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• PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos convert historic Detroit building into colourful school

  10-11-2023 21:30
  
  PLY+ and MPR Arquitectos have transformed a building at a former Catholic college into the School at Marygrove Elementary, filling it with colours and shapes that help spark "experimentation and exploration" among children.
  Located in northwest Detroit, the building is part of the School at Marygrove, a new educational institution that will eventually serve students in kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12). The curriculum has a special focus on engineering and social justice.
  PLY+ and MPR Arqui
  
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• Ruth De Jong draws upon Nope set design for Chicago Architecture Biennial

  10-11-2023 20:00
  
  Production designer Ruth De Jong has installed a house modelled on her set design for director Jordan Peele's film Nope at the Chicago Architecture Biennial as part of a series of installations exploring horror and architecture.The installation is a life-size recreation of the facade and front porch of a ranch home featured prominently in the movie and explores "architecture's cinematic function as a character of its own," according to biennial curators The Floating Museum.
  It consists of a faca
  
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• ISM Architecten expands modernist house BEEV with rooftop volume

  10-11-2023 12:30
  
  A modernist house originally designed by Belgian architect Paul Neefs has undergone a restoration by architecture studio ISM Architecten in the town of Beerse, Belgium.
  Named BEEV, the home has been reconfigured and extended to enhance its functionality and efficiency while preserving its original design from 1967.
  ISM Architecten has renovated a modernist house by Paul Neefs
  ISM Architecten's intervention sees the addition of a rooftop volume clad in metal sheeting, chosen to reflect the c
  
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• Tadao Ando designs concrete arts centre for Sharjah to be "round like the Earth"

  10-11-2023 12:00
  
  Japanese architect Tadao Ando has unveiled the design for Il Teatro at Aljada, a cylindrical performing arts centre in Sharjah that will overlook a sunken water feature.
  The performing arts centre, which is being created for developer Arada as part of its masterplan for the mixed-use Aljada development, will be made from concrete in line with Ando's signature style.
  Measuring 24,155 square metres, Il Teatro at Aljada will contain a 2,000-seat auditorium, a boutique restaurant and a gallery, and
  
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• Sharjah triennial rethinks architecture that "results from conditions of scarcity" says Tosin Oshinowo

  10-11-2023 11:30
  
  The Sharjah Architecture Triennial aims to show the positives of architecture created using scarce resources, says its curator Nigerian architect Tosin Oshinowo in this interview.
  Titled The Beauty of Impermanence: An Architecture of Adaptability, the triennial focuses on the innovations and strategies of re-use and re-appropriation often driven by scarcity in the Global South.
  "The triennial is looking at the under-celebrated building innovations and designs that tend to still exist within the
  
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• Worsening natural hazards an "opportunity" to rethink cities says Rebuild By Design head Amy Chester

  10-11-2023 11:15
  
  The increasing need to protect cities from environmental hazards is a chance to transform communities for the better, says Rebuild By Design managing director Amy Chester in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen's Designing for Disaster series.
  Rebuild by Design began in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in New York as a competition run by the US government to instigate projects that would ready the region for future extreme weather events.
  A decade later, the now independent nonprofit works with
  
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• Worsening natural hazards an "opportunity" to rethink cities says Amy Chester

  10-11-2023 11:00
  
  The increasing need to protect cities from environmental hazards is a chance to transform communities for the better, says Rebuild By Design managing director Amy Chester in this interview for our Designing for Disaster series.
  Rebuild by Design began in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in New York as a competition run by the US government to instigate projects that would ready the region for future extreme weather events.
  A decade later, the now independent nonprofit works with municipalities around
  
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• Dezeen LIVE: Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023

  10-11-2023 09:00
  
  The Dezeen team are reporting live from the preview day of the second edition of Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023 in the United Arab Emirates (opening 11 November). Follow for updates throughout the day, with exclusive previews of installations and exhibitions. 
  8:00am Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft is attending the official preview of Sharjah Architecture Triennial 2023 today, 10 November, in the United Arab Emirates.
  The festival features installations and exhibits from Cave Bureau, Wal
  
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