Norwegian architecture firm Snøhetta has designed a new visitor center for Arctic preservation storage called The Arc in Svalbard off the coast of Norway. At 78° north of the Earth’s equator, the project referencing…
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Architecture Art Public Institution Sustainable design
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Architecture Public Institution
New Bauhaus Museum Dessau by Spanish Architects González Hinz Zabala opens in modernist style
This year the Bauhaus movement, one of the most widely-acknowledged design schools of all time, celebrates its 100th anniversary. Back in 2015, Barcelona-based Gonzalez Hinz Zabala, which works within a collective beat 831 entries…
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Architecture Transport Travel
After suspending role in Neom project, Norman Foster’s firm wins competition in Saudi to design Red Sea airport terminal
In a somewhat interesting turn of events, months after Lord Norman Foster, pulled out of the advisory board of the Neom project in Saudi Arabia due to the controversy surrounding the assassination of Washington…
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Architecture Public Institution
5 shortlisted designs for Singapore’s Founders’ Memorial announced; Kengo Kuma, Cox Architecture and DP Architects among those in the fray
Following an international competition launched in January 2019, a shortlist of five local and international architecture practices out of 193 entries has been selected for the Founders’ Memorial, which honours Singapore’s pioneer leaders and…
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Architecture Sustainable design
Lead8 architects reveals masterplan for Kiara Bay sustainable city in Kuala Lumpur
Lead8, an architectural practice based out of Hong Kong with offices in Singapore, Malaysia, and the UK, has revealed details of the Kiara Bay masterplan for Kuala Lumpur-based clients UEM Sunrise and Melati Ehsan…
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Architecture Office design
Stu/D/O designs corporate headoffice in Bangkok with interlocking masses and tilting planes
Designed by Bangkok-based architectural practice Stu/D/O, and led by architect Chanasit Cholasuek, the headquarters of the MacroCare, an audio-visual and system integrator manufacturer, reflects its motto of ‘Trusted Connection’. The interlocking masses and the…
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Architecture Lifestyle Residential design
This u-shaped residential project in Bangkok by Studionomad is a departure from boxed-in city housing
To address the boxed air-conditioned living in cities, Bangkok-based Studionomad has designed the Lom Hai Jai residential project which aims to bring a more human-centric architecture to built urban environments, especially focusing on natural…