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Madam Architectuur perches green-tiled home extension on curved concrete terrace

March 27, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Brussel-based architecture studio Madam Architectuur has renovated a home in Dilbeek, Belgium, adding a green-tiled extension built on a green-pigmented concrete base. Green hues were chosen for the extension to match the surrounding lush landscape and set it apart from the existing white house, which was built in 1937. Named Sofie, Madam Architectuur aimed to

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Studio Gang begins construction on Parisian university built with 50 per cent natural materials

March 26, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Construction is progressing on a mass-timber academic building with a stone facade designed by architecture firm Studio Gang for the University of Chicago campus in Paris. The University of Chicago John W Boyer Center was designed by Studio Gang in accordance with the French sustainability law requiring new public buildings to be built from at least

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MVRDV unveils residential high-rises for Tencent smart city in Shenzhen

March 25, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Dutch studio MVRDV has revealed a series of residential high-rises arranged around courtyards in Shenzhen’s Qianhai bay, which will form part of a smart city development by technology company Tencent. Named Tencent 5, the residential complex will have four courtyards surrounded by 11 apartment buildings and an adjacent kindergarten, designed to be a neighbourhood that fosters

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MAD reveals design for Lishui Airport with swooping “bird-like” roof

March 20, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Chinese architecture studio MAD has unveiled its design for the Lishui Airport in China, which will feature a swooping white roof informed by soaring birds. Perched on a hilly terrain 15 kilometres outside the city centre, the domestic airport will be the first to service the city of Lishui. A swooping roof rising up to almost

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Pelli Clarke & Partners completes Japan’s tallest skyscraper in Tokyo

March 19, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

US studio Pelli Clarke & Partners has completed Japan’s tallest skyscraper, the Mori JP Tower, as part of the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo. At 330 metres high, the glass-clad Mori JP Tower is Tokyo’s first supertall skyscraper and the tallest building in Japan, exceeding the 300-metre-tall Abeno Harukas in Osaka, also designed by Pelli Clarke

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BDP wraps waterside stadium in double-helix walking route

March 19, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

UK architecture studio BDP has unveiled the Suoyuwan Barracuda Bay Stadium in Dalian Bay, China, which is wrapped with a spiral footpath that overlooks the waterside. The 63,000-capacity football stadium was designed by BDP’s sports and entertainment division BDP Pattern with engineering firm Buro Happold, aiming to create a landmark for the city of Dalian. Located

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Architects for Gaza plans to deliver free education to architecture students in Gaza

March 18, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Online group Architects for Gaza has launched the Gaza Global University to offer free education to architecture students impacted by the Israel-Hamas conflict. Architects for Gaza (AFG), which is led by architects and University of Westminster educators Nasser Golzari and Yara Sharif, revealed it was establishing Gaza Global University earlier this month. AFG plans to

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Powerhouse Company completes Europe’s first mass-timber academic building

March 14, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Dutch studio Powerhouse Company has created the Marga Klompé Building at Tilburg University, the Netherlands, is “the first college building in Europe to be entirely constructed from solid wood”. Situated on a forested university campus in Tilburg, the cuboid building has a mass timber structure and facades clad in Portuguese stone. The main structure and internal

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Construction commences on world’s “tallest 3D-printed structure” Tor Alva

March 7, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architects Michael Hansmeyer and Benjamin Dillenburger are creating a 30-metre-tall tower in the Swiss Alps, which is being 3D-printed with concrete by technology university ETH Zurich. Named Tor Alva, or White Tower, the building will become the world’s “tallest 3D-printed structure” once complete in Mulegns later this year, according to Hansmeyer and Dillenburger. ETH Zurich

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“More good architects should get involved in social housing” says Daniel Libeskind

March 6, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architects with creative flair are needed to overcome stigmas around social housing, urges Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind in this Social Housing Revival interview. “More good architects should get involved in social housing,” Libeskind told Dezeen. “We need creativity to overcome the social-housing stigma and we need architects who can invent new ways to create housing

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