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How Do You Design for Informality?

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Image © Emmage/Shutterstock Informal architecture is the dominant mode of urbanization in rapidly growing and industrializing cities worldwide. In Delhi , the city with the largest population in India has half of its residents living in informal settlements.

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Traditional Czech dwellings inform mountain home by Mar.s Architects

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Architects drew on traditional mountain architecture when designing this house in the village of Malá Úpa, creating steep gables to help deal with heavy snowfall. Named Family House Dolní Malá Úpa, the home is located within the mountainous Krkonoše National Park, which required Mar.s Architects appeared first on Dezeen.

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Sanjay Puri Architects unveils spiral-shaped Nokha Village Community Centre informed by sand dunes

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Mumbai-based architecture studio Sanjay Puri Architects has designed a swirling community centre with a sloping green roof in Rajasthan, India. Between the museum and library, further multifunctional spaces curve through the building and flank the stepped amphitheatre and stage outside.

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AD Classics: Möbius House / UNStudio

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Möbius House / UNStudio. Image © Christian Richters architects: UNStudio Project Year: 1998 Photographs: Christian Richters Photographs: Eva Bloem Photographs: Courtesy of UNStudio Area: 520.0 m2 In 1993 a young professional couple from Amsterdam set out to build a private house unlike any other. Read more »

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Moroccan riads inform London extension by Merrett Houmøller Architects and All & Nxthing

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Clay-plaster walls, exposed brickwork and tile floors aim to evoke a feeling of a traditional Moroccan home at this London house , overhauled by local studios Merrett Houmøller Architects and All & Nxthing. The photography is courtesy of Merrett Houmøller Architects and All & Nxthing.

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Japanese architecture informs design of Minnesota house by Salmela Architect

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A cluster of wood-clad buildings surround a central courtyard at this Minnesota residence by US firm Salmela Architect that was designed for clients who formerly lived in Japan. The house rests on a fifty-acre (20-hectare) parcel, the majority of which the clients granted to the Minnesota Land Trust for permanent conservation.

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The Impact of Ireland's Architects, from the Pritzker Prize to the White House

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Historically, Ireland's architects have punched above their weight on the world stage. Be it the White House in Washington D.C.,

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