Category Archives: Architecture

Is the London Underground knotted?

Check out Geoff’s video from the same day! Thanks very much to Vicki and Geoff for all their help. If you want some more maths, and the ‘rules’ for finding a Tube Knot, check out the bonus content video on … Continue reading →

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Sim Chi Yin – The Rat Tribe: Meet the Million Migrant Workers Living Beneath Beijing’s Streets

Beijing’s former bomb shelters are now home to a million or more young migrants seeking to save rent as they forge a new life in the Chinese capital. In this intimate video portrait, co-published with Al Jazeera America, a 21-year-old … Continue reading →

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Zaha Hadid Architects Design a New Science + Technology Museum | My Modern Met

By Samantha Pires on January 1, 2021 Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum embraces the city’s identity as a cultural center for innovation. Yet another incredible cultural center is in the works for Shenzhen. Zaha Hadid Architect’s Shenzhen Science and Technology … Continue reading →

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A Curved Pavilion Designed by Kengo Kuma Weaves Wooden Slats into a Tessellating Structure

Wrapping a gallery space at the 2020 NGV Triennial is a bowed pavilion of tessellating wood. A collaboration between renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma (previously) and Australian artist Geoff Nees, the large-scale installation is constructed with trees felled at Melbourne’s Royal … Continue reading →

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When Trees Meet Buildings

Architects, engineers and developers are creating increasingly greener structures – and doing it in a more literal way than ever before. For more by The B1M subscribe now – http://ow.ly/GxW7y Read the full story on this video, including images and … Continue reading →

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Architects Imagine Office Building for Working in a Post-COVID World | My Modern Met

How will office buildings change after the pandemic? One architecture firm has an idea. Architecture firm Büro Ole Scheeren is reimagining the future of office architecture in response to COVID-19. As the pandemic forced many traditional workplaces to become virtual, … Continue reading →

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The World’s Most Impressive Vertical Forest.

Vertical forests and forest cities are springing up around the world. Singapore’s Oasia hotel won the best tall building award, with 60 storeys of green walls, and 40% of its volume used for open air terraces. https://www.straitstimes.com/business… In Japan, Fukuoka’s … Continue reading →

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Hiroki Matsuura on Prioritizing People in the Shared Landscape

Hiroki Matsuura talks about the importance of designing with the goal of maintaining as much green space as possible, rather than asking where green space can be added after other steps of the design process. Through three projects, Matsuura addresses … Continue reading →

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An Abandoned Indonesian Church Shaped Like a Massive Clucking Chicken | Colossal

JULY 21, 2015 KATE SIERZPUTOWSKI Towering above the trees in a densely forested area of Indonesia lies a giant chicken. The gigantic structure has the body, tail, and head of the bird, even holding open its beak in what appears … Continue reading →

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Adjaye Associates unveils Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library proposal | Dezeen

Lizzie Crook | 25 November 2020 Eight domed structures built from rammed earth will distinguish the Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library that architecture studio Adjaye Associates is developing in Johannesburg, South Africa. Set to be built in the suburb of Riviera, … Continue reading →

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