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SEATTLE, Washington (AFP) ― U.S. online giant Amazon has unveiled plans for a futuristic greenhouse style headquarters “where employees can work and socialize in a more natural, park-like setting.”The Internet company revealed photos and sketches this week of the plan to be submitted to...
Updated : 2013.05.22 20:38
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MILAN (AP) ― Bathrooms that beg indulgence. Tiles that reduce pollution. Lighting that mimics a rainbow. Extravagance, social consciousness and innovation were strange, but alluring, bedfellows at th...
Updated : 2013.04.17 20:25
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MILAN (AFP) ― French architect Jean Nouvel presented what he called “joie de vivre” offices at Milan Design Week, telling AFP in an interview that he was waging war against “cloned and alienating” work spaces.Nouvel’s project is called “Office for Living” and is one of the highligh...
Updated : 2013.04.14 19:35
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Milan Furniture Design is one of the most important design events, attracting the most innovative designs from around the world. It is also a great opportunity for young designers to introduce their w...
Updated : 2013.04.10 19:56
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Korea will show 100 years of architecture in South and North Korea at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2014, according to Cho Min-suk, commissioner for the Korean Pavilion of the world’s biggest a...
Updated : 2013.04.10 19:55
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MILAN (AP) ― Shedding his “puritanical’’ attitude against architects designing objects, Rem Koolhaas has shifted scale to create 11 pieces of furniture for the U.S. industrial design house Knoll. ...
Updated : 2013.04.09 19:29
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Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance...And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.(“Daffodils” by William Wordsworth)It’s been a rainy win...
Updated : 2013.04.03 19:43
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South Korea will showcase its traditional crafts at one of the world’s largest international furniture fairs set to open in Milan, Italy, next week, the culture ministry said Monday.The government-le...
Updated : 2013.04.01 19:37
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In today’s fiercely competitive fashion world where fast fashion poses a formidable threat to emerging designers and local brands struggle against global brands, an understanding of what women really...
Updated : 2013.03.29 20:23
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LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Japanese architect Toyo Ito, whose buildings have been praised for their fluid beauty and balance between the physical and virtual world, has won the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Pri...
Updated : 2013.03.18 19:41
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THE HAGUE (AFP) ― A Dutch architect has designed a house “with no beginning or end” to be built using the world’s largest 3-D printer, harnessing technology that may one day be used to print houses on the moon.Janjaap Ruijssenaars, 39, of Universe Architecture in Amsterdam, wants to pr...
Updated : 2013.02.04 18:48
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Five Korean fashion designers will stage a dynamic fashion show featuring traditional Korean music during New York Fashion Week next month. The 7th Concept Korea, to be held alongside the New York Fas...
Updated : 2013.01.22 19:00
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Works by internationally renowned architects are on display in Seoul, offering a glimpse of recent global developments and trends in architecture. The first international architecture exhibition featu...
Updated : 2013.01.21 18:50
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LONDON (AFP) ― The Shard ― western Europe’s tallest skyscraper ― opens its viewing platform to the public on Feb. 1, giving unrivalled views over London and defiantly snubbing critics of the gigan...
Updated : 2013.01.14 20:16
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BEIJING (AFP) ― Already famed for fake designer bags and pirated DVDs, imitation in China may have reached new heights with a set of towers that strongly resemble ones designed by renowned architect ...
Updated : 2013.01.07 19:55
