Stefano Boeri Architetti covers Palazzo Verde in Antwerp with greenery
More than 1,000 plants adorn the exterior of the Palazzo Verde housing that Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti has recently completed in Belgium. More
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Future housing will be built to facilitate remote working, say panellists of Aritco talk
Housing blocks with co-working areas and greener interiors will help facilitate remote working in the post-pandemic world, according to panellists in this talk that Dezeen filmed for lift brand Aritco. More
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Blue co-housing complex by Productora fits eight units onto two Denver lots
Architecture firm Productora has completed a small housing complex in Denver, Colorado, that provides eight units with shared amenities on a lot that would typically accommodate only two single-family homes. More
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Stanton Williams draws on traditional urban layouts for Key Worker Housing in Cambridge
British practice Stanton Williams' 2019 development of key worker homes, retail and public spaces in Cambridge has been shortlisted for both the 2021 RIBA Stirling Prize and the 2021 RIBA Neave Brown Award. More
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Unboxed Homes unveils "London's first custom-build homes"
Developer Unboxed Homes has created a terrace of customisable homes in Peckham, south London, which were designed by architecture studio Poulsom Middlehurst. More
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MVRDV slots red-walled courtyard into irregularly shaped French housing
Architecture studio MVRDV has completed the Ilot Queyries housing development in Bordeaux, France, which folds around a large red courtyard. More
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Tsuruta Architects incorporates 27,000 cat faces into five homes in Catford
UK-studio Tsuruta Architects has completed a housing project in south London called The Queen of Catford, which features thousands of cat faces and a pair of blue heritage plaques dedicated to fictional characters. More
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Tropical vegetation surrounds VOID's Guarumo concrete getaway in Costa Rica
An offset stack of concrete volumes forms this small apartment building on Costa Rica's lush Pacific coast, by local architecture firm VOID. More
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Apartments
Apartments
Riparia creates concrete Kokonut building in the Yucatán Peninsula
Riparia Architecture Studio has completed an apartment building in a Mexican resort town that consists of three volumes, one of which has a large screen and "opens like a fan towards the jungle." More
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Bjarke Ingels launches company to "reimagine the way we build our homes"
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels has co-founded a housing design company named Nabr that aims to create a range of affordable, modular homes. More
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Ismail Solehudin Architecture builds bright red Indonesian boarding house
Ismail Solehudin Architecture has designed a red metal and brick boarding house in Indonesia where the stairs serve as both a corridor and a light-filled social space. More
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SOM to design athletes' village in Porta Romana for the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Games
Architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill has been chosen to design a mass-timber Olympic Village with "minimal environmental impact" for the 2026 winter Olympics hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo. More
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Barrault Pressacco uses hempcrete to create social housing in Paris
Architecture firm Barrault Pressacco used biomaterials including wood and hempcrete to construct this mixed-use building that references traditional Parisian apartment blocks. More
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John Lewis to repurpose car parks to create 10,000 homes
UK department store John Lewis has revealed its plans to become a residential landlord by converting its own shop car parks into rental housing across the UK. More
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Architecture
Architecture
Pink brick clads Baigorria housing project in Argentina by BBOA
Architecture firm BBOA has completed a government-backed housing scheme in Argentina featuring irregular residential blocks clad with pale pink bricks. More
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Poor-quality housing is "the number one thing holding the UK back" says Bulb CEO
The UK needs to drastically improve its "poorly insulated, draughty" homes if it is to eradicate its carbon emissions, according to Hayden Wood, CEO of renewable energy supplier Bulb. More
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Foster + Partners designs buildings for Dogpatch Power Station in San Francisco
Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled plans to turn the site of a decommissioned power plant on the San Francisco waterfront into a mixed-use development. More
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CPDA incorporates "secret garden" into Mexico City apartment building
Mexican firm CPDA Arquitectos has completed a residential building that features a stone-clad exterior and a lush courtyard that is not visible from the street. More
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Key Operation clads Kannai Blade Residence with narrow concrete fins
Tokyo studio Key Operation has completed an apartment building in Yokohama covered with thin concrete panels that create a random pattern of light and shadow across the facades. More
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HTA Design builds "world's tallest modular housing scheme" in Croydon
British architecture studio HTA Design has completed a two-tower housing scheme in Croydon, south London, which the studio says is the world’s tallest residential modular building. More
