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The Dezeen guide to wood in architecture, interiors and design

February 5, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Wood architecture guide

Thinking of using timber in your architecture or design project? Our guide to 15 of the most popular types of wood and wood products has links to hundreds of examples for inspiration. Ash Ash is a deciduous hardwood that produces a beautiful pale timber with a grain similar to oak. Versatile, shock-resistant and with no

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New Dezeen Lookbooks section presents curated picks of home interiors from Dezeen’s archive

January 29, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Wood-clad living room in Denmark

Dezeen has launched a new section featuring roundups of home interiors and decor trends to help designers and design lovers plan their projects. Published each Saturday, the visually driven Dezeen Lookbooks present roundups of images of contemporary interiors selected from our vast archive of over 750,000 images. Each roundup is curated by the Dezeen editorial

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Six examples of reversible architecture and design that can be taken apart and recycled

January 11, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Examples of reversible architecture and design

Reversible design allows products, installations or even entire buildings to be deconstructed and their components used again to reduce waste and carbon emissions. Here are six examples from Dezeen’s archives. The concept of reversible design was highlighted by interior designer Adam Strudwick of Perkins and Will during a Dezeen talk about the circular economy last

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Three proposals for Covid-19 vaccination centres designed to speed up the immunisation process

January 6, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Urban pods by Stefano Boeri Architetti

With Covid-19 vaccinations being rolled out around the world, here are three proposals by architects to speed up the process including drive-through facilities, shipping-container clinics and pods in town squares. Urban pods by Stefano Boeri Architetti Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has designed circular timber-and-fabric pavilions that will be set up in 1,500 squares around

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Bjarke Ingels’ Masterplanet vision for Earth is “a continuation of the colonialist project” says Liam Young

January 6, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Liam Young

Developing a masterplan for the planet could entrench existing inequalities and make climate change worse, according to the architect behind the new Planet City movie. Architect Liam Young described the Masterplanet project by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) as “a continuation of the colonialist project that has already masterplanned the planet in its own image”. Instead, Young

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Liam Young’s Planet City could tackle climate change by housing 10 billion people in a single metropolis

January 6, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Planet City by Liam Young

The entire population of the earth could live in a giant sustainable city occupying a fraction of the earth’s surface, freeing the rest of the world for rewilding and the return of stolen lands, according to a new movie by architect Liam Young. Young’s fictional Planet City movie proposes a hyper-dense, self-sufficient metropolis housing 10

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Louis Kahn dormitories in Ahmedabad saved from demolition after global protests

January 2, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Louis Kahn dormitories in Ahmedabad

Plans to demolish part of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad by architect Louis Kahn have been withdrawn following an international outcry. The management school’s board of governors yesterday announced it had abandoned plans to demolish a cluster of brick dormitories that forms part of the monumental campus. In a letter announcing the decision, the

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Reversible design could turn every building into a “DIY store for the next project”

December 23, 2020 Marcus Fairs 0
Adam Strudwick of Perkins and Will

Architects should design buildings to be taken apart and reused as part of the circular economy, according to Adam Strudwick of Perkins and Will. Designers should get used to working with smaller palettes of reusable materials and draw up blueprints for disassembly as well as assembly, the interior designer said. Reversible design could radically change

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Drive-through clinics in hospital car parks could be used for “accelerated vaccine roll-out” says NBBJ

December 14, 2020 Marcus Fairs 0
In Car Care drive-through clinic concept by NBBJ

Hospital patients could be treated in prefabricated drive-through clinics without leaving their cars, according to a concept by architect NBBJ. The clinics could also be used to administer coronavirus vaccinations, according to the architects. The prefabricated units “could be especially effective for accelerated vaccine roll-out, as it enables simultaneous distribution to every passenger in the

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Homebuyers “moving away from open-plan spaces” says Albert Hill of The Modern House

December 9, 2020 Marcus Fairs 0
Albert Hill

The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated the trend away from open-plan living as people seek greater privacy at home, according to Albert Hill, co-founder of design-led estate agent The Modern House. Hill said that buyers were increasingly looking for homes with a variety of different rooms for different activities rather than large, open multipurpose spaces. “People

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