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Five architecture and design events in February from Dezeen Events Guide

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Madrid Design Festival , a Neri Oxman retrospective and a drag-queen-led tour of celebrity homes during Palm Springs' Modernism Week are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this month. Yasmeen Lari (above) is speaking at the Build conference and Neri Oxman is exhibiting at SFMoMA (top image).

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Ten standout pavilions from the 2023 London Design Biennale

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A giant wind chime, touch-sensing bio-textiles and windows for Ukraine are among the most intriguing installations from the London Design Biennale , which opens at Somerset House today. With the theme of The Global Game: Remapping Collaboration , the event aims to rethink how nations communicate and collaborate. "Why

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Yasmeen Lari on track to build a million flood-resilient Pakistan homes by 2024

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For our Designing for Disaster series , her foundation reveals it is a third of the way towards that target. The latest update from the Heritage Foundation of Pakistan , founded by Lari, is that the rebuild programme has so far provided 333,000 homes for those displaced by the 2022 floods.

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Yasmeen Lari creates bamboo pop-up mosques for Islamic Arts Biennale

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Read: Using "ancient wisdoms and techniques" can lead to carbon-neutral buildings says Yasmeen Lari Recently, Lari designed a cultural centre in Pakistan from bamboo that was built by local people. Also at the event, Studio Bound created an installation that aims to communicate the idea that all of Mecca can be considered a mosque.

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Design Out West: 10 Unique Buildings in Dialogue With Utah’s Rugged Landscape

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The following projects delve into how architects have drawn inspiration from Utah’s natural landscapes, integrating local materials and building techniques to create functional and beautiful buildings. This LEED Gold building celebrates natural light with a sky-lit atrium and a sculptural glass art installation by James Carpenter.

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Seven totemic designs at Lake Como Design Festival

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Created by Italian artistic director Lorenzo Butti, the event showcased work by designers including Italian architect Fabio Novembre , Australian designer Dean Norton and Como-based duo Draga & Aurel. See the Dezeen Events Guide for information about the many other exhibitions, installations and talks taking place throughout the week.

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Studio Other Spaces designs "anti-monument" to Ethiopia's former prime minister

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Studio Other Spaces designed five buildings in the park Described by the studio as an "anti-monument" they were built for the Meles Zenawi Foundation to commemorate the life of Meles Zenawi, who was the president of Ethiopia from 1991 to 1995 and then prime minister until his death in 2012.

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