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Dezeen Agenda features apartment building made from Lego-like blocks
CategoriesArchitecture

Dezeen Agenda features apartment building made from Lego-like blocks

By Zarkon Group,
Renco lego building

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features an apartment block in California constructed like a “real-life Lego-kit”. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.

Florida-based manufacturer Renco has completed a Palm Springs apartment complex that was made using Lego-like blocks made of repurposed materials and designed by architecture studio Arquitectonica.

Constructed from a composite blend of glass fibres, resin, and stone, the blocks were designed to be stronger, less energy-intensive and more affordable than conventional materials.

Portrait of Lesley LokkoPortrait of Lesley Lokko
“Revolutionary force” Lesley Lokko wins 2024 RIBA Royal Gold Medal

This week’s newsletter also featured Ghanaian-Scottish architect Lesley Lokko being named the recipient of this year’s RIBA Royal Gold Medal, the reveal of plans and the architect for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion and a “first aid kit” for furniture designed by Yalan Dan.

Dezeen Agenda

Dezeen Agenda is a curated newsletter sent every Tuesday containing the most important news highlights from Dezeen. Read the latest edition of Dezeen Agenda or subscribe here.

You can also subscribe to our other newsletters; Dezeen Debate is sent every Thursday and features the hottest reader comments and most-debated stories, Dezeen Daily is our daily bulletin that contains every story published in the preceding 24 hours and Dezeen In Depth is sent on the last Friday of every month and delves deeper into the major stories shaping architecture and design. 

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Dezeen Agenda features Foster + Partners high-speed rail line in the US
CategoriesArchitecture

Dezeen Agenda features Foster + Partners high-speed rail line in the US

By Zarkon Group,
Foster and Arup high speed rail station rendering

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Foster + Partners’ designs for a high-speed rail line in California. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.

Fosters + Partners and Arup have revealed designs for the first segment of the California high-speed railway.

Four train stations planned for a segment of the 500-mile line will be – according to the studio – part of the continent’s “first high-speed rail segment”.

Wooden one-storey home with a mono-pitched roof and porch
Manuel Cervantes develops “assisted self-production” housing in Mexico

This week’s newsletter also included a DIY home designed by Manuel Cervantes Estudio, Kith and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation’s release of a New Balance sneaker and a new podcast series about designing for climate change by SketchUp and Dezeen.

Dezeen Agenda

Dezeen Agenda is a curated newsletter sent every Tuesday containing the most important news highlights from Dezeen. Read the latest edition of Dezeen Agenda or subscribe here.

You can also subscribe to our other newsletters; Dezeen Debate is sent every Thursday and features the hottest reader comments and most-debated stories, Dezeen Daily is our daily bulletin that contains every story published in the preceding 24 hours and Dezeen In Depth is sent on the last Friday of every month and delves deeper into the major stories shaping architecture and design. 

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Dezeen Agenda features Norwegian cabin clad with 12,000 offcuts
CategoriesArchitecture

Dezeen Agenda features Norwegian cabin clad with 12,000 offcuts

By Zarkon Group,
Saltviga House by Kolman Boye Architects

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features a weekend retreat with a facade made from wooden flooring material. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.

Stockholm-based studio Kolman Boye Architects has designed a weekend retreat in Lillesand, Norway, with an exterior made from offcuts of wooden floor material.

Studio founders Erik Kolman and Victor Boye came up with the concept after they learned that Danish floor brand Dinesen had a large haul of leftover wood available for use.

“It’s about using what’s available, of trying to find beautiful materials without clicking ‘order’ on a computer,” said Boye.

Portrait of Rafael Viñoly
Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly dies aged 78

This week’s newsletter also included a minimalist renovation of a mews house in London by Trewhela Williams, an interview with the “grandfather of mass timber” Hermann Kaufmann and the passing of Uruguayan architect Rafael Viñoly.

Dezeen Agenda

Dezeen Agenda is a curated newsletter sent every Tuesday containing the most important news highlights from Dezeen. Read the latest edition of Dezeen Agenda or subscribe here.

You can also subscribe to our other newsletters; Dezeen Debate is sent every Thursday and features the hottest reader comments and most-debated stories, Dezeen Daily is our daily bulletin that contains every story published in the preceding 24 hours and Dezeen In Depth is sent on the last Friday of every month and delves deeper into the major stories shaping architecture and design. 

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Dezeen Agenda features water-filled windows that heat and cool buildings
CategoriesSustainable News

Dezeen Agenda features water-filled windows that heat and cool buildings

By Zarkon Group,
Water-filled glass house

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features windows filled with water that can help to heat and cool buildings. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now.

British startup Water-Filled Glass has developed panes of glass filled with water that use sunlight to power a “crazy” energy-saving heating and cooling system.

Water-Filled Glass (WFG) aims to use the patented technology, which it estimates can reduce energy bills by 25 per cent, to make heavily glazed buildings more sustainable.

Twelve architecture projects to look forward to in 2023
Twelve architecture projects to look forward to in 2023

Other stories in this week’s newsletter include a roundup of architecture projects to look forward to in 2023, Sony’s reveal of its first-ever electric car and an attack on Oscar Niemeyer’s government palaces in the Brasília riot.

Dezeen Agenda

Dezeen Agenda is a curated newsletter sent every Tuesday containing the most important news highlights from Dezeen. Read the latest edition of Dezeen Agenda or subscribe here.

You can also subscribe to Dezeen Debate, which is sent every Thursday and contains a curated selection of highlights from the week, as well as Dezeen Daily, our daily bulletin that contains every story published in the preceding 24 hours on Dezeen.

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Dezeen Agenda features architects and designers doing sustainable work
CategoriesSustainable News

Dezeen Agenda features architects and designers doing sustainable work

By Zarkon Group,
People to know on Earth Day

The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features architects and designers who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable design. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now!

Architects and designers have a key role to play in reducing carbon emissions, pollution and waste.

In celebration of Earth Day, which falls on 22 April every year, we compiled a list of 50 individuals and studios that are doing pioneering work – from architects exploring timber construction to designers thinking radically about circularity.

City Hall building in Kharkiv
Norman Foster “to assemble the best minds” to rebuild Ukrainian city of Kharkiv

Other stories in this week’s newsletter include Norman Foster’s plan for the “rehabilitation” of Kharkiv, Thomas Heatherwick’s tree-covered sculpture design for Buckingham Palace and an exclusive interview with British artist duo Langlands & Bell.

Dezeen Agenda

Dezeen Agenda is a curated newsletter sent every Tuesday containing the most important news highlights from Dezeen. Read the latest edition of Dezeen Agenda or subscribe here.

You can also subscribe to Dezeen Debate, which is sent every Thursday and contains a curated selection of highlights from the week, as well as Dezeen Daily, our daily bulletin that contains every story published in the preceding 24 hours on Dezeen.

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