Welcome to the April 2021 edition of RECAP! In this month’s edition we take a look at gender inequality in cities and examples of a larger movement by women and girls around the world to reclaim and reshape public spaces to work better for them. We see how Lacaton and Vassal's Pritzker prize win suggests the answer to greener cities is less about demolition and more about refurbishment. 

We look at the blurred boundary between home and city, between private and shared spaces in Lola Domènech and Lussi Partners' beautiful co-housing project in Barcelona, plus Catalan architects Bosch Capdeferro's elegant low-embodied carbon timber housing project, 6 x6 block. We also look at two great passivhaus designs and a building made of recycled corks and oyster shells...and much, much more. We hope you enjoy it!

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There's a simple way to make our cities greener – without a wrecking ball

Phineas Harper Image: Philippe Ruault​​​

GUARDIAN

What would a city look like if it were designed entirely by and for women? These places offer a glimpse​

Vicky Phillips  Image: Getty Images​

FORBES

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Bosch-Capdeferro 6 x 6 Block

Bosch-Capdeferro  Image: José Hevia​​​

HIC>​

Cohabitation: a successful experiment in Barcelona

Bianca PIchler  Image: Adrià Goula​​​

DOMUS MAGAZINE​

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Ostro Passivhaus

Paper Igloo  Image: David Barbour

PAPER IGLOO

Passivhaus brings life to a walled garden

McClean Quinlan Architects Image: Jim Stephenson

McCLEAN QUINLAN ARCHITECTS     

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Ending the destruction of our planet is a design challenge
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Cyrill Gutsch  ​Image: Parley for the oceans

ICONEYE

Recyclable croquet pavilion to be made from champagne corks and oyster shells

Lizzie Crook  Image: Baker Brown Studio

DEZEEN

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