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Peter Markos models timber Monocoque Cabin on world war two fighter plane

April 23, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architect Peter Markos has designed the Monocoque Cabin, an off-grid timber cabin defined by an organic, cocoon-like form, on a farm in Shropshire, UK. Nestled beside the surrounding woodland, the cabin is wrapped by an external skin or ‘monocoque’ – similar to an eggshell – that draws on structural systems used within the aerospace and

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DesignMarch live talks will focus on the role of design in addressing global imbalances

April 23, 2024 Simon Volt 0

Dezeen has teamed up with DesignMarch to livestream a programme of talks by leading designers exploring the role of architecture and design in addressing global imbalances in the creative industry. To kickstart the festival, a programme of talks will take place throughout the day on 24 April 2024, which will be live streamed from the Henning

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TOILETOWA W.C. / Tono Mirai Architects

April 23, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

All existence is born from the earth and is a circle that returns to the earth. TOILETOWA is an architecture of circulation and regeneration that makes this visible. More than just a toilet, it was built as an environmental education space attached to the headquarters of Ishizaka Corp in Oak Forest,  which recycles industrial waste and serves as a model for a future waste-free, recycling-oriented society.

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Cabin in the Woods / K+S Architects

April 23, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

The site is surrounded by forests at the foot of the magnificent Mt.Asama. Looking for a place to enjoy the vitality of nature, we decided to design a small villa in this rich forest. 

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Whitestone Gallery Beijing 798 / Kengo Kuma & Associates

April 22, 2024 Hana Abdel 0

The Beijing 798 Art Zone was originally a factory campus built in the 1950s with the help of the Soviet Union and East Germany, designed in the Bauhaus style for electronic equipment production. Since the 2000s, it has been revitalized as an art street and transformed into an area housing influential galleries from around the world. We designed the first White Stone Gallery on the Chinese mainland in this 798 district, following those in Taipei and Hong Kong.

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BIG designs all-wood cubic structure as “living curriculum” at University of Kansas

April 22, 2024 Ben Dreith 0

Danish architecture studio BIG, alongside faculty at the University of Kansas, has unveiled its design for the mass-timber Makers’ KUbe in Kansas, USA. The structure will serve as an educational building for the University of Kansas (KU) School of Architecture & Design in Lawrence, Kansas. BIG’s design was chosen as part of an open call,

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