Air conditioning accounts for 9% of electricity used on earth and 3.2% of all greenhouse gasses. Even if some countries like Germany shuns its use, air conditioning releases close to one billion tons of CO2… Read More »KlimaKover by Henning Larsen Is a Public Cooling Shelter
A curving slate roof intended to evoke a sand dune tops The Pāvilosta House, an annexe to a home on Latvia‘s western coast by local architecture studio Made. Named The Pāvilosta House after the town… Read More »Twisting slate roof tops coastal Latvian home by Made
To round off our Performance Review series, we asked leading architects and designers for their words of wisdom, including Daniel Libeskind, Sabine Marcelis and Lina Ghotmeh. The design and architecture industries are complex, and making a… Read More »Twelve top architects and designers share advice for the younger generation
A floating plaza designed by Italian studio Carlo Ratti Associati and US firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture has anchored in Belém, Brazil, following its residency at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Named AquaPraça, the 400-square-metre plaza was transported to Belém… Read More »Amazon River becomes permanent home for Carlo Ratti and Höweler + Yoon’s AquaPraça plaza
Contemporary design fair Design Mumbai‘s second edition is currently taking place. Here, we highlight the furniture and installations by Indian brands not to miss. Phantom Hands Indian brand Phantom Hands collaborated with American Hardwood Export… Read More »Seven highlights from Indian brands at Design Mumbai
In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing a school in Canterbury completed by Walters & Cohen with a material palette of flint, oak and limestone. Located alongside an entrance to Canterbury’s cathedral precincts, The… Read More »“A handsome, compact, efficient building” says commenter