Month: May 2023

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Markus Benesch designs Alpine home for fabled “tuntschi” doll

May 3, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

A vengeful doll from an Alpine folk tale was the imagined occupant of this colourful cabin-style home created by German designer Markus Benesch at Milan design week. The maximalist Alpine Rising installation featured decorative Alpine-style furniture and multi-coloured wall coverings, all filled with references to life in the mountains. Benesch developed the design after becoming

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Fighting Slavery and Child Labor in Architecture: An Interview with Sharon Prince

May 3, 2023 Romullo Baratto 0

Dismantling the system of slave and child labor in the architecture and construction industry does not seem like a simple task, especially on a global scale. However, this is precisely the mission of the Design for Freedom (DFF) initiative, created by CEO and founder of the Grace Farms Foundation, Sharon Prince, along with Bill Menking, professor and editor-in-chief of The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Modern Aquatic Architecture: 5 Homes Around the World that Make the Case for Living on Water

May 3, 2023 Claire Brodka 0

Following findings from a study published in the Nature Ecology & Evolution journal this April, it has become public knowledge that the phenomenon dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (an area of 620,000 square miles between California and Hawaii) is serving as host to an entire coastal ecosystem. Marine wildlife is using the massive area compiled of human plastic waste as a floating habitat, and scientists are shocked at the number of species that have managed to establish life in this otherwise hostile environment.

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DSTRCT.Berlin “Old Slaughterhouses” / Gewers Pudewill

May 3, 2023 Andreas Luco 0

After 30 years of vacancy, decay, and fire damage, new life was brought into the last remaining unrenovated halls of the former slaughterhouse, which are listed as historical monuments. The refurbishment and structural-physical upgrading in line with the requirements of a listed building was equivalent to a completely new building in terms of technical and financial expenditure.

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Gutter House / Atelier Daniel Florez

May 3, 2023 Valeria Silva 0

Gutter House is a project of two paired beach houses for two friends in a fishing village in Sagi, a village in northeastern Brazil, the closest South American continental point to Europe. For centuries, the ships of the Portuguese Empire have sailed those waters swayed by the trade winds that they used for trading, fishing, and building cities and settlements.

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Sewoonsangga Re-Structuring Citywalk / modostudio

May 3, 2023 Valeria Silva 0

For many years the Seoul city planning Department has activated a process of enhancement of public pedestrian spaces and paths through the creation of a large infrastructural network able to fluidify pedestrian paths and connect different areas of the city at different levels; ground, underground, and aboveground. This process includes the project of re-structuring the Sewoonsangga Citywalk.

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R-House / K.N.Associates

May 2, 2023 Hana Abdel 0

A three-level bungalow in Vadodara designed for a traditional Gujarati joint family. This home by K.N. Associates was built with exposed brick and RCC; the structure is contemporary while being rooted in its site and context.