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Shortlist unveiled for AHEAD Americas 2020 hospitality awards

May 5, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: a conversion of New York’s JFK terminal building and a brutalist boutique in the historical centre of Oaxaca, Mexico, are among the projects to be shortlisted in this year’s AHEAD Americas awards. The AHEAD Americas awards honour exceptional hospitality projects that have been launched, opened or reopened on the continents between November 2018 and

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Fakro roof windows add light and outdoor space to attic apartments in Virginia

April 21, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: Large windows by Fakro punctuate the roof of a multi-family apartment block in Richmond, USA, creating micro balconies for the residents to enjoy. Virginia-based architects ADO Architecture Design chose to use Polish window brand Fakro for its flexible products that could blend with the building’s contemporary metal facade. The cladding of Fakro’s FGH-V

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Call for entries to AHEAD Europe awards 2020

April 15, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across Europe are invited to submit their hospitality projects to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD Europe awards. Carried out across four different regions – the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East and Africa (MEA) – the AHEAD awards celebrates stand-out hospitality projects from across the world. The

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Daydreamers Design creates flame-coloured pavilion from recycled plastic bricks

April 1, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: Hong Kong studio Daydreamers Design has reinterpreted a traditional Chinese burning tower as a spiralling pavilion made from recycled plastic around a geometric flame sculpture. The six-metre-high Wishing Pavilion was created by Daydreamers Design for Hong Kong’s annual Mid-Autumn Festival celebration, which took place in Victoria Park. Constructed from red, coral and yellow bricks to create a

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Fentress Architects launches 2020 competition to design airport of the future

March 30, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: Fentress Architects is inviting entries to its annual Fentress Global Challenge – a competition that tasks students with designing an airport terminal for the year 2100. First launched in 2011, the annual Fentress Global Challenge (FGC) is open to graduate and undergraduate students across the globe, and aims to advance the pursuit of

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Life-Cycle Analysis report highlights the sustainable impact of CLT

March 25, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: A newly published report on the cross-laminated timber supply chain demonstrates the material’s sustainable credentials as it becomes more mainstream in the US. Written by members of the Department of Architecture and School of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the University of Washington, the Life-Cycle Analysis (LCA) report investigates the environmental impact cross-laminated timber (CLT). The authors

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AHEAD Asia reveals region’s best hotels for 2020

March 13, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: a wabi-sabi-inspired hotel in a remote Chinese village and a luxury yacht that sails the seas of Indonesia are among the projects to be celebrated in the 2020 edition of the AHEAD Asia awards. The AHEAD awards spotlight outstanding hospitality projects from four different regions of the world: Asia, the Americas, Europe, and

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Call for entries to AHEAD MEA awards 2020

March 9, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: architects and designers working across the Middle East and Africa are invited to submit their entries to the 2020 edition of the AHEAD awards. Recognising exceptional hospitality projects from across the globe, the AHEAD awards focuses on four different regions: the Middle East and Africa (MEA), the Americas, Asia and Europe. The 2020

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David Chipperfield designs apartment block in Munich for Euroboden

February 26, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: Construction is underway on an apartment building in Munich, Germany, designed by David Chipperfield for Euroboden. British architect Chipperfield has re-interpreted Munich’s historic Stadtpalais, or “city palace”, with a free-standing building that will house a variety of apartments. Set next to a historic park, and among the large 19th-century homes of the Kolbergerstrasse,

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McLaren Excell discusses preserving a home’s history in short film by Vola

February 21, 2020 Dezeen staff 0

Dezeen promotion: in this short film released by Danish tap manufacturer Vola, architecture practice McLaren Excell explains the importance of paying tribute to a building’s past during its restoration process. The film, titled A Sustained History, sees the two co-directors of McLaren Excell talk through the process of sensitively transforming an 18th-century mill in Wiltshire,

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