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Join the dots
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10 Jul 23
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Yayoi Kusama’s immersive exhibition features inflatable artworks on a grand scale.
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Letter days
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10 Jul 23
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When an alphabet saves a culture.
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Concrete jungle
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4 Jul 23
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David Adjaye’s first skyscraper is completed in New York.
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Space lab
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4 Jul 23
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Varda Space Industries has launched the world’s first space factory.
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Child’s play
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4 Jul 23
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This revamped museum was designed with and for children.
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Fresh air
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27 Jun 23
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This public tower in New Delhi purifies polluted air.
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Decolonising architecture
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27 Jun 23
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The Applied Arts pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale explores the colonial roots and evolution of Tropical Modernist architecture.
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20/23 vision
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19 Jun 23
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Apple introduces a new era of spatial computing with its ‘mixed reality’ headset.
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Rhythm and hues
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19 Jun 23
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The new Philharmonie Luxembourg logo responds to music.
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Digital muse
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9 Jun 23
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Ballet production Fusion pushes the boundaries of art and technology.
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Petal power
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9 Jun 23
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Snøhetta’s redesign of the Blanton Museum of Art in Texas includes lily-like canopies.
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Synth wave
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9 Jun 23
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Yuri Suzuki has created a web experience celebrating the legendary Moog synthesiser.
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Fairest of them all
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5 Jun 23
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The first edition of a Johannesburg art fair dazzled visitors with local and international artworks.
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Sky mountain
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5 Jun 23
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A coastal pavilion in China echoes the sky, the hills and the ocean.
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Water wings
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5 Jun 23
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This luxurious vessel takes emission-free transport from the road to the water.
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Architects in Venice
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29 May 23
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The pavilions defining the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale.
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Counting sheep
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29 May 23
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This exhibition shows how wool is more than just a raw material.
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The hills are alive
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29 May 23
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This winery building forges a symbiotic relationship between architecture and nature.
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Pretty in pink
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22 May 23
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A 7,6-metre-tall fluorescent tree decorates New York’s High Line.
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Dreams come true
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22 May 23
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Adjaye Associates transformed a former ice warehouse in Harlem into a public school.
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House of memories
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12 May 23
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A memorial dedicated to earthquake victims traces the natural paths on a hill.
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To-do list
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12 May 23
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Ayse Birsel’s latest book guides readers in designing their own long, happy lives.
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Bathroom break
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12 May 23
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Tom Dixon collaborates with Cosentino on a bold new vision for bathrooms.
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Around the world
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8 May 23
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Thirteen design startups were chosen for their innovative strategies for building a more circular society.
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Furniture designer Jonsara Ruth restores disabled pieces of furniture so they are both ecologically and ergonomically healthier
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Hold my beer
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13 Jun 22
Daniel Ting Chong’s partnership with Local Brewery & Co. brings inclusivity and fashionable fun to craft beer
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A continental visionary
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13 Jun 22
Nkululeko Mthembu’s design thinking helps to solve uniquely African challenges
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Fast track to a modern Senegal
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Renowned Senegalese architect Fatiya Diene Mazza, who is founder of the firm ID+EA, has been instrumental in refreshing the infrastructure of her nation
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