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A’Design Award Announce Their World Design Rankings

January 6, 2020 Erin 0

This article has been brought to you by A’Design Awards. A’Design Award and Competition have released their World Design Rankings (WDR) in Arts, Architecture and Design, with the China taking first place among the 106 represented countries in 2019 with 67 Platinum Design Awards won globally. The World Design Rankings ranks all the countries based on the number […]

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New York officials propose using drones to inspect buildings

January 6, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
New York officials propose using drones to inspect buildings

New York City officials are pushing to legalise the use of drones for facade inspections after an architect was killed by falling debris from a building in the city. Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams announced the proposal on 22 December 2019, just days after architect Erica Tishman was killed by debris that reportedly fell from

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Go Today Shaire Salon Yokohama / CANOMA

January 6, 2020 Paula Pintos 0

This design is for a “share salon” used by beauticians working as freelancers who lack their own beauty salon. Today, as the sharing economy is becoming normalized and a variety of different ways of working are being created, a lifestyle that is less oriented around ownership is also gradually becoming more common. For freelance beauticians, not owning your own shop has many benefits, such as more financial freedom, an increase in free time, and the ability to choose to work at your own discretion. However, it also means that you must acquire your own clients.

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Rangoon Restaurant / SAW.EARTH

January 6, 2020 María Francisca González 0

SAW.EARTH and Outpost Architecture have collaborated on the design of Rangoon restaurant, a kinetic retrofitting of a former bodega in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. With the goal of reducing waste and costs to the lowest possible amounts, the architects retained as many original architectural elements possible. This primarily included retaining the existing kitchen and glass facades.

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bjarke ingels group + WXY plan to pedestrianize downtown brooklyn

January 6, 2020 macnadusa 0

bjarke ingels group (BIG), working alongside WXY architecture, has revealed conceptual plans to overhaul brooklyn’s downtown core with public realm, streetscape, and green infrastructure improvements. largely focused on the pedestrian experience, the vision has been described as a ‘playful environment’ where residents, workers, and visitors can congregate and enjoy being outdoors. the project draws upon […]

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TransBorda Intervention / Estúdio Chão

January 6, 2020 Daniel Tapia 0

What if the places had no walls?
What if our home was always open?
What if our city were made only of unimpeded, unrestricted, interconnected open spaces?
What if we did not accept the idea that in order to live together we would have to be trapped behind walls and avoid the danger we believe we live in, the frightening threat of the other? 

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Pinheiros Coffee / Studio Boscardin.Corsi Arquitetura

January 6, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

In Rua dos Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil, inspired by the simplicity and minimalism of Japan, comes a light cube that positions and highlights coffee in the hectic urban routine of the capital. Reinventing the center and changing people’s routine, the coffee opens up new possibilities.

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Cadaval & Solà-Morales creates all-white cubic home in Monterrey

January 6, 2020 Jenna McKnight 0
Casa Ombra by Cadaval and Sola Morales

A courtyard with a swimming pool lies at the heart of this inward-facing dwelling in northern Mexico by architecture studio Cadaval & Solà-Morales. Casa Ombra is 608-square-metre house located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, a town within the sprawling metropolis of Monterrey. The all-white dwelling, which sits on a gently sloping site, was designed by

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