Library as a town

Compiled by Rutvi Ashar

Renders: Shanghai Cenby Digital Technology Co. Ltd

Read Time: 2 mins

Proposed salon in the National Library of Taiwan (inset) Ar. Carlo Ratti

Expected to greet the public in 2023, Bio-architecture Formosana (BAF) together with Carlo Ratti Associatti (CRA) present the National Library in Taiwan, which hopes to transform a large undeveloped suburban plot in XinYing District.

Personalised commute: the train of the future!

Compiled by Avinash Yadav

Renders: Courtesy Mecanoo

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Mecanoo architects and circular-furniture specialist, Gispen conceptualise a modular and flexible train interior that facilitates travellers’ diverse activities - sustainable mobility that can be universally replicated…

Is this the start of a new phenomena in adaptive reuse?

Compiled by Team IAnD

Renders: Courtesy JA arquitectura

Read Time: 2 mins 30 secs

Maassilo roof transformation 

JA Architects make a modern intervention in Rotterdam's century-old Stok building, setting a precedent for a fresh approach to reducing the carbon footprint…

The superyacht life!

By Vinita Wagh

Project Photography: Adam Letch 

Aerial Photography: ICON Aircraft; courtesy SAOTA

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Home on Di Lido island (inset) Ar. Mark Bullivant

On the southern tip of Di Lido Island, Miami, SAOTA designs a masterpiece of modern living – incredibly idyllic and distinctly dramatic…

Bound by history!

Text: Courtesy Mecanoo architecten

Photography: Courtesy Mecanoo architecten

Read Time: 3 mins

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Mecanoo Architects root the cultural ethos of Netherlands into the design of the Delft city hall and train station. 

Bold and Beautiful

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Open-to-sky Spaces Special

By Vinita Wagh

Photography: courtesy Diff-Studio

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Interior Designers, Iryna Dzhemesiuk and Vitaliy Yurov of Diff-Studio style an elegant, minimal and luxurious terrace atop a hundred-year-old building in Paris.

Symbolic Unions

By Vinita Wagh

Renders: Courtesy Karim Rashid

Read Time: 1 min 30 secs

Spreading global love (inset) Designer Karim Rashid; photography credits: Lupe de la Vallina

One world, one love. A celebration of humanity. Karim Rashid’s architectural proposal for the Church of Globalove suggests exactly that.