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Kitrvs winery’s facades built from 13,596 individually rotated bricks

by Maryna Pretorius | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized

Researchers from Swiss university ETH Zürich have created the facades of a winery in Greece from 13,596 individually placed bricks using a technology they have named “augmented bricklaying”. Built at the Kitrvs winery in Pydna near the foot of...

Arturo Tedeschi redesigns historic Milan tram for a post-Covid world

by Maryna Pretorius | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized

Italian architect Arturo Tedeschi has designed a tram concept for the city of Milan called Passerella, which is equipped with discreet social distancing solutions. Designed as a modern take on the classic ATM Class 1500 tram, which was first introduced to the city in...

Cabinette co-working space in Valencia plays off Jacques Tati’s film Playtime

by Maryna Pretorius | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized

The 1960s film Playtime by renowned French director Jacques Tati set the tone for this whimsical co-working office that Masquespacio has designed in Valencia. Cabinette is a co-working space for creatives set inside a mixed-use building in Valencia’s La...

Zayed University students present 10 interior design projects

by Maryna Pretorius | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized

Graduates from Dubai’s Zayed University present projects including an Arabic calligraphy centre and a place of worship that challenges “repetitive approaches to mosque design” in this VDF school show. The 10 works exhibited below were created by...

Marc Quinn replaces statue of slaver Edward Colston with Black Lives Matter protestor

by Maryna Pretorius | Jul 16, 2020 | Uncategorized

Artist Marc Quinn has erected a sculpture of Black Lives Matter protester Jen Reid on the plinth in Bristol where the statue of a slave trader stood before it was torn down. Update: Quinn’s statue was removed on 16 July.  Quinn and his team installed the...
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“A bee puts to shame many an architect in the construction of her honeycomb cells. But what distinguishes the worst architect from the best of bees is this, that the architect raises his structure in imagination before he erects it in reality.”
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Karl Marx – Das Kapital

Refugio bee shelters by MaliArts – source: Dezeen

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