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Snøhetta and Varier have launched a set of versatile dining chairs to accommodate the growing needs of the modern home

Snøhetta

Snøhetta's Product Design team collaborates with Norwegian ergonomic-focused furniture manufacturer Varier to create a low environmental footprint set of dining chairs that brings fresh life to the table by allowing you to move intuitively in every situation.

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With its compact, modular apartments bursting with colorful built-ins, this residential complex in Amsterdam by Shift Architecture Urbanism facilitates new forms of collective living that are not only efficient and sustainable but also socially valuable

Part of a new, innovative urban concept that enables sustainable high-density residential buildings to use space, energy, and materials efficiently, Domūs Houthaven by Shift Architecture Urbanism with Flux Landscape Architecture and Blom Interieurs puts social contact above ownership.

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A place of social production where different people share spaces, moments, resources, and activities, this transformation of a single-family home to a flatshare for twelve by gon architects presents a new living typology that strikes a balance between collectivity and individuality

Shaped by shared social spaces, dozen doors is the renovation of an early 21st-century single-family house into a co-living apartment gon architects (Gonzalo Pardo) in the Tetuan neighborhood in Madrid.

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napp studio turns a ubiquitous piece of urban furniture into a versatile, mobile, and modular system for resting, chatting, playing, and dining

Designed by napp studio, 'Branching Benches' series for Oi! allows for an evolving design that can cater to different contexts and occasions within different Hong Kong communities.

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An alliance between urbanity and nature, contemporaneity and the past, Cino Zucchi Architetti’s design to transform the Cavallerizza Reale in Turin is set to become a research and culture laboratory in dialogue with the city

Cino Zucchi Architetti's winning proposal for the renovation of Cavallerizza Reale in Turin aims to revitalize a vital part of the city's historical center by transforming the existing complex into a new cultural hub for the community.

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Centerbrook Architects and Planners will repurpose a former bank building, making way for a new multi-purpose building for Yale University and a hub for its world-renowned singing groups, as well as a destination hotel, restaurant, meeting, and social event venue

Located in the heart of New Haven, adjacent to the New Haven Green and one block from the Yale University campus, W2 House by Justin Hedde and Elizabeth Hedde of Centerbrook Architects and Planners for Yale Whiffenpoof Alumni will be a privately owned, multi-purpose facility.

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This remodel and expansion of an existing low-income senior residence by Eric Naslund and Mathilda Bialk of Studio E Architects transforms the mid-century style buildings into sustainable spaces that also reinforce social connections and chance meetings

Eric Naslund and Mathilda Bialk of Studio E Architects have designed a socially and environmentally sensitive expansion and renovation of Washington Street Affordable Housing in Southern California for Coachella Valley Housing Coalition.

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Duvall Decker Architects have created a life-long residence for adults with intellectual disabilities, providing sensitively designed spaces for housing, personal care, vocations, and recreation

The Baddour Center Transitional Housing by Roy Decker, Anne Marie Decker, and William Doran of Duvall Decker Architects is a 120-acre residential community in Northwest Mississippi that provides the necessary infrastructure to support a full, daily life for adults with intellectual disabilities.

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