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Concrete Hong Kong: learn about architecture through foldout models

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A new book celebrates the architecture of Hong Kong public housing in the 1950s-1980s. During the 1950s-1980s, when the colony was under British rule, public housing embraced the modernist architectural approach, and Hong Kong initiated mass housing projects that dramatically redeļ¬ned urban living. Weird, isn't it?

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Iconic buildings from movies and architecture recreated as birdhouses

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Each of the eight birdhouses is a totemic embodiment of architecture, design, or pop culture icons, including the 1989 comedy movie Beetlejuice, Philip Johnson's AT&T building, Hans Hollein's brass palm trees, and Memphis's Flamingo side-table. As out of place and oblivious as Tim Burton's cast of exurbs from Beetlejuice."

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Brooklyn Museum has a new look inspired by its 200-year history and architecture

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Situated in the heart of Brooklyn, the museum's Beaux-Arts building, designed by the renowned architectural firm McKim, Mead & White, has been a beacon of art and culture for nearly two centuries. The museum houses a diverse range of art, including ancient Egyptian artefacts, European paintings, African sculptures and contemporary art.

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Brutalist Parisian architecture is the subject of Song for the Mute's stunning new fashion campaign

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Featuring life-size reproductions of Daniel's photography, these outlets include garments displayed against a backdrop of polished stainless steel panels and pebble-wash paving slabs, bringing the bƩton brut architecture of Avenue D'Ivry to West Hollywood (H Lorenzo) and Vancouver (Roden Gray).

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New Genre designs identity, platform and website for new design standards tool

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Follio was created to fill a gap in the market for architecture and interior design tools. The studio's CEO and co-founder, Mihai Toma, describes the tool as "a new idea in an underserved industry", adding that there was "a sense of urgency to develop a comprehensive solution" for their client, who runs an architecture studio.

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Paul Catherall's illustrations spark a new series of modernist matchboxes

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Lighting up our screens today is a new collection of luxury matchboxes celebrating modernist architecture in all its illuminated glory. Donned in Paul Catherall's iconic style, it's a type of architecture that the artist knows only too well.

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Palazzi ā€“ Collection photographs find a special side to Berlin's brutal architecture

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Photographers Ama Split and Riky Kiwy have turned their camera lenses to the brutal architecture of Berlin in their new self-published book Palazzi ā€“ Collection: The Berlin Issue. We like the 'brut' style of the architecture of some of the buildings in Berlin."