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WHY releases details for new Dib Bangkok contemporary art museum

Archinect

WHY Architecture has released photos of a new contemporary art museum project in Bangkok that refurbished a former commercial warehouse for a private family collection.

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Nine surprising art deco hotspots around the world

Deezen

From Montevideo to Manila, we shine a light on cities around the globe with an unexpected collection of art deco buildings as part of our Art Deco Centenary series. Napier's high concentration of art deco buildings is the result of an earthquake in 1931, which sparked fires that destroyed most of the city's commercial centre.

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Art Vessels / OPEN Architecture

ArchDaily

In 2018, OPEN was commissioned to transform a commercial complex under construction located in central Beijing into an art center. Completed in 2022 in Beijing, China. Images by Boan Jin. The client had.

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Art deco Chrysler Airflow was "America's most talked-about car"

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The next art deco icon in our Art Deco Centenary series is the streamlined Chrysler Airflow a revolutionary car that pioneered aerodynamic automobile design. The carmaker had already made itself a major part of the art deco story with its development of the Chrysler Building in New York.

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Five Pacific Northwest homes by SHED: Your Next Employer?

Archinect

Founded in 1998, the firm describes its ethos as engaging architecture “as a practical art.” Following our previous visit to STUDIOS , we are moving our Meet Your Next Employer series to Seattle this week to explore the work of SHED Architecture & Design.

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Expanded Public Art within Media Architecture(s)

ArchDaily

Photo © Ka-Man Tse for Times Square Arts, Times Square Alliance. While primarily hosting commercial content and activities, the spaces and screens of the square are often used for cultural events and artistic content. How does media architecture modulate civic, creative, and commercial interests and impacts? All Rights Reserved.

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Zaha Hadid Architects to design a meandering Jinghe New City Culture & Art Centre

Archinect

A proposal from Zaha Hadid Architects has been named the winner of an international competition to deliver a new cultural and arts destination inside the Jinghe New City technology hub in Shaanxi Province.

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