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modernist landmark ‘woning van wassenhove’ by juliaan lampens opens for two residencies

museum dhondt-dhaenens has announced two new funded residencies at the ‘woning van wassenhove’, a landmark modernist building designed by the flemish architect juliaan lampens in sint-martens-latem, near ghent, belgium. the first, titled ‘faba artist residency’, is aimed at practicing artists…

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kieran long discusses curation of major sigurd lewerentz exhibition set for ArkDes

later this year, a major exhibition exploring the work of architect sigurd lewerentz will open in stockholm. referred to by many as sweden’s most revered architect, lewerentz completed a number of hugely significant projects in his home country up until…

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demolition starts on paul rudolph’s burroughs wellcome building in north carolina

demolition work has begun in durham, north carolina on paul rudolph’s ‘burroughs wellcome’ building. the brutalist structure opened in 1972 as the headquarters for burroughs wellcome, an american non-profit medical research organization. rudolph’s design was renamed the ‘elion-hitchings building’ in…

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JR’s ‘homily to country’ on view at NGV triennial 2020 in melbourne

french artist JR presets his newest work ‘homily to country, 2020’ at this year’s edition of the NGV triennial in melbourne. the artwork draws attention to the ecological decline of the darling (baaka) river, australia’s third longest river, caused by…

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liquid glass: a new state of matter uncovered by scientists

it’s a material that we use every day, but did you know that the physical and chemical properties of glass have long baffled scientists? now, thanks to a team of researchers at the university of konstanz in germany, new light…

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the ‘biopod’ allows the formation of marine habitats in concrete underwater infrastructures

designer maor bezner has collaborated with ECOncrete tech to create new underwater infrastructure that will minimize the disruption of local marine ecosystems. the resulting product called ‘biopod’ is a reinterpretation of a common tetrapod breakwater unit, and intends to bridge…