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"We cannot design just to please our clients anymore" says Yasmeen Lari

Deezen

Architects must stop waiting for commissions from wealthy clients and prioritise designing for the planet, says RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner Yasmeen Lari in this exclusive interview. Architects have a very important role to play and we cannot design just to please our clients anymore or just to please ourselves."

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Sustainable Practice: 7 Legendary Designs Using the Landscape as an Architectural Material

Architizer

We’ve looked at a number of highly technical projects, nevertheless materials have usually been natural, or as natural as possible. With this in mind, the following collection of projects has been compiled to reflect what can be achieved when firms and clients look to assimilate with the world as it has stood for time immemorial.

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Enlace by Canopy / Architecture + Design

Archinect

Canopy worked with Enlace to develop a design that accommodates the basic office needs but goes beyond to create an exciting new community space that remains contextual to the neighborhood.

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Magpie House extension is a "personal museum" for client's furniture collection

Deezen

Architecture practice DGN Studio has extended a terraced home in east London with spaces and materials that form a backdrop to the client's mid-century furniture collection. It is designed as a backdrop to the client's furniture collection. The kitchen features wooden joinery. The photography is by Tim Crocker.

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Michael Hsu outfits self-designed Austin studio with "humble materials"

Deezen

Michael Hsu Office of Architecture has adorned its studio with wood-and-fabric lined walls and industrial details in Austin in order to create a material "representation" of its work. The spaces are designed to facilitate how we work now – allowing for different modes, sizes, and shapes of collaboration." founder Michael Hsu said. "We

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Revalu aims to improve access to materials data for architects

Deezen

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. First, there is the material cloud, which gathers over one million data points related to the environmental impact of different materials.

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Woodshop made of re-used materials by LAO SCOP

Archinect

This building was designed and built with maximizing reused mate. Self-built, the volume houses upstairs: a kitchen / dining room / meeting room for plenary sessions. On the ground floor is the heated workshop, free of dust, intended for the application of varnishes, glues and patinas as well as for screen printing.

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