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Urlo Studio completes steel pavilion for Ecuadorian sports club

April 8, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Urlo Studio has completed an “aesthetic and functional” gym and multi-sport club with a glass and aluminium pavilion with a composite facade in Ecuador. Known as the Mocolí Sports Club, or Club Deportivo Mocolí, the 8,772-square metre (94,421-square foot) complex is located on Mocolí Island, a small landmass in the Babahayo River outside of the

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Urlo Studio completes steel pavilion for Ecuadorian sports club

April 8, 2024 Kate Mazade 0

Urlo Studio has completed an “aesthetic and functional” gym and multi-sport club with a glass and aluminium pavilion with a composite facade in Ecuador. Known as the Mocolí Sports Club, or Club Deportivo Mocolí, the 8,772-square metre (94,421-square foot) complex is located on Mocolí Island, a small landmass in the Babahayo River outside of the

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Latticed-steel columns frame Lublin transport hub by Tremend

April 6, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

Mushroom columns made of latticed steel support the large canopy above the Metropolitan Station in Lublin, Poland, completed by architecture studio Tremend. The bus and rail hub is located alongside Lublin’s 19th-century Central Railway Station and designed by Tremend as a modern contrast to this historic structure. “[The] simple, modernist pavilion is intended to contrast

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Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke design modular study pavilion for German university

March 14, 2024 Kate Donaldson 0

Berlin-based architects Gustav Düsing and Max Hacke have created a modular and demountable steel-framed pavilion for the Technical University of Braunschweig in Germany. Located centrally within the campus at a junction of existing pathways, the 1,000-square-metre gridded structure was designed to create flexible and non-hierarchical spaces for students to learn, study and socialise in a

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Klein Dytham Architecture wraps Karuizawa Commongrounds Bookstore with “flowing” steel roof

March 12, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Tokyo-based studio Klein Dytham Architecture has designed a bookstore wrapped with an undulating steel roof resembling “outstretched arms” in Nagano, Japan. Located at the foot of Mount Asama, the space was designed by Klein Dytham Architecture to be a community hub for the local residents. It sits at the centre of a larger complex comprised

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Wittman Estes creates “rapid assembly” fire station in southern California

March 5, 2024 Jenna McKnight 0

Prefabricated steel modules were used to create Fire Station 67, which was designed by architecture studio Wittman Estes to be durable, adaptable and quick to construct and reconfigure. The fire station is located in Rancho Mission Viejo, a census-designated place in Orange County, California. The area consists of ranching operations, new residential developments and 17,000

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Mesh veil wraps exhibition space in China by Trace Architecture Office

March 5, 2024 Jon Astbury 0

A veil of metal mesh wraps the steel structure of In-Between Pavilion, an exhibition space in Shenzhen, China, designed by Beijing studio Trace Architecture Office. In-Between Pavilion provides a home for the Design Homology Museum, tucked between two buildings in the dense streetscape of the historic Nantou area. The museum is dedicated to exploring “the

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Bilgin Architects shrouds solar farm hub with mirrored steel in Turkey

March 3, 2024 Amina Amber 0

A facade of shimmering steel panels envelops this control centre that Istanbul studio Bilgin Architects has created in the plains of Karapinar, Turkey, for one of Europe’s largest solar farms. Named Central Control Building, it is designed by Bilgin Architects to act as a centralised location from which to monitor and control the expansive field

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UNStudio uses ‘carbon builder’ tool to reduce footprint of Luxembourg office building

February 29, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Dutch architecture firm UNStudio has unveiled plans for The Kyklos building, a mixed-use office building in Belval, Luxembourg, designed in collaboration with local studio HYP Architects. Aiming to create a building with the “smallest possible carbon footprint”, the studios implemented a hybrid construction approach of concrete and 100 per cent recycled steel, using a sustainable-design

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Eight living spaces that go heavy on metal furniture

February 17, 2024 Jennifer Hahn 0

Although more commonly associated with industrial applications, furnishings made of cool-toned steel, aluminium and chrome are infiltrating every room of the home. This lookbook rounds up eight living spaces that show how it’s done. In recent years, a growing cohort of young designers has been experimenting with humble, industrial metals – often using only one

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