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ArchitectureDavid Baker Architects accelerates housing for homeless in San Francisco with modular construction
David Baker Architects accelerates housing for homeless in San Francisco with modular construction Bay Area studio David Baker Architects has completed 145 units of social housing using modular construction and a weathering steel facade in San Francisco, California. The 63,000-square foot (5,850 metre) project – called Tahanan, the Tagalog word for “coming home” – was […]
admin · 12/28/2022
ArchitectureFormer Adelaide gasworks to become inner-city 'village'
Former Adelaide gasworks to become inner-city ‘village’ The former Brompton Gasworks in Adelaide’s inner-west is set to be redeveloped into a new “village”, with the adaptive reuse of the old gasworks structures. Melbourne and Adelaide-based practice Forum is the architect and urban design consultant leading the project, which will create a “vibrant, inner-city destination that […]
admin · 12/19/2022
ArchitecturePaz Architectura creates a stacked structure meant to reflect "basic concepts of time"
Paz Arquitectura created a compact mixed-use building in the middle of Guatemala’s capital city with “strict geometry interlocked with constant movement”. The 115,200-square foot (10,700-square metre) building known as AEME was completed in 2021. AEME is a mixed-use building “AEME tries to reflect the basic concepts of time,” said studio founder Alejandro Paz. “Strict geometry […]
admin · 12/15/2022
ArchitectureExtension to Central Sydney tower approved
The City of Sydney has approved a development application for a podium extension of an existing office tower in Sydney’s CBD after a proposal was submitted for an addition designed by FJMT. The vision for the existing modernist tower – fronting Elizabeth, Park and Castlereagh streets in the city centre and opposite Hyde Park – […]
admin · 12/15/2022
ArchitectureNational Gallery of Australia celebrates 40th anniversary with new book
The National Gallery of Australia is launching a book, celebrating one of the nation’s “most remarkable buildings”. Published in the year of the NGAs 40th anniversary, Vision: Art, Architecture and the National Gallery of Australia is an examination of the gallery building, which is a “bold combination of the sculptural and the functional”. Designed by […]
admin · 12/15/2022
ArchitectureRemedy Place in Manhattan is designed to "bring back hospitality into healthcare"
Sculptural decor, soft furniture and warm tones feature in this wellness centre in New York City, created by Remedy Places’ in-house team as an antidote to traditional medical facilities. Remedy Place is a membership-based health and wellness club situated within a 7,200-square-foot space in the Flatiron District of Manhattan. Remedy Place is a members wellness […]
admin · 12/14/2022
ArchitectureWhy the San Marino Declaration is the Hippocratic Oath for architects
Why the San Marino Declaration is the Hippocratic Oath for architects Norman Foster launched the San Marino Declaration on 3rd October 2022 at the 83rd session of the UNECE Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management. The UN has strongly urged architects, city shapers, and engineers to put these sustainability principles into action. Dezeen’s […]
Jackie De Burca · 10/18/2022
ArchitectureWendy Bishop from Architype
Wendy Bishop from Architype talks to Pete the Builder. Wendy Bishop is an associate of Architype and Passivhaus designer. She was a keynote speaker at the event. Her talk was entitled Retrofitting a historic building: CISL’s Entopia Building. This work on the Entopia Building illustrates the process of extending the life and enhancing the value […]
Chloe C · 6/18/2022
ArchitectureEpisode 31: How Schools & Sustainability Can Be Linked With Dr. Joe Jack Williams
How Schools & Sustainability Can Be Linked With Dr. Joe Jack Williams Don’t miss this fascinating interview with Henry Mc Donald talking to top architect, Dr Joe Jack Williams, whose specialism is understanding the impact of the built environment on schools. Ever think about your school days and wonder how you managed to learn anything […]
Dr. Joe Jack Williams · 5/30/2022
PodcastsEpisode 30: Bryan Oknyansky On What Shoes, Western and Oriental Architecture Have in Common
Bryan Oknyansky On What Shoes, Western and Oriental Architecture Have in Common “..When I give lectures, I ask the question, what’s the relationship between architecture and high heels, and I show a picture of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai…” We are delighted to have reached another milestone on the 17th May 2022 – when we […]
Jackie De Burca · 5/16/2022
ArchitectureEpisode 28: What Is FOOTPRINT+ And Why You Might Want To Be There
We are delighted to announce that we will be going to FOOTPRINT+ as a media partner for this exciting event which takes place in Brighton on 7-9 June 2022. Our three guests will leave you in no doubt about the value of attending FOOTPRINT+. In our opinion, this event is a much-needed model that should […]
Jackie De Burca · 4/19/2022
ArchitectureBiodiversity in the Built Environment
Globally the construction industry accounts for 40% (or 3 billion cubic tons) of raw materials into the economy every year. It is arguably one of the most resource-intensive and environmentally damaging industries in the world. While the focus in the industry has primarily been around decarbonisation and reaching net-zero carbon built environments, we cannot ignore […]
Tara Flanagan · 3/15/2022
ArchitectureCraig Applegath and the Zero-Carbon Mass Timber Project
In 2022 Q2, we will be speaking to Craig Applegath, architect, urban designer, and zero-carbon building pioneer, on the Constructive Voices Podcast. Craig has an impressive career that has seen him internationally recognised for his design and advocacy of zero-carbon regenerative buildings and cities, as well as mass timber design. Training first as a biologist […]
Tara Flanagan · 3/8/2022
ArchitectureResilient Cities: How Can Cities Adapt for Climate Change Effects?
