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Medo Brundo Kindergarten / njiric+ arhitekti | ArchDailyHow to design a kindergarten on a too small plot ? What if the plot is overshadowed by a massive nine-story block on it’s south side ? What if the plot is surrounded by the heavy traffic? The kindergarten is initially conceived as a single-story mat building – compact, introverted, ...
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Helsinki Named World Design Capital for 2012 | Designerati | Fast CompanyHelsinki's designers have always been central to its culture. But after the collapse of the neighboring Soviet Union, with whom Finland shared a special trade agreement, its economy faltered. Thanks to a new crop of cutting-edge designers--plus the rise of bigger technology companies like ...
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House in Huentelauquen / Izquierdo Lehmann | ArchDailyIn the floorplan, the rooms are aligned and facing the view over the sea, on a bar distanced from the retaining wall on its back, to create a sunken patio away from the wind. The living and dining rooms are open along both sides with large windows, suspended between the horizon and the ...
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Dezeen » Blog Archive » Rotterdam Market Hall by MVRDVConstruction has begun on a combined residential project and market hall in Rotterdam, designed by Dutch architects MVRDV.Called Rotterdam Market Hall, the building will comprise 228 apartments forming a tunnel over the market hall, glazed at each end.The market hall itself will house 100 market ...
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Dezeen » Blog Archive » Shadow Surface by AteliermobPortuguese architects Ateliermob have completed a cafeteria and shelter with circular holes cut into the roof at Sacavem, near Lisbon in Portugal.
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Top 33 World’s Strangest BuildingTop 33 World’s Strangest Building
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London Cloud a 'celebration of technology' for Olympics | DVICEArchitects from MIT have designed one of the weirdest structures I've seen in a long time for the 2012 Olympics. Consisting of two 400-foot mesh towers with a bunch of plastic bubbles sat on the top, the structure would be used as an oservation deck and park. Carlo Ratti, one of the MIT dudes, ...
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Dezeen » Blog Archive » Arena Zagreb by UPI-2MArena Zagreb in Croatia by architects UPI-2M was awarded Structural Design of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Barcelona last week. Arena Zagreb is multifunctional indoor hall with the footprint of 90340 sq. m. It is located in the southwestern part of Zagreb, Croatia, at one of ...
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Dezeen » Blog Archive » Memorial for Tree of Knowledge by m3architectureCalled Memorial for Tree of Knowledge, the project marks the site where the Australian Labour party is said to have been founded in 1891.The remaining parts of the dead tree are framed by an 18 metre-high cube-like structure of hanging timber batons, intended to mimic the shape of the tree’s ...
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Dezeen » Blog Archive » MAXXI_National Museum of the XXI Century Arts by Zaha HadidThe 27,000 square metre centre is Italy’s first national public museum of comtemporary arts and features two museums – MAXXI Art and MAXXI Architecture. ‘An interesting thing about the museum in Rome is that it is no longer an object, but rather a field, which implies that many programs could ...
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