Deezen

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The brief for the four-bedroom, five-bathroom property in Studio City "was to design a home using all natural materials", according to Diaz, who has developed several single-family homes across the city. The post Rob Diaz uses all natural materials to build house in Los Angeles appeared first on Dezeen.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Taking inspiration from fish scales, the team led by assistant professor Reza Moini claims their design increases resistance to cracking by as much as 63% compared to conventional cast concrete. Princeton’s method drew inspiration from the double-helical structures that form the scales of an ancient fish lineage named coelacanths.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

"Colours, materials and biophilia have been used to enhance wellbeing and connectedness with nature within the studio," said Tengbom. Even the toilets have an original architectural or landscape sketch handpainted on the walls to inspire our creativity." The photography is by Emil Fagander and Felix Gerlach.

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Architizer

MARCH 13, 2025

Showcase your work by uploading projects to Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Material choices are a major part of every project. From travertine to limestone, corten steel to zinc, timber to terrazzo, architects spend a huge amount of time and energy selecting the perfect materials for their designs.

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SW Oregon Architect

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Eugene Public Library (photo credit: Eckert & Eckert) This is another in my series of posts inspired by 1000 Awesome Things , the Webby Award-winning blog written by Neil Pasricha. Proportion, light, and materiality are enduring elements of design that, when used thoughtfully, create an emotional resonance transcending specific eras.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 28, 2024

The furniture was entirely made from reclaimed materials, including a collection of raised beds installed 15 years ago following the formation of the community garden. Lau allowed the materials to steer the outcomes, with the shapes of the galvanised steel brackets informing the configurations of the various seating solutions.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

"Entrants were encouraged to explore creative approaches to materiality, construction techniques, and structural ingenuity, with particular attention to safety, durability, and weather resilience,” Buildner noted.

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Archinect

MARCH 13, 2025

With cement production responsible for about 8% of global carbon dioxide emissions , the team was prompted to explore ways to reduce the material’s carbon footprint. Related on Archinect: Princeton researchers develop concrete 3D printing method inspired by ancient fish scales. Image cr.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Showcase your work by uploading projects to Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Architecture is often framed as a balance between creative inspiration and technical execution sketching ideas, refining concepts and ultimately turning vision into built reality. Architects: Want to have your project featured?

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2025

With the kitchen now the heart of the home, we've picked six projects to inspire your entries into our new Dezeen Awards kitchen interior category. Material choices can play a defining role in kitchen design, influencing both aesthetics and functionality.

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Archinect

APRIL 7, 2025

In an extensive Washington Post article, Philip Kennicott and Naema Ahmed reflect on the San Giorgio in Velabro church in Rome , whose "hodgepodge" of mismatched columns, capitals, and materials offer an insight into how the ancient Romans often used second-hand architectural elements when constructing new buildings.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 22, 2024

In the lobby at The Huron, the reception desk is wrapped in pink leather and sits against a backdrop of green tiles "Inspired by the Brooklyn waterfront and artist Edward Hopper's urbanscapes, The Huron reflects Greenpoint's past and present, paying homage to the neighborhood's golden age of industrialism," said the studio.

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Archinect

MARCH 10, 2025

Writing for The New York Times , Walker Mimms critiques the myth of the lone visionary architect, popularized by Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead and embodied in Howard Roark, a character inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. used to improve Brody and Jones’s Hungarian dialogue," Mimms concludes.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Inspired by the tree that lends its name to the project, the design captures its surroundings' shade, freshness, and tranquility, creating a place meant for rest and contemplation. Natural materials and efficient solutions. This feature not only serves a functional purpose but also provides a warm and robust welcome.

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Archinect

JANUARY 16, 2025

The resorted olive oil manufacturing plant now allows for an inspiring epicurean museum-like experience for tourists in search of a day trip or hands-on romantic getaway. Phillippe Starck has shared news of a newly completed architectural project in Spain called LA Almazara. Image courtesy Starck Network/LA Almazara.

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ArchDaily

JANUARY 8, 2025

Clean lines, minimalist aesthetics, and materials like concrete , steel , and glass are a common sight. These interventions often replace or complement the intricate ornamentation and natural materials traditionally associated with sacred spaces in the region.

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The Spaces

MARCH 7, 2025

Bilbao’s design, a striking new aquarium building inspired by the thought that ‘the aquarium was a ruin and the ecosystems of the Sea of Cortez had taken over’, is a bold example of her focus on sustainable design where geometry merges with nature. .’

