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Siddhant Shah is bridging the gap between disability and cultural heritage
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“Designers and architects live with the misconception that accessibility is only restricted to the physical aspect of a space... that's a fallacy."
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28 May 19
Artist Nuria Mora on Spain’s biggest inclusive art event of its kind
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Along with 14 other artists, Nuria Mora is helping to rebuild and inspire art inclusivity in Spain’s forgotten region of La Mancha.
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20 May 19
Building a more sustainable future
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The architectural and engineering industries need to come up with new, gentler ways to construct future projects.
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14 May 19
How Hannah Barry is revolutionising the London art scene
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She may not call herself an art curator but Hannah Barry explains how she revived an art scene via an abandoned car park.
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13 May 19
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
Omar Nagati on renegotiating Downtown Cairo through design
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“You need to include in any plan or revision for Downtown or any neighbourhood, the local community, which is not necessarily the case so far."
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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
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
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
What landscape architects and urban designers can learn about public space from Cuba
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Landscape architect Sam Valentine takes a look at how the totalitarian state hosts some of the most democratic public spaces.
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29 Apr 19
Urban designer Alice Cabaret on innovation in challenging places like Maboneng
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"[Maboneng] has also helped to open a very needed debate, in academic and social circles, about urban transformation in complex contexts like Johannesburg."
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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
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
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
Could embracing the informality of South Africa’s chaotic taxi industry do more good than bad?
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Researcher and urban planner Zonke Mkhomazi discusses the history and future of transport in South Africa.
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18 Mar 19
Studio Propolis
Studio Propolis is a Nairobi-based design workshop set up by husband and wife team, Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner.
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18 Feb 19
ArchDaily
ArchDaily is proudly driven to help architects design a better world
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14 Feb 19
Frame
Established in 1997, Frame is the world’s leading media brand for interior-design professionals.
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14 Feb 19
Domus
Domus. Empowering inspirational thinkers. Since 1928.
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13 Feb 19
Reviving the history of cocoa production in Ghana
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The team behind the concept will be exhibiting at Design Indaba Festival 2019 to showcase design and architecture's role in shaping place
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7 Feb 19
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