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The Apple Studio Display is expected to get an upgrade in the not-too-distant future. Here's what the rumor mill has claimed will be coming.Apple Studio DisplayThe Apple Studio Display was launched back in early 2022, making it almost three years old at the time of publication. After a stumbling start, the display has received many firmware updates, improving its capabilities over time.However, the rumor mill constantly believes that there will be a hardware update on the horizon for the model. One that will bring more features to the premium monitor in its second-gen release. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

A new render of a rumored but doubtful design of iPhone 17 Pro Max is doing the rounds, one that proves that lighting can make things look a bit better.Renders of a large camera bump concept for the iPhone 17 Pro Max - Image Credit: @Asherdipps/XApple has been rumored to be including a new design of camera bump in the iPhone 17 Pro models for a while. On February 14, those rumors reached a point where renders of an absurdly large camera bump were featured in a video.While the shots in the video were tough to believe, a new render of the design makes it look more tolerable as a concept, if not much more believable. Rumor Score: B#$&(*it Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

A team from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) will exhibit material at the 2025 Venice Biennale focusing on the escalating risks of wildfires in Los Angeles; risks exacerbated by climate change. Led by Graduate Programs Chair Elena Manferdini, the SCI-Arc team is one of six schools to exhibit their findings in the French Pavilion at the Biennale, with each school examining a unique territory and type of risk ranging from water and earth to fire and air.The SCI-Arc project began in the Fall of 2024 with the Atlas of Risks studio envisioning a new planet to illustrate nature and environmental risks intensified by climate change, with a focus on wildfires in Los Angeles. The research seeks to engage in a provocative dialogue about nature and how architects, visual artists, and landscape designers can reinterpret its representation in contemporary contexts.Building on the research, the studio will design an 86,000-square-foot Berggruen Institute campus ...

