Making places that inspire isn’t just about beauty and the thrill of the new. It’s also about finding creative ways to increase engagement. Looking at this exploration of a colourful kindergarten in Chongqing, we love the impulse to build “a place that begs to be explored”. It’s full of clever and, crucially, practical solutions all…
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From the top of the earth to the bottom of the sea, architecture has some exciting buildings in store for 2019. Whether it’s through the use of innovative materials, unprecedented scale, or whimsical ideas, common to all is the breaking of boundaries. These projects take in their purposes and environment, and work to create something…
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Much of what allays our fears about the ‘rise of the machine‘ depends on knowing that there are some functions that machines can’t replicate. In this piece from Salon, Sam Natapoff, President of Empire Global Ventures, looks at the magnificent commercial possibilities of AI, while also studying its limitations. Essentially, if humans can’t codify a feeling,…
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A thought-provoking BBC article from Tom Cassauwers charting the evolution of science fiction around the world. It serves to remind us that imagination and ideas about the future are universal, and, within this genre particularly, are an important outlet for revealing the struggles of the day. The sun has cooled down and Earth has become uninhabitable.…
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