Tornado by DmitryVinogradov

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50 shot sequence. by DanCarrPhoto

A sequence of Sammy Carlson hitting three backcountry jumps in a row during a Poorboyz Productions filming session at Pemberton Icecap,Whistler British Columbia,Canada. March 23, 2011. Photo: Dan Carr

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“Stop all public funding” for arts schools says Patrik Schumacher

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News: Zaha Hadid Architects director Patrik Schumacher has called for the abolition of state-funded arts schools, branding them “an indefensible anachronism”. (more…)

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Mies van der Rohe Award 2015 finalists announced



News: a concert hall with a spiky roof in Poland and a terracotta winery buried beneath the an Italian vineyard are among the five finalists in the running for the European Union’s 2015 architecture prize – the Mies van der Rohe Award (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Over 70 designs unveiled for another new bridge across London’s River Thames



News: waterfalls, rainbow-coloured latticework and bright red cycle lanes feature among proposals for a new bridge across London’s River Thames to rival Thomas Heatherwick’s Garden Bridge (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Hella Jongerius calls for “new holistic approach to design”

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Design Indaba 2015: the design industry has lost touch with its social and cultural values and is producing “too much shit design”, according to Hella Jongerius. (more…)

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Gort Scott adds timber-framed extension to 19th century Victoria Park house



This extension to a Victorian house in London features a decorative wooden ceiling, exposed brickwork and a dining space that opens out to a garden filled with bushy plants (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Blå Station launches mobile Morris Jr chair



Stockholm 2015: a trio of designers created this armchair for Swedish furniture brand Blå Station that can be wheeled around on small castors. (more…)

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Pavilion at Architect’s Residence by Kythreotis Architects

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This pavilion was constructed as an extension to the existing home of an architect. Located in Nicosia, Cyprus, it was designed by Kythreotis Architects in 2013. Pavilion at Architect’s Residence by Kythreotis Architects: “Completed in 2013, the pavilion is situated in a 2,000 square meter (21,528 square foot) plot of land, along the Pedieos river, in the Ayios Andreas district of the city of Nicosia, Cyprus, and is designed to..

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Extension of a Single Story Home in Poland by Adam Wiercinski

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Poznan-based architect Adam Wiercinski sent us renderings of a project still to be completed. This existing single story house located in Leszno, a town in central Poland, will be fully remodeled later on this year to create an open plan living area and a more efficient floor plan. Extension of a Single Story Home in Poland by Adam Wiercinski: “Project of extension and interior design of a single-family house from..

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