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Neri&Hu on family and business
Neri&Hu’s Lyndon Neri reveals how he and wife Rossana Hu combine a thriving practice with raising three children, and sheds light on the controversy at this year’s Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair It’s a crisp Saturday afternoon in Shanghai, and one of the salons in Neri&Hu’s Design Republic Commune retail concept store is being prepared …
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- Architecture , Interiors , Lifestyle , Products , Top Story
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- Lyndon Neri , neri&hu , Rossana Hu
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Q&A: South African architect Kate Otten
South African architect Kate Otten speaks about her work and her efforts in promoting the role of women in the design industry in her home country One of South Africa’s most recognised architects, Kate Otten is known for being an architect of place. After founding Kate Otten Architects in 1989, she has developed a varied …
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- Kate Otten , South Africa
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The Spirit of Bauhaus
Walter Gropius’s century-old school strongly influenced Hong Kong’s cityscape and continues to shape a Gen Z-led future “You can still see some really nice Bauhaus architecture in Kowloon (the exclusive Kadoorie Hill) and parts of Happy Valley, which means the style must have been very popular in Hong Kong,” says Cornell-trained, Hong Kong-based architect and …
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- Architecture , Art , Interiors , Products , Top Story
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- architecture , art , Bauhaus , Bauhaus100 , centenary , design , furniture , Germany , Hong Kong , interior , product design , Walter Gropius
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Adrian Cheng’s K11 MUSEA set to become Hong Kong’s Silicon Valley of Culture
Tsim Sha Tsui’s K11 MUSEA is finally open and set to become Hong Kong’s ‘Silicon Valley of Culture’ August saw the opening of K11 MUSEA, the final piece of Tsim Sha Tsui’s Victoria Dockside development. Dubbed ‘Hong Kong’s Silicon Valley of Culture’, K11 MUSEA is a new cultural-retail destination, 10 years in the making. Spearheaded by Adrian …
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- Architecture , Developments , Interiors , Lifestyle
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- Adrian Cheng , Hong Kong , K11 Musea , Kowloon , New World Development , Tsim Sha Tsui , Victoria Dockside
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Building Surveyor Awards 2019 results
The biennial Building Surveyor Awards celebrates another milestone with the introduction of a special award focusing on caring practice Organised by the Building Surveying Division of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS-BSD), the biennial Building Surveyor Awards programme was established in 2015. It aims to enhance public recognition of projects that have significant input …
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture legacy recognised by UNESCO
The enduring legacy of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright has been recognised by UNESCO Though he developed a unique style in response to the American Midwest landscape, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Prairie School designs changed architecture on a global scale during the first half of the 20th century. His global significance is reflected in a collection …
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- Architecture , Top Story
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- architecture , Frank Lloyd Wright , UNESCO
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Five highly anticipated London residential developments
With the British capital continuing to offer world-class residential properties, Perspective rounds up five separate London residential developments on our radar POSTMARK Built on the site of the former Royal Mail Mount Pleasant sorting office in the heart of London, close to the British Museum and a number of Tube stations. Some 680 homes have been developed …
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- developments , London , residential , UK , United Kingdom
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The latest London property update
London property update: the British capital continues to offer world-class residential properties, designed by equally world-class firms London remains very much in the sights of luxury property developers, despite lingering worries over Brexit and other economic woes. This is partly due to the fact that the majority of buyers in Central London come from overseas …
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- Battersea , developments , Foster + Partners , London , Patel Taylor , Property , Skidmore Owings & Merrill , UK , United Kingdom
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Design Destination Mexico
Design Destination: Mexico: From rural villas to collectible furniture, Mexican designers add a contemporary spin while using traditional materials One hundred miles southwest of Mexico City, a cluster of rustic, board-formed boxes are nestled in the landscape at varying angles. Treated with concrete specially mixed with a black pigment, the structures create the visual effect …
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- Architecture , Lifestyle , Travel
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- architecture , Fernanda Canales , Mexican Design , Mexico
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Adam D Tihany on hospitality design and Amber revamp
Hospitality designer Adam D Tihany redefines the fine-dining experience around the world, not least at the newly revamped Amber in Hong Kong Adam D Tihany’s first day in Milan was spent in jail. It was the late 1960s and most of Europe was embroiled in political turmoil: the spectre of May ’68 lingered in France, …
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- Adam D Tihany , Amber Hong Kong , restaurant design
