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Seven cosy living rooms with industrial material palettes

Deezen

Living rooms with tactile brick , concrete and wood surfaces feature in this lookbook , which shows that opting for industrial materials doesn't have to sacrifice cosiness. Typically informed by old and unrefined factories, lofts and warehouses, industrial-style interiors are a go-to for many contemporary designers.

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Chidori Studio draws on industrial references for home in Japan

Deezen

3, a house in Hakusan that references traditional Japanese homes and industrial architecture. Located on the site of a former soy sauce factory, the open single-storey home was designed for a client who requested bright spaces with ample access to the outdoors. Architecture practice Chidori Studio has completed Hokuriku Residence No.

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Eco-Friendly Roofing Materials

Aric Gitomer Architect

Affordable remedies are now available to enable the built environment to leap towards climate-resilient building strategies as the industry is steadily shifting to renewable energy and a plethora of sustainable measures that could reduce carbon emissions and enhance adaptation efforts. Some are also the result of post-industrial waste.

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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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Stacks of timber inform "inspirational" industrial units by dRMM

Deezen

London studio dRMM has completed WorkStack, a top-heavy stack of industrial units in Greenwich that is constructed from cross-laminated timber. It also gives a powerful message that light industrial can mean socially and environmentally inspirational," he told Dezeen. The building has a CLT structure.

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Roundtable: what materials matter in hotel design

Hotel Designs

Pauline Brettell writes… Surrounded by the innovative use of materials running through the design of the Squire & Partners was unquestionably an appropriate setting for this roundtable conversation – inside a dome structure, overlooking London’s skyline.

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Why aren't more architects using stone as a building material?

Deezen

Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age 2.0 She explained that the proximity of a quarry to the construction site is important if the material is to be used sustainably.

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