Articles by macnadusa

in canada, a collaborative team of designers, organizations, and companies is attempting to create a mixed-use community on toronto’s eastern waterfront. according to the team, sidewalk toronto will combine forward-thinking urban design and new digital technology to ‘create people-centered neighborhoods that achieve precedent-setting levels of sustainability, affordability, mobility, and economic opportunity’. the first part of […]

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architects, peeter pere and eva kedelauk, have formed a sauna in the village of varbola in estonia. the design combines a new sauna space with an existing wooden sauna, enveloping the two under a zig-zag metal roof. the new roof mirrors the former pitched profile to create a new layer that floats above the timber structure.  […]

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turkish practice melike altınışık architects (MAA) presents the winning entry for an international competition for the robot science museum in seoul, south korea. hosted by the seoul metropolitan government, the competition called for the design of the world’s first pioneer robot science museum (RSM) to support public education in robotics and increase public knowledge and interest […]

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the installation ‘view folly’ by seoul-based architect moon hoon overlooks the south korean city of gwangju. the folly is built together with the installation ‘architecture of autonomy’ (change) by berlin-based group realities:united. architecture of autonomy is an installation that forms space by defining a front and rear external surface and the resulting occupiable interior space. […]

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wutopia lab has been commissioned by the council of shanghai north bund tanghan street to convert a 35 sqm shopfront into a communal meeting space for the ‘tiger moms’ of the local district. located right opposite to the beihong senior highschool, the project seeks to offer parents and students a space for interaction, where tea […]

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renowned architecture practice FGMF arquitetos has completed the neblina house in sao paulo. consisting of a composition of white volumes projected from the sun orientation, this residential property oversees the itatiba valley in the country side of the brazilian city. the mesmerizing views and the necessity for privacy were carefully considered when planning the distance from […]

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throughout many remote villages in ethiopia and around the world, water gathering is a dangerous task. following the many hours it takes travelling to the nearest source, the water fetched is more often than not contaminated with human and animal waste. the water scarcity issue—which affects over 1 billion people worldwide—has drawn the attention of big-name philanthropists like microsoft […]

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