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Architectural Association redundancies go ahead despite high-profile protests

January 12, 2018 India Block 0

Redundancies in the Architectural Association’s publications and exhibitions departments have gone ahead, despite protests from luminaries such as David Adjaye and Richard Rogers. Ten of the sixteen staff members whose roles had been up for redundancy have left the architecture school, as reported in the Architects’ Journal. Dezeen understands that Tom Weaver resigned from his post as editor

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Architectural Association redundancies go ahead despite high-profile protests

January 12, 2018 India Block 0

Redundancies in the Architectural Association’s publications and exhibitions departments have gone ahead, despite protests from luminaries such as David Adjaye and Richard Rogers. Ten of the sixteen staff members whose roles had been up for redundancy have left the architecture school, as reported in the Architects’ Journal. Dezeen understands that Tom Weaver resigned from his post as editor

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CF Møller’s hybrid flood defences will create new nature park in Denmark

January 12, 2018 India Block 0

A flood defence system devised by CF Møller in central Denmark will combine urban planning, climate change adaption and nature conservation. Described by the Scandinavian architecture firm as an “architectural multi-tool”, the Storkeengen is designed to protect the nearby town of Randers from floods and transform the nearby fields into a wetland nature park. A raised boardwalk

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CF Møller’s hybrid flood defences will create new nature park in Denmark

January 12, 2018 India Block 0

A flood defence system devised by CF Møller in central Denmark will combine urban planning, climate change adaption and nature conservation. Described by the Scandinavian architecture firm as an “architectural multi-tool”, the Storkeengen is designed to protect the nearby town of Randers from floods and transform the nearby fields into a wetland nature park. A raised boardwalk

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DeDraft completes weathering-steel roof extension for £60,000

January 11, 2018 India Block 0

DeDraft’s roof-top extension to an east London home is clad in sheets of weathering steel that will naturally patinate to match the red brick and tiles of the surrounding architecture. The architects added the 24-square-metre extension to a property in Walthamstow, where DeDraft is also based, at a cost of just £60,000. The addition named DA Residence is

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Birmingham’s tallest residential skyscraper to include roof-top running track and app-controlled lifts

January 10, 2018 India Block 0

Glenn Howells Architects has won approval to build a 132-metre skyscraper that will be the tallest residential building in Birmingham, England, and will house over 480 hi-tech rental apartments. Called 2one2 Broad Street, the 42-storey tower will occupy a central location in the city on the site of the former nightclub Tramps on Broad Street. Renders show the

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Birmingham’s tallest residential skyscraper to include roof-top running track and app-controlled lifts

January 10, 2018 India Block 0

Glenn Howells Architects has won approval to build a 132-metre skyscraper that will be the tallest residential building in Birmingham, England, and will house over 480 hi-tech rental apartments. Called 2one2 Broad Street, the 42-storey tower will occupy a central location in the city on the site of the former nightclub Tramps on Broad Street. Renders show the

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Birmingham’s tallest residential skyscraper to include rooftop running track and app-controlled lifts

January 10, 2018 India Block 0

Glenn Howells Architects has won approval to build a 132-metre skyscraper that will be the tallest residential building in Birmingham, England, and will house over 480 hi-tech rental apartments. Called 2one2 Broad Street, the 42-storey tower will occupy a central location in the city on the site of the former nightclub Tramps on Broad Street. Renders show the

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Wind farms and man-made island in the North Sea could help Europe meet renewable energy targets

January 8, 2018 India Block 0

A man-made island surrounded by wind farms in the middle of the North Sea could help bring large-scale renewable energy to Europe by 2050. Dutch energy company TenneT claims its plans for the North Sea Wind Power Hub has the potential to supply 70 to 100 million Europeans with renewable energy in just over 30

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Prefabricated house in rural Spain took just five hours to assemble

January 8, 2018 India Block 0

Baragaño Architects designed this prefabricated house made from galvanised steel, wood and slate in northwestern Spain to take only five hours to erect. The Spanish architecture studio built Casa Montaña as a second home for a British landscaper and his family in the remote and mountainous coastal region of Asturias. The modules took four months to be made in

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