ArchDaily

JUNE 24, 2023

© Derek Swalwell A healthy environment that is also visually appealing in our homes has become increasingly sought when it comes to designing houses and residential spaces, especially during the world’s current context. Read more »

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ArchDaily

JUNE 28, 2023

SNHU Innovation and Design Education Building / HGA. Image Courtesy of Cupa Pizarras When designing architectural projects, protecting a building’s walls is key for ensuring its longevity, durability, and resistance to the elements, therefore preserving its aesthetic appeal. Read more »

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Archinect

JULY 3, 2023

CupaClad , a leading provider of innovative and sustainable building solutions, has launched a new product that promises to improve the world of architectural cladding with its Natural Slate Rainscreen Cladding System. Their Natural slate system is also made from non-combustible materials that are impact resistance and earthquake resistant.

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Deezen

APRIL 19, 2023

Copenhagen-based Natural Material Studio and designer Zuzanna Skurka have created an installation at Milan design week from soft bio textiles made from surplus bricks. Rule one is, you should work with materials that are already there," studio founder Bonnie Hvillum told Dezeen in Milan.

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Deezen

JUNE 13, 2023

Danish design practice Natural Material Studio has unveiled its Human Nature exhibition, which featured compostable biofoam seating and biomaterial textiles, at 3 Days of Design. Human Nature features metres-long biotextile installations "It's something that we are curious about, expanding the scale," she added.

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Deezen

MAY 13, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a sustainably designed running shoe with replaceable and reconfigurable modular components is included in Dezeen's latest school show by New Designers. New Designers School: New Designers Statement: "New Designers is an annual London showcase of the UK's most innovative emerging design talent.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With various examples across different scales and applications, the material has shown promise in revolutionizing the industry by enhancing efficiency, strength, and comfort. Timber emerges as an innovative construction material designed to minimize waste by preserving the natural contours of trees. In this context, A.I.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute School of Design has just announced the winner and honorable mention honorees of its third annual Material Lab Prize celebrating student-designers whose work "revolves around material exploration and considers waste streams as a springboard for new design thinking."

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In doing so, we also fail to understand its impact on us and on the larger systems of nature. Office Kim Lenschow aims to draw attention to this and to provoke critical thinking in relation to architecture and the materials that make it. Read more »

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ArchDaily

JULY 21, 2023

Image © Mujib Ojeifo In Lagos , a city with a complex urban fabric that includes historical buildings and vast interpretations of contemporary architecture, lies PatrickWaheed Design Consulting (PWDC). These projects brought the Laterite finishing technique to life and now help build the case for a Nigerian architectural language.

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Deezen

MARCH 20, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a project demonstrating iridescent colours and textural finishes for steel is included in this school show by Istituto Europeo di Design. Istituto Europeo di Design sees design as an opportunity to reflect on and operate within this ecosystem.

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Deezen

APRIL 6, 2023

Dezeen School Shows: we've picked six fashion and textile design student projects featured in Dezeen School Shows that showcase and discuss the intricacies of fabric and materials. These fashion and textile design students have created garments that showcase the their materiality in addition to their overall design.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A new series of reports on macro design trends reveals fascinating insights into the direction in which architects and designers are traveling — and harmony lies at the heart of the first publication. For architects, the report is a veritable goldmine of inspiration.

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

As designers imagine the future of educational buildings, the values and materials of today will inform school environments for decades to come. The team wanted to design a new public-facing identity while creating a safe, enduring environment for kindergarten through eighth-grade students. Presidio Knolls School.

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Deezen

MARCH 11, 2023

The angular timber-clad extension, which contains science classrooms, is intended to demonstrate the potential of natural materials in architecture. It was designed by Henning Larsen with the aim of having the carbon sequestered in the construction materials help to offset the building's lifetime emissions.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Vancouver-based Omer Arbel Office (OAO) has completed work on their award-winning project 75.9 , a new construction of a private home located adjacent to a hayfield in rural British Columbia. The design scheme won in the 'Future Project House' category at the 2019 World Architecture Festival.

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Deezen

APRIL 28, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: an education centre geared toward the creation of contemporary art is featured in this school show by Florence Institute of Design International. The Design Research Project and Building Systems courses are held during the final year of the three-year interior design programme.

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Deezen

JANUARY 18, 2022

Danish designer Bonnie Hvillum's Natural Material Studio has collaborated with multidisciplinary studio Frama on a collection of biodegradable materials made from algae , clay and foam. Above: Natural Material Studio unveiled new materials with Frama. Photo is by Natural Material Studio.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 27, 2023

© José Tomás Franco By recognizing and analyzing the multiple architectural possibilities of bamboo—a construction material mostly native to warm and tropical areas—the following questions arise: How can we take advantage of its qualities and enhance its use in colder climates? Read more »

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Deezen

MARCH 19, 2023

For this special lookbook sponsored by Danish design company D Line, we've selected ten interiors that showcase architectural details by the brand including door handles , taps and drawer pulls. D Line has been designing and manufacturing architectural hardware and sanitary ware since 1971.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: an interiors scheme that uses AI and scent to help ease symptoms of Dementia is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Istituto Europeo di Design. Technologies in our school are an expressive medium and a tool for designing.

