No Image

A Large Green Roof Covers This Riverside Home

March 23, 2023 Erin 0

Architect Pawel Naduk of 77STUDIO in Warsaw, Poland, has designed a modern house with a green roof that’s located on the bank of the Vistula River. The home has been designed to subtly integrate into the natural shape of the land and allows for a usable green roof. A sloped ramp climbs from the garden […]

No Image

House EMGD / Ralph Germann architectes

March 23, 2023 Elisabeth Kostina 0

On a 991 square meter plot on the shores of the Lac de Joux, architect Ralph Germann created this residential project for a two-person household. The main wish of his clients was that all the main rooms should face the lake without any supporting pillars so that they could enjoy the panoramic view of the lake, which was a feat of engineering.

No Image

Copake Lake House / Desai Chia Architecture

March 23, 2023 Elisabeth Kostina 0

The Copake Lake House engages this lakefront property through a series of framed volumetric compositions and material details that capture views of the water. Cantilevering program elements create a flow between indoor and outdoor social programs while also shading the outdoor seating areas below.

No Image

Giant canopy shelters Sydney Plaza by Adjaye Associates and Daniel Boyd

March 23, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

A giant canopy that filters light through circular openings covers this public plaza in Sydney, which Ghanaian-British architect David Adjaye’s studio has created with artist Daniel Boyd. Named the Sydney Plaza & Community Building, the project aims to highlight the site’s heritage, which was once the land of the Eora nation – a group of

The post Giant canopy shelters Sydney Plaza by Adjaye Associates and Daniel Boyd appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Amsterdam apartment block features cupboard bedrooms

March 23, 2023 Rheanna Hopkins 0

Dutch design studio Blom Interieurs has created playful interiors with cupboard bedrooms for Shift Architecture Urbanism’s Domūs Houthaven residential complex in Amsterdam. The complex, which contains 235 compact rental apartments, was created to provide high-density living, utilising space and materials effectively. Each apartment contains a bedroom cupboard with built-in shelves and under-bed drawers. The sleeping

The post Amsterdam apartment block features cupboard bedrooms appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Mass timber “definitely not the right way to go” says Benjamin Kromoser

March 23, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Mass timber will not become a mainstream building product because it uses too much wood, construction material expert Benjamin Kromoser claims in this interview for the Timber Revolution. “If we go more in the direction of mass-timber buildings we don’t have enough material, so the idea of scaling it up in the near future will

The post Mass timber “definitely not the right way to go” says Benjamin Kromoser appeared first on Dezeen.

No Image

Dalston Works demonstrated that “timber is a viable alternative to concrete and steel at scale”

March 23, 2023 Jane Englefield 0

Up next in our Timber Revolution series we look at the Dalston Works apartment complex in London by Waugh Thistleton Architects, which is the world’s largest cross-laminated timber building. Completed in 2017, Dalston Works is a 10-storey residential development in east London that contains 121 apartments with balconies as well as two ground-level courtyards, retail and

The post Dalston Works demonstrated that “timber is a viable alternative to concrete and steel at scale” appeared first on Dezeen.