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This week Shigeru Ban Architects created cardboard shelters for victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake and Aaron Betsky questioned the awarding of this year's Pritzker Architecture Prize to David Chipperfield. Read on for more...

 

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Nikken Sekkei shelters Japanese sweet company HQ with oversized table and chairs

Nikken Sekkei shelters Japanese sweet company HQ with oversized table and chairs

A set of giant wooden tables and chairs shelter the glass buildings of Sweets Bank, the headquarters of sweet company Shunkado in Hamamatsu City, Japan, designed by Nikken Sekkei.

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"Chipperfield's work on the whole is bland, unimaginative and overly grandiose"

"Chipperfield's work on the whole is bland, unimaginative and overly grandiose"

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Shigeru Ban Architects creates cardboard shelters for victims of Turkey-Syria earthquake

Shigeru Ban Architects creates cardboard shelters for victims of Turkey-Syria earthquake

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has provided his Paper Partition System, made from cardboard tubes and fabric, to evacuation centres housing victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake.

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Hong Kong-based My ArchiSchool set to launch digital Architecture Library

Hong Kong-based My ArchiSchool set to launch digital Architecture Library

Promotion: Hong Kong-based school My ArchiSchool is launching its digital Architecture Library in the summer of 2023, which will present projects by students and graduates of the school.

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Balbek Bureau creates Ukrainian "home away from home" in Antarctica

Balbek Bureau creates Ukrainian "home away from home" in Antarctica

Kyiv-based studio Balbek Bureau has converted a defunct fuel tank into a depiction of a typical Ukrainian home at the country's research base in Antarctica.

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"At first we were definitely making concrete buildings out of timber" says Andrew Waugh

"At first we were definitely making concrete buildings out of timber" says Andrew Waugh

Architects working with mass timber must stop emulating concrete buildings by focusing on height and form, and find a new way to measure success, says expert Andrew Waugh in an interview for our Timber Revolution series.

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Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen develops modular building system to address housing crisis

Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen develops modular building system to address housing crisis

Ignacio Rojas Hirigoyen Architects and The Andes House have designed a modular prototype that can be configured to construct low-cost housing.

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Architects not adopting biomaterials are "dinosaurs" says Michael Green

Architects not adopting biomaterials are "dinosaurs" says Michael Green

Canadian mass-timber pioneer Michael Green has hit out at architects designing unusually shaped buildings rather than embracing biomaterials in this interview as part of Dezeen's Timber Revolution series.

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"My fight is not against the car" says 15-minute city creator

"My fight is not against the car" says 15-minute city creator

Urbanist Carlos Moreno responds to the "shocking" conspiracy theories surrounding his 15-minute city concept in this exclusive interview.

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BIG set to create stepped office block on the River Thames

BIG set to create stepped office block on the River Thames

Danish studio BIG has won approval for a 10-storey office described as a "series of jumping blocks" on the South Bank in central London.

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Tadao Ando chosen to design MPavilion 2023 in Melbourne

Tadao Ando chosen to design MPavilion 2023 in Melbourne

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando has been named the designer of this year's MPavilion, which will be his first project in Australia.

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British architect Michael Wilford dies aged 84

British architect Michael Wilford dies aged 84

British architect Michael Wilford, who was best known for his bright and colourful postmodern buildings created together with James Stirling, has passed away at the age of 84.

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