• At Facades+ Toronto, AEC experts discuss innovations in prefabrication and modular timber design

    At Facades+ Toronto, AEC experts discuss innovations in prefabrication and modular timber design

    At Facades+ Toronto on September 26, hosted by AN with Diamond Schmitt, a roundtable brought together David Bowick of Blackwell Structural Engineers, Judith Martin from the City of Toronto, and Kevin Rocchi of mass timber manufacturer Element5, moderated by Diamond Schmitt’s Dieter Janssen. The discussion focused on the realities of industrialized building, where manufacturing precision…

  • BIG alternates balcony types to form the jagged, illusory Kaktus Towers in Copenhagen

    Torqued beside the rail lines at Dybbølsbro Station, the Kaktus Towers cut serrated profiles against the Copenhagen sky. Designed by Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), the seemingly—but not quite—twisted micro-living towers mark the edge of Vesterbro, a former industrial zone now undergoing a new wave of development. Rising from an elevated green plateau—about 65 feet above the street,…

    BIG alternates balcony types to form the jagged, illusory Kaktus Towers in Copenhagen