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Discussion: The Last Tree-Dwellers in New Guinea
Today, an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 people live in the humid swamplands of Asmat in the south of West Papua. The swamps and alluvial land are dissect...
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Discussion: Microarchitecture: Review of the Past, and Future Perspectives
It would be simple to define microarchitecture in terms of the familiar things about us. Our own definition of the term, however, refers to objects th...
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A Critical View: Modernism in a Landscape Setting Langen Foundation Museum in Neuss
The history of this former NATO rocket station had no influence on the choice of materials nor on Tadao Ando’s architecture. What was once a prohibite...
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Reports: Tokyo’s Nest – Minimal Dwelling with Kinetic Stairs
Can a building only 60 cm wide function? Planning laws in Tokyo have resulted in narrow gaps between nearly all structures in the city. To create valu...
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Reports: Provocative Elements in Vienna
Since the autumn of 2002, the courtyard areas of the newly designed museum district in Vienna have been enlivened with 114 abstract plastic blocks. Th...
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Loft Cube in Berlin
The concept underlying the Loft Cube is to exploit large, flat, city-centre roof areas that have hitherto remained unused. The rooftops would form the...
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