VR goggles combined with hand-held controllers offers architects “a whole new way of designing”



New virtual reality tools will allow architects and designers to create buildings and products intuitively in 3D space around them, according to the director of visualisation studio VRtisan (+ movie). (more…)

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MVRDV designs transparent Infinity Kitchen to make food healthier and sexier



Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Dutch office MVRDV has designed a completely see-through glass kitchen that aims to inspire a “more healthy, if not sexy” approach to food (+ slideshow).   (more…)

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Tate Modern releases first images of Herzog & de Meuron’s Switch House extension



This set of images by photographer Iwan Baan provides a first look inside Herzog & de Meuron‘s extension to the Tate Modern art gallery, set to open next month in London (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Naturehumaine creates stripped-down facade for Montreal residences



This Montreal residential building by local studio Naturehumaine features a simple brick facade punctuated with square windows and a rear parking area topped by a steel canopy. (more…)

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Meditating twice a day keeps staff at Vo Trong Nghia Architects focused, claims founder



Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia has revealed that he makes his staff meditate every day to help them “resist cravings and improve concentration”. (more…)

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Undulating brick building in Iran encourages public to walk on its roof



The brick facade of this mixed-use building in the Iranian city of Hamedan merges with a wave-like roof that the public is invited to sit, walk or play on (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Flea Folly Architects designs high temple of timber in a monastic archway



Clerkenwell Design Week 2016: London studio Flea Folly Architects has partnered with Hakwood to create an installation of stacked wood that references the monastic past of London’s St John’s Gate (+ slideshow).  (more…)

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Peter Marino clads Hublot’s Fifth Avenue store in angled black metal panels and LEDs



American architect Peter Marino‘s New York flagship store for Hublot has become the Swiss watch brand’s tallest boutique in the world (+ slideshow). (more…)

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David Chipperfield further develops Nobel Center design for public presentation



David Chipperfield Architects has made additional revisions to its plans for the Nobel Center in Stockholm, which were presented to the city earlier today (+ slideshow). (more…)

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Dekleva Gregorič transforms Slovenian Pavilion into cocooning library dedicated to home design



Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Slovenian architects Aljoša Dekleva and Tina Gregorič have built a wooden library inside their national Biennale pavilion, and invited industry figures including Tatiana Bilbao, Konstantin Grcic and Alice Rawsthorn to fill it with books (+ slideshow). (more…)

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