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Yasutaka Yoshimura: Nowhere but Sajima
 

Yasutaka Yoshimura: Nowhere but Sajima

Overlooking the sea, a rental home in Japan maintains the key aspects of the hospitality experience, while escaping the usual characteristics of a resort.

 

Architecture / Yasutaka Yoshimura, Chiaki Yasukawa

Printable futures
 

Printable futures

With the KamerMaker — a movable 3D printer pavilion — and a proactive approach, DUS architects seek to push the boundaries of this technology: in a co-creation process involving the community and multiple stakeholders, they propose 3D-printing an Amsterdam canal house, room by room.

 

Architecture / Vera Sacchetti

Cultural Landscapes

Organised by a research group at Madrid's UPM School of Architecture, an exhibition sheds light onto the spatial aspects of Spanish energy production infrastructure.

 

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2A+P/A and IaN+: Cutuli Primary School
 

2A+P/A and IaN+: Cutuli Primary School

Shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award, this  primary school in Afghanistan presents an alternative approach to emergency school design for war-torn areas.

 

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Duarte Pape: House in Vale da Abelha
 

Duarte Pape: House in Vale da Abelha

In a village in northwestern Portugal, a single family house effectively combines vernacular traits with contemporary strokes, culminating in a striking wood façade.

 

Architecture / Francisco Nogueira

Monumental architecture

An exercise in subtle interpretation brought the architecture office 2A+P/A to give functionality to an idea by Ettore Sottsass: a drawing he made in 2003 became the subject of their intellectual speculation, coherent with the drawing’s underlying philosophy, and ended up becoming a house.

 

Architecture / 2A+P/A

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Gia Wolff awarded the 2013 Wheelwright Prize
 

Gia Wolff awarded the 2013 Wheelwright Prize

The Brooklyn-based architect will study the tradition of parade floats in cities around the world, exploring notions of mobility, spectacle, urban space, and community-based design.

 

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TEN Arquitectos: Amparo Museum
 

TEN Arquitectos: Amparo Museum

In the modernisation and amplification of Puebla's Amparo Museum, Enrique Norten creates a new way to navigate the space and the museum’s different permanent collections.

 

News / Luis Gordoa

Spark: Starhill Gallery

Spark Architects design a lightweight steel, stone and glass shopping mall façade, creating a new landmark in the neighbourhood.

 

News / Lin Ho

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New life for the pioneers
 

New life for the pioneers

Curated by Marco De Michelis, the "La Città Nuova: Oltre Sant’Elia" exhibition invades Como's historical Villa Olmo, shedding light on a century of visionary urban designs by artists and architects.

 

Reviews / Manuel Orazi

K2-Design: House in Shimanto
 

K2-Design: House in Shimanto

Japanese architect Keisuke Kawaguchi aims for functionality in this semi-interred single family house, while pursuing a design that engages with the surrounding landscape.

 

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Al-Hadrami: Thula Fort

With the help of local architect Abdullah Al-Hadram, the Thula community has undertaken a series of preservation projects in Yemen, which have been shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award.

 

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