The Louvre Lens, a new outpost of the Musée du Louvre by Japanese architects SANAA and New York studio Imrey Culbert, opens to the public next week in Lens, northern France.
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Georgian headmaster transforms old airplane into a kindergarten
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Hecker Guthrie's beautiful restoration of The Old Library in Sydney.
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Montecarlo bathroom radiators for Tubes Radiatori by Peter Jamieson.
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'Design Concept Shop' for Nike by the Polish designer Tomasz Ochotny in Warsaw.
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PLASTIC Lab 6.1 Student Workshop by VAV architects.
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The beautiful Folkwang Library in Essen, Germany by Max Dudler.
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The beautiful Villa SSK by Takeshi Hirobe Architects.
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The Slovenian firm OFIS Arhitekti transformed three Baroque houses in Ljubljana into an apartment block with a secret courtyard, beautiful!
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VIDEOFocus #2, a giant eye moving around on the canals of Amsterdam.
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Witty artistic and graphical interventions to be found at the new 25Hours Hotel Zürich West!
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'Obi' furnitures by the Italian designer Davide Anzalone for Valsecchi 1918.
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'Scotch Club' lighting by the designers Hande Akçayli and Murat Koçyigit from the berliner studio Mashallah.
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Algorithmic Design. Open source research in architecture, geometry and coding.
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'1Puck LP' the smallest recessed landscape lights by Minimis.
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Wired's look at planned cities as they appear from space.
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Architectural drawings from Descriptive illustrated catalogue of the sixty-eight competitive designs for the great tower for London compiled and edited by Fred. C. Lynde (1890).
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A 51m bouncy road in Russia, Fast Track by Salto Architects for the Archstoyanie festival in Nikola-Lenivets.
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A look inside the Ubiquitous Agency by Andy Buchan & Neil Boote.
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The Bridge House design by ObjecktCreative for a house over a creek in Northern California.
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What is the Secret of the OL! Toroid Table? Find It!
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'Black & White Twins' by the architects Casanova + Hernandez Architects in Blaricum - Netherland.
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Casa El Pangue, a hillside home in Chile by architects Elton + Léniz.
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A\V Studio's fun proposal for a temporary installation at the base of Cooper Union's new building's façade in NYC: CMYPlay.
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Black Tree by Miloš Milivojevic for the renewable energy company Strawberry Energy in Belgrade.
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Melkwegbridge in Purmerend, The Netherlands, by NEXT Architects takes an unexpected twist.
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The prettiest auto shop? Speedshop Type One
by Torafu Architects in Tokyo.
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Ingarden & Ewý create a theatre and library around the nineteenth century structure of a former horse-riding arena in Kraków's Małopolska Garden of Arts.
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'Bicycle Store' renovation by French architect and designer Florian Brillet in Paris, France.
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Perot Museum of Nature and Science by Morphosis in Dallas, Texas.
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The armadillo-like flagship store for Swiss chocolate manufacturer Maison Cailler in Broc, Switzerland.
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Doubledecker Cake&Co cafe in Dniepropetrovsk, Ukraine by Studio Belenko
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Stunning house on a cliff by Fran Silvestre Arquitectos in Alicante.
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Bar Socovan, a gorgeous bar in a Mallorcan cave from A2 Arquitectos.
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The Good House by Crone Partnerships by Sandringham, Melbourne.
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'Luckey Climber' fun indoor playground at Columbus Commons in Columbus, Indiana.
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The beautiful Lemperle Residence, La Jolla, California by Jonathan Segal.
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Le Grand Palais in Paris hosts the biggest ice rink in Europe under the famous glass roof !
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The Versa Ruler is an interconnectable ruler set that allows for the fluid creation of multi-sided shapes. Sides snap-together, rotate and slide to form perfectly measured, scalable polygons.
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Office of Blue Communications by J.G Chabauty & A.S Goneau.
