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Fernando Donis’ Frame City proposal to “combine city and countryside” wins Redesign the World contest

November 19, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
Frame City by Fernando Donis

Fernando Donis’ proposal to create new habitable topographies in which humanity and nature coexist has won first place in Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Donis’ Frame City concept aims to undo the damage to nature and people’s wellbeing caused by a century of rapid urbanisation. Each high-density city, which is designed to

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Joseph Grima outlines concept of non-extractive architecture in live Dezeen 15 interview

November 17, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

Day 13 of the Dezeen 15 virtual festival includes a video interview with curator and architect Joseph Grima, who is advocating for “a new spirit in design” that conserves the Earth’s resources. Watch it live from 3:00pm London time. “In the face of clear and present danger, we have no choice but to rethink the

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Neri & Hu completes stone-clad whisky distillery in China for Pernod Ricard

November 16, 2021 Christina Yao 0
Outside the Shan-Shui distillery by Neri & Hu

Mount Emei forms the backdrop for this expansive whisky distillery, which Shanghai studio Neri & Hu has completed in China’s Sichuan province. Named Shan-Shui, which translates as mountain water, the distillery occupies a 13-hectare site surrounded by mountains and a winding creek. Shan-Shui was designed by Neri & Hu to house whisky brand Pernod Ricard’s

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Oliver Salway calls for people to “redesign their lives” instead of redesigning the planet

November 15, 2021 Benedict Hobson 0
Redesigning Our Lives by Oliver Salway

A short film by Oliver Salway that imagines a future where humanity has chosen to embrace a simpler existence to avert climate catastrophe has been highly commended by the judges of Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Salway’s film, which was generated using architectural visualisation tool Twinmotion and then cut together using video

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Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh propose giant fog-harvesting buildings to create “a healthier and more nourished world”

November 12, 2021 Amina Amber 0
Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh's proposal of giant fog-harvesting buildings

Shivam Takulia and Anya Ghosh’s proposal to create “water-positive” buildings that harvest water from the air is the next finalist project in Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Called Aquatech, Takulia and Ghosh’s project imagines a future where there is an acute water shortage in many parts of the world. Their proposed solution

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AHEAD Americas 2021 awards winners announced in video ceremony on Dezeen

November 12, 2021 Francesca Tesler 0

AHEAD will announce the best new hotel designs in the Americas in a video ceremony broadcast by Dezeen for the hospitality awards programme. Tune in from 12:30 pm New York time. The ceremony, which begins at 12:30 pm New York time (5:30 pm London time) will be broadcast in two parts, both of which can

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Dennis Christian Schmidt proposes underground cities to protect humanity from “the hardships our future holds”

November 11, 2021 Amina Amber 0
Dennis Christian Schmidt's Cave City proposal

The next finalist project in Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion is Dennis Christian Schmidt’s proposal to create a network of underground cities built around climate-regulating lakes. Called Cave City, Schmidt’s proposal is to create cities deep below the earth’s surface in a bid to protect against climate change and natural disasters such

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Aurora installation at Design Museum empowers circular designers says Arthur Mamou-Mani

November 10, 2021 Calum Lindsay 0
Arthur Mamou-Mani collaborates with Dassault Systèmes

Architect Arthur Mamou-Mani discusses the Aurora installation he created to coincide with the Design Museum’s Waste Age exhibition in this video produced by Dezeen for Dassault Systèmes. Aurora, an architectural installation designed by Mamou-Mani in partnership with French design software brand Dassault Systèmes, will occupy the atrium of the Design Museum in London until 14

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Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan imagine a world in which people live in “self-contained micro-habitats”

November 9, 2021 Anna Marks 0
A visualisation of Called Post-Ecology Pods

The next finalists in Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion​​ are Enzo Lara-Hamilton, Anne Wagner and Morgan Heenan, who have proposed a world in which humans live in self-contained spherical pods. Called Post-Ecology Pods, the proposal imagines humanity living in pods supplied by an organisation called the Intergovernmental Producer of Closed Climate Containers

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BPAS Architects envisions rain-collecting skyscrapers to “reverse desertification”

November 8, 2021 Anna Marks 0
Redesign the World competition, The Desert Faction

BPAS Architects imagines building huge water-harvesting skyscrapers for humanity to survive in the desert, one of the 15 finalist projects for Dezeen’s Redesign the World competition powered by Twinmotion. Titled A New World: The Desert Faction, the project imagines a future where the Sahara Desert has expanded significantly and humans have been forced to build

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