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Kéré Architecture models Benin’s parliament on African palaver tree

by Dezeen | Feb 10, 2021 | Uncategorized

Kéré Architecture has released visuals of the National Assembly of Benin, which has been designed to “express the democratic values and identity” of the country. The Benin parliament building, which is set to be built in the country’s capital...

Windows punctuate board-marked concrete facade of DL1310 in Mexico City

by Dezeen | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized

New York architecture studio Young & Ayata and Mexico City office Michan Architecture collaborated on DL1310, an apartment block with an exposed concrete facade. Located in Mexico City’s Tetelpan neighbourhood, DL1310 has a distinctive facade of recessed...

“It was only a matter of time before the poop emoji was designed” says commenter

by Dezeen | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the shape of Amazon’s new NBBJ headquarters and sharing their views on other top stories. NBBJ has designed a spiral-shaped glass tower for Amazon’s new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. ...

The Island is a nature-inspired Paris home designed around a courtyard garden

by Dezeen | Feb 8, 2021 | Uncategorized

Local architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard has converted a 19th-century house in Paris’s La Défense into a contemporary home featuring a double-height dining room that looks onto a central courtyard. Clément Lesnoff-Rocard named this project The Island as it...

Skolnick Architecture converts historic Hamptons church into an arts centre

by Dezeen | Feb 7, 2021 | Uncategorized

Tall windows and timber framing feature in this 1830s church building in New York, which has been converted into a cultural facility by Skolnick Architecture and Design Partnership. The Church is located in Sag Harbor, a former whaling village that spans the towns of...
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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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