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Residence for Two Collectors is an art-filled Chicago penthouse

November 7, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Chainmail drapery at Residence for Two Collectors by Wheeler Kearns Architects

An extensive art collection is complemented by industrial detailing, a walnut floor and earthy, muted colours in this Chicago penthouse flat that local studio Wheeler Kearns Architects designed for two art collectors. Working together with Sharlene Young of Symbiotic Living, Wheeler Kearns Architects created the interior of Residence for Two Collectors for a couple who

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Atelier Scale designs The Folds playground to encourage tactile play

November 7, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Kid playing at The Folds by Atelier Scale

Atelier Scale has created The Folds, a small community playground in Changzhou, China, as a place for children to explore in a more tactile and less regulated way than usual. The studio deliberately minimised the use of playground equipment to allow children to play with the folded shapes of the place itself. “We believe that the

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Kengo Kuma and Foster + Partners designing “world’s most ambitious tourism development” in Saudi Arabia

November 4, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Kengo Kuma water villa for The Red Sea Project

Architecture studios Kengo Kuma and Associates and Foster + Partners are designing a tourism development on an archipelago of Saudi Arabian islands within the Red Sea, which will be served by its own dedicated airport. Named The Red Sea Project, the development will be built on a chain of 90 undeveloped islands between the cities of Umluj and Al Wajh on the west

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Gold inflatable house for Mars designed by Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+

November 2, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Exterior view of Martian House in Bristol by Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+

Hugh Broughton Architects and Pearce+ are creating Martian House, an inflatable building in Bristol, England, that will explore what an extraterrestrial house for life on Mars could look like. The house, a collaboration with local artists as part of the ongoing art project Building a Martian House, is set over two levels, with the lower

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Carlo Ratti unveils digital arts centre with zigzag orange staircase

October 29, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Central stairwell of MEET by Carlo Ratti Associati

Italian architect Carlo Ratti has revealed his design for MEET, Milan’s centre for digital culture and creative technology, which centres around a colourful zigzag-shaped staircase. MEET is located in a historic palazzo in the Porta Venezia neighbourhood in Milan, to which Ratti added a 15-metre-high stairwell. Ratti’s design was informed by an earlier renovation of

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Julien de Smedt designs range of recycled-plastic houses

October 16, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Houses made from recycled plastic by Julien de Smedt and Othalo

Architect Julien de Smedt is working with Norwegian startup Othalo to create a range of modular houses that will be constructed largely from recycled plastic. Created by Othalo, in partnership with UN Habitat – the United Nations’ programme for sustainable urban development – the homes are designed to be a low-cost option for sub-Saharan Africa. Using a

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Atelier L2 creates modular wooden interiors for Ateliers des Capucins

October 15, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Wooden facades at Ateliers des Capucins by Atelier L2

Rennes studio Atelier L2 has installed 20 wooden boxes as modular units for shops, exhibitions and hospitality businesses inside Ateliers des Capucins, a covered square in a 19th-century arsenal in Brest, France. The Ateliers des Capucins has been shortlisted for a Dezeen Awards 2020 in the large workspace interior category. The studio’s brief was to

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Estudio Flume completes Babassu flour factory in Serra

October 14, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Workers at Babssu flour factory by Estudio Flume

São Paulo’s Estudio Flume has refurbished and extended the Babassu flour factory in Serra, Brazil to create a better workspace for the quebradeiras who turn babassu nuts into oil and flour. The 18 quebradeiras that collect and break the nuts by hand to obtain the oil and flour – which comes from the mesocarp, or

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Estudio Flume completes Babassu flour factory in Serra

October 14, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

São Paulo’s Estudio Flume has refurbished and extended the Babassu flour factory in Serra, Brazil to create a better workspace for the quebradeiras who turn babassu nuts into oil and flour. The 18 quebradeiras that collect and break the nuts by hand to obtain the oil and flour – which comes from the mesocarp, or

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Cobe and Dissing+Weitling design futuristic footbridge for Køge Nord Station

October 13, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0

Køge Nord Station by Cobe and Dissing+Weitling

Køge Nord Station crosses two rail lines and eight motorway lanes and was created by Cobe and Dissing+Weitling for a new high-speed train line from Copenhagen. The two studios designed the railway station as a snake-like footbridge that connects two important train lines – a high-speed rail line and a suburban rail line – and

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