CF Møller and Reiulf Ramstad unveil plans for plant-covered tower in Oslo

January 30, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

CF Møller Architects and Reiulf Ramstad Arkitekter have teamed up to design a tower at Oslo’s central station, which will have a telescopic form to facilitate plant-covered terraces. Named Nordic Light, the building will contain a concourse for travellers in its base and offices above. At 110 meters high, the tower will echo the height of

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9 Principles of Ethical Redevelopment to Consider in Order to Improve Communities, Not Gentrify Them

January 30, 2018 Isis Ferguson 0

Where does creativity live? Can the highest level of cultural production come from down the street? What does it mean to be a good neighbor, a good steward? How does that look when there are so many forces at work keeping people isolated? How do you see value in what others discard? Can we learn to talk about moments of success in our struggling neighborhoods, not as random and magical, but as sophisticated flexibility? What is civic empathy?

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Urban Equipment for Public Spaces Helps to Build a Bike-Friendly City

January 30, 2018 AD Editorial Team 0

Designing public spaces without considering the circulation and parking of bicycles is no longer an option in today’s world. Accessibility for the free traffic of cyclists must also be accompanied by adequate security conditions, incorporating these devices in the best possible way to parks, sidewalks, parking lots, and the streetscape as a whole. 

Glass walls and covered walkways intertwine Israeli house and garden

January 30, 2018 India Block 0

Pitsou Kedem Architects has used fully glazed walls and an extended pergola-style roof to link this home with its garden in the Savyon district of Israel. The local studio designed the single-storey house to maximise its connection with the garden, forgoing a traditional facade and installing glass panels held in place by thin black iron

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Glass walls and covered walkways intertwine Israeli house and garden

January 30, 2018 India Block 0

Pitsou Kedem Architects has used fully glazed walls and an extended pergola-style roof to link this home with its garden in the Savyon district of Israel. The local studio designed the single-storey house to maximise its connection with the garden, forgoing a traditional facade and installing glass panels held in place by thin black iron

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