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CAZA employs passive cooling for concrete FR House in the Philippines

January 22, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

New York studio CAZA has completed a cast-concrete house in the Philippines, aiming to optimise passive cooling and natural ventilation. FR House comprises a series of “concrete cubes” that facilitate cross-ventilation and regulate the building’s temperature at the warmest times of the day. According to Carlos Arnaiz, founder of CAZA, this is essential in a

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Triptyque wraps Onze22 high-rise in Brazil with large balconies

January 19, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

French-Brazilian architecture studio Triptyque has completed an 85-metre-tall residential tower in São Paulo that offers its occupants indoor-outdoor living. The 24-storey building is part of the Onze22 development, which includes a smaller adjacent structure. In the residential tower, balconies wrap the building on three sides, allowing apartments to extend outdoors. Triptyque aimed to offer “total

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Cutwork designs modular housing to be used for long-term living or emergency shelter

January 5, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Architecture studio Cutwork has developed a concept for low-cost, modular housing that could be reconfigured to facilitate twice as many people during a crisis. The experimental architecture and design studio believes its ReHome concept could address the increasing demand for affordable housing around the world. Rather than building emergency shelters to house people affected by

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PL Studio applies Moroccan-inspired palette to London townhouse

January 4, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

Interior design office PL Studio has transformed an east London townhouse using colours and graphics that take cues from the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakesh. The three-storey, new-build house features similar shades of blue, green and yellow to the Morrocan villa that was once home to artist Jacques Majorelle. Further green tones allude to the villa’s

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Buller and Rice salon and shop is a showcase of plant-based materials

January 2, 2024 Amy Frearson 0

East London hair salon Buller and Rice has opened a new venue with an interior design palette that includes seaweed, algae, cork and mushroom leather. Buller and Rice Wanstead is a salon that doubles as a lifestyle store, selling products ranging from homeware to wine. Company founders Anita Rice and Stephen Buller designed the interior

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Carlo Ratti to curate Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025

December 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Breaking news: Italian architect and engineer Carlo Ratti has been appointed director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2025. The Venice Architecture Biennale directors announced today, 21 December, that Ratti will curate the 19th edition of the international architecture exposition. Ratti is the founder of architecture and innovation studio Carlo Ratti Associati and director of

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Remembering the architects and designers we lost in 2023

December 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Our review of 2023 pays tribute to the architects, designers and innovators who died in this year, including Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Balkrishna Doshi, Walkie Talkie architect Rafael Viñoly and fashion pioneer Mary Quant. Balkrishna Doshi Indian architect and educator Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi passed away on 24 January aged 95. Described by Architectural Digest India

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Frankey installs “world’s tallest canal bridge” between two Amsterdam buildings

December 21, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Dutch street artist Frankey has linked the upper floors of two Amsterdam buildings with a structure designed to look like one of the city’s historic canal bridges. Frankey, whose real name is Frank de Ruwe, installed his cartoonish Canal Skybridge between a pair of buildings on Rokin, a major street in central Amsterdam. Located 10

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Antonino Cardillo designs Elogio del Grigio house as “miniature palazzo”

December 18, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

Italian architect Antonino Cardillo has completed a house near Lake Garda featuring steep ceilings, arched doorways and a palette of textured plaster and marble. Located in Castiglione delle Stiviere, in Italy’s Lombardy region, the two-storey residence was designed by Cardillo in the spirit of “a miniature palazzo”. Called Elogio del Grigio, which means “praise of

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Barry Wark uses sand to make “most intricate 3D-printed wall ever”

December 12, 2023 Amy Frearson 0

The Museum of the Future in Dubai has unveiled a six-metre-long 3D-printed wall made from sand by architect and researcher Barry Wark. Wark said the project, called Nadarra, is the “most intricate 3D-printed wall ever manufactured”. He believes sand-printing technology, which is already used in car manufacturing, could be a game changer for the construction industry.

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