iF Design Centre: the new design destination for the creative industry!

Compiled by Team IAnD

Photography: iF Design

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Renowned and coveted award enterprise iF Design opens its very first, one-of-a-kind design centre that invites architects and designers to leverage the expansive 4000 sq. m. space by conducting exhibitions, business, exploring art and design events and the like…

Studying architecture via community service!

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Katie Edwards & Joshua Peasley; courtesy CAUKIN Studio         

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Multinational architecture students and graduates add to their learning curve by creating The Hive Mind Project at Cornwall, UK; all along, contributing actively and positively to the environment and community…

Bayeux Media Library: The building with the embroidered skin!

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Didier Boy de la Tour; courtesy Serero Architects

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Bayeux media Library ©Didier Boy de la Tour (inset) Ar. David Serero ©Loran Dherines

The Bayeux Media library façade by Serero Architectes Urbanistes is a strong, inescapable visual metaphor, as it stands facing the dense city centre of Bayeux, France.

A tale of wood and earth!

By Marina Correa 

Photography: Alberto Cosi

Drone shots: Markus Roselieb; courtesy the firm

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Situated between Lamyai tree orchards and rice fields against the backdrop of northern Thai mountains, Chiangmai Life Architects (CLA) designs an earthy and sophisticated home rooted in context… 

White and the Bear: More than a dedicated restaurant for kids!

By Beverly Pereira

Photography: Natelee Cocks and Oana Minuti; courtesy the designer

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World's first children's restaurant and concept store -White & the Bear (inset) Architect and designer, Sneha Divias

Sneha Divias Atelier wields the power of minimalism, functionality and materiality to design White & the Bear, a child-focused restaurant cum concept store and activity centre in Dubai…

Nature, symbolism and art fuse to beautify this building lobby in Taiwan!

Compiled by Pari Syal

Photography: Liu Che Chun; courtesy Whyixd

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Kinetic flowers sway to seasonal melodies in this building lobby in Taiwan as art weaves a new narrative to engage audiences and heighten the contextual aura of the edifice…

There’s nothing simple about black!

By Ar. Vinita Wagh

Photography: Serhii Kadulin; courtesy the architect

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Kofan, a 120 sq. m. bar in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, is classic yet modern, basic yet dramatic. Sergey Makhno Architects craft this establishment using black as their champion element.