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Dubai to convert 64-kilometre-long highway into “human-centric” Green Spine

July 25, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Architecture studio Urb is planning to convert a 64-kilometre-long arterial road in Dubai into the “world’s greenest highway”, designed as the emirate’s answer to New York City’s High Line. Green Spine will replace the Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road, also known as E311, with what Urb is dubbing the “world’s greenest highway”. The road will

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Snøhetta designs sweeping holiday home for foothills of Mount Yōtei

July 23, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A crescent-shaped volume will enclose this holiday home, which architecture studio Snøhetta has designed for hospitality brand Not A Hotel in a ski resort on Hokkaido Island, Japan. Proposed for a site within Rusutsu Resort on the foothills of Mount Yōtei, Not A Hotel Rusutsu will have a “clean, minimal form” that draws on the

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MVRDV designs Pixel as alternative to “nondescript” housing in Abu Dhabi

July 22, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A communal plaza and stepped terraces encourage residents to spend some time together outdoors at Pixel, a cluster of seven staggered housing blocks in Abu Dhabi by Dutch studio MVRDV. Located in Makers District on the capital city’s Al Reem Island, the development comprises 525 apartments alongside various public amenities organised around a public courtyard.

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Eight contemporary kitchens brightened by skylights

July 20, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Residential kitchens illuminated by skylights are the focus of this lookbook, which includes homes everywhere from Australia to Mexico and Japan. A popular feature in many contemporary kitchens, skylights are typically used to maximise natural light in rooms that sit below ground or in the depths of a plan. However, they are also helpful for

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Byró Architekti creates wooden garden pavilion with folding facade

July 4, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Czech studio Byró Architekti used the foundations of a dilapidated cottage to determine the scale of Garden Pavilion, an outbuilding in Prague with an openable wall and blackened-wood cladding. The pavilion is located at the end of a large garden near the Vltava River and is designed for the clients to use as a shed

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Rising from the Water pavilion draws on architecture by Yasmeen Lari

June 28, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A circular pavilion formed of wood and reed, created by students with guidance from Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari and design studio Material Cultures is on display in Barking for the London Festival of Architecture. Named Rising from the Water, the pavilion is positioned close to Barking Creek Flood Barrier and explores building solutions for the

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3XN designs South Korean arts centre to evoke “dancer’s pointed toe”

June 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

Sweeping roofs that symbolise movement and artistic expression will drape across Chungnam Art Center, which Danish studio 3XN is designing in South Korea. Slated for competition by 2029, the performing arts centre will join a cluster of other cultural buildings in the Chungnam Art Precinct in Chungcheongnam-do province. The building will be defined by its

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Marina Tabassum installs bamboo Khudi Bari house at Vitra Campus

June 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A demountable house by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been installed as “a reminder of the precariousness of our existence” at the Vitra Campus in Germany. Named Khudi Bari, the transportable bamboo structure is the latest addition to furniture brand Vitra’s headquarters in Weil am Rhein, which is home to landmark buildings by well-known architects

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Marina Tabassum installs bamboo Khudi Bari house at Vitra Campus

June 26, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

A demountable house by Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum has been installed as “a reminder of the precariousness of our existence” at the Vitra Campus in Germany. Named Khudi Bari, the transportable bamboo structure is the latest addition to furniture brand Vitra’s headquarters in Weil am Rhein, which is home to landmark buildings by well-known architects

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WonKy embraces reclaimed materials for “all-weather” woodland education centre

June 22, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

An old shipping container and military parachute make up The Clearing education centre that architecture studio WonKy has created in Lesnes Abbey Woods in London. Located in the borough of Bexley, The Clearing is used for lessons in woodwork, nature conservation and sustainable woodland management. It is also open to local schools as an outdoor

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