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Yiwu Cultural Square / UAD

July 4, 2018 舒岳康 - SHU Yuekang 0

Yiwu is famous for small commodities. Small and medium-sized enterprises are densely concentrated in this place where the private economy is highly developed. In terms of urban construction, this means that the city is filled with a large number of homogenized and small-scale buildings featuring high density.

Forms And Materials Found Around A City Inspired The Design Of ‘Urban Shapes’

July 4, 2018 Erin 0

  Jef De Brabander and Kathleen Opdenacker of Belgium design firm nortstudio, have created ‘Urban Shapes’, a modern bench that draws inspiration from forms and materials found around the city, like grates, stacked piles, and pipes.   The designers took their inspiration, and transformed it into their bench design, using three shapes derived from primary […]

San Francisco’s art-deco McClintock Building transformed into “maker spaces”

July 4, 2018 Jenna McKnight 0

Pfau Long Architecture has converted a 1930s building that once housed a dress manufacturer into a creative workspace with an openable glass roof. The project involved transforming the art-deco-style McClintock Building in San Francisco’s design district, just west of the Mission Bay neighbourhood. Situated along a major thoroughfare, the complex occupies an entire city block. The

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Rain of Light / Yuan Architects

July 4, 2018 Daniel Tapia 0

This space is a multipurpose co-working and gathering space of FutureWard located on the basement level. It is a flexible venue which can be adjusted according to different needs of its users – for work, rest, meetings, classes, or events. The white panels snake and bend about to form the skin of the space, shaping its ceiling, walls, and shelves. Arching across the warm-toned walls, the panels carve out the different heights and layers of different spaces, all diffused under a soft glow to form a cohesive whole.

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Yagan Square / Lyons Architects + iredale pedersen hook architects + ASPECT Studios

July 4, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

The Project
Yagan Square is a project of local and state significance for the city of Perth and Western Australia, located at the east end of the new MRA Citylink development which seeks to physically reconnect Northbridge with the Perth’s CBD (and the Swan River). Yagan Square is a major civic space and performance venue, a flora reserve, a fresh food market, public realm art destination, a watercourse play-scape, a digital animation venue and an indigenous education/visitor information centre.

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“Personal data could be a vital tool in designing our cities”

July 4, 2018 Eleanor Jolliffe 0

The Cambridge Analytica scandal revealed how personal data is being mistreated. But used responsibly, this information could be hugely beneficial for developing our cities, says Eleanor Jolliffe. For years we have unwittingly been giving away reams of personal data to private companies without considering the broader consequences. Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, fake news, and various global elections

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