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Höweler + Yoon Unveil a Striking Memorial on MIT Campus

Höweler + Yoon Unveil a Striking Memorial on MIT Campus

J. Meejin Yoon, working with her colleagues and students at MIT, has designed a monument to Officer Sean Collier, a victim of the Boston marathon bombers, in massive granite blocks with sweeping curves.

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May 19, 2015

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On Now: Toronto’s Wonderful Winter Stations

On Now: Toronto’s Wonderful Winter Stations

The temporary art installations in the city’s Beach neighbourhood are encouraging Torontonians out of hibernation.

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February 24, 2015

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The Scotch-Tape Tunnel of Paris

The Scotch-Tape Tunnel of Paris

Inside the Palais de Tokyo, a suspended tunnel made entirely of Scotch tape – designed by the Berlin collective Numen / For Use – stretches and twists its way through the entrance level.

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November 12, 2014

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Path of Berlin Wall Recreated in Glowing Orbs

Path of Berlin Wall Recreated in Glowing Orbs

Thousands of illuminated balloons retraced the former path of the Berlin Wall to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the day the wall came down.

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November 10, 2014

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10 More Amazing Landscape Art Works

10 More Amazing Landscape Art Works

Staged during France’s Festival des Architectures Vives, these site-specific installations – by D.O.T.S., Nas Architecture, Reset Studio and more – encourage visitors to playfully engage with the tucked-way spaces in urban centres.

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July 29, 2014

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10 Photography Projects You Need to Check Out

10 Photography Projects You Need to Check Out

Of the 200 exhibitions taking over Toronto during May’s Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, here are the standouts that every architecture and design lover should know about.

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April 29, 2014

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Norway’s Moving Memorial

Norway’s Moving Memorial

Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg’s concept – an incision in the landscape to mark the site of the 2011 mass murder in Oslo and Utøya – will be built by 2015.

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March 7, 2014

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The Wonderful Warming Huts on Assiniboine River

The Wonderful Warming Huts on Assiniboine River

As Winnipeg braces itself against the worst the Polar Vortex has to offer, these small installations – by Raw Design, Workshop Architecture and more – offer skaters respite from the arctic wind.

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February 4, 2014

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Andrew Kudless on the Art of Digital Fabrication

Andrew Kudless on the Art of Digital Fabrication

With his sculptural objects – from intricate lamps to massive concrete wall installations – the designer explores the cutting edge of parametric design and digital manufacturing.

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September 9, 2013

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An Installation of Glowing Fish in Texas

An Installation of Glowing Fish in Texas

Public art designers Joe O’Connell + Blessing Hancock Public Art transform Texas State University’s campus into a bioluminescent landscape.

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August 16, 2013

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