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Eight buildings bejewelled with glass bricks and blocks

From a privacy-conscious home in Japan to a vaulted greenhouse in Chile, this roundup spotlights buildings from around the world that are brightened...

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Mjölk Architekti and Marie Vondráková rebuild fire&ravaged Forest Pool in Liberec

A corrugated-metal roof supported by turquoise-coloured steelwork declares the renovation of this public pool house in the Czech Republic, completed by local studio...

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Superwood is a chemically modified wood that is stronger than steel

American start-up InventWood claims to have “reinvented wood from the inside out” with a patented process that restructures the material’s molecules to make...

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Architecture profession "must engage" in ensuring safety for trans people says Queerscapes founder

Architecture institutions must respond with action following the UK‘s Supreme Court gender ruling, Lenny Rajmont, founder of LGBTQ+ architecture group Queerscapes, argues in...

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Brutalist London school to host UK's first brutalist architecture museum

Architecture studio Reed Watts is set to create the Museum of Brutalist Architecture as part of a wider renovation of the Grade II-listed...

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Iki Builds critiques "disposable nature of modern construction" with rural Indian home

Indian architecture studio Iki Builds has completed Soil and Soul Studio, a home in Hyderabad crafted with a palette of natural, local materials...

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"Green is such a relief in a world of beige!" says commenter

In this week’s comments update, readers are discussing the conversion of a Florentine barn into a compact home by Italian studio Fōntego Architettura....

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"Design and architecture needs a new vocabulary"

Changing some common terminology in architecture and design could be an important first step towards solving systemic issues, writes Katie Treggiden. Language shapes...

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MIT finds people walking faster and lingering less in public space

Pedestrians are walking 15 per cent faster and stopping to linger 14 per cent less than they used to, according to a study...

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Neom reportedly planning widespread staff redundancies and relocations as part of strategic review

The developers of Saudi mega project Neom are reportedly planning over 1,000 staff redundancies and the relocation of over 1,000 staff as part...