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From electric to people power: historic plant wins gong

A public building on the site of a historic rural power station and an outback arts space are among the winners of Australia's top architecture awards.

AAP · Nov 7, 2024

New Mercedes-AMG SUV Will Be An 'AMG First, All-Electric Second'

Mercedes-AMG has its own dedicated electric vehicle architecture called AMG.EA that it plans to underpin several models. The first is an electric equivalent for the AMG GT four-door fastback, followed by a full-size SUV.

InsideEVs · Nov 7, 2024

As London’s V&A spotlights Mughal-era design, Santi Jewels tells of its enduring relevance

‘The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence’ is about to open at London’s V&A. Here, Mughal jewellery expert and Santi Jewels founder Krishna Choudhary tells us of the influence the dynasty holds today

Wallpaper · Nov 6, 2024

Sun Tower is a new Chinese cultural attraction that draws on the celestial cycle

Sun Tower, an imaginative cultural attraction by Open Architecture, draws on the natural cycle and has just opened in China's seaside town of Yantai

Wallpaper · Nov 4, 2024

Valve Engineer's AMD Linux RADV Vulkan driver fix boosted an FSR2 demo sample app by 228% on RDNA 2 GPUs

A Linux performance issue with an AMD FSR 2 sample on RDNA 2 GPUs has been fixed.

Tom’s Hardware · Nov 3, 2024

Light, nature and modernist architecture: welcome to the reimagined Longwood Gardens

Longwood Gardens and its modernist Roberto Burle Marx-designed greenhouse get a makeover by Weiss/Manfredi and Reed Hildebrand in the US

Wallpaper · Nov 3, 2024

Meet the 2024 Royal Academy Dorfman Prize winner: Livyj Bereh from Ukraine

The 2024 Royal Academy Dorfman Prize winner has been crowned: congratulations to architecture collective Livyj Bereh from Ukraine, praised for its rebuilding efforts during the ongoing war in the country

Wallpaper · Nov 1, 2024

Ford F-150 Lightning Production Hits A Speed Bump

The Ford F-150 Lightning was supposed to be the Blue Oval's big EV win. I mean, you take the best-selling vehicle in the U.S., convert it to electric, and unleash it on the masses. Surely that's a recipe for success, right? And in many ways, it has been—just with sales,…

InsideEVs · Oct 31, 2024

The Spirit of Paimio brings new life to the modernist landmark

The second edition of the Spirit of Paimio conference, ‘Reimagining Community’, brings together a group of architects, writers, designers, astrophysicists, and artists to think and talk about what it means to be in community at the sanatorium turned Modernist site

Wallpaper · Oct 29, 2024

What cloud outages tell us about putting your eggs in one basket

Following recent major tech outages, we must consider how data architecture will effect business success.

TechRadar · Oct 29, 2024