Rima Sabina Aouf

First full-height timber wind turbine opens in Sweden

January 29, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The world’s first full-scale timber wind turbine has started turning in Sweden, with a tower built by wood technology company Modvion. The 105-metre-tall tower, located in the region of Skara, is Modvion’s first commercial wind turbine tower, and follows on from a smaller 30-metre-high demonstration project the company completed in 2020. While its rotor blades

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Studio Bark devises structural use for waste timber in English woodlands

January 26, 2024 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

British architecture practice Studio Bark has worked with students from the University of East London to devise a roof-supporting column with otherwise unusable timber at a site within ancient English woodland. Named Spindles, the project, which borrowed techniques from local chair making traditions, involved using small pieces of shaped wood to make a roof-supporting column.

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Revalu aims to improve access to materials data for architects

December 22, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The Revalu platform uses one million data points and an AI-powered accuracy checker to enable architects to compare the environmental impacts of different building materials. Founded by data scientists in Denmark and launched earlier this year, Revalu aims to cater to both large and small architecture practices, with three different ways to engage with its

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Revalu aims to improve access to materials data for architects

December 22, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The Revalu platform uses one million data points and an AI-powered accuracy checker to enable architects to compare the environmental impacts of different building materials. Founded by data scientists in Denmark and launched earlier this year, Revalu aims to cater to both large and small architecture practices, with three different ways to engage with its

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Australia bans engineered stone due to silicosis risk

December 14, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Australia has become the first country in the world to ban engineered stone, following rising cases of silicosis among workers who handle the material. The ban was agreed at a meeting of Australian federal and state workplace ministers on Wednesday, and will come into place across the country from 1 July 2024. The ban targets

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Animal-centric interspecies design goes “beyond sustainability”

November 23, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

A new design trend prioritises the needs of bugs and animals above human beings. Rima Sabina Aouf finds out if “interspecies design” is the next step in creating more sustainable spaces and objects. An exhibition designed to invite in animals, a garden optimised for the senses of pollinators rather than humans and architecture designed with

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Worsening natural hazards an “opportunity” to rethink cities says Rebuild By Design head Amy Chester

November 10, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The increasing need to protect cities from environmental hazards is a chance to transform communities for the better, says Rebuild By Design managing director Amy Chester in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen’s Designing for Disaster series. Rebuild by Design began in the wake of Hurricane Sandy in New York as a competition run

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AAU Anastas designs The Wonder Cabinet in Bethlehem as hub for makers and creatives

September 11, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Palestinian architects AAU Anastas have built a production facility and cultural hub in Bethlehem called The Wonder Cabinet, which brings together the many strands of their cross-disciplinary practice and includes a radio station and restaurant. The Wonder Cabinet is the brainchild of two of the studio’s directors, brothers Elias and Yousef Anastas, who are also

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Orbital Materials combines ChatGPT with physics to invent “transformational materials”

August 14, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

The first materials designed by AI could be less than 18 months away, according to Orbital Materials CEO Jonathan Godwin, who aims to harness the technology to create materials to help with carbon capture. Formerly an engineer at Google’s AI research laboratory DeepMind, Godwin founded Orbital Materials in 2022 with a vision to bring to market

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Klein Dytham Architecture gives Fender’s first flagship store a welcoming feel

July 12, 2023 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Klein Dytham Architecture has aimed to counter rock music snobbery with its design for guitar brand Fender’s Tokyo flagship store, which is meant to feel welcoming to people who might feel judged in other guitar stores. The Fender store sits across the bottom four floors of the glass-walled Ice Cubes building, a 12,000-square-metre space in

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