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Klingelbeek Buildings / Dyvik Kahlen

December 31, 2020 Pilar Caballero 0

The two buildings shown are the first completed of eight residential buildings designed by Dyvik Kahlen for the Klingelbeek Estate, a beautiful green park along the river Rhine, in Arnhem, Holland, a project developed by the dutch developer Schipper Bosch.

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David Chipperfield, Yinka Ilori and Ilse Crawford recognised in Queen’s New Year Honours list

December 31, 2020 Tom Ravenscroft 0
David Chipperfield

Architect David Chipperfield has been given one of the highest awards available to a British citizen while designers including Yinka Ilori, Ilse Crawford and 6a Architects have received honours in the 2021 New Year Honours list. Chipperfield was added to the elite Order of the Companions of Honour in the annual list of awards given

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Remembering the great architects and designers we lost in 2020

December 31, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Sir Terence Conran, founder of Habitat, portrait

To round off our review of 2020, Dezeen looks back at the designers and architects who passed away this year, including Italian designer Enzo Mari, British entrepreneur Terence Conran and Bulgarian artist Christo. A number of the people we lost in 2020 were victims of coronavirus. They include fashion brand Kenzo’s founder Kenzo Takada, architect and

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Castle Cabins in France and a Seaside Vancouver Villa: 10 Unbuilt Homes Submitted by our Readers

December 31, 2020 Eric Baldwin 0

Housing is a ubiquitous typology ripe for experimentation. Exploring form, view, materials and hierarchies, residential projects center on daily life and retreat. Designed to bring people together and provide space for isolation, homes can be open and inviting, secluded and private, or both at the same time. For unbuilt housing projects, these concepts are designed to rethink traditional forms and spatial layouts in the context of local climates and landscape conditions.

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PAU to Design Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Expansion in Downtown Cleveland

December 31, 2020 Eric Baldwin 0

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced that Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU) has won the competition to design its expansion in downtown Cleveland. Designed to help preserve rock and roll history, the extension includes internal and external gathering spaces for the community to learn and celebrate together. Serving as a connector to the Great Lakes Science Center, the expansion will bring more space for visitors, concerts and community events.

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What is Biomimetic Architecture?

December 31, 2020 Camilla Ghisleni 0

In 1941, Swiss engineer George de Mestral was coming back from a hunting trip with his dog when he noticed that some seeds kept sticking to his clothes and his dog’s fur. He observed that they contained several “hooks” that caught on anything with a loop, and from studying this plant, seven years later, he invented the hook and loop fastener, which he named Velcro.