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Technological Rainforest Furniture designed by Muuaaa, using parametric design and assembly to create tessellated wooden furniture by local carpenters.
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This 16ft tall curved living wall by Cod Steaks creates the center piece for Siemens Sustainable Cities Initiative 'The Crystal' in London
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Check out these photos of some NYC churches from an unique perspective, captured by Richard Silver.
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Korea's new Jeongok Prehistory Museum designed by X-TU Architects.
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The Locker Room at the London School of Economics by Belsize Architects.
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Why the unbuilt visions of architect Lebbeus Woods matter.
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'Come' outdoor furniture by the French designer Patrick Norguet for the worldwide McDonald's restaurants.
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Wine Museum in Lavaux, Swizterland by Mauro Turin Architectes.
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VIDEOWikipedia updates from a robot. Custom printer continually updates a copy of the Open Source Architecture Manifesto Wikipedia entry, written on a wall in the entrance to the Adhocracy exhibition at the Istanbul Design Biennial.
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The Windswept installation by Charles Sowers is a wind-driven kinetic façade consisting of 612 freely-rotating directional arrows..
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The beautiful Café Craft by POOL in Paris, a cute neighborhood coffee shop designed with office-less freelancers in mind!
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The Dynamic D*Haus by The D*Haus Company, David Ben Grünberg and Daniel Woolfson.
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Listening to music or reading a book, the 'Rosa' poltrona keeps one shielded with acoustic absorbing foam and fabric from studio KMJ.
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USC's Phi Sigma Kappa frat house gets a designer remodel from Ana Henton and Mass Architecture and Design.
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VIDEO'Tower of Ring' by the Japanese architects Anna Nakamura and Taiyo Jinno in Tianjin - China.
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Spatial design studio Overtreders W and architecture office Bureau SLA have finished the first 100% marktplaats building in the Netherlands. All building materials were bought second hand on marktplaats.nl, the dutch eBay.
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'Tree Furniture' bench by the designer Anton Alvarez with the American Hardwood Export Council.
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The NYtimes get a sneak peek at Kenya Hara's latest project, Architecture for Dogs.
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Space Copenhagen redesigns Noma, 'the world's best restaurant'.
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The Scone Factory: one part business plan, one part art installation, one part bakery.
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Hourglass Couch - New concept by District Millworks out of Los Angeles., a design-build shop.
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Cantina by Estudio Nômada features tree-like wooden structures rising from the tables.
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Thilo Fran's Ekko in Hjallerup, Denmark use the sounds of visitors to create a soundtrack. Microphones embedded in the wooden structure record visitors, which are then remixed and played back.
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Social 01 office by i29 uses bright colors to brighten this Delft office.
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Nous Vous and Studio Weave's Ecology of Colour in Dartford, Kent is a colorful building in the Ecology Island in Dartford's Central Park.
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This gorgeous print by Yoni Alter features London's monuments in proportions to each other. Also in the series: Sydney, Barcelona and Chicago.
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Let's Go Out!Fun book from Gestalten - "Groundbreaking architecture and interior design for restaurants, bars, and clubs."
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FEATUREDModel Shipping Containers/Doll houses - filled with modern designer furnishings - from the art, tvs, plants, furniture and more!
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'Hôtel d’Enterprises' by French architects from Platform Architectures in Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France.
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'Limoges and Ellipse' switches by the French manufacturer Meljac.
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The High Trestle Trail Bridge, designed by RDG Art Studio in Iowa, has a beautiful blooming effect from the front, but a very different (and surprising) look from the side.
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A roundup of Leo Villareal's three new light installations unveiled within the past month: 'Hive' and 'Buckyball' in NYC, and 'Cosmos' at Cornell University.
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The beautiful Pavilion Siegen by Ian Shaw Architekten.
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'Mercat' restaurant by the Dutch architecture agency Concrete in Amsterdam - Holland.
