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【ADF Web Magazine】10 Best Building Information Modeling (BIM) Software

The software market is inundated with different types of software. This could leave Architect, Engineer, and Construction (AEC) professionals overwhelmed as to which Building Information Modeling (BIM) solutions they should go with when executing their construction projects.

【ADF Web Magazine】Team Lab, Borderless in Tokyo

A detailed report by architecture Matteo Belfiore about TeamLab's must-experience exhibition "Boarderless" held in Odaiba, Tokyo. "Borderless" acts on the stimulation of the senses using light sources, tactile surfaces, music and aromas which are effective as a therapy to heal the mind.

【ADF Web Magazine】Elkus Manfredi Architects Enlisted to Design the New Life Science Building

66 Galen Street is a new commercial development comprised of 231,000 sqft of life science building located in Watertown, Massachusetts, a burgeoning life sciences hub just outside of Boston. Elkus Manfredi Architects is enlisted to design this place-making destination, the first of two phases of the redevelopment plan of the area.

ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021 Winners Announced

We are pleased to announce the winners for the ADF Milano Salone Design Award 2021. Takuto Ohta swept the Best Performance Award, followed by Boey Wang and Alexander Schul winning the Outstanding Performance Awards. Congratulations to all the winners for their outstanding performances, and we are truly grateful for all the support we received for this award to be a success.

【ADF Web Magazine】Exo, Elnaz Javani and Annette Hur, curated by Azadeh Gholizadeh at Devening Projects

Artist and freelance writer, AMANDA JOY CALOBRISI contributed a report on the EXO exhibition held in Chicago IL. The exhibition features recent work by Annette Hur and Elnaz Javani curated by Azadeh Gholizadeh.

【ADF Web Magazine】An Interior Design, Inspired by the Russian avant-garde

Maxim Kashin Architects has created a geometric designed interior space, named "Golden Mile", inspired by the Russian Avant-garde. White colour, the colour of endless space in the suprematist paintings, has evolved in the interior, creating a geometric volume of the whole space. It is self-sufficient and also a background for the interior’s main elements – geometric dominating sculptures.

【ADF Web Magazine】A solution by Kostow Greenwood Architects

A solution from a team of architects and designers at Kostow Greenwood Architects addresses the demise of the physical retail industry, in particular antiquated large-scale shopping malls.
The concept involves a dynamic mix of cultural space, public amenities, restaurants, retail and housing coming together as a new form of community center by re-purposing obsolete sites.

Tie-up contract with APSDA

ADF(NPO Aoyama Design Forum) recently signed a business tie-up contract with Asia Pacific Space Designers Association (APSDA), a large interior design association in the Asia-Oceania region.

This cooperation will encourage a nurture better understanding of their cultures and provide a higher quality of information about design than ever before.

【ADF Web Magazine】Mark Pasnik, AIA Founding Principal, OverUnder Boston, MA

Architect, Author and Activist, Mark Pasnik, a Founding Principal at OverUnder is the only Architect honored on this year's OUT100.
Mark Pasnik is an architect, author, and professor who co-founded OverUnder, a multidisciplinary practice engaged in architecture and design projects ranging from books to city design in the United States and abroad.

【ADF Web Magazine】The Scale of Man’s Best Friend - Architecture for Dogs

An architect and a dog lover, Von (Yvonne) Chua contributes a report on "Architecture for dogs" exhibition held in Japan House in London, a collection of architectural designs for dogs by leading architects and designers in the world.

【ADF Web Magazine】Massage Near Me

A report contributed by development writer, Riley Yaxley, talks about the Chinese artist Evelyn Taocheng Wang's art work shown during the 2016 Dorothea von Stetten Award exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Bonn in Germany, where Wang offered massage to the visitors as part of her exhibition. The performance makes the exhibition unique for interrogating the division of intellectual and bodily labor.

【ADF Web Magazine】Alberghi Diffusi - A new paradigm of hospitality from Italy to Japan

An interesting report by artist and researcher, Matteo Belfiore, about a new paradigm of hospitality born in Italy. This widespread hotel concept brought into Japan last year by the National Association of Diffused Hotels is helping the revitalization of local communities.

【ADF Web Magazine】Urban Parks - A Welcomed Respite in Cities

A report by Von Chua, known for a Chartered Architect leading the creative directions at Von X Architects, an architecture and interior architecture studio based in London, England. She explains some characteristic of urban parks with projects in Tokyo, NY and UK.

【ADF Web Magazine】New Font Family “Mireille” Comes with a French Vibe

German type designer Anita Jürgeleit introduced her new typeface "Mireille" which is a homage to the french culture. It is a serif typeface with 7 styles, 1000 glyphs, over 100 alternates and ligatures and a lot of joy and elegance.

【ADF Web Magazine】“TURBO MILANO”, THE BLUE STATEMENT IN TOWN

Product designer, Virginia Alluzzi introduces the new landmark in Milan, "TURBO MILANO", a restaurant, a bar, and an event venue based on a vision for sustainable future.

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