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studio david thulstrup has transformed a heritage-listed former water pumping station with a towering chimney in copenhagen into the vipp chimney house, a cutting-edge contemporary hotel for danish design company vipp. while retaining the charm of the 1902-built architectural shell, the original, industrial space has been renovated with custom-designed pieces, including the dramatic U-shaped steel […]

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american renowned architect john lautner‘s foster house, located in the heart of sherman oaks, los angeles, is offered on the market for the first time for 1.6 million USD. built in 1950, the two-level residence sits within a quite, green enclave populated by mature trees, resembling a tree house with its circular form and redwood […]

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apple and foster + partners open taipei’s newest architectural and cultural destination, apple xinyi A13. xinyi is a young, vibrant area situated along the eastern edge of the city and filled with touristic attractions, shops, and entertainment. together with the skyscraper taipei 101, it is one of the most popular destinations on the island. taking […]

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in 2018, yiwu, a city in china’s zhejiang province, hosted an international competition to design the ‘yiwu grand theater’. the contest was part of an effort by the city to elevate itself from a successful center of trade, to a hub of culture. the competition’s finalists included arata isozaki, christian de portzamparc, GMP, and KDG, […]

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the new museum — manhattan’s only dedicated contemporary art museum — has revealed plans for its second building: a seven story, 60,000 square foot structure conceived by OMA. the project will adjoin the institution’s existing SANAA-designed building, which opened in december 2007. ‘our new building establishes its own distinct identity yet it is highly connected […]

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architecture studio S-AR has built la providencia, a small oratory as part of the parochial church of san rafael arcángel in monterrey, mexico, comprising rough concrete and timber planks. located close the existing main chapel, the project offers a place to mediate, reflect, and momentarily isolate oneself, while meeting the goal of revitalizing unused areas […]

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this rural retreat by architecture firm bergmeisterwolf comprises three timber-clad volumes, which fan out into the landscape. the project is located in deutschnofen, an area in the province of south tyrol in northern italy, and references the region’s mountain peaks. ‘the horizontal shifting causes the different elevation in the height layers and thus also the […]

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