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Dezeen’s top 10 carbon-neutral buildings of 2020

December 19, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Exterior of Powerhouse Telemark by Snøhetta in Porsgrunn, Norway

For our 2020 review, we take a look at 10 of the best examples of carbon-neutral design, including zero-carbon and carbon-negative buildings, such as a floating off-grid office and a house made of hempcrete. Hotel Bauhofstrasse, Germany, by Von M The snow-white, shingle-clad Hotel Bauhofstrasse in Ludwigsburg was built to be the first carbon-neutral building

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Dezeen’s top 10 carbon-neutral buildings of 2020

December 19, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Exterior of Powerhouse Telemark by Snøhetta in Porsgrunn, Norway

For our 2020 review, we take a look at 10 of the best examples of carbon-neutral design, including zero-carbon and carbon-negative buildings, such as a floating off-grid office and a house made of hempcrete. Hotel Bauhofstrasse, Germany, by Von M The snow-white, shingle-clad Hotel Bauhofstrasse in Ludwigsburg was built to be the first carbon-neutral building

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Architecture49 tops Le Littoral holiday home with off-centre volume

December 11, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Le Littoral, Canada, by Architecture 49

Canadian studio Architecture49 has completed Le Littoral, a holiday rental property in Charlevoix, Québec, which was informed by local architecture but has been given a contemporary feel with an off-centre upper level. The house, which is set next to the Saint Lawrence River in Canada, was built from a skeleton of locally sourced, FSC-certified wood

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Carlo Ratti Associati stacks tennis courts on top of each other for Playscraper building

December 11, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Carlo Ratti Associati's Playscraper tennis tower

Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and architect Italo Rota have designed a concept for a tower called Playscraper, which is a temporary structure that consists of eight tennis courts layered on top of each other. The conceptual Playscraper rises 90 metres (300 feet) into the sky and has 5,500 square metres (60,000 square feet) of

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Enter Projects Asia weaves rattan sculptures through Spice & Barley restaurant in Bangkok

December 10, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
View of Spice and Barley by Enter Asia Projects

Architecture studio Enter Projects Asia has created a design installation for the Spice & Barley gastro lounge in Bangkok using rattan sculptures and gold hues to fuse Thai tradition with modern design. Enter Projects Asia, which is based in Phuket, Thailand, used 3D-modelling to create large sculptures that weave through the 300 square-metres space at

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Dezeen’s top 10 bridges of 2020

December 9, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
World's longest glass-bottomed bridge in Huangchuan Three Gorges Scenic Area in southern China

Continuing our review of 2020, we spotlight 10 of the most interesting bridges unveiled this year, including Renzo Piano’s Genoa bridge, a curved cycling bridge in Copenhagen and the world’s longest glass-bottomed bridge. Glass-bottomed bridge, China, by Architectural Design & Research Institute of Zhejiang University This 526-metres-long bridge across the Lianjiang River in Guangdong Province, which

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Hooba Design Group clads Tehran office building in brick panels that adjust to the sunlight

December 8, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Sharif Office Building in Tehran by Hooba Design Group

Local architecture studio Hooba Design Group has completed an office building for the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, which features a smart brick facade that adapts to different times of the day. The Sharif Office Building was designed as a communal workspace for the Sharif Innovation Zone next to the university. It was

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Dezeen’s top 10 cabins of 2020

December 6, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Skigard Hytte by Mork-Ulnes Architects

In a year when the coronavirus pandemic caused travel restrictions, cabins offered a welcome sense of escapism. As part of our review of 2020, here are Dezeen’s top 10 cabins, including one made from infested wood and another with a titanium roof. Bruny Island Cabin, Australia, by Maguire + Devin The wood-lined Bruny Island Cabin

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Pearson Lloyd unveils own east London studio designed with Cassion Castle Architects

December 3, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Exterior of Yorkton Workshops by Pearson Lloyd and Cassion Castle Architects

Together with Cassion Castle Architects, London studio Pearson Lloyd has designed and retrofitted a Victorian workshop to house its own studio as well as workshops, meeting rooms and an exhibition space. Yorkton Workshops is set on Yorkton Street in east London and comprises two distinct buildings – a warehouse structure next to a Victorian workshop

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Rancho Sierra Allende is a gabled Mexican holiday home wrapped around trees

December 2, 2020 Cajsa Carlson 0
Fabián M Escalante H Arquitectos's design for Rancho Sierra Allende in Mexico

Local studio Fabián M Escalante H Arquitectos has designed a steel-clad holiday home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which wraps around existing trees to fit in with the surrounding area. Fabián M Escalante H Arquitectos created the retreat for a client who owned a large plot of land with a dam and wanted a building

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