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Danuri Kangnam Store / Hyunjoon Yoo Architects

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Store
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Seoul, South Korea

IGC Tremp / Oikosvia Arqutiectura

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Research center
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Tremp, Spain
  • Architects: Oikosvia Arqutiectura
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  1234 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Andreu Barberá

Pakhuis Clemmen / ALT Architectuur

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Other Public Administration buildings
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Ghent, Belgium

Seasons Ensemble / Tchoban Voss Architekten

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Institutional buildings, Office buildings
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Saint Petersburg, Russia

Stereokitchen / Paul Kaloustian Architect

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Restaurants & Bars
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Beirut, Lebanon

Conversion of Clarenhof Chapel / a2o architecten

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Chapel, Refurbishment
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Hasselt, Belgium

Costanera Lyon 2 / Eugenio Simonetti + Renato Stewart

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Office buildings
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Providencia, Chile
  • Architects: Eugenio Simonetti, Renato Stewart
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  230000 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2014
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Bercia, Fanaloza, Viracon

Diamond Hill Crematorium / ArchSD

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crematorium
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Hong Kong (SAR)

Casa na Mata / NITSCHE ARQUITETOS

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Houses
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São Paulo, Brazil
  • Architects: Nitsche Arquitetos
    : NITSCHE ARQUITETOS
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  65 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2005
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Marcenaria do Engenho, Papaiz, Reka Iluminação

Art’otel / ADP Architects

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Hotels, Interior Design
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • Architects: ADP Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  6500 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Kymo
  • Professionals: Digital Space

B.S.R 3 / Yashar Architects

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Office buildings
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Bnei Brak, Israel

La Leroteca / Lacaja Arquitectos

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Kindergarten
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Cajicá, Colombia
  • Architects: Lacaja arquitectos
    : Lacaja Arquitectos
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  152 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  Decorcerámica, Grival, Madecentro, Refocosta, Vialbo, +1

Studio for Arranz Bravo / Garcés - De Seta - Bonet

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Houses
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Barcelona, Spain
  • Architects: Garcés - De Seta - Bonet
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  167 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

Catholic Leadership Centre / Woods Bagot

Catholic Leadership Centre / Woods Bagot - Worship , Facade, Door
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Worship
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East Melbourne, Australia
  • Architects: Woods Bagot
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

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Lima de Freitas School Renovation / Ricardo Carvalho + Joana Vilhena Arquitectos

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Educational Architecture, Schools
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Setúbal, Portugal
  • Architects: Ricardo Carvalho + Joana Vilhena Arquitectos
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

Classic Architecture with a Social Agenda (1960-Today)

“Ninety-five percent of the world’s designers focus all of their efforts on developing products and services for the richest 10% of the world’s customers.”  - Paul Polak, Design for the 90% [1]         

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The vast majority of contemporary architectural practice today is service industry based, where a fee-paying client commissions a firm for a defined scope of services. Master of self-effacing cynicism Philip Johnson wryly accepted this structure, calling architects “high-class whores.” The recent surge of interest in designing for traditionally underserved communities, from groups such as Architecture for Humanity, MASS Design, Project H and Public Architecture challenges the traditional firm model. The Prizker Prize jury’s recognition of Shigeru Ban’s humanitarian designs highlights that high design and a socially conscious practice are not mutually exclusive.

Believing that architecture can alleviate societal ills and improve the quality of life for all people is not a new concept. Two eras, the 1920s and 1960s-70s, brought a social agenda to the forefront of the discourse. Hindsight reveals flaws of each. Modernism’s utopian visions for public housing and urban renewal are blamed for the detrimental impact of Post-WWII urban housing projects; participatory design in the 1960s and 70s is criticized for ceding expertise in the name of consensus, ending with projects that were no better than the status quo. Despite this, there are lessons to be learned from those who emphasized the social and humanitarian role of architecture.

Tree House / Taller Estilo Arquitectura

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Houses
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Merida, Mexico

John McAslan + Partners Selected for Chinese Biodome

John McAslan + Partners has been selected to design a Botanical Gardens and Research Center in Dongguan, China. The scheme features a large gridshell biodome which engages with landscaped mounds both inside and outside the structure. Around the base of the roof structure, a ribbon of glass will provide views which connect these interior and exterior landscapes.

Read on for more detail on the design