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ArchDaily

JULY 4, 2023

Cortesia de AGENCE UNITE Designed by architect Anthony Rio and his firm Agence Unité , the Château des Pères hotel project showcases the integration of innovative design and materials in the realm of hotel architecture. Taking inspiration from nature, it reimagines the traditional hotel room as a protective nest.

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Deezen

JANUARY 31, 2022

The interiors of the home are finished with natural materials. "It It was also quite dark as the orientation of the property isn't ideal – the rear reception room in particular had very little natural light.". Project credits: Architects: Architecture for London. Project credits: Architects: Architecture for London.

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Deezen

MARCH 5, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: we've selected seven design projects featured in Dezeen School Shows that raise awareness about air pollution and its impact on society. It is designed to live and work alongside house plants to maintain a healthy environment indoors." Algae filters differentiate the device from traditional air purifiers.

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Deezen

MAY 16, 2024

Located at the base of a gothic and modernist building designed by Catalan architect Enric Sagnier in 1895, Curly Lab is situated at Diputación in the Eixample district of Barcelona. A great find and a stroke of luck since there is nothing more natural and special than copper tones," she added. "We Read: Nieuwe Instituut's New Store 2.0

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Deezen

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Also featured is a lounge chair designed for workplace breakout areas and an item of furniture made from discarded vape casings. Formerly known as '3D Design', this course allows you to join a community of staff and students eager to explore the potential for beauty, usefulness and meaning in contemporary material culture.

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designboom

MARCH 24, 2022

with a long-abandoned quarry as the hotel's site, the first priority of the project was ecological restoration. The post CCD’s luxury hotel in china takes shape as a minimalist cocoon made of natural materials appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Also included is an apartment building that blends minimalism with brutalism and a design for a home in New South Wales informed by the work of architecture studio MORQ. This dwelling is designed for an artist or collector to refresh their mind and immerse themselves in their work, stimulated by the natural surrounding environment.

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Deezen

MARCH 6, 2024

LA-based interior designer Bobby Berk has joined Dezeen Awards 2024 as a judge. Here, he selects five projects that best reflect his work. Berk is the founder of design studio Bobby Berk and defines the core ethos of his work as "compelling spaces that exist at the intersection of interior design and mental health". "I

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Deezen

JANUARY 17, 2024

Florida-based manufacturer Renco has created a building block made of repurposed materials that interlocks and stacks for "LEGO-like" construction. They were first used in Turkey after earthquakes to rebuild infrastructure faster and more affordably after natural disasters.

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2024

By weaving these pathways through the building and the harborside, the project offers numerous perspectives of the exhibition or the harbour, fostering a philosophy of interconnectedness. The design aims to re-define Bristol's relationship with alcohol to combat the high rate of alcohol-related hospital admissions.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Creative director and founder of Natural Material Studio Bonnie Hvillum has been shortlisted for The Bentley Lighthouse Award. Here, she selects five projects that best reflect her work. Together with my team we research, design and produce materials based on natural and leftover components," she told Dezeen. "We

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Also featured is a building resembling an onion that houses people preparing for voyages to Mars and an extension to a house designed according to the idea of Afrofuturism. Students leave the programmes with new design languages and insights, as well as a design portfolio they can use to apply to future design programmes."

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Deezen

APRIL 19, 2024

Dezeen Showroom: based on European beech timber, Project Wood tiles by Casalgrande Padana recreate the look of wood by mimicking the texture of the grain. The Project Wood collection is available in two formats – one for indoor use with a natural or grip finish, and one thicker tile for outdoor use with an anti-slip finish.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2023

Large openings and earthy materials feature in a guesthouse that architecture studio Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has added to a private residence on a secluded island in the Pacific Northwest. The property has a main residence designed by Pennsylvania-based Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in 2012. The guesthouse was built on a 24-acre (9.7-hectare)

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia , in this Stone Age 2.0 Stone has become a luxury cladding material, whether used as a rainscreen, or as floor tiling," Carfrae told Dezeen. "We

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Deezen

MAY 12, 2022

Promotion : used across facades and architectural interventions Lapitec is a sintered stone architectural material that is developed to have a superior performance to stone and porcelain. Lapitec can be used across the exterior of architectural projects. Eternal and beautiful, like nature," said the brand. Partnership content.

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