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“The Perkin Reveller”, the new restaurant at Tower Wharf near London's Tower of London by Tony Fretton.
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The new Lujiazui circular pedestrian bridge in Shanghai is a 5.5-meter-high walkway and can fit 15 people walking side by side.
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Atelier Zündel Cristea's playful trampoline bridge design for the 'A Bridge in Paris' competition.
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Architects Smashit - "a growing video library of
architects smashing their models, the ultimate purge for any hardworking designer."
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Heneghan Peng Architects' new visitor center for the Giants Causeway.
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A beautiful new print by the talented Yoni Alter.
Featuring 39 of NYC's colossal buildings ordered chronologically.
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'Architecture according to Apple' documents famous modern and contemporary architecture as witnessed by the new Apple Maps flyover feature.
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Tonic Design + Construction's contemporary redesign of the Chiles Residence in Raleigh, NC.
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The designer Ora-Ito is going to visit Moscow once more so as to prepare something special for MDW again. This year, he will present the project Cafe Savvinskaya 23 named after the center of modern design, where it will be located.
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'School canteen' by French architects Thomas Bourdon and Nicolas Croixmarie in Paris, France.
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Architecture firm Morphosis designs LA’s biggest net-zero office...for themselves!
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The new high speed rail station in Logrono, designed by Abalos Sentkiewic Arquitectos.
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'Spaceship Heart' sculpture exihibition by the designer Noa Haim in Madrid - Spain.
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The Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Amiens by Chartier-Corbasson Architectes.
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Gustavo Montoya designed the reception of the first interactive museum about addictions in Mexico.
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VIDEOEach year the mapping performances of nerdworking are getting more theatricle. This time, in their new fairytale, story of a little town is getting digitilized by their new expression.
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The Macalister Mansion has been completely transformed from a 100 year old colonial estate into a imaginative and quirky design haven.
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Popular resort destination Jackson Hole, Wyo., has a new mountain lifestyle apparel brand. The rustic-meets-contemporary Mountain Studio boutique opened last week on the Town Square, adding just one more must-see on the Jackson to-do list.
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Ecto-Paraprism is a flexible crystalline facade that explores transparency, reflection and ownership in a dynamic relationship between host architecture and parasitic intervention.
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The gorgeous offices of Assemble in Melbourne.
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Moore Studio in rural Nova Scotia by Omar Gandhi.
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Ring Ruler is the first size-adjustable circular ruler. Expands/contracts to the desired size and displays diameter, arc length/circumference and degrees.
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The Smolenka Apartment in Moscow by Peter Kostelov.
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VIDEOGiant robot-driven 3D-printer that builds networked stalactites from light and streaming data. ‘Phantom Geometry’ by Kyle von Hasseln and Liz von Hasseln, developed in the Robot House at SCI_Arc.
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'Wing' Flying Stairs by Max Ptk, happy and light feelings of free flight in each step, and clearly defined lines of the wings from modern aircrafts in the design.
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The Pit House renovation in Okayama by UID Architects.
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Guide to the 50 most influential architectures built in Istanbul since the Eighties. A project for the first edition of the Istanbul Design Biennial Istanbul, Oct 13 - Dec 12, 2012.
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Architizer launches A+ Awards, a major new architecture award program. 200 jurors, 50 categories, and a killer statuette by Snarkitecture.
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'Before The Rain' retrospective exhibition about the London designers from Random International in the Carpenters Workshop Gallery.
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Retrofit of a B&B bungalow on the island of Mallorca made space with a converted shipping container placed on the roof.
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Dear Design has created a stadium like design for the new Munich shop in Santiago, where the space is flooded with light and the shoes are hanging from a white metal structure.
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Heritage Hen Farm - Bespoke Versailles-inspired Le Petit Trianon house for your hens and chicks in the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. (includes a library and raised garden bed!)
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The new 'National Centre for Contemporary Art' by French architects Philippe Bona and Elisabeth Lemercier in Chatou, France.
