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• Dish network chief talks 5G service-based architecture - FierceWireless

  19-05-2021 22:21
  
  Dish network chief talks 5G service-based architecture  FierceWireless
  
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• Counterspace's 2021 Serpentine Pavilion Opens June 11

  19-05-2021 22:16
  
  Counterspace's 2021 Serpentine Pavilion Opens June 11
  
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• Igor Marjanović named dean of Rice School of Architecture - The Architect's Newspaper

  19-05-2021 21:30
  
  Igor Marjanović named dean of Rice School of Architecture  The Architect's Newspaper
  
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• Palo Alto Networks unveils new innovations for Zero Trust architecture - ZDNet

  19-05-2021 21:05
  
  Palo Alto Networks unveils new innovations for Zero Trust architecture  ZDNet
  
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• Arcana mirrored cabins will blend into the forest in Canada

  19-05-2021 20:59
  
  Architecture office Leckie Studio and design agency Aruliden have released designs for a series of mirrored structures that will be built in a forest in Ontario, Canada.
  Called Arcana, the secluded cabin rentals will be built in an area of woodland two hours north of Toronto.
  The Arcana mirrored cabins are designed to blend into the surrounding forest
  Their exact location is being kept secret and will only be revealed to guests once they have booked. With their reflective outer walls, the cabins
  
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• Rice University hires Igor Marjanović as architecture dean - Houston Business Journal - Houston Business Journal

  19-05-2021 20:29
  Rice University hires Igor Marjanović as architecture dean - Houston Business Journal  Houston Business Journal
  
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• Studio Dlux includes colourful playground in Brazilian school conversion

  19-05-2021 19:32
  
  Architecture office Studio Dlux has converted a former events space in Curitiba into a school featuring a multicoloured playground and a ceiling that looks like a starry sky.
  Red House International School is a nursery and primary school in the city of Curitiba, Brazil.
  Classrooms have been built in a former events space
  São Paulo office Studio Dlux transformed the site's original building, a large one-storey hall, into a set of six classrooms around a zig-zagging central corridor.
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• Theaster Gates named 2022 Serpentine Pavilion designer

  19-05-2021 18:09
  
  American artist Theaster Gates has been revealed as the next designer of London's Serpentine Pavilion, the first non-architect to be given the annual commission.
  As reported by Architects' Journal, Gates will create next year's pavilion outside London's Serpentine Gallery.
  A Serpentine Pavilion spokesperson told Dezeen that it was too early to talk about 2022, but said the gallery is excited to work with Gates.
  The artist will follow South African architecture studio Counterspace, which was orig
  
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• Collective design oasis in the sky for Tatler Asia Hong Kong HQ

  19-05-2021 16:58
  
  The project is located in the former industrial Wong Chuk Hang neighbourhood and features a living indoor garden and is near the historic Aberdeen typhoon shelter
  
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• Former MoMA chief curator of architecture and design Terence Riley dies - Dezeen

  19-05-2021 16:55
  
  Former MoMA chief curator of architecture and design Terence Riley dies  Dezeen
  
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• Former MoMA chief curator of architecture and design Terence Riley dies aged 66

  19-05-2021 16:55
  
  American architect Terence Riley, former chief curator of architecture and design at New York's Museum of Modern Art and founding partner of Keenen/Riley Architects, has passed away at the age of 66.
  Riley had a 13-year tenure at MoMA followed by his work as a teacher and director for the Miami Art Museum, now the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
  At MoMA, he staged blockbuster retrospectives on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and introduced foreign architects such as Rem Koolhaas and Herzog & de Meur
  
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• Former MoMA chief curator of architecture and design Terence Riley dies

  19-05-2021 16:55
  
  American architect Terence Riley, former chief curator of architecture and design at New York's Museum of Modern Art and founding partner of Keenen/Riley Architects, has passed away.
  Riley had a 13-year tenure at MoMA followed by his work as a teacher and director for the Miami Art Museum, now the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
  At MoMA, he staged blockbuster retrospectives on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and introduced foreign architects such as Rem Koolhaas and Herzog & de Meuron to the Am
  
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• Coop Himmelb(l)au wins Russia’s SCA Arena and Park competition

  19-05-2021 16:50
  
  Following the tradition of Russian constructivism, the filigree framework of the new SCA Ice Hockey Arena in St. Petersburg is based on Tatlin's “Monument to the Third International”
  
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• Here's what to see at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale - The Architect's Newspaper

  19-05-2021 16:48
  
  Here's what to see at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale  The Architect's Newspaper
  
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• Circle Wood House: Mobius Architekci’s home in the trees

