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News from the world of architecture, new builds, awards, initiatives.
Curated by Christiane Burklein
03-03-2021 - News
BUREAU and MARIA, a dynamic home
BUREAU architectural studio designed MARIA: an apartment that adapts to the owner’s multiple and dynamic requirements with an overall design that differs from all the classic schemes, to be lived in as freely as possible and become a prototype of contemporary living.
01-03-2021 - News
Fivedot turns a casino into a public library
Kent Panther Lake Library in Kent, Washington, designed by Seattle-based collaborative architecture and design studio Fivedot, turns a casino, which took from the local community, into a library, that gives back to the community, bringing new cultural and intellectual stimuli.
24-02-2021 - News
MKG, digital tour of the exhibition Together. The New Architecture of the Collective
Hamburg’s MK&G Museum offers a digital tour of the exhibition Together. The New Architecture of the Collective, investigating the growing trend toward collective living solutions.
RECENT PROJECTS
12-02-2021 - News
Jason de Caires Taylor’s underwater museum in Cannes
Environmentalist sculptor Jason de Caires Taylor has created his first installation in the Mediterranean Sea. Near the island of Sainte-Marguerite, one of the Lérins Islands just off Cannes on the French coast, six monumental three-dimensional portraits await exploration under the water, while providing a new habitat for marine flora and fauna.
11-02-2021 - News
b210 and the Nature Villa micro-hotel in Maidla Nature Resort
Nature Villa in Estonia’s Maidla Nature Resort, designed by Estonian architect Mari Hunt, is a wooden micro-hotel built on stilts that may well be the smallest building ever nominated for the Mies van der Rohe award: an example of high-quality sustainable architecture on a reduced scale.
03-02-2021 - News
Winners of the 2020 Architecture Drawing Prize
The Architecture Drawing Prize is part of a circuit of events linked with the World Architecture Festival. The fourth edition of the prize, an expression of the timeless fascination of architectural drawing, now has a new category: the Lockdown Prize. The winner is Clement Laurencio for Apartment #5, which also won the Hybrid category.
29-01-2021 - News
Absolute Flower Shop by More Design Office
Chinese firm More Design Office has created a very distinctive flower shop in Shanghai. The Absolute Flower Shop on the ground floor of an old colonial house is a gallery, manmade landscape and secret garden all rolled into one. One room leads to the next, where the neutral colour palette sets the scene for the owner’s floral arrangements.
26-01-2021 - News
Panoramic House by ON-A architecture firm
ON-A architects have designed a single-family residence on the coast near Barcelona. The Panoramic House project focuses on a smart, sustainable construction system, transforming the natural landscape around the house into part of the architecture to create a unique, spectacular effect.
20-01-2021 - News
Winners of the 2021 AIANY Design Awards
AIA New York’s annual Design Awards program recognises outstanding architectural design by AIA New York members. This year’s jury met online to select the winners in four of the five categories: Architecture, Interiors, Projects, and Urban Design. No awards were given this year in the Sustainability category.
