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“Suburbia. Your own utopia. Your own manicured lawns, rows upon rows of vinyl covered boxes. Take a moment to consider why you are shaping your life in a place that is only designed for maximum profit by the hungry developers that sell them and the faceless politicians that back them.” read more
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Reading them now it is impossible to escape the magnitude of the ambition, the enormous optimism in the potential and power of architecture. read more
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I guess this is proving so difficult to do because we are actually about not doing manifestos, not making too many a priori, generic claims. read more
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What does the future hold for the home? Current suburban manifestations of the ‘dream’ home are lacking. We are developing a system composed of light and air, grown out of a roof-scape, which will challenge the current ideas of the suburban dream. read more
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Against spectacle
“The spectacle is the sun that never sets on the empire of modern passivity.”
Guy Debord
Today, across cultural practices, the distracted viewing of the surface has replaced the reading of depth. read more
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UN Studio philosophy of architecture
We live in an image-driven culture, and architecture too is subject to an obsession with images. Many clients request landmark or icon buildings. Today, from the moment you begin to practice as an architect you are aware that your work must “communicate”, must present and convey the right imagery. read more
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Organic design is not just a style. Design, architecture and life will continue to become more and more biological, not merely biomorphic. read more
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Europe!
Europe is doing almost ridiculously well. read more
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In the far past, designers were charged with designing solely for the physical environment. Buildings, parks, bridges, teapots, toothbrushes, wastebaskets. read more
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