Avontuura

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The post The people reclaim the monument: MVRDV’s Pyramid of Tirana inaugurated appeared first on Åvontuura. Originally built as a museum dedicated to the communist dictator Enver Hoxha, the building has been dramatically transformed by MVRDV.

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Archinect

APRIL 13, 2023

The SCAPE founder and Columbia GSAPP Urban Design Program Director joins an exclusive club of TIME Magazine’s ‘100 Influential People’ that includes David Adjaye , Bjarke Ingels , Wang Shu , Jeanne Gang , and Kengo Kuma. (

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BD+C

MARCH 28, 2024

Workplace campus design philosophy: People are the new amenity 0 qpurcell Thu, 03/28/2024 - 10:33 Office Buildings Nick Arambarri, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, NCARB, Director of Commercial, LPA, underscores the value of providing rich, human-focused environments for the return-to-office workforce. People deserve better places to go to.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Image © Rafael Gamo On January 24th, the fifth edition of the 'International Education Day' was celebrated under the slogan "Invest in people, prioritize education". Escuelas Primarias Rurales / Gutiérrez Arquitectos + Escobedo Soliz.

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ArchDaily

JULY 19, 2023

While visiting this year’s edition in Copenhagen , the ArchDaily team had the chance to sit down with Jan Gehl, the father of people-centered design. The interview followed his keynote speech, “Cities for People – 50 Years Later” at the UIA 2023. Read more »

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Archinect

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In honor of today's Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration, we are highlighting a collection of events and lectures advancing the discourse on Native American traditions, rights, and cultures in the built environment that will be taking place this week and throughout the fall.

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designboom

APRIL 4, 2024

The post the literacy pen helps illiterate people to start writing and learning to read, instantly appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the device connects to any pen, utilizing voice dictation technology to transcribe spoken words onto the screen to copy onto paper.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Another milestone has been reached in the ongoing Automated People Mover (APM) project at Los Angeles International Airport after the last structural steel elements near the historic Theme Building have been installed.

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designboom

MARCH 27, 2024

hides people in plain sight using next generation cloaking technology appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. Among the products is the ‘Megashield,’ claiming to be the largest shield ever created.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 19, 2023

Uppgrenna Nature House / Tailor Made arkitekter. Image © Ulf Celander Researchers point out that "proto-greenhouses" arose to fulfill the desire of the Roman Emperor Tiberius (42 BC to 37 AD) to eat cucumbers every day of the year.

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ArchDaily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Led by immigrants and women of color, “The People’s Theater: Centro Cultural Inmigrante” is dedicated to supporting immigrant New Yorkers through various artistic programs. Courtesy of WORKac WORKac has just initiated the construction of a new cultural center in Inwood, New York.

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Brandon Donnelly

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It is a very cool feeling to create homes for people. People get upset at you. And then people will move into these places and transform them into homes. They’ll make them their own, create new memories, and, in the case of the people that Bill was referring to, they’ll raise a family.

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designboom

MARCH 22, 2024

ring with chatGPT and voice assistant lets people talk to AI by whispering like ASMR appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. vtouch’s WIZPR RING with chatGPT lets users talk to AI by bringing the accessory close to their mouth and whispering their commands. The post shhhh!

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Deezen

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Hedda Foss Lilleng: Recruitment is always evolving because the disciplines are always evolving and people are constantly changing their way of looking at work. People want a flexible workspace, to have home offices and choose the hours they work but still be present, just digitally. Make sure to comment.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Kathy Hochul announced on Friday a sweeping plan to deploy teams of police officers and social workers into New York City’s subway, pledging to remove homeless people who shelter on trains and platforms, some of whom have contributed to escalating violence in the system. Mayor Eric Adams and Gov.

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designboom

MARCH 7, 2024

The post researchers use nanodiamonds to weave high tech textiles that can cool people down appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. known for their thermal conductivity, researchers found that the nanodiamonds woven into high-tech textiles can absorb heat and release it from the fabric.

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Brandon Donnelly

APRIL 15, 2024

One of the common criticisms of bike lanes is that most people don’t want to cycle in the winter. But clearly if you build good cycling infrastructure, people will use it. I mean, just look at Montreal’s winter cycling retention ratio. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t invest in cycling infrastructure.

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Archinect

JUNE 6, 2022

From delivering mail through pneumatic tubes to transporting people in Hyperloops, interconnected tubes moving content represent the future as well as a bygone past. Networks of tubes conjure images of instantaneous movement of matter and energy between places.

