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Galaxy Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects
London firm Zaha Hadid Architects has completed a 330,000-square-metre retail, office and entertainment complex in Beijing (+ slideshow). More about Galaxy Soho by Zaha Hadid Architects
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"In Vietnam we have problems with energy" - Vo Trong Nghia on Stacking Green
World Architecture Festival: in this movie we filmed, architect Vo Trong Nghia explains how the house he designed with a vertical garden on its facade incorporates natural daylighting and ventilation systems that are invaluable in Vietnam, which experiences heavy rain and high temperatures, but often suffers day-long power shortages. More about "In Vietnam we have problems with energy" - Vo Trong Nghia on Stacking Green
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EKKO by Thilo Frank
Visitors to this installation in northern Denmark by German artist Thilo Frank are invited to walk through a contorted loop of timber while listening to the sounds of their voices and footsteps played back to them (+ slideshow). More about EKKO by Thilo Frank
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U-House by Jorge Graca Costa
This hill-top house by Portuguese architect Jorge Graca Costa was designed for a professional surfer and his family (+ slideshow). More about U-House by Jorge Graca Costa
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Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by Shigeru Ban
While OMA is busy finalising designs for a new home for the Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture in Moscow, the arts organisation has temporarily moved into a pavilion with cardboard columns by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban (+ slideshow). More about Garage Centre for Contemporary Culture by Shigeru Ban
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Marne-la-Vallée Central University Library by Beckmann-N'Thépé Architectes
This university library in Paris by French practice Beckmann-N’Thépé Architectes has a knobbly concrete facade that looks like blocks of earth. More about Marne-la-Vallée Central University Library by Beckmann-N'Thépé Architectes
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"We're trying to find a Singaporean context" - Pan Yi Cheng on Herman Miller at XTRA
World Architecture Festival 2012: Pan Yi Cheng of Singapore studio P.A.C won the award in the retail category at the World Architecture Festival with his design for a shop for furniture brand Herman Miller. In this movie we filmed, the architect explains how a recent emergence of young practices is helping Singapore become a "more vibrant" place that is starting to find its own identity. More about "We're trying to find a Singaporean context" - Pan Yi Cheng on Herman Miller at XTRA
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Architect David Adjaye tops list of UK's most influential black people
News: architect David Adjaye has topped a list of Britain's most influential black people, ahead of Olympic athlete Mo Farah, the shadow business secretary and the Archbishop of York. More about Architect David Adjaye tops list of UK's most influential black people
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Dadong Art Centre by MAYU Architects and de Architekten Cie
MAYU Architects and de Architekten Cie designed eleven huge funnels to protect visitors from extreme weather conditions in the outdoor spaces of this cultural centre in Taiwan (+ slideshow). More about Dadong Art Centre by MAYU Architects and de Architekten Cie
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Third Grand Central Terminal proposal includes 380-metre skyscraper
News: WXY Architecture are the third and final studio with plans for the future of New York's Grand Central Terminal and have suggested a 380-metre skyscraper and a network of elevated cycling paths (+ slideshow). More about Third Grand Central Terminal proposal includes 380-metre skyscraper
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Pop-up housing in garages by Levitt Bernstein
Hackney studio Levitt Bernstein has won a housing design competition with a proposal to turn disused parking garages into tiny pop-up homes. More about Pop-up housing in garages by Levitt Bernstein
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"We convinced doctors to move to an open-plan wing" - Kristen Whittle and Ron Billard
World Architecture Festival 2012: architects Kristen Whittle and Ron Billard explain how meerkats, fish and open-plan offices for consultants helped provide better care for sick children at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, the winner in the health category at the World Architecture Festival. More about "We convinced doctors to move to an open-plan wing" - Kristen Whittle and Ron Billard
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Snøhetta wins competition to design Busan Opera House
News: Norwegian studio Snøhetta has won a competition to design a waterside opera house in Busan, South Korea. More about Snøhetta wins competition to design Busan Opera House
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Great City by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
News: work is about to start on a high-density, car-free "satellite city" for 80,000 people that will be built from scratch in a rural location close to Chengdu and later replicated in other parts of China. More about Great City by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
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Quivering wire crossing by bureau faceB wins Paris bridge competition
News: French practice bureau faceB has won a competition to design a bridge across the Seine in Paris with plans for a wobbling crossing of stretched steel cables. More about Quivering wire crossing by bureau faceB wins Paris bridge competition
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Superkilen by BIG, Topotek1 and Superflex
Danish architecture firm BIG has scattered miscellaneous street furniture from 60 different nations across a brightly coloured carpet of grass and rubber at this park in Copenhagen (+ slideshow). More about Superkilen by BIG, Topotek1 and Superflex
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Cross-shaped skyscraper planned for Liverpool
News: architect Maurice Shapero has released plans for a cross-shaped skyscraper on the waterfront in Liverpool, England. More about Cross-shaped skyscraper planned for Liverpool
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Schlump One Hamburg by J Mayer H
German practice J Mayer H has replaced the gridded facade of a 1950s office building with organically curved glass and white render. More about Schlump One Hamburg by J Mayer H
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ProtoHouse by Softkill Design
London architecture team Softkill Design has designed a conceptual house that would be 3D printed in sections in a factory and fitted together on site (+ interview transcript). More about ProtoHouse by Softkill Design
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SOM proposes floating observation deck over Grand Central Terminal
News: while Foster + Partners think simply increasing capacity is the way to improve New York's Grand Central Terminal, architecture firm SOM has proposed adding a floating observation deck that slides up and down the sides of two new skyscrapers (+ slideshow). More about SOM proposes floating observation deck over Grand Central Terminal