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• Amanda Sturgeon Steps Down as CEO of International Living Future Institute

  08-01-2020 22:07
  Amanda Sturgeon Steps Down as CEO of International Living Future Institute
  
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• Foster + Partners reveals visuals for gridded Alibaba Shanghai offices

  08-01-2020 18:00
  
  Foster + Partners has unveiled a proposal for Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba's offices in Shanghai that will be built within a giant grid.
  Alibaba Shanghai will be manufactured off-site before being built on Xuhui Riverside, where it will overlook the Huangpu River and Pudong Central Business District.
  Foster + Partners designed the Alibaba offices alongside a giant public space that will allow passersby to observe the retailer's "unique working culture" from outside."We are delighted t
  
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• Foster + Partners reveals visuals for gridded Alibaba Shanghai headquarters

  08-01-2020 18:00
  
  Foster + Partners has unveiled a proposal for Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba's headquarters in Shanghai that will be built within a giant grid.
  Alibaba Shanghai will be manufactured off-site before being built on Xuhui Riverside, where it will overlook the Huangpu River and Pudong Central Business District.
  Foster + Partners designed the Alibaba headquarters alongside a giant public space that will allow passersby to observe the retailer's "unique working culture" from outside."We
  
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• NeueHouse to launch Bradbury Building location with LA Futures conversations

  08-01-2020 15:00
  
  Dezeen Promotion: NeueHouse is hosting a series of conversations with prominent members of LA's creative community, including philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen, architect Kulapat Yantrasast, author Josh Kun and futurist Liam Young, to mark the opening of its latest location in Downtown Los Angeles.
  This month Neuehouse will open a new workspace within the city's iconic Bradbury Building. It will have collaborative creative spaces and private studios, with a
  
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• Bence Mulchay adds glass extension to historic Tasmanian villa

  08-01-2020 13:00
  
  Architecture studio Bence Mulcahy has added a black steel-framed glass extension to a 19th-century villa in Mount Stuart, Tasmania.
  Replacing a former 1987 glass house, the new extension, named the Mount Stuart Greenhouse, was designed to meet the client's desire to live surrounded by the garden.The red brick house was built in Federation-era style and has a timber veranda overlooking the lush gardens that surround it.
  Bence Mulcahy created bright new living spaces that look out to the
  
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• Competition: win a three-night stay at Le Pigalle in Paris

  08-01-2020 11:00
  
  In our latest competition, we're offering one reader the chance to win a three-night stay for two at Le Pigalle in Paris, France.
  Named after the high-spirited neighbourhood in which it's located, the hotel is designed to be an urban social hub and meeting point.
  One winner and their guest will be invited to stay at Le Pigalle in a Pigalle 21 room for three nights on a B&B basis, with a complimentary dinner on one night during their stay.Located at the centre of Pigalle, the hotel is a few m
  
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• Villa RA features huge openings that frame views of the Italian coast

  08-01-2020 10:00
  
  Expansive openings punctuate the earth-toned facade of this home designed by architecture practice MORQ, which is on a hillside in southern Italy.
  Designed by MORQ to be a house that "looks", Villa RA has a series of rectangular apertures that peer out over Calabria – a region of southern Italy distinguished by its sun-baked beaches, dramatic coastline and quaint villages.Its owners, who originally hail from the region, wanted the hilltop property to serve as a summer escape.
  "They imagine
  
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• TAA Design tops red house in Vietnam with a stepped vegetable garden

  08-01-2020 03:00
  
  Architecture studio TAA Design has made the green roof of this house in Quang Ngai, Vietnam, from stepped planters finished in red plaster and tiles.
  Called The Red Roof, the home has been designed for a couple who have lived in this rapidly-developing area of Vietnam for decades.Externally, the entire home has been covered with red-pigmented plaster, and the roof covered with large red tiles. The roof planters are for growing vegetables for the local community.
  TAA Design saw the project as a c
  
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• BIG and WXY unveils "playful" transformation of Downtown Brooklyn

  08-01-2020 00:00
  
  Architecture firms BIG and WXY have unveiled a masterplan for Downtown Brooklyn that aims to improve the area's pedestrian experience with playful furniture, expanded sidewalks and improved crossings.Non-profit organisation Downtown Brooklyn Partnership commissioned BIG and WXY Architects to redevelop the 370-acre (149-hectare) Downtown Brooklyn public realm, an area of the Brooklyn borough that has seen significant growth recently.
  Called the Downtown Brooklyn Public Realm Action Plan, the proj
  
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• BIG and WXY unveil "playful" transformation of Downtown Brooklyn

  08-01-2020 00:00
  
  Architecture firms BIG and WXY have unveiled a masterplan for Downtown Brooklyn that aims to improve the area's pedestrian experience with playful furniture, expanded sidewalks and improved crossings.Non-profit organisation Downtown Brooklyn Partnership commissioned BIG and WXY Architects to redevelop the 370-acre (149-hectare) Downtown Brooklyn public realm, an area of the Brooklyn borough that has seen significant growth recently.
  Called the Downtown Brooklyn Public Realm Action Plan, the proj
  
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