Richmond Firehall No.2 / HCMA
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Month: October 2021
cosimo scotucci envisions dH2Ome carbon-neutral infrastructure to produce fresh water
‘is it possible to transform the oceans into immense freshwater reservoirs?’ is the question that cosimo scotucci tackles.
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DAGA Architects adds mirrored courtyard to traditional hutong house
Chinese studio DAGA Architects has renovated and modernised a traditional hutong residence in Beijing’s Dongcheng district, adding mirrors to the walls and floor of the entrance courtyard to make the space feel larger. The project is shortlisted in the housing category of 2021’s Dezeen Awards and represents an innovative take on the modernisation of these
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Ten cinematic interiors that could be in a Wes Anderson film
Our latest lookbook features retro-flavoured interiors with whimsical pastel colours and symmetrical designs that would be at home in American filmmaker Wes Anderson’s films. As Anderson’s latest film, The French Dispatch, hits the cinemas, we take a look at how his distinctive aesthetic has influenced interior projects from Stockholm to Melbourne. These include a pale pastel-yellow cafe, a swimming
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Hello School Interiors / SVOYA Studio
The private elementary school “HELLO SCHOOL” in Dnipro is a continuation of the successful family center “HELLO BABY”, which was developed and launched a year earlier. Its popularity became the reason for the further development of the complex.
Hospitality and the Housing Crisis: Reclaiming Abandoned Architecture
All over the globe, countries are facing a housing crisis. United Nations statistics put the number of people who live in sub-standard housing at 1.6 billion, and 100 million of the world’s population are without a home. As conflicts and climate change forces refugees to move to new countries, and as housing prices around the world continue to rise, cities are having to grapple more and more with how to provide safe and affordable housing for their residents.
The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Białystok / ZUKOWSKI
The presented project concerns the reconstruction and modernization of the old didactic building A, occupied by the pedagogical faculty of the branches of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. The building is located in Bialystok, in eastern Poland. In addition to the reconstruction of internal installations (sanitary and electrical), the main task was to insulate and change the appearance of the building. All these changes were intended, on the one hand, to improve the energy balance of the building, and on the other hand, to increase its aesthetic values.
This week architects and designers anticipated COP26
This week on Dezeen, we spoke to architects and designers ahead of the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, which begins this weekend. In anticipation of the event, 10 architects and designers who are attending told Dezeen about their hopes and fears for the conference. According to Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) president Simon Allford, the
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Omikoshi House / Furuya Design Architecture Office
In the Omori Lodge, we renovated eight wooden frame houses reminiscent of the bygone era, the residents formed a relaxed community through many events. We tried a new system of constructing houses for lease with this newly-built semi-detached house for two households with stores in the Lodge.
Porch House / DADA Partners
The porch house is set on 2-acre farmland designed with a generous court that faces the rising Sun. As a design strategy all public rooms, Formal lounge, dining room, family lounge, and the bar all line the edge of this court in ‘C’ formation. Beyond the built program, a large zinc-clad Porch holds a central position and looks out towards the landscaped court, as a ‘third space’ between the open and the built.