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Montreal's new botanical garden entrance pavilion was designed to disappear into the environment

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Montreal -based firm Pelletier de Fontenay has designed a new entrance pavilion at the Montreal Botanical Garden. Image: James Brittain The firm drew inspiration from 18th- and 19th-century English gardens , specifically the romantic image of the overgrown ruin and how it reflects a close relationship between the built and natural world.

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Architecture Inspired by Permaculture: How to Integrate Its Design Principles Across Diverse Contexts?

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Image © Luc Boegly The concept of permaculture refers to a design system capable of creating sustainable human environments based on an ethic and a series of ecological , environmental , and resilience design principles. Edison Lite Apartment Building / Manuelle Gautrand Architecture.

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Pass-Through Windows: Inspiring the Design of Easy-Open Spaces

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This reflects a search for more connected and harmonious living experiences, especially in urban environments, where the cityscape can saturate us.

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2023 Design Educates Awards honors projects that deliver lasting impact for users and the environment

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The Design Educates Awards has unveiled the winners of their 2023 edition. ” The 2023 edition sought entries that delivered a lasting impact on users and the environment. The resulting projects were organized into categories comprising architectural design, product design, universal design, and responsive design.

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Inspired by desert environments, this terracotta system uses water to cool indoor spaces without electricity

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Industrial designer and illustrator Yael Issacharov has designed an air conditioning system whose terracotta tile structure is inspired by desert environments.

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MAD Architects creates Milan Design Week pavilion inspired by mountains

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MAD Architects has completed its latest installation for Milan Design Week. Image credit: Moreno Maggi Image credit: Moreno Maggi Set within the Cortile della Farmacia courtyard at the University of Milan , the ‘Amazing Walk’ seeks to “blur the boundary between built and natural environments in a surreal way.

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Shanghai Techstorm Exhibition Hall: Inspired by Daoism and Exhibiting the Vision of Techstorm by One House Design

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The designer Fang Lei is inspired by the Daoist idea of "Dao giving birth to all things". From the Daoist classic Dao De Jing, it was held that "The Dao/Way produced One; One produced Two; Two produced Three; Three produced All things."