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Architet Natalie Dionne's Forest House
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5 Feb 21
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Perched on 3-metre stilts, this natural retreat has been raised to meet the level of the striking boulders surrounding it.
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The new Eco Tourism
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5 Feb 21
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‘’By uniting local identity with the landscape through forms still unseen in the region, the architect gave 48° Nord a unique architectural expression."
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Renewable Luxury
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5 Feb 21
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La Forestale is a sustainable development hidden away in an Italian nature reserve.
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The Pet Project
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5 Feb 21
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“We strive to find a solution that would preserve this unique atmosphere."
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Breaking the Mold
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5 Feb 21
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Mold Architects was founded by Iliana Kerestetzi, Maria vetrou and Konstantinos Vlachoulis in 2011.
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New Shenzhen Natural History Museum
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5 Feb 21
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“This building captures the unique atmosphere of a riverfront site and finds the timeless property of water is a concept."
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Drones for Africa
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29 Jan 21
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African Drone Forum showcased the latest drone technology.
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We’re familiar with unmanned flying drones but were you aware of their aquatic equivalents?
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29 Jan 21
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Top 10 Best Drones 2021
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Johnny Miller's aerial photography using drones
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29 Jan 21
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Miller is the co-founder of africanDrone, an organization that uses drones for good.
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Do robots dream of electric sheep?
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29 Jan 21
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Farmers claim that drones put less stress on the flock than dogs.
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Movies shot with drones
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29 Jan 21
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Drones provide that bird's eye view.
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Public safety with drones
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29 Jan 21
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“Skyfire’s industry-leading engineering staff and healthcare drones help solve complex healthcare facility chain of logistics/chain-of-custody challenges"
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Reuben Wu uses customized drones to create art
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28 Jan 21
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“In my visual work, I am driven not just by the urge to create imagery."
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Drone Art by Katsu
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28 Jan 21
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The new media artist is exploring the intersection of art and technology in ways not done before.
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Discovering a new state of matter
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21 Jan 21
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New frontiers of scientific exploration have generated a new phase of matter - liquid glass.
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Highlighting the need to redesign hospitals for the future
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21 Jan 21
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The pandemic has shed light on the inadequacies of hospital models.
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A new-age Noah's Ark has been conceived
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21 Jan 21
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The Noah’s Ark project will be the most technologically advanced conservation centre ever conceived
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Masked Crusader
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18 Jan 21
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Kim Ha-neul’s sustainable stools are made from discarded masks.
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Waste to Wonderful
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18 Jan 21
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From discards to snacks that solve for food waste.
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Paris’s most famous avenue will be getting a green makeover
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18 Jan 21
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Champs-Élysées will be getting a green makeover to turn it from a paved paradise into a modern-day Eden.
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Your free ticket to Mind-Full mini film festival
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11 Jan 21
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Find out what these illustrious designers are up to and how they’re making the world better with their design ingenuity.
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The new frontiers in health
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16 Dec 20
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This week we look at how design concepts, interventions and enhancements can help “cure” medical issues.
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The children and education design of the future
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23 Nov 20
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Here, we explore new formats for childhood learning that foster design thinking and creativity…
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Algae Window by Olafur Eliasson
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19 Nov 20
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Olafur Eliasson has created an Algae Window consisting of glass spheres arranged according to the structure of diatoms.
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From the Archives
Melting pot
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Buhle Nkalashe’s powerful artworks are steeped in isiXhosa, isiZulu and Ndebele traditions
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Pool poetics
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6 Mar 22
Kanya Viljoen’s Eurydice makes use of femme narratives in a waterless pool
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Igloo eatery
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6 Mar 22
Japan’s Kamakura Village pop-up eatery serves traditional fare in icy igloos for one month a year
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From dawn to dust
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6 Mar 22
Katie Paterson’s Requiem will change the way you think about dust
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