Wall-to-wall glass and a material palette informed by local vernacular define Zen House, a 33-square-metre micro home on stilts in Austria, completed by Czech studio Jan Tyrpekl. Located on a remote farm in Hainburg an… Read More »Jan Tyrpekl raises glass micro home on stilts in rural Austria
Stone has the potential to become a go-to, low-carbon structural material, but barriers around quarrying and a lack of awareness must be overcome to make this a reality, experts tell Dezeen in this Stone Age… Read More »Why aren’t more architects using stone as a building material?
Harnessing stone as a structural material can make architecture more enjoyable to both build and inhabit argues Tristram Carfrae, an Arup engineer working on the Sagrada Familia, in this Stone Age 2.0 interview. Carfrae, who… Read More »Sagrada Familia shows stone “can return to being used as a structural material”
Networking platform Archiboo presents an annual Activism Award. Here, its founder Amanda Baillieu selects six architects that embody the ideals of activism. The Activism Award, which is free to enter and forms part of the… Read More »Six activist architects “whose actions help effect social change”
Biomaterials have the potential to significantly cut carbon emissions but designers should approach them with caution to avoid creating a whole new set of problems, warns Sioban Imms. The vision of a civilisation based on… Read More »“The allure of the ‘bio’ prefix must be taken with some healthy scrutiny”
Danish architecture studio CEBRA has revealed its designs for three visitor centres in Albania, which will be topped with protruding concrete slabs that reference “shifting tectonic plates”. CEBRA has designed the centres for Vjosa National… Read More »Concrete slabs will enclose national park pavilions by CEBRA in Albania