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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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Miniview: Mondrian Singapore Duxton deconstructs the shophouse

Hotel Designs

“Mondrian Singapore Duxton’s overall façade is an attempt to imbue a minimalist and modern design adaptation that is true to its time, yet still responding and reflecting the traditional shophouse typology.” Carter was taken with the big idea of the deconstructed shophouse. In the hotel rooms, inspiration abounds.

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Event: Originality Deconstructed: Ace Hotel DTLA

Bustler

The vignette-style exhibition is being mounted by independent design writer and curator Adrian Madlener with the generous support of Imaginative Sponsor-Lumens, Host Sponsor-Ace Hotel and Inspired Sponsor-2Modern.

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arcs architekten Design Traditionally Bavarian Inspired Modern Farmhouse 2.0

Architizer

This was the former location of the parents’ farmhouse, which the owners wished to “reimagine” The wish was to integrate the new building into the village through traditional cubature and proportion, but with a modern interpretation, and to create a connection by deliberately adopting the pitch of the church roof.

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Albert Frey's all-metal 1930s Aluminaire House reassembled in Palm Springs

Deezen

The house, an early prototype of pre-fabricated housing, was designed to be "mass-produced and affordable, using inexpensive, off-the-shelf materials", according to the museum. According to Marmol, the state of the materials in the container was remarkable given that the steel is almost a hundred years old. "I

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Ten architecture projects by students at Carleton University

Deezen

Through speculative thinking and material craft, the ASAU faculty and students work to address critical societal issues. Designed for Deconstruction by Arkoun Merchant "Designed for Deconstruction presents a framework for deconstruction in the context of Barrio Rodrigo Bueno, a self-built settlement in Buenos Aires, Argentina. "It

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Family·Maison Sales Center // UMA Interior Design

Architizer

The designer used cutting-edge modern design ideas, extracted the city’s technological sense attributes, and carried out a brand-new deconstruction and reorganization of the interior space, breaking the shackles of the exhibition space. It concentrates modern craftsmanship. © UMA Interior Design. © UMA Interior Design. .