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"It is time for all of us to become aware of the gravity of the situation"

Deezen

As built environment professionals and as architects, are we aware that we are aggravating climate change because of the way we design and build? degree Celsius rise per year echoed by various Conferences of the Parties assemblies since the historic Paris Agreement in 2015.

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The Sponge Evangelist

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Photo © Turenscape, courtesy the Cultural Landscape Foundation. In awarding the second biennial Oberlander Prize to the Chinese landscape architect Kongjian Yu, FASLA, the Cultural Landscape Foundation and its 2023 jury sent an unmistakable signal about the future of the field.

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Bridge Building: 7 Inhabitable Structures Spanning Spaces and Ideas

Architizer

At their core, these bridge-buildings are rooted in the ethos of integration and engagement, merging the built environment with the natural landscape, interior with exterior, and function with form. Anchoring masses blend with the sloping terrain, ensuring minimal foundations and visual continuity.

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The Number 6 Via Alfieri building, Turin

e-architect

The Number 6 – the famous Baroque building that already in 2015, after the intervention of the Building Group, was awarded as Building of the Year by ArchDaily – presents the restyling of its penthouse, completely renovated in terms of its shape and development of spaces. The modernisation interventions saw the participation of BI.CI.

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The Minimal Intervention

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

The theory of the minimal intervention means not interfering excessively with the existing landscape, but instead working with the landscape in our minds to develop an aesthetic understanding of the environment. In this book, available for the first time in English, the Swiss sociologist applies this formula to many areas of design.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2023, London

e-architect

Considering food as an expression of care, the Pavilion’s design is a space for grounding and reflection on our relationship to land, nature and environment. The Pavilion’s pleated roof is inspired by a structure of a palm leaf and the lightwell in the middle furthers the space’s integration with its environment.

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7 iconic designs by equally iconic 20th century female designers

Habitus Living

Her meticulous focus on minutiae, her innate sense of balance, and her mastery of the contemporary aesthetic have collectively given rise to a collection of furnishings that now stand as revered icons of the modern age. In a modest manner, Knoll expressed that her furniture designs were simply “filler” pieces in the wider Knoll collection.

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