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Oshinówò Studio tops Lutyens-designed war memorial with glass prism to honour Sierra Leone's Carrier Corps thumbnail
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Oshinówò Studio tops Lutyens-designed war memorial with glass prism to honour Sierra Leone's Carrier Corps

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has unveiled a memorial to the Sierra Leone Carrier Corps in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Officially opened this weekend,...

EBBA Architects transforms former agricultural barn in Cornwall into a "calm sanctuary" thumbnail
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EBBA Architects transforms former agricultural barn in Cornwall into a "calm sanctuary"

London studio EBBA Architects has updated and extended a house within a converted barn in Cornwall, stripping away previous alterations to create open,...

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Sony revives classic Walkman headphones as MDR-3R

Japanese electronics company Sony has leaned into 1980s nostalgia with its remake of the original Walkman headphones, complete with colourful, interchangeable foam pads....

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Playfool spotlights hidden digital labour in data centre cleaning game at the V&A

Visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London vacuumed digital dust from an overheating data server in game installation The Server by...

Studio Aslak Siimes designs PharmaPrinter Aurum to "empower pharmacists" thumbnail
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Studio Aslak Siimes designs PharmaPrinter Aurum to "empower pharmacists"

Industrial design firm Studio Aslak Siimes and Finnish startup CurifyLabs have created a pharmaceutical compounding system, designed to improve the process of creating...

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Five examples of Mesoamerican modern architecture

Mexican architects have been combining principles from ancient architecture with modern techniques. Curator and writer Su Wu picks five examples of this phenomenon...

Fala Atelier embeds trio of playful volumes into Portuguese hillside for Cookie Cutter Retreat thumbnail
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Fala Atelier embeds trio of playful volumes into Portuguese hillside for Cookie Cutter Retreat

Three semicircular volumes of different scales make up this retreat for digital nomads in Portugal, completed by Porto architecture studio Fala Atelier.  Partially...

Matteo Thun designs Torre Velasca interiors using "building itself as the starting point" thumbnail
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Matteo Thun designs Torre Velasca interiors using "building itself as the starting point"

Italian architect Matteo Thun looked to the original materials and colours of Milan’s iconic Torre Velasca when creating its new interiors, which feature...

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SABO Project "softens divisions" inside Manhattan apartment

New York and Paris design studio SABO Project has introduced rounded partitions and bold green accents to a compact apartment on Manhattan’s Lower...

Taller Alberto Calleja nestles concrete Casa Nova into tree-filled site on Mexican coast thumbnail
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Taller Alberto Calleja nestles concrete Casa Nova into tree-filled site on Mexican coast

A tree-filled “fissure” bridged by elevated timber walkways cuts through the centre of this house on Mexico’s southern coast, designed by local architecture...