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Architecture as Translation: Africanfuturism in Folklore, Film, and Speculative Art
'Take your dream suppressants.' The opening line in Wanuri Kahiū's Pumzi, directed at our protagonist Asha, enforces the order of severing ties with hopeful futures and ancestral memories in pasts shared to compel her focus on the perpetual…
Obra Blanca 2026: Materials as a Starting Point for Discussing Architecture
Obra Blanca, the exhibition of finishes and design products for architecture, will celebrate its seventh edition from October 13 to 15, 2026, at Expo Santa Fe in Mexico City. Conceived for the architecture and interior design community, this…
A Tiny Architectural Mistake Turned a World's Fair Attraction Into a Deadly Trap
A deadly fire devouring a mega-fridge dubbed “The Greatest Refrigerator on Earth” might sound tragically ironic. Extreme cold isn't supposed to cause extreme heat, but that's exactly what happened when the massive cold storage…
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[Vantage Point] Inside the addictive architecture of the AI microdrama
The 90-second melodramas flickering across our phone screens are no longer mere digital junk food. Behind the frantic cliffhangers, the barrage of interstitial ads, and the constant badgering for virtual coins lies a multibillion-dollar enterprise…
Sculptural Wedding Dresses: Draping, Folds and Architectural Volume
Some wedding dresses decorate the body. Others appear to have been built around it. For 2027, bridal designers are increasingly treating fabric as a structural material: folding it, twisting it, draping it and engineering it into silhouettes that…
Two new Croatian houses showcase the architectural approach of Njirić+ arhitekti
These two Croatian houses represent the concise architectural approaches of the two partners of Zagreb firm Njirić+ arhitekti. Founding partner Hrvoje Njirić set up the studio in 2001 and was subsequently joined by Iskra…
Sovereign storage becomes an architecture decision for Europe - SiliconANGLE
Sovereign storage is becoming an architectural and operational consideration for European enterprises as they invest in AI, modernization and cyber resilience. Sovereignty now covers much more than where data is physically stored. Customers want to…
The Architecture of Dignity, Part II: A Platform Framework for Participatory Coordination
The principles of participatory coordination become more tangible when translated into a practical platform framework. Rather than creating another centralized charity system, such a platform would function as a lightweight orchestration layer…
Burnley architectural practice shortlisted for Lancashire property award
HAD & Co, which operates in Burnley and Blackburn, is a finalist for Planning Team of the Year at the Insider Lancashire Property Awards 2026. The firm specialises in residential change-of-use projects, new-build family homes, certificates of awful…
Stop Redrawing Your Architecture: YAML, SQL, Terraform and EXPLAIN Plans to Diagrams in One Paste
I have a confession: for years, the most out-of-date file in every repo I worked on was docs/architecture.png. It was never anyone's fault. The diagram was correct on the day someone drew it. Then a service got split, a Redis cache appeared, a…
Vinod Khosla believes ex-DeepMind engineer's Wajo will win agent market on trust
The personal-agent space has become closely competitive in the recent weeks, with Meta's Muse, OpenAI's Dot, and Instinct taking the lead and more competitors being launched each week. But Vinod Khosla is betting on former Google and DeepMind…
IRDAI Distribution Reforms: Brokers Predict 70% Revenue Loss, 1 Million Job Cuts
The Insurance Brokers Association of India has issued a stark warning that the IRDAI's proposed overhaul of insurance distribution practices could decimate intermediary revenues by up to 70 per cent and trigger a staggering 10 lakh job losses…
Design trends: Comfortably contemporary
One of the most common objections levelled at contemporary design is that all that open space, plain white walls, and absence of embellishment can make a space feel cold and even anonymous. Jessica Cinnamon's design for a King City new build…
Building Resilient Platforms: Insights from 20+ Years in Mission-Critical Infrastructure
Matthew Liste: I'm Matthew. I'm at American Express where I run infrastructure. I've been there a bit over two years. I was at JPMorganChase for nine years before that, similar roles, platform engineering roles. Then I started my career in…
AI storage strategy: Three insights from Supermicro's summit- SiliconANGLE
AI storage strategy is taking on a larger role as enterprises move from successful experiments to systems that must deliver dependable business results. How organizations store, serve and manage data increasingly shapes the performance, cost and…
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