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Zara.com offices in Arteixo / Batlleiroig

September 14, 2022 Pilar Caballero 0

The Zara.com building adds 63.184 m² to the Inditex complex in Arteixo with a new volume that provides a sober image characterized by verticality. The configuration of their workspaces generates the necessary flexibility for the firm, thanks to large free heights that obtain a better environmental quality and spacious rest areas, with views and natural light. A highly efficient building that achieves LEED Platinum sustainability certification.

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NOA extends Alpine hotel with wellness area resembling an upside-down village

September 14, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Hub of Huts by NOA at South Tyrol hotel

Network of Architecture referenced reflections in water when creating the Hub of Huts, a well-being area that appears to defy gravity at the Hotel Hubertus in South Tyrol. Supported by large tree-like columns, the structure sits close to a projecting glass-bottomed pool that Italian studio Network of Architecture (NOA) created for the Italian resort in

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Atomik Architecture staff initiate “historic strike ballot” in UK

September 14, 2022 Lizzie Crook 0
Atomik Architecture staff who are balloting to strike

Staff at the London studio Atomik Architecture are balloting to strike over working conditions, making them the first group of architectural workers in the private sector in the UK to do so, according to their union. Atomik Architecture workers notified their employers yesterday that they are initiating a strike ballot to demand improvements to both

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Melbourne courtyard house by BKK Architects “explores shades of privacy”

September 14, 2022 Katie Last 0
Keep House by BKK Architects

Australian architecture studio BKK Architects has created Keep House, a home in Melbourne that plays with levels of privacy to stay connected to nature but separated from the nearby public parkland. The home, which was designed for a couple and their teenage children, is located on a wedge-shaped plot of land next to suburban parkland.

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“People should start living differently” says commenter

September 14, 2022 Rebecca Grove 0
"The design industry needs to imagine a world where we use less energy, full stop"

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Kate Treggiden’s opinion piece on solar and renewable energy and other top architecture and design stories. Architects and designers have a huge part to play in the solar revolution, but they also need to find ways to reduce our energy consumption overall, wrote Making Design Circular founder

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Watch our talk with MAD Architects about social housing around the world

September 14, 2022 Sebastian Jordahn 0

Dezeen has teamed up with MAD Architects on a live talk exploring social housing in different regions around the world. Watch the talk live today at 3:00pm UK time. Moderated by Dezeen’s editor Tom Ravenscroft, the talk will hear from three architecture studios that have designed social housing schemes – MAD, Peter Barber Architects and

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