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Luminaries: 8 of the World’s Top Lighting Design Firms

Architizer

L’Observatoire’s holistic design approach is evident throughout the entire process, starting with rigorous Schematic Design analysis and continuing until project delivery, always with the goal of creating stunning and efficient designs that showcase their talent for innovation. The firm has a legacy of enduring excellence.

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Maruni: Japanese sensibility with universal relevance

Habitus Living

When he graduated university with a degree in mechanical engineering, the Japanese design pioneer established Yamanaka Research Institute with five other crafts people. 2004 marked the launch of the “nextmaruni” project, which carefully re-examined both the process of furniture design and the physical form of the chair.

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Event: NADAAA: How to Own the Means and Methods (w/ Nader Tehrani, Arthur Chang)

Bustler

From pain points to potential, hear how leaders in the architecture and engineering industry are innovating through new business models and managerial techniques. He has been a key part of NADAAA and a collaborator of Nader Tehrani's since 2004. Brunner Memorial Prize. Arthur Chang, AIA is a Principal of NADAAA.

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Future Past: 9 Modern Projects Carrying the Torch of High Tech Architecture

Architizer

Heavily oriented towards structural expressionism and designing for adaptability, proponents of this particular architecture embraced new techniques for design and engineering. Swiss Re, 30 St Mary Axe by Foster + Partners, London, United Kingdom, 2004. This office building of 41 stories has a distinctive appearance.

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Remembering the design world greats we lost in 2022

Deezen

Miyake was an innovator who embraced both craft and technology, using a range of materials and fabric manipulation techniques to create his pioneering fashion collections. Gyo Obata, one of the three founders of American architecture, engineering and planning giant HOK , died on 8 March aged 99. Find out more about Gyo Obata ›.

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30 Best Architecture Firms in Greece

Architizer

Breeding an architectural vocabulary that is innovative, varied, and deeply attuned to the nation’s economic and cultural agenda, architects in Greece today are generating compelling programs (have you heard of the Greek typology ‘ yposkafo ‘?). Façade © Façade Façade studio was created in 2014 in Patras.

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Holcim Awards 2023 Competition News

e-architect

The competition is open for projects in architecture, building and civil engineering, landscape and urban design, materials, products and construction technologies. The Global Holcim Innovation prizes conferred by a jury of materials and industry experts led by Harry Gugger went to projects in Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom.