Mecanoo uses the colour of local tea to design The Place in Taipei

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Photography credits: Ethan Lee; courtesy Mecanoo

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Mecanoo with its “People, Place, Purpose” design philosophy carves out The Place hotel in Taipei juxtaposing old with new, creating its thematic around the uniquely popular local tea production tradition.

Modular construction – the solution to several problems!

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von Gerkan, Marg and Partners Architects use modular construction to build a temporary school building for 2,000 pupils in Frankfurt am Main…

An eco-systemic prefabricated house!

Compiled by Ar. Shreya Kulkarmi

Photography: Filippo Bamberghi; courtesy the architect

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Studio Arthur Casas in collaboration with SysHaus, a start-up for research in the residential field, designs a new concept for sustainable contemporary living in a ‘200 sq. m. prefabricated dwelling’…

Russian and Chinese cultures intermingle at first ever cross border cable car terminal!

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Visualisations: PYXID; courtesy UNStudio

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Connecting Russia and China with the first ever cross border cable car – UNStudio' design of the Blagoveshchensk Cable Car Terminal not only responds to its immediate urban location, but also becomes an expression of cultural identity and a podium for the intermingling of cultures…

Contrasting Dualities – the Catenary and the Arc!

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Antonio Bouzas; courtesy the designer

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Illustrating by example, designers Manuel Bouzas and Santiago del Aguila conceptualise a striking installation for Insòlit 2019 that expounds the concept of ‘contradiction’ – both literally and metaphysically…

Elips Design Architecture’ loft design is simplistic, yet quirky in all the right ways!

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

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From a dingy loft to a bright, airy, modern penthouse - Elips Design Architecture resurrects this top floor space, reinforcing that less is undoubtedly more.

The dynamics of minimalistic geometry

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Ar. Masahiko Sato of Architect Show Co. Ltd. designs a compact holiday home with a lean-to roof that follows the vocabulary of the sloping hillside of Asakura City in the Fukuoka Prefecture…