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BUILDINGS AS PEOPLE

Project: Shape Tomorrow

Location: Berlin, Germany

Firm: HWKN, New York, U.S.

Team: Matthias Hollwich with Dorin Baul, Jessica Knobloch, Robert May and Olga Snowden

Photo: Marco van Oel

“Shape Tomorrow conveys a difficult thing for most— Primo Orpilla

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