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La Seine Musicale is "a symbol with meaning and function" says Shigeru Ban

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The musical facility is located on the Ile Seguin island near Paris's western suburbs, occupying a third of French architect Jean Nouvel 's mixed-use masterplan of the island. Further plans are underway to add an art centre, hotels and office spaces to the island. My strategy is making a symbol with some meaning and function."

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Ten architecture projects by students at Lancaster University

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Working spaces include an Arts and Crafts house, the award-winning Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts and a purpose-built studio where you'll have your own workspace. The wider masterplan features sustainable travel, E-bike hire, a park and ride system and bike lanes."

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Ineke Hans, Kevin Carmody and Maria Cristina Diedero named Dezeen Awards 2023 judges

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Hans set up her firm in 1998 after graduating from the Royal College of Art in London. Projects by the Dutch design studio include a plastic chair made using recycled plastic from fishing nets, toothbrushes, office chair components and other industrial waste , and a steam-bent conference chair for the Austrian art gallery Kunsthalle Wien.

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Glencoe Base Station building design

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Design: Technique Architecture and Design in collaboration with Stallan-Brand. Inverness Creative Academy Arts Hub building. Design: Cadell2 – Masterplan Architects ; various architects. Architects: Bard Ailteir. photo : Alexander James-Aylin. Back District Historical Society, Isle of Lewis. photo : Dapple Photography.

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7 Formidable Sustainable Firms Dynamically Disrupting the Architectural Status Quo

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Fusing state-of-the-art technology with the wisdom of vernacular architecture, the studio shapes new structures that harmonize with the local ecosystem and revives old structures by imparting fresh purpose. One of its most ambitious concepts to date is Urban Sequoia.

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The Hill Residence on Crete, Greece

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latest residential project “O Lofos” (The Hill), a unique piece of art combining Scandinavian aesthetics, simplicity, balance, and purity with the Mediterranean spirit. Block722 worked with local craftsmen throughout the build, applying specialized construction techniques to a wide variety of elements of the home. Photos by Ana Santl.

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The most-read architecture and design stories of 2022

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German feminist art group Wer Braucht Feminismus? The construction technique, developed by the Digital Structures research group at MIT, combines generative design and robotic fabrication to allow tree forks to be used as Y-shaped nodes in building projects. Read more about the plastic that is stronger than steel ›.