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Identity expression
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17 Jul 23
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2023 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Riley Axon uses their creative expression to digest the way the world perceives them.
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In the round
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17 Jul 23
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Las Vegas is home to the world’s largest sphere.
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Self-titled
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10 Jul 23
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The latest exhibition by renowned South African visual activist Zanele Muholi is autobiographical.
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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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Living Space
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19 Sep 22
Architect and computational designer Manas Bhatia used AI to imagine a utopian future with symbiotic buildings.
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Veni, vidi, vici
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18 Sep 22
Design Indaba alumnus Morag Myerscough built a striking fort to celebrate 1900 years of Hadrian’s Wall
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Steel Works
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18 Sep 22
Johannesburg-based interior architect Daniella Kilpatrick designs steel furniture that marries form and function
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The language of plants
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The 23rd Triennale Milano features a futuristic greenhouse where visitors can experience plants' reactions to their surroundings
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