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Building Bridges: How Architects Are Ripping Up the Rulebook on Water Treatment Facility Architecture

Architizer

In this visionary model, the water treatment plant emerges as a symbol of sustainable infrastructure, blending seamlessly with its surroundings while actively engaging and educating the community it serves. They envisioned a space surrounded by a large artificial lake and a wetland park on the perimeter. Spanning a 19.7-acre

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Six social architecture projects highlighted at Re:Arc symposium in Colombia

Deezen

A mobile pavilion made of bamboo and a board game dedicated to education around the urban planning process were among the projects highlighted from a design and architecture symposium held in Bogotá. The plan is to integrate educational programming, hiking, bird-watching, and cooking classes.

Project 90
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Haikou Jiangdong Huandao Experimental School named best building at Dezeen Awards China 2023

Deezen

The judges praised the project for its diverse spatial elements and its departure from the conventional structure of educational institutions in China. It breaks away from the traditional rigidity of the education institutional typology in China and opens up new possibilities for the future."

Building 108
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Event: First Friday: Buro Happold

Bustler

Event Date: Jan 13, 2023; Event City: New York, NY, US The League’s First Friday events are informal social gatherings that allow members to visit the offices of leading design practices and see work on the boards. Founded in 1976 in the United Kingdom, the practice opened its first U.S. office in New York City in 1998.

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Goldfinger launches ash furniture that lets people "own a piece of Tate Modern"

Deezen

Goldfinger used timber from fallen ash trees to make the furniture For the Tate Modern collection, ash wood was sourced from timber company Fallen and Felled , which rescues trees that have fallen due to disease, weather-related reasons or urban development.

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Shenzhen Construction Industry Ecological & Intelligent Valley Headquarters

e-architect

Located in Daiyuen Shenzhen-Hong Kong International Science-Education City, the project enjoys rich natural resources that are backed by Yingju Mountain and Shenxianliang. The design has integrated urban development, industrial spaces and villages to create a multi-functional park.

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University of Oregon presents ten architecture and design projects

Deezen

Also featured is a three-legged chair informed by Tim Burton's film style and a mixed-use redevelopment of Centennial Mills – a ruined industrial site in Portland , Oregon. Linking Architecture to Learning and Education is a studio of self-selected projects under a common framework.

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