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Berlin harmonic: Frank Gehry's Pierre Boulez Saal
31 August 2017The world is used to seeing Frank Gehry’s architectural originality in his wrapping of buildings, but all this has changed for the Pierre Boulez Saal, the auditorium of the Barenboim-Said Music Academy in Berlin. Restricted by a not-to-be-altered classical shell, Gehry has instead taken his wrapping inside
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Artists chosen to create Swedish Icehotel 2018
31 August 2017Visit the Icehotel on the riverbank in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, from one year to the next, you will find a completely different building each time you go. This is because each year a new hotel made entirely of ice and snow is built to replace the old one. What happens to the previous hotel? It melts of course!
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How design can counteract the stress of travel
30 August 2017Listen: Julian Maynard, director of the transport and urban realm practice Maynard, discusses how good design can counteract the emotional stress of travel disruption and improve the experience of commuting
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MINI LIVING to return to London Design Festival 2017
30 August 2017London is running out of space. You can see it in the houses turned into flat shares, the flats turned into restaurants and the number of people seriously thinking about living on a canal boat. This is something that has been playing on the mind of car manufacturers MINI over the past year.
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Rethinking the cinema: Chester's Storyhouse by Bennetts Associates
24 August 2017An old Odeon cinema in Chester has been brought back to life and reimagined as a new cultural and community centre as part of a long-term transformation of the city's Northgate quarter
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The World’s 11 Best Department Stores 2017
22 August 2017DesignCurial counts down the 11 best department stores in the world.
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Rohit Talwar: how will AI shape the future of architecture?
21 August 2017As Artificial Intelligence removes as many as half of jobs in the future, architecture’s role and the use of space will change fundamentally
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Studio Saxe combines jungle, yoga and design in Costa Rican hotel
17 August 2017Costa Rican architects Studio Saxe have completed an, oh so Zen, hotel and yoga studio in the beautiful tropical climes of Nosara, Costa Rica.
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India independence: A celebration of India's ancient architecture
15 August 2017India is a country with a rich heritage. As such, it has some impressive buildings which reflect its ever evolving culture. Over the years, India has become a country where religion has been a defining factor and has contributed to some incredible architecture.
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Gimme shelter: the Scottish bothies designed as artist retreats in the wilderness
11 August 2017Artist Bobby Niven and architect Iain MacLeod have worked together to construct three new bothies – traditionally minimally equipped shelters in the Scottish Highlands – offering subsidised retreats for artists in the rugged landscape