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La Brea Affordable Housing in West Hollywood is a contemporary take on art deco

Deezen

Sited on La Brea Avenue, a prominent north-south artery in a diverse part of the city known for its multicultural shops and restaurants, the building's adventurous facade was informed by surrounding 1930s art deco buildings. "If It doesn't need to be identifiable as something other than what would fit into a normal environment."

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Architects part of historic "social cleansing" of cities, says David Chipperfield at Design Doha 

Deezen

Moderated by DDF editorial director Jelena Trkulja, the panel looked at ways that design and architecture were having both a positive and negative impact on lifestyles, culture and the environment. We've done a sort of social cleansing on cities like London, Paris, Zurich. It's your environment, it's your surroundings." "I

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Biosphere Building, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

e-architect

At the same time, we keep the idea of sustainability in mind, giving the rough structure a gentle touch to fit into our environment. Hence, even though the architecture locates in a busy urban area, we manage to intertwine the color of the building with plenty of greenery in the environment, starting from the entrance.

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Advertecture: 7 Stylistic Spaces Blending Branding with the Built Environment

Architizer

The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. The built environment can be an integral part of this strategy. Order your copy today.

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SANAA's courtyard-filled campus for Bocconi University is informed by Milanese palazzi

Deezen

Informed by historical Milanese palazzi, each of these buildings has its own courtyard, and integrates landscaped routes, porticos and balconies. Every floor has balconies along its perimeter, screened by an undulating metal mesh that creates a porous relationship with the city," said the studio. The top image is courtesy of SANAA.

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NAOS Offices, Insurgentes Mixcoac, Mexico City

e-architect

The corporate space is undoubtedly one of the elements of society that will need to be rethought and reinvented to surpass its history, therefore, this project takes on the commitment to provide a vision of the work environment that is more humane and empathetic, and that positively transforms people’s lives.

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City of Tomorrow: 8 Stunning Icons of Singapore’s Futuristic Architecture

Architizer

This island city-state boasts a skyline adorned with new skyscrapers, garden homes and innovative designs that respond to cultural traditions and tropical weather. By looking to the future of the city and the country, architects are imagining new building forms and spaces, architecture that feels progressive, futuristic and inventive.

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