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UNStudio uses ‘carbon builder’ tool to reduce footprint of Luxembourg office building

February 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has unveiled plans for The Kyklos building, a mixed-use office building in Belval, Luxembourg, designed in collaboration with local studio HYP Architects. Aiming to create a building with the “smallest possible carbon footprint”, the studios implemented a hybrid construction approach of concrete and 100 per cent recycled steel, using a sustainable-design

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Eight living spaces that go heavy on metal furniture

February 17, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

Although more commonly associated with industrial applications, furnishings made of cool-toned steel, aluminium and chrome are infiltrating every room of the home. This lookbook rounds up eight living spaces that show how it’s done. In recent years, a growing cohort of young designers has been experimenting with humble, industrial metals – often using only one

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KPF tops Abu Dhabi airport with undulating roof informed by sand dunes

February 14, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architecture studio Kohn Pedersen Fox has completed a terminal at Zayed International Airport in the UAE with an undulating roof informed by sand dunes and geometric patterns. Formerly known as Abu Dhabi International, the airport’s new terminal by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) was designed as a “civic landmark” for the region and to double capacity to

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Plantea Estudio plays with light and shadow for Acid cafe interior

January 30, 2024 Alyn Griffiths 0

Spanish studio Plantea Estudio has completed a cafe and bakery inside an early 20th-century building in Madrid, contrasting the original dark tones of the interior with modern steel surfaces. Taking over a former gem store on a busy street in the Justicia district, the Acid cafe and bakeshop was designed to provide a place for

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Steel, Wood, And Stone Are On Display Inside This Hillside Home

January 16, 2024 Erin 0

Bjella Architecture has sent us photos of a contemporary home they completed in Los Angeles, California, that’s nestled on a hillside overlooking the sprawling city. Due to the home being in an area prone to earthquakes, the structural elements are bigger and bolder. There are timbers connected by heavy steel plates, ornate steel compression struts […]

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YounghanChung Architects creates small study space in Seoul as a “microcosm for oneself”

December 29, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A desire to “eliminate unnecessary spaces as much as possible” drove the design of Tiny Forest, a flexible study space in Jongno-gu, Seoul completed by YounghanChung Architects. The two-storey building was created for a retired university lecturer who wanted a space separate from her main home to serve as a study and gathering space for

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Plat Asia explores “boundarylessness” with Cloud Tea Room in China

December 20, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Beijing studio Plat Asia has created a contemporary teahouse for a resort in Huzhou, China, which draws on the transience of clouds and is surrounded by an undulating steel-pole installation. Located on a secluded hillside within Xisaishan resort’s tea fields, the Cloud Tea Room sits within the 910-square-metre network of poles that periodically releases water vapour

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Eric Owen Moss describes design approach to (W)rapper high-rise in exclusive film

December 18, 2023 Sonia Singh 0

Architect Eric Owen Moss describes the design and engineering approach to constructing the (W)rapper office building in Los Angeles in this exclusive film produced by Dezeen in collaboration with MATT Construction. Named for the structural support system that covers its facade, the 235-foot office tower sits along the Pacific Electric light rail line, which connects

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