| Solar Shade by Buro North |
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Solar Shade by Australian designers Buro North educates primary school children about collecting energy from the sun while providing shade in playgrounds. The canopies have solar cells on top and large handles on the base mean that the canopy can be rotated by pupils or teachers to get the most efficient orientation in relation to the sun throughout the day |
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| A theatre for research |
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A Theatre for Research’ theme was developed to frame an architectural approach that would encourage the fertile cross pollination of ideas hoped to be an outcome of the inhabited project. To this end, the building exaggerates the visibility of research activity, placing the laboratories on display upon entry. Circulation routes have been elevated from the prosaic to become lively promenades that are attached to informal conversation spaces important for conducting accidental research in a more social environment. |
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| Hotels - Tourism and architecture go hand in hand |
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Tourism and architecture go hand in hand. After all, what can give visitors a sense of place greater than the buildings surrounding them? So this week’s Strange but true celebrates this connection by examining some of the most weird and wonderful hotel rooms from around the world… |
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| Limes Hotel by Alexander Lotersztain |
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The Limes Hotel by Argentinian designer Alexander Lotersztain opened at the end of last month in Brisbane, Australia.The hotel incorporates a roof-top bar and cinema and is the first Australian hotel to join the Design Hotels organisation. |
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| Piano is music to Rome’s ears |
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Renzo Piano’s Music Auditorium for Rome is an instant hit
The Parco della Musica is a state of the art venue penned by Piano for the diverse musical needs of the Italian capital.
The auditorium opened in 2002 in the north part of Rome known as Flaminio, near the Olympic village.
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| Hadid to maxximise Italian art |
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Early Hadid design soon to open up a new world of artMAXXI, acronym of Museum of the Arts of the 21thcentury, is a newly established institution of the Italian Ministry of Culture: it will become the joint home of the MAXXI Arts and MAXXI Architecture and Italy’s first national museum solely dedicated to contemporary arts.
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| Abd conquer Rome |
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Tiburtina Station to become the most important rail station in the Italian capital
With the completion of the Italian high speed train system, Tiburtina station will become the main stop on long distance trains increasing its visitors from 22 to 50 million annually. The more centrally located Termini station, Rome’s current main rail point, will then switch to serve the increasing commuter traffic.
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