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Conen Sigl references “robust” industrial structures for Westhof housing in Zurich

August 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Conen Sigl has completed a cooperative housing block near Zurich, topped by a greenhouse-style pergola referencing the area’s industrial and agricultural history. Named Westhof, the block of 87 flats and six commercial units forms part of the development of Hochbord in Dübendorf – a former industrial neighbourhood in Switzerland undergoing major transformation into

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Conen Sigl references “robust” industrial structures for Westhof housing in Zurich

August 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Architecture studio Conen Sigl has completed a cooperative housing block near Zurich, topped by a greenhouse-style pergola referencing the area’s industrial and agricultural history. Named Westhof, the block of 87 flats and six commercial units forms part of the development of Hochbord in Dübendorf – a former industrial neighbourhood in Switzerland undergoing major transformation into

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“Paris has had more than 100 years to prepare to host the Olympics”

August 5, 2024 Christian Benimana 0

Olympic Games should be planned decades in advance to give more cities in the Global South the chance of hosting and reaping the cultural and infrastructural benefits, writes Christian Benimana as part of our Olympic Impact series. Training an athlete to become an Olympian takes a minimum of eight to nine years. It involves thousands

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“Paris has had more than 100 years to prepare to host the Olympics”

August 5, 2024 Christian Benimana 0

Olympic Games should be planned decades in advance to give more cities in the Global South the chance of hosting and reaping the cultural and infrastructural benefits, writes Christian Benimana as part of our Olympic Impact series. Training an athlete to become an Olympian takes a minimum of eight to nine years. It involves thousands

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Fielden Fowles creates “living laboratory” in Natural History Museum gardens

August 5, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Planted landscapes are woven around a pair of timber-framed buildings in the Natural History Museum gardens in London, revamped by local studios Feilden Fowles and J&L Gibbons. Overhauled for the first time in the museum’s 140-year history, the gardens have been divided into different zones with planting and signage that aim to tell the story

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Indigenous design “is the way forward” on sustainability says Elisapeta Heta

August 5, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Most of New Zealand’s built environment has been designed without considering the culture of Māori and Pacific Islander communities, architect Elisapeta Heta tells Dezeen in this interview. Heta is a principal at New Zealand architecture studio Jasmax, as well as a Māori, Samoan and Tokelauan community advocate and co-founder of Māori design collective Waka Māia.

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