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TEXT Trevor Boddy For over a century, ‘architectural zoos’ have been permanent collections of architectural animals one example each from the leading species of designers. The most famous of these is the Weissenhofsiedlung, which in 1927 collected a range of modernist housing by Le Corbusier, Mies, Gropius, Hans Scharoun, Bruno Taut and others on a Stuttgart […] ....
"How do we bring biophilic design into towers? This 57-storey building essentially eliminates interior corridor space, instead including an outdoor breezeway that extends vertically to a very tall height." ....
An interview with architect Venelin Kokalov, design principal at Revery Architecture, about representing Canada at London Design Biennale this June. ....
The Frame Awards jury has crowned a hostel-cum-library in rural China as the winning project in the latest round of Interiors of the Month. Our March Interior of the Month winner combines two unexpected typologies: a capsule hostel and community library. To get there, one must make their way through the deep forests of Tonglu, in China’s Zhejiang province. There they’ll encounter the village of Qinglongwu, where the Atelier Tao+C-designed space is located. The firm renovated a traditional old house constructed from wood and mud walls, transforming it into a 10-room lodge centred by an expansive library and bookstore open to the public. Submitted in the category of Hotel, the Capsule Hostel and Bookstore Qinglongwu achieved a total mark of 8.81, celebrated very highly in the creativity criteria, the end score of which was a remarkable 9.47. ....
Revery Architecture unveils DUCkT at the London Design Biennale Revery Architecture unveils DUCkT at the London Design Biennale By Share Canadian design studio Revery Architecture Inc. presents DUCkT, a temporary installation representing Canada at Somerset House for the 2021 London Design Biennale. A play on the words “duct” and “duck”, the DUCkT installation seeks to explore the reliance of our cities and buildings on mechanical heating and cooling systems. Revery Architecture says that the installation’s inspiration came as a self-reflection of our dependence on indoor micro-climate systems in the building sector often at the expense of the wellbeing of our planet. The team was struck by the overwhelming reality of current climate change predictions, and the urgent need to address the rapid growth in inefficient and carbon-intensive buildings. ....