowed for a 3.5-storey structure to rise behind it.According to the studio, the design represents a "distinctive mixture of historic and contemporary construction"."The massing respects the historic structure by gradually increasing in size as it recedes from the street," said the studio.Each side of the building has a different lookRoughly rectangular in plan, the building looks different on each side.The original front facade was preserved yet mostly rebuilt with new brick that matched the old structure. The east wall, which faces a vacant plot, was made of concrete masonry, as is the rear wall.Read: Studio Other Spaces encloses Buffalo museum courtyard in "canopy of glass and mirrors"The western elevation is staggered and overlooks a communal courtyard. Walls are clad in dark grey steel panels.The building contains a retail space and two ADA-compliant apartments on the ground floor, with additional apartments on the upper levels.The building's western elevation is staggered and overlooks a courtyard. Photo by Alexandro SeverinIn total the build contains 10 homes, with a combination of one- and two-bedroom units along with two loft-style duplexes. Units are accessed via an orange-painted stairwell.The units have large windows and high ceilings to create a feeling of spaciousness. Interior finishes include light-toned wooden flooring and white cabinetry.The team incorporated "a variety of outdoor spaces of differing scales, giving each unit a unique experience".Dark grey steel panels were used for the exteriorThe building is among the first all-electric buildings in Buffalo. Eco-friendly elements include high-efficiency heat pumps and solar-generated hot water.The project received historic tax credits, following approval of the design by the state preservation office and federal park service.The apartments feature large windows, wooden flooring and white cabinetryOther projects in Buffalo include the adaptive reuse of an insane asylum into a boutique hotel by Deborah Berke Partners, and a sculptural, glass-enclosed addition to the AKG Art Museum by OMA's New York office.The photography is by Brett Beyer unless stated otherwise.The post ASAP incorporates historic facade into mixed-use building in Buffalo appeared first on Dezeen.

A startup called HEYii claims they've developed infinitely reusable tracing paper. Called HEYtrace+, it's not actually paper at all, but a 0.5mm-thick silicone sheet with some type of proprietary coating; the company says it's nontoxic and allows you to erase the sheet using water (though they say 75% alcohol does a better job). You are somewhat limited to what you can draw with: The surface doesn't react well with pencils or oil-based markers. You can use alcohol-based markers like Copics, dry-erase markers, ballpoint pens, and water-based ink pens. The sheets come in A4 (8.3 x 11.7 inches) and A3 (11.7 x 16.5 inches). Oddly, both are priced the same: $35 each, with discounts available if you buy multiples ($99 gets you a 4-pack, for instance). The sheets come with a cleaning cloth and a piece of test material, if you want to try out a writing utensil to see if it will erase, without ruining the actual sheet.HEYtrace+ has been successfully Kickstarted, and there are nine days left in the campaign. They expect to start shipping them this April.

Most children have probably built a fort or hut or shelter in their living bedroom or bedroom and engaged in playful shenanigans inside and around it. Most of the time though its just several pillows and bedsheets propped up by chairs and tables and we have to dismantle them when the adults say we need to clean up the room. What if there was a more permanent kind that kids can keep and stay in whenever they want?Designer: Valeria OrlovaShelter is a concept for a permanent hut to add to your kids room. Well, probably permanent until they outgrow it or destroy it, whichever comes first. It is made from a box-like material and is shaped like the silhouette of a mountain with a cave-like opening. The outside is decorated with various constellations so in the evening the child can have a starry view from outside the hut. On the side of the mountain are through the wall storage spaces with hinged systems so they can just throw in toys inside (or hide them quickly in case they need to). Inside the cave, the back wall is covered with paint slate so the kids can draw on it with chalk, creating their own artwork or codes and ciphers. There are also some stones and other materials outside to give the feel of a mountain (or a gingerbread house, but with stones instead of gingerbread).Part of the joy of creating forts is using whatever material you have lying around but also part of the heartbreak is getting them down. So a permanent structure like this may be the next best thing for the child and the child at heart. It can remove a bit of the imagination that goes into makeshift huts but theres still plenty to do inside and outside anyways. The post Shelter concept creates fun, permanent fort for kids first appeared on Yanko Design.

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MacworldShooting music videos on iPhones is nothing new. Lady Gagas video for Stupid Love made a big deal about being shot entirely on iPhone 11 almost five years ago. Olivia Rodrigo and Selena Gomez have shot music videos on iPhones, and most recently, The Weeknds Dancing in the Flames was shot in cinematic slow-mo on iPhone 16 Pro.But few actually feature the iPhone itself as much as OK Gos new video for A Stone Only Rolls Downhill. You can watch it below.The video features 64 videos on 64 iPhones and makes use of clever framing, choreography, and edits to tie it all together. Not only were all the videos shot on iPhone, but the iPhones are the star of the video. Its difficult to judge exactly which iPhones are in use, but they appear to be iPhone 15 Pro models in bright colorful cases. In a short behind the scenes video you can see the phones have action buttons rather than mute switches, but no camera control button. And of course, they all feature a Dynamic Island.

OK Go's latest music video for "A Stone Only Rolls Downhill" uses 64 iPhones and an awful lot of planning and effort.iPhones in the music video for 'A Stone Only Rolls Downhill' - Image Credit: OK GoOK Go is a band known for coming up with unique music videos, with the eye-catching efforts aiming to get viewers and listeners for being creative and unusual.This has ranged from orchestrations on running machines to dancing with motorized unicycles, to careful filming on a zero-gravity flight. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

New York Citys Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is looking into a rare designation for the interior spaces of the recently sold 945 Madison Avenue (aka the Breuer Building) on the Upper East Side. According to The Art Newspaper, a hearing on the issues is expected to take place within the next few months.Herzog & de Meuron had previously announced its intentions to "perfectly balance innovation and preservation" through their renovation. The interior layout and other aspects it would protect are equally important parts of the experience of the building as fans of Marcel Breuers and those who have visited in the past can attest to.

Firewalk Studios Concord is one of Sonys biggest failures of all time, estimated to have only sold 25,000 units after launch. It was pulled from sale after roughly two weeks before servers eventually shut down and the developer shuttered. Beyond the rumored budget and sunk costs, its impact is allegedly still felt, especially with Sonys other projects.In the latest Game Mess podcast, GiantBombs Jeff Grubb revealed that the cancelled live-service titles from Bluepoint Games and Bend Studio were reportedly due to Concord. This happened because of Concord. Like, this should be clear. Thats what Ive been told.Sony has been shell-shocked from Concord, and now theyre going around to every studio and reassessing every project. If its a live-service project, theres a lot of friction against it, preventing it from getting a chance to come out. He also reports that these were the main projects from both studios. Alongside Concord, they join the likes of cancelled multiplayer titles for The Last of Us and Marvels Spider-Man, the rumored Twisted Metal reboot and Sony Londons fantasy RPG.Sony noted that the cancellations wont result in studio closures, but its unknown if there will be layoffs. Plans are underway to discuss the future, so stay tuned for further updates.