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• Sidewalk Labs unveils Building Raincoat prototype for smart city in Toronto

  11-03-2019 23:00
  A "raincoat" designed to protect pavements during harsh weather is among a series of design prototypes that Alphabet company Sidewalk Labs has revealed for its new city in Toronto.
  An awning, hexagonal pavers, and interactive works that use lighting and projection mapping are among the ideas developed for Sidewalk Toronto – the city that Alphabet subsidiary Sidewalk Labs is developing with partner Waterfront Toronto.
  Revealed at an event earlier this month, the new prot
  
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• Yardstix delivers modern, compact "backyard architecture" made from cross-laminated timber - Treehugger

  11-03-2019 22:51
  Yardstix delivers modern, compact "backyard architecture" made from cross-laminated timber  TreehuggerThis company creates modern, energy-efficient versions of the backyard 'granny flat'. The tiny house movement isn't just about building your own small dwelling ...
  
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• Learn valuable cloud architecture technologies for $15 - Android Authority

  11-03-2019 22:10
  Learn valuable cloud architecture technologies for $15  Android AuthorityThis handy guide will teach you the ins and outs of working as a Google data engineer. It's on offer for the next couple of days.
  
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• Cornell symposium looks at architecture and construction post-waste - The Architect's Newspaper

  11-03-2019 21:11
  Cornell symposium looks at architecture and construction post-waste  The Architect's NewspaperThe Architect's Newspaper is the most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States.
  
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• The Sarasota School of Architecture Meets Classic Fashion in J. McLaughlin's Spring Catalog - Sarasota

  11-03-2019 20:50
  The Sarasota School of Architecture Meets Classic Fashion in J. McLaughlin's Spring Catalog  SarasotaGet spring style ideas and explore the our local mid-century modern architecture with the new J. McLaughlin collection.
  
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• 10 of the most appealing Apple Stores designed by Foster + Partners

  11-03-2019 19:24
  Foster + Partners has designed a succession of Apple Stores that implement the tech giant's retail vision. From Paris to Istanbul, here are 10 of its best designs. 
  Apple Zorlu Centre, Turkey, 2014
  Apple Zorlu Centre in Istanbul was the first Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store to open.
  Occupying two storeys below ground the store is topped by a glass cube that rises within the plaza of a shopping centre, offering visitors views inside.
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• 10 Apple Stores by Foster + Partners

  11-03-2019 19:24
  Foster + Partners has designed a succession of Apple Stores that implement the tech giant's retail vision. From Paris to Istanbul, here are 10 of its best designs. 
  Apple Zorlu Centre, Turkey, 2014
  Apple Zorlu Centre in Istanbul was the first Foster + Partners-designed Apple Store to open.
  Occupying two storeys below ground the store is topped by a glass cube that rises within the plaza of a shopping centre, offering visitors views inside.
  Find out more about Apple Zorlu
  
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• AHEAD Asia announces region's best hotels for 2019

  11-03-2019 17:40
  Dezeen promotion: a historic hotel in China and a cocoon-like guest lodge in Sri Lanka are among the hospitality projects commended in this year's AHEAD Asia Awards.
  Celebrating design-focused hospitality projects from across the globe that provide exceptional guest experiences, submissions to the AHEAD Awards programme are divided into four regions: Asia, Americas, Europe, and the Middle East and Africa.
  Amanyangyun Shanghai by Kerry Hill Architects was named as Hotel of the Year
  Entries w
  
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• Narrow House designed as prototype for building on unusual plots

  11-03-2019 17:30
  The latest instalment of our Dezeen x MINI Living series features an extremely narrow house designed for a 3.9-metre-wide plot in Brooklyn.
  Designed by New York studio Only If Architecture, the house will make use of an unused plot of land between a pair of apartment blocks in Brooklyn.
  Narrow House will be situated on a small plot in Brooklyn
  Only If co-founders Karolina Czeczek and Adam Snow Frampton designed the house to be their family home and hope the design will become a pr
  
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• Harvard's brutalist Smith Campus Center receives dramatic makeover by Hopkins

  11-03-2019 16:00
  British firm Hopkins Architects and US studios Bruner/Cott Architects and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates have overhauled a massive, 1960s building at Harvard University, adding in living walls and glazed rooms.
  The building – officially called the Richard A and Susan F Smith Campus Center – is located on a prime spot within the university's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.The renovation is "a radical re-appraisal" of the Holyoke Center, which
  
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• Cross-Talk #9: The Architecture Play — Introduction | Features - Archinect

  11-03-2019 15:30
  Cross-Talk #9: The Architecture Play — Introduction | Features  ArchinectIn this 9th installment of our ongoing series Cross-Talk, we are looking at the role of Play in Architecture and how it might find its way to a naive and revitalized ...
  
