The London Design Fair has chosen biomaterials as Material of the Year. Now in its third year, Material of the Year highlights and scrutinises a key material, one whose properties are the subject of…
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London Design Festival (LDF), one of the world’s leading creative organisations, has awarded the much-coveted London Design Medal to designer Tom Dixon this year. It’s the highest accolade given to an individual who has…
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Architecture Sustainable design Sustainable designWorld’s largest urban farm will open in Paris in 2020
As cities around the world rethink the confluence of urban planning and sustainable food sources, urban farming has emerged as a possible solution. Now, the world’s largest urban farm is set to open next…
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The Aga Khan Award for Architecture has revealed the six winners of 2019. Announced by Irada Ayupova, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan and Farrokh Derakhshani, Director of the Aga Khan Award…
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Design InteriorsMOC Design Office creates a modern space for bubble tea brand inspired by Clarke Quay’s maritime history
Shenzhen-based interior architecture firm, MOC Design Office, has completed the interiors of bubble tea brand, Heytea, in Singapore’s Clarke Quay neighbbourhood. To design this 250m2 space, the team, led by Sam Liang and Vivi…
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Adaptive reuse Architecture CultureKaran Grover and Associates rejuvenates a 112-year-old industrial facility in India
A disused Alembic Pharmaceuticals factory located in the middle of the city and along the main railway line of Vadodara in India’s western province of Gujarat has been transformed into an arts and culture…
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Architecture EducationSamira Rathod-designed brick and terracotta school pays ode to children’s imaginative minds
Indian architect Samira Rathod has designed a school inspired by the vivid imagination of childhood memories and children’s unbridled and creative outlook towards learning. The architect and her team used this premise to design…