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Zet MINAMIAOYAMA / Torafu Architects

March 12, 2021 Hana Abdel 0

A construction plan of a building for rent, which is located in the quiet area behind Aoyama street, in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo. The rectangular building is situated in a 175m2 corner lot. It has two underground levels and two aboveground floors, two entrances utilizing height difference, and enough area to accommodate four tenants.

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Chez Moi Center / R-BAS

March 11, 2021 Collin Chen 0

R-BAS celebrated the completion of the Chez Moi project in Donggang, Dairen (Dalian). This project covers architecture alteration and interior design of a baking workshop, a bistro, a culinary classroom, and a community cultural centre. Chez Moi means ‘at my home’ in French. The client’s expected atmosphere is to ‘go all the way to share a stove on a winter’s night’. Therefore, it is conceived as a harbour of community affections that aims to improve the distant neighbourhood relations of this newly developed quayside residential district. Chez Moi is envisaged as a place shared and hosted by Donggang residents to connect through a variety of arts, cultural and educational activities together with the display of local agricultural produce. The venue also provides an authentic European-style bistro catering service that focuses on Slow Food philosophy.

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Springvale Community Hub / Lyons

March 11, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

The Springvale Community Hub is a flagship project for the City of Greater Dandenong, incorporating a large library, civic spaces, and council offices set amongst a playful, public parkland. It acts as a mirror to the community of Springvale—one of the most culturally diverse communities in Australia—and reflects the unique identities of its residents and the urban context it resides in. The Hub embodies the importance of representation and connection and is intended to foster a sense of civic ownership—intertwining cultural narratives of the area into the fabric of the building. The result is a coalescence of diverse public spaces that encourage interaction and community connection. The building wraps around three ancient and significant River Red Gums, connecting with landscape and creating a focal point for the building.

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Hotel Magdalena is a homage to Texan lake houses

March 11, 2021 Jane Englefield 0
Hotel Magdalena's main lobby with a Moroso green sofa

Bunkhouse Group and architecture office Lake Flato collaborated to create Hotel Magdalena, a hotel in Austin designed to emulate a Texas lake house filled with art and “hippie textiles.” Hotel Magdalena’s sloping architecture is designed to recall the gently inclined landscape of the nearby Barton Springs, a popular outdoor swimming spot. The four new buildings

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Blue Cube Office – Gallery / Darkefaza Design Studio

March 11, 2021 Hana Abdel 0

The “BLUE CUBE” is an administrative multifunction project, an office and a showroom for a publication house located in a fifty-year-old building in 7th district, Bahar St,in Tehran. In the beginning, when this project was presented to our studio, according to the initial situation, the entrance level was equal to the alley level, so the unit height was about two meters which was not proper. The second and third parts were 15 cm lower than the main level so the unit height was increased to 2.15 meters. The main problem of this project was the unit height that prevented us from being able to use space properly in most functions and also limited us in floor and ceiling design.

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“The only things I miss are flirting, dancing and cuddling” says Li Edelkoort on the anniversary of the pandemic

March 11, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Two days before Covid-19 was declared a pandemic last year, trend forecaster Li Edelkoort predicted it would lead to a quarantine of consumption in an interview with Dezeen. In the third part of our series marking the anniversary of the pandemic, she discusses how it has changed the world. In the 2020 interview, which later

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“We are gaining the momentum needed to create a carbon-free society”

March 11, 2021 Alexandra Hagen 0
Alexandra Hagen coronavirus opinion

One year after Covid-19 was declared a global pandemic Alexandra Hagen, CEO of Swedish architecture studio White Arkitekter, responded to our questions about its impact with a list of six ways Covid-19 will change cities forever. The pandemic has escalated the use of available technology, this, in turn, has led to new behaviours that impact

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