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Inclusive School Centre / Sehw Architektur

February 1, 2022 Andreas Luco 0

Structural change poses major challenges for some regions, among them Lusatia, a former lignite mining region. “The Brandenburg state government, in close cooperation with the Saxon state government, wants to give additional impetus and more momentum to structural development in Lusatia and develop it into a model region for structural change,” the state of Brandenburg says on its website. How can these goals be achieved? By counteracting the exodus of young families in particular with modern educational offers; for example, with a school according to the latest pedagogical findings and with high architectural standards. We have built such a school for Lusatia: the primary school section of an inclusive school centre in Döbern. Three storeys, two parallel classes per year for 360 pupils.

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Majoral Tissino Architects adds first-floor courtyard to refurbished Spanish home

February 1, 2022 Alyn Griffiths 0
Sunken living area at Cruilles 2

Barcelona-based Majoral Tissino Architects has modernised a house in the historic Spanish village of Cruïlles, adding living spaces to the vaulted ground floor and creating a studio that opens onto a secluded terrace. The refurbished building adjoins the clients’ existing property, which Majoral Tissino Architects refurbished in 2013. Connecting the two buildings allowed new and

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Fourteen Black architects and designers you should know

February 1, 2022 Alice Finney 0
Black History Month 2022

To celebrate Black History Month 2022, we asked 12 renowned Black architects and designers to select a fellow Black contemporary who deserves greater recognition. Each of the established architects and designers was asked to nominate another Black creative, as a way of championing Black architecture and design. Some chose to nominate more than one. Some

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Twelve Chinese architecture projects completing in the Year of the Tiger

February 1, 2022 Christina Yao 0
The Monolith, Ningbo, by Neri&Hu

This week China celebrates Chinese New Year. To mark the festivities, Dezeen has rounded up 12 major Chinese architecture projects set to complete in the Year of the Tiger. DJI Headquarters, Shenzhen, by Foster + Partners Designed by Foster + Partners, this headquarters for a robotics company will have a pair of towers made of stacked

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Listing bid launched to stop demolition of Will Alsop’s upside-down-boat cafe

February 1, 2022 Tom Ravenscroft 0
La Frégate cafe in Jersey by Will Alsop

Architectural charity Twentieth Century Society has applied to have the Will Alsop-designed La Frégate cafe in Jersey protected to prevent it being demolished as part of plans to redevelop its waterfront site. The cafe in St Helier, which was an early work designed by Stirling Prize-winning architect Alsop, is currently under threat of demolition as

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