In the beginning of 2020 the talk series Architects, not Architecture (AnA) decided to go digital adapting to the restrictions for cultural events due to the covid-19 pandemic. Throughout the whole year and into the first quarter of 2021 their new talk series dubbed Virtual World Tour (VWT) expanded their reach from a Eurocentric approach to a global talk series, unfolding intellectual biographies of renowned and relevant international architects through the screens of thousands of viewers in their homes.
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Architects, not Architecture Announce Season 2 of their Virtual World Tour
https://www.archdaily.com/969886/architects-not-architecture-announce-season-2-of-their-virtual-world-tourAbhinav Thakar / Architects, not Architecture
Clouds AO Unveils Floating Space Lab in Japan
Clouds Architecture Office have revealed a new design for a space research lab that floats above a crater in Oita, Japan. Called AVATAR X LAB, the design was made for ANA Holdings Inc. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The lab aims to be part of ANA's AVATAR Vision, an endeavor to advance and pioneer real-world Avatar technologies, and JAXA's new research and development program J-SPARC. The lab was designed to advance understanding of space exploration and development.
https://www.archdaily.com/905904/clouds-ao-unveils-floating-space-lab-in-japanEric Baldwin