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  1. Photography to go to rack and ruin Photography to go to rack and ruin
    His photo tours have taken him to abandoned factories, clinics, hotels and ghost towns in Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the continental US, Hawaii and the Ukraine. Read
  2. Parque Biblioteca España Parque Biblioteca España
    In areas of urban underprivilege and unrest, libraries can improve the quality of life. Based on the urban development model of Chicago, a library park has now sprung up in Medellín, the second-biggest city in Columbia. Read
  3. Moroso, Foscarini, and Zucchi Group for Diesel Moroso, Foscarini, and Zucchi Group for Diesel
    Moroso, with Diesel, has created a collection of products with a relaxed and comfortable mood, taking its inspiration from an informal lifestyle concept and targeting consumers who like simple shapes yet at the same time seek a “modern” style made up of high quality combined with a distinctive design of pure lines. Read
  4. Remembering Jan Kaplický - Architect of Future Systems Remembering Jan Kaplický - Architect of Future Systems
    Jan Kaplický, who died earlier this year, was the Czech architect responsible for some of the most remarkable buildings that Britain has ever seen. Read
  5. 155 Cumberland 155 Cumberland
    For 155 Cumberland Quadrangle Architects Limited deservedly won the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s (RAIC) Award of Excellence for Innovation in Architecture. Read
  1. "We prefer it the other way round!"
    Fabrice Aeberhard and Christian Kaegi are two young industrial designers who have incorporated Swiss values in their work, producing design which is solid, unadorned and attractive. Read
  2. Memory Memory
    Technology, nature and tradition are all reflected in the sculpture 'Memory', which will be on display at this year's South African art festival 'AfrikaBurn'. Read
  3. 3form case studies 3form case studies
    Refurbishing the Alice Tully Hall (built 1969) in the Licoln Center, New York, presented a unique challenge for the U.S. company 3form. Read
  4. ComplexCity ComplexCity
    ComplexCity is an exploration to find a concealed aesthetic by using the pattern formed by the city's roads, which have been growing and evolving randomly through time. Read
  5. Architecture through the shirt cuff Architecture through the shirt cuff
    With its wiener.architektur.zitate the wiener.manschettenknopf.linie is presenting a new edition which is based on Vienna's architecture and architectural history. Read
  1. Laces of Architecture Laces of Architecture
    Finesse of detail, shadows and light, mystery and beauty, coupled with a precision of gesture in production. The fragments of stone filigree adorning gothic cathedrals and Moor palaces have marked the history of architecture. Read
  2. Green Architecture for the Future Green Architecture for the Future
    Sustainable thinking must be a natural reflex for the architect of the future. The architect works on the basis of a new order where the building as a whole meets the requirements and challenges of a sustainable future. Read
  3. Herning Museum of Contemporary Art Herning Museum of Contemporary Art
    Herning Museum of Contemporary Art will open to the public on September 9, 2009 uniting three distinct cultural institutions: the Herning Center of the Arts, the MidWest Ensemble and the Socle du Monde. Read
  4. Prototyp Prototyp
    A research project at the Institute for Theory at Zurich's University of the Arts looks at current furniture works involving design and art. Read
  5. Colour therapy Colour therapy
    Ever since the indiscriminate granting of sub-prime loans led to a crisis on the US housing market the new fascination for colour has spread to the private home. In times of difficulty the trend towards excessive use of colour has always tended to increase: the gloomier people's thoughts, the stronger the uncertainty, the more colourful the prints, the brighter the designs. Read
  1. "You will remember the experience"
    Last Monday, 3 August 2009, Charles Gwathmey, the American architect and co-founder of Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects (1969), died at the age of 71. Read
  2. Nomiya replaces Everland Nomiya replaces Everland
    The Nomiya restaurant is replacing the Hotel Everland on the roof of the Palais de Tokyo for one year. Designed by the artist Laurent Grasso, the glass cube is part of the 'Art Home' culinary project by the Palais de Tokyo and Electrolux. Read
  3. Camouflage Couture Camouflage Couture
    Nina Levett's patterns and ornaments are based on conceptual, humorous ideas, her work is based on experiments with surfaces and materials. Read
  4. O.H.W.O.W. O.H.W.O.W.
    Aaron Bondaroff and Al Moran's O.H.W.O.W. invades Athens and presents the 'Greasy Spoon pop-up shop' designed by Rafael de Cardenas of Architecture at Large. Read
  5. "Design as a second life"
    With his playful design Alain Gilles creates entire worlds which are conspicuous for their colour. As the product of a conscious exploration of the possible multiple personalities of an individual object, Gilles has now created a piece of furniture which is designed along strict but at the same time geometrically free lines. Read
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