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Beyond retail: UNStudio completes Huawei’s flagship Shanghai store

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Beyond retail: UNStudio completes Huawei’s flagship Shanghai store

UNStudio, in collaboration with Chinese information and communications technology firm, Huawei, has unveiled the design for a new flagship store in Shanghai.

Ben van Berkel breaks down ESG, the UNStudio way

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Ben van Berkel breaks down ESG, the UNStudio way

“My worry is that when we talk about ESG, we’re often referring to the need to better care for the planet, for outdoor environments. But what about the indoors?” In this exclusive Q&A with UNStudio’s Ben van Berkel, he puts a new lens on ESG, and talks about designing STH BNK By Beulah with Cox.

UNStudio’s ‘Silicon Valley of India’ master plan

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UNStudio’s ‘Silicon Valley of India’ master plan

A progressive tech campus for the Silicon Valley of India is under construction in Bangalore to a master plan design by UNStudio.

UNStudio Designs Karle Town Centre Master Plan For Bangalore

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UNStudio Designs Karle Town Centre Master Plan For Bangalore

A progressive tech campus for the Silicon Valley of India is under construction in Bangalore to a master plan design by UNStudio.

Hong Kong x Melbourne At Business Of Design Week

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Hong Kong x Melbourne At Business Of Design Week

Will you be attending Business of Design Week this December? Here’s a quick wrap of what you can expect to see and hear this year from Indesign’s Melbourne-based Editor Alice Blackwood.

Melbourne x Hong Kong at Business of Design Week

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Melbourne x Hong Kong at Business of Design Week

Are you heading over to Hong Kong for the Business of Design Week this December? Here’s a quick wrap of what you can expect to see and hear this year.

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“I call it a ‘cultural effect’. It is an abstract quality of the architecture”: Ben Van Berkel on the architecture of education

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“I call it a ‘cultural effect’. It is an abstract quality of the architecture”: Ben Van Berkel on the architecture of education

Ben Van Berkel of UNStudio is changing the way your children will learn. Discover how architecture has revolutionised knowledge sharing.

UNStudio x Cox Architecture announced as winners of $2b Southbank by Beulah tower

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UNStudio x Cox Architecture announced as winners of $2b Southbank by Beulah tower

“The concept [of Green Spine] is about ‘how can this be an opportunity for Southbank?’ We looked at how Southbank is developing with huge density and we tried to break through that and create more openness,” shares Caroline Bos of UNStudio on the design of the winning tower for the $2b Southbank by Beulah development.

UNStudio’s Caroline Bos on the relevance of technology for architecture

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UNStudio’s Caroline Bos on the relevance of technology for architecture

UNStudio is a global practice with a strong foothold in Asia. Caroline Bos, founding partner of the studio, was recently in Melbourne to present a proposal for Southbank by Beulah and opened up about changing technology and the changing gender gap in architecture and design.

Starchitect-designed Southbank Precinct projects revealed

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Starchitect-designed Southbank Precinct projects revealed

Vertical cities in the sky, deconstructed boxes and ample greening – six widely varying designs with similar themes have been revealed in the Southbank by Beulah competition.

UNStudio Asia Completes Marina and Clubhouse at Keppel Cove in China

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UNStudio Asia Completes Marina and Clubhouse at Keppel Cove in China

The porous clubhouse on the River Xi in Zhongshan was designed to resemble the experience of being on a luxury yacht, and creates moments of high visual impact.

Collectible architecture: Ellipsicoon Pavilion by UNStudio

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Collectible architecture: Ellipsicoon Pavilion by UNStudio

Wouldn’t mind having a work by UNStudio in your backyard? Filipino prefab company Revolution Precrafted has released a digitally developed, hand-woven pavilion designed by Ben van Berkel.

Collectible Architecture: Ellipsicoon Pavilion by UNStudio for Revolution Precrafted

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Collectible Architecture: Ellipsicoon Pavilion by UNStudio for Revolution Precrafted

Wouldn’t mind having a work by UNStudio in your backyard? Filipino prefab company Revolution Precrafted has released a digitally developed, hand-woven pavilion designed by Ben van Berkel.

Can you create an empathic office with bio-responsive design?

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Can you create an empathic office with bio-responsive design?

Are bio-responsive offices the next step forward in workplace design? Two proposals by Carlo Ratti Associati and UNStudio suggest our workspaces could and should evolve in such a direction.

The Empathic Office: Will Workplace Agility Soon Involve Bio-Responsiveness?

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The Empathic Office: Will Workplace Agility Soon Involve Bio-Responsiveness?

Are bio-responsive offices the next step forward in workplace design? Two proposals by Carlo Ratti Associati and UNStudio suggest our workspaces could and should evolve in such a direction.

SingaPlural Master Lectures: The Future Now

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SingaPlural Master Lectures: The Future Now

SingaPlural’s lecture series showed us the digital toolkit of Herzog & de Meuron, how UNStudio is on the pulse of retail, and the amazing achievements of One To One in computational design.

PAL Designs ‘Online Living’ For Chinese Millennial Families

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PAL Designs ‘Online Living’ For Chinese Millennial Families

China-based designer PAL has created ultra-modern show flats with bright, clean lines and futuristic curves for UNStudio’s vertical living pods in Wenzhou.

Art, science and digital fabrication with UNStudio

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Art, science and digital fabrication with UNStudio

UNStudio is known as an innovator of digital technology with architecture. A recently completed shopping mall in Shanghai by the Dutch studio, Lane 189, offers an opportunity to explore formal complexity and a deep integration of façade and interior space – all inspired by art and science.

Lane 189 by UNStudio: Ahead of the Curve

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Lane 189 by UNStudio: Ahead of the Curve

Known as an innovator in developing the relationship between digital technology and architecture, UNStudio explores the formal complexity and a deep integration of facade and interior space in a Shanghai shopping mall Lane 189. Neo Disheng writes for Cubes 87.

Outdoor Furniture for Living in Sky Frames

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Outdoor Furniture for Living in Sky Frames

A selection of outdoor furniture from Marquis HQO has brought style and comfort to the most prominent outdoor areas of UNStudio-designed Scotts Tower.

A New Residents-Driven Housing Model

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A New Residents-Driven Housing Model

With the vision to translate residents’ wishes into a design, the Ben van Berkel / UNStudio and Heerim Architects & Planners consortium have delivered a winning scheme for the Eunma Housing redevelopment in Seoul, South Korea.

A rose-shaped pavilion blooms in Qingdao

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A rose-shaped pavilion blooms in Qingdao

The World Horticultural Expo Theme Pavilion in Qingdao borrows its shape from the Chinese rose.

UNSTUDIO’S XINTIANDI INSTALLATION

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UNSTUDIO’S XINTIANDI INSTALLATION

UNStudio’s public installation in Xintiandi, Shanghai, reflects its surroundings in unexpected ways. Martine Beale takes a look.

Hanwha Headquarters Seoul by UNStudio

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Hanwha Headquarters Seoul by UNStudio

In its winning entry, UNStudio proposes an animated facade and new interiors and landscaping for Hanwha’s headquarters in Seoul.

UNStudio’s Hanjie Wanda Square

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UNStudio’s Hanjie Wanda Square

Hanjie Wanda Square by UNStudio has recently opened in Wuhan, China and as Nicholas Ho writes, it’s not your typical mall.

Cubes Indesign – Issue 65 Out Now

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Cubes Indesign – Issue 65 Out Now

Conversations with RT+Q Architects, Colin Seah and Claus Sendlinger, Ben van Berkel of UNStudio and many more make for a fascinating read.