Watch a virtual fly-through of the Uncensored Library in Minecraft
This one-minute video shows how BlockWorks collaborated with has non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders to build a virtual library to support freedom of speech. More
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WPP building online "Minecraft world" featuring all its global offices in one place
Global communications group WPP is creating a digital campus in computer game Minecraft featuring replicas of its offices around the world, allowing employees to visit other buildings without leaving their desks. More
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Minecraft library provides gamers with "a safe haven for press freedom"
Non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders has built a virtual library in the video game Minecraft to give gamers access to censored books and articles. More
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Blocky Minecraft-themed apartment building in Seoul clad with pixel-like tiles
Aoa Architects has clad the stepped gables of a playful apartment block in South Korea with glossy red and white tiles in a reference to the video game Minecraft. More
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Minecraft video game used to design public space in more than 25 developing countries
Local authorities have been "amazed to see that young women from slums could design as architects or urban planners", according to the co-ordinator of a United Nations initiative using the video game Minecraft to get communities designing their own public spaces. More
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Architecture should be more like Minecraft, says Bjarke Ingels
Movie: the founder of architecture firm BIG explains his theory of "Worldcraft" – creating architecture that focuses on turning "surreal dreams into inhabitable space". More