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Architizer's 13th A+Awards features a suite of sustainability-focused categories recognizing designers that are building a greener industry and a better future. Start your entry to receive global recognition for your work!Passive House is an architectural approaches that prioritizes materials and construction techniques that significantly reduce the emissions of a building. Technically speaking, the term should only be applied to projects that meet a specific standard. But what exactly does that mean?Characteristics of Passive House (Passivhaus)Paseo Mallorca 15 by OHLAB / oliver hernaiz architecture lab, Palma, SpainIs it Passivhaus or Passive House? Whats the difference?Passivhaus is the German translation of Passive House. The terms are interchangeable.What is the Passive House Standard in architecture?The Passive House Standard refers to an international building energy performance level. Ascertaining exactly how many buildings meet this criteria isnt easy the International Passive House Association has accredited around 50,000 structures globally as of January 2025. The Passive House Accelerator puts the number at closer to 150,000 worldwide.Despite the name, the Passive House Standard can be applied to both residential homes (houses) and commercial properties. The globally recognized Passive House Standards are as follows:Up to 15 kWh per square meter of floor for heating and cooling.Up to 60 kWh per square meter for primary energy including water and electricity.Leak air up to 0.6 times the volume of the house per hour at 0.0073 PSI.It is also recommended that heat loads for heating source at design temperature is less than 10 watts per square meter. However, this is not compulsory. The standard was validated at the Passive House Institute, in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1996.Timber House by MESH Architecture, New YorkWhat are the five Passive House principles?The Passive House Standard can be met through a wide variety of techniques, but will always comply with the following core principles:Design must be free of thermal bridges where heat can easily escape.High quality insulation should be used continually throughout the structure.Construction has to be airtight.Ventilation systems should recover heat from the inside atmosphere and transfer this to fresh air.Superior windows fully insulated and fitted with low-e glazing are required.What are the benefits of building to Passive House Standards?Long-term cost savings and comfort are key reasons why people reach for Passive House Standards when designing buildings. Maximising energy efficiency means lower bills and other operating costs, well ventilated rooms are generally more pleasant to spend time in, and with less reliance on artificial climate control and better air quality there are also real health benefits.Passive House advantages go well beyond this, though. Environmental impact is significantly reduced, making this a planet-friendly type to architecture. This is likely to pay dividends in the future, as legislation relating to issues such as heat and electricity consumption tighten and the idea of active fines and punitive measures against those failing to meet new standards becomes a reality, in both commercial or residential settings. Seen in this light, passive is also about future-proofing.History of Passive House ArchitectureSendero Verde by Handel Architects, New York City, New YorkWhen did Passivhaus first rise to prominence and where did it originate?According to Passipedia the largest passive house resource online the very first Passive House was actually a ship the Fram. This research vessel was completed in 1893, and built to survive harsh polar environments. Mastermind Fridtjof Nansen said at the time: whether the thermometer stands at 22 above zero, or 22 below, we have no fire in the stove.More recognisable Passive House designs began to appear in Europe during the 1970s. Key examples include Copenhagen academic Professor Vagn Korsgaards DTH, the worlds first zero energy house developed at the Technical University of Denmark.Around that time, doctors Horst Hrster, Bernd Steinmller, Gnther Bergmann, Richard Bruno, Wilhelm Hermann, Reinhard Kersten, and Klaus Klinkenberg built their own super-insulated low energy experimental home in Aachen, Germany. Studies suggesting potential energy saving of 10 to 20 times compared with regular European and North American houses. Meanwhile, in Canada and Colorado, William A. Shurcliff and Wayne Shick, and Amory Lovins, were also working on their own concepts.While these examples laid the foundations for todays passive houses, they also had some serious problems. Poor performing windows, a lack of awareness about the importance of long-term airtightness something Swedish Professor Arne Elmroth played a pivotal role in addressing and comparatively rudimentary energy technology were among the most glaring issues.Taking this into consideration, the Passive House principle cant really be traced to a singular genesis. As Passipedia explains, it was not invented by anyone, but discovered through a long process of trial and error. Comparable examples have existed in countries and regions such as Iceland, Southern China, Iran and Portugal, for centuries, with many indigenous construction techniques relying on natural climate control and other elements. However, if we had to put a date on the first building to comply with the Passive House Standard then Kranichstein Passive House, Darmstadt, Germany, is recognised as the earliest.Vital Brookdale by Dattner Architects, Brooklyn, New YorkWhere is Passive House design most popular or widespread?Germany is currently home to the most Passive House Standard certified buildings. Which makes sense, considering the concept was first validated there. Specifically, Bahnstadt, Heidelberg, is cited as the largest passive house district on Earth.Austria is also considered a global leader in this approach, which has also found popularity in a number of other Northern European nations. Nevertheless, increasing numbers of these buildings are cropping up in places like UAE, Argentina, Sweden and the US, a trend that reflects a growing recognition this can be applied in a broad variety of climates.Although fixed numbers relating to the increasing prevalence of passive houses are hard to come by at a global level, the Passive House Accelerator reports that New York City introduced 3million square feet of passive homes in 2024, up from 1.82million in 2021.Case Studies and Examples of Passive House BuildingsThe Rye Apartments by Tikari Works, London, United KingdomWhat are some famous architects and firms associated with Passive House design?MESH Architectures Eric Liftins hybrid architectural practice designs for both IRL and online, with the focus on low impact projects delivered through accredited Passive House expertise.Prewett Bizley Architects Founder Michael Ingui is the guy who set up Passive House Accelerator and created Manhattans first ever certified Passive House a stunning Renaissance Revival-fronted, late-19th Century townhouse.Steinsvik Arkitektkonter AS Situated in Troms, northern Norway, the neighbourhood of Storelva sits next to a spectacular ford and takes its name from a tributary river. Here, youll find northern passive houses I-Box 120 and Storelva by veterans Steinsvik Arkitektkonter AS.TECTO ARHITECTURA Bucharest, Romania-based ECOthinking ECOtechnology specialist TECTO makes no secret of its commitment to sustainable architecture. Like the PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGN in a beautiful inner-city forest.Abendroth Architekten Energy efficiency comes as standard with Austrias Abendroth Architekten, which sees Passive House design as a daily building challenge.Ville Verdi by ALBERT WIMMER ZT-GMBH, Vienna, AustriaWhat are famous examples of architecture built to Passive House Standards?Passivehaus by Professor Bott / Ridder / Westermeyer: Probably the most famous Passive House on the planet is found in Darmstadt, Germany, where Bett, Ridder and Westermeyer completed the very first homes built to this standard in 1993.Paseo Mallorca 15 by OHLAB / oliver hernaiz architecture lab: For many people Palma means a charming harbour and the spectacular Gothic Roman Catedral-Basilica de Santa Maria. Paseo Mallorca 15 is a much newer landmark, made to Passive House standards in 2022.Vital Brookdale by Dattner Architects: Passive House dieting isnt usually associated with affordable homes, which is why Dattners Kings County, Brooklyn community project really stands out a 160 unit, 25,000 square foot rarity.The Rye Apartments by Tikari Works: Ten homes in landmark building at a well-appointed position on a London street offer whole-house heat recovery ventilation, high performance solar controlled glazing and air-tight interiors.Ville Verdi by ALBERT WIMMER ZT-GMBH: Finished in 2009, Ville Verdi manages to jostle for our attention next to two of the most iconic structures in Viennas 11th District. Made up of five buildings, this complex is a great example of a Passive House community.The Future of Passive House DesignPassivhaus Institut, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia CommonsAre Passive House principles being diffused and integrated into popular architecture?Increasing numbers of Passive House designs worldwide suggest a gradual mainstreaming of these principles, although certification still only covers a tiny minority of all construction projects. However, passive elements are now much more commonplace in standard developments, even if the project doesnt meet all standards. For example, insulation and low impact or renewable heat sources, trends driven by net zero needs and exacerbated by the post-pandemic era of uncertain energy costs.Are prices coming down on the materials required for building to Passive House Standard?In 2019, the UK Passiv Haus Trust reports an average cost increase of 8% for developments that meet passive standards. This was significantly down on the 15-20% additional investment needed back in 2015. The organization predicts overheads could fall to just 4% more than regular building designs in the coming years as the industry scales up.Architizer's 13th A+Awards features a suite of sustainability-focused categories recognizing designers that are building a greener industry and a better future. Start your entry to receive global recognition for your work!The post Architecture 101: What is the Passive House (Passivhaus) in Design? appeared first on Journal.

