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Concrete Hong Kong: learn about architecture through foldout models

Creative Boom

A new book celebrates the architecture of Hong Kong public housing in the 1950s-1980s. During the 1950s-1980s, when the colony was under British rule, public housing embraced the modernist architectural approach, and Hong Kong initiated mass housing projects that dramatically redefined urban living. Weird, isn't it?

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Ivan Toth Depeña's new public art captures the ethereal beauty of light

Creative Boom

Artist Ivan Toth Depeña pays tribute to the essence of light and energy in Photon/s, a new concept-driven public art installation in Charlotte, North Carolina. Previously, his research has touched on everything from the microscopic architecture of cells to the tectonics of geology and the complex systems of cosmology.

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Iconic buildings from movies and architecture recreated as birdhouses

Creative Boom

Each of the eight birdhouses is a totemic embodiment of architecture, design, or pop culture icons, including the 1989 comedy movie Beetlejuice, Philip Johnson's AT&T building, Hans Hollein's brass palm trees, and Memphis's Flamingo side-table. As out of place and oblivious as Tim Burton's cast of exurbs from Beetlejuice."

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10 Landmark Projects Shaping Architecture in 2024

Azure Magazine

Here at Azure, the annual tradition entails taking stock of the last 12 months of design, including public spaces , interiors , products , as well as residential and commercial architecture. In no particular order below, we round up the most anticipated architecture for 2024. And every January, we turn the page and look forward.

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Riken Yamamoto Wins 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize

Azure Magazine

Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto has been announced as the laureate of the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize , recognized by the jury for a “long, coherent, rigorous career” that has integrated uncommon sensitivity to place and culture into a diverse and wide-ranging international portfolio of built work. PHOTO: Sergio Pirrone.

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CASA EM BRUFE by Architecture Studio Oval

We And The Color

The house is composed of two parts, a taller one representing the most public areas of the house, the entrance, the generous living room, and the kitchen. For those who want to know more about this architectural project, please visit the website of studio Oval. The smaller and lower volume is facing the east side.

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Top 10 of 2023: Our Favourite Public Spaces

Azure Magazine

From landscapes that address climate change (while welcoming cultural and social life) to a rich variety of parks, plazas and buildings — and even infrastructure projects — that engage the urban realm, the best public spaces are a celebration of community and collective spirit. But what if the metro station itself was itself a destination?