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Water park
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Urban & Landscape Design
A dreamlike floating forest replaced a dumping ground on the Yangtze River floodplain.
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20 Jan 23
On the dot
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Ramos Castellano Arquitectos repurposed thousands of barrel lids to create a colourful – and musical – building facade.
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16 Jan 23
Designer 2023
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Here are some of the most-anticipated design events and exhibitions of 2023.
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16 Jan 23
The Life Aquatic
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Italian scuba diver and gardener Sergio Gamberini designed Nemo’s Garden, the world’s first underwater garden.
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12 Dec 22
Community living
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Mumbai-based architectural and design firm Community Design Agency is working together with community members to revitalise the Sanjaynagar slum
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16 Aug 22
Design World Mourns
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Pioneering Marcus Fairs “changed the landscape of design journalism”
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7 Jul 22
The presence of absence
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The Bamiyan Cultural Centre in the Bamiyan Valley meditates on the complex history and uncertain future of Afghanistan
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29 Jun 22
For the birds
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Design Thinking
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Treehotel and BIG make a case for species co-habitation with their new collaboration, Biosphere
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6 Jun 22
Rebuilding Kharkiv
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British architect Norman Foster proposes rebuilding the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv from the ground up
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16 May 22
Ghana’s national pavilion
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How do you define freedom? Ghana’s flag provides a clue – as does its striking pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale
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8 May 22
Skyfall
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A never-ending stream of dominoes extending upwards provides the building blocks of architect Jean-Paul Cassia’s latest brainchild, the Zanzibar Tower
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1 May 22
Pavilions on a pedestal
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Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great?
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17 Apr 22
Outer peace
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Design Indaba Alumnus Shigeru Ban designs a wellness retreat on Japan’s Awaji Island
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10 Apr 22
Art for art’s sake
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A reimagining of one of the world’s foremost performing arts schools has healing potential for creatives and audiences alike
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10 Apr 22
Hip-hop architecture
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Architect Sekou Cooke draws inspiration from hip-hop culture for his designs
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28 Mar 22
Changing the paradigm
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Diébédo Francis Kéré is the first African architect to win the coveted Pritzker
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22 Mar 22
Virtual village
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Ubuntuland, Africa’s first Metaverse marketplace, explores a new digital era of art on the continent
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20 Mar 22
Rays of sunshine
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Atelier Nomadic’s luxury bamboo treehouses are inspired by Mobula Rays
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20 Feb 22
An Architect’s Agenda
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David Adjaye’s first design for Ghana’s visionary healthcare initiative to be built in 2022
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14 Feb 22
Upward mobility
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Stefano Boeri Architectti brings urban forestry to social housing in Eindhoven
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31 Jan 22
Celebrating the Arch
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Few South Africans have left as profound a legacy as Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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10 Jan 22
Exploring interspecies art
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Urban & Landscape Design
Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg has developed an algorithm that caters for pollinator preferences
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30 Dec 21
Bicycle parking garage scoops major design award
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An 8 000m² “space-age airport for cyclists” boosts The Hague’s transport hub
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6 Dec 21
Former Design Indaba Speaker, Es Devlin presented her Conference of the Trees at COP26
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The iconic stage designer planted a space for climate change conversations
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22 Nov 21
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