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• Lemay redesigns open-air theatre in Montreal’s La Fontaine Park

  01-12-2023 21:00
  
  Local architecture studio Lemay aimed to rethink the relationship between "the built and the natural" in its revamp of Théâtre de Verdure, which consists of a stage on an island and a fan-shaped seating area.
  The open-air theatre is located within La Fontaine Park, which encompasses 34 hectares in Montreal's Le-Plateau-Mont-Royal neighbourhood.
  The Théâtre de Verdure has been renovated by Lemay
  The Théâtre de Verdure, or Green Theatre, first opened in 1956.
  
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• The biggest architecture and design stories of 2023

  01-12-2023 12:30
  
  To kick off our review of 2023, Dezeen editor Tom Ravenscroft takes a look back at this year's top architecture and design stories.Photo by Jupiter Images
  January – Energy savings from home insulation "vanishing" after four years
  The year began with news that a University of Cambridge research study had found that energy savings initially achieved by insulating UK homes appear to be cancelled out within a few years as users increase energy use.
  Described by the researchers as a "
  
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• MVRDV completes yellow office retrofit with zigzagging outdoor staircase

  01-12-2023 12:15
  
  Dutch studio MVRDV has unveiled Haus 1, a bright yellow workplace adapted from a 1990s office building in Berlin with local studio Hirschmüller Schindele Architekten.
  Located south of Tempelhof Field, it is the second project completed for Atelier Gardens – the redevelopment of a 23,800-metre-square film and media campus into a hub for social entrepreneurship and activism.
  MVRDV has completed a yellow workplace in Berlin
  Aiming to create a gateway to the wider scheme, MVRDV and Hirsch
  
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• Ingenhoven Architects creates inflatable Ski World Cup start house on Matterhorn

  01-12-2023 11:56
  
  German studio Ingenhoven Architects has used air-filled cushions to create a start house for the annual Alpine Ski World Cup downhill races at the Matterhorn mountain, Switzerland.
  Designed to sit at an altitude of 3,700 metres, the studio crafted the "igloo-inspired" structure to withstand extreme alpine conditions, while being completely energy independent and demountable.
  Ingenhoven Architects designed a demountable start house for the event
  "An ephemeral architecture was crucial, a rema
  
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• Dezeen's top five houses of November 2023

  01-12-2023 11:49
  
  From a sprawling concrete villa in California with interiors by designer Kelly Wearstler to a timber-framed cottage within a Scottish ruin, here are Dezeen's top five houses of November 2023.
  Our latest roundup of the five most popular residences featured on Dezeen in the last month also includes a hexagonal home in Amsterdam, a playful Sydney townhouse and the renovation of a 1960s house in rural Belgium.
  Read on to find out more about Dezeen readers' favourite houses from November:Ph
  
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• Witherford Watson Mann draws on traditional almshouses for Appleby Blue senior housing

  01-12-2023 10:00
  
  Local studio Witherford Watson Mann aimed to "set a new benchmark" for inner-city older people's accommodation with Appleby Blue, a social housing development in Southwark, London, for over-65s.
  Designed for and managed by the United St Saviour's Charity, the development replaces a former care home on the site that had fallen into disrepair. It includes 57 new apartments and communal facilities, including a courtyard and garden room.
  Appleby Blue is a social housing development for people over 6
  
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