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Ascent skyscraper in Milwaukee becomes world’s tallest timber building

August 3, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Ascent, an 86.6-metre-tall mass-timber tower in Wisconsin designed by Korb + Associates Architects, has been certified as the world’s tallest timber building. The 25-storey tower, which opened in July, has a concrete base, elevator and stair shafts, with the rest of the structure made from cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glulam. At 86.6 metres (284 feet), it

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Sam Jacob Studio adds glass tube entrance to London’s V&A museum

August 3, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

British architect Sam Jacob has used ribbed glass to create a contemporary entrance for London’s historic V&A museum and updated its bathrooms with a broken-ceramic cladding that feels “a little perverse”. The studio drew on the Victoria & Albert museum (V&A’s) collection for its designs, choosing glass for the lobby in a nod to the

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OEO Studio uses materials in a “playful way” for Designmuseum Denmark cafe and shop

August 3, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Tables, design chairs and stone floors at Designmuseum cafe

Copenhagen-based OEO Studio has created a cafe and shop interior for Denmark’s Designmuseum using stone, steel and wood to honour architect Kaare Klint’s original design. OEO Studio worked with materials and colours that reference Klint’s design from the 1920s and added details such as custom-built cabinets to the shop and a “monolithic” steel serving counter

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Video reveals 170-kilometre-long mirrored skyscraper The Line in Saudi Arabia

July 28, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

This video shows the design for The Line, a 500-metre-tall, mirror-clad skyscraper that was designed to house nine million people in Saudi Arabia. The linear city, which will be 170 kilometres long and 200 metres wide, was launched by Saudia Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and is described as “a revolution in civilization.” It will

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Ten contemporary living rooms with cool stone surfaces

July 23, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Budge Over Dover house in Sydney designed by YSG

Rough-hewn granite and smooth marble are among the materials chosen for the living rooms in this lookbook, which use stone to create elegant interiors. While stone surfaces can help rooms feel cooler during hot summer days, they also create a warm, organic atmosphere in modern interiors – especially when contrasted against glass surfaces and other

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This week the Stirling Prize shortlist was revealed

July 23, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Exterior of Sands End Arts and Community Centre by Mae Architects

This week on Dezeen, RIBA revealed the shortlist for this year’s Stirling Prize, which was dominated by projects in London. Of the six projects on the shortlist for this year’s prize, which includes buildings by Niall McLaughlin Architects, Hopkins Architects and Henley Halebrown, four are located in London with the other two in Cambridge and Falkirk, Scotland. The list includes a school, a

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Ten tranquil bathrooms with timber-clad interiors

July 10, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Our latest lookbook features ten bathrooms where timber cladding has been used to create interiors with a luxurious, warm feel. While bathrooms with ceramic and stone interiors can feel sterile and spartan, using timber creates a cosy and enveloping atmosphere, as demonstrated by these ten projects. Ranging from cypress to spruce and cork, the materials

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Women-led studios create sculptural pavilions for Women in Architecture exhibition

July 6, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Pavilions by Tatiana Bilbao and Helen & Hard

Architecture studios Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, Helen & Hard and Ensamble Studio have designed three pavilions for the Women in Architecture exhibition at the Danish Architecture Center. The exhibition, which was curated by Sara Hatla Krogsgaard, aims to highlight the work that women architects have created in Denmark and showcases work by both historical and contemporary architects.

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Frank Maali and Gemma Lalanda transform 1950s garage into steel-clad event space with a “sacral feeling”

June 20, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architects Frank Maali and Gemma Lalanda have turned a 1950s garage into an events space at homeware brand Vipp’s Copenhagen headquarters, which opened during the 3 Days of Design festival. Called Vipp Garage, the architecture duo’s design was informed by the industrial Island Brygge neighbourhood where it is located. It has steel-clad walls and a polished concrete

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Henning Larsen constructs translucent pavilion to mark Fritz Hansen’s 150th anniversary

June 16, 2022 Cajsa Carlson 0

Danish architecture studio Henning Larsen has built a wooden pavilion for furniture brand Fritz Hansen’s 150th anniversary that forms part of the 3 Days of Design festival in Copenhagen. Made to showcase Fritz Hansen’s furniture, the glued laminated timber (glulam) pavilion was designed to be largely translucent to let in as much light as possible during

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