Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 feature. Arup geologist Paola Blasi, who advises architects on how to use stone, said the material is finally reappearing
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Bijoy Jain, founder of Indian architecture practice Studio Mumbai, has created a series of structures and furniture made from natural materials for the Breath of an Architect exhibition at Paris’s Fondation Cartier gallery. Most of the pieces on display in the Jean Nouvel-designed building were designed by Jain specifically for the exhibition and made in
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The sustainability of structural stone is dependent on how and where it is quarried and its reputation as an infinite material is misleading, warns Slovak-British architect Natalia Petkova in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. “I would caution against claims of stone being a revolutionary sustainable material – we miss the opportunity to think critically when
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Seoul studio AOA Architects has created Hoji Gangneung, a series of uniquely shaped concrete dwellings linked by a raised, circular path in the South Korean countryside. Located in Gangwon-do, Hoji Gangneung includes a family house for the owner and three guesthouses, along with a communal building. AOA Architects designed one of the four homes with
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Seoul studio AOA Architects has created Hoji Gangneung, a series of uniquely shaped concrete dwellings linked by a raised, circular path in the South Korean countryside. Located in Gangwon-do, Hoji Gangneung includes a family house for the owner and three guesthouses, along with a communal building. AOA Architects designed one of the four homes with
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This week on Dezeen, aerial images showed construction progressing on projects involved in the Saudi mega-development Neom, including The Line megacity, Oxagon port and Sindalah island resort. In a bid to prove the controversial project was moving forward, The Line’s chief operating officer Giles Pendleton shared the images in a LinkedIn post titled “Neom is real”. The aerial
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Developer Omniyat has revealed plans for the Vela and Vela Viento residential skyscrapers in Dubai, which will be designed by British studio Foster + Partners and feature apartments with skybridge dining rooms. Located in the Marasi Bay development, Foster + Partners’ design for the pair of skyscrapers is characterised by floor-to-ceiling windows wrapped by terraces that
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British studio RSHP has unveiled plans to overhaul the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, France, adding an extension to exhibit the 70-metre-long, historic tapestry. RSHP’s design will involve restoring the existing 17th-century museum and extending it to better display the embroidered cloth that depicts the lead-up to William I’s conquest of England in 1066. The
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From a bold blue apartment in Paris to an all-lilac kitchen in Stockholm, this lookbook rounds up renovations that cleverly use bright colours to update and refresh home interiors. While neutral colour palettes are often chosen for a sense of serenity, embracing bold and bright colours can add a sense of fun to a home
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Curving walls and windows placed “like notes in a melody” define the latest Maggie’s Centre, designed by architecture firm Studio Libeskind for the Royal Free Hospital in London. Situated to the side of the hospital’s car park, Maggie’s Royal Free features a bold, sinuous shape that aims to draw visitors into its warm and inviting
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