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WG Sasbach / Amann|Burdenski|Munkel Architekten

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Commercial Architecture
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Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Germany

Springboard Business Centre / McDowell + Benedetti

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Red Rock / Rolf Ockert. Architect.

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Offices
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Sydney, Australia

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Landscaping Saint-Barthélémy d’Anjou / Atelier Arcau

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Institutional buildings
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Saint-Barthélemy-d'Anjou, France

Restorative Justice: An Interview with Deanna VanBuren

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The Mediation Womb, a space "for restorative justice and peacemaking as a holistic model for change," designed by FORUM Design Studio. Image Courtesy of FOURM Design Studio

We've recently covered the topic of prison design on a number of occasions - more specifically the work of Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility, led by Raphael Sperry. ADPSR is campaigning to have the AIA forbid its members from designing prisons; however, we have previously questioned the effectiveness of this tactic, with other professionals, such as engineers, often willing to design prisons in the absence of architects. In another article on the topic, we suggested that the problem lies not with the ethics of architects, but with the US prison system itself.

This raised the question of how architects might actually change the system - are we stuck with the political landscape we are given, or are we capable of leveraging our expertise to make positive changes to society?

It turns out that Deanna VanBuren of FOURM Design Studio is doing exactly that. Through her designs, as well as workshops and events with the public and with prisoners, VanBuren is championing restorative justice: a form of incarceration centered around rehabilitation rather than punishment. We interviewed VanBuren to find out how she is encouraging people to accept restorative justice above punishment.

Read on after the break for the full interview.

Kliquedesk / Studio of Design and Architecture + K2design

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Offices
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Bangkok, Thailand

ONO Corporate Headquarters / ACXT

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Office buildings
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Madrid, Spain

Castrol office / Za Bor Architects

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Offices
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Moscow, Russia

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Midtown Financial Company / a + i architecture

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Offices
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New York City, United States

Bennetts' London Office / Bennetts Associates

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Offices
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Greater London, United Kingdom

EHUNDURA / Leibar-Seigneurin

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Institutional buildings
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Nantes, France
  • Architects: Leibar-Seigneurin
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  5400 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011

Spot Studios / Annvil

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Offices Interiors
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Rīga, Latvia
  • Architects: Annvil
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  269 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

Should Architects Design Prisons?

A video game in which you can design your own high-security prison (execution chambers and all) prompts CC Sullivan, in a thoughtful post on Smart Planet, to discuss the implications of architects designing prisons. You can read the full article here, and read ArchDaily's previous coverage on this issue, "The Architecture of Incarceration," here.

Paju Book City / Stan Allen Architect

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Library
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Changnyeong-gun, South Korea

Qatar Science and Technology Park / Woods Bagot

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Fronius / PAUAT Architects

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Office buildings
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Wels, Austria
  • Architects: PAUAT Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  6200 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2012

Indian Research Base / Bof Architekten

Indian Research Base / Bof Architekten - Research, Facade, Coast
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Research
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Ecuador
  • Architects: Bof Architekten
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  2500 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2013

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Shanghai Hongqiao CBD Office Headquarters Building / LYCS Architecture

LYCS Architecture has shared drawings and renderings for their Shanghai Hongqiao CBD Office Headquarters Building, which broke ground this month. Situated in a rapidly developing part of western Shanghai and at the center of a transportation hub, the project is scheduled to be completed in 2014.

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