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Perspectives by Giles Miller Studio in United Kingdom ‘Perspectives’ is an organic pavilion structure covered with Cedar Shingles, which sits atop the beautiful Surrey Hills at Winterfold, and throws itself evocatively into the vista that has been opened up below. Inspired by the words and messages etched by people in public places, on trees, benches and elsewhere, Giles Miller has collated poetry, messages, initials and messages of love and memory from local schools, residents and other contributors to the project. These messages have been etched onto the surface of the organic cedar shingles that cover the piece, and appear to throw…

Fractals 22.0: The Digital Vernacular Time: November 13, 2018 to November 15, 2018 Location: Dubai City/Town: Dubai Design Week, Dubai Website: www.designaware.org Workshop Type: Digital Vernacular Organized By:  Takbir Fatima  Fractals x Revival presents a hands-on workshop exploring generative design through the use of vernacular materials. It is a 3D thinking workshop in which participants work in teams and develop algorithms that are demonstrated through geometric aggregation models, resulting in large-scale installations. The workshop can be attended by enthusiasts of design, art, making and mathematics, as well as local craft and vernacular architecture. At Dubai Design Week, the two-day workshop will focus…

80Hz by Thomas Wing-Evans in Sydney, Australia British designer and architect Thomas Wing-Evans has created ’80Hz’, an interactive sound pavilion in collaboration with the dx lab for the state library of new south wales in Australia, which takes paintings from the library’s collection and turns them into music. Located outside the mitchell reading room in Sydney’s CBD, the installation features a curving black timber frame clad in matt anodized aluminum shingles. Working with studio sonar sound, Wing-Evans has developed a computer program to translate visual data into sound. Images were analyzed for visual data such as complexity, color, tone and face…

Flexible Landscape by GOA Architects in Shanghai, China Text description provided by the architects. During the period of 2015.08.21 and 2015.09.10, there were a series of public cultural activities named “Gravitational Field interconnections between architecture and public culture” helding in the Jing’an Temple Square, which is the most prosperous site in Shanghai. And one architectural installation Flexible Landscape was born, which is both artistic and practical. Jing’an Temple Square is relatively 7m lower than West Nanjing Road, so the installation is understood as a set of open landscape in this site, and looks like a bonsai of the city, getting involved with…

Woodbox, Welcome Pavilion by Atelier Vecteur in T0he Center of The St Côme French architecture studio Atelier Vecteur has designed the ‘Welcome Pavilion’ for the festival of lively architecture held in montpellier, france. In the middle of the saint cômes courtyard a monumental wooden cube is conceived. Built out of over a thousand timber sticks of different lengths, the rectilinear straight cube frame provides a provocative invitation to the public from the street. Once situated in the courtyard, the visitors can explore the pavilion, where the structure reveals a juxtaposition between two seemingly contradictory forms—a straight, stiff cube and an irregular…

One Kleomenous by Omni View Design in One Kleomenous St, Kolonaki, Athens is the first building that enters the sales portfolio of Omniview. It is a revolutionary new concept of a living space that was created to showcase the team’s development capabilities. One Kleomenous was created based on cutting edge design and construction techniques and technologies and it carries the strength, beauty and functionality of high quality bespoke services that Omniview can offer. An architects biggest responsibility, is to create buildings that sit harmonically with their surrounding environement, whether that is natural or artificial. So when the surrounding is natural, the building…

The MaoHaus by AntiStatics Architecture in Banqiao South Alley, Beijing, China MaoHaus is an experimental façade piece exploring historical context, material potentials, novel fabrication and performative qualities within architecture. Taking the simple frame and edge condition of the existing structure, the façade enters the space of the hutong as a flowing fabric. This fluidity is expressed through the conventionally rigid material of concrete questioning inherent perceptions of materiality through formal expression. Beyond the undulating form, the perforations of the surface serve to filter light, during the day, rays of sunlight enter the vestibule, and at night the precisely tuned apertures reveal a…

Battersea Power Station Square by Bjarke Ingels Group in London, UK Situated at the very foot of the towering Battersea icon, the new Malaysia Square derives its shape from human flows, creating a cascading landscape carved into the street – or simply put form follows flow. As an urban canvas of possibilities for cultural expression, where landscape, architecture, urbanism and media design are in complete harmony – the new Malaysia Square lends dignity to the majestic industrial heritage while paving the way for a new Malaysia identity. BIG’s design for Malaysia Square is inspired by Malaysia’s nature and culture. The…

The Taihu Show Theatre by Steven Chilton Architects in Wuxi, China Located close to Lake Taihu in Jiangsu Province, China, the Wuxi Show Theatre concept was inspired by the Sea of Bamboo Park in Yixing, the largest bamboo forest in China. The 2000 seat theatre has been designed to house a permanent water show by Franco Dragone and it is due to open in 2019. The building’s appearance is composed of three primary elements, the columns, the shade canopy and the building envelope. Representing an abstract impression of a bamboo forest, the slender white columns are positioned around the perimeter of the…

HI/ RES DXB #2 Time: November 29, 2018 to December 2, 2018Location: DubaiCity/Town: Al Serkal Avenue, DubaiWebsite: www.nodes-design.comWorkshop Type: Digital Design WorkshopOrganized By: Javier Ruiz High – Res VolatilityFollowing the success HI/ RES DXB #1 workshop, Nodes-Design announced the return of Hi RES DXB workshop that will be held on the 29th of November until the 2nd of December in Al Serkal Avenue, Dubai. Participants will be able to explore new methods of design using an emergent technology/ Houdini FX. “Houdini FX combines superior performance and dramatic, ease-of-use to deliver a powerful and accessible 3D experience to VFX artists. With its procedural node-based…