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The Humble Revolution: Kengo Kuma’s Fight Against “Arrogant, Alienating” Architecture

by Maryna Pretorius | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized

Architects: Showcase your next project through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter. While Kengo Kuma and Associates has been producing work for 26 years, the event with which the narrative of the practice hinges upon took place in 2011, after the...

Fire Rips Through Zaha Hadid-Designed Building in Beirut, Lebanon

by Maryna Pretorius | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized

A serious fire has broken out at Beirut Souks, an under-constructed building designed by world-renowned firm Zaha Hadid architects. Footage shows smoke pouring from the perforated façade of the building, while bystanders look on. The fire occurs just a month after a...

The Joy of Division: 7 Homes Split Between Multiple Buildings

by Maryna Pretorius | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized

Architects: Showcase your next project through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter A certain image is conjured when one hears the word “estate.” Usually it’s one of wealth and opulence, but in architectural terms it can be as simple as referring to...

Calling the World’s Best: The Inaugural A+Firm Awards Is Now Open for Entries!

by Maryna Pretorius | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized

It’s time to take your place among the world’s best firms! One of the most highly anticipated AEC events of 2020 is here: The 1st Annual A+Firm Awards is now accepting entries, with an Early Entry Deadline of October 9 this year. Expanding on the A+Awards — the...

Norman Foster Unveils a Modern Crystal Palace as Temporary British Parliament

by Maryna Pretorius | Sep 17, 2020 | Uncategorized

Architects: Showcase your next project through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletter. British architect Norman Foster has unveiled plans for a temporary glass and steel building, inspired by the Crystal Palace, to house the UK parliament while 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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