This week Stefano Boeri Architetti unveiled plans to build Vertical Forest skyscrapers in Dubai
This week on Dezeen, we revealed Italian studio Stefano Boeri Architetti’s plans to design a pair of tree-clad skyscrapers in Dubai.
The studio designed two tapering towers that can rise to a top of 190 and 150 metres, which had been unveiled on the COP27 local weather convention presently being held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
Stefano Boeri Architetti mentioned that the towers will combine 2,640 bushes and 27,600 shrubs on their facades, together with “a system of greenhouses and hydroponic gardens”.
As COP27 commenced in Egypt, The French Senate has approved a bill that dictates that every one giant automotive parks throughout France ought to be topped with photo voltaic canopies over the following six years.
Parking tons with 80 or extra parking areas would require photovoltaics overlaying a minimum of half of their floor space. The invoice will come into impact in July 2023.
In London, architect Peter Barber was awarded this year’s prestigious Soane Medal for his dedication to tackling the UK’s housing disaster.
“I’m so thrilled to have been awarded this 12 months’s Soane Medal,” Barber mentioned earlier than receiving the prize on Tuesday night. “[John] Soane was an creative architect, and I hope that we proceed to construct on his legacy of experimenting with classical concepts and kinds. At a time of such uncertainty, it is actually nice to see social housing centre stage.”
In different structure information, following the stir attributable to Norman Foster’s Foster Retreat vacation dwelling final week, we rounded up 12 other residences designed by extraordinarily well-known architects together with Zaha Hadid, David Adjaye and Richard Rogers.
Among the many initiatives is Frank Gehry’s eponymous Santa Monica dwelling, which encompasses a collection of hanging interlocking buildings made out of cheap supplies akin to chainlink fence and corrugated metal.
“The neighbours obtained actually pissed off,” Gehry later advised Dezeen. “Two doorways south of me was a lawyer. She complained to town and filed a lawsuit.”
With the World Cup set to kick off subsequent week, we regarded on the renovation of Qatar’s national stadium by its unique architect Dar Al-Handasah.
Adjustments to the structure embrace the addition of a giant cover designed to maintain gamers and spectators cool throughout soccer matches, whereas the constructing’s facade shall be animated by digital lights after darkish.
In design information, Dubai Design Week started within the UAE with its annual commerce present and a collection of exhibitions within the Emirati metropolis.
Highlights from this 12 months’s sustainability-themed version embrace an exhibition by emerging designers organised by native collective Tashkeel, which introduced a console desk made out of “datecrete”.
This week additionally noticed British trend model Burberry collaborate with online game Minecraft to create a digital 15-piece clothing collection that may be worn by in-game avatars.
“Bridging the digital and bodily worlds, Burberry and Minecraft encourage communities to showcase their self-expression and equip the fashionable explorer with in-game skins and character creator gadgets,” mentioned Burberry.
This week, in style initiatives on Dezeen included the No.6 Sydney Street apartment block in Melbourne by Wooden Marsh, architect Michael Dillon’s self-designed low-cost and low-carbon garden studio and a Victorian warehouse in London that has been reworked into a up to date workplace.
Our most up-to-date lookbooks showcased living rooms with warm neutrals and bedrooms with wardrobes that are disguised as walls.
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