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Skylights: Dumbo is a sculptural pavilion that utilizes ambient lighting within Brooklyn Bridge Park to show star constellations on the ground via cast shadows, poetically addressing the side effects of light pollution in urban settings.
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Brazilian artist Geraldo Zamproni's large-scale inflatable red pillows get squeezed under the most unexpected places. This week there's one in NYC as part of the Art in Odd Places festival.
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The Shearer's Quarters House by John Wardle Architects in North Bruny Island, Australia.
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At Spirit of 77 sports bar in Portland, OR, a hand-built basketball arcade was made with the repurposed high school gymnasium flooring.
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'Glitch' desk by the South African designer Ryan Frank.
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'LXV' housing concept by French architects Planda and Simon Bauchet.
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The Stacking Green by Vo Trong Nghia Architects.
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The Twisted Cabin by JVA in Kvitfjell, Norway.
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'Academic library' by the French architects Beckmann N'Thépé in Marne-la-Vallée - France.
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Road-Salt Infographics in anticipation of the coming winter. NYC centered series by The-Distopians and Smudge Studios.
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Book Mountain, incredible library in Spijkenisse, the Netherlands designed by MVRDV. The library is encased in a pyramid of glass.
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In Singapore’s scenic Orchard neighborhood, the 30-story Hamilton Scotts boasts 54 luxurious apartments each with its own 'en-suite sky garage' with room for two vehicles that arrive by way of elevator.
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The Swedish Archipelago House by Tham & Videgård Arkitekter.
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'Cabos Adujados' lamp by the Argentinean designer Silvina Descole.
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The interior of the Rica Hotel Narvik in Northern Norway by Scenario Interiørarkitekter.
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The Caterpillar House from Feldman Architecture in the softly rolling hills of the Santa Lucia Preserve in California.
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House in Asamayama by Kidosaki Architects soars over a green mountainside in Japan.
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Zapata y Herrera lawyers’ office by Masquespacio.
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At the latitude of Vénda des Cap de Barbariain on the island of Formentera, Spain, residence Can Manuel d'en Corda restored by Marià Castelló Martìnez and Daniel Redolat.
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Quality hotel Expo in Oslo by London-based Haptic Design.
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The long and narrow 150M Weekend House in Khao Yai, Thailand by Shinichi Ogawa & Associates.
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The unconventional Hill House in Melbourne by Andrew Maynard Architects.
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A Swedish Summer House by Mikael Bergquist.
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These funky tree ring lights are designed by Judson Beaumont of Straight Line Designs, a furniture design firm out of Vancouver.
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The invisible farm is the Taiwan Wanderer Guide 2012 installation by MisoSoupDesign.
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Smithsonian Mag takes us into how the Football Field was designed.
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ChauhanStudio collaborate with OMG Life to design AUTOGRAPHER, the world’s first intelligent wearable camera.
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'Objet Coloré' a furniture serie by the Fabrica designers and created for the shops United Colors of Benetton in London - England.
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Peoples Meeting Dome, a deconstructed geodesic dome from Kristoffer Tejlgaard & Benny Jepsen.
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OpenAD's 'Office Greenhouse' interior in Riga, Latvia. Love the use of indoor plants!
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Moco Loco takes a look at Papabubble's second store in Amsterdam by Yusuke Seki.
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How can you add visual depth to a tiny space? Check out the new Aesop store in NYC by March Studio!
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A greenhouse inspired House in Yamasaki from Yo Shimada from Tato Architects.
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'Happy 61' furniture collection by the designers Axel Schoenert and Zsofia Varnagy for Pyrenea.
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VIDEOContainerization: A new infographic film about the box that changed the world and a new one that might change the universe. Companion film to the book Trillions.
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VIDEOLow Fidelity, a 2012 graduate thesis by Erin Besler as part of the Master of Architecture Program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) Erin Besler
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