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“I think my work stands out because I follow my gut” says Kelly Wearstler

April 23, 2024 Jane Englefield 0

Kelly Wearstler is often hailed as contemporary interior design’s most recognisable name. In this interview, she tells Dezeen about crafting her textured and eclectic style. American interior designer Wearstler has been dressing rooms since her mid-twenties, rising to become one of the discipline’s most significant names. “I’m obsessed with nuance,” she told Dezeen. “I view

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Peter Markos models timber Monocoque Cabin on world war two fighter plane

April 23, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architect Peter Markos has designed the Monocoque Cabin, an off-grid timber cabin defined by an organic, cocoon-like form, on a farm in Shropshire, UK. Nestled beside the surrounding woodland, the cabin is wrapped by an external skin or ‘monocoque’ – similar to an eggshell – that draws on structural systems used within the aerospace and

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DesignMarch live talks will focus on the role of design in addressing global imbalances

April 23, 2024 Simon Volt 0

Dezeen has teamed up with DesignMarch to livestream a programme of talks by leading designers exploring the role of architecture and design in addressing global imbalances in the creative industry. To kickstart the festival, a programme of talks will take place throughout the day on 24 April 2024, which will be live streamed from the Henning

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How Engineered Wood Can Decarbonize the Construction Industry

April 23, 2024 Urbem 0

At a time when sustainability and ESG (environmental, social, and governance) concerns are prevalent, there is a crucial need to focus on a sector that accounts for 38% of all global CO₂ emissions and consumes 30% of global resources: the construction industry. In 2022, at COP27, the United Nations announced the Clean Construction Accelerator, a program with actions designed to reduce greenhouse gas production by up to 50% by 2030. A report by ARUP and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development suggests that half of building emissions come from embodied carbon, which is generated in the manufacturing and transportation of materials, not just in construction sites and buildings themselves. It is precisely in this scenario that we see an opportunity for the sector. What is the only renewable material in construction that retains carbon instead of emitting it? Wood.

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J. G. Jabbra Library and R. Nassar Central Administration Building / Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani

April 23, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

The Lebanese American University commissioned Atelier Pagnamenta Torriani to design a new Library and a Central Administration building on its Byblos Campus—above the city of Jbeil (or Byblos), where the Phoenicians codified the world’s first phonetic alphabet. The excavated rock and the bare mountain above the site were my first impressions while visiting the Byblos Campus area. Thus, the exposed sedimentary rock and the complex, stratified history of the region became the main inspiration for APT’s design.