With Grand Theft Auto 6 scheduled for launch later this year, players of Grand Theft Auto Online have been worried about losing all the content they paid money for in the game once the new release comes out with its own version of GTA Online. Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has revealed, however, that support for the original GTA Online will continue in some form.While he didnt offer specific details, Zelnick spoke about the publishers willingness to support its older titles, as long as there is still interest in the player base. As an example, Zelnick pointed to NBA 2K Online a China-exclusive online game launched back in 2012 which was followed up by the 2017 launch of NBA 2K Online 2. The servers for both titles are still live.Im going to speak theoretically only because Im not going to talk about a particular project when an announcement hasnt been made, Zelnick said to IGN. But generally speaking, we support our properties when the consumers are involved with those titles. As an example, we launched NBA 2K Online in China, I think originally in 2012 if Im not mistaken. And then we launched NBA 2K Online 2 in China in 2017. If Im not mistaken. We did not sunset Online 1. They both are still in the market and they serve consumers and theyre alive and we have this massive audience.So weve shown a willingness to support legacy titles when a community wants to be engaged with them.While Zelnick has a point in that particular instance, publisher Take-Two has also shown a willingness to shut down the servers for some of its older titles in order to promote newer releases in the franchise. A prime example of this would be this years closure of the WWE 2K23 servers, which brought an end to multiplayer as well as community creations. This was done in order to get players that want to focus on multiplayer to move to the more recent WWE 2K24, or wait for the upcoming WWE 2K25.When it comes to GTA Online itself, things could go either way. Both the publisher, as well as developer Rockstar Games have invested quite a bit of time and money into the game to add tonnes of content over the years. Interestingly, Red Dead Online is also still live, despite never reaching the heights of popularity that its GTA cousin did.A recent report has indicated that GTA 6 would have some sort of emphasis on user-generated content. What this means for the title, and whether well see the user-generated content also show up in the follow-up to GTA Online, is currently unknown. Developer Rockstar has seemingly been in talks with the companies behind Fortnite and Roblox, both of which have quite a bit of support for user-generated content.Grand Theft Auto 6 is slated for release some time in Fall this year. The game is currently in development for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. There has been no solid announcement yet of a potential PC release of the game. Recent rumours, however, have indicated that we might see the open-world title come to PC in early 2026.

