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Studio Viktor Sørless models “cinematic” Dune House on Roman Polanski movie

September 17, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Dune House by Studio Viktor Sørless

Cantilevering living spaces laden with “cinematic qualities” and giant windows will define Studio Viktor Sørless’ Dune House in Denmark. Under construction in Hvide Sande, the dwelling was designed by Studio Viktor Sørless for a film enthusiast that wanted a residence that nodded to The Ghostwriter – a movie directed by Roman Polanski, which features an

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World’s largest bicycle park built below Utecht train station

September 12, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
The "world's biggest bicycle parking" at Utrecht Centraal by Ector Hoogstad Architecten

Ector Hoogstad Architecten has completed a three-storey bicycle park to store 12,656 bikes below Utrecht Central Station in the Netherlands. The project forms part of a wider redevelopment of the area surrounding the city’s railway station, and is designed by Ector Hoogstad Architects to enable cyclists to ride from the street level to the bike

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MDDM to revive Oscar Niemeyer’s abandoned fairground in Tripoli

September 6, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Knowledge Innovation Centre by MDDM for Oscar Niemeyer's Rashid Karame International Fair expo site in Lebanon

MDDM has revealed visuals of a subterranean business park that is set to reinvigorate Oscar Niemeyer’s unfinished Rashid Karame International Fair expo site in Lebanon. The Knowledge Innovation Centre will contain a 60,000-square-metre business and technology park, with eighty per cent of its structure positioned underground. It is designed by local studio MDDM as a

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SO&CO squeezes 2.7-metre-wide office block into alley in Tokyo

September 6, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Tiny Tower office by SO&CO in Tokyo, Japan

SO&CO has slotted a skinny office building into an alley between two buildings in Tokyo, Japan, which contains five tiny concrete workspaces. The office block, named the Multi-Tenant Building in Ginza, is located on a narrow L-shaped plot on a densely-packed backstreet in one of the city’s leading shopping districts. It has a stark concrete

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Snøhetta completes office on Norwegian Fjord that produces twice the amount of energy it uses

September 5, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Powerhouse Brattørkaia office building in Tronheim by Snøhetta

Snøhetta has completed the sustainable Powerhouse Brattørkaia office in Trondheim, Norway, which produces more than double the amount of electricity it consumes daily. Located on the harbour overlooking Trondheim Fjord, the angular office building is wrapped by 3,000-square-metres of solar panels that provide green energy for itself, neighbouring buildings and city transport. Architecture studio Snøhetta

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Cameron Clarke proposes introducing mental health facilities to Beijing’s hutongs

September 4, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Close to Home mental health facilities by KADK graduate Cameron Clarke

Cameron Clarke has proposed integrating a series of community healthcare facilities into Beijing’s hutongs to help alleviate China’s mental health crisis. The proposal, named Close to Home, is designed by Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (KADK) graduate Clarke to offer an alternative to the country’s typical mental health clinics that he describes as “large,

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Cleft House in India is split in two by full-height atrium

September 2, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Cleft House in New Delhi by Anagram Architects

A “breached monolith” hides a giant light-filled atrium at the heart of this Indian house, which Anagram Architects has completed on a busy street in New Delhi. Named Cleft House, the four-storey dwelling is designed by Anagram Architects for three generations of the same family that wanted a spacious, light-filled home on a dense site

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Winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2019 announced

August 30, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Wasit Natural Reserve by X Architects

A bamboo preschool, a Palestinian museum and a nature reserve built on an old rubbish dump are among the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture winners. The six winning projects of the award were selected from a shortlist of 20 buildings from 16 countries, which was revealed in April of this year. Alongside the Arcadia

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WOHA to bring “lush tropical oasis” to the desert for Dubai Expo 2020

August 29, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Singapore Pavilion for Dubai Expo 2020 by WOHA

WOHA has revealed visuals of the self-sufficient Singapore Pavilion for the Dubai Expo 2020, which will have plant covered walls and hanging gardens. Set to be built in the expo’s sustainability district, the pavilion will be designed to reflect Singapore’s determination to alleviate global warming and become “one of the greenest places in the world”. It

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London Underground’s waste heat to warm hundreds of homes

August 28, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
London Underground's Angel tube station

Waste heat from one of the London Underground’s tube lines will be used to warm over a thousand homes in the UK capital from this winter. The warm air will be channelled from the Northern Line to support the London Borough of Islington’s district heating, which will provide offices, leisure centres and 1,350 homes with

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