Month: June 2019

Architype builds eco-friendly archive for Imperial War Museum’s collection

June 3, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Imperial War Museum's IWM Paper Store in Duxford by Architype

The Imperial War Museum has a new archive in Cambridgeshire, England, called the IWM Paper Store, which is the most airtight building in the world. The IWM Paper Store in Duxford was designed by sustainability specialist Architype to hold the museum’s most sensitive collections and records. Wrapped in a weathering-steel facade, the 1,238-square-metre facility preserves

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Madrid could scrap low-emissions zone despite air quality improvements

June 3, 2019 India Block 0
Madrid might be about to reverse its ban on traffic despite air pollution concerns

A major plan to reduce air pollution in Madrid may be repealed, because incoming politicians want to bring back traffic back into the city. Isabel Díaz Ayuso of Spain’s right-wing Partido Popular (PP), who is expected to become president of the Madrid region, said that traffic jams are part of what make the Spanish capital

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Flow Gallery House / John Pardey Architects

June 3, 2019 Daniel Tapia 0

Flow is an internationally recognized craft gallery in London founded by Yvonna Demczynska in 1999 in the heart of Notting Hill. Curating some six exhibitions each year, more recently Yvonna has established touring exhibitions and pop-up exhibitions across the world, so the need for a large permanent gallery space diminished while at the same time, she was keen to move closer to the gallery.

kindergarten in rural china organized as ‘mini village’ of scattered volumes

June 3, 2019 macnadusa 0

beijing-based architecture firm crossboundaries introduces the beisha kindergarten, a ‘second home’ for the left-behind children. the project was initially commissioned by the local government of jiangsu, china, as the region currently faces a shortage of preschool education. this initiative places jiangsu as the first province in china to accelerate the development of high-quality education for […]

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