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A New Definition of Beauty lies in Sustainable Materials

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A New Definition of Beauty lies in Sustainable Materials

Mario Cucinella, curator of the Design With Nature exhibition at Milan Design Week, on why sustainable materials are key to the future of our cities.
Design : Architecture : Sustainability
Block’hood

Design Directions

Block’hood

Block’hood teaches people of all ages how the built environment works using a Minecraft-style interface.
Block'hood : Gaming : Architecture
VIK Winery

Design Directions

VIK Winery

A newly built vineyard in the Chilean plains is using a holistic ethos to produce wine.
VIK Winery : Smiljan Radić : Millau
Department store makes a home for art in Paris

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Department store makes a home for art in Paris

Galeries Lafayette is transforming a 19th-century Parisian building into a home for its new public foundation.
Galeries Lafayette : OMA : Paris
Flight of folly: Pavilion lands in Hyde Park

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Flight of folly: Pavilion lands in Hyde Park

London - Chilean architect Smiljan Radić has erected an alien-like pod on a Neolithic site for the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2014. 
Pavilions : Building : Public Space
Golden age: Cinema harks back to Hollywood glamour

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Golden age: Cinema harks back to Hollywood glamour

Sydney – Going to the cinema used to be a special event. Now, Right Angle Studio is injecting some glamour back into the experience with The Golden...
Heritage : Movie : History
The Marlton blends downtown cool and Parisian chic

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The Marlton blends downtown cool and Parisian chic

The Marlton blends downtown cool and Parisian chic
Valerie Solanas : Millennial : Luxe
Street vendor: Store shows city's industrial past

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Street vendor: Store shows city's industrial past

Shanghai – The new flagship store for Spanish shoe brand Camper is made from wood and brick, and replicates the traditional narrow alleyways of the...
Wood : Industrialism : Brick
Flawed beauty: Apple Maps images with a twist

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Flawed beauty: Apple Maps images with a twist

Sweden – Software developer Peder Norrby has scrutinised the flaws in Apple’s iOS 6 Maps app, capturing images of some of the mistakes and mal...
App : Dali : Malfunction
Istanbul Safari

Micro Trends

Istanbul Safari

Istanbul’s Betapreneurs are mining the city’s past to create a Revivalist future.
Building : Armaggan : 333 Km
Thatch work: Market and hotel reflect local history

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Thatch work: Market and hotel reflect local history

Thatch work: Market and hotel reflect local history
Heritage : Building : Vacation
Symbiotic Architecture

Micro Trends

Symbiotic Architecture

A group of architects and designers are adopting the principles of Symbiotic Branding and translating them to the built environment.
Symbiosis : Building : Environment
Vertical Venice: Design studio proposes new urban future

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Vertical Venice: Design studio proposes new urban future

Vertical Venice: Design studio proposes new urban future
Office : Future : Spaces
Fun fair: Installation brings exhibition building alive

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Fun fair: Installation brings exhibition building alive

Fun fair: Installation brings exhibition building alive
Design : Intuitive Futures : Touch
Off the wall: Waste insulates Mexican housing

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Off the wall: Waste insulates Mexican housing

Off the wall: Waste insulates Mexican housing
Wine : Jobs : Housing
Down on the farm: MVRDV builds a glass house

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Down on the farm: MVRDV builds a glass house

Down on the farm: MVRDV builds a glass house
MVRDV : Glass Farm : Holland
Urban oasis: Eco-village brings sense of community to city

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Urban oasis: Eco-village brings sense of community to city

Urban oasis: Eco-village brings sense of community to city
Bjarke Ingels : Bjarke Ingels Group : 8 Tallet
Passive Houses

Micro Trends

Passive Houses

The new voice in sustainable architecture is a passive one. Passive houses, whose design criteria were developed in the 1990s by Professor Wolfgang...
Homes : Eco-design : Building
Up Periscope: Foam tower rises to the challenge

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Up Periscope: Foam tower rises to the challenge

Up Periscope: Foam tower rises to the challenge
Atlanta : Matter Design Studio : Matter
Time for change: New homes fuel people power

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Time for change: New homes fuel people power

Time for change: New homes fuel people power
Homestead 3.0 : Borlange : Sweden
Shelling out: Architects transform derelict house

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Shelling out: Architects transform derelict house

Shelling out: Architects transform derelict house
Michigan : Hamtrack : Architects
Silo effect: Industrial tower is transformed into homes

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Silo effect: Industrial tower is transformed into homes

Silo effect: Industrial tower is transformed into homes
Logten : Denmark : C.F. Moller Architects
DUS Architects

Design Directions

DUS Architects

Away from the yellow hardhats and grumbling cement mixers of your average urban construction site, the partners at Amsterdam studio DUS A...
Pop Up : Gecekondu Summerhouse : Urban Planning
Off the rails: New shapes make stairwells fun

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Off the rails: New shapes make stairwells fun

Off the rails: New shapes make stairwells fun
Design : Apartments : Flats
Fairy good idea: New playground stimulates children's imagination

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Fairy good idea: New playground stimulates children's imagination

Fairy good idea: New playground stimulates children’s imagination
Toddler : Spaces : Colourful
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