Architonic stories of the year 2023: Products
A retrospective collation of the most popular product-referencing stories from Architonic’s magazine section. Featuring doorways, coffee tables, electric alternatives, terrazzo and cork.
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Desember 12, 2023 | 11:00 pm CUT
An article on the emergence of cork as an ultra-sustainable material suitable for stylish surfaces and provocative products was featured in the list of most-read stories published in the Architonic magazine section in 2023. Photo: José Campos
Not just for keeping wine in its place, cork is a truly circular and sustainable material that could be a solution to help keep humanity afloat too. Photos: Francis Nogueira (top)
Put a cork in it: seven reasons to keep talking about cork
Cork is a natural material that’s easy to recycle and reuse. And yet, in the world’s search for circularity, it’s wood that’s more often seen as a saviour. Wood and wood derivatives of all shapes and sizes, from straws to skyscrapers – or ‘plyscrapers’, give us a warm, eco-fuzzy feeling inside when we use them. But while both wood and cork literally grow on carbon-fighting trees – cork is produced by stripping just the bark of the cork oak tree – cork production allows the tree to remain standing, whereas wood cuts it down in its prime. But can we really apply the rough, spongy brown stuff as a high-end product and construction material? Of course we can.
Doors have been the preferred method of moving around separated interiors for a long time, but are they still the best? Boasting more functionality and style, there are other ways to enter a room. Photos: Hiroyuki Oki (top), Qingshan Wu (middle)
Doors vs. Alternatives: what’s the best way to enter a room?
Doors are a crucial invention that allows the modern building to function as it does. Drawing the privacy of a solid wall combined with the functionality of accessibility straight into layouts, with just a few simple lines. But choosing where precisely to put a door is, of course, never really that simple.The simplest way to reduce a door’s opening is not to have a door at all
Homeowners targeting carbon neutrality by reducing their reliance on fossil fuels can simple turn off the gas. But is the alternative just an all-electric dream? Photos: Billy Bolton (top), Dylan Brown (bottom)
Energy solutions and appliances in the modern electric home
Whether it’s a guilt-driven effort to reduce one’s own carbon footprint, an economy-inspired reduction in energy bills or simply taking advantage of a government incentive scheme, sustainable construction and design choices are not only being made by the most eco-aware amongst us, but now by anyone with an eye on both the current cost of energy and the future cost of its obsolescence.There are plenty of ways to heat a home and its water without feeling guilty
Smooth like marble and durable like concrete, terrazzo’s crack-free surface and fully customisable pattern and colour options make it the sustainable material of the moment. Photos: Jonathan Leijonhufvud (top), Tong Xia (middle)
What is terrazzo and where do you find it?
Essentially beginning as a way to use old offcuts of natural stone materials such as marble, quartz and granite, the 600-year-old technique of creating terrazzo surfaces is enjoying a particularly strong moment in today’s reuse culture. But sustainability isn’t the only calling card terrazzo has.The Latin word for earth – ‘terra’ – gives terrazzo its name
Coffee tables are some of the most versatile furniture pieces in the home, changing from display cabinets to impromptu dinner tables in a matter of minutes.
Ten coffee tables to elevate any living room
If one had to assign a hierarchy to living room furniture, sofas would undoubtedly be at the top. And though we all love to be engulfed by soft cushions during a relaxing TV evening, much of the activity surrounding those at-home movie screenings wouldn’t be possible without another staple of the space: the coffee table.Glass coffee tables display objects like books or grant uninterrupted views of a painfully chosen rug
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