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Jmitchell
Moleskine notebooks that can save handwritten notes digitally
Moleskine, the maker of fine notebooks, has teamed up with ‘smartpen’ company Livescribe, to create a range of notebooks that allow you to save your handwritten notes as digital files
Graffiti and Ghosts – street art in Belgrade
Belgrade has seen a creative flowering of urban graffiti, redefining its emerging creative quarter of Savamala and spreading across the city. Moscow-based cultural researcher and facilitator Anya Likalter visited the Serbian capital to sample the street art.
Architecture photographers choose their best shot
Even the most ardent architecture fans sometimes have to make do with photographs of buildings they may never get to see in real life. Luckily there are plenty of hugely talented photographers willing and able to capture these architectural marvels in their best light. To celebrate architecture photography we asked some of our favourite photographers to share the picture they’re most proud of having taken, tell us about how it was made and why they like it
Underground architecture – six of the best
While skyscrapers can be undeniably impressive, sometimes it’s those buildings that go down instead of up that are most intriguing. Building underground can save precious ground space as well as getting round strict planning regulations. We take a look at some of the best examples of subterranean architecture
The 10 best brutalist buildings
Perhaps the most divisive movement in architecture, Brutalism – a style characterised by a predominance of exposed concrete – is adored by some and abhorred by others. Art director Peter Chadwick is an ardent fan, and runs the website thisbrutalhouse.com. He chooses his 10 favourite brutalist buildings from around the world
Donald Trump to build Trump Tower in Mumbai
Businessman announces plans for a luxurious 75-plus storey residential tower in India
Santiago Calatrava-designed Florida Polytechnic University to Open
The new university, whose main buildings were designed by the famous Spanish architect, will officially open on 16 August
TV series explores ‘the true meaning of architecture’
Rebel Architecture, which begins on Al Jazeera English this week, looks past the glittering buildings of the ‘starchitects’ to focus on those who are using design to tackle the world’s urban, environmental and social crises
Outdoor Chandelier grows its own beautiful covering of ice
Belgian designer Arturo Erbsman has designed a series of products that embrace the elements, using ice and condensation to enhance their look and function
Haunting photographs of Britain’s Victorian Pauper Lunatic Asylums
A new book of photographs published by Amberley explores the obscure and almost forgotten world of Britain’s pauper lunatic asylums, ‘self contained villages for the apparently insane’.