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• Researchers re-engineer cob into sustainable new building material CobBauge

  11-03-2019 15:29
  Ancient building material cob has been brought up to contemporary standards by a team of British and French researchers, who see it as an environmentally friendly option for homes.
  The team, led by Steve Goodhew from the University of Plymouth, have created a new version of cob – a building material made a mixture of water, soil and fibres like straw and hemp, which was widely used for centuries in southwestern England, Wales and northern France.
  Their version has an increased ability
  
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• Beatrice Bonzanigo to present mobile off-grid home at Milan design week

  11-03-2019 13:18
  Italian architect Beatrice Bonzanigo has unveiled her patented design for Casa Ojalá, a micro home that is transportable, adaptable and off-grid.
  The proposed building has an area of just 27 square metres, but can be configured in 20 different layouts. It can also be assembled in any location, by anyone.
  Casa Ojalá has an area of just 27 square metres
  Bonzanigo designed the house to offer an alternative to the "world of static architecture",
  
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• Landscape architecture earns national recognition - Daily Illini

  11-03-2019 13:02
  Landscape architecture earns national recognition  Daily IlliniWith a total of 60 students, one of the smallest departments at the University, the Department of Landscape Architecture, may not always receive ...
  
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• VR film offers preview of Amateur Architecture Studio's Lin'an History Museum - Dezeen

  11-03-2019 12:59
  VR film offers preview of Amateur Architecture Studio's Lin'an History Museum  DezeenThe Bartlett School of Architecture has created a virtual reality tour of the Lin'an History Museum, designed by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's studio, which is yet to ...
  
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• VR film offers preview of Amateur Architecture Studio's Lin'an History Museum

  11-03-2019 12:59
  The Bartlett School of Architecture has created a virtual reality tour of the Lin'an History Museum, designed by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu's studio, which is yet to open to the public.
  The Bartlett's virtual reality (VR) film allows viewers to explore the museum under construction at the foot of Gongchen Mountain in Lin'an, China. It gives hints of the traditional Chinese building techniques that are being utilised the construction of the building designed by Amateur Architecture
  
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• The best architecture and design jobs this week include roles at Paul Smith and Science Museum - Dezeen

  11-03-2019 12:12
  The best architecture and design jobs this week include roles at Paul Smith and Science Museum  DezeenThe top opportunities in architecture and design available on Dezeen Jobs this week include positions at Paul Smith and Science Museum.
  
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• Architecture for Landscape: Lectures and Internships with Internationally-Renowned Architectural Firms - ArchDaily

  11-03-2019 09:03
  Architecture for Landscape: Lectures and Internships with Internationally-Renowned Architectural Firms  ArchDailyYACademy launches the second edition of Architecture for Landscape, a high-level training course offering 8 scholarships and internships in...
  
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• 2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize goes to Arata Isozaki - Floornature.com

  11-03-2019 08:34
  2019 Pritzker Architecture Prize goes to Arata Isozaki  Floornature.comThe 2019 Pritzker Prize the 46th edition of the ?Nobel Prize? of architecture will be presented to architect urban planner and architecture theoretician Arata.
  
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• One Room Tower / Phorm architecture + design + Silvia Micheli & Antony Moulis - ArchDaily

  11-03-2019 07:11
  One Room Tower / Phorm architecture + design + Silvia Micheli & Antony Moulis  ArchDailyCompleted in 2018 in West End, Australia. Images by Christopher Frederick Jones. One Room Tower is a small addition to the architecture of the City.
  
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• Baker A+D takes architecture prize - Albuquerque Journal

  11-03-2019 07:08
  Baker A+D takes architecture prize  Albuquerque JournalALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The Baker A+D architecture firm has been awarded the Jeff Harnar Award from the Thornburg Foundation for its work on the historic ...
  
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• ASUN works with architecture professor, students to build free speech pillars - Daily Nebraskan

  11-03-2019 06:30
  ASUN works with architecture professor, students to build free speech pillars  Daily NebraskanHunter Traynor, the president of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, called upon architecture students to help him fulfill one of his ...
  
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• Curved thatched roof covers Chieng Yen Community House in a Vietnamese forest

  11-03-2019 06:00
  This community centre in Vietnam, designed by 1+1>2 Architects, features a bamboo framework and a thatched roof that wraps a concrete amphitheatre.
  1+1>2 Architects, which is headed by architect Hoang Thuc Hao, designed the Chieng Yen Community House as a local gathering place and tourist attraction for the commune of Van Ho District in Son La Province.Chieng Yen commune, where the centre is located, is surrounded by a dense, old-growth forest. It has spectacular views
  
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• Reducing Microservices Architecture Complexity with Istio and Kubernetes - InfoQ.com

  11-03-2019 04:04
  Reducing Microservices Architecture Complexity with Istio and Kubernetes  InfoQ.comRay Tsang introduces Istio, explaining how the *service* mesh works, the technology behind it, and how to use it with microservices.
  
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