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Koto’s prefab Work Space Cabin is designed for working from anywhere

July 10, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Koto Work Space Cabin

A slanted window punctures the charred-wood walls of this sculptural office designed by prefab housing designers Koto. The British company, which designs and manufactures modular, prefabricated cabins, created Work Space Cabin as the first in a series with the New Art Centre gallery in England. It said the aim was to disrupt the typical notions

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Bleached cedar frames apple orchard from Sheffield House in Massachusetts

July 9, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Sheffield Residence by Of Possible

New York studio Of Possible has designed Sheffield House in Massachusetts to replace the resident’s childhood home using large windows as the “picture frame of the spaces of memory”. The residence is located in Sheffield, a town in Massachusetts’ Berkshire County, replacing the client’s parents’ property, which was moved to another site and is now

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Harvard and MIT sue Trump administration over directive to deport foreign students

July 8, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sued the Trump administration in federal court to block an order that would mean all international students not attending in-person classes would be stripped of visas. The institutions, which contain two of the world’s leading architecture schools, filed the lawsuit in the US District Court in Boston

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Harvard and MIT sue Trump administration over directive to deport foreign students

July 8, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sued the Trump administration in federal court to block an order that would mean all international students not attending in-person classes would be stripped of visas. The institutions, which contain two of the world’s leading architecture schools, filed the lawsuit in the US District Court in Boston

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Kanye West reveals updated prototype of YZY shelters

July 7, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
YZY Shelters by Kanye West

American musician, producer and designer Kanye West has revealed a photo showing that the latest prototype for his low-cost housing for the homeless is under construction. West posted the photo to Twitter showed several unfinished structures with curvilinear floor plans, wooden frames and domed metalwork. Described in the caption as YZY shelters, they appear to

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Foster + Partners’ One Beverly Hills masterplan includes luxury hotel and lush gardens

July 6, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
One Beverly Hills by Foster + Partners

British firm Foster + Partners has unveiled a masterplan for a site in Beverly Hills that will include plant-covered residences and elevated botanical gardens. Unveiled by developers Alagem Capital Group and Cain International, One Beverly Hills is designed for a 17.5 acre (seven hectare) site that is home to the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria

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Huge window opens to patios in matching Mexico City houses by PPAA

July 5, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Pachua by PPAA

Architecture firm PPAA has created a pair of slender houses in Mexico City that have rear patios accessed by glass doors to flood natural light inside. The local practice designed the Pachuca project for a plot in the Mexican capital measuring eight metres wide and 16 metres long. The site was originally intended for an

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Existing trees left to grow up Guadalajara House by Alejandro Sticotti

June 28, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
Guadalajara House by Alejandro Sticotti

Argentinian architect Alejandro Sticotti wrapped an outdoor lounge and dining area around two trees in this house in Mexican city Guadalajara. Sticotti’s Buenos Aires firm designed Guadalajara House to allow the existing trees to grow up through a void on the floor above. A covered outdoor area on the ground floor wraps in an L-shape

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I/thee builds prototype papier-mache home on Texas cattle farm

June 25, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
US Architecture Agg Hab by i thee and Roundhouse Platform

Nearly 300 pounds of paper was cast in large holes in the ground before being flipped over to create the Agg Hab prototype home on a Texas ranch, which the designers claim is one of the “world’s largest, self-supporting, papier-mache structures.” US design-build studio I/thee and curatorial platform Roundhouse completed two structures called Agg Hab, short for Aggregate

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“A whole lot has to get built to end mass incarceration” says Deanna van Buren

June 25, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0

Architects need to be designing new building typologies to replace prisons that “were built to hurt people”, says architect Deanna Van Buren, who established her non-profit firm to bring an end to mass incarceration in America. Van Buren told Dezeen the current infrastructure designed for the criminal justice system does not work and that architects

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