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Studio Bark designs water-powered Breach House that enables off-grid living

March 6, 2024 Starr Charles 0

London-based practice Studio Bark has unveiled plans for Breach House, a water-powered family home located in Leicestershire, UK. Designed to enable the owners to “live off the land”, the proposal by Studio Bark will be powered by photovoltaic (PV) panels and micro-hydro energy, creating a home capable of running off-grid. The 430-metre-square proposal will comprise the

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UNStudio uses ‘carbon builder’ tool to reduce footprint of Luxembourg office building

February 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has unveiled plans for The Kyklos building, a mixed-use office building in Belval, Luxembourg, designed in collaboration with local studio HYP Architects. Aiming to create a building with the “smallest possible carbon footprint”, the studios implemented a hybrid construction approach of concrete and 100 per cent recycled steel, using a sustainable-design

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Allies and Morrison completes “21st-century factory” for London College of Fashion

February 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

British architecture studio Allies and Morrison has completed a university building for London College of Fashion at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in east London. Conceived as a “21st-century factory”, the London College of Fashion (LCF) building is defined by its gridded concrete structure and a rectilinear facade lined with tall warehouse-style windows. “We think of

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Dismantle developer-led “value system” dictating architecture says Emanuel Admassu

February 28, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Making a built environment that works for everyone will require the end of profit- and ownership-obsession in the industry, argues New York-based architect and researcher Emanuel Admassu in this interview. Admassu is a co-founder of art and architecture practice AD-WO and an assistant professor at Columbia University, where his research focuses on the entangled relationship

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Steiner Architecture finishes sculptural Clinic in Anif with wood-textured red concrete

February 28, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Vienna-based studio Steiner Architecture has completed a private clinic in Salzburg, Austria, made from wood-textured red concrete and topped with a serrated roof. Named Clinic in Anif, the two-storey project by Steiner Architecture houses a ground-floor respiratory clinic along with two individual apartment units on the upper floor. Fronted by a sculptural facade, the 750-metre-square

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Oman announces plans for mixed-use district in Jabal al Akhdar mountains

February 28, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Three villages will make up Omani Mountain Destination, a mixed-use district for 8,000 people being developed for Oman by the country’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning. Set to be built at an altitude of 2,400 metres in the Jabal al Akhdar mountain range, the development is being led by Oman’s Ministry of Housing and

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Eight tranquil interiors where oversized windows frame lush views

February 25, 2024 Starr Charles 0

This week’s lookbook explores eight peaceful residential interiors that feature expansive glazing and floor-to-ceiling windows framing verdant views. These eight projects all use oversized or unusually shaped windows in clever ways, creating interiors that embrace nature and forge welcome connections to the outdoors. Among this list of projects is an urban home renovation in Sydney

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This week the Mies van der Rohe Award finalists were revealed

February 24, 2024 Starr Charles 0

This week on Dezeen, the seven finalists for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2024 were announced, which included a copper-clad convent in Corsica and an art gallery in the Czech Republic. The nominated projects comprised five architecture finalists and two emerging finalists from six different countries. Two educational projects were nominated within the architecture

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Tariq Khayyat Design Partners wraps Dubai housing complex around public plaza

February 20, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Vertical louvres adorn the facades of The H Residence, a mixed-use housing complex completed by architecture studio Tariq Khayyat Design Partners in Dubai. Located in the Jumeirah district, the curved, 18,000-square-metre complex comprises 37 residential units alongside ground-floor restaurants and bars and a centralised public plaza. According to Tariq Khayyat Design Partners, The H Residence is

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Ten contemporary buildings that showcase the versatility of structural stone

February 16, 2024 Starr Charles 0

To conclude our Stone Age 2.0 series, we’ve collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. This week, Stone Age 2.0 has explored the viability of stone as a modern, low-carbon building material that could help the construction industry minimise its vast carbon footprint. Among

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