Italy’s research-oriented multidisciplinary practice Carlo Ratti Associati has unveiled an innovative solution for the ongoing global healthcare crisis – the Covid-19 pandemic. The firm, founded by well-known Italian architect and MIT professor, Carlo Ratti,…
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Adaptive reuse Architecture Healthcare
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Architecture Education
unarchitecte transforms disused building in China into integrated community kindergarten
unarchitecte was given a brief to transform an unfinished office building in Lingbao City, a county-level city in China’s Henan Province, into a kindergarten. It is the first of its kind project by a…
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Architecture Interiors Residential design
Semi-detached Bangkok house with pockets of greenery inside counters urbanisation
Located in central Bangkok’s Lat Phrao district known as a hipster enclave filled with bars, farmer’s markets, cafes and boutiques, High Garden is a low-rise residential project by Baan Puripuri. The four-storey semi-detached house…
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Architecture skyscraper
UK firms behind Singapore’s Henderson Waves to design world’s longest footbridge in Dubai linked to future tallest tower
London-based IJP Architects and structural engineers AKT II have revealed their concept design for a new 230m footbridge in Dubai. Having won the competition organised by developer Emaar, the footbridge located in Dubai Creek…
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Architecture Hotel design Interiors Landscape architecture Travel
IDIN Architects designs boutique hotel along Kwai River using rammed earth
IDIN Architects has designed a boutique resort called the Tara Villa on the banks of the Kwai River, located in western Thailand. The 5,900m² property, designed by architects Jeravej Hongsakul, Wichan Kongnok and Eakgaluk…
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Architecture Installation Leisure attraction Urban design
Bangkok Design Week installation by Plural Designs emphasises human-nature relationship with green materials
The installation called the Everlasting Forest Pavilion by Plural Designs Company demonstrates the intertwining of humans and nature. Presented during Bangkok Design Week 2020, it refers to the rampant urbanisation because of economic and…
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Architecture Public Institution Sustainable design
Architect Rizvi Hassan designs Bangladesh community centre for Myanmar’s refugees to foster integration with locals
Architect Rizvi Hassan has designed a community centre for the Hindupara community, a minority group among the 600,000 Rohingya refugees who have been living for the past three years in the world’s largest refugee…