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• Architecture & Judaism: The Use of Ground Water for Medieval Mikvaot - Chabad.org

  01-04-2019 23:40
  Architecture & Judaism: The Use of Ground Water for Medieval Mikvaot  Chabad.orgA detailed analysis of the famous 13th-century mikveh in Friedberg Germany, and other medieval mikvaot, looking at the architecture, and attempting to answer ...
  
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• Eight of the best April Fools' Day pranks from architecture and design - Dezeen

  01-04-2019 21:47
  Eight of the best April Fools' Day pranks from architecture and design  DezeenHere are the best prank stories from architecture and design that almost had the internet hoodwinked this April Fools' Day.
  
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• Eight of the best April Fools' Day pranks from architecture and design

  01-04-2019 21:47
  Did we fool you with our spoof story today? Here are today's best architecture and design April fools including plans for a gondola in Edinburgh, a dog walking drone and Swiss Army sunglasses.
  Every year on the first of April people traditionally play tricks on each other, and the media loves to get involved. Here are eight of the best stories from around the internet this April Fools' Day.
  Move over @librarycongress! @Shutterstock is opening the world’s largest brick-a
  
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• Michel Rojkind Joins the We Company as Senior Vice President of Architecture - ARCHITECT Magazine

  01-04-2019 21:16
  Michel Rojkind Joins the We Company as Senior Vice President of Architecture  ARCHITECT MagazineThe We Co.—the parent company of WeWork—has added another architecture star to its roster. Announced in a press release today, Mexican architect Michel ...
  
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• Architecture and community meld well at Wilton home - CTPost

  01-04-2019 21:15
  Architecture and community meld well at Wilton home  CTPostBuyers with 'Warrior' spirit wanted. Built in 2002, the four-story center-hall colonial at 24 Broad Axe Lane in Wilton is listed for sale, with $1.075 million asking ...
  
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• Frank Lloyd Wright Lecture Planned, Architecture Tours Announce Schedule, and More News This Week - Architectural Digest

  01-04-2019 20:46
  Frank Lloyd Wright Lecture Planned, Architecture Tours Announce Schedule, and More News This Week  Architectural DigestThe Chicago design community is always buzzing. From events happening around town to news coverage that can't be missed, there's a lot to read about for ...
  
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• Architecture takes center stage on a jaunt to Chicago - Dallas News

  01-04-2019 20:33
  Architecture takes center stage on a jaunt to Chicago  Dallas NewsCHICAGO — With all that beautiful lakefront, it's tempting to think all roads lead east on a Chicago getaway. To the Lake Michigan shore —...
  
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• Dezeen events guide: spring highlights include design weeks in Milan, Bucharest and San Francisco - Dezeen

  01-04-2019 20:22
  Dezeen events guide: spring highlights include design weeks in Milan, Bucharest and San Francisco  DezeenSpring is here, and with it a slew of architecture and design events around the world. Check out the highlights for April, May and June in our comprehensive ...
  
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• Man single-handedly keeping West Michigan’s architecture standing tall - WXMI FOX 17 West Michigan

  01-04-2019 19:11
  Man single-handedly keeping West Michigan’s architecture standing tall  WXMI FOX 17 West MichiganGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — West Michigan is full of beautiful historical architecture, but it turns out just one man is responsible for keeping our landmarks in ...
  
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• Faceted aluminium panelling wraps Ramon Airport in Israeli desert

  01-04-2019 19:11
  Panels of white aluminium envelop the exterior of this airport, designed by Amir Mann-Ami Shinar Architects and Moshe Zur Architects in the Negev desert.Located 12 miles north of the city of Eilat, Israel, Ramon Airport is expected to become a "major game changer for local and international tourism" to Israel, Jordan and Egypt's Sinai desert, according to the practices.
  The airport sits on 506 hectares of arid land, and is characterised by its bright faceted facades that Amir
  
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• Merging Architecture and Landscape Designs - Architectural Record

  01-04-2019 19:02
  Merging Architecture and Landscape Designs  Architectural RecordCredits: 1 AIA LU/Elective; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations. Sarah Barrett: Sarah ...
  
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• Where I Work: Architecture and interiors firm CetraRuddy shows off their self-designed offices - 6Sqft

  01-04-2019 18:16
  Where I Work: Architecture and interiors firm CetraRuddy shows off their self-designed offices  6SqftArchitecture-design firm CetraRuddy recently moved to a new office space off Battery Park. 6sqft took a tour of the space and learned about how the firm.
  
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• Project delivers low-cost future network architecture for mobile operators: Future indoor localization services will be more accurate and effective - Science Daily

  01-04-2019 17:52
  Project delivers low-cost future network architecture for mobile operators: Future indoor localization services will be more accurate and effective  Science DailyLower operating costs, enhanced performance, flexibility, resilience and interoperability in 5G networks are all available to mobile operators following the recent ...
  
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• Follow This Line blends Iranian sculpture and architecture at the Met Breuer - The Architect's Newspaper

  01-04-2019 17:50
  Follow This Line blends Iranian sculpture and architecture at the Met Breuer  The Architect's NewspaperSixty years of art from the Iranian-born artist Siah Armajani are now on display at the Met Breuer, highlighting nearly 100 pieces of quietly revolutionary collage ...
  
