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HSBC headquarters was “more than just a building” says Norman Foster

February 7, 2020 Siufan Adey 0
HSBC headquarters by Foster Associates

In this exclusive video interview filmed as part of our high-tech architecture series, British architect Norman Foster explains how the headquarters he designed for HSBC in Hong Kong in the 1980s transformed his architecture firm into a global brand. The 44-storey-high Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation Headquarters was completed in 1985 by Foster Associates, which

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How To Light A Minimalist Interior With Single Circuit Tracks & Strips

February 7, 2020 HD Staff 0

Minimalist interiors can raise questions when it comes to lighting. The furniture and accessories have been honed down to the perfect level of sparse, so do you top off the refined scheme with a stand-out sputnik chandelier over the living room? How about a network of spotlights, or just put it all inside the walls? […]

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New This Week: 4 Dream Showers (4 photos)

February 7, 2020 Mitchell Parker 0

Think about the best shower you’ve ever had — perhaps after a long camping trip or a hectic day of travel back from another country. Now imagine cranking that experience up to 11 and enjoying it every day. That’s what the following showers promise. El…

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Casa MJ / Alventosa Morell Arquitectes

February 7, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

The order of the project is based on the construction of a single family house in the residential area of La Cerdera, Lleida. In this residential area predominates big surface plots (minimum 2000m2) with a composition of Ground Floor+1. Despite the big dimensions of the constructions, the design of the existing houses doesn’t allow them to get profit of the total surface of the garden. The aim of our proposal is to design at the ground floor level a house which permit us to extend over the plot and, at the same time, domesticate the exterior space by a sequence of roofs that are distributed from side to side of the garden.

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Palazzo Daniele is a “contemporary place with an ancient structure”

February 7, 2020 Calum Lindsay 0

Architect Roberto Palomba describes his firm’s approach to renovating the Palazzo Daniele hotel in Puglia, Italy, in this video produced by Dezeen for the AHEAD Awards. Palazzo Daniele, which was named Hotel of the Year at the 2019 AHEAD Europe hospitality awards, is a nine-suite boutique hotel housed in a 158-year-old palazzo located near the

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