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When public art is incorporated into a design space, how does it interact with its surrounding architecture and landscapes? For Lulu Loquidis and Daniel Luis Martinez, the importance of bridging the gap between public space, community-driven design, and the built environment is essential. The duo...

Researchers at the University of Plymouth in the UK have published a study which found that overlaying living walls on existing buildings can improve thermal performance by 31%. The findings arose from a live experiment on a campus building, where researchers added a living wall system to an...

Established in 1993 by architect David Hacin as a traditional architecture firm, Boston-based Hacin + Associates has since grown into an interdisciplinary design practice with more than 30 team members. We reached out to Hacin for this weeks Studio Snapshot to learn more about the incentives for...

WRNS Studio has announced a milestone sustainability achievement for their Janet Durgin Guild & Commons, designed for the Sonoma Academy in Santa Rosa, California. The scheme has become the first project to achieve both Petal and Zero Carbon Certification by the International Living Future...

spatial practice partners Erik Amir and Dora Chi. All images courtesy of spatial practice. spatial practice is a small Hong Kong-and-soon-to-be-Los Angeles-based collaborative partnership established by Dora Chi and Erik Amir. Initially founded in Beijing, the young firm very quickly gained exposure to projects of a scale that often remains reserved for more established offices. In our latest Studio Snapshot, we had the pleasure of chatting with Chi and Amir about their journey so far, if and ...

Michael K Chen at his studio in New York City. Photo: Max Burkhalter. All images courtesy of Michael K Chen Architecture. Michael K Chen Architecture is a seven-piece, New York-based design practice whose exuberant sense of creativity playfully blends the boundaries between architecture, interior and product design while avoiding expected style labels. But for Chen, as he tells us in our latest Studio Snapshot, his firms dedication is about more than just well-designed client projects: as a co...

Studio BANAA founding partners Nastaran Mousavi and Dane Bunton, at their new studio space, a converted horse stable in San Franciscos Mission District. Photo: Katja Bresch. All images courtesy of Studio BANAA. For our latest Studio Snapshot, Archinect had the pleasure of chatting with Nastaran Mousavi and Dane Bunton, founding partners of San Francisco-based architecture practice Studio BANAA. Hailing from different corners of the world — Dane is a Bay Area native and Nastaran grew up in N...