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Plat Asia explores “boundarylessness” with Cloud Tea Room in China

December 20, 2023 Kate Donaldson 0

Beijing studio Plat Asia has created a contemporary teahouse for a resort in Huzhou, China, which draws on the transience of clouds and is surrounded by an undulating steel-pole installation. Located on a secluded hillside within Xisaishan resort’s tea fields, the Cloud Tea Room sits within the 910-square-metre network of poles that periodically releases water vapour

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Eric Owen Moss describes design approach to (W)rapper high-rise in exclusive film

December 18, 2023 Sonia Singh 0

Architect Eric Owen Moss describes the design and engineering approach to constructing the (W)rapper office building in Los Angeles in this exclusive film produced by Dezeen in collaboration with MATT Construction. Named for the structural support system that covers its facade, the 235-foot office tower sits along the Pacific Electric light rail line, which connects

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“A metastasized Sydney Opera House” says commenter

December 13, 2023 Rheanna Hopkins 0

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing Zaha Hadid Architects’ Zhuhai Jinwan Civic Art Centre on an artificial lake in China. The centre is characterised by its four angular wings with sculptural steel canopies and its sweeping roofscape, which Zaha Hadid Architects modelled on the chevron-shaped flight formations of migratory birds in southern China. “A

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Leddy Maytum Stacy revamps century-old university building in California

November 28, 2023 Jenna McKnight 0

Exterior louvres and faceted canopies are among the elements that US studio Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects has added to a 1920s academic facility, helping it achieve net-zero energy consumption, according to the studio. The Walker Hall project involved transforming a “vacant, seismically unsafe building” on the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) campus in northern

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Video reveals Austin guesthouse perched above existing family bungalow

November 21, 2023 Sonia Singh 0

This exclusive video produced by Dezeen features The Perch, architect Nicole Blair’s elevated house extension in Austin, which was designed to maximise living space. As its name suggests, the structure is perched just two feet above the roof of the existing home to minimise disturbance to the residence below. Blair clad the guesthouse in weathering-steel

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Daisuke Yamamoto presents recycled steel chairs under Milan railway arch

November 16, 2023 Dan Howarth 0

Japanese designer Daisuke Yamamoto presented recycled steel chairs on podiums of the same material as part of an exhibition in Milan, which has been shortlisted for a 2023 Dezeen Award. Yamamoto’s Flow project explores ways to minimise industrial waste by focusing on a single material – light-gauge steel (LGS). Commonly used in construction as a

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