Redefining a cultural ethos!

By Ar. Shreya Kulkarni

Photography: Courtesy BIG Architects

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A consortium of architects and BIG chisel a contemporaneous architectural program that translates into a massive monolithic cultural centre, MECA, bringing the people of Bordeaux city together in an awe-inspiring sense of belonging…

A real estate sales centre that mimics an art gallery!

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: Highlight Images; Spencer Huang; courtesy the architects

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Known to craft unique identities for its clients, Ippolito Fleitz adopts a millennial-friendly approach to design a progressive sales centre for real estate developer CIFI in Chongqing, China - one of the world’s largest cities...

This modernist brewery reveals traces of the structure’s charming past

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Maarten Willemstein; courtesy the designers

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Studio Modijefsky works hand-in-glove with the Nieuwe Bouwen architectural style to transform its rich architectural character into a contemporary, trendy taproom…

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

Compiled by Team IAnD

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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Info & Imagery: Courtesy GMP

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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…