Japan urged to stop using deforestation-linked wood for Kengo Kuma’s Olympic stadium

May 12, 2017 Amy Frearson 0

The Japanese government has been accused of using timber linked to deforestation and human-rights violations to build its Kengo Kuma-designed stadium for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. A petition with 140,000 signatures was delivered to Japanese embassies in Switzerland and Germany this week, demanding the government rethink its use of cheap tropical wood. Bilong Oyoi, the former head of a rainforest

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Mies van der Rohe Award 2017 goes to NL Architects and XVW Architectuur for revamp of 1960s slab block

May 12, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Dutch studios NL Architects and XVW Architectuur have won this year’s Mies van der Rohe Award for their innovative renovation of a dilapidated 1960s apartment block on the edge of Amsterdam. NL Architects and XVW Architectuur’s restoration project, named deFlat, rescued one of the Netherlands’ largest housing blocks from demolition – a fate facing much of Europe’s post-war

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Therme Vals spa has been “destroyed” says Peter Zumthor

May 11, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Swiss architect Peter Zumthor claims his renowned thermal baths in Vals have been ruined by a “dubious” developer. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect lived alongside the Therme Vals spa and hotel in the mountain hamlet of Leis in Vals for almost two decades, during which he lost a battle with property developer Remo Stoffel to buy the complex. The commune voted to sell

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Shortlist revealed for inaugural AHEAD Americas hospitality awards

May 9, 2017 Lizzie Fison 0

Dezeen promotion: a perforated, cylindrical cultural centre in Miami and bespoke Danish-designed guestrooms in a New York hotel are among the shortlisted projects for this year’s Awards for Hospitality Experience and Design Americas. The AHEAD Americas awards recognises hotel and hospitality projects completed in North and South America, and Canada between September 2015 and December 2016. Winners will be announced in

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BIG Time film documents Bjarke Ingels’ gruelling rise to stardom

May 9, 2017 Jessica Mairs 0

Bjarke Ingels reveals the demands of being one of the world’s most successful architects, and its impact on his personal life and health, in the new documentary BIG Time. Film-maker Kaspar Astrup Schröder – who met Ingels through his wife – captures an intimate portrait of the architect as he decamps from Copenhagen to New York to set up

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