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Dubai-based architecture firm Znera Space have released “The Smog Project,” a design to clean the air in Delhi, one of the world’s most polluted cities. Shortlisted in the World Architecture Festival’s Experimental Project Category, the Smog Project hopes to address Delhi’s noxious air quality by adding a network of smog filtering towers throughout the entire city. India’s capital has become known for toxic smog levels from overcrowding and industrial waste. Znera’s proposal hopes to cleanse the smog chamber and generate smog free air.

On Sept. 22, our calendars move from summer into fall, opening up a new season of outdoor enjoyment. In some regions, changing leaf colors already reflect that shift. In other areas, morning dew and cooler evening temperatures signal that autumn is on…

Following the death of Robert Venturi, Charles Holland reflects on the American architect’s career of revered research, trailblazing projects and witty demeanour. If Robert Venturi had only written Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture, his place in the history of architecture would still be assured. Along with Le Corbusier’s Towards A New Architecture, it is one

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The project’s protagonist it’s a great mesquite wich already has been growing in the land, the site has a much longer than wide proportions, therefore, and it was decided to enlarge the promenades inside the house in order to have the largest amount of living space, but withouth residual spaces.

Greek architect Viktoria Lytra has created a set of images exploring the relationship and interaction between architecture and fashion. FormFollowsFashion investigates the common purpose of architecture fashion, to create shelter for the human body, placing aesthetic as a common factor in novel approaches to the design of clothes and buildings.

DS+R partner Elizabeth Diller has designed two new pieces for Prada‘s 2019 spring/summer womenswear collection. Created from Prada nylon as part of the Prada Invites project, the two pieces include a garment bag with utilitarian zippers and buckles and a raincoat that transforms from the same yoke style bag. The yoke style bag was also imagined as a lighter item for women to carry sketchpads, sandwiches and lipstick. The Prada invitation was made to expand the company’s fascination with multifaceted representations of contemporary femininity.

mud shell is a housing project developed by french architect stephanie chaltiel that utilizes mud-spraying drones to build emergency architecture.
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