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IMK Architects Develops Sustainable Natural Holistic Environment for IIT Bombay Student Housing

Architizer

Additionally, the design brief entailed the buildings to be Carbon-Zero and GRIHA qualified. Architizer: What inspired the initial concept for your design? Therefore, IMK Architects’ vision for the hostel aims to create a holistic environment which is in harmony with the natural context. © IMK Architects.

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Importing the French snow scene into Bangkok

Habitus Living

The design brief for Snow House was simple: to design a home that honours the French snow scene and comprises sustainable elements, to maximise the restoration of natural features. In contrast to Bangkok’s dense urban environment, Snow House provides respite from its surrounding context.

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Roundtable: the language of biophilia in surface design

Hotel Designs

Surrounded by materials clearly referencing natural surfaces both in colour and texture, Editor Hamish Kilburn sat down with seven leading designers to discuss the path hotel design, in particular, is taking when it comes to injecting natural elements into surface design.

Design 98
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A residence built for now, and into the future

Habitus Living

Tinderbox House, in Tinderbox south of Hobart, by Studio Ilk Architecture and Interiors is a highly efficient passive solar building that has taken into account the natural and man-made constraints of the site. Taking a minimalistic approach to the use of natural materials means there is no need for additional finishes.

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JEB acoustic partitions and furniture create modern campus for UOW College Hong Kong

Deezen

Promotion: acoustic partitions and furniture brand JEB have provided interior solutions for the University of Wollongong's new Tai Wai campus in Hong Kong , which aims to create an adaptable learning environment. It also endeavours to act sustainably, operating a takeback programme that finds new homes for unwanted furniture.

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Bronte Beach House is redefining the idea of ‘quiet luxury’

Habitus Living

In a nod to their creative vision, Architects Tom Mark Henry translated this notion – commonly seen on runways and in media – by designing an architectural embodiment of the concept — the Bronte Beach House. The interplay of texture and a rich use of colour blur the threshold between the interior and its environment.

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Hotel review: checking in to La Fiermontina Ocean

Hotel Designs

Located approximately an hour from Tangier, and a mere stones throw away from the fishing Port of Larache, this eco-retreat is centered in a protected natural park, surrounded by sand dunes, olive groves and the ultimate luxury of space and solitude. The apparent simplicity of the design has been anchored by attention to detail.