Nvidia has seemingly disabled support for the 32-bit version of its PhysX feature on its recent GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards. First spotted by Reddit user MrEWhite when trying to play Borderlands 2, which makes use of 32-bit PhysX, the user was unable to enable the setting through the games options.Taking to Nvidias support forums, MrEWhite got a response from a member of the Nvidia staff, who clarified that 32-bit CUDA applications are being deprecated in the new series of graphics cards.32-bit compilation native and cross-compilation were removed from CUDA 12.0 and later Toolkit, says Nvidias own support page about the matter. 32-bit CUDA applications cannot be developed or debugged using CUDA 12.0 or later toolkit for any target architecture. Use the CUDA Toolkit from earlier releases for 32-bit compilation.This means that older games will have features that dont work with newer Nvidia graphics cards. The support page does note that support for 32-bit CUDA applications will continue for older graphics cards, from the last-gen GeForce RTX 40-series GPUs, all the way back to the GeForce GTX 9-series GPUs.A comprehensive list of titles that will be affected by this change has been made by ResetEra user RandomlyRandom67, and includes games like Borderlands 2, Metro: Last Light, Mirrors Edge, Batman: Arkham City, Bulletstorm, and Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag. It is worth noting that, while players wont be able to make use of PhysX features in these titles, they will still be completely playable.More modern games that make use of 64-bit CUDA-based PhysX will be unaffected by this deprecation, and games like Batman: Arkham Knight, which feature a modern implementation of PhysX will still be able to make use of the feature.Nvidia recently launched its first major graphics cards of the recently-unveiled GeForce RTX 50-series. Priced at $1,999, the top-of-the-line RTX 5090 features 32 GB of GDDR7 VRAM, 1,792 GB/sec memory bandwidth, 21,760 CUDA cores, 680 fifth-generation Tensor cores, and 170 fourth-generation ray tracing cores.Just under it is the RTX 5080, which offers 16 GB of GDDR7 VRAM and 960 GB/sec memory bandwidth. Nvidia claimed during its presentation back in January that the RTX 5080 is able to offer double the performance of its immediate predecessor, the RTX 4080, in games like Far Cry 6, Alan Wake 2, and Black Myth: Wukong.Nvidia is also getting ready to launch its mid-range offerings in the RTX 50-series of GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 and the RTX 5070 Ti. Both of these GPUs are meant for 1440p gaming, and will offer close performance to each other, albeit with major differences in VRAM. Check out our coverage of the announcement for more details.While the RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 have been out for a few days, just about any retailer selling the GPUs has been facing major stock shortages. Scalpers, on the other hand, have been able to get their hands on the new graphics cards and have been selling them for prices as high as $6,000.

The Commonwealth Association of Architects (CAA) has announced the launch of a survey aimed at capturing the perspectives, aspirations, and challenges of young architects and architecture students across the Commonwealth countries, including Canada.This initiative aims to highlight the crucial role of youth in shaping the future of architecture through policy, education, and training.With the architectural profession facing global challenges from climate change to rapid urbanization, the insights of young practitioners and students are very important. As a result, the survey will serve as a platform for young voices to be heard, and ensure that their contributions inform policies and programs designed to strengthen the profession across Commonwealth nations.The future belongs to the next generation of professionals. By engaging young architects and students in meaningful dialogue, we can foster an inclusive, forwardthinking profession that responds effectively to the evolving needs of our communities and those we design for. This survey represents a key step in amplifying youth perspectives and integrating their insights into decision-making processes, said Hugo Chan, youth representative of the CAA.The survey is open globally to all young architects, architecture students, and emerging professionals from the ages of 18 to 35, but will have a particular focus on Commonwealth countries.Findings from the survey will be compiled into a report, which will be shared with industry leaders, policymakers, and academic institutions to drive positive change in late 2025.The CAA invites all eligible participants to take part in this initiative. The survey can be accessed here and will remain open until June 30, 2025.The post The Commonwealth Association of Architects launches survey for students and emerging architects appeared first on Canadian Architect.

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