  19-05-2021 16:43
  
  Przemek Olczyk of Przemek Olczyk Mobius Architekci blends the building, located in Izabelin, Germany, into the forest surroundings through the use of wooden materials, colours and oval forms
  
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• Nihal Güven Architecture’s archipelago paradise for Turkey’s tourists

  19-05-2021 16:38
  
  The Residence at TUI Sensatori Barut Fethiye is a pond consisting of islands enriched with trees, plants and sunbathing areas, peninsulas and shallow waters has been created on the land perpendicular to the sea
  
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• New French school’s concrete façades contrast with colourful interior

  19-05-2021 16:26
  
  Tautem Architecture and Bmc2 Architectes deliver the Antoine de Ruffi school group to the new developing Euroméditerranée district in Marseille
  
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• Sacramento Valley Station Area Plan awarded for environmental innovation

  19-05-2021 16:13
  
  Led by the City of Sacramento and global design firm Perkins&Will, in partnership with ARUP and Grimshaw Architects, Economic & Planning Systems (EPS) and AIM Consulting, the Sacramento plan is the first of its kind to achieve Living Community Challenge Vision Plan Certification
  
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• Aspect Studios transform Germany’s former prison into public Piazza

  19-05-2021 16:07
  
  Pentridge Prison, a decommissioned landmark of controversial history in the northern suburb of Coburg, has been readapted into a new residential and retail precinct
  
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• Aspect Studios transform Australia's former prison into public Piazza

  19-05-2021 16:07
  
  Pentridge Prison, a decommissioned landmark of controversial history in the northern suburb of Coburg, has been readapted into a new residential and retail precinct
  
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• The Mushroom: ZJJZ’s wooden house in a Chinese forest

  19-05-2021 16:01
  
  Located in a pine forest near Xin Yu City in Jiangxi Province, the project incorporates the balanced relationship between nature and architecture
  
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• MiTek Launches Modular Initiative With Danny Forster & Architecture Partnership - PRNewswire

  19-05-2021 16:00
  
  MiTek Launches Modular Initiative With Danny Forster & Architecture Partnership  PRNewswire
  
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• Art Gensler Approached Architecture From the Inside Out - The Wall Street Journal

  19-05-2021 16:00
  
  Art Gensler Approached Architecture From the Inside Out  The Wall Street Journal
  
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• Qatar’s new urban city of Lusail under development

  19-05-2021 15:37
  
  The project is the largest single sustainable development to be undertaken in the state, involving Zaha Hadid Architects, AFL Architects and Foster + Partners among others
  
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• The Angel's Empire: YoDezeen’s yin and yang interior design scheme

  19-05-2021 15:29
  
  Moscow’s new apartments are a gallery of "celestial aesthetics", creating a mind bending and airy internal space
  
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• Arena: Mexico’s new video gaming centre by Rima Architecture

  19-05-2021 15:16
  
  Located inside Mundo E, a large-scale mall in Tlalnepantla, the project offers both a comfortable and unique experience through its striking design and the use of cutting edge software technology
  
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• New York’s first tower designed by a female French architect

  19-05-2021 14:56
  
  Architect Françoise Raynaud, founder of Loci Anima, in collaboration with interior designer Sebastien Segers have produced one of the tallest buildings in the West SoHo, 110 Charlton Street, area at 30 stories
  
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• IM Shanghai’s cascading facade adds to the city’s mountainous skyline

  19-05-2021 14:48
  
  Designed by Aedas, the new tower complex located in the intersection of Kaixuan Road and Huaihai West Road of Changning District, echoes and optimises the surrounding urban interface to bring in new offices, complementary commercial and service facilities
  
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• Sustainable new facility completed for the University of Warwick

  19-05-2021 14:25
  
  Willmott Dixon's £33m “world-class” Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building was designed by Hawkins Brown Architects and Fairhurst Design Group and project managed by Turner and Townsend
  
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• Buro Happold build Dubai’s LEED Platinum Museum of the Future, ready for today

  19-05-2021 14:19
  
  Designed by Killa Design, Dubai Future Foundation’s vision to create a memorable, sustainable and expressive landmark has been made a reality
  
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• AW² complete Vietnamese street life inspired hotel in Ho Chi Minh City

  19-05-2021 14:14
  
  The Wink Hotel Saigon Centre, a medium rise urban construction and comprising 237 rooms, has opened
  
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• Open Architecture designs Shanghai school to be more like a village than a megastructure

  19-05-2021 14:07
  
  An eclectic mix of buildings form the Shanghai Qingpu Pinghe International School, designed by Chinese studio Open Architecture to promote a richer and more varied learning experience.
  Open Architecture co-founder Huang Wenjing told Dezeen the aim was to find an alternative to the "school-as megastructure" model, which has become particularly prevalent in China.
  Top image: the 50,000-square-metre campus includes a mix of buildings. Above: it was designed like a village. Photo is by Chen Hao
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• Peterborough City Council approve Glenn Howell Architect’s activity centre

