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  • Design for population management
    How can we adjust our world to accommodate an ever-expanding global population?
    Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors / Product Design / Urban & Landscape Design
    These interventions could help relieve the enormous pressures felt by cities in a crowded world. >
    11 Jul 18
  • Alejandro Aravena
    Award-winning Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena on rebuilding a city after a natural disaster
    Design Frontiers > Architecture & Interiors
    Aravena’s work sits at the intersection of public interest and social impact, addressing issues of housing, public space, infrastructure, and transportation. >
    14 Feb 18
  • Social Housing
    Low-cost housing that is stylish and functional
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Check out these impressive social housing projects from around the world. >
    24 Jan 17
  • alejandro aravena's award-winning uc innnovation centre
    Alejandro Aravena’s UC Innovation Centre wins 2015 Design of the Year Award for Architecture
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design
    London’s Design Museum selects the Chilean’s university building over 15 other acclaimed nominees. >
    1 Jun 15
  • Alejandro Aravena: Elemental housing solution in Santa Catarina, Mexico. Photo: Ramiro Ramirez.
    The good half house
    Profiling > Architecture & Interiors
    Elemental in Chile is doing more than half-heartedly answering the question of social housing. Alejandro Aravena talks to Nadine Botha. >
    1 Nov 10
  • Alejandro Aravena.
    The essential Alejandro Aravena at DI2010
    Festival News > Architecture & Interiors
    You’ll be forgiven for associating Alejandro Aravena’s architectural designs with the primitive. >
    15 Dec 09
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