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Design Decoded: Apiculture and Architecture or What’s the buzz on honeybees and highrises?

  Looking up into a skyscraper for bees, designed by students at the University of Buffalo (image: Hive City) It’s been five years now since it was reported that, for the first time ever, more than half of the world’s population live in urban areas. Such a dramatic demographic shift comes with inevitable consequences – […]

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Design Decoded: The Architecture of Drones

Drones can’t just destroy, they can build. Although the military uses of drones are widely debated, less discussed are their potentially revolutionary civilian implications. They aren’t yet widespread, but drones are being used by hobbyists, photographers, farmers, ranchers, and they may even herald an entirely new type of architecture. Last year, Swiss architects Gramazio & Kohler, in collaboration with Raffaello D’Andrea, […]