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Fala Atelier adds geometric “metal masks” to exterior of Porto apartment

June 13, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Graphic metal facades and curving glass-block walls characterise this apartment in Porto, which was converted from a ground-floor shop by local architecture studio Fala Atelier. Located in a 1970s housing block, the narrow commercial space has been transformed into a light-filled home named 097 Waves of Glass and Clouds of Metal. “Our project tried to blur

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Ten Serpentine Pavilion designs from the last decade

June 12, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Following the opening of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion designed by architect Minsuk Cho, we take a look back at the past 10 editions of the annual architecture commission in London. Each year, the Serpentine Gallery commissions a leading architect to design a temporary pavilion in Kensington Gardens. The first Serpentine Pavilion was a triangular marquee structure

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Foster + Partners and NEON create colourful pavilions from “everyday” building materials

June 11, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

British studios Foster + Partners and NEON have created pavilions made from building materials, including ducting and recycled scaffolding, for this year’s London Festival of Architecture. Located on plazas outside office buildings developed by Brookfield Properties, the two pavilions were designed as colourful gathering spaces that aim to encourage discussions around recycling. “Designed as landmarks,

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Research reveals carbon cost of Israel-Gaza war

June 10, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Researchers have estimated that rebuilding the damage caused in the first four months of the Israel-Gaza war will generate up to 60 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. A paper titled A Multitemporal Snapshot of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Israel-Gaza Conflict was created by researchers at Lancaster University, Queen Mary University of London, University of Energy

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Three designs addressing housing shortages revealed as Davidson Prize finalists

May 22, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

This year’s Davidson Prize shortlist includes three conceptual projects that propose adapting existing buildings with sustainable materials to tackle climate change and housing shortage. The annual prize, which explores the concept of home, was launched in 2021 in memory of architectural visualiser Alan Davidson. Entrants this year were asked to respond to the theme Rethinking Home

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Museum of London set for demolition after Michael Gove decides not to call in proposal

May 20, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

The Museum of London and Bastion House are set to be demolished to make way for the London Wall West scheme, after UK levelling up secretary Michael Gove decided not to intervene. Gove informed the City of London last Friday that he would not call in Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Sheppard Robson’s proposal, reported

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Rebuilding destroyed Gaza homes will take at least 16 years reports the UN

May 8, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

The United Nations has predicted it will take “until 2040 and probably longer” to rebuild the homes in Gaza that have been destroyed in the Israel-Hamas war. Using data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the report estimated it would take 16 years to rebuild the homes destroyed in Gaza as Israel’s military action in

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Six former slaughterhouses reimagined for new purposes

May 7, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

The slaughterhouses and abattoirs in this roundup, originally built for slaughtering animals, have been transformed into galleries, breweries and cooking schools. Some of the examples have had considerable alterations to make them suited for their new purpose, while others retain original features – such as white-tiled walls and metal bars – in a nod to their

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Tono Mirai Architects encloses toilet in Japanese park with rammed earth

May 3, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Japanese studio Tono Mirai Architects has used soil and wood to create Toiletowa, a curving structure in Saitama prefecture containing a public toilet that reuses wastewater. Located in a park in the town of Miyoshi, the building has a wooden frame covered with rammed earth made with soil sourced from construction sites and mixed with

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Elding Oscarson creates CLT dome theatre inside Swedish museum extension

May 2, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studio Elding Oscarson has extended the National Swedish Museum of Technology with Wisdome Stockholm, a timber building topped by a curving roof that bulges over a dome inside. Made from 277 pieces of triangular cross-laminated timber (CLT), the spherical structure, which the designers refer to as a “visualisation dome”, contains tiered seating surrounded by 3D

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