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Beijing’s Moebius Strip: where every piece of glass had to be customized

Phoenix International Media  凤凰国际传媒中心 Building status: Completed in Year 2013, May Land area: 18821.83m2 Built-up area: 75368m2 (Ground: 41630m2，basement: 33738m2） Height: 55m Depth: 15m Located in the South-west corner of Chaoyang park, Beijing, the Phoenix International Media has once again brought a new visual impact to its audience around the globe. On the contrary to its… Read More Beijing’s Moebius Strip: where every piece of glass had to be customized

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Future Architecture ain’t that Far-Fetched: Sustainable Design, Net Zero Carbon, Negative Carbon

Occasionally, we introduce and re-introduce sustainable design works. It is a little difficult for the editors and correspondents to overlap writings about arts or design onto environmental issues and animals that are at the brink of their extinction. The exception is when art and design incorporate sustainability or ‘Save-the-World’ concept. We have compiled a list of… Read More Future Architecture ain’t that Far-Fetched: Sustainable Design, Net Zero Carbon, Negative Carbon

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Calling for Nominations: President’s Design Award 2016

Nominations for President’s Design Award 2016 Now Open SINGAPORE, 4 April 2016 – The President’s Design Award 2016 is now open for nominations until Monday, 18 April 2016, 11pm.  The President’s Design Award is Singapore’s most prestigious award accorded to designers and design projects or products, in recognition of their design excellence.  Into its 11th… Read More Calling for Nominations: President’s Design Award 2016

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Zaha Hadid: First woman laureate of the Pritzker Prize has passed

At age 65, Zaha Hadid (b.1950, d. 2016) had given the world not one, but a variety of impressive architecture buildings. Hadid, a Pritzker Architecture Prize 2004 laureate, and the first female to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize (as equivalent to the Noble Prize in the world of architects), passed in Miami on March 31st,… Read More Zaha Hadid: First woman laureate of the Pritzker Prize has passed

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National Design Week, March 8th to 20th, Singapore

SINGAPORE – Singaporeans and international visitors will be able to immerse themselves in a diverse range of more than 100 design events and programmes. Expected to be the largest edition yet, the Singapore Design Week (SDW) 2016 promises to be bigger and better. “Entering into the third edition, we hope to develop SDW into a must-attend design event in… Read More National Design Week, March 8th to 20th, Singapore

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Pritzker Architecture Prize 2016 Announcement

The Pritzker Architecture Prize was first established by The Hyatt Foundation in 1979 to annually honor a living architect whose built work demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment, which has produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture. It has often been… Read More Pritzker Architecture Prize 2016 Announcement

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