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Foster + Partners sustainability lead calls for more refurbishments and fewer basements to help fight climate change

December 1, 2021 Nat Barker 0

Architects should reuse existing buildings where possible to reduce embodied carbon and emissions, according to Christopher Trott, head of sustainability at Foster + Partners. Other ways of lowering emissions include not building basements, reducing spans, using less materials and making greater use of wood, Trott said. “The kind of immediate things that we can do

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Dezeen’s top 10 houses of 2021

December 1, 2021 Nat Barker 0

Kicking of our review of 2021, we round up 10 of the most striking and interesting houses featured on Dezeen this year, including a concrete villa in Indonesia and a mid-century Californian home given a new lease of life. Bat Trang House, Vietnam, by Vo Trong Nghia Architects Encased in ceramic bricks, this house was designed

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Ten statement buildings that never got built

November 24, 2021 Nat Barker 0

After Foster + Partners’ design for the Tulip tower was recently rejected by the UK government, we round up 10 other high-profile building projects that were never actually built. Mexico City airport by Foster + Partners The Tulip is not the first time Foster + Partners has seen its design efforts go unrealised. Construction on

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Herzog & de Meuron’s Tour Triangle set to begin construction in Paris

November 19, 2021 Nat Barker 0

The Tour Triangle skyscraper designed by Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron is finally set to begin construction in Paris after 15 years in the making, amid a last-ditch attempt to stop it by the building’s critics. Developer Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) this month struck a partnership deal with an investment arm of French insurance multinational AXA, providing

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COP26 was “better than nothing but clearly insufficient” according to architects who were there

November 17, 2021 Nat Barker 0

Figures from architecture and the built environment who attended COP26 have given the climate conference low marks while praising the energy of the fringe events and hoping that politicians’ words will now be followed by action. “It’s just a start when it’s almost too late,” said Andrew Waugh of Waugh Thistleton Architects, who gave the

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Herzog & de Meuron reveals second Vancouver Art Gallery redesign with woven copper-effect facade

November 16, 2021 Nat Barker 0

Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron has revealed its second redesign for a new building at the Vancouver Art Gallery after the project was pledged a nine-figure donation from a property developer. The architecture firm has revised the massing and facade of the proposed building, opting for a copper-coloured woven metal covering the wooden soffits

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Cheshire Architects uses local materials to create The Hotel Britomart in Auckland

November 15, 2021 Nat Barker 0

The Hotel Britomart by Cheshire Architects

Cheshire Architects used local Kiwi materials and craftwork for the interiors of this hotel in Auckland, New Zealand. The 99-room The Hotel Britomart, which is located on Galway Street in downtown Auckland, involved the restoration of a century-old existing building and the construction of a new 10-storey block. The interiors are designed to reflect the

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Ten blank buildings that present a windowless face to the world

November 12, 2021 Nat Barker 0

House in Toyonaka by Fujiwaramuro Architects

Plans for windowless student dorms in California attracted widespread criticism last week, but Munger Hall is not the first building to keep natural light at bay. Our latest roundup features ten fenestrationally challenged buildings with glassless facades. House in Toyonaka by FujiwaraMuro Architects Japanese studio FujiwaraMuro Architects designed this L-shaped house in Osaka as a

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Government rejects Foster + Partners’ “highly unsustainable” Tulip tower

November 11, 2021 Nat Barker 0

A render of the Tulip by Foster + Partners has been approved by the City of London planning committee

Development of the proposed Tulip tourist attraction designed by Foster + Partners has been rejected by the UK government over concerns about embodied carbon and the quality of its design. A decision letter published today on behalf of UK housing secretary Michael Gove dismissed a planning appeal for the 305-metre tower that was proposed for the City

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Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects yet to endorse RIBA climate report presented at COP26

November 4, 2021 Nat Barker 0

More than 200 built environment organisations have endorsed a report by RIBA and Architects Declare setting out ways to decarbonise the industry, although leading UK architecture studios including Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid Architects are yet to join the signatories. Industry body the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and pressure group Architects Declare

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