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Exposed-concrete stair pulls light and views into Porto home by Tsou Arquitectos

March 30, 2023 Jon Astbury 0

A concrete staircase and curved lightwell draw light and views into Casa Vertical, a tall, narrow home in Porto, Portugal, which has been designed by local practice Tsou Arquitectos. In response to the home’s thin triangular site, Tsou Arquitectos chose to connect the spaces of the dwelling vertically, giving the project its name. Entering alongside

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“Mass-timber buildings can have very high carbon emissions” says Amy Leedham

March 30, 2023 Lizzie Crook 0

Mass timber’s reputation as the go-to low-carbon construction material is a problematic oversimplification that is leading to greenwashing, says carbon expert Amy Leedham in this Timber Revolution interview. “We’re seeing a little bit of oversimplification and glorification of mass timber,” said Leedham, who is carbon lead at engineering consultancy Atelier Ten. “The main thing that

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Chatsworth House exhibition is a “collision of past and present”

March 30, 2023 Francesca Tesler 0

An exhibition at Chatsworth House including designers including Michael Anastassiades, Faye Toogood and Formafantasma, features in this video produced by Dezeen for the stately home. Called Mirror Mirror: Reflections on Design at Chatsworth, the exhibition brings together a collection of furniture and objects displayed throughout and responding to Chatsworth House and its gardens. In total,

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Moschino flagship store references the “history of ancient Italy”

March 30, 2023 James Parkes 0

Italian studio Andrea Tognon Architecture has collaborated with former Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott to renovate the brand’s flagship store in Milan. Located on Via della Spiga, one of Milan’s famed shopping streets, the store sits within the 18th-century Palazzo Perusati, which was recently transformed by real estate company Hines into a luxury retail development. The

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Garden Studio / ByOthers

March 30, 2023 Paula Pintos 0

New architecture office ByOthers has designed and hand-built their own studio in South London to explore the development, and construction, and set the tone for a practice that values doing as much as discussing. 

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Ubras Concept Store / Sò Studio

March 30, 2023 Collin Chen 0

Echoing – “Set your body to be free.” Sò Studio aspires to create a simple and cozy interior that visitors would feel enshrouded by Ubras Concept Store Shanghai, responding to the brand value of “loyal to self, free at heart” through the celebration of girl power.