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UNStudio Designs a City of the Future for The Hague

December 3, 2018 Eric Baldwin 0

Dutch architectural practice UNStudio have created a new urban vision for the City of the Future, a Central Innovation District (CID) test site in The Hague. Dubbed the “Socio-Technical City”, the design covers a 1 square km area in the center of the city. The proposal aims to transform the site into a green, self-sufficient district of housing, offices, urban mobility and public spaces over the existing train track infrastructure.

Jean-Paul Viguier completes high-security Banque de France building

December 3, 2018 Alyn Griffiths 0

French architect Jean-Paul Viguier chose white perforated metal to clad the three monolithic volumes of a secure cash-processing centre for a bank in Paris. Jean-Paul Viguier et Associés was tasked with renovating a pair of existing buildings and introducing a new secure facility for the Banque de France, which is expected to handle over a

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Dezeen’s top 10 museums and galleries of 2018

December 3, 2018 Bridget Cogley 0

Kicking off our annual review of architecture and design, editorial assistant Bridget Cogley looks back at the most important museums and galleries that opened in 2018. They include the V&A Dundee by Kengo Kuma and a treehouse-like art institution in Tulum. V&A Dundee, UK, by Kengo Kuma Scotland’s first design museum, the V&A Dundee, was completed in September

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Community Center Camburi / CRU! Architects

December 3, 2018 Pilar Caballero 0

The community center of Cambury is a building by and for the local low-income community of Cambury, built as a social development project. The project, started in 2004 (first part of the center) , is still active in 2018 (building of the community bakery) and is run by the local community members in the form of a cooperative and local association.

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Social Housing in Can Batlló / Espinet / Ubach

December 3, 2018 Rayen Sagredo 0

INTERIOR COURTYARD AS A HEAT ENGINE
The architecture studio Espinet / Ubach has completed a project consisting of 26 social housing units situated next to the emblematic old textile factory Can Batlló in Barcelona. A central courtyard is the driving element of the project, as it regulates the temperature of the building and acts as the epicentre of community life.