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Jonas Staal’s alternative parliament in Rojava
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Architecture & Interiors
Ushering in the new democracy with politics and art.
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11 Nov 16
Vibrant art installation uplifts San Antonio airport
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Architecture & Interiors
Gabriel Dawe completes his latest public art project.
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10 Nov 16
MVRDV's magical Crystal House is built with glass bricks
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Architecture & Interiors
Architects MVRDV win a Dutch Design Award for Crystal House, a building made entirely out of glass.
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3 Nov 16
Mexican design firm imagines Trump’s proposed wall
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Estudio 3.14 brings to life the US presidential candidate’s tyranny.
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27 Oct 16
Decorative discouragement: The dirty tricks in architecture
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Design Thinking
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Urban & Landscape Design
Take a look at a few sly design choices that benefit some & prohibit others.
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24 Oct 16
Disrupting expensive city housing with Big World Homes
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Design Thinking
Affordable, flat-packed homes that rethink the way people live.
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21 Oct 16
Burkina Faso’s new parliamentary building celebrates the revolution
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
Design Indaba alumnus Francis Kéré unveils the design for Burkina Faso’s new National Assembly.
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19 Oct 16
Three cities that tackle modern civic problems successfully
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Take a look at how city planners have found ways to manage 21st-century urban obstacles in these three cities.
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13 Oct 16
Yanweizhou Park: Harnessing nature to benefit itself
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Urban & Landscape Design
This wetlands-architecture project absorbs floodwater instead of blocking it.
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29 Sep 16
Meet Albang: The versatile vacation pods of South Korea
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Urban & Landscape Design
Think pod hotel meets giant egg sculpture – only more durable and eco-friendly.
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28 Sep 16
Border City: An integrated plan to trash the US, Mexico border debate
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Architecture & Interiors
Border City is an ambitious plan to rid the United States and Mexico of its divides.
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28 Sep 16
Cáustico: Speculating the future of water access
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Film & Animation
What happens to society if drinking water becomes our most lucrative resource?
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28 Sep 16
Devoted to urban planning
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Born in Kigali, Rwanda, this MIT student works to improve and provide affordable housing designs in Africa.
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27 Sep 16
Solving the problem of student housing with floating dormitories
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Urban & Landscape Design
See the unconventional, low-cost student residences recently unveiled in Copenhagen.
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26 Sep 16
Award-winning initiative turns theory into solution
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Creative Economy
CHHAT won the 2016 Fuller Challenge because of its ability to address real-life problems surrounding human shelter.
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23 Sep 16
This book celebrates creativity across the continent
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Co-edited by Gestalten and Design Indaba, this book celebrates creativity and design in Africa and the rise of new talent.
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21 Sep 16
A design solution to moving back in with your parents
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Architecture & Interiors
Spanish collective designs custom spaces and furniture for young adults returning home.
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21 Sep 16
Cairo’s future Science City: Weston Williamson & Partners win design bid
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This London-based architecture firm has won the opportunity to design Egypt’s science hub.
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8 Sep 16
The Boring Collection: Lensvelt's deliberately drab furniture
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Product Design
The remarkable thing about this furniture line is that it is totally unremarkable.
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7 Sep 16
Sculptural desalination plant imagined for Santa Monica pier
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Architecture & Interiors
Pipe is a sustainable water harvesting solution that could produce 4.5 billion litres of clean water for California.
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30 Aug 16
The dynamic solar shading of Kiefer Technic Showroom
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Architecture & Interiors
This building reacts to the outside environment to benefit its inhabitants.
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30 Aug 16
A bamboo city built for communal living
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Architecture & Interiors
Penda explores the idea of a sustainable urban village made out of bamboo and rope.
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24 Aug 16
China opens record-breaking transparent bridge
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Urban & Landscape Design
The Hunan province is now home to the longest and highest glass-bottomed bridge in the world.
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23 Aug 16
Interior designer Seugnet Herbst challenges the ordinary
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Product Design
2016 Emerging Creative Seugnet Herbst challenges ordinary aspects of interior design.
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19 Aug 16
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