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Cement-based rammed earth “not much better than concrete”

July 10, 2024 Amy Peacock 0

Rammed earth is often celebrated as a low-carbon method of constructing buildings, but some experts are beginning to cast doubt on its sustainability credentials. Amy Peacock reports. “People are using rammed earth to sell something that is essentially concrete,” said Rowland Keable, CEO of the charity Earth Building UK and Ireland and founder of Rammed

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Is it time for architecture studios to walk away from Neom?

June 25, 2024 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Architecture studios working on Saudi giga-project Neom are maintaining their silence over human rights concerns despite mounting pressure from campaigners. Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft reports. Following recent reporting by the BBC alleging that Saudi forces permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for the project, human rights organisations told Dezeen that architecture studios

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Palestinian architects are “banging on the door” to get into Gaza

June 13, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

As the majority of Gaza’s buildings lie in ruins due to ongoing Israeli strikes, architects from across Palestine are trying to gain access to the blockaded territory to support Gazans in starting to rebuild their homes and neighbourhoods. “We have been banging on the door to get in since November,” said Nasser Golzari and Yara

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Why are luxury car brands suddenly building skyscrapers?

May 30, 2024 Nat Barker 0

The past 18 months has seen a flurry of skyscrapers unveiled by luxury car brands including Bentley, Mercedes-Benz and Aston Martin. Nat Barker reports on the growing phenomenon of car-branded skyscrapers. “Fans of the brand should not just be able to drive a Porsche, they should be able to live in one,” said Porsche Lifestyle

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The “miracle” of Taiwan’s luxury social housing

April 4, 2024 Nat Barker 0

From a standing start, Taiwan has embarked on one of the world’s most ambitious social-housing programmes. Dezeen finds out more as part of our Social Housing Revival series. Having only become government policy in 2016, Taiwan expects to have amassed a social-housing stock of 200,000 units by the end of 2024 – and has already

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Montgomery County has found a way to reinvigorate public housing in America

April 1, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

As part of Dezeen’s Social Housing Revival series, we look at how one county in Maryland is leading the way in the US after devising a novel public-development strategy to help combat its housing crisis. Montgomery is a growing county on the outskirts of the Washington DC metropolitan area that has come up with a method

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Demolition of council estates “has peaked”

March 28, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

For our Social Housing Revival series, we look at how the fate of UK social-housing estates has become an urgent topic as councils grapple with the housing crisis and challenges of preservation. Regeneration of social housing estates – which typically involves demolishing post-war estates and replacing them with new housing that increases the overall number

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Barcelona’s “best projects are being done in the field of social housing”

March 27, 2024 Lizzie Crook 0

As part of our Social Housing Revival series, we spotlight the city of Barcelona, which is shrugging off the legacy of fascism by rapidly ramping up its supply of social housing. In June 2015, veteran housing activist Ada Colau became the first female mayor of Barcelona. She had risen to prominence clashing with police as

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Social housing means “I can breathe again” say residents

March 15, 2024 Peter Apps 0

Dezeen speaks to residents of new council housing in London about what their homes mean to them as part of our Social Housing Revival series. “When I got here, I was just really in shock because it is absolutely beautiful,” said Amanda Bennett*, a mother-of-three who recently moved into a new council house near south London’s

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Ukrainian studios “doing what we can, and sometimes what we can’t” after two years of war

February 23, 2024 Nat Barker 0

Two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, architecture and design studios in Ukraine are adapting to support the war effort while also ensuring they stay in business. Casualties in the war now number around 500,000, including more than 10,000 civilian deaths. With Saturday marking two years since Russia’s troops crossed the Ukraine border, Dezeen spoke to

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