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Archinect

AUGUST 24, 2022

The 2,000-ton final structural piece of Los Angeles International Airport ’s new Automated People Mover stations project is in place after the conclusion of its six-month construction phase was announced last week by Balfour Beatty , as part of LINXS Constructors. Once complete, the 1.2-million-square-foot

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Neil Pinder, a TET trustee and judge for the awards, said: "Submissions this year were outstanding and show how children and young people are increasingly being given agency in their own built environment. Many projects showed excellent engagement.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

My ArchiSchool says that its new curriculum encourages young people to be inventive in the design process The architecture school has recently moved to a bigger studio in Hong Kong, which includes flexible event spaces with exhibition areas, art-making spaces, digital media areas and outdoor terraces.

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Archinect

JULY 26, 2022

The 'party people' took over Michael Maltzan ’s brand new bridge redesign within hours of its July 9th opening. Some reports indicated that at least 250 people gathered last weekend for a second night of what the LAPD called "illegal activity," which resulted in arrests and the attempted bombing of a KTLA reporter live on air.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The renovated building was once a museum dedicated to Enver Hoxha The building is now entirely covered in steps, as a nod towards the years when people climbed up and, sometimes, slid down the building's roof. "We did keep some of the original details so visitors are also aware of the building's dark past."

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ArchDaily

JUNE 15, 2023

Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons This article was originally published on Common Edge. How did we end up building an environment where the private car is often treated better than many of our fellow human beings? In the U.S.,

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While most people see the wrath borne by tectonic rupture, architects, engineers and construction professionals know that earthquakes don't kill people, bad buildings do. The post "Earthquakes don't kill people, bad buildings do" appeared first on Dezeen. The photo is by VOA.

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Deezen

MARCH 23, 2023

Read: Isamu Noguchi a "pioneer of social sculpture" says Barbican curator "For us, community-focussed design is about celebrating the knowledge that people have of their local areas, and how to transform their realities and their worlds," Akil Scafe-Smith said. Find out more about Dezeen's partnership content here.

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Archinect

JUNE 1, 2023

Davidson College has unveiled its plans for a new memorial to the enslaved and exploited people whose hands built the 186-year-old liberal arts institution. The artist of Boston's new commemoration of Dr.

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ArchDaily

JULY 10, 2023

Delving into her Lebanese roots, the architect also expands on her methodology and the desire to create space for conversation and decision-making while encouraging conviviality among people of different backgrounds and experiences. Read more »

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Dwell

MARCH 7, 2024

A lot of other people do too: her vintage keyboard wall is part of the appeal to over 842,000 followers on TikTok. Hughes never intended to make more than one for himself, until he put his creation up on TikTok and was flooded with requests from people who wanted to buy them. "At first I didn’t really think about ‘why keyboards?’

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Archinect

AUGUST 19, 2022

Fuqiang elementary school is designed to support new ways of learning to feed Shenzhen’s growing thirst for creative talent and innovation to feed its rapidly expanding economy.

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Lines on Paper

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Helping Hailey look at birds I am always happier when I have a chance to draw and to talk to the people in the office. I feel surrounded by good people, and it makes me feels a little invincible. When you are surrounded by good people, there is little that you cannot do. Cook lunch for 20 people? Can you design?

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Deezen

OCTOBER 15, 2023

More than 142 different handle designs feature in this range of adaptive toothbrush add-ons, created by brand consultancy Landor & Fitch for people with dexterity challenges. It's a big improvement on how people with limited dexterity have previously had to tackle the task of toothbrushing, according to Landor & Fitch.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Top image: a Pastille Sectional Sofa by Design Within Reach Alice Laycock: Are there specific skill sets that you're looking for people to have when you're hiring? When people get a bit too caught up in the virtual space, they can get a little precious about presentation. I barely even take people's business cards at this point.

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designboom

JANUARY 30, 2024

The post flying umbrella follows people wherever they go to protect them from getting wet in the rain appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. content creator ‘I build stuff’ develops his own flying umbrella with electronics such as drone, controller, and GPS so it can hover above heads while raining.

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designboom

MAY 29, 2023

the device implant can allow people to control their electronics using their mind and is set to have its first human clinical study years after it was unveiled. The post elon musk’s neuralink receives FDA approval to implant & test brain-reading device in people appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

JANUARY 16, 2023

Accessible design is a term used to describe products and places that have been created especially to be more inclusive for people with disabilities. While studying at the London College of Fashion , Monika Dugar developed an adaptive clothing collection that aims to aid mobility in people with symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

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designboom

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The post standing sleeping pods help people take power naps on their feet while in the office or cafés appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. in each ‘giraffenap’ standing sleeping pods with ambient lighting, users can find adjustable cushioned parts that support the head, buttocks, shins, and soles.

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