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1 week ago | 
dezeen.com | Starr Charles
Architecture studio Nikken Sekkei has collaborated with Nendo founder Oki Sato to create a demountable Japan Pavilion made from steel and cross-laminated timber for Expo 2025 Osaka. Aiming to evoke "the cycle of life and the circular economy" through its design, the Japan Pavilion by Nikken Sekkei and Sato features an on-site biogas plant that creates electricity for the pavilion using food waste from the event.
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2 weeks ago | 
dezeen.com | Starr Charles
A report published by the Royal Institute of British Architects has revealed low pay, poor mental health and a culture of unpaid overtime across the industry. Released earlier this week by RIBA, the Workplace Conditions and Wellbeing report gathered data from over 1,450 people in practice last year.
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2 weeks ago | 
dezeen.com | Starr Charles
Canadian studio Anya Moryoussef Architect has used black-stained wood to blend the exterior of this off-grid cabin into its forested site in Ontario. Situated on a lakeside site within the city's Algonquin Provincial Park, the Smoke Lake Cabin was designed be light-touch to minimise its impact on the surrounding landscape.
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3 weeks ago | 
dezeen.com | Starr Charles
British studio RSHP has revealed plans for Peninsula Dubai, a group of 10 interconnected buildings containing a hotel and residences overlooking the water in Jumeirah, Dubai. The chain of buildings will be united by angular forms finished with screens and louvres and arranged by RSHP to create shaded public spaces along the waterfront. Six low-lying buildings will sit at the centre of the complex, bookended by two pairs of taller towers. The heights of the buildings are yet to be disclosed.
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3 weeks ago | 
dezeen.com | Jon Astbury |Ben Dreith |Starr Charles |Cajsa Carlson
Over the past 70 years skateboarding has gone from fringe to mainstream. Iain Borden, author of Skateboarding and the City, selects 11 skateparks that highlight the key aspects of the movement's culture. More
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3 weeks ago | 
dezeen.com | Starr Charles
Ceilings clad with timber, larch and oak feature in our latest lookbook, which rounds up eight homes where wooden ceilings add a sense of warmth. While often used for flooring within the home, wood can also be used for ceilings, adding texture and warm hues to create inviting and cosy living spaces. Among the eight interiors featured below is a lakeside home in Québec cloaked in cedar planks and a converted rectory in New York adorned by reeded oak panelling.
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4 weeks ago | 
msn.com | Starr Charles
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4 weeks ago | 
dezeen.com | Jennifer Hahn |Max Fraser |Starr Charles |Dan Howarth
Pastel-toned, suicide-proofed chairs are among the penitentiary furniture revealed to the public as part of Prison Times, the debut exhibition curated by the Dropcity centre for architecture and design in Milan. More
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4 weeks ago | 
dezeen.com | Starr Charles
London studio Satish Jassal Architects has completed a net-zero social housing complex on a disused site in the London Borough of Haringey. Developed by Haringey Council, the Edith Road development is arranged across three brick buildings housing five apartments, one duplex and two townhouses that overlook a shared residential courtyard.
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1 month ago | 
dezeen.com | Starr Charles
A web of wooden joinery designed to mimic the rafters of a boat frames the Bahrain Pavilion, designed by Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh for the Expo 2025 Osaka. Named Connecting Seas, the 17-metre-tall pavilion draws on Bahrain's coastal heritage, taking cues from the region's traditional dhow boats that were once used to transport heavy goods.
