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MAD designs culture and arts center in China inspired by mountainous tea fields

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MAD Architects has unveiled their design for the Anji Culture and Art Center near Shanghai , China. Set in a region containing a United Nations Habitat Award, the project is envisioned as a “transitional connecting space between the natural and built environments of the region,” including a city, river, and mountains.

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step inside KPF’s beaux-arts inspired supertall skyscraper at 520 fifth avenue

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KPF designs the tallest residential tower on fifth avenue with inspiration from the city's beaux-arts heritage. The post step inside KPF’s beaux-arts inspired supertall skyscraper at 520 fifth avenue appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Grand Hyatt Barcelona has opened its Art Deco inspired doors

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With its array of gastronomic delights and a bespoke spa, the hotel offers not just accommodation but a destination within the city – a haven for those in search of a unique escape or the perfect setting for conferences and meetings, located in one of the top twenty meeting and event destinations in the world.

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Photos of MAD Architects' artistic nexus, The City of Time

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MAD Architects has shared new images of its recently completed temporary The City of Time installation for the Aranya Theater Festival in China. Image courtesy Aranya Theater Festival Using verse and meter, the firm described its intentions for the installation as follows: The City of Time, Dissolves after 300 hours.

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Art Depot by 1100 Architect

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This new 4-story building was designed as a fine art storage facility. In addition to the main function, the preservation of art and cultural assets, there are also rooms for collection care and exhibition preparation. This material selection was inspired by the buildings of the Darmstadt Artists‘ Colony in Mathildenhöhe.

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LOPO Glazed Terracotta Baguettes: Yangjiang Citizen Culture and Art Center Complex by LOPO International Limited

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This project, also known as the Seven Pavilions in One Project, includes City Archives, History Museum, Local Chronicles Museum, Hall of Fame, Museum, Urban Planning Museum and Municipal Workers' Cultural Hall. More information about Yangjiang Citizen Culture and Art Center Complex

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The Hoxton Vienna offers "contemporary take on the Wiener Werstätte arts and craft movement"

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AIME Studio's interiors for the latest outpost of The Hoxton hotels, in a renovated marble-clad 1950s office building in Vienna , celebrate arts and crafts and post-war modernism. In the bedrooms , geographic patterned curtains are influenced by iconic Werkstätte fabrics and ruched headboards are inspired by Loos' style.