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Recycled stone forms walls of Rajasthan farmhouse by Sketch Design Studio

Deezen

Sketch Design Studio has completed a rural residence in north India that combines a highly ordered facade with a rustic stone interior. The ground floor is divided into two zones, with an open-plan lounge and kitchen on one side and a pair of en-suite bedrooms on the other, while the first floor contains a single room dedicated to music.

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How Ice Cubes by Zone of Utopia + Mathieu Forest Architecte is Changing the Skyline of Northern China

Architizer

The city is conceived from landmarks and vanishing points. Architizer chatted with Mathieu Forest, Founder of Mathieu Forest Architecte, and Qiang Zou, Design Principal at Zone of Utopia, to learn more about this project. In this commercial environment, our cultural center says “I am here!“. You can see it everywhere, day and night.

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Fondation Louis Vuitton: Frank Gehry Reflects on the Making of an Architectural Icon in Paris

Architizer

Completed in 2014, Gehry’s landmark building is undoubtedly an architectural icon, but manages to retain a reference for both its site in the heart of Paris’s beloved park and for the city as a whole. I hope that I have made the city of Paris proud of the building. Early conceptual sketch by Gehry, 2006 © Frank O.

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Nanjing Joy City by Benoy

aasarchitecture

Benoy was selected from a number of short-listed bidders to work on the Nanjing Joy City project. Due to its position as the future commercial centre of Chengnan Centre in Pukou District, the planning and operation of Joy City Shopping Mall became a key focus for guests at the launch event. Image © Benoy. Image © Benoy. Image © Benoy.

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Nanjing Joy City by Benoy

aasarchitecture

Benoy was selected from a number of short-listed bidders to work on the Nanjing Joy City project. Due to its position as the future commercial centre of Chengnan Centre in Pukou District, the planning and operation of Joy City Shopping Mall became a key focus for guests at the launch event. Image © Benoy. Image © Benoy. Image © Benoy.

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Developer holds Baltimore City hostage - can he be forced to develop?

Community Architect Daily

A lot that sits in the downtown of a major city in a strategic position? There is nobody in this City, not at the Mayor's office, not in the Baltimore Development Agency, not in Planning, Housing or the Downtown Partnership who can pick up the phone and force Howard Brown to move off his tush. Neither the City nor the developer budged.

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The Zhuhai Shimao Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Port City Commercial and Cultural Centre by Benoy

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After in-depth analysis and innovative design interpretation, the Benoy team finally won the bid for this landmark project located in an important node city within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area?—?Zhuhai Zhuhai Shimao Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Port City Commercial and Cultural Centre.