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Atelier38 reworks furniture store into home for Czech Radio

Architecture studio Atelier38 has converted a former furniture store in Olomouc, Czech Republic, into a broadcast centre arranged around a light-filled atrium.  Read more

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Dezeen reveals the world’s 57 best buildings shortlisted for Dezeen Awards 2022

Dezeen has announced the architecture shortlist for this year’s Dezeen Awards, which includes buildings by MVRDV, MAD and the late Richard Rogers. Read more

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Thomas Demand and Caruso St John follow « the logic of paper » for The Triple Folly pavilion

German artist Thomas Demand has teamed up with Caruso St John Architects to create his first building – a pavilion at the Kvadrat headquarters in Denmark that was designed to look like it is made out of paper. Read more

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University of Virginia 3D-prints living soil walls that sprout greenery

University of Virginia researchers have invented a method of 3D printing with seed-impregnated soil, which could be used to create walls and roofs teeming with plant life. Read more

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Hybrid uses wood and weathering steel for Oak & Alder duplex in Seattle

American studio Hybrid has designed, funded and built a pair of « missing middle » townhomes that are meant to help densify a Seattle neighbourhood while respecting the context. Read more

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VizArt merges data visualization and 3D modelling to create cartography relief maps

From the very first maps, cartography has always been at the intersection of design, science, and art. It has progressed at a fast pace with data acquisition technology getting better and faster, and design improving little by little. In a project that adds the 3D component to their maps, VizArt uses data visualization to make …

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Civic Architects converts 1930s town hall buildings into shoe museum

Circular openings sliced into an existing brick wall provide views through to exhibition spaces inside this shoe museum, which Amsterdam-based Civic Architects designed in Waaliwijk, the Netherlands. Read more

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Ten atriums that brighten and expand residential spaces

A Montreal home with a trapeze net, a warehouse conversion in London and an Indian home with a monolithic marble facade are among the residences in this lookbook, which feature atriums as a central aspect of their design. Read more

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Bill Amberg Studio creates ribbon-like leather ceiling for London office lobby

Padded leather panels twist their way across the ceiling in the lobby of the 22 Bishopsgate skyscraper in London as part of an installation developed for the office building by leather specialist Bill Amberg Studio. Read more

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Zaytinya NYC restaurant by Rockwell Group « transports » diners to the Mediterranean

Blue glass discs, hand-painted linen pendants and ombre curtains were combined by design studio Rockwell Group to evoke the Mediterranean coast at this restaurant in New York City. Read more

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