The Third Thing
“What we did: love. We did not spend our days gazing into each other’s eyes. We did that gazing when we made love or when one of us was in trouble, but most of the time our gazes met and entwined as they looked at a third thing. Third things are essential to marriages, objects …
Mexico City community centre features blue-tinted concrete walls
Design firms WORKac and Ignacio Urquiza Architects have created a multi-level, concrete community centre in an underserved neighbourhood that is meant to « promote the regeneration of social life ». Read more
Javier Guzmán Cervantes showcases furniture made from urban waste in Mexico
Mexican architect Javier Guzmán Cervantes has collected urban waste materials including cinderblocks and rebar to create a series of furniture for a show in Mexico City. Read more
BIG designs Mindfulness City in Bhutan connected by « inhabitable bridges »
Danish architecture studio BIG has unveiled its masterplan for a 1,000-square-kilometre development in Bhutan that will include an international airport and a hydroelectric dam incorporating a temple. Read more
Stanton Williams updates historic home of the Rhodes Trust in Oxford
British architecture studio Stanton Williams has refurbished and extended the Grade II*-listed Rhodes House at the University of Oxford, adding a lantern-like glazed pavilion for events. Read more
Limbo Accra turns half-built Sharjah Mall into a « symbol of potential »
Ghanaian studio Limbo Accra has installed a series of textile forms within an unfinished shopping centre, which is one of the largest incomplete buildings in the UAE, as part of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial. Read more
RSHP unveils proposal for « post-carbon » neighbourhood in Paris
British studio RSHP has revealed its plans to introduce a mixed-use neighbourhood with a series of public spaces within La DĂ©fense business district in Paris. Read more
Robocoop conceals Rome palace restoration work with « illusionary infill facade »
Italian studio Robocoop has created a temporary facade to blend into its historic surroundings and hide ongoing construction on a palace courtyard restoration in Rome. Read more
Plat Asia explores « boundarylessness » with Cloud Tea Room in China
Beijing studio Plat Asia has created a contemporary teahouse for a resort in Huzhou, China, which draws on the transience of clouds and is surrounded by an undulating steel-pole installation. Read more
Philos is a gimbal decanter designed for serving whisky on superyachts
London-based Studio Indigo and craftsmen Little Halstock have created a sculptural gimbal decanter for whisky distillers The Glenrothes that can be used aboard a yacht to protect and pour its rare Demijohn 1969 spirit. Read more
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