{"id":3022,"date":"2013-10-29T09:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T13:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/?p=3022"},"modified":"2013-10-24T15:14:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T19:14:33","slug":"urban-planet-takes-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/national\/2013\/10\/29\/urban-planet-takes-village\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: It takes a village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They say, it takes a village. And that was just the case when it came to getting seven <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/441385\/world-famous-architects-design-bus-stops-for-tiny-austrian-village\/\">prominent architects to design bus stations<\/a> for the small town of Krumbach, Austria. As a part of <em>Kultur Krumbach&#8217;s<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kulturkrumbach.at\">BUS:STOP<\/a> project, internationally renowned architects, from seven different countries, submitted proposals for local bus shelters designed to encourage a dialogue about both the regional materials and building methods, as well as on the topic of global collaborations within architectural design.<\/p>\n<p>Having attracted the likes of Alexander Brodsky, Amateur Architecture Studio, Architecten de Vylder Vinck Taillieu, Ensamble Studio, Rintala Eggertsson Architects, Smiljan Radic, and Sou Fujimoto, BUS:STOP&#8217;s gallery exhibit blurs the line between international architecture and local transit needs. This was also achieved through the pairing of each visiting architect with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/389079\/bus-stop-krumbach-7-architects-7-buildings-7-statements\/\">local architect<\/a>\u00a0to help incorporate local cultural and building techniques.<\/p>\n<p>And the one perk for the architects involved? 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