Smith Mordak named CEO of UK Green Building Council at "critical period" for sector
The UK Green Building Council has announced that architect and Dezeen columnist Smith Mordak will become the charity's chief executive officer. More
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"COP27 was a deeply depressing experience"
The COP27 conference was made a miserable affair by its dreadful architecture as much as the disheartening tenor of the discussions and debates, writes Smith Mordak. More
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Ten principles for designing cool spaces for hot weather
Following a record-breaking heatwave in the UK and western Europe, with climate change meaning that sweltering temperatures are likely to become more common, Smith Mordak outlines 10 ways to design buildings that remain cool in hot weather. More
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"We're not going to profiteer our way out of climate change"
Corporations are focusing on climate change because it's a "great investment", but we're not going to profiteer our way out of the environmental crisis, argues architect Smith Mordak in the aftermath of Cop26. More
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"Quitting flying was probably the trickiest thing" says carbon neutral architect
Buro Happold's director of sustainability Maria Smith has declared herself carbon neutral. She explains how she dramatically reduced her carbon footprint by going vegan and stopping flying. More
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Interrobang fills its office with custom plywood furniture painted the colours of insulating foam
Architecture and engineering studio Interrobang has fitted out its east London office with freestanding plywood furniture units, painted in the same pastel hues as insulating foam typically concealed within a building's walls. More
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"Cerebral, self-absorbed, tepid, dull and decorous"
Opinion: "intellectual vapidity and weasel-minded corporate ambition" are sucking the life out of architectural criticism. But there is still hope, says Catherine Slessor. More
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Competition: win tickets to Turncoats architecture debate series
Competition: Dezeen is giving away four pairs of tickets to a series of architectural discussions in London, which aim to "turn the conventional archi-debate format on its head". More
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Studio Weave builds zinc-armoured art studio above a brook on Scotland's west coast
Described as a "lovechild of rock and manor", this rural artist's cabin by Studio Weave features a twin-gabled form, and a zinc facade embossed with diamonds and crosses (+ slideshow). More
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Studio Weave adds colourful herringbone decking to London College of Fashion roof garden
Studio Weave has designed a new roof terrace for London College of Fashion's gallery space, adding brightly coloured decking and seats. More
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Studio Weave celebrates old London trades with Clerkenwell Design Week pavilion
Clerkenwell Design Week 2014: London-based Studio Weave pays tribute to Clerkenwell's historic blacksmiths, leather makers and bookbinders with this pavilion that will host craft workshops during the three-day festival. More
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"Architects are pushed away from what's happening on site" - Studio Weave
Je Ahn of London-based Studio Weave discusses how a series of design and build workshops are reintroducing architects to working on site in this movie by Stephenson/Bishop and Andy Matthews. More
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Ecology of Colour by Studio Weave
This cabin covered in hand-painted patterns by Hackney architects Studio Weave provides a colourful art studio, bird-watching hide and rain shelter in a woodland park in Kent, England (+ slideshow). More
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Lullaby Factory by Studio Weave
Hackney-based Studio Weave has constructed a network of listening pipes in a back courtyard of London's Great Ormond Street Hospital to create a secret factory of lullabies for children (+ slideshow). More
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Architects should be wary of "thinking that they know how to do everything" - Studio Weave
In this first movie from the series we filmed at our Designed in Hackney Day of talks and discussions, architects Maria Smith and Je Ahn of Studio Weave speak to Dezeen editor-in-chief Marcus Fairs about projects including a bench for 300 people and how they believe "a trap that architects can fall into is thinking that they know how to do everything." More
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The Hear Heres by Studio Weave
The sounds of the countryside are amplified when you place your ear towards one of these four enormous trumpets built by architects Studio Weave (+ slideshow). More
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Paleys upon Pilers by Studio Weave
The 2012 Olympic games begin today and this latticed timber hut on stilts by Hackney architects Studio Weave now marks the direct route from the City of London to the Olympic Park. More
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Designed in Hackney: The Floating Cinema by Studio Weave
Designed in Hackney: last summer Hackney architects Studio Weave turned an old narrow boat into a floating cinema that toured the canals of east London. More
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The Longest Bench by Studio Weave
Designers Studio Weave have installed a meandering 324 metre-long bench on the seafront at Littlehampton in the UK. More
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Freya's Cabin by Studio Weave
London designers Studio Weave have completed a visitors' shelter made of wooden profiles depicting trees and plants overlooking Kielder Water in Northumberland, UK. More
