Next month, Japan will celebrate the opening of its new $1.4 billion National Stadium ahead of 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. Designed by Kengo Kuma and the Azusa Sekkei Corporation, construction on the 68,000-seat arena has…
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Studio Symbiosis Architects propose giant urban air purifiers to tackle pollution problem in Delhi
With India’s capital New Delhi grappling with hazardous pollution, and the World Health Organization declaring the air quality there among the worst in the world. It is also the fifth leading cause of death…
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Architecture Interiors Retail design
AIM Architecture’s interiors for Harmay in Beijing transforms industrial warehouse into fun contemporary space
Shanghai-based practice AIM Architecture, founded by Wendy Saunders and Vincent de Graaf, has designed the new retail store and warehouse for Chinese apothecary brand Harmay located in the Chaoyang district in Beijing. The new…
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Architecture Lifestyle Residential design Sustainable design
Hinz Studio designs modern house in Vietnam using locally available natural materials
Ho Chi Minh-based Hinz Studio, led by architect Phan Văn Trần Tuấn, has designed the Chivi house in Da Nang, named after the owner’s children in the 137m² house (Chi and Vi). The family…
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Broadway Malyan’s waterfront project in Borneo Malaysia wins Singapore landscape award
Acclaimed practice Broadway Malyan‘s proposal for a waterfront community in Malaysia has won a Gold Award from the Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects in the category of Analysis and Planning. The awards is a…
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Architecture Residential design
Villa in India by SquareWorks is built around verandah concept to keep away extreme heat
Called ‘Amaltas’ (a regional name for Cassia Fistula), the house by Tokyo- and Mumbai-based practice SquareWorks, founded by Katsushi Goto, has been designed as a rural residential retreat for a sole female client. Architect…
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Open Architecture has announced the topping out of its project Chapel of Sound, with the pouring of its broad concrete roof. The project, which is expected to open in 2020, includes a semi-outdoor amphitheater,…