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Daily coronavirus architecture and design briefing: 8 April

April 8, 2020 India Block 0

Daily coronavirus briefing: today’s architecture and design coronavirus briefing includes quarantine trains, engineering challenges for children and a fundraising auction for a Milan hospital. Dyson creates 44 engineering challenges for children in Lockdown The James Dyson Foundation has devised over 40 engineering and science activities to educate and entertain children stuck at home during lockdown. The tasks include

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The American-Inspired Russian Architecture

April 8, 2020 Andreea Cutieru 0

From the famous Kitchen Debate between Nikita Khrushchev and Richard Nixon to the popularity of Henry Ford within the USSR, the hundreds of factories designed by Detroit engineer Albert Kahn for Soviet Russia, and skyscrapers erected in Moscow, the Cold War had a peculiar side to it, that is the Russian fascination with American culture and technology.

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MVRDV’s art depot for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen nears completion

April 8, 2020 Amy Frearson 0
Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen by MVRDV

New photographs reveal that the MVRDV-designed Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen is nearing completion in Rotterdam. The images, released by MVRDV, show that most of the curved mirror cladding is now in place and trees are being installed on the roof. The bowl-shaped structure will serve as a public art depot for the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen.

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Zicht Zag Installation / Zoetmulder

April 8, 2020 Andreas Luco 0

‘Zicht Zag’ by ZOETMULDER in the ruins of a burned down church in Rotterdam Dutch design agency ZOETMULDER designed a folly, an intentionally useless structure, to give new meaning to the ruins of the burned down Juliana Church in Rotterdam. The minimal design and natural materialization enhance the experience of these bittersweet yet beautiful surroundings. Fate strikes on August 6, 2017. The Juliana Church on Heijplaat, in the harbour of Rotterdam, burns down. ZOETMULDER looked at it as a spatial gift, a publicly accessible space: Julianaplein. A new village square for the residents of Heijplaat.

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Impress dental clinic in Barcelona features smile-shaped timber partitions

April 8, 2020 Ali Morris 0
Impress dental clinic by Raúl Sanchez Architects

Pine-wood partition walls that curve upwards like smiles carve up the interior of this dental clinic in Barcelona, Spain, designed by Raúl Sanchez Architects. Impress is spread across the ground and basement level of a historical building at the heart of Barcelona. The clinic differentiates itself from other dentists by offering online treatments that reduce

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