  19-05-2021 14:03
  
  Nene Park Trust’s plans will create the year round, all weather Lakeside Activity Centre in Ferry Meadows, UK, which will include one of the country’s largest Clip ‘n Climb arenas suitable for all ages and an Olympic standard climbing facility
  
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• The pandemic has "re-imagined how we can exhibit" says Venice Architecture Biennale curator Hashim Sarkis

  19-05-2021 13:06
  
  Installing the Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens 22 May, during the pandemic has forced participating architects to work in a more collaborative and sustainable way, according to curator Hashim Sarkis.
  "It has definitely affected, in a creative way, the question of efficiency and how we can reduce our carbon footprint," he told Dezeen.
  "Many teams sent one person, many teams sent no one, and those who are close enough to Venice came by car or by truck," said Sarkis ahead of the biennale'
  
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• Supertall skyscraper in Shenzhen evacuated after unexplained wobbling

  19-05-2021 12:30
  
  SEG Plaza, a supertall skyscraper that is the 18th tallest in Shenzhen, China, had to be evacuated yesterday when it started to shake.
  Footage on social media shows crowds of people fleeing in panic as the building started swaying just after noon local time on 18 May 2021.
  SEG Plaza has been evacuated and remains blocked off.
  Government claims building is safe
  "The main structure of Shenzhen SEG Plaza is safe!" Shenzhen's city government announced on microblogging website Weibo.
  "The cause of th
  
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• The 2021 Architecture Film Festival London Gives a Platform to Multiple Curatorial Voices - ArchDaily

  19-05-2021 11:30
  
  The 2021 Architecture Film Festival London Gives a Platform to Multiple Curatorial Voices  ArchDaily
  
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• Sebastian Cox creates subtle treehouse from scorched larch

  19-05-2021 11:28
  
  Designer Sebastian Cox has designed a treehouse in the English countryside that features scorched larch cladding, a shingled roof and a balustrade of chestnut branches.
  Cox's studio created the treehouse in Hertfordshire for the children of a client, who now have a private play area within sight of the family home.
  The treehouse is built on an Atlas cedar tree
  Made in collaboration with Root and Shoot treehouse builders and engineer Timberwright, the cabin is made from a combination of English a
  
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• Winners revealed: 2021 Canterbury Architecture Awards - Architecture Now

  19-05-2021 11:06
  
  Winners revealed: 2021 Canterbury Architecture Awards  Architecture Now
  
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• Houston Calling Igor Marjanović named dean of Rice School of Architecture - The Architect's Newspaper

  19-05-2021 09:00
  
  Houston Calling Igor Marjanović named dean of Rice School of Architecture  The Architect's Newspaper
  
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• And We're Back Here's what to see at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale - The Architect's Newspaper

  19-05-2021 09:00
  
  And We're Back Here's what to see at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale  The Architect's Newspaper
  
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• New dean coming to UVA School of Architecture - - CBS19 News

  19-05-2021 08:01
  New dean coming to UVA School of Architecture -  CBS19 News
  
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• Superflux imagines multi-species banquet for Venice Architecture Biennale - Dezeen

  19-05-2021 07:00
  
  Superflux imagines multi-species banquet for Venice Architecture Biennale  Dezeen
  
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• Senior played impactful role in School of Architecture's transition during pandemic - News from Tulane

  19-05-2021 06:41
  
  Senior played impactful role in School of Architecture's transition during pandemic  News from Tulane
  
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• Shenzhen Sungang Centre Lobby and Showroom / AIM Architecture - ArchDaily

  19-05-2021 06:00
  
  Shenzhen Sungang Centre Lobby and Showroom / AIM Architecture  ArchDaily
  
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• Art Gensler, who built one of the world’s largest architecture firms, dies at 85 - The Washington Post

  19-05-2021 04:09
  
  Art Gensler, who built one of the world’s largest architecture firms, dies at 85  The Washington Post
  
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• Rice Architecture selects Igor Marjanović as its new dean - Archinect

  19-05-2021 03:11
  
  Rice Architecture selects Igor Marjanović as its new dean  Archinect
  
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• Houses Macdonald Road House / Philip Stejskal Architecture - ArchDaily

  19-05-2021 02:00
  
  Houses Macdonald Road House / Philip Stejskal Architecture  ArchDaily
  
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• 1954 - 2021 Terence Riley, former Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the MoMA, is dead - The Architect's Newspaper

  19-05-2021 00:28
  
  1954 - 2021 Terence Riley, former Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the MoMA, is dead  The Architect's Newspaper
  
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