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Diamanten Cabin / A38 Arkitekter

September 28, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

“The Diamond” set in the mountains above Oppdal in central Norway is an exercise in the juxtapositioning of modern minimalist form with ancient Norwegian wooden buildings. The design challenges traditional ideas of how architecture in the mountains should be.

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SpaceContinuum Design Studio turns Sharjah’s brutalist Flying Saucer into arts centre

September 28, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Brutalist Flying Saucer in Sharjah by SpaceContinuum Design Studio for Sharjah Art Foundation

UAE-based SpaceContinuum Design Studio has collaborated with the Sharjah Art Foundation to turn a 1970s brutalist restaurant into an arts centre in Sharjah. Originally opened in 1978 as a French restaurant and patisserie, the Flying Saucer has been renovated to become an exhibition venue for the Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF), which is a pertner of both

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Just two weeks left to vote for your favourite Dezeen Awards architecture projects!

September 28, 2020 Rebecca Grove 0
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With just two weeks left for you to vote for your favourite Dezeen Awards projects and studios, here is an update on votes cast so far in each of the 12 architecture categories. The public vote, which closes on 12 October, allows readers to vote for projects and studios shortlisted in the architecture, interiors and

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Old nylon factory converted into “cathedral-like” office space

September 28, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
KB Building offices by HofmanDujardin and Schipper Bosch

HofmanDujardin and Schipper Bosch have inserted a steel frame into the expansive production hall of an old nylon factory in Arnhem to create the KB Building offices. The office is housed within one of several 1940s factories on a 90-hectare chemical-industry plant in the Netherlands, which local developer Schipper Bosch is transforming into a campus

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T3 Audi Design Center in Ingolstadt / gmp

September 28, 2020 Paula Pintos 0

The Audi Design Center (DCI) at the company’s original site at Ingolstadt has now been operational for three years and has been extensively tested in practice by employees. What they found was also of great interest to the architects von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp), who spoke with Mario Linke, Head of Audi Design Management. For the first time ever, the entire design development process has been accommodated under one roof. An open and bright building has been created for a design by gmp. The closely guarded secrets are nevertheless kept hidden on the inside; this is achieved with a horizontally structured facade consisting of a folded, highly reflective glass curtain wall. During the hours of darkness, Venetian blinds ensure the required confidentiality.

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MEETT Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Centre / OMA

September 28, 2020 Paula Pintos 0

MEETT, Toulouse’s new Exhibition, and Convention Centre, is located in the innovation zone north of Toulouse. The project is not only about architecture, but also about infrastructure, urbanism, landscape, and public space. The 155,000m2 exhibition and convention center is positioned in between the city and the countryside: it connects urbanized plots to the south – mainly dedicated to aeronautics, including the airport hangar of Airbus– to an agricultural landscape to the north.