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OMA-Designed Fondazione Prada Campus

OMA-designed Fondazione Prada campus. The newest project from Miuccia Prada has nothing whatsoever to do with clothes. Indeed, you won't find any of Prada's desirable garments and accessories anywhere at the sprawling new Milan headquarters of the brand's art project Fondazione Prada, except possibly on the backs of well-heeled visitors.

Design

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Gianluca Gelmini renovates medieval Torre del Borgo

That makes Italian architect Gianluca Gelmini's achievement in the northern Italian town of Bergamo all the more remarkable Torre del Borgo.

Design

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Framing House by Form & Kouichi Kimura Architects

Framing House by FORM and Japanese designer Kouichi Kimura exudes minimalism to create a habitual residence that defies traditional design.

Design

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The Architecture of Healing by OLAestudio

now in need of restoring to new, vibrant life. That, in Baralla in west central Spain, was the challenge facing architect Oscar López Alba of OLAestudio.

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Villa Além by Valerio Olgiati

Architect Valerio Olgiati is known for buildings developed out of a single idea. Here, the idea was for a walled garden that would thrive in windy, hot conditions. The client: the architect himself.

Design

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Steve Jobs' Venus Superyacht

Steve Jobs Venus Superyacht, the Apple boss whose designs transformed our world, continues to surprise with the breadth and audacity of his creative vision, even three years after his death.

Design The Garage

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Cabin in the Forest by Tomek Michalski

Polish designer Tomek Michalski is something of a maverick given his latest creation the Cabin in the Forest. He's no household name, but his vision extends from using Ikea products for a minimal kitchen to a range of slick yet low-key beds.

Design

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Pumphouse Point by Cumulus Studio

Deep in the heart of Tasmania, local architects Cumulus Studio have created an extraordinary wilderness retreat from a pumphouse point built in the 1940s for a hydro-electric scheme.

Design

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The Crossed House by Clavel Arquitectos

The Crossed House is the work of multi-award-winning Spanish architects Clavel Arquitectos whose work encompasses both large and small projects, with a uniting principle that all must somehow have the potential to create a better city.

Design

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Symbol Audio Modern Record Console

This isn't a mere throwback with an affectation of retrospect for the appetite of fashion; Symbol Audio Modern Record Console is a true masterpiece, eloquently combining a tube amplifier, built-in subwoofer and turntable with bespoke interior design.

Design

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Grovemade Maple Laptop Stand

Grovemade Wooden Laptop StandThe resurgence of incorporating wooden motifs in to modern design pieces shows no sign of subsiding, and the latest instalment from the dominant force of Grovemade, could yet be the most eloquent to date.

Design

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Guggenheim Helsinki Design Finalists

Six young architecture firms have made the shortlist to design Guggenheim Helsinki, one of the 21st century's greatest commissions yet.Frank Lloyd Wright created the first Guggenheim Museum in New York, and many decades later Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao gave a Spanish city a defining landmark.

Design

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