When Mixed-Use Architecture Uses Open Facades to Make Friends

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Let’s talk. Good communication is key to building and maintaining working relationships, be they personal, romantic, business, or geopolitical. The importance of communication with and respect for one’s neighbors is a lesson that has featured heavily in many texts and teachings from all religions and cultures for millennia, possibly sparking civilization itself. 

Some of the fastest growing economies are keen to shout from their garden rooftops about their growing environmentalism, infrastructure, attractive investment opportunities, and rising architectural scene, but also to keep alive the history and culture of their past, and build socially active environments.

These four building projects from across East Asia and Europe both visually and symbolically invite guests inside to see how they operate, building positive relationships with residents of the building and the city, and visitors from beyond.

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Cite: James Wormald. "When Mixed-Use Architecture Uses Open Facades to Make Friends" 06 Jun 2023. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1001509/when-mixed-use-architecture-uses-open-facades-to-make-friends> ISSN 0719-8884

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