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IKEA completes bookcase-inspired store in Vienna, Austria

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Austria-based architecture office querkraft has completed an IKEA furniture store in the country’s capital Vienna , whose exterior was inspired by bookcases. From the ground level, a generous void extends up the building, visually linking the five retail floors occupied by IKEA. The top two.

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Instagrammer creates architectural AI designs inspired by food

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His followers were recently treated to some playful, food-inspired architectural creations made using AI tools by his visualization studio Blick 3D.

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Harvard GSD details its new visual identity

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The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) this week announced a new visual identity created in order to help galvanize its institutional and pedagogical aims, claiming it needed an "updated language of forms to communicate the school’s mission and values." The rebranding effort comes in response to Dean Sarah M.

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

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These types of integration not only make it possible to unite spaces with their surrounding contexts, but also to segment indoor environments when necessary, maintaining a visual connection while keeping them functionally separate.

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New Architectural Film Inspired by Wes Anderson Celebrates Singapore's Built Environment

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Drawing inspiration from the visual style of acclaimed director Wes Anderson , known for films like "Asteroid City" and “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” this new architectural film chronicles the homeland and landscape of Singapore. Directed by Kevin Siyuan , this is the second volume of “ A Wes Anderson-ish Singapore ” released.

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MAD Architects creates Milan Design Week pavilion inspired by mountains

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The resulting finish offers varying visuals under different lighting conditions while, during the night, lights and mist blur the edges of the materials to give the illusion that the pavilion is floating. Image credit: Moreno Maggi Image credit: Moreno Maggi “This open design invites explorat.

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Now you can experience Calatrava's St. Nicholas Church at the 9/11 site also digitally

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The creative team behind the new app's development, G&A , says they wanted to find a way for those located outside of New York City to share in its inspiring and symbolic rebirth in a lasting way that harkens to the spiritual mission undertaken by church leaders since its establishment during the first World War. In-app visual.

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