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on the banks of yan lake park in china‘s liyang city lies a sinuously-shaped architectural intervention realized by CROX. inspired by a chinese instrument called jiaoweiqin, the organic lines of the recently completed museum are designed to create a dialogue between the urban context and the adjacent park. all images © xia zhi     the project is […]

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MPavilion 2019, the sixth installment of an ongoing series of architect-designed summer pavilions, has opened in melbourne, australia. previewed on designboom here, the temporary structure has been designed by glenn murcutt — the 2002 recipient of the pritzker architecture prize. inspired by murcutt’s 50-year career, MPavilion 2019 celebrates australian design and identity with a free […]

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construction on the ‘niemeyer sphere’ — one of the last projects designed by brazilian architect oscar niemeyer — is well underway in leipzig, germany. located on the grounds of techne sphere leipzig, the factory site of HeiterBlick and kirow ardelt, the sphere will serve as an employee cafeteria for on site staff. the structure latches […]

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in the spanish city of malaga, design studio paco lago has realized ‘the pastrami club’ in the heart of the city’s lively nightlife area. inspired by speakeasies that were prevalent in 1920s new york due to the era of alcohol prohibition, the recently opened bar invites well-acquainted patrons in from the street through what is […]

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‘mist’ is an installation designed by clap studio for minsk design week 2019. the project takes inspiration from the city itself and the sobering fact that 80% of the architecture in the belarus capital was destroyed during the second world war. envisioned by the team as a white, geometric volume, the intervention intends to serve […]

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TAA design, an architecture firm based in ho chi minh city, has completed a small property in the vietnamese province of quang ngai. the dwelling, named ‘red roof house’, is topped with a vegetable garden that also serves as place for socialization and interaction. built on a plot measuring just 80 square meters (860 square […]

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the architecture of the villain is investigated in a critically and visually compelling work entitled ‘LAIR: radical homes and hideouts of movie villains.’ edited by internationally acclaimed architect chad oppenheim with andrea gollin, the book explores the most iconic villainous lairs of cinema in a theoretical analysis of society’s learned perception of evil spaces. the […]

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situated in the tverskoy district of moscow, architectural bureau WALL has designed a showroom for the ‘cameo’ apartment complex. set around an inner garden, or ‘urban oasis’, within the bustling metropolis, the showroom has been envisioned to let visitors feel the intimacy of the location and reveal the format of country life that lies in […]

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designed by david chipperfield architects, the ‘west bund museum’ in shanghai has officially opened to the public. as previously reported, the institution will show a series of exhibitions in collaboration with paris’ centre pompidou as part of a cultural collaboration between china and france. located on the shanghai corniche, an 8.5 kilometer (5 mile) frontage […]

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indonesia-based architecture practice SPOA introduces the residential reduhouse series — an ongoing project conceived in 2016 characterized by its streamlined method of construction. situated in jakarta, indonesia, this fifth installment of the series is entitled reduhouse.05 / rumah lestari. the team developed this alternative design strategy as a response to the needs of the middle […]

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