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Visualizing the World, Visualizing Change

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Neurath was director of the International Foundation of Visual Information and used the Isotype (International System of Typographic Picture Education) system to "teach through the eye." In 1939, Otto Neurath's Modern Man in the Making was released by Alfred A. No wonder one review calls it "the ultimate simplification of reality."

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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine

Deezen

Its circular form spans land and water and is designed by Muda Architects as a giant Taiji diagram, or yin-yang symbol, to represent the philosophy of holistic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). A sunken plaza sits at the museum's basement level Muda Architects is an architecture studio founded in Chengdu in 2015.

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Super Cool Things To Draw On A Whiteboard

DesignRulz

Mind Maps: Whiteboards are excellent for creating mind maps, which help visually organize thoughts and ideas. Educational Diagrams: Whiteboards are highly effective for visualizing complex concepts. Use different colors and labels to make your diagrams more engaging and easily understandable.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: O

SW Oregon Architect

It has provided eligible individuals ever since with the opportunity to live independently, but in an environment that provides support activities such as cleaning, cooking, and transportation. The National Benevolent Association constructed Olive Plaza during the late 1970s as a HUD Section 202 project.

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Schematic Design – Using an Occupant-Centered Design Approach

MLL Atelier

To successfully ideate, conceptualize, and communicate a schematic design idea, the architectural design concept can be visualized through digital or hand created visualizations. (1) That is why an occupant-centered design approach that gets you to think beyond programmatic diagrams is key.

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North Xingge Jinze Project by Aedas

aasarchitecture

The core of the west block is hollowed out to encourage wind circulation and prevent a sense of overcrowding, with an additional aim of amalgamating built and natural environments. Image © Aedas. As well, cross-cutting is employed on one side of the mass to open up a sky garden. Source by Aedas.

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Competitions: Role Models Healthy Design Contest

Bustler

This contest looks for innovations in design and use of materials that have a positive impact on the global environment and society. We encourage entries to include models, prototypes, artwork, or visual media. Projects of all types, including speculative, proposed, and real, are eligible. Grand prize: $1,000 [link].

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