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Kö-Bogen II Office Building / ingenhoven architects

August 2, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

Sustainability is a mission: Eight kilometers of hornbeam hedges for a supergreen®-project. Over 30,000 plants – Europe’s largest green facade. The facade is an essential element of the Kö-Bogen II commercial and office building. The ensemble marks the conclusion of an urban renewal project in the heart of Düsseldorf. It also represents a paradigm shift: from an urban perspective, it signals a departure from the automotive era and a turn towards people-oriented planning. With Europe’s largest green facade, it offers an urban response to climate change and creating a new green heart in Düsseldorf’s inner city.

CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota Design Museum of Carbon Fiber Made of the Same Material

August 2, 2021 Eric Baldwin 0

CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota have designed the new MAE museum dedicated to carbon fiber. Made of the same material, the museum is designed to showcase its ecological potential. As a material that is central to the future of manufacturing, the project will be built largely out of carbon fiber, both new and recycled, pursuing a circular approach to design.

FORM/Kouichi Kimura creates geometric hair salon and home in Japan

August 2, 2021 Jon Astbury 0

Japanese studio FORM/Kouichi Kimura Architects has completed Landscape House, a stack of intersecting cuboid forms in Shiga that combines the client’s home with their hair salon business. The cluster of concrete, white-rendered and metal-clad forms has been arranged symmetrically, oriented to allow a large window in the projecting living room to frame dramatic views of

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‘sunsight to sunclipse’ is an installation that is in direct contact with the environment

August 2, 2021 Gustav Düsing 0

in an interview at the german academy in rome, villa massimo, architect gustav düsing speaks about some of his recent projects and how they tackle climate change and material shortages.
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Heatherwick’s Vessel closes again after fourth suicide

August 2, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

The Vessel viewpoint at New York’s Hudson Yards has temporarily closed after a fourth person died by suicide after jumping from the Heatherwick Studio-designed structure. The attraction is currently closed after a 14-year-old boy jumped from its eighth floor last Thursday, just two months after the viewpoint reopened with new measures in place to prevent suicides. It

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Vacation House on Folegandros Island / Demetrios Issaias – Tassis Papaioannou, Architects

August 2, 2021 Pilar Caballero 0

Situated near the Chora of Folegandros Island, the vacation house is built on a steep slope that opens towards the view of the Aegean Sea. The building breaks down into smaller volumes to respond to the context of the adjacent historic settlement, which is characterized by small-scale cubic structures. The house’s four volumes accommodate respectively the distinct programmatic units of the living room, kitchen, bedroom, and guest house.

local rough larch strips clad small house + workshop in switzerland by lionel ballmer

August 2, 2021 Lionel Ballmer 0

the structure adopts a warm natural exterior and an overall intimate character while blending harmoniously with the vegetal surroundings.
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corrugated iron-clad stacked masses assemble this red house in indonesia

August 2, 2021 ismail 0

the house is accessed by a suspended staircase, made of perforated metal planes maximizing the use of natural light.
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Five architecture and design events in August from Dezeen Events Guide

August 2, 2021 Alice Finney 0

The second virtual Burning Man festival, an architecture conference featuring Bjarke Ingels and an online talk by Venus Williams at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2021 are just some of the global events listed in Dezeen Events Guide this August. Other additions to the August roster of events include Open House Prague, Summer Design Week

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