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“Everything changed in architecture” after 9/11 attacks says Daniel Libeskind

September 6, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

The terrorist attacks on New York’s World Trade Center helped the public understand the importance of architecture, says the architect who masterplanned the rebuilding at Ground Zero as part of our 9/11 anniversary series. Speaking to Dezeen in an exclusive interview, Polish-American architect Daniel Libeskind said that “everything changed in architecture” after the tragedy. Prior to the

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Ten projects that showcase Kengo Kuma’s “unexpected and innovative” approach

August 30, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has designed significant projects around the world including the Japan National Stadium and V&A Dundee. Editor Philip Jodidio picks ten of the architect’s key projects from a new book dedicated to his work. Using 500 illustrations, including photographs, plans and sketches, Kuma Complete Works 1988-Today covers the architect’s career from early designs including

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Tokyo 2020 Olympics accused of “superficial” sustainability efforts

July 23, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics opens today amid claims that its promise to be the greenest games ever are “greenwashing”. Instead, it is the third-least sustainable Olympics since 1992, according to a new study. This year’s event marks the first Olympics to be carbon neutral and to run entirely on renewable energy, according to its organisers.

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Digital twins offer “a very powerful way of developing our cities” say experts

July 9, 2021 Amy Frearson 0

Wellington city digital twin created by Buildmedia with Unreal Engine

Digital twins are starting to transform the way that cities are designed and managed, according to experts. The technology, which involves creating a digital clone of a real-world object or system, is revolutionising the fields of healthcare, manufacturing and logistics. It is now having a profound impact on architecture and urbanism too. “I see it

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Daylight Robbery photography documents bricked-up windows across London

June 24, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

A facade with bricked-up windows in London

Photographer Andy Billman is exhibiting a photography series at the London Festival of Architecture that captures bricked-up windows of homes throughout the UK capital. The series, which is named Daylight Robbery, aims to comment on the important role that air and natural light play in architecture and wellbeing. Billman was invited to exhibit it at

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“We’re taking CO2 out of the system” says carbon-capturing concrete maker Carbicrete

June 15, 2021 Jennifer Hahn 0

Montreal company Carbicrete has developed a method for sequestering carbon in concrete, claiming its product captures more carbon than it emits. The technology cuts out the need for calcium-based cement, a key ingredient in traditional concrete that is responsible for around eight per cent of all global CO2 emissions. “It’s negative emissions,” Carbicrete CEO Chris

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Ma Yansong creates lantern-like artwork in rural Chinese tea field

June 11, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

MAD architecture studio-founder Ma Yansong’s Light artwork stands in a rural tea field. In this interview, he tells Dezeen his thoughts about the connection between art and architecture. Yansong’s latest work, Light, is on a smaller scale than the ambitious architecture projects that his studio is well-known for. The installation is an undulating lightweight steel structure clad

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Seven clever co-living projects featured in All Together Now book

June 10, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

The facade of the Three-Generation House

“Co-space is here to stay”, says Dezeen editor-at-large Amy Frearson, who has co-authored a design guide to shared living spaces called All Together Now. Here she selects her top seven projects from the book. All Together Now was written by Frearson in collaboration with interior designer Naomi Cleaver for RIBA Publishing to document the trend

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Curators Collective overcomes “barriers of borders and politics” at Venice Architecture Biennale

June 2, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

Curators of fifty national pavilions at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale have come together to collaborate and share resources as part of the Curators Collective. The newly-founded Curators Collective challenges the usual approach to the Venice Architecture Biennale, where participants develop pavilions in isolation in response to a shared theme. Instead, the fifty members are

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The pandemic has “re-imagined how we can exhibit” says Venice Architecture Biennale curator Hashim Sarkis

May 19, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Installing the Venice Architecture Biennale, which opens 22 May, during the pandemic has forced participating architects to work in a more collaborative and sustainable way, according to curator Hashim Sarkis. “It has definitely affected, in a creative way, the question of efficiency and how we can reduce our carbon footprint,” he told Dezeen. “Many teams

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