Danish studio BIG and 3D-construction firm ICON are designing a desert campground and housing project called El Cosmico for hotelier Liz Lambert, in Marfa, Texas. The project for Lambert will cover 65 acres in the west Texas town and consist of lodging for the hotel with amenities as well as permanent housing. Using ICON’s 3D-printing
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German architecture firm Henn and the Technical University of Dresden have completed the world’s first building made of carbon concrete — a lower-emissions form of concrete reinforced with carbon fibre instead of steel. Called the Cube, the 243-square-metre building was constructed as a test of the new material and will provide a laboratory and event
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Powerful new chatbot ChatGPT has delivered a stark warning to architects about the existential threat that AI poses to the profession. ChatGPT, which has generated huge attention since being launched by US company OpenAI two months ago, claimed that architects who ignore the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) “risk sleepwalking into oblivion”. It made the
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Sieger Suarez Architects and Dezer Development have released footage detailing the design of a lift that will allow residents to drive vehicles directly into apartments on all levels of the 61-storey skyscraper in Miami Beach. The Bentley Residences is a joint project between Sieger Suarez Architects (SSA), Bentley and Dezer Development. SSA came up with
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Architects have a duty to use their skills to help solve societal problems even if it means thinking beyond designing buildings, ProxyAddress founder Chris Hildrey tells Dezeen in this interview. British architect Hildrey founded ProxyAddress, a social enterprise that gives people experiencing homelessness a fixed address, in 2018. “It’s about removing potential obstacles” The system
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Environmental charity A Plastic Planet has launched an online platform to help architects and designers source plastic-free materials for their projects and avoid the “minefield of misinformation” around more sustainable alternatives. Called PlasticFree, the subscription-based service provides users with in-depth reports on more than 100 plastic alternatives, offering key insights into their properties, production and
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The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features windows filled with water that use sunlight to heat and cool buildings. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. British startup Water-Filled Glass has developed panes of glass filled with water that use sunlight to power a “crazy” energy-saving heating and cooling system. Water-Filled Glass (WFG) aims to
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British startup Water-Filled Glass has developed panes of glass filled with water that use sunlight to power a “crazy” energy-saving heating and cooling system. Founded in 2020 by Loughborough University architecture lecturer Matyas Gutai, Water-Filled Glass (WFG) aims to use patented technology to make heavily glazed buildings significantly more sustainable. Its windows contain a thin layer
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‘sueños con earth/concrete’ explores the future of affordable housing by minimizing the material impact of existing construction methods.
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Construction company ICON has been chosen to develop the first lunar building technologies for NASA as part of its Project Olympus program, which will see 3D-printed infrastructure such as landing pads built on the moon’s surface. The contract builds upon the funding for Project Olympus that ICON and architecture studio BIG were awarded in 2020, which
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