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Ten blank buildings that present a windowless face to the world

November 12, 2021 Nat Barker 0

House in Toyonaka by Fujiwaramuro Architects

Plans for windowless student dorms in California attracted widespread criticism last week, but Munger Hall is not the first building to keep natural light at bay. Our latest roundup features ten fenestrationally challenged buildings with glassless facades. House in Toyonaka by FujiwaraMuro Architects Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed this L-shaped house in Osaka as a

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Government rejects Foster + Partners’ “highly unsustainable” Tulip tower

November 11, 2021 Nat Barker 0

A render of the Tulip by Foster + Partners has been approved by the City of London planning committee

Development of the proposed Tulip tourist attraction designed by Foster + Partners has been rejected by the UK government over concerns about embodied carbon and the quality of its design. In a decision letter published today, UK housing secretary Michael Gove dismissed a planning appeal for the 305-metre tower that was proposed for the City of London

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Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects yet to endorse RIBA climate report presented at COP26

November 4, 2021 Nat Barker 0

More than 200 built environment organisations have endorsed a report by RIBA and Architects Declare setting out ways to decarbonise the industry, although leading UK architecture studios including Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects are yet to join the signatories. Industry body the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and pressure group Architects Declare

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Lighting Design International overhauls illumination of Harrods dining hall

November 2, 2021 Nat Barker 0

Harrods Dining Hall by Lighting Design International

London studio Lighting Design International contrasted soft illumination with spotlighting to create a sense of drama at the dining hall of Knightsbridge department store Harrods. Lighting Design International created the lighting design, shortlisted in the architectural lighting design category at the Dezeen Awards 2021, as part of a refurbishment of the historic meat and fish

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“COP26 marks a critical juncture for humanity” say architects and designers attending the climate conference

October 29, 2021 Nat Barker 0

This weekend the world’s governments come together to move forward plans to tackle climate change at the COP26 summit. Ten architects and designers who are heading to Glasgow told Dezeen about their hopes and fears for the conference. The hugely anticipated 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26), also known as the UN Climate Change Conference,

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Keiji Ashizawa designs Blue Bottle Coffee shop for “cave-like space” in Maebashi hotel

October 26, 2021 Nat Barker 0

Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design used bricks and a warm colour palette in its design for the Blue Bottle Coffee shop in the Shiroya Hotel in Maebashi, Japan. The studio designed the coffee shop, which opened last month, inside a space within the newly built Green Tower at the Shiroiya Hotel that it described as

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LETI publishes Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide to support net-zero target

October 22, 2021 Nat Barker 0

The London Energy Transformation Initiative has published a report that sets out a blueprint for retrofitting UK homes in order to meet national climate change targets. Launched by the London Energy Transformation Initiative (LETI) with the help of more than 100 leading architects, engineers and building experts, the Climate Emergency Retrofit Guide is intended to set

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Peter Barber Architects’ “intelligent, dynamic and original” McGrath Road named UK’s best affordable housing scheme

October 20, 2021 Nat Barker 0

The McGrath Road housing project by Peter Barber Architects in east London has won this year’s RIBA Neave Brown Award for Housing 2021. The brick scheme was given the award, which is presented to the best new affordable housing scheme in the UK by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), at a ceremony last week. “Intelligent, dynamic and original –

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