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• Machine learning and information architecture: Success factors - ZDNet

  01-04-2019 17:42
  Machine learning and information architecture: Success factors  ZDNetQuantity and quality of data are not enough to take full advantage of machine learning. The structures built around data -- and the way data is structured ...
  
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• APRIL LAM: BETTER WAYS - Landscape Architecture Magazine

  01-04-2019 16:27
  APRIL LAM: BETTER WAYS  Landscape Architecture MagazineWelcome to spring! For World Landscape Architecture Month, the April issue of LAM is FREE! We've taken this month to go back a decade and mark the start of a ...
  
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• P+0 Arquitectura's Casa Bedolla nestles among trees on Mexican mountain

  01-04-2019 16:00
  Two stone boxes staggered and cantilevered down the mountains of Nuevo León, Mexico form this residence designed by Monterrey studio P+0 Arquitectura.The 245-square-metre residence named Casa Bedolla comprises two volumes stepped down a wooden, mountainous site in El Jonuco, northwest Mexico.The two boxes are arranged at different levels on the hillside and at different angles to slot in "between the trees" growing on the site, drawing similarities to another property that P+0 Arquitectur
  
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• Shenzhen 2019 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture - “Eyes of the City” Exhibition Section - Call for Submissions - ArchDaily

  01-04-2019 14:50
  Shenzhen 2019 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism\Architecture - “Eyes of the City” Exhibition Section - Call for Submissions  ArchDailyWe, the curators of the Carlo Ratti/South China-Torino Lab (Politecnico di Torino-South China University of Technology CUT) team, are pleased to announce the ...
  
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• Parallel Wireless Adds AMPS (1G) Capabilities to Their Unified ALL G Architecture - PRNewswire

  01-04-2019 14:00
  Parallel Wireless Adds AMPS (1G) Capabilities to Their Unified ALL G Architecture  PRNewswireNASHUA, N.H., April 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Parallel Wireless, Inc., the leader in providing the world's first software-based unified end-to-end network solution ...
  
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• Buero Wagner uses charred timber to clad lake house extension in Germany

  01-04-2019 14:00
  The Black House by German architect studio Buero Wagner is a stack of differently sized rooms clad in blackened wood extending a house close to Lake Ammersee in Munich.
  The lake house extension comprises a bedroom, kitchen and living space that was designed as a repost to the typical architecture found in rural Germany."Rural areas in Germany are often characterised by urban sprawl, faceless villages and generic detached houses," said Buero Wagner. "A contrast is fo
  
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• Norman Foster unveils plans for The Unicorn tower to rival The Tulip

  01-04-2019 13:01
  The soon-to-be-approved Tulip may be superseded as the tallest building in the City of London before it's even built now that Norman Foster has revealed plans for a supertall co-working and living space suspended above Bloomberg HQ.
  Called The Unicorn, the 307-metre tower will be shaped like the horn of a mythical creature and rise from the top of the £1 billion Bloomberg building, which won the Stirling Prize 2018.
  Clad in iridescent glass that will reflect rainbows of light down on
  
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• Nicole Moyo's waste-to-energy system will "mobilise communities in informal settlements"

  01-04-2019 12:46
  Nicole Moyo's sustainable waste-to-energy infrastructure Ukubutha can be constructed by slum communities to enable them to live self-sufficiently.
  Presented at this year's Design Indaba, Ukubutha is a concept system of dome-shaped huts that collect biogas from human waste to turn into energy, and fertiliser for community gardens.
  South African urban designer Moyo developed the system to empower low-income communities to create their own energy and waste systems, and provide them with o
  
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• Arquitectonica Translates Architecture into Fashion Simone Sutnick 04.01.2019 - Cultured Magazine

  01-04-2019 09:00
  Arquitectonica Translates Architecture into Fashion Simone Sutnick 04.01.2019  Cultured MagazineOn March 30, architecture firms, students and interior design studios flexed their creative muscles in a show-stopping procession at IIDA's 2019 Design Mix.
  
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• McPhy launches "Augmented McFilling", its new smart hydrogen station architecture for heavy duty vehicles - Nasdaq

  01-04-2019 08:00
  McPhy launches "Augmented McFilling", its new smart hydrogen station architecture for heavy duty vehicles  NasdaqMcPhy launches "Augmented McFilling", its new smart hydrogen station architecture for heavy duty vehicles. "Augmented McFilling": an innovative,.
  
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• Amin Taha creates distorted replica of 19th-century London terrace block

  01-04-2019 06:00
  Amin Taha and his studio Groupwork's block at 168 Upper Street is a misremembered copy of a lost four-storey pavilion, reconstructed in terracotta-coloured concrete to complete a terrace in London.
  The block was designed by Groupwork to be a deliberately distorted version of a previous building that was destroyed during the second world war.
  It contains a showroom for contemporary furniture and design company Aria on the ground floor, with three apartments above.It was recrea
  
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• If Walls Could Talk: Architecture in Prince William - Prince William Living

  01-04-2019 03:00
  If Walls Could Talk: Architecture in Prince William  Prince William LivingTravel across Prince William, and you'll encounter an eclectic collection of architectural styles in businesses, homes and schools.
  
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