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NOVA, FLATIRON HOLIDAY INSTALLATION BY SOFTLAB Nova was commissioned by the Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership through a competition held by…

Melike Alt?n???k and Gül Ertekin have shared with us their proposal for the Istanbul Gulsuyu Cemevi and Cultural Center Competition. Hosted by Maltepe Municipality of Istanbul, Turkey, the competition asked participants to design a religious and cultural complex for the Alevi population (a religious minority group practicing Islam) that can serve modern society’s needs and honor past culture.

The Mediterraniean Triangle, a spiral timber structure by MEF University students The Mediterraniean Triangle, a spiral timber structure designed by…

Designed by architect Achim Menges in collaboration with Steffen Reichert, “HygroScope: Meteorosensitive Morphology” appears at first glance to be a wooden model suspended within a glass case. But when the humidity level within the case rises, the system begins to breathe, ventilating the moisture-saturated air without any sensory equipment or electricity.