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MAD designs Nanhai Art Center to emulate "continuous wave of water"

Deezen

Architecture studio MAD has revealed its design for an arts centre on a waterfront site in Guangdong, China , which will have an undulating form modelled on moving water. Encompassing 121,275 square metres, the mixed-use Nanhai Art Center will be divided into three buildings containing a theatre, museum and sports centre.

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MAD to transform Chinese factory with futuristic rooftop extension

Deezen

MAD has unveiled its plans for The Ark MAD 's ambition is to preserve the industrial aesthetic of the ageing warehouse on the banks of Chuanyang River while contrasting it with the contemporary addition. The extension will contain glass-lined rooms MAD is an architecture studio founded by Ma in Beijing in 2004.

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Gradient House, Sequitur winery and the rise of an award-winning firm: Linden, Brown Architecture

Portland Architecture

Chris Brown and Brent Linden at the firm's studio ( Arthur Hitchcock ) Linden is from Miami and at the beginning of his career worked in the New York office Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, leaving the city just before the September 11 terrorist attacks to go attend graduate school at Rice University in Houston, where he graduated in 2004.

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Parks of the 21st Century

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

His undertaking was enabled by support from the Graham Foundation, primarily, as well as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the Museum of Modern Art; non-monetary support came from his wife, "Dot," who was the driver-navigator on the cross-country trips and did much more in the making of the books.

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9 Extra Small Architectural Firms Making Major Waves in the Design Industry

Architizer

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. This considerate outlook utilizes the wisdom of the past to help address the region’s contemporary needs. Order your copy today.

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Event: The Sensuous Environment: Sim Bruce Richards, Architect

Bustler

This exhibit chronicles the career, architecture, art and design of Sim Bruce Richards, who created a design aesthetic unique to the San Diego region. Curator Keith York is a historian focused on unveiling the unique history of modern art and architecture in the San Diego region. York contributed a chapter to the book Making L.A.

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The Black Designers Who Were Largely Overlooked by History

Dwell

Paul Getty Trust, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004) In the book’s architecture section, Prempeh asserts: "In architecture, Black designers have been pushing against the confines of a Western society that refuses to look past the color of their skin." Photo by Julius Shulman © J. It was completed in 1955.

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