ArchDaily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Pioneering women architects have been resistant in a profession dominated by men, and have faced skepticism in challenging contexts, such as construction sites itself. Discussing their pioneering material explorations is key to understanding their role in projects.

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The Architect's Newsletter

AUGUST 20, 2024

In April 2023, many New Yorkers learned of the renovation of the Brussels World Trade Center (WTC), spearheaded by Belgian office 51N4E, in a lecture hosted by The Architectural League The post In Brussels, 51N4E adds to fraught World Trade Center site with a nearly new structure that reuses existing foundations and vertical cores appeared first on (..)

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Deezen

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Brussels-based architecture duo Brasebin-Terrisse have erected a bus shelter made using waste materials as part of this year's Tallinn Architecture Biennale. In the end, the pavilion turned out to be very close to the image we projected in the competition, which showcased one of many possible scenarios."

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Behind the elegant dark wooden façade and bold aesthetics are particularly progressive engineering strategies that imbue the structure with remarkable resilience: the building was designed to withstand the force of possible avalanches. Materially, it turns out, nature also knows best.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Visitors to the Replay event at the Design Museum during London Design Festival were able to participate in a game designed to make use of waste materials gathered from the city's workshops. Replay's simple rules invite participants to take turns placing a block of salvaged material within the sculpture.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 The structural use of stone is not new," said Blasi.

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Deezen

MARCH 12, 2024

Texas-based ICON has unveiled Phoenix, a robotic-arm-mounted 3D printer that can create fully-enclosed, multi-storey structures from a low-carbon mixture, at SXSW. According to the company, it can print structures up to 27 feet tall (8.2 The imagery is courtesy of ICON.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

KLG Architects uses thick walls for coastal "sanctuary" in South Africa "A little sanctuary to take in the view and smell the fresh air" Some commenters felt the structure was well-placed amidst its surroundings. Yes, this house is so right for the site – materials low profile and the internal spaces are just great," commended Chewie.

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Deezen

AUGUST 5, 2024

Conen Sigl has created the Westhof housing cooperative "Inspired by the site's history as a plant nursery, the cooperative housing project with complementary communal uses creates an identity-forming place that fosters a strong sense of community and ecological connectivity," Conen Sigl told Dezeen. The photography is by Roman Keller.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Tadao Ando ’s close three-decade building relationship with the Benesse Art Site in western Japan will celebrate a new milestone next spring with the opening of the Naoshima New Museum of Art, his tenth contribution for the cultural destination on Naoshima Island.

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Deezen

JUNE 22, 2024

WonKy has created a woodland education centre in London Local studio WonKy designed the centre to function as "an all-weather space" and constructed it with a palette of reclaimed materials. It connects to an existing public footpath and is designed to be wheelchair accessible. The photography is by Jim Stephenson.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Through this series of projects, one key observation arises: architecturally designed landscapes are made of a completely different set of materials. From water and soil to silkworms and fish and even urban ruins, an artificial landscape is often materialized through reappropriation and reuse.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Scottish architecture studio Loader Monteith has designed an office with a gabled roof , along with two private residences, for mountain bike tour operator H&I Adventures on a sloping brownfield site in Scotland. The structures share a timber-and-metal material palette designed to create a "common language", the studio said.

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2024

Interior design studio Jolie has completed The Nest restaurant with lime-wash walls and natural materials that is designed to be relocated in five years time. Lime-wash walls and natural materials decorate the space The restaurant has a bright dining area lined with wooden tables and chairs fronted by full-height glazing.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

series, we've collected 10 recently completed and upcoming buildings that show the potential of structural stone as a modern construction material. has explored the viability of stone as a modern, low-carbon building material that could help the construction industry minimise its vast carbon footprint. This week, Stone Age 2.0

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Deezen

MARCH 26, 2024

The University of Chicago John W Boyer Center was designed by Studio Gang in accordance with the French sustainability law requiring new public buildings to be built from at least 50 per cent wood or other natural materials. The centre will have a mass timber structure. The images are by Splann courtesy of Studio Gang unless stated.

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Deezen

JULY 2, 2024

This year's Glastonbury festival debuted stages constructed using reclaimed materials , from storm-felled trees and helicopters to pieces of Heathrow's defunct Terminal 1. Read on for five standout examples of new stages using old materials from this year's festival. Here are five of the most interesting.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The sustainability of structural stone is dependent on how and where it is quarried and its reputation as an infinite material is misleading, warns Slovak-British architect Natalia Petkova in this Stone Age 2.0 series, which is investigating the potential of the material as a viable, low-carbon, modern structural material.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Norwegian consulting agency Oslotre has completed HasleTre, an office building with a timber structure that was designed to be easily disassembled and reused in the future. The post Oslotre designs timber office in Norway as a demountable "materials bank" appeared first on Dezeen.

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Deezen

JUNE 15, 2023

It sits at the edge of a nature preserve on Punta Cometa, or Comet Point, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean and was once the site of an Aztec fort. Two stone towers juxtapose the site's horizontal elements The architects also needed to consider how the landscape evolves throughout the year.

