IKEA and Queen of Sweden adapt modular BoKlok housing for the elderly
IKEA and Skanska are collaborating with the Queen of Sweden on an offshoot of their modular BoKlok housing that will meet the needs of the elderly and people with dementia. More
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IAAC graduates propose parasitic pods as alternative to cage homes in Hong Kong
Flux Haus is a parasitic housing scheme, which has been conceptualised by Kammil Carranza, Jitendra Farkade and Vinay Khare, that would engulf five towers in Hong Kong with single-person pods. More
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Living facade of plant pots will cover Green Villa by MVRDV in the Netherlands
Architecture practice MVRDV has unveiled designs for a residential development in Sint-Michielsgestel, the Netherlands, with green walls formed of shelves of plants. More
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Vilablanch restores and revamps Barcelona's Casa Burés
Interior design studio Vilablanch selected "silent" contemporary furnishings to deck out this Barcelona apartment block, keeping the focus on the building's opulent original features. More
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Treehouse is a sloping block of co-living apartments with a tree-filled atrium
Architecture studio Bo-Daa has designed Treehouse, a co-living complex in Seoul that is a stack of micro-apartments surrounding a planted atrium in a triangular concrete block. More
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LOHA tops MLK1101 housing for Los Angeles' homeless with sloped green roof
Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects has built social housing in Los Angeles featuring a green roof, herb garden, a community centre and retail spaces to foster wellness and community for those in need. More
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Mikhail Riches creates energy-efficient terraced streets as social housing in Norwich
Goldsmith Street is a Passivhaus and high-density social housing scheme by Mikhail Riches in Norwich, England, which is shortlisted for this year's Stirling Prize. More
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Shipping-container micro homes with green roofs planned for UK
Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects has obtained planning permission for a development of micro homes made from shipping containers with green roofs in Aylesbury, England. More
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Steve Nygren integrates European housing typologies in new Atlanta neighbourhood
Residences that take cues from the canal houses in Belgium and the Netherlands, and minimal wood-clad homes in Scandinavia feature in this new development on the outskirts of Atlanta. More
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SO-IL designs affordable housing for urban centre in growing Mexican city
New York firm SO-IL has envisioned a six-storey, concrete apartment building for León, Mexico, which is meant to offer an alternative solution for the country's low-cost housing shortage. More
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David Chipperfield and Karakusevic Carson Architects shortlisted for inaugural Neave Brown Award for Housing
Four projects have been shortlisted for the first Neave Brown Award for Housing including a housing estate designed by Karakusevic Carson Architects and David Chipperfield Architects. More
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Roger Scruton returns to head up UK housing commission
British philosopher Roger Scruton has returned to the Building Better Building Beautiful housing commission, which he was sacked from three months ago for making anti-Semetic comments. More
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MAD's first European building nears completion in Paris
A sinuous facade of stepped terraces envelops MAD's UNIC apartment tower, which is nearing completion in Paris, France. More
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"What could Foster bring to social housing today?"
The fact that Norman Foster wants to start building social housing again after 40 years is a sign that a lot of it may be about to be built, says Owen Hatherley. More
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Rotating concrete shutters enliven facade of housing block in Madrid
Openable concrete panels and sun-shading blinds add dynamism to the otherwise austere facades of the Elcano housing block by Madrid-based practice FRPO. More
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Wenink Holtkamp Architecten turns De Lakfabriek tannery into apartments
Wenink Holtkamp Architecten has converted De Lakfabriek, a 20th-century factory, into 25 industrial apartments in Oisterwijk, the Netherlands. More
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Waugh Thistleton designs eco-village in a lake to reinvigorate central Bergen
Over a thousand houses built on the Store Lungegårdsvann lake will form the heart of Trenezia, a sustainable village masterplanned by Waugh Thistleton for Bergen, Norway. More
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IKEA is bringing its low-cost modular housing units to the UK
Affordable developer BoKlok, which is co-owned by IKEA and Skanska, has signed a deal with Worthing council in West Sussex to build low-cost housing in the south of England. More
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DROO and NAME create London apartment block with dramatic curved window bays
Curved bow windows animate the facades of VI Castle Lane, a housing block in London designed by architecture studios DROO and NAME. More
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BBGK explores potential of prefabrication with red concrete housing block in Poland
The Sprzeczna 4 apartment building in Warsaw, designed by local practice BBGK, is one of the first major prefabricated residential blocks built in Poland since the communist era. More
