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This week Mighty Buildings completed the world's first 3D-printed net-zero home and urbanist Adam Greenfield argued that architects involved in the design of Neom in Saudi Arabia are "complicit" in moral atrocities. Read on for more...

 

 

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Mighty Buildings completes 3D-printed net-zero home in southern California

Mighty Buildings completes 3D-printed net-zero home in southern California

Mighty Buildings has delivered what it claims is the world's first 3D-printed net-zero home as part of a 40-unit community in California.

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"All those complicit in Neom's design and construction are already destroyers of worlds"

"All those complicit in Neom's design and construction are already destroyers of worlds"

Writer and urbanist Adam Greenfield says that architects working on the Neom mega-project in Saudi Arabia, must decide whether they are content to be complicit in an "ecological and moral atrocity".

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Populous and Hastings unveil largest purpose-built soccer stadium in the US

Populous and Hastings unveil largest purpose-built soccer stadium in the US

Architecture studio Populous and local studio Hastings have completed Geodis Park in Nashville for Nashville SC, which the studios say is the largest stadium dedicated to soccer ever built in USA.

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Studio 7.5 designs the Zeph chair with sculpted mono-shell seat for Herman Miller

Studio 7.5 designs the Zeph chair with sculpted mono-shell seat for Herman Miller

Promotion: furniture brand Herman Miller and Berlin-based design firm Studio 7.5 have collaborated to release the Zeph Chair, an office chair, which is a nod to the iconic mid-century Eames Shell Chair.

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Álvaro Siza designs watch that "looks like a watch" for Cauny

Álvaro Siza designs watch that "looks like a watch" for Cauny

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning Álvaro Siza has teamed up with Swiss brand Cauny to produce the Cauny X Siza watch collection.

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RIBA appoints Robbie Turner as director of inclusion and diversity

RIBA appoints Robbie Turner as director of inclusion and diversity

The Royal Institute for British Architects has appointed Robbie Turner as its new director of inclusion and diversity.

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David Chipperfield Architects and Assemble reveal plans for residential neighbourhood on former dairy farm

David Chipperfield Architects and Assemble reveal plans for residential neighbourhood on former dairy farm

David Chipperfield Architects and Assemble have teamed up with Australian landscape architect Jane Irwin to create a residential neighbourhood on a former dairy farm in Canberra.

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James Turrell creates glass perfume bottles informed by ancient stupas

James Turrell creates glass perfume bottles informed by ancient stupas

American artist James Turrell has designed bottles for French glassmaker Lalique's new perfumes, which are intended to recall the domed stupa structures that house the remains of Buddhist monks.

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Photos show Studio Gang's Natural History Museum extension nearing completion

Photos show Studio Gang's Natural History Museum extension nearing completion

Construction has progressed on Studio Gang's Gilder Center in New York City, with images showing the cave-like concrete interiors and panelled exterior nearing completion.

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Canadian architect Jack Diamond dies aged 89

Canadian architect Jack Diamond dies aged 89

Architect Jack Diamond, who co-founded Diamond Schmitt Architects and whose designs include the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, has died aged 89.

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Myceen creates "soft and velvety" lampshades made from mushroom mycelium

Myceen creates "soft and velvety" lampshades made from mushroom mycelium

Tallinn-based materials company Myceen has released a series of pendant lampshades called B Wise made from mycelium, which were shown at Dutch Design Week.

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"Hip hop has always had to be sustainable" says Atlanta hip-hop architecture exhibition curator

"Hip hop has always had to be sustainable" says Atlanta hip-hop architecture exhibition curator

Architecture uses many of the same creative principles as hip-hop music, the curator of an exhibition tracking the relationship between the musical genre and designing buildings, says Sekou Cooke. 

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