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Panter Hudspith Architects creates "contemporary vernacular" for Orchard Gardens housing

Deezen

We developed a contemporary vernacular that could then be used to articulate each block, creating individual characters within this family of buildings," he told Dezeen. The post Panter Hudspith Architects creates "contemporary vernacular" for Orchard Gardens housing appeared first on Dezeen.

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How the architect behind Pizza Hut's iconic roof turned a tiny design fee into a small fortune

Archinect

Contemporary licensing agreements between architects and chains like the Hut are typically undisclosed, but the low price commanded for each meant that, for all their liminally-pleasurable aesthetic , the otherwise unknown designer of the "red roof" restaurants, Richard D.

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Neri&Hu highlights simplicity and functionality at Shanghai art gallery

Deezen

Chinese studio Neri&Hu has designed a contemporary art gallery for Ota Fine Arts in Shanghai with a focus on the "sublime beauty of the banal". We hope one can appreciate the sublime beauty of the banal, as much as the brilliance of contemporary art," it added.

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Bell Phillips creates Cosway Street housing block with fluted precast brick facades

Deezen

London studio Bell Phillips wanted to create a contextual and contemporary addition to the Georgian and late Victorian architecture that surrounds the site. Bell Phillips was founded by Phillips and Tim Bell in 2004.

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From the mountains of Papua New Guinea to the walls of galleries around the world

Habitus Living

Photo: Drusilla Modjeska, March 2004 Ömie barkcloth: Pathways of nioge presents one of the largest public collections of stylistically vibrant contemporary barkcloth art made by the Ömie people of Northern (Oro) Province, PNG. On the gallery walls in Sydney, their nioge (barkcloth) can hang as contemporary art.

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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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Rostokino by CLK Architects | Shopping centres

Architonic

This shopping mall located in Moscow city, with more than 250.000 m2, built-in 2004, needed a new brand identity. The challenge was to develop a functional, contemporary, and economically effective solution in a short period of time.

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