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David Chipperfield designs red concrete and brick apartment block for New York

April 8, 2021 India Block 0
11-19 Jane Street

British practice David Chipperfield Architects has realised 11-19 Jane Street, an apartment building in New York with a ruddy-hued facade of brick and coloured concrete. The new six-storey building, which replaces a parking garage that dated from the 1920s, is located in the city’s Greenwich Village neighbourhood. To complement the mix of 19th and 20th-century

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Doughnut-themed cafe in Russia has walls and furniture that look almost edible

April 8, 2021 India Block 0
Cafe Krujok

Designers Eduard Eremchuk and Katy Pititskaya have created a cafe in Voronezh, Russia, that embodies “the essence of a doughnut” through delicious-looking velvety walls and squidgy seeming furniture. Cafe Krujok, named after a round doughnut, is located in the centre of the city of Voronezh in southwest Russia and specialises in breakfasts and coffee. In

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Six projects by 2021 RAIC Gold Medal winners Shim-Sutcliffe

April 7, 2021 India Block 0

Toronto architecture firm Shim-Sutcliffe has been named the recipient of the 2021 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal. Here are six key projects from the studio. The architecture practice, which was founded by Brigitte Shim and A Howard Sutcliffe in 1994, won the 2021 edition of Canada’s most prestigious architecture award. Awarded annually, the

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Cristobal Palma documents streets of Santiago during protests

April 5, 2021 India Block 0
Santiago photo series by Cristobal Palma

Architecture photographer Cristobal Palma captures an atmosphere of “paranoia” with shots of the boarded-up streets in Santiago’s wealthy areas during the recent protests. Palma’s photographs frame shops and banks in the capital of Chile with their lower levels covered by metal hoardings last year. According to Palma these buildings were never truly at risk, but he

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OWIU Studio brings Japanese style to Biscuit Loft apartment in Los Angeles

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OWIU Studio has renovated Biscuit Loft

Architecture and design studio OWIU Studio has renovated an apartment in an old factory in Downtown Los Angeles, adding Japanese design elements to the industrial space. Biscuit Loft is located in the Biscuit Company Lofts, a seven-storey factory built by a bakery company in 1925 that was converted into flats 15 years ago. The Los

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BarlisWedlick builds sauna topped by tower for Hudson Valley cabin

April 3, 2021 India Block 0
Sauna Tower in New York State

American architecture studio BarlisWedlick built this outdoor sauna topped by treehouse-style viewing platforms for a cabin in New York’s Hudson Valley. Set on a 75-acre patch of land with a cabin and a barn, the three-storey Sauna Tower is formed of a concrete sauna that functions as a base for the stacked platforms made of

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SMAR Architecture Studio designs swaying light-up tower for Silicon Valley

March 31, 2021 India Block 0
Breeze of Innovation

Breeze of Innovation is a viewpoint for San José, California, designed by SMAR Architecture Studio featuring rods that will sway in the wind and generate the power to light themselves. SMAR Architecture Studio won the Urban Confluence Silicon Valley competition to design a new landmark for Guadalupe Park and Gardens. The studio, which is led

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Five cannabis dispensaries and shops with soothing interiors

March 26, 2021 India Block 0
Edition X cannabis dispensary in Toronto has display counters made from industrial grating

As New York prepares to legalise recreational marijuana, we’ve rounded up five of the most enticing retail spaces created by interior designers for cannabis dispensaries and CBD shops in the USA and Canada. Standard Dose in New York, USA, by SR Projects and Tuna Architecture With New York set to legalise the product soon, Standard

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Architects reflect on Tōhoku earthquake community centres ten years on

March 26, 2021 India Block 0

The architects behind 16 disaster relief shelters built following the Tōhoku earthquake as part of Toyo Ito’s Home-for-All project have shared their thoughts on the buildings that are still in use as community centres. Home-for-All saw projects realised in Japan to provide respite for people affected by the disaster and to aid long-term community rebuilding efforts. The volunteer-run

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Emerging Objects builds 3D-printed mud hut for a cohabiting couple during Covid-19

March 25, 2021 India Block 0
Casa Covida by Emerging Objects

Casa Covida is a hut in Colorado made from 3D-printed adobe by American studio Emerging Objects for two people to live together in isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. Emerging Objects used Casa Covida as a case study for how a combination of modern and ancient technology could be combined to create a home big enough

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