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A few weeks ago we told you about the surreal situation (and outrageous pressure also, we must say) of a house in the middle of a highway in Wenling, Zhejiang Province in China, where an elderly couple were refusing to sign the agreement allow their…
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Cafécito Neptuno by José Parlá at The Standard Spa is a recreated havana environment in The Standard Spa, Miami Beach and this local vill be open 24 hours/daily through Art Basel and from 7am to 7pm until closure on January 3, 2013. Two weeks ago we…
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Chimène Badi & Billy Paul - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
The Platform of Arts and Creativity project is the result of the preparations for the European Capital of Culture 2012, Guimarães, Portugal. The project is located in an urban context characterized by buildings that constitute the Municipal Market…
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Plaza de acceso. Plataforma de las Artes y la Creatividad por Pitágoras. Fotografía por João Morgado
December 4th marks the opening of a special installation created by Little Sun for la Rinascente’s famous Milan store windows that will showcase the off-grid shops throughout the Christmas season. The design of these windows will establish a…
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Little Sun at la Rinascente, Milan. Photography © Marco Beck Peccoz, 2012. Courtesy of Little Sun
Every year, Design Miami, the edgy design fair that takes place the week of Art Basel Miami Beach, commissions a hot young architectural firm to put together a reinterpretation of the classic fair tent. With his NY-based firm, Snarkitecture, Arsham…
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Drift Pavilion by Snarkitecture. Image courtesy of Design Miami
From the mid-1950s through the 1960s, Tokyo transformed itself from the capital of a war-torn nation into an international center for arts, culture, and commerce, becoming home to some of the most important art being made at the time. , full_html
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MoMA: Tokyo 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde. Cortesia de Yumiko Chiba Associates
Today we share extract from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. , full_html
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Oscar Niemeyer, one of the greatest exponents of twentieth century architecture, about to turn 105 years (born on December 15, 1907) died this evening at dawn (21.55 local time / h 01.55 in Europe).

Oscar Niemeyer had been a month in a…
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Brasilia under construction. Photography © Marcel Gautherot
Next December 12, 2012 at 20:12 will be held on 12th Pecha Kucha volume Madrid at the new headquarters of the College of Architects of Madrid (Hortaleza 63). Pecha Kucha is an informal event where artists from different areas come together to…
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