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• BVH creates visitor centre for bluff overlooking Nebraska river valley

  31-12-2019 19:00
  
  Architecture studio BVH used materials such as charred wood and weathering steel to help a visitor centre in a wilderness preserve hold up against harsh weather conditions.The Niobrara River Valley Preserve Visitors Center is located near Johnstown, a rural village in north-central Nebraska. The building serves as a gathering spot and educational hub for a vast, 56,000-acre (22,662-hectare) conservation area featuring six different ecological zones, from forests to grasslands.
  The preserve, whic
  
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• Remembering the great architects and designers we lost in 2019

  31-12-2019 18:15
  
  This year sadly saw the passing of many iconic figures from architecture and design, including architect IM Pei, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld and lighting designer Ingo Maurer. We remember 10 of the greats we lost in 2019 to complete our review of the year.Other legends who passed away this year include architect César Pelli, designer Alessandro Mendini, graphic designer Wim Crouwel and writer Charles Jencks.
  We also lost graphic designer Vaughan Oliver, Californian modernist Ray Kappe
  
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• Studio Bua overhauls seaside guesthouse in Icelandic nature reserve

  31-12-2019 13:00
  
  A new corrugated metal skin is one of several changes that Studio Bua made in its renovation of Guesthouse Nýp in Iceland.
  Guesthouse Nýp is located on Iceland's west coast, within the Breiðafjörður Nature Reserve. It is predominantly a bed and breakfast, but also serves as a cultural hub, hosting exhibitions, workshops and other events.Studio Bua has not only given the building a facelift, but also added extended it to create space for extra facilities. The idea was t
  
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• The biggest architecture and design stories of 2019

  31-12-2019 11:00
  
  To complete our review of 2019, editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at the most-read stories for every month this year, including alternative designs for Notre-Dame and an interview with Tatiana Bilbao.
  January – Drone footage reveals hundreds of abandoned Turkish chateaux
  A drone video revealing a development of hundreds of abandoned chateaux in Turkey was the most read story in January. In total over 270,000 people read the article this year.
  Located half way between Istanbul a
  
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• Ramboll uses bamboo to build earthquake-resistant housing in Indonesia

  31-12-2019 07:00
  
  Civil engineering company Ramboll has worked with locals in Lombok, Indonesia, to build three quake-proof housing prototypes that are made almost entirely out of bamboo.
  Described as "template houses", the standardised bamboo structures were designed by Ramboll with local charity Grenzeloos Milieu and University College London (UCL) in the wake of several earthquakes in Lombok in 2018.
  The project seeks to provide locals with a blueprint for homes that are resistant to collapse in earthquak
  
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