Retrofit, biomaterials and grassroots design are among the trends that architects including Kjetil Thorsen and Samira Rathod predict will define the architecture of 2023 and beyond.
Dezeen spoke to 10 architects from a mix of leading and emerging studios around the world about the trends they expect to characterise architecture this year.
Architects to "get serious about saving the planet"
For most, including Indian architect Rathod and Snøhetta co-founder Thorsen, the belief was that environmental design and sustainability will increasingly dominate the global architecture scene.
Specifically, Rathod predicts this will see architects move away from "superficial trends" and popular styles such as minimalism, adopting "sustainability as the new way forward" instead. "While superficial trends like postmodernism and minimalism are dominating the intent of architecture today, we need to shift track and get serious about saving the planet," she said.
Thorsen agreed, claiming that the drive towards sustainable architecture will be among the trends to "speed up during 2023".
Norwegian architect Thorsen predicts that more architects will utilise renewable energy and learn to calculate embodied carbon ? the emissions from manufacturing, construction, maintenance and demolition, which can account for as much as 75 per cent of a building's lifetime carbon footprint but are often unregulated.
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