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

Project Details: Location: Washington, United States Architect: GO'C / @ go_c_studio Footprint: 1,700 square feet Builder: Sparrow Woodworks Structural Engineer: SSF Engineers Civil Engineer: J Welch Engineering Envelope Consultant: RDH Building Science Inc. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Deezen

JANUARY 11, 2024

" Based on the self-built essence of the neighbourhood, Office of Collaborative Design , TBD Atelier , and Maye Colab joined forces with a shared vision to propose a project that engages with the site's legacy." Colab worked with a palette of red, yellow and pink on the interior, based on hues found during construction.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

US studio CLB Architects has created a retreat in rural Wyoming that has three wood-clad structures, with a creek running underneath the primary residence. Located on a 35-acre (14-hectare) property near the town of Wilson, the home was envisioned as a series of "tectonic structures" set within a diverse ecosystem.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Whether it’s reimagining traditional techniques or experimenting with unconventional materials, LUO Studio is challenging the status quo by asking a simple question: How can architecture do better? So, what exactly are they doing to shake things up? A key feature of the bridge is its covered corridor, a nod to ancient Chinese bridge designs.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A staggered arrangement of windows and patterned sections of brickwork form the facade of 19 Waterloo Street, a house that Australian studio SJB has added to a small site in Sydney. Externally the house is playful and textured – riffing the motives and materiality of the suburb that surrounds it," SJB explained. "A

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

JULY 18, 2024

A court case against the Des Moines Art Center to protect one of Mary Miss’s major pieces, Greenwood Pond: Double Site, bears out how severely this blind spot could affect the legacy of an important sculptor who uses terrain as her material. That lack of cognizance matches the decade of neglect Double Site suffered after 2015.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Materials from a dismantled warehouse were used to build this courtyard house named Dailly, which local studio Mamout has nestled between two buildings in Belgium. Dailly is arranged around two courtyards and features colourful spaces filled with reclaimed materials. The photography is by Séverin Malaud.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

The rough finishes of an existing concrete and brick structure are contrasted by white exhibition spaces at Arario Gallery in Seoul , completed by Japanese studio Schemata Architects. The post Schemata Architects embraces rough material finishes for gallery in Seoul appeared first on Dezeen. The photography is by Yongjoon Choi.

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Deezen

JUNE 16, 2023

Raw, tactile materials including clay tiles, earthenware pots and compressed earth bricks define this courtyard home near Chennai, India , designed by local practice Rain Studio. The structure was built from a combination of reclaimed and regional materials, which were left raw wherever possible.

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Deezen

JANUARY 25, 2024

UK architecture studio DaeWha Kang Design has designed a pavilion and courtyard for The OWO hotel at the site of the former Old War Office in Whitehall, London. When selecting materials for the project, practicality and longevity were central to the studio's approach. The photography is by Kyungsub Shin.

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Deezen

MAY 14, 2024

acres, Williamsburg Wharf will encompass residential, commercial, retail, and outdoor space and be located on "the last waterfront site in South Williamsburg" with each tower reaching 22 storeys. The project shall regenerate the last waterfront site of South Williamsburg."

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Deezen

APRIL 15, 2024

A green-steel structure and walls of exposed blockwork and plywood feature inside this house and artist's studio in Paris by local practice Jean Benoît Vétillard Architecture. The ground floor is left raw, and the more intimate [upper] floors are treated in wood, a more noble material," said the studio's founder Jean Benoît Vétillard.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Argentinian architect Malvina Zayat has completed a white home for herself and her family that is lifted above a sloped site and enters into "an intimate dialogue with the sky and clouds". The residence sits within a native forest in the town of Salsipuedes, which lies about 30 kilometers from the city of Córdoba.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Spanish architect Juan Gurrea Rumeu used a palette of warm, textural materials and carefully positioned voids to create atmospheric living spaces inside this house he designed for himself and his wife in Barcelona. Their bold presence helps to emphasise the volume of these double-height spaces.

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Deezen

JULY 17, 2023

Named Reset Materials , the exhibition at the Copenhagen-based gallery contains a showcase of architectural fragments made from 10 different low-carbon materials, including earth, biocement, mycelium, silicon and straw. The aim, according to Muhr, was not to champion individual materials, but to show how they might be used together.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 7, 2023

The site is surrounded by water and forests, creating a secluded rural environment on the island that's located across the Yangtze River estuary from the vast metropolitan area. The larger two-storey structure that acts as the accommodation block was overhauled and extended to include an additional floor – now totalling 552 square metres.

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Deezen

JULY 24, 2024

Courtesy of WXY Architecture The four first-place winners – WXY Architecture , Jerome Haferd Architecture , Body Lawson Associates , and Fabl Design – answered the call for the design of four sites, each possessing four venues, across a single cultural mile. That materiality] just resonated a lot with all of us," Abu-Bakare continued.

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