Materials

Seven alternative bricks made of reclaimed waste and biomaterials

January 30, 2023 Jennifer Hahn 0

Expanded cork, construction waste and human urine feature in this roundup of brick alternatives, designed to reduce the embodied carbon footprint of the masonry units. After concrete and steel, brick has become the latest focus for architects, designers and material researchers hoping to slash the emissions associated with building materials. That’s because bricks are generally

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Municipal waste used to form “low-carbon” brick for Design Museum Gent extension

January 19, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Architecture studios Carmody Groarke and TRANS Architectuur Stedenbouw have collaborated with material researchers to develop a brick made from local construction waste, which will be used to build the new wing of the Design Museum Gent. The Gent Waste Brick was designed together with circular economy specialist Local Works Studio and materials manufacturer BC Materials to

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PlasticFree is a database of over 100 plastic alternatives for designers and architects

January 13, 2023 Jennifer Hahn 0

Environmental charity A Plastic Planet has launched an online platform to help architects and designers source plastic-free materials for their projects and avoid the “minefield of misinformation” around more sustainable alternatives. Called PlasticFree, the subscription-based service provides users with in-depth reports on more than 100 plastic alternatives, offering key insights into their properties, production and

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Interior design trends for 2023 reflect “anger in the world” and post-covid community focus

January 5, 2023 Cajsa Carlson 0

Interiors will get weirder in 2023 with bolder colours, mushroom materials and less birch plywood, designers have told Dezeen. As the new year begins, Dezeen asked 12 interior designers and architects about their predictions for the interior design trends that will dominate in 2023. Interiors to feature maximalism and weirdness British interior designers Jordan Cluroe

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Water-filled windows use sunlight to heat and cool buildings

January 3, 2023 Nat Barker 0

British startup Water-Filled Glass has developed panes of glass filled with water that use sunlight to power a “crazy” energy-saving heating and cooling system. Founded in 2020 by Loughborough University architecture lecturer Matyas Gutai, Water-Filled Glass (WFG) aims to use patented technology to make heavily glazed buildings significantly more sustainable. Its windows contain a thin layer

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“The world needs cement” says concrete industry decarbonisation chief

December 15, 2022 Nat Barker 0

Concrete will remain the world’s dominant construction material over biomaterials such as timber as the world transitions to net-zero, claims GCCA chief executive Thomas Guillot. The second most widely used material on the planet after water, concrete is produced by a massively polluting industry that accounts for around seven per cent of the world’s carbon

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Construction commences on BIG and ICON’s community of 3D-printed homes in Texas

November 11, 2022 Ben Dreith 0

Construction is underway on a community of 100 3D-printed homes in Texas co-designed by Danish architecture studio BIG and American construction technology company ICON. Sited in Georgetown – a municipality outside of Austin – the project aims to be the largest community in the world built using 3D printing technology. Nicknamed Wolf Ranch, the community

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Six material innovations aimed at slashing concrete’s outsized carbon footprint

October 21, 2022 Jennifer Hahn 0

After Seratech’s carbon-neutral cement won the 2022 Obel Award, Dezeen has rounded up six ways in which researchers are working to decarbonise concrete – the single most polluting building material in the world. Currently, concrete’s key ingredient cement is responsible for around eight per cent of global emissions, surpassing all other materials except oil, gas

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The Circus Canteen interior is a “collage of unwanted items”

October 21, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

Local studio Multitude of Sins has created an eclectic restaurant interior in Bangalore out of a mishmash of reclaimed materials, including discarded bicycle bells and cassette tape boxes. Officially called Big Top but known as The Circus Canteen, the restaurant is shortlisted in the sustainable interior category for a 2022 Dezeen Award. Multitude of Sins

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Fiandre covers Armenian church in porcelain slabs printed with 1.5 million unique motifs

October 17, 2022 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: Fiandre Architectural Surfaces porcelain slabs, digitally printed with 1.5 million icons, cover the facade of an Armenian church in Texas designed by New York-based architect David Hotson. For the facade of Saint Sarkis Armenian Church in Carrollton, Texas, architect David Hotson and Yerevan-trained architectural designer Ani Sahakyan worked closely with Italian architectural surface manufacturer

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