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Sou Fujimoto: The infinite possibilities of open field architecture
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto talks about how architecture should create spaces for people to behave as they would like to.
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13 Jun 16
We Design Conference Durban calls for a national spatial revolution
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
The first We Design Conference in Durban, South Africa calls for radical transformation of South Africa's cities, towns and villages.
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10 Jun 16
A simple software solution for solid infrastructure
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Plate Package, which assesses the structural integrity of architectural drawings, gets nominated for the Innovation Prize for Africa.
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10 Jun 16
Personalised temperature control follows users around the building
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Architecture & Interiors
Using the Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology, design firm Carlo Ratti Associati created a personalised temperature bubble.
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7 Jun 16
The Refugee Challenge: Six innovative ways to house and educate asylum seekers
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
Today’s refugee crisis has left millions without a home or education. Here are some solutions.
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6 Jun 16
An algae-powered city for the world’s newest country
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
RAW-NYC wins competition to design an entire city from scratch for the recently founded nation of Liberland.
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6 Jun 16
High school students design snap-together homeless shelter
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
HUT is a micro-shelter designed as a low-cost, easy-to-assemble solution to homelessness.
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3 Jun 16
Graphite: a modular honeycomb-shaped shelving system
Product Spotlight
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Architecture & Interiors
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Industrial Design
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Product Design
A storage system designed to be sturdy and fully customisable.
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1 Jun 16
Welcome Shelter: Charlie Redman’s kinetic dining experience
Next Generation
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Architecture & Interiors
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Interaction Design
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Product Design
Architecture student Charlie Redman designed an outdoor structure that functions in any weather.
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1 Jun 16
ReGen Village: an under-construction utopia of sustainable living
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
Self-sustaining, off-grid village to be built in the Netherlands offers a look at the future of eco-friendly living.
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27 May 16
Flood House explores a new typology of responsive architecture
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Matthew Butcher’s Flood House looks at how future dwellings should be adapted to co-exist with their native environments.
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26 May 16
Studio [D] Tale: Design for social impact in emerging economies
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
We talk to cross-continental architecture and design studio Studio [D] Tale about innovation in the everyday, especially in emerging economies.
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25 May 16
Christian Benimana: Architects don’t have to be local to think local
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Rwandan architect Christian Benimana believes that the built environment should catalyse positive systemic change.
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24 May 16
Studio [D] Tale on design activism and innovation within existing systems
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Design Activism
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Urban & Landscape Design
Social impact designers Studio [D] Tale talk about innovating within informal economies and interventions in existing, sometimes backward, systems.
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23 May 16
Cliff face shelter designed to provide safe passage for refugees
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Slice Refugee Hospitality Centre proposes an architectural solution to welcoming and hosting migrants that cross seas to seek asylum.
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23 May 16
Spherical garden rolls around looking for sunlight and water
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Architecture & Interiors
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Interaction Design
Interactive Architecture Lab creates a mobile garden that thinks for itself.
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20 May 16
Recycled materials unite on a grand scale with Collage House
Design Frontiers
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Architecture & Interiors
The Mumbai home is made from a collection of recycled and found materials.
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17 May 16
Thomas Chapman on reconnecting a fractured city
Talks
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Architecture & Interiors
South African architect Thomas Chapman is fixing the past using layers of new design.
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17 May 16
A farming and recreational space designed to bring a community together
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Bottle Seedling House is a multipurpose shelter that aims to improve the quality of life for a farming community affected by HIV/AIDS.
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16 May 16
Alfredo Brillembourg: Architecture as a response to social issues
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
Alfredo Brillembourg’s work addresses the housing crisis and poverty through architecture.
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13 May 16
Jeanne Gang: The architecture of policing in America
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Architecture & Interiors
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Urban & Landscape Design
Founder of Studio Gang, Jeanne Gang talks about how architecture can help address police brutality in America.
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12 May 16
Snail shell shelter brings user closer to nature
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Helix is a micro-architecture structure that can shelter one nomadic individual.
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12 May 16
Swawou School for Girls finally opens its doors to students in Sierra Leone
Design News
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Architecture & Interiors
Orkidstudio unveils its free-education school in eastern Sierra Leone after the Ebola outbreak put the project on hold.
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11 May 16
Siyanda Mazibuko
Siyanda Mazibuko on his work: "I've got a crazy passion for making things from wood." We think that just about says it all.
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9 May 16
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