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Archinect

MARCH 11, 2025

For the institute’s new building, the design team drew inspiration from the natural landscape of the Ozarks, with curvilinear forms that echo the region’s bluffs, caves, and forests. Image credit: Tim Hursley The exterior material palette consists of glass, stone cladding, and weathered brass fins.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. From the influential Sorbonne in the Middle Ages to the renowned grandes écoles of today, French institutions have been pioneers of specialized education, inspiring generations of creative minds.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 2, 2024

They draw inspiration from local elements like geography , materials and available resources. Their innovative explorations, driven by risk-taking, emerge from a deep emotional connection and thorough understanding of their context.

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Archinect

JULY 25, 2024

The concept blends material inspiration and creative spatial configuration together with form. Today, we’ll highlight a new coffee shop in the country's third-largest city, Nakhon Ratchasima, called French Kitsch III.

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Architizer

JANUARY 22, 2025

Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Over the years, advancements in materials science, structural engineering and computational modeling have transformed how architects approach earthquake-resistant design. Architects: Want to have your project featured?

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

The off-grid agricultural campus, which features a figure-eight-shaped accommodation block, was described by the master jury as "architecture at its best – beautiful, useful and inspiring". Kooo Architects tested different soil types and discarded tea leaves to create an environmentally friendly and non-toxic material.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2025

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen's archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring bathrooms with sculptural stone sinks , living room ideas from Dezeen and bedrooms illuminated by creative lighting solutions.

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Archinect

APRIL 14, 2025

The design was inspired by its unique location and a pair of artistic, adventurous clients. There is understated honesty in the materials chosen throughout the project, solid wood was almost exclusively used for the millwork throughout the project.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Inspired by her global experiences, she shares captivating insights into the world’s most extraordinary cities and buildings and provides travel tips on her blog, The Travel Album. Architects and engineers must carefully consider snow loads and the impact of freezing temperatures on materials during the design process.

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Architizer

JANUARY 8, 2025

This innovative product redefines how interior spaces can inspire, connect and promote well-being. As part of CSI Creatives broader Acoustic Greenery category, the Clay Pot Wall exemplifies the firms innovative approach to integrating advanced materials with botanically inspired aesthetics.

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Architizer

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Some see it as a celebration of material, form and function; others perceive it as cold and uninviting. It is known for its bold forms and unapologetic use of raw materials, particularly exposed concrete.

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ArchDaily

JULY 10, 2024

This year’s award celebrates projects that feature “inspiring examples of existing buildings and structures that have been given a new lease of life.” Recognized for intelligent design and collaboration with clients and local communities, the award winners also showcase innovative construction techniques and thoughtful material selections.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Inspired by her global experiences, she shares captivating insights into the world’s most extraordinary cities and buildings and provides travel tips on her blog, The Travel Album. In architectural design, achieving this level of comfort requires a thoughtful blend of elements such as materials, lighting, textures, and spatial arrangements.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Architecture, as has been well-documented, has been a contributing force in many ways — both by relying on materials that pump CO2 into the atmosphere but also by cultivating a widespread reliance on fossil-fuel-intensive systems — like air conditioning, electric lighting and more — due to poor design.

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Architizer

JANUARY 27, 2025

Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Deserts in the Middle East are places of paradox; they are harsh and unyielding environments that have long inspired ingenuity and resilience. Architects: Want to have your project featured?

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Archinect

JANUARY 15, 2025

The end result was a combination of the thoughtful economy of materials and design, creating a functional and visually striking space. This fit-out is not just a redesign of space but hopes to reimagine how an office can facilitate inspiration, collaboration, and innovation.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Showcase your work through Architizer and sign up for our inspirational newsletters. Materials like exposed concrete, steel, glass, wood, and stone are selected for their inherent beauty, introducing subtle richness through texture. Here, the ornamentation comes with the materials’ own qualities. Alvar Aalto Studio.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Paying attribute to the Chinese culture The design inspiration comes from jade, a noble and precious material used in important. Completed in 2024 in Hangzhou, China. Images by Terrence Zhang. Design Concept.

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Deezen

JANUARY 6, 2025

The material is made by combining leftover wood from sawmills and timber harvesting with a natural, non-toxic and flame-retardant magnesium carbonate binder, and its extrusion through 3D-printing allows for the creation of complex shapes without generating any waste.

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Architizer

MARCH 5, 2025

One of these tools is CNC (Computer Numerical Control) technology a method that cuts, mills and carves materials with machine-guided precision. Whether carving out wooden lattices, constructing gravity-defying pavilions, or repurposing recycled materials, CNC technology can help turn complex ideas into reality.

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