Category: Architecture
Japanese timber company Sumitomo Forestry has proposed plans for a 350-metre-tall wooden skyscraper in central Tokyo, which would become the world’s tallest wooden building. The planned structure, which is being proposed to mark the company’s 350th anniversary in 2041, would be almost four times higher than the world’s current tallest timber building – the 18-storey […]
As part of a regular series, AR asks a panel of industry experts their response to the following question: What is your practice doing to futureproof the business? Gerald Matthews: Managing director, Matthews Architects We train ourselves to be agile. Agility is more important than foresight. There is plenty of speculation about possible futures, but fundamentally no […]
Flores & Prats Architects has released a new documentary series that explores the practice’s design process for the Sala Beckett Theatre and International Drama Centre in Barcelona. Titled ESCALA 1:5, the five-part series retraces the journey behind the architectural renovation of the space and the bond that ties the former workers club to its neighbourhood. Each episode is […]
With limited space to renovate this heritage house in Melbourne, Chiverton Architects cleverly twisted the upper floor 90 degrees over the lower floor to accommodate the client’s needs. The brief was to revamp the existing home and to add a two storey renovation to the rear of the building that opened up the back of the house to […]
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