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An-Unan House / MSR ARCHITECTURE

April 14, 2020 Valeria Silva 0

A narrow and very sloping facing north site, a quite small surface (564 m²) with a third of its ground classified as a natural area, all located in a preserved area in a mainly new-Breton style neighborhood… At first, the exercise seemed quite ambitious for a family who dreamed of a contemporary and ecological home in there. But, seduced by this exceptional wooded environment and the patrimonial character of the neighborhood, they asked an architect to take up the challenge! 

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Coronavirus “feels like a disaster and an opportunity at the same time” says Hella Jongerius

April 14, 2020 Marcus Fairs 0
Hella Jongerius video message for Dezeen Virtual Design Festival

The Covid-19 pandemic gives designers the chance to address global challenges instead of making “more meaningless stuff,” designer Hella Jongerius says in this video message recorded for Virtual Design Festival. “From now on, a concerned approach to design will not simply mean returning to past ideas and making more meaningless stuff,” says Jongerius in an

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Francesc Rifé pairs raw concrete with pink fabric in ASH Mallorca shoe shop

April 14, 2020 Amy Frearson 0
ASH Mallorca shoe store by Francesc Rifé Studio

Spanish designer Francesc Rifé has created a distinctive interior for a shoe store in Mallorca, using shades of soft pink and pale grey. The ASH Mallorca store in Palma features curving concrete surfaces and suspended black shelves, set against a backdrop of soft pink curtains. There are few other elements in the 95-square-metre space, ensuring that

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Building Culture: Perkins and Will on Designing with Respect for Indigenous Traditions

April 14, 2020 Eric Baldwin 0

Context defines both how we design and what we build. This holds especially true when designing contemporary architecture for Indigenous communities. For Andrew Frontini, Design Director of Perkins and Will’s Ontario practice, architecture should be driven by a strong social agenda. As the lead designer on the Seneca CITE project, Frontini and his team created contextual spaces informed by the local community and its needs.

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Boolean Birdhouse / Phoebe Says Wow Architects

April 14, 2020 Collin Chen 0

As a Flower Festival pavilion located in the remote mountains, it’s our belief that we can enhance visitors’ experiences by drawing local birds closer to people. Hence, the design was rooted from this birdhouse concept, which also led to that family and home is where one found love and awesomeness yet along with complications.

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WTA Design 60 Emergency Quarantine Facilities to Fight COVID-19

April 14, 2020 Christele Harrouk 0

As hospitals around the world are reaching their capacity, the architecture and design community is developing new alternatives to fight COVID-19. In order to build 60 Emergency Quarantine Facilities (EQF), WTA was inspired by their pavilion developed last year, part of the Anthology Festival. A viable quarantine structure, the Boysen Pavilion “embodied speed, scalability and simplicity in its structure”.