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• Architects

  Meister Varma Architects

• Location

  Kochi, Kerala, India

• Design Team

  Krishnan Varma, Vanessa Meister, Anila Cherian, Sruthi Vijay

• Structural Design

  Rao & Associates

• Area

  3600.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Vishnu Raj

• Architects

  Matt Drysdale, Matt Myers, Tim Dow

• Location

  Southbank VIC 3006, Australia

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  John Gollings

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• Architects

  Carney Logan Burke

• Location

  Wilson, United States

• Landscape Architect

  Hershberger Design

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Matthew Millman

Australia loomed large in the news this week following the announcement for the continent's tallest tower in Melbourne. The competition, which was won by a joint bid from UNStudio and Cox Architecture, boasted designs from some of the world's best-known firms including MVRDV, OMA, MAD, and BIG.

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• Architects

  Vladimir Radutny Architects

• Location

  Chicago, United States

• Lead Architects

  Vladimir Radutny AIA, Fanny Hothan

• Area

  4500.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Mike Schwartz

A project in the works from Thai architecture firm Integrated Field (IF) will trumpet the virtues of closed-cycle organic farming to the public. The so-called Cuchi Organic Farming Masterplan involves the reuse of a decommissioned rubber plantation in Cuchi, Vietnam as an “organic food production farm” with “animal feed, livestock, fruit, and vegetation in the closed-cycle operation.”

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For this year's annual city listings, Metropolis Magazine took an unusual approach: they took the analysis to the streets, surveying nearly 100 design professionals across the globe to get their opinions. The result? A list that boasts not just the cities you'd expect (Milan, London, Berlin) but the under the radar powerhouses you might not have anticipated.

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• Architects

  RKW Architektur +

• Location

  Liebrechtstraße, 45277 Essen, Germany

• Area

  4210.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Marcus Pietrek

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• Architects

  Bronsvoort Blaak Architecten

• Location

  EeStairs Nederland, De Landweer 8, 3771 LN Barneveld, The Netherlands

• Lead architect

  Anton Bronsvoort

• Area

  4800.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

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• Architects

  B.DESIGN24 STUDIO

• Location

  Surat, India

• Area

  4795.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Photographix

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• Architects

  RAMOPRIMO

• Location

  Beijing, China

• Lead Architects

  Marcella Campa, Stefano Avesani

• Design Team

  Sara Scotti, Ran Huo, Lisa Montanari, Chen Jia, Chang Du

• Area

  600.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Hui Zhang

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• Architects

  hyperSity

• Location

  Yi Jing Lu, Dongli Qu, Tianjin Shi, China

• Lead Architects

  Yang Shi, Shaojun Li

• Design Team

  Yang Shi, Tong Zhao, Yunpeng Li, Yu Qi

• Area

  3000.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

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• Interior designers

  Minimal Studio

• Location

  Port d’Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain

• Architects authors

  J. David Martínez Jofre

• Other Participants

  Porcelanosa Group, World Light Estudio, Fustería Tortella, Buena Casa Construcción, Germans Oliver, Kompass Beatpoint, Arte Latón

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Art Sánchez

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• Architects

  skimA

• Location

  Yeongju-si, South Korea

• Lead Architects

  Sejin Kim

• Design Team

  Yunseon Cho

• Area

  186.09 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Hyosook Chin

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• Architects

  Proyecto Singular

• Location

  Calle de Génova, 28, 28004 Madrid, Spain

• Architects in Charge

  Jorge Lozano Tablada

• Area

  1050.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Jose Parreño

Oregon has become the first state in the U.S. to allow timber buildings to rise higher than six stories without special consideration. The recent addendum to the state's building code is the result of Oregon’s statewide alternate method (SAM), a program that allows for alternate building techniques to be used after an advisory council has approved the “technical and scientific facts of the proposed alternate method.” The decision stands as a precedent for future construction across the United States.

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• Architects

  Johnsen Schmaling Architects

• Location

  Sacramento, United States

• Lead Architects

  Johnsen Schmaling Architects

• Client

  Indie Capital

• Area

  11900.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  John J. Macaulay

For those with $145,000 hidden down the side of their sofa, Zaha Hadid Architects has designed and released Lapella Chair, continuing their “investigations in structure and fabrication-aware tectonics by reinterpreting the iconic 1963 lounge chair by Hans J. Wegner."

Created from Italian marble, Lapella retains the proportions, scale, and recline of the original chair while introducing “contemporary stone tooling and carbon fiber composites.” 

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