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Inside W Edinburgh – a contemporary ode to the city

Hotel Designs

Hotel Designs Inside W Edinburgh – a contemporary ode to the city Inside W Edinburgh – a contemporary ode to the city Seven years on from when Marriott first teased the arrival of W Hotels debut property in Scotland, Jestico + Whiles can breathe a sigh of relief as the design and architecture studio completes W Edinburgh.

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Contemporary Architecture in Guatemala is Under Construction: Conversations with Taller ACÁ

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Image © William Cuc "Architecture, city, and activism" are the words that define Taller ACÁ , an emerging practice led by Jorge Villatoro and Hans Schwarz in Guatemala City. Plantando Semillas Community Center / Taller ACÁ. Read more »

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Exploring Local Material in Contemporary Architecture: PWDC Transforms Building Surfaces in Nigeria

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Image © Mujib Ojeifo In Lagos , a city with a complex urban fabric that includes historical buildings and vast interpretations of contemporary architecture, lies PatrickWaheed Design Consulting (PWDC). Abijo Mosque, Lagos showing laterite texture.

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

Deezen

The lobby of the hotel, which was previously an office building, features original travertine walls By focussing on mid-century Austrian design, the hotel aims to show guests a less classical side of what is often considered a traditional European city. Photography is by Julius Hirtzberger.

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Ten inspiring living spaces punctuated by structural columns

Deezen

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring interiors animated by textural burl wood , multicoloured interior design schemes and contemporary interiors that make a feature of historic ruins.

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Important Portals: 6 Residential Designs Where Traditional Arches Meet Contemporary Concepts

Architizer

Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Venecia 20 By Inca Hernandez Atelier , Mexico City, Mexico In order to foster creativity and inspiration, the designers of this multi-unit housing project were driven by the idea that residences should themselves be sources of inspiration.

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Skyscraper that "takes inspiration from nature" proposed for City of London

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Architecture studio Arney Fender Katsalidis has released visuals of a proposed 60-storey- skyscraper named 55 Bishopsgate for a site close to Foster + Partners ' Gherkin in the City of London. Its construction would require the demolition of an existing multi-storey building on site.

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