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all(zone) will push new material boundaries in the ninth MPavilion

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Two months after being named the designer of the prestigious annual MPavilion commission in Melbourne, Australia, Thailand-based practice all(zone) has revealed an experimental concept featuring a mixture of materials and forms they claim are previously unseen in the country's architectural history.

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"Liminality" by Neri&Hu Explores the Zone Between Theory and Practice at La Biennale di Venezia 2023

ArchDaily

In response to Lokko’s curatorial statement, Neri&Hu’s display explored the concept of liminality, the “zone” between design practice and theoretical exploration. The exhibition took place in the Dangerous Liaisons section of La Biennale di Venezia at the Arsenale.

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LEGO Group's new campus officially opens at headquarters in Billund, Denmark

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The “People House” features facilities including a state-of-the-art fitness studio, creative workshop space, a LEGO homestay for visiting employees, a movie theater, an outside park and activity zone, a kitchen for communal cooking, and a heal.

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Henning Larsen's Pujiang New Town Civic Center wants to be a petri dish for sustainability concepts

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The Danish firm beat out four other finalists including Zaha Hadid Architects and MVRDV to win the commission for the civic center, which will introduce a massive new multi-use zone into a previously undeveloped area between Pujiang New Town and the southeast shore of Guangding Lake.

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APS concept studio nestles wooden villa into vietnamese countryside

designboom

aps concept forms two volumes made of pine wood shielding the resort's private zones under pitched roofs. The post APS concept studio nestles wooden villa into vietnamese countryside appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Affordable housing proposals for Las Vegas honored in new design challenge

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Part of the organization’s Affordable Housing series, the competition challenged participants to propose a “flexible, innovative, pilot-phase concept for affordable housing within Greater Las Vegas.” Buildner Architecture Competitions has announced the results of its Las Vegas Affordable Housing Challenge.

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Designing for disaster in an increasingly fire-burdened California

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The state is in a bind caused by its dire need to quickly enact affordable housing and the movement of populations into liminal wildland-urban interface zones, both of which are placing more people in the fight or flight predicament that’s leading to more innovations in residential design surrounding the concept of defensible space.

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