Studio Kéré Architecture has built the first campus in the Rift Valley for Lions startups. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The Lions campus is located on the shore of the largest desert lake in the world — Turkana. It will help young students and entrepreneurs to develop their skills in information technology and find a job…
A kinetic installation has appeared in the city of Camden, which draws attention to the problem of environmental pollution. Evgeny Ionov EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte A kinetic installation designed by the SLO Architecture bureau has appeared in the American city of Camden, which resembles a giant vinyl record player and is almost entirely made of garbage. Work…
Apple and Foster + Partners have presented another joint project: a new store in the building of an old cinema in downtown Los Angeles. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Apple Tower Theater is a new Apple Store that opened in the building of an abandoned cinema of the 1920s. It was built by Charles Lee in…
The Nakagin Tower, which was built in 1972 by architect Kisho Kurokawa, will be disassembled into capsules. Some of them will appear in museums in Japan and abroad. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Tokyo plans to disassemble the Nakagin capsule tower into modules. Some cells will be restored and transferred to museums, including the Pompidou Center…
EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Ekaterina Shkuleva, the chief architect of the Ingrad Project Bureau, a graduate of the Moscow Art Institute, is one of those responsible for the modern look of Moscow. Her look combines a classic approach to design and a desire to experiment. Like many millennials, she appreciates the efficiency of space and comfort, while…
The bureau Diller Scofidio + Renfro has built a new bridge in Colorado Springs, which connects the Olympic and Paralympic Museums of the USA. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro have erected a new bridge in Colorado Springs, which is part of the Paralympic Museum project. Its design is in harmony with…
The British studio Citizens Design Bureau has reconstructed an old synagogue, and also built a new building for the Jewish Museum of Manchester. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte It took almost ten years to plan the reconstruction, and two years were needed for the immediate work. Finally, on July 2, the synagogue and the museum opened…
An unusual hotel has appeared on one of the lakes of Flanders: its rooms are located on rafts, and you can get to them exclusively by canoe or boat. Ekaterina Karpukhina EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte Tobias Knockaert and Kika Merlin from STAAV realized that people really lack adventure, especially after quarantine. Therefore, we decided to design an…
French designer Miguel Chevalier decorated the lighthouse in Saint-Tropez with a fluorescent coral pattern to draw attention to the problem of pollution of the oceans and the fragility of its ecosystem. Nadezhda Pavlova EmailPinterestVKonkakte EmailPinterestVKonkakte The artist turned the lighthouse into a “manifesto of color”: he decorated it with corals of bright colors. Some of…
On the Day of Knowledge, we decided to talk about schools. The way a school looks depends largely on the country. And it’s not just about financial opportunities, but also about the influence of climate and local traditions. We have gathered seven different modern schools to show how children from all over the world learn….