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AileFest 2026 used modular timber-and-steel pavilions, chromatic gathering nodes and house-shaped book-fair booths to adapt the historic Rami Library courtyard and interiors for roughly 825,000 visitors across eleven days without altering the heritage fabric.
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AileFest 2026 used modular timber-and-steel pavilions, chromatic gathering nodes and house-shaped book-fair booths to adapt the historic Rami…
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Read moreHerzog & de Meuron and EHDD will convert a 1965 McGraw-Hill warehouse in Novato, California, into the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity…
Read moreBrazilian studio Rótulo em Branco has released PREGO, a collection by architect Ingrid Sani Lang that turns the construction nail into side,…
Read moreGerman practice Urselmann Interior has renovated a 1939 apartment in Düsseldorf using only reversible dry joinery, biogenic materials, and manufacturer take-back agreements…
Read moreThe Spanish firm’s “Nidos de Agua” concept for the Albufera natural park in Valencia aims to rebalance the relationship between building and…
Read moreConstruction has started on a redesigned Eagle Courtyard at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, led by Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects.…
Read moreFrom 24 October to 1 November 2026, Aguas Internacionales in Valencia hosts Samia Henni’s exhibition on French nuclear testing in the Algerian…
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