The village of Rocca Imperiale decorated for Christmas by Mario D'Angelo

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Kevin Van Aelst

Finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, Cincinatti-based artist Kevin Van Aelst sent designboom images of his latest work. From droplet-formed airplanes to eggshell light globes, Van Aelst is able to take seemingly mundane objects and create captivating visual re-interpretations, requesting the viewer to complete re-assess their understanding of the subject at hand.  The pieces not only celebrate dull items, but also uses these as tools to explore and communicate more complex ideas.

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The Manifestation of Traditional Chinese Architectural Language in Modern Architecture 

We have never stopped exploring the manifestation of traditional Chinese architectural language in modern architecture, starting with the effort of a modern volume with a traditional paradigm roof. This inheritance and expression are based on the context, which is divided into two categories: Adoption: A Reinterpretation of Traditions and Ablation: Disappearing out of Respect.

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Nendo stacks concrete tunnels to create archive and guesthouse in Miyota 

Japanese studio Nendo has created an archive to house its products and furniture from precast concrete box culverts in central Japan. Named Culvert Guesthouse, the archive and residence was constructed from four tunnel-like forms that were stacked on top of each other.

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American architects select 11 of the country’s most influential buildings 

Dezeen asked 10 American architects, including American Institute of Architects (AIA) president-elect Kimberly Dowdell and veteran New York architect Robert AM Stern, to name the US building project that is most important to them and the history of America’s architecture.

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3andwich Design tops clifftop library in China with circular pool

“The library strives to have poetic tension: looking down from a high place, the building is very geometric – a circle plus a straight line,” explained 3andwich Design. “The plane shape of the main part of the building is circular, and the straight line is the outdoor corridor and long wall, which introduces people from the top of the hill into the building.”

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Hub of Huts : The Village Upside Down noa* network of architecture

When noa* designed the cantilevered swimming pool for Hubertus in 2016, the studio envisioned it as a rock stranded between earth and sky. In 2019 a new assignment was granted to the architects, the design of a dedicated well-being extension. It was not an easy task for a building that had already found its symbol in the swimming pool, yet this served as inspiration for the new project.

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Mosaic Canopy Made of 832 Colorful Glass Tiles Reflects a Spectrum of Sunlight

Nestled in the valley of a Sonoma winery, a colorful mosaic canopy provides a unique tasting space. Designed by Studio Other Spaces—founded in 2014 by artist Olafur Eliasson and architect Sebastian Behmann—the Vertical Panorama Pavilion brings an artistic touch to the grounds of The Donum Estate.

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Pedro Reyes and Carla Fernandez pair rough concrete with crazy paving for their Mexico City home

The Mexico City home and studio of Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes and his fashion-designer wife Carla Fernandez features crazy paving floors, as well as a staircase and double-height library rendered in coarse concrete.

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Emil Eve Architects retains historic “quirks” in Shoreditch warehouse conversion

Emil Eve Architects has paired original details with contemporary finishes in this loft apartment, which it created inside a Victorian warehouse building in Shoreditch, east London.

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Pioneering the Revival of Earth Architecture: Egypt, France, and India

The current ecological crisis has sparked a renewed interest in ancient traditions, especially among architects. The need for reliable and sustainable eco-architecture has led many international architects to explore vernacular eco-construction. A common belief is that vernacular practices are embedded in their time, unable to find a place in the contemporary built environment. However, many examples across the world show how knowledgeable artisans are capable of re-utilizing their skills in new ways.

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Kinetic Diamond-Shaped ‘Glasshouse’ Unfurls Like a Blooming Flower 

Mixing function and form, Heatherwick Studio has created a stunning kinetic structure at the UK’s Woolbeding Gardens. Nestled in a historic Sussex estate, Glasshouse is a glass and aluminum structure that unfurls into a crown. This beautiful marriage of art, architecture, and engineering was inspired by Victorian terrariums and is a focal point of the estate’s homage to the Silk Road.

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David Mach 

David Mach is one of the UK’s most successful and respected artists, known for his dynamic and imaginative large scale collages, sculptures and installations using diverse media, including coat hangers, matches, magazines and many other materials. The Scotsman describes his work as ‘big on gesture and big in proportion, it demands your attention and gets it’.

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