November, 2023

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Making Every Part of Architecture Visible: Kim Lenschow Exposes the Hidden Story of Materials

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Office Kim Lenschow aims to draw attention to this and to provoke critical thinking in relation to architecture and the materials that make it. By focusing on small-scale, mostly residential projects, the office seeks to reveal this hidden narrative of materials and cultivate more awareness and engagement with the structures surrounding us.

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Frame House by Studio MBM / Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli

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The Frame House transforms the existing barn house typology into a contemporary dwelling, redefined by strategic compositions of window frames on each new elevation and new structure extending from the existing gambrel roof construction.

Housing 240
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360 House by Studio MBM / Maurizio Bianchi Mattioli

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Four structural volumes disrupt the concentric windows and separate the floor plan into flexible rooms defined by the roof geometry. The roof wedge references local vernacular and the chosen construction materials directly respond to the rugged nature of the house’s remote mountain setting.

Housing 337
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Yasmeen Lari Sets Out to Build One Million Flood-Resistant Homes in Pakistan by 2024

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The program is built on Lari’s expertise in working with the communities and employing vernacular and local building materials to achieve resilient and sustainable structures. In September 2022, Lari’s NGO launched a target program to start rebuilding and to help communities protect themselves against future disasters. Read more »

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MVRDV and Orange Architects introduce master plan for new mixed-use district in Kyiv

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The design for the NUVO complex calls for a five-building mix of new structures united by a central shared infrastructure and connecting to a planned high-speed rail extension. The plan will increase pedestrianism in the area while tying its development to core principles of sustainable building and green design, the architects say.

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UK museums report new Raac concrete investigations as safety concerns spread

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The issue of unsafe concrete panels in the aging structures in the UK is affecting museums and cultural institutions who now report conducting their own building safety investigations after a spate of school closures linked to the issue first stirred controversy in August.

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MVRDV begins construction on 'urban oasis' mixed-use concept for Paris

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MVRDV says a total of 390 trees will be planted throughout the structure, helping to defy “traditional housing norms” in order to present a refreshed take on urban dwelling that’s in tune with Paris’ need for biodiversity and constructed using a host of low-carbon materials.

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