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Slideshow feature: Yongsan International Business District

Slideshow feature: this week we’ve run a series of stories on the Yongsan International Business District, a new commercial hub in Seoul, South Korea, that’s due for completion in 2024. Commissioned by South Korean developer DreamHub, the new district has been masterplanned by...
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Dancing Dragons by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

We’re running a series of stories about the Yongsan International Business District in Seoul: following designs by BIG and MVRDV are a pair of skyscrapers with glass scales by Chicago firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. (more…
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7 days ago

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MVRDV + ABOUTBLANK Design Expansive New Transit Hub and Arch

Read the rest of MVRDV + ABOUTBLANK Design Expansive New Transit Hub and Archeo-Park for Yenikapı in Istanbul Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: about:blank, Archeo-Park, archeological site, bus station, green space, MVRDV, neolitic dig, pedestrian plaza, rail terminal, r...
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2 weeks ago

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Yenikapı Transfer Point and Archaeo-Park / MVRDV + ABOUTBLAN

With Istanbul as the immutable intersection of vast and diverse mobilities, the rich design by MVRDV + ABOUTBLANK… for the Yenikapı Transfer Point and Archaeo Park offer a unique possibility to combine and transpose contemporary transportation intelligence with a remarkable
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2 weeks ago

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Yenikapı Transfer Point and Archaeo-Park / MVRDV + ABOUTBLAN

With Istanbul as the immutable intersection of vast and diverse mobilities, the rich design by MVRDV + ABOUTBLANK… for the Yenikapı Transfer Point and Archaeo Park offer a unique possibility to combine and transpose contemporary transportation intelligence with a remarkable
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3 weeks ago

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One year ago…

  This time last year MVRDV architect Winy Maas was awarded the highest decoration of honour in France, UNStudio opened a pavilion in New York’s Battery Park and we revealed what it looks like inside Skype’s Stockholm offices. In other news, fuseproject launched a grating too...
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One year ago…

One year ago a proposal for 47 lodges carved into the side of a sandstone cliff in Jordan sparked a furious debate about the project’s “ecological” credentials and London designer Dominic Wilcox created a provocative stylus for using a touch-screen phone in the bath. Architectu...
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4 weeks ago

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AD Interviews: Winy Maas / MVRDV

We had the incredible opportunity to interview Winy Maas, the M… in MVRDV, one the most influential contemporary practices, which has been able to push the boundaries of our field in different scales, from buildings to master plan, from
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4 weeks ago

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D.I.Y Urbanism: Almere Oosterworld / MVRDV

MVRDV…‘s proposal for an urban development in Almere Oosterworld, the Netherlands, is a template for a D.I.Y. project that puts power into the hands of neighborhoods and communities.  This development strategy is bottom-up, inclusive and very intuitive to the needs
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D.I.Y Urbanism: Almere Oosterworld / MVRDV

MVRDV…‘s proposal for an urban development in Almere Oosterworld, the Netherlands, is a template for a D.I.Y. project that puts power into the hands of neighborhoods and communities.  This development strategy is bottom-up, inclusive and very intuitive to the needs
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1 month ago

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Almere Oosterworld: MVRDV Helps Dutch Residents Design Their

Read the rest of Almere Oosterworld: MVRDV Helps Dutch Residents Design Their Own Town Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: almere, Almere Oosterworld, eco design, Estate for Initiatives, green design, holland, MVRDV, Netherlands, sustainable design, Urban Farming, urban pla...
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2 months ago

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Glass Farm / MVRDV

Rembrand developers, the town of Schijndel and MVRDV… recently started construction on the Glass Farm, a multifunctional building in the village square of the small Brabant town of Schijndel. The building, with a total surface area of 1600m2, will contain
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Glass Farm / MVRDV

Rembrand developers, the town of Schijndel and MVRDV… recently started construction on the Glass Farm, a multifunctional building in the village square of the small Brabant town of Schijndel. The building, with a total surface area of 1600m2, will contain
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2 months ago

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MVRDV Glass Farm, Schijndel Building, Glass Farm Schijndel,

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INTERVIEW: MVRDV’s Anton Wubben on the Design of the Massive

Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: european market hall, green design, green markets, interview anton wubben, interview mvrdv, market hall architecture, Markthal Rotterdam, MVRDV, mvrdv anton wubben, netherlands architecture, rotterdam market hall
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3 months ago

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One year ago…

A year ago this week the Guangzhou Opera House designed by architect Zaha Hadid opened up in China. The curved timber velodrome was completed in London in preparation for this year’s Olympic Games and Thomas Heatherwick was revealed as designer of the Olympic torch. Industrial designer Mar...
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3 months ago

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Update: Developer moves forward with The Cloud / MVRDV

Despite the controversy, the South Korean developer plans to move forward with MVRDV‘s design of The Cloud. The Dutch firm has received harsh criticism after releasing their design for the two residential towers that will be built in Seoul’s redeveloped Yongsan business district...
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5 months ago

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Master Plan for Bastide Niel / MVRDV

The Urban Community of Bordeaux (CUB) and MVRDV recently presented the master plan for Bastide Niel, a 35ha extension of Bordeaux’ city center onto the right bank of Garonne River. The dense urban master plan will offer 3200 homes,…
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5 months ago

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2011 review: December

Concluding our review of 2011, here are the five most popular stories from December. Up first are two skyscrapers by MVRDV for Seoul that will be joined at the hip by a pixelated cluster. These renders kicked up a lot of controversy, as reported on Dezeen Wire. (more…
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5 months ago

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Tracking the Origins of MVRDV’s Cloud

Urban design historian Grahame Shane weighs in on the controversial project tracing MVRDV’s explosive imagery to its source in research. When Ole Scheeren departed from OMA Beijing with the MahaNakhon Bangkok tower to found his own office in 2010, he had the idea to connect tower and urban vill...
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