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Dezeen Debate newsletter features a community centre by Sou Fujimoto
The latest edition of Dezeen Debate features Sou Fujimoto's design for a community centre in Japan. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now! More
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Sou Fujimoto unveils Japanese community centre covered with bowl-like roof
Architect Sou Fujimoto has revealed the design for a community centre topped with a bowl-like roof in the town of Hida, Japan. More
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Perkins&Will completes Singing Hills recreation facility in Dallas
Large expanses of glass feature in a multi-generational community centre designed by architecture firm Perkins&Will for a neglected neighbourhood in Dallas, Texas. More
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Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten combines "sacred and ordinary" in concrete church tower
German practice Behet Bondzio Lin Architekten has completed a church and social welfare centre in New Taipei City, Taiwan, housed in a high-rise concrete block topped with an angular roof. More
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RCKa designs Nourish Hub to tackle food poverty in London
Architecture studio RCKa has transformed a row of vacant shop units in west London into a community kitchen and learning space that hopes to reduce dependency on food banks. More
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6a Architects adds "glowing etched lantern" to community centre in Bloomsbury
UK studio 6a Architects has extended a gymnasium and multigenerational community centre in Bloomsbury, London, into a block called Holborn House with a facade designed by artist Caragh Thuring. More
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Prefabricated bamboo community centre in Pakistan built by local people
Decorative bamboo screens enclose the Zero Carbon Cultural Centre, a giant pavilion in Makli built by local people together with architect Yasmeen Lari's Heritage Foundation of Pakistan organisation. More
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Vin Varavarn uses local bamboo and soil to build learning centre in Thailand
Vin Varavarn Architects has used local materials and construction techniques incorporating bamboo and soil to design an agriculture learning centre in Thailand's Pak Chong District. More
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Atelier Xi designs peach-coloured concrete pavilion in rural China
Chinese practice Atelier Xi has completed Peach Hut, a tinted concrete community pavilion and bar overlooking a field of peach trees in Henan Province. More
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Unemori Architects creates "earthquake-proof" community centre in Fukushima
Architecture studio Unemori Architects has built the Sukagawa Community Center in Fukushima as part of the wider rejuvenation of the city after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. More
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Architects reflect on Tōhoku earthquake community centres ten years on
The architects behind 16 disaster relief shelters built following the Tōhoku earthquake as part of Toyo Ito's Home-for-All project have shared their thoughts on the buildings that are still in use as community centres. More
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Abin Design Studio creates terracotta-brick community centre in Bansberia
Architecture studio Abin Design Studio has built a small, multifunctional community centre in the city of Bansberia in the Indian state of West Bengal. More
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Mae Architects uses circular design principles to build Sands End community centre
Mae Architects has completed a community centre in west London that is designed to be as adaptable and recyclable as possible. More
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Aldana Sanchez Architects builds house topped by internet cafe in rural Mexico
Hñähñu Multimedia Center by Aldana Sanchez Architects is a house in Mexico's Mezquital Valley that has a top-floor community internet cafe. More
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Video reveals Obel Award-winning community centre in Bangladesh
This video shows the building of a rammed-earth community centre in Bangladesh designed by German architect Anna Heringer, which recently won the Obel Award. More
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Bamboo and rammed-earth therapy centre in Bangladesh wins 2020 Obel Award
Dezeen promotion: a community centre in Bangladesh designed by German architect Anna Heringer has won the second edition of the prestigious Obel Award. More
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Timber community centre built alongside London's last windmill
Local architecture studio Squire & Partners has created an elongated, black community centre in a park alongside the Brixton Windmill in London. More
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Orient Occident Atelier builds community hall in Cambodia that harvests clean drinking water
Hong Kong architecture studio Orient Occident Atelier has designed a civic centre that harvests water for the small Cambodian village of Sneung. More
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Falmouth University architecture graduates present cultural centres for the Isles of Scilly
Architecture students from Falmouth University's School of Architecture, Design and Interiors present proposals for cultural community centres on the Isles of Scilly archipelago in this VDF school show. More
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Centre for displaced Rohingya women built from bamboo in Bangladesh
Architect Rizvi Hassan used bamboo to build a community centre for Rohingya women and girls living in a refugee camp, where they can bathe and access counselling. More
