Image is important to our clients, not an empty architecture no matter how extravagant. The Japanese sneaker brand, Dragon Beard, asked Anna Nakamura+Taiyo Jinno at the EASTERN Design office to design an office/residence at a slope located in Takarazuka city of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. Here is how they planned the architecture with the help of symbolism and alertness of the site.

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In a recent competition, for the Swedish clients at Svea Fastigheter, these known design companies took part: 3XN, BIG, Wingårdhs and Tham & Videgård. Now it's announced that 3XN are the winners and will take the prize of designing the 13,000 m2 (14 floors) landmark project in Vällingby, Stockholm.

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Strategy does not solely require a different way of thinking but an entirely different approach to life. The Middelfart Savings Bank is characterized by a dramatic roof scape, which will be putting the Danish town on the island of Fyn on the architectural map and simultaneously provide a new public space for local citizens.

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The Fundación Arquitectura Contemporánea is holding a Competition for Ideas for the construction of its future head offices and the San Pablo block in Cordoba, Spain. The new building is visioned as a public spot for interaction, debates, exhibitions and promotion of architecture. José Marini Bragança and Maria Helena Veludo have entered the competition and this is their proposal, which has been presented in phase 1.

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By putting much focus on the experience of their architecture, and the way in which people behave, 3XN has developed a unique position in the Danish market, and are also growing into the international field. Now they have set out an exhibit called MIND YOUR BEHAVIOUR , it opens February 12 at the Danish Architecture Centre and will be on display until May 13 2010.

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The Reuben Street Apartments project uses a strategy of an articulated landscape of 1-2 stories with residential towers of 12+ stories. Envisioning this strategy into the surrounding void facilitates, the protection of the adjoining residential enclaves and the re-making of the urban node.

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