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Wishes for peace
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14 Mar 24
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Yoko Ono’s instructional pieces invite viewers to involve themselves in her exhibition.
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Turn over a new leaf
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5 Mar 24
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The Beijing City Library reinstates the relevance of the library in the digital age.
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Art that captivates the present and the future
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5 Mar 24
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Boemo Diale is the latest recipient of the Tomorrows/Today Prize for emerging artists.
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C(hair)
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5 Mar 24
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The Patewo Chair is inspired by the intricate beauty of the Patewo hairstyle.
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Need for speed
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28 Feb 24
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A new book tracks South African auto-designer Keith Helfet’s career in design.
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Prize-winning portal
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28 Feb 24
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Amina Agueznay is the winner of the 2024 Norval Sovereign African Art Prize.
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Pain phone
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28 Feb 24
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The Panadol Pain Phone is a remote healthcare unit.
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The shoulders of giants
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22 Feb 24
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A monumental retrospective tracks Esther Mahlangu’s lifelong pursuit of the arts.
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Fabric of the future
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22 Feb 24
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Biofluff’s Savian is the ‘world’s first plant-based fur’.
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Building bridges
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13 Feb 24
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This unreinforced bridge in France was created using 3D-printed recycled-material blocks.
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Unravelled
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13 Feb 24
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Textile artworks from the 1960s to today challenge structures of power.
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Sideways skyscraper
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13 Feb 24
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The Link in the UAE is the world’s longest cantilever.
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Stand by me
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6 Feb 24
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A Segway-style ‘invisible’ wheelchair.
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Ancestral threads
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6 Feb 24
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Hakopike’s new solo exhibition expresses the artist’s vivid visions of ancestry.
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Reinventing the wheel
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6 Feb 24
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The first spokeless Ferris wheel will also be the second-tallest in the world.
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Gold standard
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29 Jan 24
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Ghanaian-Scottish architect Lesley Lokko has won architecture’s Royal Gold Medal.
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Cool pool
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29 Jan 24
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The +POOL offers a clean and safe way for the public to swim in New York’s waters.
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No man is an island
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29 Jan 24
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The 23rd Serpentine Pavilion architect has been announced.
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Tech trends
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23 Jan 24
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The 2024 Consumer Electronics Show offers a glimpse into the future of technology.
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2030 vision
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23 Jan 24
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IKEA uses artificial intelligence to visualise how humans will be living in 2030.
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Meet the makers
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22 Jan 24
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative Jessie Zinn highlights South African fashion icons in a new video series.
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Architectural anticipation
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15 Jan 24
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Take a look at five of the most-anticipated buildings set for completion in 2024.
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Sight walks
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15 Jan 24
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‘Sidewalks to See’ helps the visually impaired to navigate city streets.
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Lights up
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15 Jan 24
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Light installations play among natural vistas in Abu Dhabi.
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Architet Natalie Dionne's Forest House
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Perched on 3-metre stilts, this natural retreat has been raised to meet the level of the striking boulders surrounding it.
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The new Eco Tourism
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5 Feb 21
‘’By uniting local identity with the landscape through forms still unseen in the region, the architect gave 48° Nord a unique architectural expression."
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Renewable Luxury
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5 Feb 21
La Forestale is a sustainable development hidden away in an Italian nature reserve.
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The Pet Project
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5 Feb 21
“We strive to find a solution that would preserve this unique atmosphere."
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