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Voyager Station space hotel will spin “slightly faster than the second hand of a clock” says its architect

March 29, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Space hotel

Following last week’s news that the first space hotel could be ready for guests in 2027, chief architect Tim Alatorre answers questions posed by sceptical Dezeen readers about the project. The claim that the wheel-shaped space hotel would be constructed in just one year was questioned by several Dezeen commenters. Others expressed doubts about the

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New House in the Old Garden / kaa-studio

March 29, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

We wanted the house to fit gently between the surrounding houses of the original built-up area and the trees of the old garden, to be able to take advantage of the views and natural resources, and the house to function well naturally in terms of heat and economics, without current artificial “passive standards”. The task was to design a house for a family of four. Parents who work daily in artificial open-space office had a fundamental desire for natural materials and intimacy. The children’s section was required to be easily separable from other areas, prospectively for the time when the children grow up. Great attention was paid to the client’s economy of the house and operation of the house, shading both from the sun rays and during the light pollution generated by the house at night. An outdoor covered space was required for year-round seating and drying of fruits and herbs.

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Arched travertine wall carves up Greetings From Rome apartment by 2XJ

March 29, 2021 Ali Morris 0
Greetings from Rome apartment in Vilnius by 2XJ

A structural stone wall separates the social and private spaces within this two-storey family apartment in the old town of Vilnius, Lithuania, designed by local studio 2XJ. Located in the city’s Užupis neighbourhood, the 140-square-metre apartment occupies the second and third-floor attic space of a three-storey apartment building. The apartment, which belongs to a young

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Oscar Niemeyer Sports and Cultural Center / LA SODA

March 29, 2021 Andreas Luco 0

Located on the heights of Dieppe, the Oscar Niemeyer Sports and Cultural Centre represents the revival of Val Druel district. Named after the master plan’s designer, the project incorporates the natural slope creating a balcony which reveals landscape qualities. Its refined shape accentuates the surroundings, as the pétanque strip terrace and the nearby woods.

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The British Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale Explores How to Make Public Space More Inclusive

March 29, 2021 Christele Harrouk 0

Curated by Manijeh Verghese and Madeleine Kessler, co-founders of multi-scalar design practice Unscene Architecture, the British Pavilion exhibition entitled The Garden of Privatised Delights, at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, will be open to the public from the 22nd of May until the 21st of November 2021. Commissioned by the British Council, the exhibition “reimagines how to make public space more inclusive, countering the rapid rise of privately-owned public space with an inspiring, alternative vision that urges both sectors to work together to create better-designed spaces for all”.