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From Sketch to Painting: A Digital Art Gallery To Inspire Everyday Architectural Work

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In the context of contemporary society, many of our activities are carried out digitally, from booking accommodation for travel to manufacturing materials and creating art exhibitions. It fuses multiple influences from various contexts, including architectural work. Read more »

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Philippe Block on Sustainable Construction: “Building Technique Is More Important Than Materials”

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The latest edition of “ Architizer: The World’s Best Architecture ” — a stunning, hardbound book celebrating the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe — is now available. It is estimated that 8% of global carbon emissions are caused by the manufacture of cement, the binding agent in concrete.

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Designers experiment with traditional tile-making techniques for Pentagram x Huguet collection

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Partners at design consultancy Pentagram have created a collection of contemporary tiles and objects for Mallorcan tile brand Huguet, which is on show at London Design Festival and includes glow-in-the-dark tiles. Sascha Lobe created a typographic design.

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Artcraft tiles by Marazzi

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The Artcraft collection consists of small-size porcelain stoneware tiles in square, rectangular and hexagonal shapes, all combining a traditional look with contemporary manufacturing techniques. There is also Bande, a structural pattern with debossed lines.

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Ten iconic designs that have been reissued for contemporary interiors

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Also included is a contemporary release of Ib Kofod-Larsen's 1953 Penguin Chair by MENU , Plank and Konstantin Grcic 's stackable Miura stool from 2005 and Verner Panton 's Easy Sofa and pouf by Verpan originally designed in 1964. The post Ten iconic designs that have been reissued for contemporary interiors appeared first on Dezeen.

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How to create luxurious and tactile contemporary interiors with leather | News | Architonic

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In fact, leather manufacturers argue that as the material is simply a by-product of the meat industry, and with vegetable-tanning techniques taking over from chrome tanning, leather is now one of the greenest materials around.

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Honoka 3D-prints furniture that "re-weaves Tatami into modern life"

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Visitors were walked through the manufacturing process The Igusa grass is cut from the mats and ground up, before being mixed with biodegradable resin. Igusa grass is used in the manufacturing of Tatami mats Tatami is a traditional style of mat made from lengths of dried Igusa grass that have been used in Japanese interiors for centuries.

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