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Annabelle Selldorf on architecture's responsibility beyond the building
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The veteran architect questions the greater role architects need to play after erecting projects in underresourced areas.
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8 May 19
John Pawson on the discipline of minimalism
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“It takes great discipline to reduce until you can't further subtract anymore."
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3 May 19
Pixeland is China’s pixel-inspired park
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Created for the people of Mianyang, China, this multifunctional public space looks at how digital pixels can be used as functional art.
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3 May 19
Sudan: the symbolic significance of the space protesters made their own
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Amira Osman takes a look at how Khartoum's military complex became a public space for protest that toppled the Sudanese government.
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2 May 19
Dong-Ping Wong on his ambitious work at FOOD architecture studio
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The architect's projects include an idea for a pool that also purifies the East River as well as collaborations with Kanye West and Virgil Abloh.
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1 May 19
Accra's Arch Xenus is redefining what it means to be a successful architectural firm
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We met the founder and principal architect who shared more about their approach to business.
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1 May 19
Nicole Nomsa Moyo on building self-sufficient townships
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Architecture & Interiors
Her thesis project Ukubutha looks at service delivery solutions in Mamelodi, a township in Pretoria.
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30 Apr 19
Architecture's ability to alter narratives with Mariam Kamara
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Architecture & Interiors
At Design Indaba Conference 2019, the Niger-born architect shared how she is using her work to shift perceptions of her home country.
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29 Apr 19
Can the architecture of a prison contribute to the rehabilitation of its inmates?
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Architecture & Interiors
"Every inmate in Norwegian prisons are going back to the society. Do you want people who are angry — or people who are rehabilitated?”
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29 Apr 19
Spanish mural artist, Okuda, uses art to bridge cultural borders
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His murals have transformed degraded and abandoned buildings into unique colourful spaces around the world
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24 Apr 19
How ostrich feathers are uplifting Oudtshoorn's economy through design
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Pascale Theron's work looks at breathing life into the vulnerable ostrich farming industry in Oudtshoorn, South Africa.
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8 Apr 19
Neri Oxman’s installation exploring the possibilities of melanin
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Through digital fabrication and design computation, the pigment could sustain and enhance the planet’s endangered biodiversity.
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5 Apr 19
Sir David Adjaye designs memorial in honour of Hugh Masekela
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The Masekela family, in collaboration with Design Indaba, will be unveiling a memorial pavilion during youth month.
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4 Apr 19
On building a disappearing city in the Moroccan Sahara
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"As designers, architects know how to build cities, but our field as a whole has not yet grasped how to make them disappear."
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4 Apr 19
IKEA ÖVERALLT: In the designers' words
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At Design Indaba Conference 2019, the group of African designers share the motivations behind the products they dreamed up and realised.
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2 Apr 19
This Bible-verse inspired building has a unique swan-like design
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Architecture & Interiors
The distinctive roof is a pearly white concrete structure with sweeping, futuristic curves.
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28 Mar 19
SPACE10 creates SolarVille prototype for a cleaner future
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"We can actively choose to take major steps to reduce global warming and stabilise our climate.”
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22 Mar 19
The bizarre and confounding influence of Dubai on Africa’s emerging cities
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Design researcher and built environment designer Mathias Agbo, Jr speaks to Nigerian, UAE-based architect Safiya Yahaya on this phenomenon
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22 Mar 19
Mariam Kamara unveils a new collaboration with Design Indaba in Niger
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The Artisan Valley is a whimsical promenade with spaces for local artisans to show off their traditional fabrication processes.
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20 Mar 19
Meet the landscape architect determined to save Bangkok from drowning
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“The health of the city is directly related to the health of the people. Right now the city is sick so we are all sick,” Kotchakorn Voraakhom.
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20 Mar 19
Cairo architect Nada Elhadedy on architecture driven by circumstance
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“So instead of using the building as a barrier… we used it to promote openings and interaction.”
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20 Mar 19
Ilze Wolff on creating an activist and public culture around architecture
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In this architectural practice collaboration with artists is just as important as working with other architects and engineers.
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20 Mar 19
Tumelo Lerata wins most promising award in international housing competition
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The "r.i.s.e in the city" design competition is aimed at bridging the gap between entrepreneurship and architecture.
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19 Mar 19
The coveted items that make up the IKEA Överallt collection
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“This is how design makes the world smaller and brings people from different cultures closer together,” Bibi Seck.
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13 Mar 19
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