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Inside the Software Behind Today’s Roller Coasters, Aquariums, and Zoos
The ability to draw and sketch quickly is one of the most important skills a designer can have, and the tools that make it possible are more important than ever. SketchUp Pro is a 3D computer software...
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Palace of Labour
Italian Architect Alberto Apostoli designs the renovation of a building in which colors and details of the facade redefine the volume through a geometrical but refined language. The project starts...
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Urban Benches: 8 Innovations in City Street Seats
The habitually unheeded function of the humble city bench has been transformed; the purely practical purpose of this breed of public furniture has been entirely rethought in the distinguished designs...
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Fusionner 1.0 - Holes of droplets floating
"Fusionner" comes from the French word meaning "to merge." Architecture merges in the urban city just like renovations merge into the interior of the space. Everything happens without imposing upon a...
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Plague Architecture: How Designers Have Fought Disease Across the Ages
The design evolution of modern hospitals.
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Five Reasons To Study Architecture Through Alfred Hitchcock’s Films
Before he started directing films in 1925, Hitchcock designed sets for films shot in the sophisticated studios in Germany. He favored oppressive and claustrophobic spaces, which were important in...
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TRESPA METEON | Natural
Trespa® Meteon® is a decorative high-pressure compact laminate (HPL) with an integral surface manufactured using Trespa‘s unique in-house technology, Electron Beam Curing (EBC). The blend of up to 70...
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AA Studio Gives New Life to An Italian Post-Modern Past
Its always fun to track who worked where and how it influenced their work. Often it is surprising, such as Robert Venturi's work for Eero Saarinen. Sometimes it is easy, like comparing Winy Maas'...
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Novartis Office Building
BUILDING is a 140,000-square-foot oncology office building at Novartis' North American Headquarters. Five floors of open office work areas are connected by an ascending spiral of "living rooms" with...
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Steam Boat: Sweat It Out on Finland's Floating Sauna
The chilly Nordic country of Finland is known for its deeply-rooted sauna culture. Dating back to as early as the 16th century, saunas became a popular way to beat the dangerously frigid winter...
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EURALIS Headquarters in Lescar
The renovation of the headquarters of the group EURALIS had to integrate and represent the ambition of a total rehabilitation operation, affirming the identity of the group and providing an...
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A+ Studio Visit: OMA's Shohei Shigematsu on His Inspirations, Latin America,...
In 1998, fresh out of completing postgraduate work at the Berlage Institute in Amsterdam, Shohei Shigematsu joined the team of OMA in Rotterdam. It was an important era for OMA—a time when the now...
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Historicist Villa
The historical villa in the middle of Dornbirn was designed by Julius Rhomberg in 1890 and built by the local construction company J.A. Albrich. A massive brick building is rests on a foundation of...
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Temple Of Timber: Zaha Hadid’s Ode to Cambodia’s Tragic Past Is Filled With...
Rising from the forest floor like a dense thicket of golden bamboo, the proposed Sleuk Rith Institute in Cambodia marks a new chapter for Zaha Hadid Architects. It is to be the firm’s first major...
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Public College of Labarthe-sur-Lèze
The project aim was to create a school answering to the High Environmental Quality and educational standards. We tried to imagine the scale of the future equipment and to position it as a public...
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Calithornbury Bungalow
This project maximizes natural light to a south-facing extension, while strategically extending the rear of the existing house to mesh with the new house. A double-glazed outlook maximizes a large...
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11 Contemporary Cantilevers That Are Actually Modernist Spin-Offs
Modernism is back in style. And so are its architectural tropes. The cantilever had been used historically in the construction of bridges until 20th century modernists saw that light, space, and air...
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Neustar, Inc.
A young, unconventional staff, and a company that markets changing cultural trends, required a space that not only captures their progressive business model, but perhaps more importantly, their...
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The Dutch Tile That Takes Its Cues From Nature
Mosa, a Dutch ceramic tile manufacturer that traces its origins back to 1883, takes its cues directly from nature. In contrast to the high carbon footprint created by energy-exhaustive cement...
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Trek-in Sustainable Hiker's Cabin
Trek-in Hiker’s Cabins are sustainable Hiker’s Cabins featuring responsible and luxurious camping facilities and an original, minimalist design. Trek-in cabins are light, spacious, and are made from...
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