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Another car brand enters residential design: MINI is creating China's first co-living project

2018-03-08T13:49:00-05:00

With its newest project, the MINI Living building in Shanghai, the car brand is continuing its venture into the urban living sector. The rental market in big cities across the world is an interesting addition to the list of urban challenges that it seeks to address with its MINI Living program.

Image: MINI

"MINI LIVING will become a home for singles, sharers and families on short, medium-term and extended tenancies," a statement by the BMW-owned car(ish) brand explains the co-living concept. "The design and therefore the character of the apartment interiors is international, modern and clean, and features references to the history of Shanghai. However, living in an apartment that occupies only a small surface area in no way means going without. Anything that doesn’t fit inside the apartments can be accommodated in the adjacent spaces."

The "Impossible" Car – Faraday Future's lead designer, Richard Kim, on One-to-One #17

2016-04-04T18:17:00-04:00

Richard Kim is a pretty busy guy – as the head designer at emerging electric vehicle company, Faraday Future, Kim is tasked with creating the company's very first EV for production, destined to compete with Tesla and, as he sees it, the airline industry. No public design is available yet, but Kim hopes to do the "impossible" and ready the car for production in 2017. We found some time in his tight schedule to discuss his role at Faraday Future and what's in store for car ownership and operation in the coming years, as automation and electric battery capabilities open up new paradigms for the humble automobile.

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London 2012 BMW Pavilion by Serie Architects

2012-08-13T17:16:00-04:00

With the London 2012 Olympic Games still fondly in our memories, here is another architectural attraction you may have missed while watching the recent sporting events: the London 2012 BMW Group Pavilion designed by Serie Architects.