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Feb 2024
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Climate Salon: A sustainable approach to...

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In the final episode of Dezeen and SketchIUp's Climate Salon podcast series, architects discuss why sustainability should guide the aesthetics of a building, as opposed to the reverse. Swiss-Danish architect Kathrin Gimmel, MEE Studio founder Morten Emil Engel and SketchUp's Andrew Corney explored how architects can help develop a new sense of what is beautiful and desirable based on what is most beneficial to the environment.

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