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Natural Material Studio crafts entire home interior from bioplastic

June 20, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

As part of 3 Days of Design, Danish practice Natural Material Studio has created a futuristic fossil-free home interior where all the elements, from the curtains to the sofa, are made from the same bioplastic. White Utopia is Natural Material Studio’s most ambitious installation to date, adapting the studio’s Procel bioplastic to form massive functioning

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Natural Material Studio crafts entire home interior from bioplastic

June 20, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

As part of 3 Days of Design, Danish practice Natural Material Studio has created a futuristic fossil-free home interior where all the elements, from the curtains to the sofa, are made from the same bioplastic. White Utopia is Natural Material Studio’s most ambitious installation to date, adapting the studio’s Procel bioplastic to form massive functioning

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Palestinian architects are “banging on the door” to get into Gaza

June 13, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

As the majority of Gaza’s buildings lie in ruins due to ongoing Israeli strikes, architects from across Palestine are trying to gain access to the blockaded territory to support Gazans in starting to rebuild their homes and neighbourhoods. “We have been banging on the door to get in since November,” said Nasser Golzari and Yara

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Palestinian architects are “banging on the door” to get into Gaza

June 13, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

As the majority of Gaza’s buildings lie in ruins due to ongoing Israeli strikes, architects from across Palestine are trying to gain access to the blockaded territory to support Gazans in starting to rebuild their homes and neighbourhoods. “We have been banging on the door to get in since November,” said Nasser Golzari and Yara

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Eight interiors embellished with imperfect zellige tiles

June 9, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

Our latest lookbook rounds up eight projects where handmade Moroccan tiles cover everything from chimney breasts to mini-bars, adding a sense of traditional craftsmanship to otherwise modern interiors. Zellige tiles are traditional glazed terracotta tiles, originating from the 10th century in Morocco, that are made using unrefined local clay that is kneaded, shaped and cut

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Eight chocolate-brown interiors that look good enough to eat

March 31, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

In memoriam of the many chocolate eggs that will be consumed this Easter, our latest lookbook rounds up eight homes with tasteful cocoa-coloured interiors. Chocolatey brown might be the unofficial colour of Easter as the biggest driver of chocolate sales – second only to Christmas. But the rich, earthy hue is also proving increasingly popular

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Buildings “biggest lever” for improving global resource efficiency says UN report

March 24, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

The built environment is the fastest-growing consumer of materials in the world – but it also offers the most potential for improvement according to Julia Okatz, advisor on the UN’s landmark Global Resource Outlook. Making buildings and neighbourhoods more efficient could reduce the global need for raw materials by 25 per cent by 2060, the

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Eight living spaces that go heavy on metal furniture

February 17, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

Although more commonly associated with industrial applications, furnishings made of cool-toned steel, aluminium and chrome are infiltrating every room of the home. This lookbook rounds up eight living spaces that show how it’s done. In recent years, a growing cohort of young designers has been experimenting with humble, industrial metals – often using only one

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Eight interiors where burl wood provides natural texture

January 21, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

This week’s lookbook rounds up eight interiors with furnishings and surfaces finished in burl-wood veneer, allowing its swirly, psychedelic graining to serve a decorative function. Burl wood is a rare and expensive wood, often only available in thin sheets of veneer. That’s because it is derived from the knobbly outgrowths of tree trunks and branches

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Zaha Hadid Architects skyscraper nears completion on world’s most expensive site

January 8, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

New photographs reveal the sinuous glass facade of The Henderson office building by Zaha Hadid Architects as it takes shape in Hong Kong’s Central Business District. The 36-storey skyscraper is nearing completion and is already being hailed as a new landmark for the city, occupying a prime spot next to Chater Garden alongside IM Pei’s

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