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Seismic Safety: Architectural Innovations in Earthquake Zones

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Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. By weaving resilience into the fabric of architectural expression, designers are redefining what it means to create spaces that are not only safe but also inspiring. Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters.

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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. The 15-foot-deep zone envelops the building to provide shade for the indoors, while also accommodating terraces and greenery.

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Container Showroom by Ballistic Architecture Machine (BAM)

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Weekly updates from social media broadcast the latest round of showroom openings, the flavors of which are largely similar: beautiful stone facades and gates, sculptural pines and some water features, artworks of varying insipidity, and a handful of pretty girls and boys in uniforms inspired by five-star hotels.

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18th Street Offices by Lyon/Szot Architecture

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This fit-out is not just a redesign of space but hopes to reimagine how an office can facilitate inspiration, collaboration, and innovation. The space features three premium conference rooms, a well-appointed working kitchen, community dining and study areas, swaths of open office zones, and a series of private offices.

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Creating Arcadia with TREND’s nature-inspired mosaics

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The art of nature-inspired design Nature has always been an endless source of inspiration for designers, and TREND s glass mosaics celebrate this connection by reinterpreting organic beauty in innovative ways. Main image credit: TREND Group Creating Arcadia with TRENDs nature-inspired mosaics Meghan Taylor.

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Rising Waters: 8 Innovative Designs in Flood-Prone Regions

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Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Thoughtfully designed structures and infrastructure in flood-prone areas can transform potential disaster zones into sustainable, adaptable spaces for both current and future generations. Architects: Want to have your project featured?

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Sou Fujimoto shares new photos of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai master plan under construction

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View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sou Fujimoto (@sou_fujimoto) Fujimoto’s team says their design is meant to evoke a sense of "Unity in Diversity" and takes the Stage of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto and other historic examples of Japanese timber architecture as its inspiration.