Bangladesh-based architect Rizvi Hassan works extensively on community-centered projects that primarily address the housing challenges faced by refugees and displaced communities. DE51GN speaks to Hassan to discuss what drives his work and how does…
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Architecture Community architecture Interviews Rural architecture
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Architecture Residential design
Luxury Bangkok condominium by Singapore’s SCDA Architects emphasises connection with city’s iconic river and skyline
Singapore-based feted practice SCDA, led by architect Soo K. Chan, has designed The Banyan Tree Riverside Residences in the Thai capital. The 8,000m² luxury tower stands out as a distinctive architectural statement on the…
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Architecture Residential design
Lalith Gunadasa Architects reimagines vernacular Sri Lankan courtyard in modern house
This house designed by architect Lalith Gunadasa is located on Alakeshwara Road, a dense urban residential area in Ethul Kotte, Sri Jayawardenapura, the official administrative capital of Sri Lanks. The project was commissioned by…
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Architecture Competitions Industrial design
Weekly Round-Up: Newsmakers in the world of design and architecture
Museum of Covid-19. How much do you relate? A sneeze guard that takes cues from social distancing to reimagine airplane seating system A new design competition that lets designers be the changemakers They are…
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Interiors Residential design
Kyoto’s 2M26 converts century-old traditional nagaya house into multi-purpose home-office, atelier and event space
Kyoto-based founders of 2M26 multidisciplinary studio Mélanie Heresbach and Sébastien Renauld have designed and built a multi-functional property that serves as their home, office, woodworking atelier and event space. The architect-artist duo renovated a…
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Architecture Hotel design Leisure attraction
Dubai’s X-Architects wins competition to design luxury desert resort in Saudi Arabia’s Empty Quarter
Following their competition win, Dubai-based X-Architects’ are set to design a 240,000m² Desert Hideaway Resort in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Located in Rub’ Al Khali, also known as the Empty Quarter – the world’s…
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Architecture Landscape architecture Office design
The Bad Studio designs property sales office in India with geometric volumes that wrap around trapezoidal site
The Bad Studio has designed a sales office for a property developer on the outskirts of Bharuch city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Led by architects Boney Keriwala and Alak Parmar, the…