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• Herzog & de Meuron's Dominus Winery photographed 20 years after completion

  19-11-2019 22:00
  
  These photographs taken by Yueqi "Jazzy" Li capture the "mesmerising" dappled light inside Herzog & de Meuron's Dominus Winery.Jazzy Li's series documents the interiors and exteriors of the Napa winery, which was completed by Herzog & de Meuron in 1997, marking its first project in the United States."The Dominus Winery is still a seminal building not only in the typology of winery architecture but also contemporary building culture in general," Li told Dezeen.
  "I visited the famed buildi
  
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• Collaboration for Comcast: Foster + Partners design Philadelphia’s tallest LEED Platinum building

  19-11-2019 17:46
  
  The opening ceremony of the new Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia marked the completion of the Comcast Technology Center, which includes new, innovative workspaces for Comcast alongside active public spaces, that reflect the vitality of the city.
  
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• Bêka & Lemoine's latest film shows Venice's worst flood in half a century

  19-11-2019 17:00
  
  Architectural filmmakers Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoine have released footage from a film, showing the impact of flooding in Venice.
  The duo, known for films including Koolhaas Houselife and Moriyama-San, have released a two-minute trailer for their latest movie. It contains recent footage showing the streets of Venice under water, including the whole of Piazza San Marco.
  Water levels rose to 1.87 metres, the highest since 1966
  The Italian city was hit by its worst flood since 1966
  
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• Graham Baba Architects creates relaxed atmosphere within Seattle cannabis dispensary

  19-11-2019 16:13
  
  Wooden decor and glass vitrines feature in this cannabis shop in the Pacific Northwest, which was designed by US studio Graham Baba Architects to provide a "personalised, leisurely browsing experience".The store is one of several in Seattle owned by Dockside Cannabis, a local company that opened its first marijuana dispensary in 2011. The new store is located in the city's Ballard neighbourhood, a waterfront area with trendy restaurants, breweries and boutiques.
  Designing the new shop, called Do
  
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• Sharjah Arts Foundation creates permanent home for the Rain Room in UAE

  19-11-2019 13:30
  
  SpaceContinuum Design Studio and Shape Architecture Practice and Research have designed a pavilion in the emirate of Sharjah to house Random International's Rain Room insulation.
  The concrete and glass building was designed for the Sharjah Arts Foundation as the permanent home for the Rain Room, which was first installed at the Barbican in 2012 and has also been displayed at the MoMA in New York, Yuz Museum in Shanghai and LACMA in Los Angeles.
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• The Lloyd's building is Richard Rogers' first high-tech office block

  19-11-2019 12:43
  
  Continuing our high-tech architecture series, we take a look at the inside-out Lloyd's building in London, Richard Rogers' second major building following Centre Pompidou.
  One of the 1980s most recognisable pieces of architecture, the Lloyd's building demonstrates many of the key traits of the high-tech architecture style that emerged in the UK in the late 1960s.
  The building, which was built as the headquarters of Lloyd's of London – one of the world's largest insurance firms &n
  
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• 10 ways architecture could support a degrowth economy

  19-11-2019 12:39
  
  This year's Oslo Architecture Triennale looks at degrowth, an economic that calls for a reduction of both production and consumption, and asks what architecture could do to support it. Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson picks out 10 of the most interesting ideas. 
  Enough: The Architecture of Degrowth is on show in venues across the Norwegian capital until 24 November. It explores different ways that architecture could respond to "a time of climate emergency and social division".
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• Glorious phoenix rises in Columbia River Gorge: Society Hotel Bingen reborn

  19-11-2019 10:26
  
  Portland-based Waechter Architecture has completed The Society Hotel Bingen, a new 20,000sqft lodging and recreational destination for visitors seeking a refined, off-the-beaten-trail experience in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
  
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• Hidden corridor connects different parts of Dutch homestead by Mecanoo

  19-11-2019 03:00
  
  A hidden corridor beneath a grass hill links the metal-clad volumes of this house and cooking school near in the Netherlands by architecture firm Mecanoo.
  Called Villa Vught, the complex draws on the traditional Dutch hoeve, or homestead, with buildings arranged around a central open space.The functions of Villa Vught have been split between the project's three forms, two of which are shaped to look like elongated farmhouses.
  A third, larger form is reminiscent of the base of a windmill.The open
  
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