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Fifteen up-and-coming Copenhagen architecture studios you should know

January 17, 2023 Nat Barker 0

As Copenhagen celebrates becoming UNESCO-UIA World Capital of Architecture for 2023, we have compiled 15 young architecture studios based in the city doing especially interesting and innovative work. Closely associated with household names like Bjarke Ingels, Henning Larsen and Arne Jacobsen, the Danish capital is well known for its architectural pedigree. It has been named

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Leading Indian architects pick their favourite buildings in India

January 9, 2023 Nat Barker 0

From a 14th-century landmark to brutalist structures by Le Corbusier, here are 12 buildings that Indian architects chose when Dezeen asked them to name their homeland’s most significant piece of architecture. We contacted 13 prominent architects in India and asked them to pick a building in India that has been particularly inspirational to them and

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Nine buildings constructed using hemp that show the biomaterial’s potential

January 6, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Hemp is becoming an increasingly popular material among architects seeking to reduce the carbon impact of their projects. Here is a roundup of nine buildings constructed using the versatile cannabis crop. Mounting evidence suggests that the construction industry must adopt bio-based alternatives to common carbon-intensive building materials, such as concrete, to play its part in

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Dezeen’s top five houses of December 2022

January 3, 2023 Nat Barker 0

Dezeen’s Houses of the month roundup for December features a renovated family home in southern California and a London dwelling clad with cork. Our new Houses of the month series collects five of the most popular residences featured on Dezeen each month, highlighting current trends in residential architecture and helping designers and homeowners plan their

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Water-filled windows use sunlight to heat and cool buildings

January 3, 2023 Nat Barker 0

British startup Water-Filled Glass has developed panes of glass filled with water that use sunlight to power a “crazy” energy-saving heating and cooling system. Founded in 2020 by Loughborough University architecture lecturer Matyas Gutai, Water-Filled Glass (WFG) aims to use patented technology to make heavily glazed buildings significantly more sustainable. Its windows contain a thin layer

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Ten colourful and comfortable 1970s-style interiors

December 18, 2022 Nat Barker 0

Featuring wood-panelled walls, plushy seating and soft fabrics juxtaposed with glossy finishes, this lookbook collects 10 interiors that recall the 1970s. Having been out of favour for much of the past five decades, the 1970s re-emerged as a design trend in 2022. The interiors listed below draw on a range of motifs borrowed from the

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“The world needs cement” says concrete industry decarbonisation chief

December 15, 2022 Nat Barker 0

Concrete will remain the world’s dominant construction material over biomaterials such as timber as the world transitions to net-zero, claims GCCA chief executive Thomas Guillot. The second most widely used material on the planet after water, concrete is produced by a massively polluting industry that accounts for around seven per cent of the world’s carbon

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Dezeen’s top 10 UK architecture projects of 2022

December 9, 2022 Nat Barker 0

From the renovation of a major London landmark to a “treeless treehouse”, we select 10 of the most notable British architecture projects completed this year as part of our review of 2022. This year’s roundup of UK architecture also features an intervention at an 800-year-old building, a rammed-earth yoga studio and a mammoth infrastructure project.

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Dezeen’s top 10 reuse architecture projects of 2022

December 1, 2022 Nat Barker 0

To kick off Dezeen’s review of 2022, we round up 10 of the most eye-catching architectural reuse projects of the year, from an art museum in Tehran to a Marcel Breuer-designed hotel. Architecture has historically tended to celebrate the new, but concerns about the climate impact of construction are driving an increasing interest in projects that

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Dezeen’s top five houses of November 2022

November 30, 2022 Nat Barker 0

A dwelling overlooking a Scottish loch like a modern-day castle and a tiny home in Switzerland converted from a rustic wood store are among Dezeen’s Houses of the month for November. This is the second instalment in our new Houses of the month series, in which we select five of the most popular residences featured

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