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“We’re taking CO2 out of the system” says carbon-capturing concrete maker Carbicrete

June 15, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Concrete masonry unit by Carbicrete

Montreal company Carbicrete has developed a method for sequestering carbon in concrete, claiming its product captures more carbon than it emits. The technology cuts out the need for calcium-based cement, a key ingredient in traditional concrete that is responsible for around eight per cent of all global CO2 emissions. “It’s negative emissions,” Carbicrete CEO Chris

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Five architecture and design events in June from Dezeen Events Guide

June 1, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Still from Body-Buildings film from Arquiteturas Film Festival as shown in Dezeen Events Guide June 2021

The Design Shanghai trade show, an exhibition about Muslim fashion in New York, Lisbon’s Arquiteturas Film Festival and the London Design Biennale are just some of the global events listed in Dezeen Events Guide this June. In addition to the London Design Biennale, there is an evergrowing line-up of exhibitions and screenings is taking place

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Former MoMA chief curator of architecture and design Terence Riley dies

May 19, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Terence Riley obituary

American architect Terence Riley, former chief curator of architecture and design at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and founding partner of Keenen/Riley Architects, has passed away. Riley had a 13-year tenure at MoMA followed by his work as a teacher and director for the Miami Art Museum, now the Pérez Art Museum Miami. At MoMA,

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Former MoMA chief curator of architecture and design Terence Riley dies

May 19, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Terence Riley obituary

American architect Terence Riley, former chief curator of architecture and design at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and founding partner of Keenen/Riley Architects, has passed away. Riley had a 13-year tenure at MoMA followed by his work as a teacher and director for the Miami Art Museum, now the Pérez Art Museum Miami. At MoMA,

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Five architecture and design events in May from Dezeen Events Guide

May 1, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Silent disco at the Night Fever exhibition at V&A Dundee as featured in Dezeen Events Guide May

An exhibition about nightclubs at the V&A Dundee and the first-ever Mexico Design Fair are among the events listed in Dezeen Events Guide this May, while the Venice Architecture Biennale is also taking place after its postponement last year. Other in-person events this month include NYCxDesign, Iceland’s largest design festival DesignMarch and the debut International

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3D textiles could “replace concrete and cement” in construction says Hella Jongerius

April 30, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Woven bricks by Hella Jongerius, exhibited as part of Woven Cosmos exhibition at Berlin Gropius Bau

New three-dimensional weaving technologies could revolutionise architecture and lead to lighter, more flexible buildings according to Dutch designer Hella Jongerius. Computerised looms that can produce 3D fabrics could lead to a new type of “pliable architecture”, the designer said. “Textile is the lightest and strongest construct that you can have,” she said. “So with this,

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“Whitest paint on record” reflects 98 per cent of sunlight to cool buildings

April 16, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
"Whitest paint on record" developed by researchers from Purdue University led by Xiulin Ruan

Researchers at Purdue University have developed an “ultra-white” paint that reflects 98 per cent of sunlight and deflects infrared heat, allowing buildings to cool below the surrounding air temperature. The paint, which the university describes as the “whitest paint on record”, owes its cooling power to barium sulphate – a pigment derived from the mineral

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Flughafen Tegel book bids farewell to Berlin’s brutalist “drive-in airport”

April 15, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Airport terminal from Berlin Tegel photo book by Robert Rieger and Felix Brüggemann

Photographers Robert Rieger and Felix Brüggemann have released a book that pays homage to the recently closed Tegel airport and captures its distinctive hexagonal terminal that once served as a bastion of freedom for walled-in West Berlin. Called Flughafen Tegel, the book contains a series of photographs captured during the coronavirus lockdown in 2020 before the airport

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Michele De Lucchi reimagines Harry Potter covers “in dialogue with contemporary architecture”

April 13, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Italian cover of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone designed by Michele De Lucchi

Architect Michele De Lucchi has redesigned the Italian covers of the Harry Potter books, shifting focus away from the characters and towards the fantastical buildings of the wizarding world. Commissioned by publishing house Salani, De Lucchi and his studio AMDL CIRCLE veered away from replicating the numerous existing depictions of the iconic Hogwarts castle and

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Five architecture and design events in April from Dezeen Events Guide

April 1, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0
Kusama retrospective at Gropius Bau as featured in Dezeen Events Guide April

Nairobi Design Week, a retrospective of work by Yayoi Kusama and a tour of Frank Sinatra’s Palm Springs estate designed by E Stewart Williams are among the architecture and design events listed in Dezeen Events Guide this April. Other events this month include an online version of Furisalone and the first-ever Dezeen Club social, which

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