Month: April 2024

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Overhanging roof shelters wooden hall in Germany by Steimle Architekten

April 1, 2024 Katie Last 0

Local spruce wood is used throughout Markolfhalle Markelfingen, a multipurpose hall that architecture studio Steimle Architekten has added to the edge of a lake in Germany. Located on the northern shore of Lake Constance in the Radolfzell district, the timber building contains sports courts and a stage for events, unified by a cantilevered roof overhead.

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Montgomery County has found a way to reinvigorate public housing in America

April 1, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

As part of Dezeen’s Social Housing Revival series, we look at how one county in Maryland is leading the way in the US after devising a novel public-development strategy to help combat its housing crisis. Montgomery is a growing county on the outskirts of the Washington DC metropolitan area that has come up with a method

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Lang 靚 House / Austin Maynard Architects

April 1, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

Lang 靚 is a new, double-storey house in South Yarra that reflects the owner’s vision for “a wellness-enhancing home that is architectural and inspirational.” The result of exploring “a different sort of mindset,” the design deliberately avoids hallways and corridors and instead maximizes the potential for open space, natural light, and greenery on a relatively small inner-city-sized block.

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Dezeen’s top five houses of March 2024

April 1, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Dezeen’s top five houses of the month for March include a timber and concrete residence that is “designed to be overlooked” and a copper-clad home in Colorado that creates “semi-reflections” of the landscape. Also on the list is a converted pig shed, a low-lying white-and-black home informed by mid-century modernism and a dark-stained cedar dwelling that

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Destudio inverts day and night zones at redesigned Casa Inversa apartment

April 1, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Architecture office Destudio has remodelled an apartment in Valencia for a couple of empty nesters, swapping the positions of the living and sleeping areas so they perform better for the owners’ lifestyles. The clients, who recently worked with Destudio to design their pharmacy in the Spanish city, invited the studio to oversee the renovation of

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Six architecture and design events in April from Dezeen Events Guide

April 1, 2024 Sophie Chapman 0

Design festivals Milan design week and Boston Design Week are among the architecture and design events featured in Dezeen Events Guide this April. Other events taking place during the month include Bruges Triennial, Concéntrico 10, Latin American Design Festival and DesignMarch. Latin American Design Festival 11 to 12 April, Peru Lima, Peru, hosts the annual

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Retail Design in the Metaverse: A New Venture for Architects

April 1, 2024 Ankitha Gattupalli 0

The evolution of retail design warrants a study of architectural practice in the digital realm. While physical commercial spaces have been the conventional center of shopping experiences, the emergent frontier of the metaverse—an interconnected network of virtual 3D environments—indicates an important shift in brand-consumer interactions. For architects, this liminal space presents a unique canvas, free from the material constraints that have traditionally molded design ideations. The metaverse is a new terrain where the architecture of imagination may be fully realized, inviting a reconceptualization of retail design possibilities.

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Desert X AlUla 2024 Visitor Centre / KWY.studio

April 1, 2024 Clara Ott 0

The Desert X AlUla 2024 Visitor Centre is located at the end of a narrow canyon, a cul-de-sac that implied the position of the building as well as its spatial organisation. Nested between rock formations, the structure offers a singular uninterrupted view towards the West, starkly contrasting with the adjacent canyon walls to the North, East, and South. These immediate views of the stratified cliffs become essential to the experience.

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The Art of Building Better: How Sustainable Technologies Can Reshape Construction

April 1, 2024 Rene Submissions 0

Surface preparation is crucial in ensuring the longevity and effectiveness of coatings in construction. In fact, studies show that up to 80% of premature coating failures can be attributed to inadequate surface preparation. These failures typically manifest in the form of peeling, blistering, and cracking, which diminish a building’s appearance and compromise structural integrity.