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• Schaum/Shieh "gently" conforms house to contours of steep Virginia site

  09-11-2023 21:00
  
  US architecture studio Schaum/Shieh has embedded a Virginia house with irregularly shaped volumes into the contours of a steep site.
  Located in the Allegheny Mountains, the 2,750 square foot (255 square metre) Shenandoah House conforms to the topography of its hillside site "gently", as Schaum/Shieh neither wanted to add a cantilever nor flatten the topography.
  Schaum/Shieh has embedded a residence into a steep Virginia site
  "We didn't have the inclination to make dramatic use of the steepness w
  
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• Norman Teague displays prototype of Douglass monument in Chicago

  09-11-2023 17:00
  
  Norman Teague Design Studios has erected a plywood structure as a full-scale model of the future monument to American abolitionists Frederick and Anna Douglass, for the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
  The studio created the pavilion using wood, plastics and recycled materials to honour the legacy of American abolitionists Frederick and Anna Douglass. A copper version of the pavilion is set to built in a Chicago park.
  Called Tetisi = Listen, the project stands 15 feet tall at its highest point and
  
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• Living Places Copenhagen demonstrates how homes can be built with lower CO2 footprint

  09-11-2023 16:01
  
  Promotion: window manufacturer Velux has published a case study highlighting the principles and impact of its experimental, low-carbon housing concept built in Copenhagen.
  Called Living Places Copenhagen, the prototype village was built as part of Velux's multidisciplinary Build for Life initiative and can be virtually visited online.
  The project uses existing technologies and materials to show that low-carbon housing with a high-quality indoor climate can be scalable, affordable and commerciall
  
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• WXCA creates "chiselled-out monolithic block" for Polish History Museum

  09-11-2023 12:30
  
  Local studio WXCA has completed the Polish History Museum and Polish Army Museum alongside a new public square on the site of the former Warsaw Citadel in Poland.
  Dating back to the 19th Century, the site in Warsaw was already home to the Tenth Pavilion Museum and Katyn Museum, with the new buildings making it one of the largest museum complexes in Europe.
  The Polish History Museum is a marble-clad rectilinear building
  WXCA's designed a layout that referenced the arrangement of the former b
  
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• Laidlaw Music Centre designed from "the point of view of the performer"

  09-11-2023 12:00
  
  This video by Stephenson& offers a glimpse inside Laidlaw Music Centre by architecture studio Flanagan Lawrence, which is in the running for this year's RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award.
  The film is the second in a series of videos being published by Dezeen this month with the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) to spotlight the award's 2023 shortlist.
  In the short film, Stephenson& captures how music students are using the space at the University of St
  
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• Architects "could be very important" to Africa's Great Green Wall says Elvis Paul Tangem

  09-11-2023 11:15
  
  The coordinator of the mammoth Great Green Wall project to heal land in Africa's Sahel region, Elvis Paul Tangem, calls for help from architects in this interview conducted as part of Dezeen's Designing for Disaster series.
  One of the world's most ambitious climate initiatives, the Great Green Wall is targeting around 780 million hectares of degraded land – an area roughly the size of Australia.
  "We're talking about a massive, massive, massive endeavour, but it's the only way we can do it,
  
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• Sam Jacob Studio blends architectural references at The Hoxton Mule in London

  09-11-2023 10:30
  
  Diamond-shaped windows puncture the cylindrical brick form of The Hoxton Mule, a playschool and apartment designed by London practice Sam Jacob Studio.
  Located on a "left-over" corner site in Hoxton, east London, the space is designed for local charity Ivy Street Family Centre (ISFC) and incorporates the frontage of a former Victorian pub where the organisation was established in 1984.
  Diamond-shaped windows puncture this playschool and apartment
  For the distinctive form of The Hoxton Mule, Sam
  
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• Dezeen Awards China 2023 Designers of the Year shortlist revealed

  09-11-2023 10:30
  
  Dezeen has announced the Designers of the Year shortlist for the inaugural Dezeen Awards China, which includes Mario Tsai, OPEN Architecture and Ziin Life.The Designers of the Year award rewards the best emerging and established talent or studio across architecture, interiors and design, and recognises those whose innovative work has made a notable impact on the design, interiors and architecture industry in China.
  18 studios shortlisted across six categories
  The 18 shortlisted names, which
  
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• Institutional Architecture for Regional Power System Integration – Analysis - IEA - IEA

  09-11-2023 09:08
  
  Institutional Architecture for Regional Power System Integration – Analysis - IEA  IEA
  
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