Globally we are seeing the catastrophic effects of climate change. With more frequent, more severe and previously unforeseen events, such as wildfires, hurricanes, flooding and drought, the need for resilient cities, and in particular infrastructure to be redesigned and/or rebuilt for climate resilience, could not be more apparent. What is a Resilient City? According to […]
Tara Flanagan · 3/4/2022
ArchitectureAgrotopia is a giant rooftop greenhouse built atop an existing building
Meta Architectuurbureau and Van Bergen Kolpa Architecten have designed Agrotopia, a greenhouse in Belgium that was added to the roof of an agricultural market to create an urban food production centre. Located in the city of Roeselare, Agrotopia is Europe’s largest public building for urban food production and will be used to both farm food […]
admin · 2/4/2022
ArchitectureCaret table lamp by Matteo Fogale for &tradition
Dezeen Showroom: Matteo Fogale has designed &tradition‘s Caret portable table lamp, which is based on a traditional library lighting design. The Caret lamp reimagines the green-shaded “bankers lamp” that sits in many public libraries and gives it a clean, contemporary form. Fogale designed it to suit environments that blur the line between work and home […]
admin · 2/2/2022
ArchitectureListing bid launched to stop demolition of Will Alsop's upside-down-boat cafe
Architectural charity Twentieth Century Society has applied to have the Will Alsop-designed La Frégate cafe in Jersey protected to prevent it being demolished as part of plans to redevelop its waterfront site. The cafe in St Helier, which was an early work designed by Stirling Prize-winning architect Alsop, is currently under threat of demolition as […]
admin · 2/1/2022
ArchitectureAIM Architecture takes cues from 1970s offices for Hangzhou cosmetics store
Shanghai studio AIM Architecture has transformed the second floor of a business park in Hangzhou, China, into a store that resembles a 1970s office for cosmetics brand Harmay. The studio reimagined the space as a retro-looking office complete with desk chairs, phoney bookshelves for makeup items and boardroom tables for other cosmetic products. AIM Architecture […]
admin · 1/25/2022
ArchitectureYakusha Design creates earthy interiors for Antwerp's Faina Gallery
A colour scheme informed by soil and moss features inside this showroom in Antwerp, Belgium, which Yakusha Design has developed for its own furniture line Faina. The retail space, named Faina Gallery, is set inside a 500-year-old building. As a result, the studio steered away from making major structural alterations to avoid disturbing its historic […]
admin · 1/23/2022
ArchitectureStudio Andrew Trotter designs penthouse and event space inside former Athens warehouse
Raw concrete walls serve as a backdrop to vintage furnishings in this rentable venue and guest suite that Studio Andrew Trotter has created within a converted 1970s industrial building in Athens, Greece. The six-storey warehouse, now named 10AM Lofts, features a multi-purpose event space spread over its basement and ground floor, which can host anything […]
admin · 1/17/2022
ArchitectureBennetts Associates creates cross-laminated timber sports hall in King's Cross
UK studio Bennetts Associates has used cross-laminated timber and glulam to create the lightweight King’s Cross Sports Hall, which is currently being used as the Construction Skills Centre. Set alongside Coffey Architects’ 22 Handyside Street office block, to the north of King’s Cross station in London, the sports centre was built three metres above a railway tunnel. Named […]
admin · 1/16/2022