Publications
Materia regularly publishes articles in relevant journals and on our own website.
Below you will find all the relevant articles and columns; for inspiration, information and entertainment.
Do you know of interesting articles we should include here? Let us know on info@materia.nl
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Yas hotel |
Hani Rashid + Lise Anne Couture from Asymptote designed the Yas hotel as part of the Yas Marina race track development in Abu Dabai. The 85,000-square-meter complex comprises of two 12 story buildings and is the first newly... |
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British pavilion |
Thomas Heatherwick (Heatherwick Studio ) designed a fascinating lit cube design for the UK Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai. Visitors will see 60,000 slender transparent rods, which draw on daylight to illuminate the... |
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Bike sharing |
The Zurich based architect and designer Rafael Schmidt (RAFAA)submitted a new bike sharing system to a competition organised by last year’s International Climate Conference in Copenhagen. The system involves a comprehensive... |
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Colorful |
Architect Ryuji Nakamura explores the effect of colours on solids with his mysterious installation Colorful. Using only paint and corrugated cardboard he produced a solid form with an ever-changing character.
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All Seasons Tent Tower |
OFIS Architecture proposes a solar-powered earthquake-proof tower as a part of the Mercedes-Benz hotel tower competition for the city of Yerevan in Armenia. The ‘All Seasons Tent Tower’ embraces renewable energy and energy... |
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