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Diogo Seixas Lopes Obituary
19 February 2016Portuguese architect, writer and curator Diogo Seixa Lopes has passed away at the age of 42
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Daring new lookout on Norway’s national tourist route
18 February 2016A new lookout along Norway’s National Tourist Route Gaularfjell is set to open in June 2016.
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Blueprint 20/20: High Line by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
15 February 2016Celebrating the launch of Phaidon’s The High Line book - also designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro - Blueprint brought Liz Diller and Ric Scofidio together at London’s Architectural Association to discuss this most vaunted of public-realm, urban regeneration projects of the 21st century
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Review: Shenzhen Urbanism\Architecture Bi-City Biennale 2015
9 February 2016Herbert Wright travels to the Aaron Betsky-curated event, finding it well worth the trip, even just to see where China’s unprecedented urbanisation has led.
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This is Temporary: Transient Architecture
9 February 2016Temporary architecture has been appearing and disappearing more and more in urban public spaces. Many such structures have been branded ‘pop-ups’, follies to provide a moment of light entertainment and camera-ready delight. But there is a long history of a more holistic type of temporary architecture that subtly suggests how we could live, work and play more harmoniously. Here we feature an extract from Cate St Hill’s new book, published by the RIBA, including interviews with 13 exciting, young, socially minded architects, designers and multidisciplinary collectives, making and building their own way.
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Sky Habitat bridges the gap with landscape architecture
5 February 2016Three sky bridges connect this residential complex, creating both privacy and a community
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The world’s first residential roof slalom track
2 February 2016A project presented at the WAF Singapore, these residents can literally ski out the door
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BALTIC Ryder Commission in collaboration with Blueprint
2 February 2016Johnny Tucker interviews architects Mike Oades and Derek Draper of Atomik Architecture and artist Alice Theobald, who have jointly created the first BALTIC Ryder Commission in collaboration with Blueprint
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Performing Sculpture: Alexander Calder
2 February 2016American sculptor Alexander Calder was a radical pioneer of kinetic art, bringing movement to static objects, and for which the word ‘mobile’ was coined to describe his sculptures that moved of their own accord. As a major exhibition of his work opens at Tate Modern, running until 3 April, we feature an essay by curator Ann Coxon from the show’s accompanying catalogue
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Giant spheres form new Amazon corporate space
27 January 2016In association with NBBJ, Amazon elevates the Seattle Denny Triangle with a cultural and corporate overhaul
