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Weisses Kreuz Hotel / noa* network of architecture

June 30, 2021 Paula Pintos 0

No right angles in sight here: the venerable house in Herzog-Friedrich-Straße, which dates from the 1460s, is a building in Innsbruck’s historic streets whose architecture is inflected with architectural elements from a wide range of historical eras, having undergone constant transformation. Yet the distinct features of each period coalesce in timeless fashion to form a symbiosis of urbanism. In keeping with the rhythm of change over the centuries, the Hotel Weisses Kreuz fits into this pattern, providing a uniquely appealing architectural challenge for noa*.

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Termite mounds inform Kéré Architecture’s design of Kenyan education campus

June 30, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0
A building finished with terracotta-hued plaster

Terracotta-hued towers that reference termite mounds distinguish the Startup Lions Campus, which Burkinabe architect Diébédo Francis Kéré’s studio has completed in Kenya. Located on the banks of Lake Turkana, the 1,416-square-metre campus was built for non-profit organisation Learning Lions to offer young Kenyans free training in information and communication technologies (ICT). It is hoped to

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Counterspace’s Folded Skies installation aims to explore “the complexities of land”

June 30, 2021 Francesca Tesler 0

In the second part of our exclusive video series with Sumayya Vally, the architect discusses how her studio Counterspace’s project Folded Skies addresses the complex geographies of Johannesburg. Counterspace’s Folded Skies installation comprises a series of large iridescent mirrors. Each mirror features a different colour gradient, which was created using pigments found in dust produced by

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Hemp “more effective than trees” at sequestering carbon says Cambridge researcher

June 30, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0
Industrial hemp plantation

Hemp can capture atmospheric carbon twice as effectively as forests while providing carbon-negative biomaterials for architects and designers, according to Cambridge University researcher Darshil Shah. “Numerous studies estimate that hemp is one of the best CO2-to-biomass converters,” said Shah, who is senior researcher at the Centre for Natural Material Innovation at Cambridge. “It’s even more

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