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Design Ni Dukaan wraps "citadel-like" house in curved concrete wall

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Multidisciplinary studio Design ni Dukaan has completed a house in Gujarat, India , with a board-formed concrete exterior walls that wrap the home and define courtyard spaces. Design ni Dukaan added "frames" throughout the home, including a swing seat placed by a large opening that overlooks the courtyard.

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Ten key projects by the late architect Balkrishna Doshi

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Following the news that Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has passed away aged 95 , Dezeen has selected 10 key projects by the Pritzker Architecture Prize and RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winner. Read: "India's greatest architect" Balkrishna Doshi dies aged 95 Over his lifetime, Doshi designed over 100 built projects.

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Seven playful living spaces where swings provide dynamic seating

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Photo by Ishita Sitwala Gujarat house, India, by Design ni Dukaan A wooden swing seat covered in pillows is suspended from the concrete ceiling of this house in the Indian state of Gujarat. The seat is suspended from all four corners by ornately cast metal hooks and links, some of which feature animals such as elephants.

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"Clearly gorgeous but how does it celebrate the game of rugby?" asks commenter

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Gytis Bickus thinks the project is "simply monumental!" Only Marius sounded a note of concern when they commented "seeing the quality of surrounding buildings one may question a balance between the house for the living and the one for the dead". Readers debated the project. And Jb agreed, calling the project "pretty good".

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Ten key projects by the late architect Balkrishna Doshi

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Following the news that Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi has passed away aged 95 , Dezeen has selected 10 key projects by the Pritzker Architecture Prize and RIBA Royal Gold Medal-winner. Read: "India's greatest architect" Balkrishna Doshi dies aged 95 Over his lifetime, Doshi designed over 100 built projects.

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"India's greatest architect" Balkrishna Doshi dies aged 95

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Above: Doshi was the architect behind the Aranya Low Cost Housing in Indore. With a portfolio of over 100 built projects, his career is widely praised for the influence that it has had on the direction of Indian architecture. Top image: Balkrishna Doshi has died aged 95. Photo is by Pratik Gajjar.

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Hill-like concrete forms shape arts centre in China by DUO

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Chinese studio DUO has completed Nanchang OCT Contemporary Arts Centre, a series of exhibition spaces housed in stepped concrete forms with accessible green roofs. Overlooking a wetland park and the nearby Gan River in Nanchang, the building is designed by DUO to "coexist" with the site. The photography is courtesy of DUO.

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